Pose Questions to the Lead Writer, Joe Morrissey!
By
asarius,
Posted on: 2008-04-30 14:13 in Developers' Corner
I have 2 questions really.
Will the Shadow Shard ever get revamped and if so, when and how, alot more badges and adding normal story arcs would be nice too. 
My second question is, if side switching is ever implemented, will thier be a big story line/tf around it?
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Is there any plans to give more detail about Hellions and Skulls. I know that they are small time, and that we quickly outlevel them. But yet, they have ties to Outcasts, Warriors, and Family. We get so little of the story.
Tsoo and are the same way. We battle them off and on for a few levels and then they are gone as well.
Lots of background: CoT, Council, Nemesis, Crey, Malta, Vaz, Clock, Trolls, Rikti
Little background: Hellions, Skulls, Outcasts, Warriors, Family, KoA
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With the addition of the Villain Epic Archetypes in Issue 12 will we see the face of Arachnos change, by this i mean will the players start to encounter Female Wolf Spiders and Male Blood Widows in missions or is there no plan to update enemies the players will face from the Arachnos faction?
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With the addition of the Villain Epic Archetypes in Issue 12 will we see the face of Arachnos change, by this i mean will the players start to encounter Female Wolf Spiders and Male Blood Widows in missions or is there no plan to update Arachnos's enemies the players will face?
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I doubt this: there are meat docs in Freakshow in CoV, but not in CoH. There are Succubuses in CoT villainside, but not heroside.
I would like to see females added for any and all villain groups that make sense...
is there plans to make Story arc or missions for Super group teams (team with all members being of a single SG) The mission computer SG's get lost most meaning once the CoP broke and there is a lack of content that is aimed specifically at making super groups more then a friends list with a club house.
What is with you people's twisted desire to beat up, shoot, stab, burn, and electrocute women? Did you never get over your High School sweetie dumping you? Did your father beat you as a child? Did your mother ignore you? Seek some therapy. Seriously.
Follow-up from my post here: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....;gonew=1#UNREAD
Will there be more Latin in issue 12, like there is in screenshot 8, and if so who is writing it?
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Will there be more Latin in issue 12, like there is in screenshot 8, and if so who is writing it?
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I will!
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What is with you people's twisted desire to beat up, shoot, stab, burn, and electrocute women? Did you never get over your High School sweetie dumping you? Did your father beat you as a child? Did your mother ignore you? Seek some therapy. Seriously.
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What is it with your twisted desire to beat up, shoot, stab, burn, and electrocute men, but not women? Honestly, we're already beating up, shooting, stabbing, burning and electrocuting people. We might as well be even-handed about it. That said, I highly doubt that "beating up women" is really the primary motive of anyone who wants to see more female mobs.
Back on topic:
I'd like to know how robust the player-made mission editor will be, particularly in whether we'll have the option to customize enemies and other NPCs, and the same scripting tools the official mission designers get.
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What is with you people's twisted desire to beat up, shoot, stab, burn, and electrocute women? Did you never get over your High School sweetie dumping you? Did your father beat you as a child? Did your mother ignore you? Seek some therapy. Seriously.
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This is what Carnies are for.
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Back on topic:
I'd like to know how robust the player-made mission editor will be, particularly in whether we'll have the option to customize enemies and other NPCs, and the same scripting tools the official mission designers get.
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I'd just like to say that one thing is obvious:I bet lots of people are going to make farming missions. I guess we will see freaks alot more often
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Back on topic:
I'd like to know how robust the player-made mission editor will be, particularly in whether we'll have the option to customize enemies and other NPCs, and the same scripting tools the official mission designers get.
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I'd just like to say that one thing is obvious:I bet lots of people are going to make farming missions. I guess we will see freaks alot more often
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4 words: mole machine parking lot
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4 words: mole machine parking garage
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Fixed. Hey, there are even several parking garages already available in the existing mission maps, aren't there?
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I have a few questions: How does all of the issues from 10 on tie together? Are we ever gonna see a Ralaruu story line or Shiva that was hinted throughout the mythos pages? Is there a darkside to Longbow? We have seen it in other "hero" groups I am guessing they got to have a few skeletons in their closet. Will we ever see a story about the return of the gods? I am betting they won't be too happy knowing Statesman has been doing with Zeus's power. I have others but thats the ones that have been urking me
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What is with you people's twisted desire to beat up, shoot, stab, burn, and electrocute women? Did you never get over your High School sweetie dumping you? Did your father beat you as a child? Did your mother ignore you? Seek some therapy. Seriously.
