Discussion: Comic Con Articles

Hey Everyone,

We want to officially let you know that the Comic Con news that is being reported on various web sites is not official. Matt Miller did make an official reference to the mission creator in his Four Year Address, but with no references to Issue number or launch timing. It is also important to mention that the reference on Massively.com to an idea that Issue 13 will be the last free issue for City of Heroes is completely false. We have no plans whatsoever to stop supporting the game with free Issues.

Matt’s Four Year Address can be found here

From Matt’s Four Year Address…

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I can’t tell you how excited I am for our game’s 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. You’ll 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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Our apologies for any confusion this may have caused.

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Koschej
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*shrugs*..its not a denial either

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Matt Miller did make an official reference to the mission creator in his Four Year Address, but with no references to Issue number or launch timing.

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IGN is full of [censored]. Nothing new in all that.

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It is also important to mention that the reference on Massively.com to an idea that Issue 13 will be the last free issue for City of Heroes is completely false. We have no plans whatsoever to stop supporting the game with free Issues.


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Actually, they don't say issue 13 will be the last issue. They just say it'll be the last issue THIS YEAR, which, with only 5 months left in the year, isn't all that unlikely unless things progress really, really smoothly with i13 and i14...

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Actually, they don't say issue 13 will be the last issue. They just say it'll be the last issue THIS YEAR, which, with only 5 months left in the year, isn't all that unlikely unless things progress really, really smoothly with i13 and i14...

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Indeed. And I'm not sure two issues a year are enough to keep my interest anymore.

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I wasn't really expecting the mission creator to be ready until 14, maybe even 15. I'm more interested in City Vault, which was due out December of LAST YEAR.

I am still enjoying running the ITF and playing new characters created with prolification. My cold/ice defender is fun!

Pope

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It is also important to mention that the reference on Massively.com to an idea that Issue 13 will be the last free issue for City of Heroes is completely false. We have no plans whatsoever to stop supporting the game with free Issues.

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They're not reporting its the last free issue *ever* - they're saying its the last free issue scheduled for 2008 (ie don't expect Issue 14's free content to go live until 2009).

Seriously, big difference - y'all lost something in your translation...

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Actually, they don't say issue 13 will be the last issue. They just say it'll be the last issue THIS YEAR, which, with only 5 months left in the year, isn't all that unlikely unless things progress really, really smoothly with i13 and i14...

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Indeed. And I'm not sure two issues a year are enough to keep my interest anymore.

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Yeah, getting bored here.

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Seems the devs are trying to un-confirm what was posted in the IGN article about the mission creator. Notice that they made no effort to cover up the statement about powerset proliferation.

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It is also important to mention that the reference on Massively.com to an idea that Issue 13 will be the last free issue for City of Heroes is completely false. We have no plans whatsoever to stop supporting the game with free Issues.


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Actually, they don't say issue 13 will be the last issue. They just say it'll be the last issue THIS YEAR, which, with only 5 months left in the year, isn't all that unlikely unless things progress really, really smoothly with i13 and i14...

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This is just an announcement to point out that we have made no official statements regarding the timeline or release of our Free Issues. And that the articles have perhaps misinterpreted what was stated.

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Koschej
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Seems the devs are trying to un-confirm what was posted in the IGN article about the mission creator. Notice that they made no effort to cover up the statement about powerset proliferation.

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As was previously stated, regarding those articles, we have not officially confirmed any information regarding what was reported.

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Koschej
Community Moderator
If you have a specific in game, account, tech or billing problem please contact our Customer Support team via The Knowledge Base "Ask A Question" page.

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Seems the devs are trying to un-confirm what was posted in the IGN article about the mission creator. Notice that they made no effort to cover up the statement about powerset proliferation.

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As was previously stated, regarding those articles, we have not officially confirmed any information regarding what was reported.

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Can you give us a time when Posi and the COX crew will be making any announcements at Comic Con??

