Issue 5 Features Preview: Forest of Dread
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Posted on: 2005-06-29 09:18 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Coincidentally, this is also the reason why the Shadow Shard isn't ultimately themed on the movie Barbarella. Although it might have been cool if it ended up themed on the movie Flash Gordon.
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THAT'S what was nagging me about that name. I heard it from a Welsh actor back in my salad days as a spear carrier in summer stock, but knew I'd run across it elsewhere.
Up the revolution!
My scrapper doesn't need an AoE. She IS an AoE.
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A Kitsune would be very cool, tho. It'd be cool to see the undeveloped wildlands next to Croatoa turn out to be filled with Shinto-style nature spirits... it'd be Princess Mononoke in Paragon City.
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A 'Chinatown' section of Paragon City would be cool (perhaps called 'Little Asia' and sharing a blend of Chinese, Japanese and other Asian cultural motifs), with the possibility of displaced spirits, Tsoo gangs, etc running around.
A 'concerned ancestor' mission giver could appear at night in the graveyard, asking heroes to rescue her grandson from a Tsoo recruitment party and guide him back from his lawless path, and similarly protecting her neighborhood / family from their depradations (stopping a Tsoo ambush at a particular shop, with a wave of them arriving to torch the store and beat up it's owners for not paying their protection funds), or from the actions of hostile spirits.
A tricky kitsune could give a riddle challenge, and perhaps even a visit to a spiritual version of the section of town could exist as a 'train mission' where the people appear as ghosts and hostile spirit forces prowl the streets, appearing as coiled black dragon-serpents nesting at certain confluences of ley-lines, attended by chittering hordes of finely-dressed bakemono goblins that appear as short inhuman robed courtiers until they unfurl their claws to attack.
Well..if your THAT worried about the explosions..
I guess we could give him some seran wrap or something 
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You.....DO realize that if he takes off that suit, antimatter will mix with matter, and there'll be a huge explosion. Right?
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Still funny when put to the Benny Hill theme music..... 
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Agreed, although explosions and resulting carnage are more of a Monty Python touch, really.
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Well it would give everyine a reason to chase him.. which is Benny Hillish...
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And top hats! And falling leaf auras! 
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I'll take that bet.
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*eyebrow*
Okay, but if I win, you have to take your armour off and run a lap around Steel Canyon while the Benny Hill theme plays in the background.
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You.....DO realize that if he takes off that suit, antimatter will mix with matter, and there'll be a huge explosion. Right?
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I'd rather be dead from the walking nuke than see the nekkidness of someone who's been sealed up in armor for years.
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I'll take that bet.
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Okay, but if I win, you have to take your armour off and run a lap around Steel Canyon while the Benny Hill theme plays in the background.
You.....DO realize that if he takes off that suit, antimatter will mix with matter, and there'll be a huge explosion. Right?
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hhmmm Mr Anti-Matter + Mrs Matter = explosion 
that would be a interesting wedding
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I'll take that bet.
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Okay, but if I win, you have to take your armour off and run a lap around Steel Canyon while the Benny Hill theme plays in the background.
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You.....DO realize that if he takes off that suit, antimatter will mix with matter, and there'll be a huge explosion. Right?
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Also if he fails to recharge the containment power source by using a special device that can't be replicated before the timer expires. Oh wait, I'm thinking of a different kind of antimatter; the kind no one has ever heard of and crazy physicists stockpile in plastic bombs.
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Croatoa... a place where myth and fantasy still live...
So does this mean we might get a few more European mythological costume options, huh huh does it
devil's advocate -Pogo
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The only thing I want is the whiches hat. Come on, we need those...realy.
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Yeah, we really do...
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*pause*
*double take*
*pause*
That wink...... 
Positron....*sigh* why do you torment us like that? I wanna know what we're getting!!
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So, does that mean we need them for the Cabal or does that mean that you've been holding out on us?
All of you people at Cryptic are pure evil.
Oh well, I'll live...TELL ME, TEL ME, TELL ME!!!!
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A Kitsune would be very cool, tho. It'd be cool to see the undeveloped wildlands next to Croatoa turn out to be filled with Shinto-style nature spirits... it'd be Princess Mononoke in Paragon City.
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A 'Chinatown' section of Paragon City would be cool (perhaps called 'Little Asia' and sharing a blend of Chinese, Japanese and other Asian cultural motifs), with the possibility of displaced spirits, Tsoo gangs, etc running around.
A 'concerned ancestor' mission giver could appear at night in the graveyard, asking heroes to rescue her grandson from a Tsoo recruitment party and guide him back from his lawless path, and similarly protecting her neighborhood / family from their depradations (stopping a Tsoo ambush at a particular shop, with a wave of them arriving to torch the store and beat up it's owners for not paying their protection funds), or from the actions of hostile spirits.
A tricky kitsune could give a riddle challenge, and perhaps even a visit to a spiritual version of the section of town could exist as a 'train mission' where the people appear as ghosts and hostile spirit forces prowl the streets, appearing as coiled black dragon-serpents nesting at certain confluences of ley-lines, attended by chittering hordes of finely-dressed bakemono goblins that appear as short inhuman robed courtiers until they unfurl their claws to attack.
