Neuronia

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unless J signed me up

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I am going to go with that one.

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Yes.

He signed me up too. Not that I mind because Villain PvP will at least be different...

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i'm not cool enough

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None of us are, that's why we're a team.
Adding you back, next practice Sunday...we need a target-caller. ;p

Integrity
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1. @Neuronia (Leader)
2. @Stryker (Leader)
3. @Excentric1
4. @Yosef Vanya
5. @Agon Vlast
6. @Acid Bath
7. @Acid-Bath
8. @Syphonics
9. @Project 5
10. @Killobot 5000
11. @Killobot5000
12. @Killobot
13. @Toltec
14. @Siphonic
15. @Siphonic Emperor
16. @Full On Fail
17. @VAse
18. @Bitter
19. @Teh Mags
20. @HUGE PvPness
21. @Lacuna Furlong
22. @Nicor
23. @M3zm3r1z3
24. @Reaver dirge
25. @Reaver Dirge2
26. @Chaos King

1 month vet reward - chia pet
3 month vet reward - a lobster
6 month vet reward - a mogwai

I hear Syph has floppy ears > _ >

Updating for MIAs, alien adbuctions, etc.

Integrity
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1. @Neuronia (Leader)
2. @Stryker (Leader)
3. @Yosef Vanya
4. @Agon Vlast
5. @Acid Bath
6. @Acid-Bath
7. @Syphonics
8. @Project 5
9. @Killobot 5000
10. @Killobot5000
11. @Killobot
12. @Toltec
13. @Siphonic
14. @Siphonic Emperor
15. @Full On Fail
16. @VAse
17. @Bitter
18. @Teh Mags
19. @HUGE PvPness
20. @Lacuna Furlong
21. @Nicor
22. @M3zm3r1z3
23. @Reaver dirge
24. @Reaver Dirge2
25. @Chaos King

1 month vet reward - chia pet
3 month vet reward - a lobster
6 month vet reward - a mogwai

Removing:

@Excentric1 (Chia pet ate him)
@Jaguardian (inactivity)
@Sabin (account expiring)
@Shin (RL ftw)

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VR Alums ftw.

Have fun in AoC 6.

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Putz, you've made a huge difference in PvP QOL in this game, thanks for that and for practicing with us.

6, you'll be missed as well.

Best of luck in whatever games you play and wherever life takes you.

Transcribed until about the 30 minute mark...

Questions from hosts about company.

How did Hero 1 get into game development?

A: He could lift a monitor! Was doing IT work at a company and it closed down...he had writing skills, went to an interview with Blizzard North <?> and thought he did poorly but got the job...doing story for Diablo II. English Lit background.

Requirement for the IT job was 'lifting a certain amount of weight' carrying monitors around.

How did you get started with Cryptic

A:Always liked CoH...then Blizzard North shut down. Applied but they weren't hiring, different skillset. Wife and he were going to have a child, Hero II (laughs). Cryptic is in Los Gatos, a stone's throw from his residence. Positron returned a call with a phone interview...

Many points:

-Team called "Freem 15" or "Fighting 15" so many hats to each dev.
-Needed to get "Joe up to speed", trial by fire sort of thing.
-Picked "Hero1" as redname...Invasion was very 'trial by fire' and Hero1 was 'dramatically changed' which tied to the dev's experience.
-Rednames by personality "You're more of a 'José Borgan' " (laughs)

-This (Issue 12) is the best issue we've done, Inventions was really cool...hosts are very excited about new features.
-Cautious about what to expect but everything went off without a snag.
-Hero1 was behind Contact redesign...stealing ideas from forums...would be nice for badges too.

Hosts: "CoH Developers are more involved with community than anyone they've seen"

Hero1 "We're always shipping but we've always shipped...the feedback is great. Closed Beta is nervewracking, missions and systems are getting stress tested. Great response for Imperious Task Force (ITF)"

Hosts "Is the content made around systems or content?"

A: "Changing dynamic, forward thinking...used to be a roundtable deciding features. My job was giving context...something like a mission computer became Ouroboros."

"Roman theme is seeped in game's lore. Flashback Task Force, how do we tell the story of the Midnight Squad? They're cool...talking to fans. Fans (at meet and greet) wanted 'Magic stuff' and it came together"

-Plotlines are tied together for the future.
-I10, 11 and 12 are tied together more contentwise and lorewise than previous issues.

Hosts: "Questions from forums...about Roman theme"

A: "How do we make it relevant to the player? Why does the player care. Did a decent job heroside, could have done a better job villainside."

Hosts: "Origin of Powers"

A: "Sister Solaris is too hot not to work on her (laughs). Nothing on Kheldians, my bad. Do we tell you where your powers come from? No, probably not. Wanted to show the connections fo powers...Oirgin of Power was more 'History of Power'...for example War Witch had tons of dialogue for Magic characters, but not so much for others."

Hosts: "Yeah you see a lot of people in the 'Peach Pit' in Atlas Park, so many backgrounds and such, good that you're not rewriting it"

A: "Yeah, I play on Virtue a lot...lots of different backgrounds and it's cool to see."

(That takes us to the 28 minute mark, all I had time to transcribe...but he said Rikti are a major threat to the game and will be ongoing as such)

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WB Bitter.

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Wait wait, design your own missions??? My Spine scrapper will finally get to farm freaks on the family map...YES!!!

(Read Posi's announcement in-calendar for this.)

Heartened to see the dev team have a 2009 event mapped out...augurs well for game survival.

Very glad to see double exp on the horizon as well...I imagine Issue 12 will go live in Junish...lots of stuff to look forward to in there!

Thank you Positron, a best of both worlds situation for sure.

All the best to yourself and the beta testers.

Great little take there guys.

This sort of thing would be nice in cutscenes....I loved those old Batman shows with Adam West and Cesar Romero!

Any Spine/SR, esp. pvp oriented?

Integrity is currently looking for Blasters.

Contact myself on the forums or @Neuronia, @Sabin or @Stryker for practice times and team info.

Congrats all, those were some great fights.

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I need a new blade to slit my wrists with...what vet reward is that for Integrity?

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At 9 months you can choose to date Syph as a veteran reward...you decide which is more painful.

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Great backstory.

Disappointed that we have to wait yet another day for the set info...hopefully Positron or Castle will have an accompanying article.

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Very sorry to see you go Fire Hazard, take care.

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Wow Sister Flame is a fellow Ottawan, great interview!

Damn, who's going to pimp our arena matches now.

Atlas can lift the Earth, but Blue Steel can lift Atlas' ego.

Blue Steel lets the Skulls hang in Kings Row so he can get some exercise.

Welcome!

So...if we coop will we be able to pass inspirations to enemies?

Just wondering.

Would be surprised if it was only missions and a new tilesets when the devs mentioned Cimerora, new costume pieces, new enemies and so on. The coop nature means it's likely to be a zone both players can access...at least I hope so because I have lots of villains going up the ranks to get that villain AT!

Dear lord, another week or so before War Witch starts dropping real hints > _ <.

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Is this a new group or have we seen them before?

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The only existing member of the Squad currently in-game is the hero Tammy Arcanus, also known as Numina.

But yes, as my primary character has arcane written all over him (gargoyle (construct)), I am squeeing right now, and glad that my previous prediction held water

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I believe Buck Salinger is of the Midnight Squad again, at least he refers to it.

So happy!

*Farmer hat on*

1-10 Perez/Hollow for arcanes
10-20 Midnight Squad (potential arcanes)
21-29 Dark Astoria

Woot! I like the Hollows every now and then but the missions are always a pain to get through, I may go back now!