A teaser Q&A with Positron to tame the masses?
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Posted on: 2006-04-20 13:25 in Developers' Corner
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Any talk of changing the permanent part of Patrons or something?
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It's really not as simple as "let's let them respec it!"
Since Patron sets are tied to Contacts you receive, you get the set of the Contact you choose. We'd need to add a bunch of technology to take away access to Contacts (something we don't do currently), to make sure you couldn't end up with multiple Patron Pools.
We have talked about it though, and are not through talking about it either.
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Positron,
Would you and your staff like some pie? *holds out pie* With the storage capability of bases coming in i7, will we be able to store infamy/influence as well? sort of like a treasury with permissions settings?
Will there be any new Giant Monsters added on CoV side with the release of Issue 7?
I know, lame question but the first few fights with a new GM are always fun! 
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Any talk of changing the permanent part of Patrons or something?
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It's really not as simple as "let's let them respec it!"
Since Patron sets are tied to Contacts you receive, you get the set of the Contact you choose. We'd need to add a bunch of technology to take away access to Contacts (something we don't do currently), to make sure you couldn't end up with multiple Patron Pools.
We have talked about it though, and are not through talking about it either.
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Thanks. That's really all we can ask for right now. So thanks.
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Pos, any word on any changes for Dominators?
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There is a positive change for Dominators in Issue 7.
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Would you and your staff like some pie? *holds out pie*
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So you have been stealing my pie! 
As for questions...none! I know everything I need/want to know... 
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I'm crazy busy right now, but I'd be happy to answer a few questions, as long as none of them are "when is I7...?"
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1. Is Hero PPP content in development for sometime in the next year, or is it a "Neat idea, maybe sometime" thing?
2. Villain APPs: in development for sometime in the next year, or is it a "Neat idea, maybe sometime" thing?
3. Is there a late summer 'mini-Issue' or seasonal event planned?
4. Will you folks ever do what you did in 2004 and sketch out roughly the year ahead what we players can be looking forward to, either via convention panels or 'State of the Game' forum post?
5. Back to 'mini-Issues' a sec: That'd be a great time to introduce an infinitely repeatable Respec Trial if you folks are still considering implementing that. Actually, is the mythical infinitely repeatable Respec trial in development for sometime in the next year, or is it a "Neat idea, maybe sometime" thing?
6. Mission/Contact structure revamp for CoH so that it's more comparable to CoV's: pipe dream or something happening in the roughly next 12 months?
That's all I got. Have a good weekend.
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Positron,
Would you and your staff like some pie? *holds out pie* With the storage capability of bases coming in i7, will we be able to store infamy/influence as well? sort of like a treasury with permissions settings?
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Inf Banks have been back burnered, and may even be off the stove right now.
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Can you tell us why certain powers (Lightning Rod, Chain Induction) won't be effected by Fury? Will they be just too uber with it?
And if you can't answer that...
Will there be more Nemesis in CoV when I7 hits? I love their arcs. All the plots within plots within plots to stop a good guy's plot to undermine his plots to stop the plots, etc.
Doom.
Yep.
This is really doom.
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4. Will you folks ever do what you did in 2004 and sketch out roughly the year ahead what we players can be looking forward to, either via convention panels or 'State of the Game' forum post?
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Yes, answer this one, please.
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Can you tell us why certain powers (Lightning Rod, Chain Induction) won't be effected by Fury? Will they be just too uber with it?
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OK, last question I'll answer today. Apologies to those that are typing up questions as I write this.
Lightning Rod does build Fury, we fixed that very recently. Not sure about Chain Induction though.
And Lightning Rod gets my vote for Coolest Use of the Power System.
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Pos, any word on any changes for Dominators?
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There is a positive change for Dominators in Issue 7.
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Any kind of hint as to what that might be and did the change come from datamining, observation, or combing through the flames on the dom boards?
