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Quote:No - they said Tyrant killed the Praetorian Recluse.Originally Posted by Noxilicious
Technically, there's four. Imperious is essentially Past Statesman.
Also, wasn't the news about Recluse at Herocon basically "Richter died at the Well of the Furies... or did he?" with emphasis on the "or did he?" -
Quote:The "must leave Praetoria at 20" is more us putting 2 and 2 together - there's no confirmation yetOriginally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Not true. Posi stated that, upon hitting level 20 in Praetoria, you get to effectively push the "Be a Hero/Be a Villain" button, regardless of whether you ran as a Loyalist or part of the Resistance up until then.
And the final choice you're given just before you leave doesn't mean that your previous career path hasn't been good or evil - the "epic storyline" of the 1-20 content will reveal more about both sides, so even if the Praetorian Police sound ok at level 1, by level 20, you'll have a better idea of what they're really like, so even if you've joined them, you'll still have the chance to jump ship and choose to be a Hero instead.
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Quote:Positron has said that the moral choice missions are clearly defined - so I dom't think there'll be too much doubt as to which path is the evil one, and which one is the good oneOriginally Posted by NightErrant
You have to understand that, when you start out in Praetoria, it's not going to be immediately clear which path leads to heroics and which leads to villainy.
The Praetorian Police department are the "first line of defense against the Resistance" - if you choose them as a career path, you're going to be taking the evil pathQuote:Similarly, "Police" doesn't always mean "Secret Police". A Praetorian Law Enforcer doesn't have to be in Tyrant's metaphorical pocket.
If you're superpowered you must join the Powers Division and serve Tyrant - there's no choice - except, of course, to go underground with those who don't think Tyrant is such a nice personQuote:What I would guess is that the difference between Praetorian Heroes and Praetorian Villains won't be whether or not you're a rebel, but rather how you behave in the Praetorian World.
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Tyrant and Recluse both seem to base their promotion system on that "survival of the fittest" idea - so they have some moustache-twirling stuff in common
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Quote:I think it's important to remember that the playerbase doesn't have identical wishes or playstylesOriginally Posted by _gohan661_
Really people there is nothing to get excited about yet! a couple of icons and a screenshot. Costumes dont make this game. Infact some of my 50s dint even get a new costume until they were 50. Lots of my toons have upwards of 73 free tailor sessions I really doubt adding more costumes is going to make me more inclined to make more costumes.
I realize its not done yet but it looks to me as if there is nothing much to do in that passage way it will be just another place you superspeed through and take no notice of.
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Quote:My guess would be "soon"Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain
Can I get an ETA on that Mister?
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Quote:I'd like it have the same creepy too-clean look that the cloning facility on Kamino had in AotC - raging storms outside would be an added bonusOriginally Posted by Techbot Alpha
In way...grotty asylums aren't that scary. It's like "Right, dank, dark and evil. Get ready. We KNOW theres evil here."
When it's all polished, shiny, white light lit and cold white tiles....Hnnghg...nasty.
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Quote:One big thing needed are new bodyguards for Tyrant - in the final mission in the lava lair, the ruler of the world seems to have a group of guards made up of casually dressed street thugsOriginally Posted by StormSurvivor
I'd looooove for the old Praetorian Arcs to get their well-deserved update.
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Quote:I think they'll need the closed beta to start first before they think about the open betaOriginally Posted by Lucky666
that sounds like open beta is starting real soon to me, can I quote you? to late hehe
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Quote:An arctic zone at last!Originally Posted by David Nakayama
this is just the tip of the iceberg...
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Quote:Standing around dressed in skintight leather?Originally Posted by Dolphin
Personally, I think it would be neat if Stephan turned out to be filling the role that Belladonna does in the universe we currently play in.
