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Dev Diary - Signature Rogues - By Positron

alienuterus

By alienuterus,
Posted on: 2009-07-13 16:22 in Developers' Corner

 

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#1. The Backgrounds are great. Especially Desdemona's.

#2. Looking forward to more information - very excited about a new expansion.

#0. Most importantly. Desdemona's trunk looks aok to me. But I believe this issue will require more study, and in particular, closer inspection. Nudge nudge, wink wink. Snap snap. Grin grin, wink wink, say no more? Know what I mean, know what I mean? Nudge nudge. Say no more.

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Desdemona was the hardest to nail down a name for. We had gone through many iterations of her name, everything from Pandora to Eve to Demonatrix to Parable. We were never happy with any of them, until Melissa Bianco (War Witch, our Senior world designer) came up with Desdemona.

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>.>

<.<

Thank you for not using Pandora.

 

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It could very well be that the power sets will be in the issue release that ties in with GR and not require the expansion to use them. which would make sense, since there haven't been any power sets restricted as such.(unless you count villain only sets and hero only sets in such a way)

 

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I've settled for "Praetorian Monsoon"...

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Typhoon?

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Gah! Would have loved Parable as a name

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Would have been much better, especially considering there's already a Desdemona in the game.

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"Desdemona" does suit her better than the others. And it's not like it's unprecedented in comics for two characters to use the same name, even at the same time.

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but it is in this game

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Au contraire.

She's Desdemona the Glint. This is just plain ol' normal Desdemona.

So it actually works out a bit like real life.

"Oh hey! Are you Desdemona?"
"Yes, but not that Desdemona."
"Aww."

"Hey, Desdemona! Can you help me summon up some demons?"
"Dammit, people! I'm not that Desdemona! Gah!"

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I've settled for "Praetorian Monsoon"...

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Typhoon?

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Tempest?
Cloudburst?
Deluge?
Cyclone?
Chinook?
Squall?

Thesaurus FTW.

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This looks really cool!!

 

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I feel like Praetoria will be the only mixing zone for existing toons.

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While I won't comment on the mechanics, I assure you that existing characters will be able to "Go Rogue". I fully plan on running opposite faction content on my existing characters.

 

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Please do not allow Posi to write the story arcs for going Rogue.

Signed,

Someone Who Has Played Through the VEAT Arc

P.S: Or the guy who wrote the i15 Strike/Task Forces.

 

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Please do not allow Posi to write the story arcs for going Rogue.

Signed,

Someone Who Has Played Through the VEAT Arc

P.S: Or the guy who wrote the i15 Strike/Task Forces.

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In Horatio's defense, these were the first arcs he wrote for City of Heroes, and there were parts of the City of Heroes Bible that he missed. He has taken the criticism in stride and made changes to those Task Forces.

I fully expect that his storytelling abilities will grow, and that the inconsistencies will come fewer and farther between the more he studies that bible.

New story arcs coming soon (ARC IDs will be aded when I finish the arc):
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So if Desdemona has tatts on her clavicle, will that mean that females will FINALLY get tatts as a costume option? (Please let this be so!)

Oh, really nice bios for both of them, btw.

New story arcs coming soon (ARC IDs will be aded when I finish the arc):
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Sparks & Steel (level 5-20 Heroic arc)
and
So you want to join the Skulls? (level 1-14 Villainous arc)

 

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"Desdemona" does suit her better than the others. And it's not like it's unprecedented in comics for two characters to use the same name, even at the same time.

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but it is in this game

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Not really. There are already two Romuluses.

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Signature Rogues

By: Matt “Positron” Miller, Senior Lead Designer, Paragon Studios

When Going Rogue was in the planning stages, we knew that we would need a couple “poster-children” to encompass what “Going Rogue” meant. We needed a Hero and a Villain to cross over to the other side and show to the world, and our players, that yes, this can and will be possible for your character too.

We originally thought that we would take existing Signature characters and migrate them to the other side, but since we did the “Trading Places” storyline in the comic (where Manticore joins up with Arachnos), it seemed we couldn’t do that without someone tying it back to that comic storyline where (spoilers ahead!) Manticore was only faking and was actually a Hero the entire time.



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Personally, I would have preferred it if it HAD been pre-existing characters that were the signature characters for Going Rogue.


There are many characters that could fit the redeemed villain in COX ranging from the Clockwork King to Scirocco to Frostfire. Any of those would have a larger impact on the game than some villain that we've never encountered before.

As for fallen heroes, it wouldn't have to be Manticore or Malaise. It could have been Faultline or Frostfire or Penelope Yin. It could have been Swan, or Seawitch or any one of the other heroes we encounter throughout our careers. Heck, it could even be one of the Hero Contacts who lost their powers like Jake Montoya or Phillipa Meraux.

One of the things that I think COX fails at doing is building on the earlier content. I would like to see some change and evolution in the backstory as well as new content.

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Desdemona has a fatty....she is one thick lady...

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Desdemona : "Does this make me look fat ?"

Guy # 1 : "Yes."

Desdemona : * snaps fingers *

Demon : "OM NOM NOM NOM NOM"

Desdemona : "Does this make me look fat ?"

Guy # 2 : "No !"

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Not to rain on anyone's parade but if I end up paying $39.99 for two new power sets that I don't find interesting, I will be one angry gamer...those demons better be Completely new and awesome looking....if I get to control Nerva Demons, Behemoths and other in game demons...I'll be angry

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Is this Energy Melee from the current set?



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It is not unknown for Epic Signature NPCs to have signature powersets (2 powers from column A and 3 powers from column B).

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I feel like Praetoria will be the only mixing zone for existing toons.

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While I won't comment on the mechanics, I assure you that existing characters will be able to "Go Rogue". I fully plan on running opposite faction content on my existing characters.

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Can we force everyone that still isn't convinced that GR will allow sideswitching to put this in their own siggy, so they can be reminded how wrong they are?

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I don't think references to how thick Desdemona is were meant to be negative...

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Holy. . . Oh no.

NO.

. . . Is this going to make Desdemona the new alternative to Ghost Widow?

 

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Ok this is cool, but if we 'go rogue' does it mean we loose all the progress of our original side? I assume it does, but for instance, My main blaster is SG Leader with top prestige, if I switch sides will I loose those points and get kicked from my group? Has no one thought of that yet? Or did I just miss it?

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Ok this is cool, but if we 'go rogue' does it mean we loose all the progress of our original side? I assume it does, but for instance, My main blaster is SG Leader with top prestige, if I switch sides will I loose those points and get kicked from my group? Has no one thought of that yet? Or did I just miss it?

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You know, we do not know enough yet but maybe this will not be an issue. Maybe everything will become unified in a sense. Maybe original villains will be able to join hero SGs and vice versa. Maybe we will not have to see heroes and villains as two separate games anymore. So switching side could ( i say could ) have you remaining in your hero SG even while you are playing in the Rogue Isles.

In the end, maybe we are seeing issues and problems where there are none. We will see soon enough what's the dev plan for all that.

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While I won't comment on the mechanics, I assure you that existing characters will be able to "Go Rogue". I fully plan on running opposite faction content on my existing characters.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you, a million times, THANK YOU. Now I will simply be linking to this post and following with "Shut up please." whenever someone starts spouting that nonsense.

Also, dunno if it's just the fact that I'm tired but the phrase "Tatts on her clavicle" just sounded REALLY dirty to me. XD My brain is a scary place to live.