Judgement_Dave

All the best, Khaine

All the best til we meet again, FFM

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Low level zones can't be too exotic - they're for junior Heroes
The early sones should be in the city, then as you become more powerful, you can go to other places.

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I thought that the heroes of Paragon were meant to have come from all over the world (and some from further afield)... if so, why on Earth do you think that they need to be restricted to inner-city Paragon for their early careers?

Take care, Zortel - hope CoX can tease you back sometime soon.


BTW:
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This wasn't what I was hoping for, let down by a damp squid of an announcement, of disheartening information from the Devs, and an issue that could really just be a patch.

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It's actually a 'damp squib' that you were looking for.. Squids should be damp (well positively wet), whereas squibs (small explosive charges - such as those used in special efects for gunfire striking walls) should be kept dry or they won't explode...

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Especially as you got them first - the transcript of the chat was eagerly read by those awful Americans who always get the better treatment

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A shame that I've not noticed the US returning the favour yet and posting transcripts/notes of what was said in the US training room.

AFAIK As Leese says.

Although I noticed on test earlier that the Architect dayjob badge gives a 2 ticket bonus (for a short time after mission etc). 2 tickets. Whole tickets I hope...


That really has to be one of the worst dayjob powers so far... And I really don't know if this compares to the bonuses for INF/salvage/etc that some of the other dayjobs give.

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exotic locations widen the scope and feel of the game, so it really does feel like you're protecting the whole world.

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Protecting the world? Can't wait for the English seaside town zone - fighting rikti on the crazy golf course, new OAP civilian mobs and KB'ing Crey into washed up sewage FTW!

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GR Has left the team of Developers for good. i was speaking to him previously in e-mail and he said to quote:

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...I'll need to defer to Avatea. I'll be leaving NCsoft at the end of April, so I'm only here for another 7 work days (including today)...

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Recieved:Wed Apr 22 2009 10:57 AM

Sad news i thought

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Err - does he work weekends??

It says 7 work days - so if that wasn't inclusive and he doesn't work weekends that makes this Friday his last day.

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I think it's also important to remember that more exotic zones might be higher up the priority list, as the competition has them


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A shards gameplay makeover (a la Hollows) could make great sense. Open (at least part of) it up to villains and actually start to use these visually striking zones...

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To be fair there never was a hollows revamp

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Posi again stated tonight that they've done 2 zone revamps - so that'd be Faultline and RCS/RWZ.

Given that those are the two, IMO, it's especially odd how he finds new zones better than revamps. RCS was a waste of space - used in very few missions (probably used more for the 3rd CoH respec trial). RWZ is used just a little bit more...

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Yeah - being negative doesn't really help anyone.

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Actually you are wrong there. Being a sycophant doesnt help anyone.

If people are negative, it can lead to things being improved and changed, whereas if people keep saying how wonderful things are then things get stale very quickly.

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Sorry but both wrong.

Being too biased either way and offering nothing but blinkered praise or criticism is probably going to get your views written off as either a fanboi or a whiner.

But likewise hiding your criticism or withholding praise for what they are doing just because you haven't criticised/praised them in years doesn't help anyone either.

Just call em like you see em - praise the devs when they do well and criticise when they do a bad job.

Ironic how MA is being used for farming when the tentonhammer anniversary interview with Posi has this as part of an answer regarding any foul-ups (my highlighting):
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Another moment would be the Winter Lords that went out with the first winter event that we did. We had just created new reward splitting code for Giant Monster-class entities which looked good on paper… in practice however it was possible to get a character from level 1 to 20 in under an hour fighting these things. I remember making a frantic call to our Producer at the time begging him to shut off the event early, but I was just a lowly designer back then, and the long-story-short is that event ended when it was scheduled to.

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So now that he's lead he still can't get things altered when 1 to 50 may be a mere 8 hrs...

Yeah - I disagree with the dev-nuke approach to 'exploits', but there's most definitely an irony in the above being 1 of only 2 foul-ups mentioned in the interview.

But I14 was I13.5.. so is I15 I13.75?

To be fair I did originally just state which arc it was that Khaine referred to, which given that I have 4 wasn't unreasonable. It's only because Leif sarcastically picked up on it as if I had been pimping my arc that I went into full-auto mode.

