Lady_Sadako
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Okay, some actual feedback.
Very glad to see some more of the tech that overlays your Nav window when you get close to a special feature. (If you are near the huge present left behind by the Winter Lord, you can click on the (i) in your Nav window for information.)
Lord Winter - can we possibly get a different name? We've had Winter Lords of various strengths for years now, and adding a new version with the same words in his name is a bit odd. Can I suggest 'Old Man Winter' or 'King Winter' or even 'Giant Wandil'? (That last one is a bit obscure but fits perfectly!)
Could we also maybe get some more variation in the models, if possible? Right now the Winter Lord, Lord Winter and the Winter Guardian all look pretty much the same. Maybe give Lord Winter an ice-textured halo or something?
Three minutes may be a bit long for the countdown on the present. Two minutes would give a bit more frantic tension.
Rewards seem well worth the effort.
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Quick rundown of what seems to be happening:
1. Collect presents. When enough presents have been collected...
2. A Winter Lord (Giant Monster) spawns. When he is defeated...
3. A huge present appears. Important: this is marked on the map. A countdown starts which is 'preparation time'. When the countdown reaches zero...
4. Anyone who clicks on the huge present is teleported to Lord Winter's Realm. Lord Winter is a huge Winter Lord on top of a hill. Beatdown commences.
5. At 75%, 50% and 25% health, Lord Winter summons the Winter Guardian... a GM Winter Lord. While the Winter Guardian is alive, Lord Winter can't be hurt.
6. Defeating Lord Winter gets you 20 Candy Canes, 6 Reward Merits and the Lord/Lady of Winter Badge.
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Quote:Only one.Originally Posted by InfamousBrad
Any further questions?
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I think we're all overlooking something about GR and what it may bring to the Architect.
Does anyone else remember the big fuss that was made a while back about branching options in missions? Wasn't the Origin of Power arc supposed to be a sort of test?
We might be getting twice the size because we'll NEED twice the size to alllow for multiple mission branches in our MA arcs. Even if all we got was Origin of Power style multiple choice conversation rather than branching missions, we'd still need extra space to provide all the text. -
I can't edit this arc to alert people in the description, so please excuse me doing it here.
It seems the arc is now bugged, so that missions after the first give nothing but V-2 bosses. I'd recommend avoiding it until it's fixed. -
Quote:I don't know about anyone else, but I didn't apply for the position. As for where all our jobs are, I don't expect Paragon to be able to hire an endless string of mission designers. There was only one vacancy, and personally I'm glad it was taken by someone who knows what the heck they are doing. Since Sean took over, we've actually had NEW Dev's Choice arcs.Originally Posted by Neuronia
Put it this way Lady Sadako:
You got a Dev's Choice arc, so did Dispari and many others. Where is your job and where is their job?
Castle was a player before they hired him. So was Synapse. I'm pretty sure there have been others.Quote:My only point is that hiring a player sets a very dangerous precendent.
Posi said flat out that he'd be looking at MA writing credentials when he hired any new mission designers. It makes sense that your past history of designing missions for CoH players should be a measure of how well you are going to design missions for CoH players.Quote:It reeks of favouritism toward that particular player (not that the whole Dev's Choice fiasco didn't do that already).
I think it's much more likely that the hired player will no longer be able to give any recognition to arcs by his or her global friends, for that exact reason.Quote:There is the concern that the hired player will show favour to his or her global friends list when examining potential rewards tied to the Architect.
OK, so get the word out.Quote:If there were aspects of games engineering tied to the player vs. player experience (and there most certainly are) then certainly PvP experts should be considered for the position. Just as base experts should be considered for that iteration as well. 
Well, like I said above, this is hardly the first player-based hire. That was Castle, if I remember right.Quote:The developers have opened the door here. If there are no more player-based hires, it will look odd. If there are player-based hires, then this looks great.
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Quote:The Devs didn't just wake up one morning and say 'hey let's hire that guy, he writes good arcs'. They advertised the position of Mission Designer and Feargas was the successful applicant.Originally Posted by Neuronia
Soo...if a good MA writer got to get hired, how about a good PvPer gets hired to, you know, examine PvP?
Looks like they're hiring a Games Engineer right now. 'Interest in game design and what makes games fun' is preferred. Do you know any PvP experts who might be interested? -
whoa whoa whoa, Fearghas is Dr Aeon?
OMG. BIGGEST GRATS EVER.
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Quote:Now, now. You saw what BaB said about not knocking the competition!Originally Posted by Golden Girl
So CO is out of the running then?
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Possibly this:
Quote:More content coming for Cimerora about the mentioned "coming storm" -
Quote:There's an interesting and subtle distinction between 'form of art' and 'art form'.Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
And several of them certainly question the idea of whether or not games are a form of art.
A little child's crayon drawings that you stick on the fridge are a form of art.
But infantile crayon scrawling is not an art form. -
Quote:Impersonating a genuine officer of the Grammar Police is a serious offence, citizen.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Marcian, I think it's hysterical that you misspelled Praetorian not once, not twice, but three whole times ("Praetoian"). You also spelled the 'world' as "Praetoia". Do you have a speech impediment that prohibits you from saying the 'r' sound twice in words?
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Quote:So if a Villain became a Rogue and went to Paragon City and entered Siren's Call from the Hero end, would they be flagged as a villain and be vaporized by the sentry drones?Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler
Rogues are Villains, Vigilantes are Heroes. It's only when you take that final critical step and switch sides that all of your affiliations change.
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Thank you for your co-operation. Praetoria prevails. -
Strength through Purity. Purity through Faith.
Praetoria prevails. -
The whole presentation on GR's updated graphics can be found here courtesy of the mighty Vangelus.
I'm seriously impressed. -
Quote:That's been corrected. GR has level 1-20 content. It isn't Issue 20.Originally Posted by james_joyce
According to the tweets, GR is "I20," so I'd expect a few more issues before then... which is actually a little confusing now that I think about it.
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Quote:Because it refers to events in which innocent people were tortured and killed because of a superstitious belief in nonexistent witches?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I'm not a witch or a wicca - I just don't think something like that badge title should be in the game if it's connected to defeating witches - it's very bad taste.
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Quote:I wasn't sure what was making the banners vulnerable.Originally Posted by TheOcho
Are objectives clear when the Event is running?
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Quote:What is Forum Public Opinion on this issue? Despite it being In Capitals, I'm not sure what it's supposed to be, and I wouldn't want to risk swimming contrary to it.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
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Quote:Well, allow me to help you out there. The bug was tracked down because a player noticed he was sometimes getting drops at their good old-fashioned rate while in TF mode.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
Perhaps, we'll never know one way or the other. I hope it is a bug. I really do.
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Quote:I know, I was trying to point out why the alleged debunking actually wasn't, since all it did was refute something that was already known not to be the case.Originally Posted by Liquid
Yeah, the idea that there actually was a legal issue with the 5th is false. It's also constantly used as a strawman, so it grates on me every time it comes up.
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Quote:It was more that people in the EU (like me!) were able to play the US version from launch onwards, Fifth and all. So if there had been any legal issue with the Fifth Column (which there wasn't, as we all know) it would have come up then, not at the official EU release.Originally Posted by Liquid
I thought that the 5th were removed shortly after the EU launch. I seem to recall their presence post EU launch as one of the things used to debunk the idea that they were removed for the EU release. Perhaps it was their presence on the EU test server(s).
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Quote:explain how citing a Topless Robot meme equates to 'semantics'.Originally Posted by Ghost_Ripper
So, you can quit with the semantics, thanks.