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Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain

I do not believe in Science, I believe in Magic.

Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain

My sarcasm doesn't come across well on the interweb

Originally Posted by Tokyo

Please Devs if you are reading this thread; For all that is good and hairless don't make a furry booster pack.

We don't need City of Furry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck14LKBI9GM

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

Welcome home

You're just in time for a paid expansion here too

Originally Posted by Castle

In one of my business development courses back in college, one of my professors had a great, if cynical, quote: "Marketing's number one job is to promote the cause of marketing; any work actually promoting your product is purely secondary to maintaining their hold on the purse strings."

Our marketing guys are actually very good at what they do. The truth of the matter is that TV commercials are expensive and won't bring in enough new users to justify the cost. Our team gets us banner ads on sites like Ten Ton Hammer and they try very hard to keep our nearly 6 year old game in the gaming press -- which frankly is not an easy job. The fact that schedules change or planned features don't pan out as being feasible sometimes means that their plans have to shift, which causes delays in information release.

I would love to see a City of Heroes commercial on TV. The money just isn't there, though.

Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain

I am using Windows 7 and I cant take screenshots and put them on PAINT, How am I supposed to compete?

Originally Posted by Dark One

I believe the correct term is "stalker".

Or at least that's what the last set of charges said...

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

That really depends on the kind of "full anthro head" you have to work with. If it's more of the same crap as the Monster heads, then you very much couldn't work with it, but that really doesn't have to be the case. As artists since time immemorial have proven, you can make anthropomorphic heads and faces that still emote in a way that's human-like enough for people to connect with them. I'm not even going to quote furry artists here, even though that's what's easiest to use as an example, and will instead direct you to the old Disney classics like Robin Hood, Talespin and the obvious - Lion King. In this particular case, it's not a question "degrees of humanity," but literally entirely a question of artistic vision, intent and, yes, even ability.

This can be done, but it requires an artist that both CAN make it work and actually WANTS to make it work. I don't doubt Jay's ability to produce this kind of material, but I SERIOUSLY doubt his willingness to, and I know that it's best not to ask an artist to work on material that he dislikes. The results are just never on the same level as the artist's favourite work.

Originally Posted by CaptHitGuy

Good point. Though wish I could have afforded to keep paying for this one at the same time (raising kids ain't cheap ya-know). Another funny story, when I filled out my exit survey for the game there was a question like "what would bring you back?" My replay was either COH2 or a new graphics engine, and now coincidentally...

Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion

Well just do a google search for EABOD...starts with "Eat a bunch of ..."

DIAF is 'die in a fire'

Originally Posted by Westley

Of COURSE the guy with the Alan Moore avatar would say THAT.

Originally Posted by Zombie Man

2. A State of the Game address worked so well for CO.

Originally Posted by Obscure Blade

I'd like that. As a mostly soloist, I can't get much use out of Pain on a Corruptor; and the nifty self damage boost secondary effect of Pain isn't much use to a Mastermind.

Originally Posted by Caligdoiel

Castle, with all due respect and love to the OCR team (Niv, Ocho, Ava, EMpulse, anyone I forgot) Marketing can EABOD and DIAF. Never once have I seen an ad for our game in print or televised media, it seems like the most exposure we get to gamers who DON'T know about us already is via word-of-mouth from players or the occasional Massively interview. What are they DOING up their in their little ivory tower that's got you so tongue-tied? Unless they plan to announce Going Rogue with a grand world tour of trained chimpanzees telling people about GR though the power of interpretive dance, I can't understand what it is exactly they do here.

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

I don't think the merit of wanting more information was ever in question. It's just the irritation of having a new "So where's my Going Rogue information?" thread made every day is eventually going to start wearing on people. Even the people who actually want information. It's like a car alarm outside you window - not really all that big a deal, until you realise it's been blaring for the last couple of hours and it's actually getting pretty annoying.

We'll get more info. Constantly asking for it won't change that or make it come out sooner.

Originally Posted by Airborne_Ninja

He is a Ballista, therefore I loathe him.

Originally Posted by Hallowed

Does it really, though? If the only part you can't customize is the glowie parts, then make 2-5 versions with primary colors for the glow. Not a perfect solution, but one that should be (relatively) easily implementable.

Also... don't the Arachnos Wolf-Spider have glowing eye-lights? I know they are colorable...