But I knew to stop there rather than pick up on JamieB's post...

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I'm confused. Is this the announcement from posi or just questions dug up from the forums or something completely different?

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The last: something different.

Positron was on the EU test server from about 17:00 BST until 19:00 BST (when he had to leave for a meeting). This is a colection of info from him in person at the pocket D on test.

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'How did you get it sorted like that?
My log file is a total mess, I had to reorganize most the questions to make it readable.

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Patience and missing out on WW altogether - but swapping back to CoX every few minutes to stop myself AFK'ing out so it still logs!

The logs aren't easy to read especially when so much chat is happenning so quickly...

This thread didn't exist when I was writing my collection from the chatlogs.. so it may be frowned upon, but here's a reposrt to get it in the same thread:

A few notes from the chatlog - matched up where I could. I missed the first 20-30 minutes of Positron at PD...

* On I15:
04-28-2009 17:52:31 [Local] Positron: I15 is not a super-mega issue. We needed to get the stuff that's ready to go out near the Anniversary
04-28-2009 17:52:44 [Local] Positron: But the TF and SF are SUPER COOL


* On MA issues:
04-28-2009 17:56:23 [Local] Positron: Search is a VERY high priority
04-28-2009 18:16:23 [Local] Positron: We've got a pile of MA bugs we're fixing, but I am not a coder, so I don';t know what's done and whats not


* Regarding farms:
04-28-2009 17:57:54 [Local] Positron: Yes, if you lodge Complaints against the farms, they can be taken care of
So I guess that means that the official position is that we should complain about farms.


* Regarding the number of arcs and testing MA arcs:
04-28-2009 17:57:26 [Local] Positron: I wasn't surprised at the number, but at the speed at which you guys reached it
04-28-2009 17:59:37 [Local] Positron: Yeah, we thought more people would use the Test mode for, uh, testing.
(think this was in response to my pointing out "it's not 100,000+ arcs - it's 100,00+ arc ids used... there should have been a way to 'publish for testing'.....")


* Regarding his personal approach to finding arcs:
04-28-2009 18:01:58 [Local] Positron: I generally don't read the boards to find arcs
So no immediate disadvantage for EU forumites... unless he gets recommendations from those that do...


* Regarding the timing of his address today (well tomorrow for EU):
04-28-2009 18:01:35 [Local] Positron: Uh, because I need to do it at the end of my workday.


* So any clues about the address for the EU:
04-28-2009 18:02:27 [Local] Positron: If I post it here, then you guys will go post it on the US boards and then the marketing team gets mad at me
Hmm - I was so tempted to point out that one of my arcs would let him beat up marketing guys.. so maybe he could risk upsetting them then get rid of any frustration they caused him... but given that I'd already had the audacity to plug Ee-Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! when he mentioned farming...


* Regarding the EU forums, moaning and the Vault:
04-28-2009 18:03:23 [Local] Positron: We get the EU run down

04-28-2009 18:07:13 [Local] Tiger White: Posi: Just so you know, a lot of the moaning is due to the overuse of the word "Soon", with nothing ever ACTUALLY turning up.. Like.. The Vault, or the Cathedral of Pain, or some forum software that works properly...
04-28-2009 18:07:30 [Local] Positron: Vault has been shelved.
04-28-2009 18:07:46 [Local] Positron: Generating the Vault stuff actually hammered the servers
04-28-2009 18:08:03 [Local] Positron: so we need to reengineer the whole thing
04-28-2009 18:08:19 [Local] Positron: so it's on the back burner until we get the right guy in here
04-28-2009 18:08:20 [Local] Blackhat: There couldn't be much more lag in some places
04-28-2009 18:08:26 [Local] Positron: unplayable lag
04-28-2009 18:08:21 [Local] Golden Girl1: is the Vault still something you'd like to add in the future?
04-28-2009 18:08:35 [Local] Positron: we're still trying to make it happen

04-28-2009 18:22:59 [Local] RangerQuasis: Is there a chance to see you or other devs post sometimes on the euro forum?
04-28-2009 18:23:55 [Local] Positron: RangerQ: We try, but we can get some more imediate feedback on the US forums. We do read the EU ones though
04-28-2009 18:24:24 [Local] Tiger White: Posi: No offence, you but can get immediate feedback on the EU forums too
04-28-2009 18:24:43 [Local] Positron: You are correct Tiger

Note that Posi seems split about devs reading the EU forums.. earlier he just said "We get the EU run down" which seems to suggest a summary (as Bridger/GR have said before IIRC) yet here he says that they do read the EU forums...


