Discuss: Positron & Castle on Split Infinity Radio
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Posted on: 2008-04-30 15:00 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
No problem at all here Jules with the downlaods.
They have kept me entertained as I have been having a grand clear out in my office at work.
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Thanks for the recap Wonderslug!
Eh, I found myself typing out a lot of quotes to a friend on IM anyway, and didn't see any discussion or dev quotes floating around the other boards yet, so I figured I may as well copy/paste and and post. I'd done half the work already, so.
Been listening to this interview but I got just one burning question, Why does Positron keep saying issue 13 instead of issue 12? Like he said the VEATs were for issue 13 eventhough they are in issue 12, he said issue 13 on alot of other things.
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Been listening to this interview but I got just one burning question, Why does Positron keep saying issue 13 instead of issue 12? Like he said the VEATs were for issue 13 eventhough they are in issue 12, he said issue 13 on alot of other things.
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I think it was just a mental slip-up. Gotta remember, they work sometimes several issues into the future. So you say i13 around the office all the time, and it can come out instead of saying i12. Y'know? 
Thanks for the writeups. Can read much easier than listen while at work. 
On the bright side, if you can listen at work, the interview IS safe for work. So go nuts!
That empathy for villains comment makes me think the villainous empathy-esque set will somehow be related to 'the Force' or... I dunno, 'Shrek'. 
Jules, nice interview. I listened from beginning to end, and don't worry if you sounded nervous while interviewing Positron and Castle, I would have been too.
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On the empath badge:
"I put one too many zeroes on the thing, and by the time I realized that it was really absurdly hard to get, it was too late because people had already tried to get it and I didn't want to invalidate their play experience or the achievement they had earned. (Castle: That's the first time I've heard that story.)
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So any chance of the Empath badge requirements getting lowered now? I don't see the reason of "don't want to invalidate their play experience" as being a good one....Oro missions made Isolator easier to get...soo...any chance? please? 
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Been listening to this interview but I got just one burning question, Why does Positron keep saying issue 13 instead of issue 12? Like he said the VEATs were for issue 13 eventhough they are in issue 12, he said issue 13 on alot of other things.
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I think it was just a mental slip-up. Gotta remember, they work sometimes several issues into the future. So you say i13 around the office all the time, and it can come out instead of saying i12. Y'know?
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Yeah, that's pretty much it. Positron is knee deep in I13 work at the moment (fleshing out exactly what is going to be in it, and such) while the rest of us work on finishing up I 12.
Yay, I wasn't wrong and didn't make an idjit of meself! <3
What is going to be in I13 so far that he has? O.o >.> <.<
What? They might get tricked by my completely stealthy question and spill a few beans.
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What is going to be in I13 so far that he has? O.o >.> <.<
What? They might get tricked by my completely stealthy question and spill a few beans.
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I was, indeed, amazed and awed by the absolute stealth surrounding that question. 
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On the empath badge:
"I put one too many zeroes on the thing, and by the time I realized that it was really absurdly hard to get, it was too late because people had already tried to get it and I didn't want to invalidate their play experience or the achievement they had earned. (Castle: That's the first time I've heard that story.) [...] Ten thousand Rikti monkeys changed when we changed the way--a core mechanic of the game changed, which was herding. Ten thousand Rikti monkeys was literally put in because you could herd a hundred Rikti monkeys at a time and kill them all."
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I would bet that all 10 people that have empath would be just fine with fixing it to realistic proportions.
It does take 2 years on a daily farm to obtain...it's not possible to obtain it using normal methods, you know that, right?
Honestly, this is the most disheartening thing I've ever read from this set of devs.
You're not willing to fix your mistakes because there are a few OCD players around willing to farm for years to get badges that are obviously broken. I think the ones that are in the middle of getting the badges would be happy if they logged in one day and realized that they no longer would have to sit farming heals all day. Or farming damage all day. Or farming influence all day.
I'm an I3 Regen. I was broken. You fixed me. Didn't invalidate all of my experience because I happened to get to 50 using a broken scheme. PLed a few levels too, with a tank that herded up a whole bunch of freaks into a dumpster.
Ya fixed that. And now the new players don't have to deal with that broken aspect of the game, and the game is more fun for it.
Will you please make these badges more realistic so that us current badge hunters and new players that may want to badge hunt can have fun obtaining *all* of the badges?
Side note: Has anyone earned MLRSF since the Ouros portal fix? Didn't think so...
