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Quote:Originally Posted by Zombie Man
She's not our mommy!!!
(Grief over Sister Psyche's death, plus an obsessive reaction to anything remotely appearing Mary-Sue-ish.... Thanks, Venture! And for that, here, take this: when it comes to a new signature NPC being the 'face' of CoH, we have an Unpleasable Fanbase.)
Quote:Originally Posted by Haetron
1. Pedoriffic backstory involving the Clockwork King, rendered not quite so pedo by way of age retcon. (She's 18 in that Faultline arc, HONEST)
2. Sudden emergence of her in the SSA1 at the end of the arc completely and totally overshadowing the player presence, to the point one part of the arc is dedicated purely in elevating her NPC status and eliminating the person she is to replace.
2a. Kneejerk reaction to the fact Sister Psyche was killed as an "also-ran" and the percieved reasoning being her ties to Emmert.
3. In the players crowning moment of awesome, she has to be present because ONLY SHE CAN PROTECT YOU! from the Rulawades beam of immaculate destruction. (funny, tho, some ATs can flip her the bird and ignore her presence anyway)
4. Sudden acceptance by all of Paragon as a new great hero after appearing twice as a hero, and being brought into the Freedom Phalanx, and being escalated to being A SIGNATURE HERO.
((In my opinion, the boat here was -completely- missed. I know they -had- to have a psychic character, but this kind of character arc was where Frostfire was actually logically headed, and had they had him appear in the SSA and take a spot on the phalanx, it'd have seemed much more natural. I would have lol'd if they didn't update his costume, but from a character arc, it makes more sense.))
5. And for me, this is just the final straw. She was never an interesting character, and was basically some writer's clever attempt at homaging THE PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP. Seriously. This would be like, if Ambush Bug joined the JLA, and then was actually MARKETED as the Flagship character of the DC Universe and demanded to be treated seriously at all times. Not only does it disregard the character's original comedic intent, but it also by extension, puts the entire cast and brand into a bad light.
Except for me, it's none of that at all. It's just some random NPC who is suddenly the most popular character to the entire marketing department. I understand why CoV used Recluse and Co. I understand why Going Rogue used Statesman vs. Tyrant. I get why Freedom hearkened back to the launch of CoH, and put Statesman up front on his own. But now, suddenly, we have Penny? If there was a story arc that showcased Penny as the metaphor for the PC as the up and coming hero of Paragon City, I would get it--but she's not. She's just an NPC from way back when Faultline got remodeled.
And, post-script, I liked Sister Psyche less than I did Penny. I have no problems with Penny. I like Penny. I just don't understand why things have become SUDDENLY, PENNY, EVERYWHERE. -
Completely overhaul SGs, and scrap SG bases. Unless someone is going to pony up the developer time to do SG bases right, we should stop disrespecting the base subcommunity and just yank the plug on them. They're window dressing that serve little to no functionality outside of some small (in)conveniences.
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Eight-plus years here, yeah. I can remember reading about this game in the college computer labs.
I have worked five(?) different jobs, culminating in the two I am at now: government work and graduate professor. In the interim, I was laid off when a company I had devoted too much of my life to sold me out--luckily, things got better.
Before, I had never left the United States. Now, I have been to several foreign countries--including "living" in Tokyo for nearly two weeks. I have swam in the Caribbean, hiked rain forests, and ascended Mt. Fuji.
I lived with my parents, then a series of apartments, and then a large home in an amazing neighborhood, overlooking Lake Erie. Which is good, because I now have (almost) four nieces and nephews. And two amazing children of my own, with the most amazing person I could ever imagine. And a definitely not very amazing dog.
I wish that the people who brought me here were still here. More than that, I wish that the people who made me love this game were still here. (Many still are.
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And I'm still here, too.
EDIT: Dammit. And I've been using the same computer all along. Thanks for rubbing it in. -
Quote:Same same same, here.Originally Posted by Lothic
Yeah that's been an unfortunate truth about the way badges work for years and as an example I got hit pretty bad by it last year.
As an aside, I got Nemesis Plot just randomly passing through Peregrine from the RWZ. It looks like the badge just awards across the entire zone, whether you participate or not--luckily, I happened to be on my main badger. -
Quote:That's the canned response for anything on the Known Issues list. And yes, I should've gotten the 8 year badge last week as well.Originally Posted by TsumijuZero
I contacted support and I got a reply suggesting a fix is in the works for a future publish...