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I think it's mostly because we already have Relcuse as our major "mine is an evil laugh" supervillain
By making Tyrant less openly evil at first, it gives more scope for the story arcs - like if he was twirling his moustache right from level 1, there'd not be so many variations in the stories you could set in Praetoria. -
Quote:They'll need to change the maps for sure - right now, the version of Praetoria they have is a dirty, run down and ruined city - so it's totally out of sync with the new version of Praetoria.Originally Posted by Dante
Given that we know that the Praetorian AVs from the Portal Corps missions are getting a revamp (at least I think I'm remembering that correctly...) then it's entirely possible that they could be reworked in line with Going Rogue. Despite their tough AVs, the Praetorian arcs as they stand are fairly standard fair as they go. If they're getting a remake, they could easily be turned into huge, epic sized battles with characters who get established early on in the 1 - 20 levels of Praetoria.
However I tend to think there's even more to that than just a reworking of some end of game arcs. I suspect Coming Storm plot developments but then that could just be wishful thinking on my part.
For example, Mother Mayhem's asylum map fits perfectly with the old concept, but really seems out of place in the new, gleaming and futuristic concept - her new lair would probably be brilliant white and well lit, with no dirt anywhere - to reflect the way that nothing can hide from her and her Seers.
And while I think there might be some interesting secret areas in or under Tyrant's tower, I don't hink he'll have the lava throne room - that's a bit too openly evil for the new, "good" Emperor of Praetoria
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War Witch is a ghost now, so she's become more powerful than we can possibly imagine
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Quote:Bad-guy-who-thinks-he's-good is interestingOriginally Posted by Psyte
I guess I simply don't want to write him off as being bad-guy-pretending-to-be-good. Too simple, uninteresting.
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Quote:That's not quite on the same scale as creating a world-wide dictatorship that's so repressive that even your thoughts are monitoredOriginally Posted by BigFish
And Statesman crashed a Rikti mothership into a civilian subdivision. Evil? Manticore funds an army of deadly vigilantes to do his bidding. Evil? Ms. Liberty controls a corpse of elite soldiers that use weapons of mass destruction in the middle of at least two major world cities. Evil?
According to you, there are no right sidesQuote:Admit it GG. There's PLENTY of evil to be found in the hearts of the CoH good guys. Let's not try to make it a child's game of 'cowboys and indians', where we cheer for the wrong side
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Quote:Tyrant will be shown to be evil by the end of the GR contentOriginally Posted by BigFish
I'll say this again GG: There are no pure heroes or undiluted villains. Everyone has their dark sides and their grand plans. Both in this game and the Real World
It's true
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Well, Tyrant doesn't have a goatee, and they haven't even given him a moustache to twirl, so that means he might be not so obviously evil at first - he'll probably grow a moustache as the storyline progresses and you uncover the truth about him
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Quote:It's a divergence - Praetoria is not an exact mirror of Primal Earth - so not every character here has an exact mirror over there.Originally Posted by Olantern
One thing confused me a bit about this background. I'd always been under the impression, based on what we're told in "The Terra Conspiracy," that Hamidon Pasalima didn't become the Hamidon, the monster, until relatively recently. Is this an oversight, a change to the existing backstory, or a divergence between Primal and Praetorian Earths?
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Quote:That's to make the revelation more unexpectedOriginally Posted by EmperorSteele
Mind you, all this info seems to come from a skewed perspective and makes him out to be as much of a good guy as possible.
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Quote:There's video proof tooOriginally Posted by Ms. Mesmer
I was a doubter before HeroCon, but at least one of the attendees reported that it was confirmed there, so I have moved to cautious believer.
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Quote:Positron posted some graphic card info here last month:Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain
Is there any Dev out there that can put up some real genuine information about ultra Mode and the graphics cards we will need to play it in Ultra HIGH?
Also, Is there a dev that can simply in his/her spare time go find some links to LAP tops that will play CoX Ulktra Mode in the medium settings range.
kthnxbi
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Quote:I'm pretty sure it will - it'll be a major selling point for it.Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
I think you made a double negative there. I hope I understood it correctly - but it seems most unlikely that GR will have the "End Game" content.
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Quote:It. Is. Not. A. GuessOriginally Posted by PeteyCat
Right now our best guess is that their Recluse is dead.