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Meanwhile Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman spend two minutes chucking Darkseid across the galaxy while Thor, Luke Cage and Spider Woman stop a Skrull invasion dead in it's tracks before it even started. And believe you me, those superheroes dont give one iota about complicated defense mechanics. And they dont get a second or third chance to fail either.

This is where the Incarnate trials go all wrong. It's MMO limitations versus being at the pinnacle of your superheroic career. The trials should have MASSES of baddies that every participant/AT can take on in small groups via simultaneous complete objectives before everyone turns to focus on the boss(es). It should be a fun, engaging thrill ride for all rather than "fail 5 times, learn the mechanics and THEN farm the event successfully for all time - until the Devs nerf it later."

Again, focus on empowering the players to enjoy, embrace others wanting to partake, and just let rip with those newfound incarnate abilities rather than constantly reminding them to be more clever, restrained and tightly orchestrated.

You're supposed to be a ******* superhero for chrissakes! Dont hide from the boss behind the reactor until he is fully debuffed, pick it up and throw it at him! What's the matter with you?!

Guys, please stop. Both of you, and lets focus on titan weapons.

Group hug?

Excellent news! Thank you!

Is the perception still there if the female MM pets were fully clothed? Would anyone assume a Knives of Artemis MM set would be abused for roleplay prostitution purposes? I'd sooner think a KoA pet would turn on its male master for presuming to be the top. And yes, we the gays do roleplay Masters over the male MM pets. Its just but as obvious to the watchful eye because male pets are fully clothed. They'll never allow a male MM pet set with bare chests or just briefs if thats any consolation.

Female costumes definitely need work, no question. And I'm sure the Devs are reading in support even if Marketing/Legal are barring them from comment. At some point though, the sexism trickles downward from corporate/Korea. It's not just a sexism issue, its a culture-clash issue too.

Honestly, I'm not particularly wowed by any of this. The fact that they're incorporating solo Incarnate content into a zone revamp tells me a bunch of things got bumped back in the schedule because they need a stronger Incarnate events menu in order to keep VIPs subscribed (and even lure some back).

I hope they quit focusing on the Incarnate trials after this issue. It feels like there's but a handful of folks now faithfully playing along with Incarnate trials and I think they'd get a lot more mileage if they allowed small, 8-man teams as well as leagues. If anything, they need an Incarnates only zone (no revamp!) that gives folks something memorable and personally epic-climactic to enjoy in terms of being "the ultimate superhero" - at least that's my thought on it. I'll keep an open mind to I22 but it sounds really anti-climactic after all the Dominator/bases hype. Methinks I23 will be much more involving and beneficial to the overall game culture, so I'll hang in there for that.

Oh, yay for the flying carpet but we really need a post-modern, space-age flying saucer disc too (keep it simple, sleek, and starkly aerodynamic). The kids may love the boogie board but the adults want something a little more nuovo and customizeable.

Honey, they're making guest appearances on U-stream every week. What more can they do?

Now that is good news. Thank you.

With good reason. Aion failed to address the hostile PvP reqyirement that prevented PvE players from feeling immersed. I know the "western" team had no control over that but truth be told, had NCsoft just introduced PvP optional servers, the game would still be thriving today.

Shame to hear anyone got laid off though. Hopefully that didn't extend to PS.

No, I'm male. My husband and I were legally married in an enlightened state in 2008, but we now reside in a license-friendly state that is working on becoming enlightened.

From the contract perspective, its not an unfair request. I've negotiated many software webhosting agreements where "downtime" language has been added to protect the customer's expectation of 24/7 access to the web-based software tool. Usually it's the customer being guaranteed restoration of service within x timeframe or the vendor is required to credit the customer back for y days of service outage.

Most times, the game service has been restored within 24 hours, so you can't say cumulative down time should equal a credit of some kind. Now if the devs offer folks a free ____ token in apology for the constant downtime, I think that would be reasonably appreciated in lieu of points. But they don't have to do it.

I've seen your definition of 'retcon' and its way different than mine.

Retcon to me is saying Freedom Phalanx never existed or launching CoH2 without the basic staples that make CoH so easily identifiable. How do you personally define "retcon" ?

Now see, I saw his closing statement still in the context of his operational position - ie what kind of boss would I be if I hired new staff to be creative but then held them back from doing the job I hired them to do? It's Posi being honest and still making the best operational decision he can make without feeling like a hypocrite.

The only limit to evolving new continuity while still acknowledging pre-established canon is imagination (or lack thereof). I've not seen CoH retcon any of its past. Its evolved with a nod to its own history while moving the story and environments forward into new creative directions. Only bad writers and editors retcon the past- and it's always because those folks lack flexibility and imagination when faced with other peoples contributions. And so they wipe the slate clean because its easier to start fresh than creatively renovate and improve upon.

Posi is *not* one of those people who hits the retcon button if he could.

As a longtime player, I can see he likes to share the creative opportunities. First Ward is a stunning example.

As a published author, I respect his regrets and generosity when it comes to writing the continuing story that someone else started. It's not an easy decision.

As someone who manages people, I admire his ability to mentor creativity and success in his staff. No easy task for a developer who has been working on the same game for nearly 10 years.


I think all of you have reason to fear anytime new leadership comes aboard and says "lets make it easy on ourselves and retcon everything." That is a bad business move, but you don't stifle writers who say "this was good but lets expand on it in a new way." Good writing stays relevant no matter what - and so do good development decisions - which is why we should all be glad Posi is still on board and sharing his vision for the game after all this time. Even better though, he is mentoring others to share their vision too and thats not something we should ever take for granted or seem ungrateful for.

No Arcana, he's definitely not advocating 'retcon' to protect creativity. He is just being a good boss.

As always though, we can agree to disagree.

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