* On new content:
04-28-2009 18:06:08 [Local] Positron: We could write Arcs, but with MA out there, we'd rather write TF/SF's
04-28-2009 18:06:36 [Local] Golden Girl1: Positron, are there any plans to give older zones a Faultline-style makeover, like Boomtown, for example, or would you rather add new zones to the game first?
04-28-2009 18:06:53 [Local] Positron: Right now, we'd rather add zones
04-28-2009 18:07:04 [Local] Positron: since a revamp takes almost as much time

04-28-2009 18:31:29 [Local] Positron: So we've done two "revamps" to zones so far.
04-28-2009 18:31:41 [Local] Positron: So we have a good metric on how much time it takes
04-28-2009 18:31:54 [Local] Positron: And for a smidge more time, we can make a brand new zone.
04-28-2009 18:33:18 [Local] Positron: But we can make COOL zones
Note that this is second reference to 'COOL' (both times capitalised, 1st time referring to the 5th TF/SFs)

04-28-2009 18:31:51 [Local] Fulcrum: Posi, do we need to get the umbrellas ready for the 'coming storm' anytime soon?
04-28-2009 18:32:11 [Local] Positron: Coming storm is still a ways away.


* Regarding powers new & old:
04-28-2009 18:09:48 [Local] DR Mechano: is power customisation still pretty much a no-go area Positron or are there plans for the future in the works?
04-28-2009 18:10:37 [Local] Positron: Power Customization is one of those things that we couldn't do at Cryptic.
04-28-2009 18:10:48 [Local] Positron: thats all I'll say about that

04-28-2009 18:49:07 [Local] Duex Elfling: u reckon we'd ever see a Bo Staff powersef?
04-28-2009 18:50:11 [Local] Positron: Duex: Bo staff, maybe

04-28-2009 18:33:30 [Local] Sicari: Can we expect to see mor epower proliferation in new issues to come?
04-28-2009 18:33:34 [Local] Positron: Demon Summoning? Dual Pistols?

04-28-2009 18:34:00 [Local] Fulcrum: lol, I have to ask - is DM/Regen getting nerfed again anytime soon?
04-28-2009 18:34:16 [Local] Positron: If you feel a nerf is coming... it probably is.


* On planning ahead:
04-28-2009 18:10:30 [Local] Fulcrum: Posi, just curious, how far ahead do you have plans for at the moment?
04-28-2009 18:11:25 [Local] Positron: Working on I18 prelim designs.


* On graphics:
04-28-2009 18:16:38 [Local] Golden Girl1: Positron, are there any plans to give the engine a bit of a graphics tweak anytime soon?
04-28-2009 18:16:51 [Local] Positron: Looking into it


* Before a fall???
04-28-2009 18:16:52 [Local] Flammen: What are you most proud of in the game?
04-28-2009 18:17:54 [Local] Positron: Most proud: Vanguard
04-28-2009 18:48:56 [Local] Riffster: Posi what are you most proud of to date and what are you most excited by for the future?
04-28-2009 18:49:57 [Local] Positron: Riff: Vanguard, and stuff I can't talk about.


* On New groups:
04-28-2009 18:19:33 [Local] Golden Girl1: Positron, are you working on any new enemy groups, or is most of your work on fleshing out current groups like the Rikti and the 5th Column?
04-28-2009 18:19:53 [Local] Positron: There is work on new enemy groups going on


* On the devteam:
04-28-2009 18:20:26 [Local] Tiger White: Posi: How many are in the dev team now, after all the new hires?
04-28-2009 18:20:36 [Local] Positron: over 50
04-28-2009 18:21:55 [Local] Positron: we've hired since the group picture
04-28-2009 18:22:55 [Local] Positron: we're taking a new picture on friday


On PvP:
04-28-2009 18:21:19 [Local] Delenda: any new in Pvp? a capture the Flag mode for exemple? new arena modes?
04-28-2009 18:21:39 [Local] Positron: We're working on some new arena modes, no idea when they will be done though

