the way I see it, Prestige is a measurement of a supergroup's fame and reputation amongst the 'public' of Paragon City, codified and monitored by
the hypothetical Paragon City banking industry..
So 100k prestige would imply a signifigant increase in the credit rating or government funding available to the supergroup.
Functionally speaking, it's cash for the SG.
Pursuant, of coure, to Gryphon's Law.
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
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Gryphon's Law?
don't look too closely at this?
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy
I think we agree. I just think of it as money. Call it dollars, euros, influence, prestige, or greenbacks, it's all the same.
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
Salvage laws, toy deals, book sales... all condensed into one easy package
Quote:toy deals
With none of the ensuing unpleasantness that the Specials had to go through.
Quote:Gryphon's Law
Also known as
Bellisario's Maxim.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
I tend to think of it as a mechanism for gameplay; as it does not actually translate well into any sort of real world/comic book equivalent. The same way that
Bella, cruising the perimeter of Perez Park could arrest enough Skulls and Hellions to populate a rural town in an hour (1,200 conservatively)
How many heroes spend themselves stupid on the latest magical gew-gaws, power boosters, etc.. Or go through the pockets of defeated foes in search of small
change, ancient bones (dropped by Hugh Heffner/Russ Meyer, etc.), or Hamidon Goo.
In terms of fiction, you would have to choose a direction and run with it. I used material salvage as a revenue mechanism in the Jackie Story, where a
percentage of untraced salvage is returned to the hero/supergroup. You could also look at externally funded organizations (IST). Or poor schlubs who have to
scramble to make ends meet (Superball, Gil MacHeath). Bounty hunter/bail bondsmen heroes would also fit nicely into this framework.
I think the developers (wisely) chose unique markers (Influence/Prestige) to avoid having their heros appear as being akin to some very iffy historical
examples that made use of the forfeit of assets part of the judicial process.
Shayne
Quote:I think the developers (wisely) chose unique markers (Influence/Prestige) to avoid having their heros appear as being akin to some very iffy historical examples that made use of the forfeit of assets part of the judicial process.
I believe you are right on the money there, Shayne. Plus, relating everything in a real-world currency seems like it would damage the sense of genre. Superman doesn't get reward money for his actions (or if he does, he donates it immediately to charity) -- he just gets better-known and -regarded. And
that's influence and prestige.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Ah yes, but Supes also works as a Reporter, does he not?
I think in the case of CoH here, there is a general understanding between the Cities' heroes and its people. A "Gentleman's Agreement" if you
will. A given hero has probably rescued more than enough civvies to fill a phone book, and since many heroes in the city do not work their own jobs (as far as
is my understanding) the Civvies help the heroes in the ways that they can. They take it upon themselves to give merchandise/bought items to the Heroes that
need it. And thus you have the Influence/item trade off.
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>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI