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Quote:Love this. I know some sort of mecha/armor power is highly requested.Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
Closest I can think of are EAT ideas such as:
Vanguard Heavy Assault Armor (Mecha AT):
Special mechanics would be involve the new pop-up power bar in Beta, a set centered around it's shifted form with something of a very stripped down SoA set as a handful of inherent attacks (plus maybe an armor or two) for being outside of the suit, and power selections going towards the mecha form.
I LOVE this idea. L*O*V*E!Quote:Midnighter Archmagus (Magical Sorcerer AT):
I imagine the powersets for this set would feature a branching AT system like SoAs. Also, while tied in with the lore, this would also basically allow the Devs to, for once, go hogwild and make a purely magically themed powerset and animations, which is something some players have hoped for.
Branching sounds good, but I could also see this using the same "change damage type" mechanic that dual pistols uses (eg., depending on the situation, the mage could shoot fire, dark, or ice blasts; give fire, dark, or ice buffs/debuffs). I'd love to summon a healing circle (think "Tree of Life," but using the Demon MM summoning circles). I'd love this kind of mage idea so much I'd end up rerolling several characters to use it.
Yes please. It should have happened already, honestly.Quote:Rikti:
Nuff: Said
It would all depend on how "new" the set was. If a new archetype is just old powers rearranged and tweaked (say, a "buff/melee" archetype), then I'd say they should cost the same as MMs and Controllers. But if there's something new to the archetype, then it could/should be more.Quote:Originally Posted by Zwillinger
I think you underestimate our desire to expand the game in more creative ways.
Counter question:
Let's say, hypothetically, we introduced a new AT, but because of the amount of time and cost it would take to develop it, we had no choice but to offer it in the Paragon Market (a possible scenario).
Based on our established precedents, what do you feel would be a fair price, in Paragon Points?
I'm interested in your responses.
I appreciate how Scarlet Shocker put it:
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Given the development required, and working on the basis this is a "unique" AT - I think that somewhere between 1.5x the cost of an existing purchasable AT (MM/Controllers etc)
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Quote:The post I was talking about came from this Intrepid Informer. The discussion thread has lots talk about the removed bits, although I don't see any actual quotes of what was removed. Looking through the discussion, sounds like before it was edited, the post mentioned a croc head and how it might better fit a theoretical reptile/dino pack.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I've not heard anything about any dionsaurs in future content
But they did pull an crocodile head and other reptile parts from the animal pack - it was listed in the patch notes, but then changed very quickly, and any posts quoting it also disappeared.
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Quote:Perhaps you're thinking of this: when the Animal Booster came out, there was a dev diary (or some other dev-authored post) which, for a few hours anyway, talked about them having so many animal ideas that they had to split it into two packs, so ideas for a reptile or dino pack (can't remember exact wording now) was being saved for later. The brief mention was edited out of the post afterwards.Originally Posted by daveyj3
i cant remember which thread eactly but i believe it was Golden Girl who mentioned it had been leaked at a pummit or something,...
Hadn't heard this one. Curious.Quote:... and then when someone asked on the freedom friday facebook thread, the CoH facebook reply was something to the effect of a "i cant talk about that because it's totally happening and youre not supposed to know giggle giggle giggle". [quote not verbatum :P]
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Great interview!
So many of these turn out as if the interviewer is just checking off bullet points from some press release, with answers that have been generated by the marketing code-bot and repeated word-for-word in interview after interview. This was refreshing, and honestly how it should be done more often.
Quote:Nope. Not at all. It's kind of awesome in its gritty realness.Originally Posted by InfamousBrad
Am I the only one who likes King's Row the way it is?
Yes, exactly.Quote:And I'll tell you why: ever since issue 4, stepping off the tram into King's Row is the first minute I feel like I'm actually needed. The people of King's Row need heroes, because, even with Blue Steel standing there, even with Paragon PD headquarters in the zone, it is obvious just walking through it: ever since Statesman bankrupted the King Garment Works for their Family ties, King's Row is the neighborhood that everybody else left behind, that nobody cares about.
Given its size, the police HQ is highly under-utilized. I agree, let us go inside. Heck, make it the centerpiece for for a new Kings Row story. The PPD Trial or something.Quote:Originally Posted by Xzero45
...I have to agree that Kings Row does an outstanding job as is conveying that feeling of it being a slummish, back alley part of Paragon City. I only have a couple issues with it, one being I wish the police HQ had an awesome interior, kind of like City Hall only filled with all sorts of police officers and superheroes not obsessed with glory, but hard at work.