04-28-2009 18:21:47 [Local] Sunblushed Horizon: Can I just ask with the amount of problems that this new PvP has caused and the amount of begging asking for a i12 pvp re-roll with some additions from now. what is the devs current view on (sorry for personal opinion) the disgrace pvp currently is
04-28-2009 18:22:18 [Local] Positron: We love the way PVP currently is

04-28-2009 18:27:14 [Local] Sunblushed Horizon: how about not taking it from a devs point of view i now i12 pvp had its problems but this new pvp system has even more
04-28-2009 18:27:19 [Local] Sunblushed Horizon: how is that an imporvment
04-28-2009 18:27:51 [Local] Positron: I think the old PVP system was severly flawed, and the new one is still flawed, but far less so.


* On boosters:
04-28-2009 18:39:22 [Local] Golden Girl1: Positron, which is the next booster pack scheduled for release?
04-28-2009 18:39:36 [Local] Positron: Superscience
04-28-2009 18:40:08 [Local] Positron: and Dr. Jekyll-costume change emotes

04-28-2009 18:25:35 [Local] Brutax: Positron, it's possible to give us more monster cossie like shark face, wolf tails, tentacle arm...
04-28-2009 18:25:50 [Local] Positron: Sounds like a Mutant booster, Brutax

04-28-2009 18:40:34 [Local] Zortel: Speaking of Dr. Jekyll, any chance of costume changes involving height change, or even from Male to Huge and such?
04-28-2009 18:40:50 [Local] Positron: Hmm Zor... that is an... interesting... idea...


* They're coming.. they're coming!
04-28-2009 18:45:47 [Local] Duex Elfling: we likley to see any more in game invasions?
04-28-2009 18:46:03 [Local] Positron: DE: Yes


* On Facing the competition:
04-28-2009 18:49:18 [Local] Phantom Blue2: Hey Matt, what do you think CoX will have that is going to challenge CO/DCUO?
04-28-2009 18:50:45 [Local] Positron: Phantom: I think CO and DC have to challenge US. We have 5 years of content and systems. And villains.


* on Combined CoH/CoV Markets:
04-28-2009 18:51:58 [Local] Positron: Combined Markets: Maybe, farrr in the future... when the datamines don't have a HUGE discrepency in available inf on either side.
04-28-2009 18:52:55 [Local] Positron: If people are willing to pay 200m on heroside, and you cant afford 60m villainside, you definitely cant afford 200m
04-28-2009 18:53:53 [Local] Judgement Dave: i sth ediscrepency in INF earned to date or in rate of INF earning... the former could be addressed by a 1-time boost, the latter by adjusting rewards on 1 side....
04-28-2009 18:54:31 [Local] Positron: My brain just broke trying to figure out how to make rewards on one side work diff than the other


* On emotes for Arenas/RP:
04-28-2009 18:54:19 [Local] Tiger White: Posi: Can you please enable the emoting in the Arena? It would make them actually USABLE for RPers
04-28-2009 18:55:09 [Local] Positron: TW: We can look into it. Some emotes are problems in pvp though





But the most important info I got was this:
04-28-2009 17:53:23 [Local] Positron: Judgement Dave: Always, and great name, btw.

If he appreciates a punning name then there's still hope.

A few notes from the chatlog - matched up where I could. I missed the first 20-30 minutes of Positron at PD...

* On I15:
04-28-2009 17:52:31 [Local] Positron: I15 is not a super-mega issue. We needed to get the stuff that's ready to go out near the Anniversary
04-28-2009 17:52:44 [Local] Positron: But the TF and SF are SUPER COOL


* On MA issues:
04-28-2009 17:56:23 [Local] Positron: Search is a VERY high priority
04-28-2009 18:16:23 [Local] Positron: We've got a pile of MA bugs we're fixing, but I am not a coder, so I don';t know what's done and whats not


* Regarding farms:
04-28-2009 17:57:54 [Local] Positron: Yes, if you lodge Complaints against the farms, they can be taken care of
So I guess that means that the official position is that we should complain about farms.


* Regarding the number of arcs and testing MA arcs:
04-28-2009 17:57:26 [Local] Positron: I wasn't surprised at the number, but at the speed at which you guys reached it
04-28-2009 17:59:37 [Local] Positron: Yeah, we thought more people would use the Test mode for, uh, testing.
(think this was in response to my pointing out "it's not 100,000+ arcs - it's 100,00+ arc ids used... there should have been a way to 'publish for testing'.....")


