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The best use of Statesman in a long time was killing him off?

Honestly, it was only sad in the fact that the devs threw him away like a chump. He didn't fight anything. He just gave up. He walked into the world's most obvious trap, lured into a smoldering crater in an exotic location by a man with no ability to actually fight Statesman. He didn't even show up at all previously in the arc, so there's no chance to actually establish any sort of emotional connection.

It'd be like if the Death of Superman didn't have Superman in it at all except for the last page. And instead of Doomsday killing him, it's Toyman.

Bam. This.

dood, chill

The AT was only a part. The story would've involved an actual aftermath to the Rikti war storyline (something we never got), having Traditionalists integrating into human society instead of chilling out in Vanguard HQ, while also revamping a dead zone into one with life. It would've also answered questions and fleshed out Rikti society and history more while continuing Hero One's path to regaining control and becoming a hero once more. Crey could've had more presence, as well, since it is Crey's Folly being revamped. They might have tried spearheading the reconstruction efforts while trying to get in tight with Vanguard or the government.

Instead we got the goatee universe transformed into a not-so-goatee universe, time spent focusing on alternate reality versions of Primal characters while the Primal characters themselves are neglected, stories that had nothing to do with Primal Earth or even the important people in Praetoria (First/Night Ward), and in the end there was hardly even a genuine resolution as Praetoria was completely destroyed and the Hamidon won, making everything that was worked on pointless.

Plus Prae never even gave us an epic AT, anyway, which was a very hot topic many people asked for.

I'm not saying the Prae story wasn't enjoyable at parts, but I genuinely think they could've done way more with that Post Rikti War story, instead.

Yup. Instead we got two years of Praetorian storylines. And we know how well that turned out :\

This.

Seriously. Last thing we would've needed after two years of Praetoria would be two years of Battalion, followed by two years of Dimensionless, followed by two years of Frieza, followed by two years of Cell.

tbh I tried really hard to answer questions we knew the answers to already, while cleaning the list of repeat questions (every other question was "What was the Batallion", not kidding).

Also, definitely agree with your last part. Felt like as they went through the questions Matt just kind of gave up on effort.

Bam.

Calm down.

They did that awhile ago. Anyone can hop on Beta, VIP or not.

The entire studio's already been disassembled and scattered. I'm not saying anyone should be fired, 'cause they're all are already gone. And it's highly doubtful they'd all come back at this point, since some probs already have new jobs. So if Paragon Studios ends up finding a new publisher and can spring back and reform, that'd be the perfect time to make a better team. Jus sayin'.

You're going to have to eventually just buy a new computer. It's the truth about PCs and gaming in general. Console gamers need to buy new consoles every 5-7 years, and PC gamers need to upgrade every so often, too. Not being a snob here, I ran a crappy comp myself that couldn't handle iTrials, or even TFs, and had to upgrade a year ago. Games constantly evolve, and so to does their console.


That said, what I quoted above is the equivalent of saying "I'm starving and all I have to eat is poop. Therefore, poop is is a five star, gourmet meal." It's not. It's still poop, and the solo Incarnate path is still way more grindy and punishing than it ever needed to be. The devs being shocked that we wanted a solo path was ridiculous in and of itself. Then coming right out and saying that they wanted people to run the iTrials instead, so they were going to make the solo path as minimally rewarding as they possibly could was just awful. That's a horrible mindset to have towards your players, especially when a good majority of this game's content is so solo-friendly, and some of it solo-mandatory.

To put it in perspective, I ran one and a half DA story arcs, which took me around two, maybe three hours, and got about 10-15% iXP on my first two iPowers. Immediately afterward I hopped on an Underground Trial, which takes roughly an hour or two on a casual league, and that one trial gave me the remaining 90% iXP I was missing.

That's not fair, and if Paragon Studios reformed that's not the kind of thing I'd want to see being passed as "Okay".

Stop. Just stop.

Ya. Read the thread again, dude.

We can't pay for it. NCSoft cut that service, not Paragon Studios. And good luck changing their mind on the matter.

Zwillinger isn't going to unlock everything because, as he stated, it would damage the game's economy and create a massive mess. If the game is saved, there'll be a lot to clean up. It'd also be a lot of work on their part, if they even have access to the tools to do so, to go through the market and flag only certain items as free.

Beta, however, is the exact solution you're asking for. It has all the things you said you want, with none of the problems listed above. It even has new stuff we won't see on the live servers. So bury whatever problem you have with Beta, hop over there, and gorge yourself on free content.

Honestly, if Paragon Studios did reform, I wouldn't mind seeing two or three specific people replaced instead of coming back onto this game. Not gonna name names here but the person who managed our end game and made DA so punishingly grind-tacular can go, and a certain member of the writing team can take a year or two break to practice his skills.

Everyone else, though, particularly folks like Dink and Synapse, are amazing and I'd love to see come back.

You don't need to explain yourself to him, dood. He was just tossing out a heads up to everyone.