So, how long did it end up taking?
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Aces_High,
Posted on: 2009-07-13 23:37 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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it took them as long as it took them to realize that champions was going to have it.
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DC Universe Online will have it to a practical degree too. It would have been a bad policy (with regards to business practice) to not invest time/money/work/etc. into making this option available.
(From Jen Andersen, Creative Director, DCUO in Ask SOE #7:
"Question 10
Q: What can you tell us about the possibility of changing the color or effects that are associated with a power source? I know that initially, powers were going to be one set color so players can immediately identify what they are, but it seemed that at E3, there was some discussion that might change.
A: Color alteration is tricky because of messaging in a multiplayer environment. Were going to allow tinting in a range of colors. So Ice for example can go from whites to dark blues/greens but not red. It sticks to the cool colors that make it feel like a cold power. Other powers will have different color ranges to chose from depending on what the characters of the power is and what colors sell it best for players.")
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It hasn't?
Denial: it's not just a river in Egypt. 
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Harrumph!
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I don't know what you're upset about. A person whom you don't know has stated that they don't believe 100% of what you say. Why should that surprise or offend you? Intelligent people don't believe anyone 100% of the time.
Besides, I just gave information from which you are the source a higher reliability rating than your boss Positron. And I suspect that I'm not the only one that feels that way.
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Especially since Lothic (last I checked) still not happy that the dves took the time to change the alakazamreact emote to bring up random objects when one the juggle emotes still don't work when hovering (even after it was pointed out that it BAB said it was fixed but got broken again).
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That was me...but in my defense:
1) I didn't know that the juggle emotes weren't working with flight at the time (technically, they were working, they were just being immediately interrupted by the flight idle animations)
2) It took about 10 minutes to copy the giant list of FX GEOs from Propel, and then remove the ones that were way too big
3) It made me giggle like a schoolgirl for a solid couple of hours.
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Go on BaB add a 1 in a 100 chance to randomly turn into Hamidon on that list, would be hilarious...
...or atleast a Hamidon Bud.
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It still hasn't been denied that I16 is the synchronization patch for Going Rogue.
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It hasn't?
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Not when BAB says it.
He may be a good Dev (in fact I know he is) but basically nothing he says in this forum about things happening in the future can ever be completely trusted 100%. He has a bad habit of having "limited" credibility in that area whether on purpose or not. *shrugs*
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Why bother believing any redname, then? They are all subject to the same marketing filter. Can any of us, with 100% certainty, say what's going to happen in the future about anything? High standards, much? Sheesh.
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Marketing filters are bad enough. But beyond that the only standard I require from a Dev is that they not joke around with us so much that we never know if they are being serious or not.
I don't consider that too "high" a standard to follow, but that's me. YMMV.
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Oddly, I never seem to have a problem telling when any dev, let alone BaBs is joking on the boards. Perhaps the problem is not with the messenger, but with the person interpreting it? I don't mean this as a personal attack, Lothic, as you're certainly not the only person who has difficulty discerning BaBs humor.
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I rate Arcanaville even higher at Highly Reliable/Functionally Accurate. While not a dev his posts have been more accurate than theirs, and unlike the devs since he is not an NCSoft employee he has no motivation to disemble.
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I believe Aracanville is a her.
Or my crush just got weirder.
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It's ok. You're good.
She is a she.
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Especially since Lothic (last I checked) still not happy that the dves took the time to change the alakazamreact emote to bring up random objects when one the juggle emotes still don't work when hovering (even after it was pointed out that it BAB said it was fixed but got broken again).
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That was me...but in my defense:
1) I didn't know that the juggle emotes weren't working with flight at the time (technically, they were working, they were just being immediately interrupted by the flight idle animations)
2) It took about 10 minutes to copy the giant list of FX GEOs from Propel, and then remove the ones that were way too big
3) It made me giggle like a schoolgirl for a solid couple of hours.
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Go on BaB add a 1 in a 100 chance to randomly turn into Hamidon on that list, would be hilarious...
...or atleast a Hamidon Bud.
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Especially since Lothic (last I checked) still not happy that the dves took the time to change the alakazamreact emote to bring up random objects when one the juggle emotes still don't work when hovering (even after it was pointed out that it BAB said it was fixed but got broken again).
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That was me...but in my defense:
1) I didn't know that the juggle emotes weren't working with flight at the time (technically, they were working, they were just being immediately interrupted by the flight idle animations)
2) It took about 10 minutes to copy the giant list of FX GEOs from Propel, and then remove the ones that were way too big
3) It made me giggle like a schoolgirl for a solid couple of hours.
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the mental image of #3 makes it all worth it.
incidentally, does anyone happen to know if the pumpkin still exists as a possibility?
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City of Villains I'm guessing wasn't issue 6. It was City of Villains issue 0.
Like City of Heroes April 04 launch was issue 0.
There had to be some kind of difference for those that had City of Heroes but didn't get City of Villains (even though the games were officially combined some time back).
Going Rogue is not Issue 16, and won't be any future issue either. It will be a stand alone paid expansion.
It's just fun to annoy BaBs and the devs that show up here by saying "Is Going Rogue Issue XX?"
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Especially since Lothic (last I checked) still not happy that the dves took the time to change the alakazamreact emote to bring up random objects when one the juggle emotes still don't work when hovering (even after it was pointed out that it BAB said it was fixed but got broken again).