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I almost missed this since Koschej's posts don't show up in the Community Digest. Luckily, while reading another thread linked to from said Digest, I accidentally hit the Index link instead of the back button.

You and Niv really need to show up in some type of Digest, especially when you will be posting official news or information like this.

Might I suggest creating 2 more accounts for the two of you, such as ModeratorKoschej and ModeratorNivienne to do the mod work from so that it doesn't show in the Digest. Or just use SuperModerator or CoHModerator for the moderation duties and let these normal accounts be included in a Digest. It would make it much easier to find posts such as these, and your answers to questions in other official or unofficial threads on the forums.

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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.

Black Pebble is my new hero.

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I almost missed this since Koschej's posts don't show up in the Community Digest. Luckily, while reading another thread linked to from said Digest, I accidentally hit the Index link instead of the back button.

You and Niv really need to show up in some type of Digest, especially when you will be posting official news or information like this.

Might I suggest creating 2 more accounts for the two of you, such as ModeratorKoschej and ModeratorNivienne to do the mod work from so that it doesn't show in the Digest. Or just use SuperModerator or CoHModerator for the moderation duties and let these normal accounts be included in a Digest. It would make it much easier to find posts such as these, and your answers to questions in other official or unofficial threads on the forums.

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We are aware of this issue, especially in situations like this, unfortunately with Lighthouse and Ex at Comic Con, there is not much to be done about it currently.

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Koschej
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Maybe as a temporary solution ask one of the following, politely of course, to please comment in the thread to get it into the Dev Digest so it can be seen.

Castle
BaB
pohsyb
Jay
WW
Ghost Falcon
Hero 1
Positron
Manticore (assuming his account is still active and flagged for the Dev Digest)
any other Dev I've missed that would show up in the Dev Digest

Not the best solution, but one that would bring this thread to the attention of the majority of the forum readers.

Many have narrowed their reading areas and only follow their server forums, Community Digest, and Dev Digest. Some have expanded it a bit more than that, but I've spoken to several that only read these 3 areas regularly.

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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.

Black Pebble is my new hero.

So officially speaking, this is one of those irrational fear of the number '13' type of rumours that sprang up that Issue 13 would be the last free update?

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Maybe as a temporary solution ask one of the following, politely of course, to please comment in the thread to get it into the Dev Digest so it can be seen.

Castle
BaB
pohsyb
Jay
WW
Ghost Falcon
Hero 1
Positron
Manticore (assuming his account is still active and flagged for the Dev Digest)
any other Dev I've missed that would show up in the Dev Digest

Not the best solution, but one that would bring this thread to the attention of the majority of the forum readers.

Many have narrowed their reading areas and only follow their server forums, Community Digest, and Dev Digest. Some have expanded it a bit more than that, but I've spoken to several that only read these 3 areas regularly.

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As you wish!

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Maybe as a temporary solution ask one of the following, politely of course, to please comment in the thread to get it into the Dev Digest so it can be seen.

Castle


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As you wish!

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Well, what do you know? It worked!

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Maybe as a temporary solution ask one of the following, politely of course, to please comment in the thread to get it into the Dev Digest so it can be seen.

Castle
BaB
pohsyb
Jay
WW
Ghost Falcon
Hero 1
Positron
Manticore (assuming his account is still active and flagged for the Dev Digest)
any other Dev I've missed that would show up in the Dev Digest

Not the best solution, but one that would bring this thread to the attention of the majority of the forum readers.

Many have narrowed their reading areas and only follow their server forums, Community Digest, and Dev Digest. Some have expanded it a bit more than that, but I've spoken to several that only read these 3 areas regularly.

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As you wish!

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And you didn't even have to push him down a steep slope.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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Many have narrowed their reading areas and only follow their server forums, Community Digest, and Dev Digest.

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Then many need to add Anouncements to that - there's pretty important stuff in there. Plus, it's rarely used so it's not like it takes long. The digests are... iffy sometimes.