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Why would you prefer injuring men? Are men deserving more to be electrocuted than women? Are you saying that men arent equal with women? That's your logic?
You go seek some therapy. Seriously.
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What is with you people's twisted desire to beat up, shoot, stab, burn, and electrocute women? Did you never get over your High School sweetie dumping you? Did your father beat you as a child? Did your mother ignore you? Seek some therapy. Seriously.
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You've obviously never met my ex sister in-law. Consider yourself lucky.
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Are we ever gonna see a Ralaruu story line...
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Oh, forgot about this.
Can we have more Rularuu, oh great story guru? I like the Rularuu.
(What I would REALLY like is to have Shadow Shard access as a Villain. Heck, even make it a PvP zone--it wouldn't affect you much as you'd virtually never see anyone, but it'd be flavorful.)
If Hamidon and Gravemind from Halo got into a fight, who would win?
Could Hamidon turn the Flood into the Devouring Earth? Could Gravemind turn the Devouring Earth into the Flood?
If it ain't broke set it on fire, then say it was a fault in the design.
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Greetings Joe,
Thanks for giving us this chance to interview you.
My questions concern the galactic frontier that comes into contact with Rhode Island and the Rogue Isles.
Story wise will we ever get a better impression of the alien race that long ago altered the people of the Rikti Home World dimension?
What alternate events have taken place that that particular alien race of our dimension have not visited Earth?
Will there be future storylines delving into the intergalactic affairs of the universe? (As far as our known alien races we have issue 11s coming storm, Keldians, Shivans, and the race that altered the people of the Rikti Home World.)
The in game stories bring be back each time, keep up the great work
BTW I'd personally love to hear answers about InfamousBrad's queries concerning CoX geography.
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If Hamidon and Gravemind from Halo got into a fight, who would win?
Could Hamidon turn the Flood into the Devouring Earth? Could Gravemind turn the Devouring Earth into the Flood?
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Or would they join forces and become the Devouring Flood?
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Questions keep popping up into my mind so i'll continue to ask them.
(Since i haven't played blue side i dont know if Tyrant killed all the heroes or what but)
Will there ever be a mission set on Villain side for us to team up with Tyrant or take missions from him to fight a Praetorian Version of the Rogue Isle Villains (hopefully they're hero class since its a weird flipped universe).
Something about fighting a Savior Recluse (or something to that effect) with a Hero Ranking is appealing to me.
Joe,
What is you all time favorite complaint from a player? (Joke or for real complaint whichever)
Here are my storytelling questions to be answered:
1) Why is CoX storytelling limited to the manner used in the very earliest computer games? I understand the programming team is going to include more options for dialog, but that is a minor point in my opinion (and easily misused, too). Is the storytelling limitation a result of the way the NCsoft creative team is formed with writers and mission designers holding separate positions? If so, will we ever see missions that have been made with the same person being the writer and designer?
(As I see it, the natural way to tell story in the game is not through a contact's expositions but primarily through the complications that occur in mission play. A number of mission complications already exist, and are used, but apparently in a nearly random manner. I have to consider that maybe this aspect of storytelling is unrecognized by the NCsoft development team.)
2) Why is there so much uniformity in the stories / foes in CoX? Is there a policy or system that restricts creativity? I've never been the type to read just one comic book series, I've always read several, but most of CoX reads like just one comic series. I'd prefer a system that shows the flair of many different creators. (Often, one of the most exciting things in comics is when a new creator comes to a magazine. Renewal through creative shake-ups is essential - or the product becomes moribund.) I'd also like to see the creators of each mission or group of missions get credits on the zone transition screens, much like the artists, writers, and so on get credited in comic books.
3) Can we have more frequent additions of content, especially revision of old, outmoded content? The present policy seems to be focused on creation of zone arcs, which must be fairly labor intensive. It would be nice to have - in addition to the occasional zone arc - two or three small teams of creators reworking old content, fixing bugs, and adding new small arcs. (Example of a good small arc that was added: Dr. Creed in Mercy.)
here's something i have been wondering,
will ms. liberty be able to draw the Excalibur any time soon, and if so what affect would that plot element have on any current storyarcs that pit you against her?
thanks
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Any chance that the gatuitously huge undertaking uf updating mission storyarcs that have become redundant due to current storylines will happen?
For instance, Crimson's missions to stop negotiations between Nemesis army and Malta where it is stated Nemesis had been presumed gone for years when he is obviously quite alive and well and harassing Lady Grey?