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Don't foget German Town with the little 5th and Council running around eating shnitzle.
That picture you saw was of a spirit that you lure into a ghost trap. (insert Adm. Ackbar quote). There are more pics that show them him flying around the level.
Though it would be cool if we got to have his sword as a stalker. And shoulder parots would rock.
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Yeah, we really do...
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BAD DEV. NO COOKIE.
Edit: Oh, I just BET there's a 'witch hat' temporary power. That would so rock.
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I'll take that bet.
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You'll lose.
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It's also possible to go a completly Machen route with it, where the fae folk of old legend were driven into hiding and, bereft of sunlight and the other good things of the surface world, degenerated into things of unspeakable awfulness. Or, depending on the story, were always things of awfulness that mankind intentionally forgot by masking them with tales of glory.
Or they could just be taking major liberties with it.
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Yes, but I must ask...
Could it be *worse* than White Wolf's Changeling? *grins*
"Look, shiny happy fluffy friendly Pookas!"
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A 'Chinatown' section of Paragon City would be cool (perhaps called 'Little Asia' and sharing a blend of Chinese, Japanese and other Asian cultural motifs), with the possibility of displaced spirits, Tsoo gangs, etc running around.
A 'concerned ancestor' mission giver could appear at night in the graveyard, asking heroes to rescue her grandson from a Tsoo recruitment party and guide him back from his lawless path, and similarly protecting her neighborhood / family from their depradations (stopping a Tsoo ambush at a particular shop, with a wave of them arriving to torch the store and beat up it's owners for not paying their protection funds), or from the actions of hostile spirits.
A tricky kitsune could give a riddle challenge, and perhaps even a visit to a spiritual version of the section of town could exist as a 'train mission' where the people appear as ghosts and hostile spirit forces prowl the streets, appearing as coiled black dragon-serpents nesting at certain confluences of ley-lines, attended by chittering hordes of finely-dressed bakemono goblins that appear as short inhuman robed courtiers until they unfurl their claws to attack.
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I think with all of the new stuff that they are putting in, with the zone events/customizable missions, that this isn't too far away from becoming a reality.
I think it is awesome that this game is starting to take on a whole new level of challenge. That is what I love about this game, it is ever evolving with story content and updates.
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It's also possible to go a completly Machen route with it, where the fae folk of old legend were driven into hiding and, bereft of sunlight and the other good things of the surface world, degenerated into things of unspeakable awfulness. Or, depending on the story, were always things of awfulness that mankind intentionally forgot by masking them with tales of glory.
Or they could just be taking major liberties with it.
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Yes, but I must ask...
Could it be *worse* than White Wolf's Changeling? *grins*
"Look, shiny happy fluffy friendly Pookas!"
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Half the problem with Changeling was that the game tried to do silly things like link scientific progress with a lack of imagination. The other half of the problem with the game was the fans, and that some of them got to essentially write fanfic for it on White Wolf's dime. Pookas were too cute in the game, but Redcaps still ate people.
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Here is the entire population of Steel Canyon.
They don't know how not to be seen.
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WAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Almsot fell off my couch when I read this.... still giggling....
Be well, people of CoH.
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Croatoa... a place where myth and fantasy still live...
So does this mean we might get a few more European mythological costume options, huh huh does it
devil's advocate -Pogo
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The only thing I want is the whiches hat. Come on, we need those...realy.
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Yeah, we really do...
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Oh god. (god = Devs) Please let this be saying that I finally get my witch hat.
/em crosses fingers
Come on devs, art guys, where is my Maid costume for my characters! 5 years now, its a simple request.
I'll be eagerly awaiting the teleporter to the Riki Crash Site, personally.
Especially if it's two way. No more long flights over Crey's Folly!
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Yeah, we really do...
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I'll take that bet.
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You'll lose.
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Well. If losing that bet means we get those nifty hats, I will gladly lose the bet
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I'd very much like an angelic ring-halo. They give us Horns... a goatee and a hooked tail... but nothing to counter that.
Wings would be nice too...
As theres a little angel in All of us
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I dunno. ive never liked escort missions. the dudes never know how to duck. And the way they run with their hands in the air. yeesh. also then i cant ps and invis to the hostages and the boss for a quick win. Unless..... THIS IS WHY YOU DID THAT! Hehe ok im calm now. But if they get killed and I fail my mission i wanna be able 2 beat the crap outta the guy that shot him. without him dying/despawning or killing me
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Funny how they mention non of the nerfs they do every issue... I keep hearing about tanks getting nerfed all over the place.
Yeah, NPC escort missions in other games I've played are always difficult not because the mobs are any more difficult to fight, but because the NPC yr escorting lacks any sort of AI. They'll either walk (or fly) blindly in the direction they're supposed to be headed in, regardless of whats going on around them; or they'll do something stupid like go engage an entire group of mobs.
Nevertheless.. escort missions have always been enjoyable to me. Maybe its the defender in me: If I can keep someone this mind numbingly stupid alive, then I rule.
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BAD DEV. NO COOKIE.
Edit: Oh, I just BET there's a 'witch hat' temporary power. That would so rock.
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I'll take that bet.
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Hmm...
I bet there isn't going to be a broomstick temporary travel power.
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