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Thanks to Koschej for posting this and to Castle for getting it into the Digest. Long-term, I agree; Koschej and Niviene probably do need to have their non-moderation posts preserved and accessible somehow.

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Many have narrowed their reading areas and only follow their server forums, Community Digest, and Dev Digest.

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Then many need to add Anouncements to that - there's pretty important stuff in there. Plus, it's rarely used so it's not like it takes long. The digests are... iffy sometimes.

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When I'm logged in to the forums, I only see 3 Forums. Announcements, Developers Corner, and Justice server. The only two places I generally look in DC are the Dev Digest and Community Digest. I've tried to stop reading anything except the red name posts in the threads those link to, in order to keep myself from getting banned for commenting in those threads about what I think of the intellectual capability of some of the posters or their motivations for making their posts.

I have Announcements on my Favorite Forums listing, but didn't see this since it is buried beneath so many stickied threads. Even after the stickied threads, there are threads above this one about Forum Maintenance on May 29th, a Free Respec on Dec. 12th, and an Off Topic Posts about Armistice Day/Veterans Day thread. Easily overlooked by many.

I do want to thank Castle for posting, and Koschej (it's finally getting easier to spell it right the first time) presumably for asking him to post, so that this will at least get into the Dev Digest. I just want it to be easily seen by as many forum readers as possible to squash rumors and other misinformation resulting from the articles.

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If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.

Black Pebble is my new hero.

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Actually, they don't say issue 13 will be the last issue. They just say it'll be the last issue THIS YEAR, which, with only 5 months left in the year, isn't all that unlikely unless things progress really, really smoothly with i13 and i14...

[/ QUOTE ]This is just an announcement to point out that we have made no official statements regarding the timeline or release of our Free Issues. And that the articles have perhaps misinterpreted what was stated.

[/ QUOTE ]Fair enough. Please be aware that many of us have expectations based on previously made actual official statements. Namely that we should expect 3 issues per year. If that is to change we would appreciate an official annoucment of such, and sooner rather than later would be admirable.

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Actually, they don't say issue 13 will be the last issue. They just say it'll be the last issue THIS YEAR, which, with only 5 months left in the year, isn't all that unlikely unless things progress really, really smoothly with i13 and i14...

[/ QUOTE ]This is just an announcement to point out that we have made no official statements regarding the timeline or release of our Free Issues. And that the articles have perhaps misinterpreted what was stated.

[/ QUOTE ]Fair enough. Please be aware that many of us have expectations based on previously made actual official statements. Namely that we should expect 3 issues per year. If that is to change we would appreciate an official annoucment of such, and sooner rather than later would be admirable.

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Patience might help here. They have never stated 3 issues a year to be their requirement. It is nothing more than a goal they strive for, and I believe the original intention was 3 issues every 12 months, which they have till November to live up to. Yeah thats a long wait, but who knows, PGC will probably be worth it.

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Actually, they don't say issue 13 will be the last issue. They just say it'll be the last issue THIS YEAR, which, with only 5 months left in the year, isn't all that unlikely unless things progress really, really smoothly with i13 and i14...

[/ QUOTE ]This is just an announcement to point out that we have made no official statements regarding the timeline or release of our Free Issues. And that the articles have perhaps misinterpreted what was stated.

[/ QUOTE ]Fair enough. Please be aware that many of us have expectations based on previously made actual official statements. Namely that we should expect 3 issues per year. If that is to change we would appreciate an official annoucment of such, and sooner rather than later would be admirable.

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I completely agree. Keeping us in the dark is annoying. I'm also losing interest with the game. I started played in Jan 2008 so learning the game kept my interest for a while and then i12 hit so it was ok. Now that I have a good chunk of the game down I am wanting the next issue

I see the mish creator is a hot topic but I think they should have dealt with other areas first. Going server-less is a big one. Also give each faction the ability to venture to the other side would be more important. As it stands the game divides the players way too much - spread over its numerous servers and then split between heroes or villains. Anyway, I hope this is being looked at

Any more info available for the future of this game in that address??

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