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That was me...but in my defense:
1) I didn't know that the juggle emotes weren't working with flight at the time (technically, they were working, they were just being immediately interrupted by the flight idle animations)
2) It took about 10 minutes to copy the giant list of FX GEOs from Propel, and then remove the ones that were way too big
3) It made me giggle like a schoolgirl for a solid couple of hours.
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the mental image of #3 makes it all worth it.
incidentally, does anyone happen to know if the pumpkin still exists as a possibility?
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Yes, it is still a possibility. Because, like the quoted BAB post above, I also giggle like a schoolgirl at it. As I stand in the mission entrance waiting for my teammates, I do it over and over and over and just giggle at all the results.
--NT
They all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
But I showed them, and nobody's laughing at me now!
If I became a red name, I would be all "and what would you mere mortals like to entertain me with today, mu hu ha ha ha!" ~Arcanaville
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incidentally, does anyone happen to know if the pumpkin still exists as a possibility?
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Yes, it does. The second thing into which I changed after the randomization debuted was a pumpkin.
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Slax_ wrote:
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It took x hours which could have been spent on real development if colors weren't more important to forum krybabies.
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OSNAP!
Also, I LOLed.
--NT
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Oh the wit... the snappy repartee!
<eyeroll>
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Oddly, I never seem to have a problem telling when any dev, let alone BaBs is joking on the boards. Perhaps the problem is not with the messenger, but with the person interpreting it? I don't mean this as a personal attack, Lothic, as you're certainly not the only person who has difficulty discerning BaBs humor.
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Agreed, I always prefer to deal with a smarta** rather than a duma** anyday...thankfully from what I have seen from dev posts they are in the first catagory and not the second.
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"3) It made me giggle like a schoolgirl for a solid couple of hours."
Okay reason 3 was all i needed to hear. Bab is the man, how could you possibly refuse the the glory that is giggling like a school girl for a reason? "hey devs, why did you take so long to fix hibernate" Generic redname "We were giggling like schoolgirls from it appearing as if you're held" I would be happy with this responce.
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It still hasn't been denied that I16 is the synchronization patch for Going Rogue.
As was pointed out in a different discussion I6 was not City of Villains, it was Along Came a Spider which added 3 PVP Zones to the Hero Game and included a graphical update.
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It hasn't?
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Hah! Beat you to it!
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3) It made me giggle like a schoolgirl for a solid couple of hours.
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You folks have no idea how scared the rest of us were. We thought he'd snapped! I mean, BABs has WEAPONS at his desk, you know.
<Reminds self never to tick off BAB and then go to a M&G> 
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Especially since Lothic (last I checked) still not happy that the dves took the time to change the alakazamreact emote to bring up random objects when one the juggle emotes still don't work when hovering (even after it was pointed out that it BAB said it was fixed but got broken again).
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That was me...but in my defense:
1) I didn't know that the juggle emotes weren't working with flight at the time (technically, they were working, they were just being immediately interrupted by the flight idle animations)
2) It took about 10 minutes to copy the giant list of FX GEOs from Propel, and then remove the ones that were way too big
3) It made me giggle like a schoolgirl for a solid couple of hours.
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So you have time to giggle like a schoolgirl for hours on end but not enough time to give us juggle animations that work while flying?
Or what about all of the other things we have been asking for? Seems to me that couple hours could have spent doing everything else all at once. You need to have your priorities sorted out man, that's messed up.
*If you can't tell that this post was a joke, by the statement that BaBs should have worked on everything else the players want all at once and could have had it all accomplished and done in a matter of a couple hours, then: I pity you.
"Where does he get those wonderful toys?" - The Joker
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3) It made me giggle like a schoolgirl for a solid couple of hours.
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You folks have no idea how scared the rest of us were. We thought he'd snapped! I mean, BABs has WEAPONS at his desk, you know.
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So that wasn't just a figure of speech? He really was giggling like a school girl that entire time? That's awesome, and yes maybe a bit creepy if he has weapons at his desk.
Also now that I know BaBs is a fan... BaBs can we get a school girl giggle emote?
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A school girl giggle emote should only work on huge male types.
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2) It took about 10 minutes to copy the giant list of FX GEOs from Propel, and then remove the ones that were way too big.
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This is interesting and makes me curious about something.
When using Propel, every player sees a different random object. I may see a Forklift but my teammate sees a Pool Table while another teammate sees a giant Sculpture.
So with the new e/alakazamreact, does everyone see the same random object, or different?
Different
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So you have time to giggle like a schoolgirl for hours on end but not enough time to give us juggle animations that work while flying?
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Actually, BaB keeps using that as an excuse to get people in the office to be videotaped trying to juggle while jumping on a trampoline for an animation reference.
Which, incidentally, is also the reason why Martial Arts was claimed to be the reason for the lack of long skirts for females for years.
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I still want my pumpkin emote back. The new version messes with my "change into pumpkin" costume change binds.
.. or you could add in a CC_Pumpkin costume change emote before we get close to Halloween... and my Fall themed chars will be happy again.
(Although, I can make do with CC_Evil_Laugh if I have to... it rocks!)
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I don't think people have thought far enough ahead. If Going Rogue isn't Issue 16 or before, then... is it Issue 17?