StormSurvivor

I'd love to say Storm, but I'm not actually sure. While he is my go-to guy for new stuff, he's still redside on his day-job roll, and I don't think I want him to start the transition until he's back on the right side. Story-wise, he isn't quite at the controls at the moment, so it seems it could be weird were he to start.

Whether I'm simply leaving it a few months or sending another character through, I don't know. None of my other fifties seem to have quite the right feel for taking on the Alpha slot just yet.

Ruuun! The thread wants my brains!

Seriously confused me. I opened the thread and read the OP with one eyebrow raised, ready to point out how I didn't think they'd actually taken a loyalist to the rogue isles yet, as most of the issues raised are covered, albeit awkwardly.

Only when the next few posts seemed just as clueless did I realise the date.

I'm another who would love weather to have some presence in Paragon. I was under the impression that weather was being looked at actually; I could have sworn that sometimes the clouds were greyer than usual above Imperial.

I've always wanted weather during particular events, too. I've always thought that the Banner event needed a little rain, and the winter event needed more snow. I tend to dress my characters up for the winter event, and they tend to look brilliant in the chalet, taking down lord winter, and all those wonderful wintery things. But they look silly when they're standing on a green grassy patch in Steel with the sun bearing down on them.

As far as effecting gameplay is concerned, whenever I thought about weather in-game (which is quite often), I always thought that minor zone-wide buffs would be applied. A tiny bit of cold resistance in the snow, for example. If you're adjusted to the cold weather, that cryo-ray should affect you that tiny bit less, right? I also like the idea of citizens having trouble with the weather, in the form of mini-zone events that you could come across. I don't think that villain spawns should really be disappearing because of the weather, though. As has already been said, it's suprisingly annoying as it is when a Rikti Invasion clears the streets of those Tsoo you're after, and even worse when you get a mission to hunt Council in Steel these days.

However, I have heard that weather is a very difficult thing to do. I can sort of see where War Witch is coming from, considering it from an effort:effect point of view, but I know it would just add its own layer of visual awesome. It's something I've always wanted since day one, is one of my absolute top wants, and I suppose I'm suprised it hasn't found its way in yet. If this became the next 'Ultra-mode' for the team to strive for, I'd be unspeakably excited.

Goosebumps.

A fantastic trailer as always. I particularly liked the first clip with Apex and War Witch, but I've always been fond of their story, along with Horus. I wasn't actually that excited about the incarnate task forces, but you've gone and done it for me.

Nice work!

Upon seeing the thread title, I came in here to say 'they're called story arcs'. However, you've suprised me, and this wasn't what I thought it'd be at all.

I'm all for it. Make it you have to double-confirm it or something, with them warning you.

I got eighteen, and I don't know whether I'm proud or ashamed.

I tried so hard, but I couldn't remember 'A Shadow of the Past' for the life of me.

Since the server move and upgrade that was praised and feared by the EU, I have been hearing people telling me about how both Wentworth's and mission map connecting appears to be faster. So my thanks go to those who're involved for this one. It would appear you've done nicely.

Tonight, I have known of two ITFs that have been run; One of which I rode along on personally. Both teams report that Lag Valley has been fixed. No more lag. Smooooth. I assume this is due to the new hardware, as opposed to the reloacation, as the US servers reported that their Lag Valley was also deadly.

This leads me to ask: how much lag do you guys get? What does it affect, and how badly are you affected? I've never known anyone to compare the EU lag valley with the US one, except stating that both trip up. We Europeans are praising the new servers for allowing us to play the ITF smoothly, and some of us were wondering if the US servers could use a similar upgrade, assuming that you're not already on par with the new servers and this isn't some miracle.

A nice move!
Should quieten the angry mob we've got going for a couple of weeks. Then they'll start on server list merges again.

It would appear that at least one (1) person(s) played City of Heroes this fiscal quarter.

Discuss.

Those look powerful! While I look forward to slooooowly making my way through the alpha slot, I can't help but be curious about how being an incarnate effects the rest of the game. Would it make some things too easy?

I'm sure it's been considered, tested, and tweaked in beta.

I think I need a lie down. This is fantastic. My thanks go to everyone involved; you've really outdone yourselves.

Edit: I just used it. I'm loving this good. The build export and badge updating via /info make me smile. Very, very nice.

Sorry if this seems out of place; I had no idea where to post it.

I was running along Dean MacArthur's arc this afternoon, and got to the final mission, where your faulty clone is assigned random powersets from the mission architect system. Mine got Electric Control. Now, I thought this a little odd in itself as we don't have access to it in AE yet, but I was more suprised when he summoned his gremlins.


They were white, which is a little different from the default purple. Is this a potential leak of power customisation in AE? Being worked on, but found it's current state shipped off with the i19 pre-download? Or is this something else entirely?

Liking what I've heard, and it sounds like my optimism was right on the ball. Hope the attendees and the devs had a great time, and looking forward to the video.