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But I'd honestly love to see Kings Row get a new, actual story arc involving PPD, gang wars and violence, drug smuggling and distribution, and an overall behind-the-scenes plot that alludes to higher level content and enemy groups without actually having you come in contact with them just yet.
I'd love to see the STORIES in Kings Row get updated, and I'd love to see more (something, anything) done with Police HQ. But I don't need to see the physical zone itself revamped much at all.
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Quote:I agree that, up until now, they've been clear about the sets not being released with I22. But they've created a bit of confusion for themselves with this trailer & announcement. I showed it to my boyfriend last night, and he said, "oh, so Staffs and Beasts are coming in the update today? I thought we had to wait for those." I told him we did indeed have to wait, and he says, "oh, well that's dumb to advertise them as part of today's update, then."Originally Posted by Roderick
I'm really not sure why comments like this keep popping up in both the forums and the game.
The devs and community reps have never said that Staff Melee or Beast Mastery would release with Issue 22; they've said that they would release DURING Issue 22.
When asked for clarification, it was said that that means that the power sets will be released after Issue 22's release date, but before Issue 23.
Furthermore, they've outright said that the three Dark powersets are the only ones going live with I22.
There's really shouldn't be anything surprising here.
The video is a trailer for Issue 22, and the announcement page says Issue 22 is live. They could have been MUCH clearer (in the video and/or the announcement page) that the video showcases powers that are not part of the initial I22 release.
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Quote:Why not? Everyone else has.Originally Posted by Hit Streak
Don't forget about Google+
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I don't mind these being in the store at all. Sounds like a great service for those who want it. I honestly don't see what all the fuss is about.
Quote:For many months, I didn't use my free server transfers. But after 10 or more accumulated, I transferred a lot of characters to Virtue to play with friends. I'm very pleased with my character's new home, but I never would have spent money to transfer them. I like having the free transfers.Originally Posted by Ghost Falcon
If you want to provide more constructive feedback like "this is a great feature that i would rather get free per month as part of my VIP membership than server transfers or 400 points per month" then we're all ears.
I wouldn't mind what some others are describing as "account tokens" which would let us choose from a variety of account services (transfers, renames, respecs, extra slots, etc), but I would hate to see the transfer tokens completely replaced with alignment change tokens -- I can't imagine using those at all. I'm happy with the sides I've chosen, and if I wanted an alignment change, I would do it in game.
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Quote:This. Even though I already have the prestige slide, I'd be much more interested in a slide without the glow. The slide looks nice with the frost path aura, but the glow obscures it (and other auras/path auras) quite a bit. A non-glowy version is just what we need. It would allow the current version to remain an exclusive, while giving players access to something very similar.Originally Posted by Doctor Roswell
Which could be the way to go: compromise. Use the animation from the Prestige Power Slide on a new, similar-but-not-identical power (it's really just a dressed-up Sprint anyway) -- leave out the nifty purple glow and just call it "Power Slide" so that the exclusive can stay exclusive. An "effects-free" version might work better with the modern game's path auras, anyway.
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Quote:Thanks!Originally Posted by Honey Badger
Stonehead- Keldian CCemote bug is noted.
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Quote:I've been somewhat of a ranter about these packs, specifically about the poor chance to get a wolf, and how much of the "consumables" aren't useful for the way I play the game (my playstyle, to paraphrase Fernando, "it is better to look good than to fight good"). I did get the full costume set within my first 24-pack, so that part wasn't a problem for me, but the rest of what I got seemed like so much filler I would never use. "Ugh... consumables." But this weekend, I had a chance to go through all the consumables I'd won from the packs, and after I did, I'm a bit more enthused.Originally Posted by TonyV
I know that this is going against the grain of the outrage expressed by a few people, but this was kinda cool and I have to add my dissenting viewpoint to the standard rants.
Inf/XP/Prestige boosters and self/other revives all make sense in a way I can understand, but they're not "sexy" to me in the same way that costumes and pets are. So at first, it seemed like my email item tab was now cluttered with even more nonsense. But as it turns out, I had received a LOT of merits. A LOT. Boyfriend mentioned that I could now afford that stealth proc I've been wanting. Probably several. OH REALLY?!?! See, you must understand that for me, a stealth proc is as much a "look good" as it is a "play good," so this excited that costuming part of my brain. Since boyfriend plays with inventions much more than I do, he helped me pick the right one, and soon I had some very stealthy alts. Awesome! Thanks, Super Packs!
With boyfriend's help, I'm now in the process of slotting inventions into my main for the first time. (EGADS! Who'd have thought!) I plan on using some of the ATOs I received for my main, and I'll be giving boyfriend several more. The rest have sold/will sell for a very nice chunk of change on the market. I'm sure the market value on these things will go down eventually, but I'm surprised at how much inf I've made from what I got in these packs. I know inf isn't exactly hard to come by in this game, but these packs are much closer to selling inf than I realized they would be.
I still haven't really taken to the inspirations yet, but I plan to give them an honest try next time I sit down for a longer play session, and perhaps I'll find them as surprisingly useful as I did the merits/ATOs.
I still think the incredibly low drop rate of the wolf pet is toooooooo low. I don't mind it being rare, but it needs to be achievable enough that it works to motivate me, not discourage me. But I will concede the packs have been a better experience than I thought they would be, and some of the consumables aren't nearly the waste I thought.
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Quote:Where do CCEmotes fall? I ask because the timing of the Peacebringer CCEmote is really, really delayed when hovering/flying. It has been ever since it debuted on test years ago. It would be really nice to be able to use that emote while hovering/flying, so if you could point me to the right thread/person/whatnot where I should bring up this issue, it would be swell.Originally Posted by Honey Badger
-There is a definite distinction between auras and costume pieces. So something like glowing bones is a neat idea, but if we were to do it with fx, it would end up looking like the Donnie Darko skeleton t-shirt print. Id recommend passing that over to a character art thread combined with a reference image(s). Same goes for inner eye glows, glowing costume pieces, costume textures, and chest decals. These are not part of the FX pipeline, they are for Character Artists.
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Quote:This was a huge disappointment for me, as well.Originally Posted by BrandX
Agreed on this. I went to use the sash with the Victorian Jacket and was disappointed to see I couldn't.
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Quote:I'm still not even sure I understand what you mean by "Golden/Silver Age" here. Golden Age, to me, says loose fitting super hero costumes, puffy sleeves (eg. Green Lanter Alan Scott), and the 1940s hair styles posted earlier. Silver Age, to me, says slick, form-fitting full body suit tights with no seams at all (not much different from what we have now, honestly). The more modern movie tights you describe sound cool, but they don't sound like they're either Golden or Silver Age, but from a more Modern Heroic Age.Originally Posted by Noble Savage
You guys are talking about a lot of different sets here. When I hear "Golden/Silver Age Comics," I think of super-heroes (jungle girls, for example, would be an entirely different genre--but a fun one!). If we're talking strictly about super-hero costumes, as I see it there are 3 possible ways to expand on the category:
A) revamped old school/spandex tights similar to the ones we already have (adding a few details like seams but still mostly plain)
B) modern tights (w/ ribbing, surface texture(s), subdivided surfaces) a la Ultimates 1 or Marvel movies
C) pieces we just haven't made before (e.g. domino mask)
What are you guys most interested in?
If we're just talking in general about better tights and mask details, I'm all for it, regardless of how it happens or what you call it. But I'd never consider referring to "Ultimates/Marvel Movie" style tights as Golden/Sliver Age. That's a lesson (hopefully) learned from the Gunslinger pack.
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Quote:Dev & Community Digests are now borked for both the Hero and Villain skins, unless that different look is now the new permanent digest format. I seriously hope not.Originally Posted by Ultimus
Hero skin is still not fixed? WOW the Dev Digest is still broken on it... come on guys.
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Quote:Hi there, Zwil. I'm one of the folks only interested in the costume pieces. I understand that the rest of the pack's contents may hold value for some folks, just not me personally. Thanks for the attempt at some kind of in-game way of getting these packs. But sadly, it's still, "no thanks" from me.Originally Posted by Zwillinger
First to recap:
- We are still discussing/considering concerns expressed regarding the exclusivity of costume pieces. We're open to the idea of making them available through an alternate method in the Paragon Market, however a decision has not been made regarding this particular topic.
- Super Packs will be available as a Tier 9 Repeatable Paragon Reward Program option. Right now the idea is that players will be able to redeem a Paragon Reward Token for 5 Super Packs. This number is, as is the case with all things in beta, subject to change.
I really hope you guys keep looking for a way to actually sell me the costume set. But no, I won't be buying a random chance at a costume piece, not with money, and not with a Reward Token. If I used a Reward Token and got no costume piece at all, I'd be furious to have wasted a token only to get nothing of value to me. I haven't used any of my tokens on the repeatable stuff yet, and have no plans to start with these gambling grab bags.
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Quote:I hope this happens. I was VERY pleased to see your earlier list of what's coming up this month.Originally Posted by Ghost Falcon
It's been under discussion internally here since we have to release those items onto the Beta server for testing.