* Regarding his personal approach to finding arcs:
04-28-2009 18:01:58 [Local] Positron: I generally don't read the boards to find arcs
So no immediate disadvantage for EU forumites... unless he gets recommendations from those that do...


* Regarding the timing of his address today (well tomorrow for EU):
04-28-2009 18:01:35 [Local] Positron: Uh, because I need to do it at the end of my workday.


* So any clues about the address for the EU:
04-28-2009 18:02:27 [Local] Positron: If I post it here, then you guys will go post it on the US boards and then the marketing team gets mad at me
Hmm - I was so tempted to point out that one of my arcs would let him beat up marketing guys.. so maybe he could risk upsetting them then get rid of any frustration they caused him... but given that I'd already had the audacity to plug Ee-Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! when he mentioned farming...


* Regarding the EU forums, moaning and the Vault:
04-28-2009 18:03:23 [Local] Positron: We get the EU run down

04-28-2009 18:07:13 [Local] Tiger White: Posi: Just so you know, a lot of the moaning is due to the overuse of the word "Soon", with nothing ever ACTUALLY turning up.. Like.. The Vault, or the Cathedral of Pain, or some forum software that works properly...
04-28-2009 18:07:30 [Local] Positron: Vault has been shelved.
04-28-2009 18:07:46 [Local] Positron: Generating the Vault stuff actually hammered the servers
04-28-2009 18:08:03 [Local] Positron: so we need to reengineer the whole thing
04-28-2009 18:08:19 [Local] Positron: so it's on the back burner until we get the right guy in here
04-28-2009 18:08:20 [Local] Blackhat: There couldn't be much more lag in some places
04-28-2009 18:08:26 [Local] Positron: unplayable lag
04-28-2009 18:08:21 [Local] Golden Girl1: is the Vault still something you'd like to add in the future?
04-28-2009 18:08:35 [Local] Positron: we're still trying to make it happen

04-28-2009 18:22:59 [Local] RangerQuasis: Is there a chance to see you or other devs post sometimes on the euro forum?
04-28-2009 18:23:55 [Local] Positron: RangerQ: We try, but we can get some more imediate feedback on the US forums. We do read the EU ones though
04-28-2009 18:24:24 [Local] Tiger White: Posi: No offence, you but can get immediate feedback on the EU forums too
04-28-2009 18:24:43 [Local] Positron: You are correct Tiger

Note that Posi seems split about devs reading the EU forums.. earlier he just said "We get the EU run down" which seems to suggest a summary (as Bridger/GR have said before IIRC) yet here he says that they do read the EU forums...


* On new content:
04-28-2009 18:06:08 [Local] Positron: We could write Arcs, but with MA out there, we'd rather write TF/SF's
04-28-2009 18:06:36 [Local] Golden Girl1: Positron, are there any plans to give older zones a Faultline-style makeover, like Boomtown, for example, or would you rather add new zones to the game first?
04-28-2009 18:06:53 [Local] Positron: Right now, we'd rather add zones
04-28-2009 18:07:04 [Local] Positron: since a revamp takes almost as much time

04-28-2009 18:31:29 [Local] Positron: So we've done two "revamps" to zones so far.
04-28-2009 18:31:41 [Local] Positron: So we have a good metric on how much time it takes
04-28-2009 18:31:54 [Local] Positron: And for a smidge more time, we can make a brand new zone.
04-28-2009 18:33:18 [Local] Positron: But we can make COOL zones
Note that this is second reference to 'COOL' (both times capitalised, 1st time referring to the 5th TF/SFs)

04-28-2009 18:31:51 [Local] Fulcrum: Posi, do we need to get the umbrellas ready for the 'coming storm' anytime soon?
04-28-2009 18:32:11 [Local] Positron: Coming storm is still a ways away.


