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Topic: Atomic Job Corps

I came up with this in response to the request for gyms and more "smallish" quests to make grinding more entertaining.

With the Job Corps, you'd go to a specific location (probably in Nicoma Park) and ask for a job. You would get a job at random out of the ones available for your level, and all of them would be of the "bring back X of Y" types of things, with enough description and story to explain them. The pay/reward would be listed up front when you get the job. Simply get the required stuff and bring it back to collect your pay...at which point you could pick up another job. Job rewards would be mostly in toxicity and money, but a few would have items. If you don't like the job you get, you can cancel that contract at a cost of $1/level of the job, which then would enable you to get another (randomly selected) job.

Some job examples:
Dr. Needles
Doctor/medic needs a fresh supply of stim shots.
Level 5
Return with 20 stim shots to receive 250 toxicity, 3 antidotes

Rat Sausage
Chef Andy needs rat meat to make another batch of sausage.
Level 1
Return with 20 rat meat to receive 50 toxicity

The Job Corp is something I could set up pretty simply and quickly with a minimum of new code.

Let me know what you guys think...I could possibly get this all set up this weekend.

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Re: Atomic Job Corps

Looks really good, anything to make grinding more fun!

PREPARE TO BE...TURDINATED
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Re: Atomic Job Corps

Very cool idea.  Something else that may be nice is "Bring back X of a certain item, and I'll give you a random recipe that uses it." similar to the one in Nicoma with the deer skins:

Bring me back 20 bear skins, and I'll show you how to make something out of them.
Bring me back 20 bandages, and I'll show you how to make a stimpack out of them.

and so on...

I think I've experienced this deja vu before...
http://www.atomicmonks.com/sig.php?a=av&pname=Todd%20Lope  http://www.atomicmonks.com/sig.php?a=av&pname=sambrookjm http://www.atomicmonks.com/sig.php?a=av&pname=Lisa%20Bailey

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Re: Atomic Job Corps

Sure, the reward could be a recipe. But keep in mind that a given job will have a specific reward, and you could end up with the same job more than once (making the recipe reward less attractive). A better idea might be a few "normal" quests that have recipe rewards.

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Re: Atomic Job Corps

Sounds like the perfect way to bring back the grinding into the "do-able" basket smile I like the recipe reward idea... alot smile

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