i would like to see the devs play

ItsJustJake · 01-09-2005 01:08 PM

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Before this gets out of hand...

The Gecko on Freedom server is *not* Geko.

He's an SG-mate of mine, you would not believe how much crap he gets from people.

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DamageSponge · 01-09-2005 01:11 PM

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Actually, Devs can be quite sneaky, you think they'd be uber players, but that might not always be the case.

I remember when Scrappers were getting upgraded, and States said he spent a lot of time playing scrappers. He'd often join a group and ask scrappers "Hey, how do you slot your attacks?". Of course, HE had all the numbers and knew the best way to slot up, he just wanted to here what the information (or misinformation, as it was) was out there among scrappers.

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Misinformation like "there's one best way to slot your attacks, and it's X".

DS

poz · 01-09-2005 01:26 PM

Devs play all the time-- for fun. Unless we are on "official business" (basically being a GM or doing some troubleshooting), we play our Heroes like everyone else; no cheats. It is company policy to not tell other players that you're a dev unless you are on official business.

There's devs playing RIGHT NOW, in fact...

See you in Paragon City!

Friggin_Tazer · 01-09-2005 01:45 PM

My friend's SG used to have a GM in it. They saw a level 1 police drone floating around, so they invited it to their supergroup and he took them up on it.

Ashcraft · 01-09-2005 01:47 PM

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Scorus · 01-09-2005 02:00 PM

I wonder if they ever solo.

Scorus

Cyntrix · 01-09-2005 02:40 PM

it would be cool if we knew what servers each Dev prefered to play on. could we get a list of just the server and each Devs highest level guy on that server.

our old SG captain ran into States playing another character on Champion once, but i dont know who he was cause States made him promise not to tell anyone else.

robot_roll_call · 01-09-2005 02:51 PM

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I wonder if they ever solo.

Scorus

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Do you ever take a break?

Nibb_Nibb · 01-09-2005 03:09 PM

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Devs play all the time-- for fun. Unless we are on "official business" (basically being a GM or doing some troubleshooting), we play our Heroes like everyone else; no cheats. It is company policy to not tell other players that you're a dev unless you are on official business.

There's devs playing RIGHT NOW, in fact...

See you in Paragon City!

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Are there any Devs playing a Peacebringer totally in human form? If not, there should be. It's a new kind of pain =)

3rddegree · 01-09-2005 03:59 PM

pohsyb was soloing in Founders with his Illusion Controler the night I3 went live....Saw him in the gang war on the docks. Oddly, when I shouted "A DEV!" he bounded away....

Unless some OTHER person just stole the name he has been using since beta...

_Zep_ · 01-09-2005 04:07 PM

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I wonder if they ever solo.

Scorus

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Not controllers

Pilcrow · 01-09-2005 04:09 PM

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Devs play all the time-- for fun. Unless we are on "official business" (basically being a GM or doing some troubleshooting), we play our Heroes like everyone else; no cheats. It is company policy to not tell other players that you're a dev unless you are on official business.

There's devs playing RIGHT NOW, in fact...

See you in Paragon City!

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It would be great if you guys would "retire" some of your toons and tell us who they were. Then we could know we's played with a dev.

It'd be way cool to see that Positron just retired a guy I went through the Posi TF with.

Namey · 01-09-2005 05:03 PM

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My friend's SG used to have a GM in it. They saw a level 1 police drone floating around, so they invited it to their supergroup and he took them up on it.

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I wonder how a drone looks in various SG colors...

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Heavensrun · 01-09-2005 06:35 PM

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I wonder if they ever solo.

Scorus

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Do you ever take a break?

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Actually, snide intent aside, they probably don't solo very often, simply because their friends and colleagues, who they're around every day, all play the game. I know that I, personally, and my friends, rarely solo if we're on at the same time, just because it's more fun to play with friends. (IMPO)

On top of that, they probably like to see how people are enjoying their game, so they probably actively seek to get into teams with regular players whenever they can.

Although, I know that I, personally, in their position would occasionally force myself to solo, just so that I could get an idea of what the experience was like for people who couldn't/don't want to team, so I'd bet they probably do solo occasionally, if just for that.

Sorry to sidetrack things, It just set me to thinking. ;p

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Captain_Freak · 01-09-2005 08:00 PM

Devs dont really play. I have to agree with an earlier post that stated devs dont play otherwise the nerf bat wouldnt be so liberal. If they did play theyd make tanks flavorful, and tankful...and scrappers scrappy...and blasters kill stealing retards....oh wait they already are.
Serious(and i was) Tanks would be more like tanks, or they would just merge the melee into one class. Impossible i know, but maybe they wont make the same mistake with COV. Just one melee class you can go hi defense or hi offense or a mix of both...and viola much fewer balancing options.

Zloth · 01-09-2005 10:07 PM

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There's devs playing RIGHT NOW, in fact...

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Please, it isn't like you guys are hard to single out. Just ask a player to go attack a boss solo while you take out the minions/lts. Anyone who is afraid of that or suddenly chokes down every inspire in the tray is a Dev. <G R I N>

Retro · 01-10-2005 01:02 AM

come to Liberty server and help us beat hamidon

BellaStrega · 01-10-2005 05:14 AM

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My friend's SG used to have a GM in it. They saw a level 1 police drone floating around, so they invited it to their supergroup and he took them up on it.

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I had a villain stuck in a wall or something for a defeat all mission last night, and the poor level 1 GM who teleported it out died almost instantly to the level 44 Guardian.

I was very sad.

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Malcolm_McCallum · 01-10-2005 07:23 AM

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Devs dont really play. I have to agree with an earlier post that stated devs dont play otherwise the nerf bat wouldnt be so liberal. If they did play theyd make tanks flavorful, and tankful...and scrappers scrappy...and blasters kill stealing retards....oh wait they already are.
Serious(and i was) Tanks would be more like tanks, or they would just merge the melee into one class. Impossible i know, but maybe they wont make the same mistake with COV. Just one melee class you can go hi defense or hi offense or a mix of both...and viola much fewer balancing options.

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Or maybe they play and have fun and don't think exactly like you do about the game they made. Maybe they like the game they made (like so many others of us do).

P.S. For me, Tankers are Tanky and Scrappers Scrappy. They play completely differently in my experience.

Gecko_NA · 01-10-2005 08:02 AM

Geeze Tiny I post all the dang time!!

Nice to know my words get such a long press-time. I should just write directly onto the bottom of the birdcage and save time.

Dr_Painkiller · 01-10-2005 08:54 AM

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I wonder if they ever solo.

Scorus

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Only while they are looking for a team.

aaronz · 01-10-2005 11:58 AM

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They do. But not as their "name" characters. They like making random characters and teaming to play with things. So next time you're on a team with a 35+ character who's playing a bit like a PL'd newb but asking questions a newb wouldn't even think of asking, you *might* be playing with a dev.

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My gosh, I must play with devs constantly!

-AZ

Gideon_F · 01-10-2005 12:26 PM

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If they did play theyd make tanks flavorful, and tankful...and scrappers scrappy...and blasters kill stealing retards....oh wait they already are.

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LMAO. I get the feeling you dislike Blasters.

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SaberCat · 01-10-2005 12:27 PM

All you really need to know is the "I'm a Dev" secret phrase. Some of us First One Hundred beta testers worked to create that back in 12/03 to facilitate easier testing with the Devs.

With the number of people involved, I'm surprised it's still a secret at all. Figured it'd be on some fan site by now. *shrug*

Malcolm_McCallum · 01-10-2005 12:36 PM

No wonder we'll never get secret identities in the game: The devs already have this feature so don't see that it is missing.