Discussion: Message From Positron 4 Year Anniv!
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8_Ball,
Posted on: 2008-04-28 10:08 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
We can has mission creator? 
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Sweet! This should effectively end complaints about "end game content".
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How? At the end of the day the difference between player created missions and endless radio grinding will be flavor text and a map built from the same Lincoln Logs as every other map in the game.
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Actually, I have a feeling it might be more customizable than you think. Remember a couple months ago when Castle was tasked to ask the players about [u]"Abusive" bases[u]? I bet it was so they could start to test this idea out. We probably won't see customizable missions until I13 or I14 (it'll likely be the marquee addition in whichever issue it's attached to) but since they start working on issues long before we see them they've probably already started to test out the tech already.
I'm looking forward to the new monthly column: Mission Creating Tips by War Witch. 
Gothika (Grav/Kin) Marionette (Ill/Rad) Terra Firma (Earth/Storm) Alana Dale (Arch/Nrg)
Iceblink (Ice/Dark) Fantasia (Mind/Fire) Shadow Minx (Claws/Nin)
--Virtue
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I want to set up something horrible, stop the war between the Rularuu and the Knives of Artemis; because I think that mission would be pure hell for just about every archtype.
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I would love to get in on that mission!!!
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Agreed, I think half the funs going to be trying to come up with the biggest PITA mission for your team .
I'm thinking of a joint Malta/Carnie one for starters .
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Sappers, Sorcerors and Succubi, oh my!
"Trust me, it worked in the Simpsons." - Calash
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I cant tell you how excited I am for our games future, and although we have some major announcements yet to be made, one of the things I can talk about is a feature that we are planning. Similar in concept to our character creator, it allows you, the players, to create missions and story arcs for your characters and others to participate in. Youll be able to pick the map, villain group, and objectives, as well as write the dialog and any clues needed for the missions. When you are satisfied with it, you can upload it and have other players across all servers play it and rate it. Fame will come to the players whose stories rate the best overall. It is features like these that we never dreamed of including when we first shipped, but are excited to be able to offer players very soon.
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Hmm.. interesting. Can't wait to find out more info about this.
Happy 4th B-day CoH! Hope theres many more!!
-Stygian
Hooray mission creation!
...I forgot what experience means.
MMMMMMM CUSTOM FARM MISSIONS.
Happy Birthday Brimstone Bruce! Damn, Positron gives out damn nice B-Day presents, eh?
New TFs! New TFs! New TFs! Yay!
And TFs I can write myself.
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MMMMMMM CUSTOM FARM MISSIONS.
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Posi, you do of course realize that now failing to deliver such a system will have all 130k subscribers lining up to hang you from teh golden gate bridge by your unmentionables, right? Just so's we're clear on that. Side note: I'm all over arc creation like a fat kid on a donut.
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I want to set up something horrible, stop the war between the Rularuu and the Knives of Artemis; because I think that mission would be pure hell for just about every archtype.
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I would love to get in on that mission!!!
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Agreed, I think half the funs going to be trying to come up with the biggest PITA mission for your team .
I'm thinking of a joint Malta/Carnie one for starters .
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Sappers, Sorcerors and Succubi, oh my!
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No no, you have to customize it! I'll make a mission where every single minion is a sapper, every LT is a fortunata seer or night widow, every boss is a paragon protector, gunslinger or ring mistress and every 3rd spawn has a ballista EB.
Gothika (Grav/Kin) Marionette (Ill/Rad) Terra Firma (Earth/Storm) Alana Dale (Arch/Nrg)
Iceblink (Ice/Dark) Fantasia (Mind/Fire) Shadow Minx (Claws/Nin)
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[u]Most Wealthy Archetypes[u]
Heroes: Scrappers
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How is this not Controllers? 
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I was kinda wondering that myself lol
So we get to create our own missions, AND they can have RPG style branching dialogue?!
i simply have no words.
i must respond through the medium of interpretative dance.
*jumps wildly up and down and knocks stuff everywhere*
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I want to set up something horrible, stop the war between the Rularuu and the Knives of Artemis; because I think that mission would be pure hell for just about every archtype.
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I would love to get in on that mission!!!
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Agreed, I think half the funs going to be trying to come up with the biggest PITA mission for your team .
I'm thinking of a joint Malta/Carnie one for starters .
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Sappers, Sorcerors and Succubi, oh my!
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No no, you have to customize it! I'll make a mission where every single minion is a sapper, every LT is a fortunata seer or night widow, every boss is a paragon protector, gunslinger or ring mistress and every 3rd spawn has a ballista EB.
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It's a 'kill all and prevent the boss to run' mission.
Said boss is Biff.
Spawns are 1 nullifier, 3 sappers.
Ye gods. If they merge mission branching into this mission creator, and allow for task force creation along with story arcs...
Best. Feature. Ever.
On a side note: there's got to be some kind of review process for these submissions, considering it's a Teen-rated game! I just hope that this process catches the most egregious, abusable farming submissions (like, task forces even faster that Katie Hannon).
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Wow, I heard of mission creation being suggested before a few times by a few of the players. Even if I wanted it myself, I never suggested it, since I always thought it would be too big a system. But I... I had no idea you guys would actually do it.
This... this is AMAZING! No words... no words...
I used to create community content for Neverwinter Nights, before becoming a game designer. Oh wow, you can believe me when I say... I am making missions, story arcs, and TF's with Shadowrush's (and other heroes in his group) stories. I can just imagine it now...
Thank you! I can't wait!
Now that I've (mostly) managed to stop babbling incoherently...
Normally, I'd encourage everyone to wait for more implementation details. I'd say that we don't know yet what kind of limitations the new system will have. We don't know how it will work in actual play. I'd advise caution.
You know what, though? Screw caution. This is something we've talked about, asked for, dreamed of. Now we see it on the horizon. I don't care how limited it is, the vision of something fraught with so much potential is magnificent.
Four years in, and things are still getting better. If I wore a hat, it would be off to the devs. A joyous Fourth Anniversary to you all and sweet dreams of more to come!
The Way of the Corruptor (Arc ID 49834): Hey villains! Do something for yourself for a change--like twisting the elements to your will. All that's standing in your way are a few secret societies...and Champions of the four elements.
Having just read the announcement, all I can say is - wow.
So many questions!
Wow.
Wow..
....WOW.
(Edit: And I don't mean some other game, I mean good gracious, holy smokes, omg, zomg, wow.)
Well, I'm thinking since Posi said it was just like the costume creator it'll be a drop down list to pick and choose things from and I'm guessing that drops would be scaled/based on what is chosen. I'm thinking the truly customizable part will be more storyline and dialogue. I know, it's pure speculation, but I'm giving the devs the benefit of the doubt that it's not going to be unrewardable or overly abuseable (Yeah, people will abuse it, of course..that's people for ya.) 
I'm really psyched about it.
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I want to set up something horrible, stop the war between the Rularuu and the Knives of Artemis; because I think that mission would be pure hell for just about every archtype.
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I would love to get in on that mission!!!
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Agreed, I think half the funs going to be trying to come up with the biggest PITA mission for your team .
I'm thinking of a joint Malta/Carnie one for starters .
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Sappers, Sorcerors and Succubi, oh my!
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Nonononononononono... it's:
Sappers, Dark Ring Mistresses and Nightwidows, oh my!
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I want to set up something horrible, stop the war between the Rularuu and the Knives of Artemis; because I think that mission would be pure hell for just about every archtype.
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I would love to get in on that mission!!!
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Agreed, I think half the funs going to be trying to come up with the biggest PITA mission for your team .
I'm thinking of a joint Malta/Carnie one for starters .
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Sappers, Sorcerors and Succubi, oh my!
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Nonononononononono... it's:
Sappers, Dark Ring Mistresses and Nightwidows, oh my!
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Don't forget the knives of artemis!
This is certainly one I NEVER expected. Oh, the head-aches they will have! I think the reward could be worth it.
Amazing, truly. For a 4 year old MMO to be able to add these things is unexpected. Very nice.
Lewis
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I cant tell you how excited I am for our games future, and although we have some major announcements yet to be made, one of the things I can talk about is a feature that we are planning. Similar in concept to our character creator, it allows you, the players, to create missions and story arcs for your characters and others to participate in. Youll be able to pick the map, villain group, and objectives, as well as write the dialog and any clues needed for the missions. When you are satisfied with it, you can upload it and have other players across all servers play it and rate it. Fame will come to the players whose stories rate the best overall. It is features like these that we never dreamed of including when we first shipped, but are excited to be able to offer players very soon.
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Holy crap that's cool!
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[*] Players have spent a combined 292 centuries playing City of Heroes and City of Villains
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Wow, that's a lot of time!
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[u]Most Wealthy Archetypes[u]
Heroes: Scrappers
Villains: Brutes
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I'm surprised that it isn't Controllers and Dominators.
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Sweet! This should effectively end complaints about "end game content".
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How? At the end of the day the difference between player created missions and endless radio grinding will be flavor text and a map built from the same Lincoln Logs as every other map in the game.
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Actually, I have a feeling it might be more customizable than you think.
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I'm going directly from what Posi said, not from the wishing/dreaming/hopes that many people here are.
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Remember a couple months ago when Castle was tasked to ask the players about [u]"Abusive" bases[u]? I bet it was so they could start to test this idea out. We probably won't see customizable missions until I13 or I14 (it'll likely be the marquee addition in whichever issue it's attached to) but since they start working on issues long before we see them they've probably already started to test out the tech already.
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Oh, that's a sure bet - but it doesn't speak to issues I raised at all.
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I want to set up something horrible, stop the war between the Rularuu and the Knives of Artemis; because I think that mission would be pure hell for just about every archtype.
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I would love to get in on that mission!!!
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Agreed, I think half the funs going to be trying to come up with the biggest PITA mission for your team
I'm thinking of a joint Malta/Carnie one for starters
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