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On the empath badge:
"I put one too many zeroes on the thing, and by the time I realized that it was really absurdly hard to get, it was too late because people had already tried to get it and I didn't want to invalidate their play experience or the achievement they had earned. (Castle: That's the first time I've heard that story.) [...] Ten thousand Rikti monkeys changed when we changed the way--a core mechanic of the game changed, which was herding. Ten thousand Rikti monkeys was literally put in because you could herd a hundred Rikti monkeys at a time and kill them all."
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Could we have that extra zero removed anyway? The people that really want it have had it longer than the rest of us
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What is going to be in I13 so far that he has? O.o >.> <.<
What? They might get tricked by my completely stealthy question and spill a few beans.
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I was, indeed, amazed and awed by the absolute stealth surrounding that question.
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Thanks, Slug, for the quick recap of the podcast. I read it with much interest.
Also, I'd like to add my voice to those requesting that nasty extra zero be removed from the requirement for the Empath badge.
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Side note: Has anyone earned MLRSF since the Ouros portal fix? Didn't think so...
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Actually, YES. But that seems beside the point...
Back on topic, yes take off that extra zero. I don't see the logic in keeping the requirements literally impossible through normal play.
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Yeah, that's pretty much it. Positron is knee deep in I13 work at the moment (fleshing out exactly what is going to be in it, and such) while the rest of us work on finishing up I 12.
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Only knee deep? Then he's not working hard enough.
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Side note: Has anyone earned MLRSF since the Ouros portal fix? Didn't think so...
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Actually, YES. But that seems beside the point...
Back on topic, yes take off that extra zero. I don't see the logic in keeping the requirements literally impossible through normal play.
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I agree, on a related note, the Devs have no trouble removing the "extra zero" on the end of the tohit buff on the accolades they altered in Issue 12, even though many people have earned those (especially for the STF to hit Mako when he eludes) and now "expect" that kind of tohit buff on it. Those os us on the boards know it was an error that's been around for a long time, and expected it to change. I don't see why Posi has such a hard line on this one error they made on a badge. Admit the error (done), change it and the whole problem vanishes.
I also know several of the Empath badge holders have publically stated, on these boards several times they wouldn't be one bit upset if the requirement was changed to something that actually made sense, and at least one has apologized for earning it since the Devs used him (and others like him) as an excuse not to change it.
I seriously hope that the "debate" over fixing the Posi TF or creating villain SFs was a tongue-in-cheek answer.
Cause the lvl 10 - 15 SF seriously needs some love and attention . . .
And thanks Jules and Slug for the awesome work.
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I agree, on a related note, the Devs have no trouble removing the "extra zero" on the end of the tohit buff on the accolades they altered in Issue 12, even though many people have earned those (especially for the STF to hit Mako when he eludes) and now "expect" that kind of tohit buff on it. Those os us on the boards know it was an error that's been around for a long time, and expected it to change. I don't see why Posi has such a hard line on this one error they made on a badge. Admit the error (done), change it and the whole problem vanishes.
I also know several of the Empath badge holders have publically stated, on these boards several times they wouldn't be one bit upset if the requirement was changed to something that actually made sense, and at least one has apologized for earning it since the Devs used him (and others like him) as an excuse not to change it.
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I never really tried to mind the healing badges so much, as I view them as those that I'll get in due time. However, if I decided to consciously work for them, I too would not mind the extra 0 (and thus extra years) shaved off.
As for the change to Geas, well.. I'm a bit disheartened by it. I don't think there's anything wrong with being able to near-guarantee hit things for a few seconds. 
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That interviewer should have been thrown in a suitcase and tossed into a river. Half the interview I spent skipping her dead air and constant @55 kissing. Hell half the good questions were ASKED BY CASTLE. Yeesh. But some good answers.
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I saw your explanation and I am truly sorry for your medical condition. But if you couldn't physically handle such a difficult interview then you should have passed it to someone else that was fit for it.
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Jeebus. Could you be more of an [WARNING EXPLICIT LYRICS]?!? Jules has done a great job over the years and is a CoH/V treasure. Everyone can have an off day. And your backhanded apology doesn't cut it either.
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Burn him at the stake for not liking the interview! I myself had to read the notes
Awesome recap. Thanks, Slug.
And thanks for setting up the interview in the first place, Jules. You rock.
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And Ex - Of coooourse Positron and Castle were complete and utter gentlemen. They could be nothing less.
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