I don't want to give an answer right now, but I did want to reassure you that we're talking about it.
This makes the seemingly unfortunate timing of the Undead Survival Kit make SOOOOO much more sense. It would have been good to know back then, but c'est la vie. Live and learn. Thanks for the info.Quote:Originally Posted by Ghost Falcon
Black Pebble / Marketing gets blamed for everything.
In Black Pebble's defense....:
(snip)
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Quote:This would work for me.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
HAs for making pack-exclusive costumes available through other means over the Paragon Store... Sell them. Simply delay the sets by six months from the time they show up in the gambling packs to the time they show up as a regular purchase and then price them either normal or double. That way, people who don't have the patience of a saint will be inclined to try and get the pieces they want early by gambling on them, and people like me who have ZERO patience for uncertain returns for my money will simply wait it out.
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Quote:Would love this. Very much. Plain, no details. Just metallic tights/gloves/boots/face. With no grooves. Please.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
That said, I believe the request here is less for "more reflectivity" and more for a costume that's reflective, yet doesn't have the grooves of Metallic. Think something like the T1000 when it's fully molten. Metallic in this game is essentially Marvel's Colossus, but without saying that. It's metal with grooves painted on it so it's easier to tell it's metal, which was useful back when we didn't have even rudimentary reflection, but right now just makes it take away from the experience.
I fully believe that reflective tights, including a reflective tights face, would be a welcome addition.
What is this...? I don't even...? The HAIR is the blended color? Seriously? Wow.Quote:Originally Posted by Zombie Man
The new Pilgrim Hat has 4 sections: the hat and band which pick up the 2 chosable colors, the buckle which is locked to silver, and the hair which is a pre-tinted grey scale that picks up both the primary and secondary colors! Now, that's pretty.... odd. (Yes, blue hat + red band = purple hair.)
Again, not wanting to speak for everyone, but my preference would be for the band and buckle to be color locked to black and silver and for the hat and hair to be tintable. Or, for the band to be a blend of the two colors, and not the hair.
My honest reaction to this would get me mod-smacked, so I'll just say that might be the most completely backwards stupid thing I've heard of in this game. Even more stupid than having /swoon and /faint being Incarnate-locked emotes, and that was completely backwards stupid.
Someone tell me this is a bug.
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The hyperbole regarding strippers and prostitutes has gotten out of hand. Are many of the new pieces sexy? Sure. But that doesn't necessarily equate to strippers or prostitutes. Strippers and prostitutes would be lucky to dress so well.
Do I wish there had been chaps and such for women? Most definitely. But that doesn't mean I dislike the parts they gave us. Well, okay, I do dislike the stripes on the bustle, which irk me quite a bit because I'd use it in a heartbeat on one character if it was a solid color. But I'm quite pleased that they've added so many new corsets/chest details lately, as well as a few new skirts, and those great bustles. The Bolero Jacket from the steampunk pack is wicked awesome. These pieces really given women more options, both sexy (if you wear the corsets by themselves) and not-so-sexy (when you combine them with less revealing chest patterns or jackets).
What would have helped this not feel so repetitive would be had they changed up the order of what packs we got, so that all the new corset pieces didn't come out one-after-another. But that doesn't mean I dislike them. I love them, and would never get rid of them.
Quote:I feel the same way. This is much more a marketing failure than an art failure. On the art front, the pieces are pretty good. But whoever decided on the name "Gunslinger" was just looking for a flashy heroic name, ignoring the fact that name misrepresents a good bit of what's in the pack.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
It shouldn't really be called a gunslinger pack because the female costume set can't really be genuinely called a gunslinger costume. That's as far as one should go. Going farther and calling the other costume "sex worker" is, whether you intend it or not, an insult to the people who saw that costume as anything other than that, and thought that while it was not a gunslinger costume, it was a nice non-prostitute costume option besides. Its an unnecessary slam, when its not relevant to whether the devs genuinely delivered on their gunslinger pack to both (character) genders.
Well stated.Quote:Originally Posted by Dispari
What's interesting to me is that all the people saying that this is a sexist pack designed by perverts didn't know until now that it was, mostly, designed by a woman.
I'm split on "gender equality." I know how much work it takes to make costume parts. And the only actual options are:
A) Everyone gets the same costume parts, which means no more skirts/frill/lace or girly stuff.
B) Everyone gets the same costume parts, and then women get girly stuff, meaning men just get less costume parts period.
C) Everyone gets the same costume parts including girly stuff, so men get corsets and high heels that are a huge waste of developer time for incredibly narrow appeal.