Mr Slowburn - 50 fire/kin troller
Cosmic - 50 grav/storm troller
Cyberprowl - 50 ma/dark scrapper
Mi-graine - 50 emp/psi defender
Alberta Beef - 50 fire/ice tank
Mythtery - 41 ill/rad troller
Gargantua - 39 ws
Kotor - 38 db/wp scrapper
Fungal - 50 plant/psi dom
Snarky - 38 thug/dark MM
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4. Will you folks ever do what you did in 2004 and sketch out roughly the year ahead what we players can be looking forward to, either via convention panels or 'State of the Game' forum post?
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Yes, answer this one, please.
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Since you said please...
Yes.
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Thanks for answering the questions, Posi.
Maybe I'll get mine answered another day, or better yet, when the Issue releases.
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Any talk of changing the permanent part of Patrons or something?
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Positron:
It's really not as simple as "let's let them respec it!"
Since Patron sets are tied to Contacts you receive, you get the set of the Contact you choose. We'd need to add a bunch of technology to take away access to Contacts (something we don't do currently), to make sure you couldn't end up with multiple Patron Pools.
We have talked about it though, and are not through talking about it either.
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We couldn't possibly know if it's less or more work, but adding a few APP-style post-40 pools would alleviate some of the pressure. Half the angst in the forum towards PPPs is having a trapped feeling with PPP choices. Some of it will go away once the players get a look at the PPP content, I'm sure, but then again, a chunk of players are all about the PvP with PvE stuff being a necessary evil.
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And Lightning Rod gets my vote for Coolest Use of the Power System.
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Mine too.
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Can you tell us why certain powers (Lightning Rod, Chain Induction) won't be effected by Fury? Will they be just too uber with it?
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OK, last question I'll answer today. Apologies to those that are typing up questions as I write this.
Lightning Rod does build Fury, we fixed that very recently. Not sure about Chain Induction though.
And Lightning Rod gets my vote for Coolest Use of the Power System.
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Woot! Got in the last question.
And I agree; the mere thought of tele-smash is amazingly cool.
Thanks for taking the time to answer, Pos!
Doom.
Yep.
This is really doom.
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OK, last question I'll answer today. Apologies to those that are typing up questions as I write this.
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Ok, but I have a feeling there will still be questions posted in this thread tomorrow. Would you mind popping back in here when you get a chance?
Don't stop working on i7 though.
Any plans as yet to bring Mayhem missions to CoH? Or will it be Villain-only?
My story arcs: #2370- Noah Reborn, #18672- The Clockwork War, #31490- Easy Money
Sartre once said, "Hell is other people." What does that make an MMO?
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And Lightning Rod gets my vote for Coolest Use of the Power System.
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ZOMG SWEET.
If it has Posi's endorsement it must be cool.
Dawnslayer on Virtue.
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4. Will you folks ever do what you did in 2004 and sketch out roughly the year ahead what we players can be looking forward to, either via convention panels or 'State of the Game' forum post?
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Yes, answer this one, please.
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Since you said please...
Yes.
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(Also, thanks for answering.)
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Pos, any word on any changes for Dominators?
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There is a positive change for Dominators in Issue 7.
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We'll be speculating on this one for awhile. I think these tidbits really did help a lot. We've been in sort of an info blackout.
The City of Heroes Community is a special one and I will always look fondly on my times arguing, discussing and playing with you all. Thanks and thanks to the developers for a special experience.
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I think these tidbits really did help a lot. We've been in sort of an info blackout.
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/agreed.
I would not mind an informal 'Ask a Dev' series repeated.
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I think these tidbits really did help a lot. We've been in sort of an info blackout.
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/agreed.
I would not mind an informal 'Ask a Dev' series repeated.
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It's really amazing how just a little bit of Dev time can help alleviate board tensions.
Is the respec that players get when finishing a patron arc taking the place of a lvl44-50 respec trial? Can we expect being able to respec out of a patron down the road due to "new tech"?