Thessalia

Thank you guys so, so much for going to the effort of answering these questions for us.

I am kicking myself so hard for not getting my questions put into the googledoc in time, though. A few of them were answered in other questions, but I really wanted to know the others...if y'all decide to do this again, it would be deeply appreciated. And if not, then thank you again for clarifying the lore, and giving us an inside look at how things are done. Getting that peek behind the scenes was really interesting.

And holy crap, I would have loved to play in that Champions game!

• Were there ever any plans to add more big-deal past events to the game, like Brass Monday? I'm thinking in the style of the Ouroboros task forces like Trading Places. I would've loved to play through Brass Monday.
  
• How were Sister Psyche and Statesman (and possibly Maiden Justice) going to be memorialized in-game and in the universe?
  
• Were Sister Psyche and Manticore present at Statesman's funeral?
  
• Was there ever a plan to have those who died during SSA1 "come back" as ghosts, hallucinations, clones, or anything like that, to, say, torment their still-living loved ones or something?
  
• Did you have plans for any other characters to switch sides, aside from the ones that everyone's been asking about in this thread?
  
• Was Boomtown ever going to be rebuilt? Same with Galaxy City, would we have ever seen it fixed up and reopened? (Relatedly, how much does FEMA hate Paragon City? )

Thank you guys for doing this. I look forward to the loregasm. Everyone else has asked the other questions I wanted to know.

We love you too, Z. :-* <3

I remember Matches talking out of every car, truck, and box in this game.

I remember Knives of Artemis caltrops icons stretching a mile across the screen, and I remember the screenshots of Eyedevil walking into them and dying instantly.

I remember Celtic, and his adorably creepy obsession with Manticore. (I even started an MA arc about that, but never actually finished it.)

I remember dancing around Ms. Liberty when my friends hit 50. Every character of mine went back to her to train that last level.

I remember City of Blasters and the smoke grenade nerf.

I remember getting hover and immediately flying up the tallest building I could find. Very slowly. And then immediately shutting off hover and diving off the roof.

I remember the first time I saw somebody's leftover Malta ambush when I was like 15 in Steel Canyon, and suicide diving them just to see what would happen.

I remember the Rularuu invasion, and staring in awe at these floating eyeballs and storm elementals on my little lowbie blaster (Thess, in fact).

I remember the music. So much awesome music. Atlas Park as you approached Ms. Liberty/zoned in from the tutorial, Blyde Square, I'm totally forgetting others but damn I loved the music in this game.

I remember my buddy making Two Tons of Fun the fire/ss tanker, so we all made Tons characters too. Half Ton of Fun, Uncle Tons, Fan of Tons, Son of Tons (mine, and the only male character I've ever made).

I remember old Hami raids and being on the taunt team with my empath, and yelling at Hank over Vent when he'd alt-tab out and target off Hami.

I remember heal farms with DC.

I remember Voodoo helping me get Thess to 50, finally, long after my other friends had quit and I figured she'd never get there. It's also thanks to him that I have my one and (currently) only villain 50. And my obsession with controllers.

I remember Victory over Triumph, also thanks to Voo, which was responsible for my favorite, most fun character to play (besides Thessalia, of course, just out of sheer nostalgia): Alecto Nox, my ill/kin troller. Transferring her to Victory was the best thing I ever did for her. I'm just sad that I waited so long to transfer my mastermind, only did it last week finally.

I remember meeting people and making friends who would change my life. Because this has been so much more than just a game. It and the people in it got me through some vey dark times in my life, and I will be forever grateful. The characters I made in it have come to mean so much to me, and I will carry them with me forever. I don't know why I'm surprised that I got so very attached to them, but I did. I guess this being my first MMO had something to do with that. It just won't be the same without the ability to log in and go flying through the city on them...but it is what it is. And I have three months to enjoy every last bit of it.

Long live Paragon City.

Aww, Cuppa! <3 She was awesome, and greatly missed. Tell her hi from an old player, though she probably doesn't remember me.

Thanks, Zwill. You were an awesome community manager. <3

Everybody at Paragon Studios pretty much rocked, actually. Best of luck to all of them.

I am crushed.

I thought this game would always be around. All the **** I'll never do, all the plot lines that will never get wrapped up...no more itrials with Madame Pistacio... (where are you, lady, I need a hug!!) Guess it's time to see if I can finish at least some of the stuff I wanted to do before Nov 30, like doing all the Praetoria stuff and getting a scrapper to 50 and actually leveling my widow and every other ******* thing that I was excited about. It's not very likely, though.

Gonna miss you, Victory.

I like the new look and redesign (mostly)! As long as they don't get retconned into a monoethnic gang (which from the earlier screenshots appears isn't the case) and don't all talk like freaking Boris and Natasha, it's cool. Yes even the hair.

Also, if anyone likes old-style radio dramas, check out the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company's performance of The Shadow Over Innsmouth- it's absolutely great, and I was lucky enough to be there when it was performed live at DragonCon 2004, with Harlan Ellison reading one of the parts.

E;

Anyone remember Resolves? (Check the insp tray.) And whatever the second tier insp was called...I think Determination. I wish I had held on to one of those just for nostalgia's sake. I even used to have some Disciplines, but I'm pretty sure they're gone now too. You can also see the old zone doors on the map; I can't remember when those changed.

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Good times.



These are both from 2005.

Yeah, I wish he were still around. Always liked his Canon Fodder thread.