GlassGoblin
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Quote:I won't disagree with that, but communication of intent has always been a hit-or-miss proposition around here. But I also know that there was a huge amount of debate as to the appropriateness of ending the DA arcs with another iTrial, debate which would have been rendered moot if the stated intent had been to create content capable of providing a challenge for full teams of tricked out 50+3s.Originally Posted by UberGuy
Perhaps you might see how I would consider this a significant failure of communication of intent.
Would it have been nice to have the option for carnivores to set difficulty wherever they want? I guess so, but based on what I've seen -- and I'm sure Arcanaville will correct me if I'm mistaken -- it looks like the downgraded EBs are completely different entities from the DA EBs. I don't know if the tech exists for them to completely change entities based on difficulty, as opposed to scaling them up or down, but if it exists it wasn't used. Maybe the next set of content -- which is likely to be almost entirely iTrial oriented, to move the War of the Incarnates toward its conclusion -- will consider such options.
I've expressed my appreciation for what they gave us in DA. You've expressed your disappointment in the same. The devs have noted both our opinions. I'm not sure what more there is to be said about it. -
Quote:Ah, thank you. I more of less stopped following mainstream superhero books sometime after Crisis on Infinite Earths, during the era of the Invasion, Underworld, Final Night, and Zero Hour events. Enjoying comics is much easier when you no longer care about continuity -- I've been spared things like Superboy-Prime punching reality in the face.Originally Posted by Aneko
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Our story so far:
Host: "Welcome! I've prepared a feast for you all. We have roast beef, and turkey, and duck, and ham..."
[Six months pass.]
Guests: "Yay! Nom nom nom..."
Other guests: "Excuse me, but we're vegetarians. Is there something for us to eat?"
Host: "Oh, vegetarians exist? I didn't think of that. Well, let's see if I can fix something."
Host: "Here you go, vegetarians. An all-vegetable meal for you. I hope you like it!"
[Wailing and gnashing of teeth continues for months, until the next feast is completed.]
Vegetarians: "Thank you. It took a long time to make, but it's good. Nom nom..."
Carnivores: "Hey, Host! This isn't satisfying. Why isn't there any bacon in that salad? What's the point of eating something that doesn't have meat in it?"
Host: "This is for the vegetarians. I made the first feast for you. What happened to that?"
Carnivores: "We already ate all that and we're still hungry. Put bacon in the salad, and if they don't want the bacon they can pick it out! Then everyone's happy!"
Vegetarians: "You know, this was made specifically for us..."
Carnivores: "lrn2eat, n00b"
Host: "That kind of defeats the purpose, so no bacon. But I'll keep that in mind for the next feast."
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Quote:I had wondered about that myself, but he's from the 30th century -- are there still Green Lanterns?Originally Posted by BellaStrega
Recruit him into the Green Lantern Corps. His job is to turn yellow things into not yellow things.
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Quote:Ow. That hurt.Originally Posted by Obscure Blade
Well, they are LEOs.
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Quote:I always play with the sound on, but recently started using headphones. I am now even more impressed with the ambient sound. Crickets in the Praetorian underground? That's cool (and a little weird).Originally Posted by Golden Girl
They made another pass for I21 too - Atlas park has a lot more going on sound-wise now.
On the other hand, I forgot to take the headphones off when I used the Mission Teleporter for travel to a Portal mission. My ears are still ringing. -
Today I took two of my characters through the first part of Max's arc, with the optional, er, "recruiting." Yes, I fought EBs. Do you know what? It was fun, probably the most fun I've had for a while in this game.
I, as a player, know that I was fighting watered down versions of these opponents. I, as a player, look forward to stepping up the challenge in future runs. My characters only knew they were fighting big names, and they won. For a change I didn't have to stand outside the story's window looking in, wishing I had the time and money to create a "halfway decent build" so I could solo AVs. Nor did I have to stand around for 45 minutes while a league is assembled so I can mash buttons for 15 minutes without having the slightest clue what's happening storywise, because I'm just Private Dramatico in the Incarnate Army, and my job is to shut up and follow orders. For a change I got to be a Big Damn Hero in my own story.
And I suspect this is the only solo/small team Incarnate content we will see for a long, long time, because end-game players who aren't league raiders are a minority of the player base. Please let us keep it intact.
On preview: Damn, I'm all out of troll food. Some of you are going to go hungry, I'm afraid. -
Quote:Awakened Police Dogs.Originally Posted by Rabid_M
Swap the wolf out with the G.Shep model and you have police dogs for the PPD.
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Quote:Weird, that was my thought, too. At this point it seems pretty out of left field, but by then, who knows? PraeHami could be our ally.Originally Posted by MajorDecoy
The tentacles could also be from Praetorian Hamidon.
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Quote:I'm not suggesting it be changed, either*. It was just idle speculation on my part.Originally Posted by Steele_Magnolia
Like they did for Inner Inspiration?
I'm not suggesting Leprauchaun be changed. I didn't say that. I'm saying it was a bad idea, period.
The change to Inner Inspiration didn't occur to me; I got it for VIP-free, so I forgot that some people paid for it.
*Although if they wanted to price it at 90% off next Tuesday I'd be okay with that. -
Quote:You wouldn't be the first person to remark on the resemblance.Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
You are Lex Luther with a mostly erased memory... slowly but surely remembering, rising and returning to rule the world?
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Quote:How do you think people will react if they change its effects after the fact? It's one thing to do that for a regular item, but a persistent power you paid cash for? There could be riots in the digital streets.Originally Posted by Steele_Magnolia
Obviously these are meant for multiboxing gold farmers. The gold farmers are going to love these little guys. Park the bots at the door with their leprachauns while one toon clears the map.
