Discussion:Issue 14: News, Information, & Updates!

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We've just been given the coolest news on what the MA can do and people STILL want more...

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Well, for those of us who won't be using the architect much if at all (no drops, and likely a ridiculous Architect Ticket -> Reward Merit conversion ratio), it'd be nice to know if the issue holds anything of interest.

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Yes indeed! Starting with this issue there will be tons and tons of new missions to run each and every day. There will be plenty of great new heroes and villains to fight and an easy rating system so you can choose to only play the very best of the best.

Sorry if you feel that "new awesome content every day" isn't enough of a feature to justify an issue all by itself.

-Buxley

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"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." -- Dr. Seuss

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actually 5 if you count SG prestige, which is its own seperate currency as well. Just saying.

1.)Influence / Infamy (same thing different name)
2.)Prestige
3.)Vanguard Merits
4.)Merits
5.) Tickets

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Different currencies for different things. It's the equivalent to a reputations system.

I don't see how anyone can be so surprised or even bitter at the emergence of a new currency specific to the content area.

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Looks pretty damn sweet! I've got some ideas I can use this for.
I wonder if we can get outdoor maps?

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A (Golden Gate) Bridge Too Far- arc 299315
Crazy NIMBY's, Railroad robber barons, and kickboxing Engineers, Oh My! Go back in time and join the fight to save a San Francisco icon!

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Yes that's the same guy from BareNaked Ladies, at least that's what everyone is saying. I honestly have no idea what that is.

"If it don't play on my victrola or betamax, I don't wanna know what it is!"

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Ok that is why he looked familiar. I thought it was Castle at first....

Murph

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Murph's 50s:
H: Tank, Cont, Def, Scrapper, Blaster, Bane
V: MM x5, Corr x2, Stalker, Dom, Fort

Any word about bases, SG-oriented raids, and PvP?

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Video cracked me up, especially seeing ole Ed from BNL in there.

It's pretty easy to take for granted all the innovation we get in this game. The mission builder sounds pretty amazing. I'm looking forward to see what people come up with.

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"I want you to touch my awesome button" lol great video

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Looking good! So So happy to finally see it confirmed that you can customize entire enemy factions! Good stuff :0

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Awesome™ video. Great job picking the RT guys to do a little PR for ya, NC. Joel? Still totally wins.

As for the Mission Architect? Ooooh! So cool! WANT!

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Head of TRICK, the all Trick Arrow and Traps SG
Part of the Repeat Offenders
Still waiting for his Official BackAlleyBrawler No-Prize

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Why would you think it does when we were told I14 is/was all about MA?

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Because what we're told is never "all there is to it." Take for example the MM pet upgrade changes. There wasn't a hint of that until late in closed beta when people discovered the numbers on the upgrades had changed. We also knew there was going to be a merit system, but had no idea how it would work. We also knew APP/PPP powers were getting tweaked, but didn't know what those tweaks were until open beta.

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Also, you seem to making an awful lot of assumptions about rewards.

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Mhm.

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From the MMORPG.com article:

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"The [Mission Architect] system itself was conceived almost by accident: Up until fairly recently, quest writers working on City of Heroes were forced to slog through their task using an unwieldy spreadsheet. This fact had the unfortunate result of making quest creation a) more difficult than it needed to be and b) only accessible to the few select developers who knew how the system worked. This, thought those in the positions of power to muse on such things, was simply unacceptable. The tools needed to be accessible enough that anyone on the development team could sit down and write a mission."

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I find things like this to be very heartening about this game and it's developers. They found something that needed fixing and made it possible for everyone, developer and player alike, to benefit from the solution. Thanks again developers! Even after 5 years here I'm still impressed with your dedication to the game and the players.

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Also, you seem to making an awful lot of assumptions about rewards.

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Mhm.

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Actually, you're only making one assumption about MA rewards. And its wrong.

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Sorry if you feel that "new awesome content every day" isn't enough of a feature to justify an issue all by itself.

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I like the idea of the mission architect. Giving players the power to create almost any mission they can dream up is a great feature, and I'll probably toy around with it. The dealbreaker is that you won't get drops while playing so that will limit the time I spend in MA missions.

The devs have done a decent job of making me go "oh cool" to issues I previously hadn't found interesting (back when we though I13 was only the Architect, my reaction was also "meh" until they split issues and I13 ended up with dual builds, Kheld changes, and APP/PPP changes), so I have faith that there will be something in I14 to interest me. It'd just be nice if they'd reveal a bit of the non-MA content for those of us that don't see the MA as a gamechanger.

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Was Captain Dynamic Ed Robertson from Barenaked Ladies?

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That was crazy. When he first came out I thought, "Is that Ed Robertson??" then he took off the glasses and I saw it was!

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After watching that video, I can't help but be profoundly reminded of some of the people I work with. It's more than a little frightening, actually.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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The dealbreaker is that you won't get drops while playing so that will limit the time I spend in MA missions.

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You read the part about tickets being tradeable for enhancements and such you would have gotten anyway? Or followed the Dev tracker and poshyb's posts saying the tickets were calculated to equate to the drops you would probably would have gotten? (Part three of his first post on this page)

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It'd just be nice if they'd reveal a bit of the non-MA content

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No contention there, but I wouldn't plan on a lot. Remember this is basically Issue 13.5+.

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I know what you're thinking. Sitting there... looking at all the Issue 14 information... "Boy! Wait till I get my hands on this! My missions are going to be SO AWESOME people will LOVE THEM! Now is my time to shine!"
I know you're thinking that. But you're wrong. MY MISSIONS WILL BE AWESOME! IT'S MY TIME TO SHINE!!! My missions, story arcs, criminal groups, dialogue, etc. will make yours look like doo doo!!!
MWAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA!
Of course this is just my opinion and you can disagree. But you're wrong again!

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I know what you're thinking. Sitting there... looking at all the Issue 14 information... "Boy! Wait till I get my hands on this! My missions are going to be SO AWESOME people will LOVE THEM! Now is my time to shine!"
I know you're thinking that. But you're wrong. MY MISSIONS WILL BE AWESOME! IT'S MY TIME TO SHINE!!! My missions, story arcs, criminal groups, dialogue, etc. will make yours look like doo doo!!!
MWAA HAAA HAAA HAAA HAAA!
Of course this is just my opinion and you can disagree. But you're wrong again!

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Healthy competition or psychotic obsession?

The line is fine my friend, very fine.

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"Samual_Tow - Be disappointed all you want, people. You just don't appreciate the miracles that are taking place here."

I didn't realize it until someone said it. We are going to get new content each day!

I will be creating a mission for my friend which will involve a lot of in-jokes! I will warn in the description of it about the jokes. I am so going to make some of my ideas into missions!

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Lot's of character origin stories will spring to life I imagine.

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"Samual_Tow - Be disappointed all you want, people. You just don't appreciate the miracles that are taking place here."

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Was Captain Dynamic Ed Robertson from Barenaked Ladies?

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That was crazy. When he first came out I thought, "Is that Ed Robertson??" then he took off the glasses and I saw it was!

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I had the same reaction, that's pretty awesome. Now all we need is for the BNL to write a song for CoX and i'll be a happy camper.

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Very cool - my favourite member of my favourite band doing a video for my favourite game

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Lot's of character origin stories will spring to life I imagine.

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Yes indeedy do.

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In case it wasn't immediately obvious to some. I'm being silly for entertainment purposes only. And if you don't find my rant entertaining... you're wrong!

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UI looks nice....liked the vid, too.

Not sure how much I'll mess around with MA, but should be pretty fun to make missions for my buddies to run around in.

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