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Quote:No, I would totally love to see that. You'd see more players on the streets of the game triggering NPC conversations just to see what weirdness you came up with.Originally Posted by Steelclaw
Just thought of this one...
* Paragon Studios announces the hiring of forumite Steelclaw to the position of Mission and Dialog Writer.
*****
And how about...
* ALL missions now have cutscenes.
Michelle
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Quote:You're very welcome. As a gamer geek chick, there's a lot about the Guild that I roll my eyes and laugh and go, "Oh yeah, that's us..."Originally Posted by Ulysses_Dare
Michelle,
Thanks for a wonderful video and for introducing me to the wacky world of The Guild.
Sorry to hear you got sick. Hope this helps you laugh your way to wellness... and yes, I gather that the real Positron found his alter ego's computer screen amusing.Quote:Originally Posted by Hallowed
Meant to post this a few days ago, but got distracted... and then sick.
Very nice. The stuff on Posi's monitor is priceless.
That doesn't exactly help. I need more direction.Quote:Originally Posted by Indiramourning
I think I can easily answer that: Anything you create!
Michelle
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Hey, fine by me if they want to invade, I lost all the demofiles from my first 200+ Rikti battles when my hard drive went down. Now I can film a whole new group of players smacking around the Rikti, and with customized power colours!
Michelle
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For Steel Canyon: "Gang War"... massive spawns of Tsoo and Outcasts start slugging it out all over the zone.
For Sharkhead: "The Leviathan is stirring"... WAVES of Coralax or those things you fight in the Calystix the Shaper mission.
For Independence Port: "Reactor Leak"... Radiation levels in Terra Volta are approaching dangerous levels - 8-man hero teams must head into the zone and plant 'restriction beacons' or somesuch simultaneously to forcefield off Terra Volta.
For St. Martial: "Carnival"... the Carnival of Shadows crop up EVERYWHERE and start wreaking havoc... in fact, go one step farther and have them start ambushing PCs in an attempt to "recruit" them by subdual.
Any zone (hero or villain, but must have an AE building): "System Glitch"... the AE system malfunctions, and holograms of random enemy groups (including ones you might not normally see in a given zone) start spawning across the zone. Minimum two teams to fix the problem - 1 team to hunt down the holograms and 'deactivate' them, 1 team to 'fix' the AE system (a la the Hero Respec trial).
Michelle
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If I sat at Posi's desk, I'd probably have a life expectancy about the length of "Move your a**, Michelle".
Michelle
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Quote:Oops. Sorry, I wasn't actually here for the whole ED thing (I came in at the tail end of I-9), so I stand corrected. Thanks for letting me know!Originally Posted by TonyV
Small quibble... This is a myth I'm trying to break. Yes, some players left the game over ED. But if you're talking net, there was a huge net gain in players when ED hit--it was at the same time City of Villains was released.
Folks who cry over ED (in general--I'm not referring to you specifically, because I'm not calling what you said "crying") are totally out of line. It would be as if they made changes tomorrow that caused 300 players to leave but gained 20,000 new subscribers. There would be folks who cry for years about those 300 players who left.
Michelle
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Might I respectfully suggest, then, that you contact our Riktified mods via PM and ask if either a) there's an email address to which you can submit suggestions to the Marketing Department, or b) ask if they might be willing to FORWARD an email on your behalf to the Marketing Department? For that matter, ask if c) submitting a ticket to the GMs might be acceptable?
(BTW, I mention that latter because of my time working technical support when people would use the online troubleshooting submission forms to air their grievances about us, our products, or our services - it was part of my job to either address them myself or direct them to the higher-ups that handled said matters.)
I think we have, as CLEARLY demonstrated through direct observation, proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Marketing Department does not read these forums. Standing here howling like rabid wolves high on angel dust, demanding information and pretty much threatening to leave if we don't get it, is having about as much effect as me persuading the Mississippi to detour through Nebraska.
I am not denying anyone's right to an opinion - I'm not denying anyone's right to air it here (so long as it abides by forum rules, otherwise said Riktified mods will come and smack it down). I am hoping people will realize that these forums are NOT the means to get Marketing to listen.
BTW, Arcanaville, I tried to rep you again and got told to spread it around first.
Michelle
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Quote:Then you must know the wrong people. A sizable chunk of my Friends list are still on the game on a regular basis, getting characters ready to go for GR, or catching up on badges, and generally still enjoying themselves. I can still field an 8-man PuG without much effort.Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain
Maybe if they stopped *screwing around and listened to people...
I do not log into play. No one I know logs into PLAY... ?
Those that are hanging in the holding pattern til GR comes out, go right ahead and enjoy yourselves. I know a lot of folks are happily plowing through all the games they got off Steam during the holiday sale while waiting for GR's closed beta to start and they get in through whatever Tier gets them in. But please don't insist that I should be bored or outraged just because the Marketing Department are a tightlipped bunch.
Yes, we've lost players in various-sized droves over the years - whether over ED, PvP, the MA, That Other Game, or whatever. When GR comes out, I'm willing to be we'll get a lot of people back. Will they STAY? No idea. But they'll be back.