* Regarding powers new & old:
04-28-2009 18:09:48 [Local] DR Mechano: is power customisation still pretty much a no-go area Positron or are there plans for the future in the works?
04-28-2009 18:10:37 [Local] Positron: Power Customization is one of those things that we couldn't do at Cryptic.
04-28-2009 18:10:48 [Local] Positron: thats all I'll say about that

04-28-2009 18:49:07 [Local] Duex Elfling: u reckon we'd ever see a Bo Staff powersef?
04-28-2009 18:50:11 [Local] Positron: Duex: Bo staff, maybe

04-28-2009 18:33:30 [Local] Sicari: Can we expect to see mor epower proliferation in new issues to come?
04-28-2009 18:33:34 [Local] Positron: Demon Summoning? Dual Pistols?

04-28-2009 18:34:00 [Local] Fulcrum: lol, I have to ask - is DM/Regen getting nerfed again anytime soon?
04-28-2009 18:34:16 [Local] Positron: If you feel a nerf is coming... it probably is.


* On planning ahead:
04-28-2009 18:10:30 [Local] Fulcrum: Posi, just curious, how far ahead do you have plans for at the moment?
04-28-2009 18:11:25 [Local] Positron: Working on I18 prelim designs.


* On graphics:
04-28-2009 18:16:38 [Local] Golden Girl1: Positron, are there any plans to give the engine a bit of a graphics tweak anytime soon?
04-28-2009 18:16:51 [Local] Positron: Looking into it


* Before a fall???
04-28-2009 18:16:52 [Local] Flammen: What are you most proud of in the game?
04-28-2009 18:17:54 [Local] Positron: Most proud: Vanguard
04-28-2009 18:48:56 [Local] Riffster: Posi what are you most proud of to date and what are you most excited by for the future?
04-28-2009 18:49:57 [Local] Positron: Riff: Vanguard, and stuff I can't talk about.


* On New groups:
04-28-2009 18:19:33 [Local] Golden Girl1: Positron, are you working on any new enemy groups, or is most of your work on fleshing out current groups like the Rikti and the 5th Column?
04-28-2009 18:19:53 [Local] Positron: There is work on new enemy groups going on


* On the devteam:
04-28-2009 18:20:26 [Local] Tiger White: Posi: How many are in the dev team now, after all the new hires?
04-28-2009 18:20:36 [Local] Positron: over 50
04-28-2009 18:21:55 [Local] Positron: we've hired since the group picture
04-28-2009 18:22:55 [Local] Positron: we're taking a new picture on friday


On PvP:
04-28-2009 18:21:19 [Local] Delenda: any new in Pvp? a capture the Flag mode for exemple? new arena modes?
04-28-2009 18:21:39 [Local] Positron: We're working on some new arena modes, no idea when they will be done though

04-28-2009 18:21:47 [Local] Sunblushed Horizon: Can I just ask with the amount of problems that this new PvP has caused and the amount of begging asking for a i12 pvp re-roll with some additions from now. what is the devs current view on (sorry for personal opinion) the disgrace pvp currently is
04-28-2009 18:22:18 [Local] Positron: We love the way PVP currently is

04-28-2009 18:27:14 [Local] Sunblushed Horizon: how about not taking it from a devs point of view i now i12 pvp had its problems but this new pvp system has even more
04-28-2009 18:27:19 [Local] Sunblushed Horizon: how is that an imporvment
04-28-2009 18:27:51 [Local] Positron: I think the old PVP system was severly flawed, and the new one is still flawed, but far less so.


* On boosters:
04-28-2009 18:39:22 [Local] Golden Girl1: Positron, which is the next booster pack scheduled for release?
04-28-2009 18:39:36 [Local] Positron: Superscience
04-28-2009 18:40:08 [Local] Positron: and Dr. Jekyll-costume change emotes

04-28-2009 18:25:35 [Local] Brutax: Positron, it's possible to give us more monster cossie like shark face, wolf tails, tentacle arm...
04-28-2009 18:25:50 [Local] Positron: Sounds like a Mutant booster, Brutax

04-28-2009 18:40:34 [Local] Zortel: Speaking of Dr. Jekyll, any chance of costume changes involving height change, or even from Male to Huge and such?
04-28-2009 18:40:50 [Local] Positron: Hmm Zor... that is an... interesting... idea...