D) Everyone gets close to the same stuff, but sometimes women just get girly stuff instead.
Logically, none of those options will please people. Someone will always be displeased. Someone will always feel cheated. So I don't have a problem with this pack as-is. I like the girly stuff (and I'm a girl myself). Yes I'd like some chaps to go with them, but I'm not going to outright call this pack sexist. We've had some of both packs -- heck even the OP points it out.
I can even see why they have a fascination with corsets as people pointed out. It's because up until now we didn't have any. So they're adding a bunch because it's an as of yet untapped area. It's possible you don't like corsets, but there are people out there who have been wanting corsets for years and finally get some options.
I can't even suggest how the devs could do "better" in the future. There's nothing "better" to strive for. All they can do is shift their current goal and disappoint a different subset of people. Sure, they could start giving women pants all the time, but enough rounds of that and I'd personally make a "Where Are My Frikkin Skirts At" thread.
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Quote:Yes.Originally Posted by Noble Savage
I *think* this is what you guys are asking us to avoid, correct? It seems like you don't want any part of any piece locked into a specific color, right?
Those Praetorian Police (?) shoulder pads with the yellow stripe baked in? Hate 'em with a passion. I've tried to use them on several characters, but that yellow stripe always ruins it. The Steampunk backpack that's pretinted that brassy brown? Hate it (although not as much as the yellow lines). The Gunslinger bustle with the stripes baked in? I'm starting to get the same feeling, because that piece would be so useful if it wasn't stripes all the time.
I don't mind (so much) having the two colors that we choose blend to create a third color, so long as I'm in control of what the colors are. But the moment you guys choose a color for us, whether it's through pre-tinting (like the Steampunk stuff), or just completely baked in and unchangeable (like the Praetorian shoulders), you make it much harder to use the pieces in creative ways.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Every single time I close the browser. Every. Single. TIME. It doesn't matter if I closed it 5 minutes ago or 24 hours ago. The forums require me to log in every time I want to use it.
Even if I leave the forums up in a browser tab for more than 2 hours, I have to log back in.Quote:Originally Posted by Derangedpolygot
I have to login every time I check the forums, even if I check "Remember Me".Same here (using latest Google Chrome).Quote:Originally Posted by SerialBeggar
Ditto. The only thing the Remember Me does is gives me false hope.
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This is a topic I've thought about fairly recently, even to the point of almost posting a question thread not that long ago. I was curious how others followed the game's plot, or if they even bothered. To follow the story of CoH, do people do a solo run-through just for plot, so they have time to read through everything? Or do they try to follow along while playing on teams, which tend to move faster and may include some info that's only available to the mission owner/leader?
It's always felt to me personally that CoH's story is intended to be (mostly) experienced as a solo player, even while the game's rewards structure makes large teams much more efficient at progressing through the game. So it's interesting reading some of the solutions for keeping up with the story in this thread (custom NPC/cutscene chat channels, reading clues after-the-fact, etc). Given what I've read, I think I'll stick to playing through missions solo. I don't want to do post-mission research just to find out what I accomplished. I want to follow the story as it happens, which seems (to me) to be far easier solo.
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Not much to get excited about, but nothing to get upset about either. Well... nothing except the timing. I'm not sure why they waited until after Halloween for this one. Did they not realize Halloween was yesterday? Then again, this is the same Dev team that give us a Spring Fling that ends weeks before Spring officially begins, so maybe they just don't understand how calendars work at Paragon Studios. :-)
Last week I bought one of the costume codes (the Rikti Mentalist), and despite the forum proclaiming them complete rip-offs at that price, I didn't feel cheated in the slightest. Likewise, I do very much like the War Wolf Whistle as a purchasable power. Assuming it's sold separately (and it looks like it is), then I'll seriously consider buying it for a character or two.
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Quote:I seem to remember players having access to this in beta. Considering Halloween's in just a few weeks, I'm hoping we see this in the store sooner rather than later.Originally Posted by Jasra
Having completed the First Ward arcs for the first time, any chance of getting Serene's "Crow Explosion" as a costume change emote?
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The pumpkin head is earned by killing a certain number of zombie apocalypse zombies. I LOVE that pumpkin head.
We also used to have an emote in-game which briefly transformed your character into a pumpkin. It was awesome... but sadly was changed so that now you transform into the various "Gravity: Propel" objects. That's cool too, in a different way, but I miss the ol' pumpkin. So this year, I'd love to see a new emote which did exactly what the old "alakazamreact" emote did -- change you into a pumpkin, and only a pumpkin.
Pretty please?
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