WTH are they thinking?!?!
Edit/PS: Yes, I meant Gold Farmers, not just players who do their own inf farming. I meant the ones who farm inf and sell it for real money. You know, the ones that are against EULA. They're going to get more use out of these things than any other segment of the playerbase. I can't help but think this pet is a really poor idea. XP boosters are temporary. This thing is a one-time purchase with no expiration or limitation. -
Quote:Blue. He changed it to blue kryptonite, which only harms bizarros. White kryptonite destroys plant life.Originally Posted by Melancton
I remember that guy. And as I recall, he once saved Superboy by changing the color of some Kryptonite to a harmless color (white?).
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Quote:Hey, don't laugh. I've heard those Outbreak rock-throwers moved to Praetoria.Originally Posted by Gremalkyn
The worst powerset ever was on the toon I just deleted to make room for *this* toon. *nods*
If Outbreak was still the tutorial zone, I would expect those rock throwers to shove a wobbly wheel cart at me. With the wobbly wheels, there would be no telling where the cart might go - the rock thrower getting popped in the tail by his cart going in a circle would have been funny. "Slot it for accuracy, ya noob!" -
Quote:With great power comes great responsibility. With worthless power you get nights and weekends off.Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
Every superpower has its place...
The "worst" superpower is the one that is never used....
*the more you know*
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Quote:In March 2013 it may be discounted, when they're selling the Green Beer Temp Power (floors your Accuracy and To Hit, caps your Damage and Damage Resistance, adds PBAoE Taunt aura, and when the timer runs out your are dead and immune to rezzing for 15 minutes).Originally Posted by Pebblebrook
It's not unheard of to bring back an item if it might sell at a later date. Disney vault tactic springs to mind. And it's not like they need to retool for manufacturing virtual items.
But eh, just throwing out guesses heh...not really sure what their thinking process is.
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Quote:In my experience, the only time I've seen it happen is when a developer surfaces a bug which will (a) impact the financial systems, and/or (b) break the law.Originally Posted by Lothic
Developers in the trenches rarely get to make the call as to when things are launched or when things can be "held back for another week to work all the bugs out".
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Quote:Dude, you did NOT just dis my man Color Kid?! Legion of Substitute Heroes represent!Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Worst power I ever heard was the guy whose 'gift' was the ability to change the color of any object.
Anything he touched, he could change the color to anything else.
That's it, just the color, not the material itself. So no Gold from lead or anything.
C'mon, somebody else? Don't make me stand out here by myself.
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Quote:That makes some sense for a normal item, like the doggie pet. But unless they're planning to put it on clearance next Tuesday with all the other shamrock fluff in retail stores I don't see it happening. It's only available for two weeks.Originally Posted by Pebblebrook
The part you quoted wasn't really from a business logic stance...more like from a customer voting with their money but still support the game...stance.
But i suppose from a business standpoint, pricing it really high then later release it at 25% off would still get you profit and some goodwill because it's a sale and probably hype up demand for it. -
Quote:Does anyone have any legitimate studies as to the effects of professional writing/editing on the financial success of a MMO? Popular perception has it that gamers are a bunch of barely literate misanthropes living in their parents' basement who communicate solely through a series of grunted profanities over headsets as they hunt for their next graphically violent headshot. If there's any truth behind the stereotype, perhaps it's simply an expense item without any contribution to the bottom line.Originally Posted by LordAethar
The real question I'd like to have answered is, "Why?". Why are there spelling and grammatical errors over 5 years old in this game? Why don't these things get fixed?
The sad part is that many programmers consider simple "spelling" errors to be a low-priority fix since they don't impact the performance of the product. What they fail to realize is how much poor spelling and grammar can impact the appearance of the product. Any product with such errors will always look like an inferior, second-class product. This can and will drive-away potential customers.
Please note that I'm not saying there is any truth there, but I don't have access to the demographic profiling that suits do before investing millions in an entertainment product.
Also, programmers have nothing to do with words or story. There's some other poor schmoe who has to edit the database values for every word that appears on screen (and last time I did this kind of work, SQL didn't come with an in-field spell-checker). -
Quote:I use the "It's narration" rationalization all the time when I'm playing. It's the only way to prevent blowing an aneurysm.Originally Posted by Tenzhi
I deem those errors acceptable. If they were narration rather than dialog I might feel differently.
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Quote:I would not complain about paying 600pp for the latter. But it's gotta have the sound effects.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Would that be you summon a shopping cart and then push it around the city making vroom vroom sounds, or would that be you summon that guy to push you around in a shopping cart. While you sit in it making vroom vroom sounds.
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Quote:Apparently making bad sound effects takes no time at all, but we don't know about good ones.Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei
Not being silly man...Aside from the sounds there is nothing else to work on. They took almost no time at all to make the second set of sounds for it and showed that part is NOT as time consuming as you are trying to make it seem.
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Quote:This is my assumption, too. Also, as someone mentioned on another similar thread, these "silly" things may also be used internally to let new artists/devs get their feet wet. It's better to let the new gal potentially break a flying carpet, than break Hasten while trying to get rid of the pom-poms.Originally Posted by RosaQuartz
I assume that a lot of the "vanity" powers is an attempt at monitizing potential new tech that could lead to exciting new features.
Four-legged rigs (German Shepherds, etc.)
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Quote:Unless he's going to knock it into the sea because it's been co-opted by the Coming Storm. (I haven't played through the full arc yet, so I hope that's not completely ignorant.)Originally Posted by TheDeepBlue
Even if the Dream Doctor is trying to stop Battalion and/or Rularuu, which he may see as the Coming Storm, he may actually end up becoming part of the Coming Storm in at least one possible future.