Michelle
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Quote:Hey, if I don't blow my own horn, who will?Originally Posted by Hallowed
Shameless shill.
And someone warn me if Riktified mods are showing up on Justice, I wanna see this.
Michelle
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Quote:I guess they didn't like your Rikti Roll video, Ash...Originally Posted by N'Iv I'Ene
Target: Ashcraft
Status: Spy
Objective: Torture
Michelle
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Quote:You fight it like this.Originally Posted by QuarriosSoul
What!? I'm way too inexperienced to deal with this! How can I fight such a thing?
Michelle
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Ohhhhhhh, *I* get it now. I mention that my next video might be one about the Rikti and then THIS happens? I sense three mods who wanna be in it...
Michelle
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*wanders in, then immediately dashes back out to fetch her videocamera*
HEY! Put that Lost Curing Wand away til I get there with the film crew!
Michelle
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*grins*
Then today I get a couple reviews on this video, my GR teaser, and my I-16 trailer... I have apparently lured a few players into the game (or in a couple cases, BACK into the game). Mwahahahaha.
Michelle
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*laughs*
Good to see you back at it again, Ash... was actually just talking about you and your videos last night.
Michelle
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Let's see, other nifty fun facts...
- Merc Masterminds' Tier 2 pets (Spec Ops) get Sniper attacks once upgraded... useful for setting them to Defensive, selecting your target, and then telling a Spec Op "Attack My Target." They'll snipe from long range.
- When doing the aura mission, the easiest place to find all three groups in one zone is Crey's Folly. Rikti monkeys, DE swarms, and then Freakshow. Voila, done.
- Of all the heroside Ouro setdown points, Founders Falls' is the closest to a) a tram and b) a Vanguard base.
- There are two ICON reps in the RWZ - one near the base portal, one near the Merit Vendor.
- There's a Crey holding facility under Agincourt in Nerva.
Michelle
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Quote:Maybe we should start a t-shirt and sticker campaign, a la the Luddites... hmmm. Banners in our signatures?Originally Posted by Shadow Ravenwolf
Samuraiko for Dev 2010
...NOW!!
/em bowQuote:Originally Posted by Ashcraft
Great. Another song to get stuck in my head. Good going, DR. *grumbles*
Thank you, I try.
Michelle
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I wasn't even asking to see how much time I had left on earning said day job. It'd just be nice to see who was parked where. Then if there's only a zone, I know the character in question will be working on Patroller/Criminal.
Michelle
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Quote:Yep!Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Veruca Salt from the original Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, correct?
*sighs* It was a joke.Quote:Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer
It seems that I may be the only person willing to wait for GR...
It also seems that I may be the only person who reads my own sig!
Michelle
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Sorry, I just couldn't help myself with this one... (and I'm sure Steelclaw could probably do this better than I could, but oh well).
Player base:
Rogue-s! Rouge-s!
I want my beta to open by Easter
Positron:
It will, guys...
Player base:
And I don't want to pay
Positron:
Anything you say
Player base:
And by the way
Positron:
What?
Player base:
I want a blaster.
Positron:
Um, you've already got several...
Player base:
A dual pistols blaster!
Positron:
Oh, one of those
Player base:
Incendiaries and cryos, and limitless bios
For all of my five-ohs!
Positron:
You can have all those things when the expansion's released
Player base:
No, now!!
I want a Rogue!
I want Vigilantes!
Nova Praetoria, revamped Dark Astoria,
I wanna kill Borea...
Give it to me!
ARRGH!
NOW!
I want the game!
I want the whole game!
Whether I farm it or just want to narm it
I WANT IT NOW, DARN IT!
GIVE IT TO ME
NOW!
I want it today
No, not tomorrow
I want to take it and totally break it
SO HURRY AND MAKE IT!
I want an entirely new graphics engine
Break things to make it all fit
And if it's not everything I have imagined
I will /ragequit!
I want demons!
I want whips and demons!
Grav MMs, dark doms, in-game RP nom-noms,
And ditch the damn pompoms
And now!
Don't care how
I want it now!
Don't care how
I want it now!
Michelle
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Wow, congrats! *loud whistles and applause*
Michelle
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Quote:Merci!Originally Posted by Avatea
I salute your creativity and attention to details. Magnifique !
Michelle
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It dawned on me the other night while I was logging in that it'd be extremely convenient to see where exactly your characters are when you log in, for those who want to optimize earning Day Job credit.
As it is now, we can see what zone they're in, but if the system can track where a given character is, it might be nice to see, for example, "Agent Tavarisch: Rikti War Zone (Vanguard Base)", or "Profiteer: Cap au Diable (Vault Reserve)".
To go one step farther, it'd be REALLY nice to see how far you have to go on said badge to EARN it, if you don't have it already, but that's just gravy.
Would this be doable?
Michelle
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I hope to be there! Debating bringing in Agent Blake this time (my dark/psi def), coz I've never had her along on a Hami raid...
Any tips/tricks that a def should know doing a Hami Raid?
Michelle
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Yep, I use it. It's a godsend for me to shoot videos with. Not to mention finding some cool arcs to play in the meantime.
When Aeon Corp decides to upgrade and release Mission Architect 2.0, I expect good things from it.
Michelle
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