* They're coming.. they're coming!
04-28-2009 18:45:47 [Local] Duex Elfling: we likley to see any more in game invasions?
04-28-2009 18:46:03 [Local] Positron: DE: Yes


* On Facing the competition:
04-28-2009 18:49:18 [Local] Phantom Blue2: Hey Matt, what do you think CoX will have that is going to challenge CO/DCUO?
04-28-2009 18:50:45 [Local] Positron: Phantom: I think CO and DC have to challenge US. We have 5 years of content and systems. And villains.


* on Combined CoH/CoV Markets:
04-28-2009 18:51:58 [Local] Positron: Combined Markets: Maybe, farrr in the future... when the datamines don't have a HUGE discrepency in available inf on either side.
04-28-2009 18:52:55 [Local] Positron: If people are willing to pay 200m on heroside, and you cant afford 60m villainside, you definitely cant afford 200m
04-28-2009 18:53:53 [Local] Judgement Dave: i sth ediscrepency in INF earned to date or in rate of INF earning... the former could be addressed by a 1-time boost, the latter by adjusting rewards on 1 side....
04-28-2009 18:54:31 [Local] Positron: My brain just broke trying to figure out how to make rewards on one side work diff than the other


* On emotes for Arenas/RP:
04-28-2009 18:54:19 [Local] Tiger White: Posi: Can you please enable the emoting in the Arena? It would make them actually USABLE for RPers
04-28-2009 18:55:09 [Local] Positron: TW: We can look into it. Some emotes are problems in pvp though





But the most important info I got was this:
04-28-2009 17:53:23 [Local] Positron: Judgement Dave: Always, and great name, btw.

If he appreciates a punning name then there's still hope.

Well first thing I heard Posi say when I logged into test was:

04-28-2009 17:38:37 [Local] Positron: We'll be dealing with the farmers, harshly.

Damn - I pop away from the PC for 30 minutes and look what happens...

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Devs will begin arriving on the Training Room late afternoon / early evening our time. It's still only 7am in San Francisco.

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Anything more definite/specific on this yet?

Maybe it's for an MMO that's planned as the complete opposite of City of Heroes and so knowing what CoH is would help you avoid being too similar. Not likely, but possible...

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Beginning at 11am BST (noon CEST) on Wednesday, April 29th and continuing until 11:59pm BST on Sunday, May 31st (00:59am CEST on Monday, 1st June), we will be issuing each individual character you log into the game with, the following 5 Year Anniversary badge

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source

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Aren't we forgetting something here?

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No - we're not. See MaX several posts earlier.

That wasn't actually a pimping post. More just showing the evidence that it does appear to be mean average rounded up that is used for the browser ratings.

I'll have a scan at when your arc was posted/what rating it has after I've finished this arc I'm playing (had to do 3rd mission twice as an object didn't spawn 1st time, and then dc'd 3 times halfway through last level of a final kill all ).

I trust that you've:
* posted your arc in City of Guides (ah yes - so you have).
* announced it in the announce your arc thread.
* asked for reviews in the applicable threads.
* added it to your sig (which you have).

I think that a couple of things really helped Handyman that most arcs won't have:
* It was a 'very short' arc, meaning that anyone who was looking for something short and quick could try it.
* It was in very early (though it still took 3 weeks to hit 1000 ratings - that's very fast IMO but still not overnight).
* Hopefully it's funny - so some may tell their friends about it.
* It's by me - a superstar in my own deranged mind

Of these, I actually consider the first (the 'very short' description) to be the most important/influential on how many plays it has had. And the last to be a detracting factor to many EU forumites!

Now Handyman has done phenomenally well IMO - but it's an oddity.

Ee-Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! is only just approaching 40 ratings and my other 2 serious arcs are hitting about 7 ratings each. If Handyman is doing so well and people liked it I'd have thought that another funny arc by the same author that's only 3 missions and is rating at 4 stars would get more attention... but no.

I'd actually say that Handyman is an odd-case and that 45 plays for your arc is doing well!!

Main thing is to be patient and consider comments and the number will rise...

EDIT: And Ee-Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! has been doing better the past week or so when, if I get a comment on Handyman from an EU player I reply saying thanks, glad that they enjoyed it and if they have more time then they might enjoy Ee-Ai-Ee-Ai-Oh! If you have multiple arcs that have a similar feel/style it could be worth doing similar - though only if the arcs are similar enough in feel. I never try to push someone who enjoyed Handyman or EIEIO onto one of my serious arcs... well - I haven't so far anyway...