"Thanks for taking the time to contact us with this report. We are currently aware of this issue and hope to have a fix implemented in an upcoming patch." -
Quote:Seriously. I mean, I don't hate Penny--I think she's an interesting character. I just don't understand how she's suddenly ballooned to becoming more important to this game than Statesman. City of Heroes is now City of Penny, and it just doesn't make any sense to me. And to top things off, she's fighting Shadow Hunter--who we know nothing about, unless you count his years as a throw-away dark clone of another throw-away character.Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Sorry, that is the politest way of saying it. It is obvious that someone is completely enamored by Yin, but I don't like her. I don't like her background, I don't like how she is portrayed since her "upgrade" from a generic Faultline contact, and I don't like her in-game. She ranks down there with Fusionette, Lady Jane, and a host of instantly forgettable NPCs in this game.
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We had a power failure that knocked out all the computer systems at the office, so I only got around to filling the survey out, now.
Things I neglected to put in my survey: Stackable temp powers. Weapon Skin packs. IE, "Scythe" -
Oh, I'll take it all right...
What's "Halloween Part II"? I don't even understand this survey. -
First of all, they need to back the truck up and go back to treating Super Leader the way it used to be. Let's be honest--that was a cop-out answer that flies in the face of GMs and CS ever since SL was introduced.
Next, I would agree with a lot of the suggestions, but include offline invites with the offline promotion/demotion. Also, include renames. -
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Quote:It's more or less to protect you from buying stuff you already have.Originally Posted by Quantumizer
Oh, well. Thanks for the answer!
Removing that functionality would help you, but probably be bad for most everyone else. -
Quote:Your new approach, you mean. Because this isn't the way it used to operate. Personally speaking, the thing that annoys me the most is that you just RT every single positive thing anyone ever says that involves City of Heroes.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
Our approach to Twitter is not to use it as a means of notifying of emergency or immediate issues, but rather as another way to engage our Community. This means we'll be having conversations with people who reply to our Tweets, finding people talking about City of Heroes on Twitter and talking with them and otherwise finding fun ways to utilize it to make COH a fun experience even when you're not in game.
I'm sincerely hopeful you, and many others, will choose to join us in this conversation, however if this isn't what you're looking for, I understand.
I'm waiting to see, "@CityofHeroes RT @CatLady10K, OMG @CityofHeroes CLEANED ALL MY LITTERBOXES, THANK YOU!"
You're engaging some folks. And bugging the crap out of others. -
The store does not allow this functionality, as it has no way to look at you other than as a VIP/Preem/Free Player. You would have to buy it after you dropped to Premium.
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Quote:June is a while away. I don't think they have to do anything until then.Originally Posted by Nos482
Hello?
Have the devs forgotten about this already? -
Odd thought: Kidd hasn't been around for a while. So who fixed it, and is it updated with the new hires? Like DINK, etc?
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That sounds about right. She might still play on Virtue. I wonder what sort of legal wrangling went into that.
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Thank you for fixing this, again!
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Quote:Indeed, good work.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Aeon's Pal -
It helps relieve all the performance pressure on Black Pebble.
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Quote:This is bull****. They haven't been doing this at all.Originally Posted by Madadh
Basically, it comes down to the fact that they don't want to give 1 player the ability to rain on other players parades. Any one player. And that sorta makes sense, from a business standpoint. They're going to check to see if there is any hint of a dispute, and count (paying) subs on one side and compare to subs on the other side.
Exactly. If what Zwill is saying was actually true, I have three SGs I want back. As in, I was a member of three SGs where the super leader said, "I'm quitting CoH, and as a collective middle-finger to everyone in this SG, I'm kicking you all out before I disband it and leave for game X." Three times.Quote:Originally Posted by Ironblade
Sorry, way too late for that argument. They already did EXACTLY that when they introduced the superleader rank. Once someone has the red star, they can kick everyone else from the SG. -
I love the concept of a semi-restored Hollows becoming a sort of Praetorian immigrant ghetto. It's depressingly close to real life, and really well thought out.
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The Hulk is about to release a gaseous gamma bomb.
Quote:Faces melting off and people exploding, but we can't say "***?"Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
He's very shiney, but what's that exiting his hiney?Quote:Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
It would seem that Iron Man has modified his suit to include an auxiliary power supply in his butt,
I've seen it before (I'm so internet-jaded) but it still makes me laugh.Quote:Originally Posted by Blue Rabbit
Thanks Zombie! You da man! -
It just bothers me that we're suddenly back to how many years ago, when we debated what it meant to be a Super Leader, how SGs functioned, and who "owned" them.
But really, Zwill, if that's what you want to do... -
Quote:I know how the rest of that goes.Originally Posted by Celestial_Lord
Hey now! Back off, buster. Golden Girl is mine!
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Quote:Dear god, I just got back to the forums and saw this thread. Thank you Xanatos, and thank you everyone who lobbied against these changes. I'm happy with the compromise that was reached, and I think we all win.Originally Posted by Xanatos
...I am Statesman's.
Please let me keep the badge.
EDIT 24/04/12
