Ten Ton Hammer Interview Positron
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ArticFire,
Posted on: 2008-11-12 09:38 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Transcript, please! (For those of us with draconian office internet usage policies)
The wisdom of Shadowe: Ghostraptor: The Shadowe is wise ...; FFM: Shadowe is no longer wise.
; Techbot_Alpha: Also, what Shadowe said. It seems he is still somewhat wise 
; Bull Throttle: Shadowe was unwise in this instance...; Rock_Powerfist: in this instance Shadowe is wise.; Techbot_Alpha: Shadowe is very wise *nods*; Zortel: *Quotable line about Shadowe being wise goes here.*
Graphics upgrade is good, though I hope the lag and glitches gets sorted out first.
Other than that its more "good things coming, cant tell anyone about it", lol
Not quite sure why there is a picture of dwarves in there though, didnt know we could make one
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But I think its safe to say yes, players can expect to see graphical improvements
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I guess they were listening after all :P
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As our final question, the Ten Ton Hammer team asked Matt what they should be looking for over the next year. According to Miller, 2009 will feature a whole treasure trove of cool new stuff. "Beyond Mission Architect, which is a huge initiative coming in Q1, we have content that I cant talk about yet," he stated. "But I will say that there are things coming, some of which we have been hinting at, or maybe even flat out denying was even possible, for a long time."
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Hmmmmmmm 
I don't wanna save my soul now,
I just wanna lose control,
And even if it takes a lifetime, to learn:
I'll learn!
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Transcript, please! (For those of us with draconian office internet usage policies)
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It's written in article format, and posting the full article isn't something I like to see: it's their article, they 'own' it and deserve to receive the traffic for it. Here's a couple of interesting quotes for you, though:
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"Weve hired some new programmers to look into sprucing up our graphics," Matt answered. "The engine we use is actually very powerful, but we have been conscious of peoples machines and minimum specs on the game for a while now, so we havent really seen the true glory of what it is capable of. But I think its safe to say yes, players can expect to see graphical improvements."
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As our final question, the Ten Ton Hammer team asked Matt what they should be looking for over the next year. According to Miller, 2009 will feature a whole treasure trove of cool new stuff. "Beyond Mission Architect, which is a huge initiative coming in Q1, we have content that I cant talk about yet," he stated. "But I will say that there are things coming, some of which we have been hinting at, or maybe even flat out denying was even possible, for a long time."
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An interesting quote in that
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"But I will say that there are things coming, some of which we have been hinting at, or maybe even flat out denying was even possible, for a long time."
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Power customisation anyone?
Damn you GR for posting the tidbit i was going to post in full :P
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A real showstopper!
Umm - why is there a WAR screenshot in the second boxout? Clearly another Nemesis plot!
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Umm - why is there a WAR screenshot in the second boxout? Clearly another Nemesis plot!
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it's not WAR, it's updated graphics (and some actually good new costume pieces)
yay for graphics upgrade, lots of good news in that interview, its taken my mind off all the things wrong with I13 ;P
Erm, is that a premium member restricted interview?
I'm not paying to read that.
[url=http://vox-doom.deviantart.com]Take A Gander At This.[/url]
maybe if the interview is somewhere public?
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Erm, is that a premium member restricted interview?
I'm not paying to read that.
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That's weird... It was fine this morning, and now it's restricted? How odd.
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Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
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Erm, is that a premium member restricted interview?
I'm not paying to read that.
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That's weird... It was fine this morning, and now it's restricted? How odd.
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I wondered if that was the case, I can't see why an interview would be restricted to Premium members.
Somebody probably pushed the wrong button.
[url=http://vox-doom.deviantart.com]Take A Gander At This.[/url]
Tbh I don't really agree with Posi and TTH on I11 and I12 being "big", I13 is large yes but I11 and I12? Not so much.
Other than that, it seems to be a OK interview. Nothing much in there other than some hinting...well, all info is good, right?
It's been fixed now, no longer Premium.
[url=http://vox-doom.deviantart.com]Take A Gander At This.[/url]
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Weve hired some new programmers to look into sprucing up our graphics. The engine we use is actually very powerful, but we have been conscious of peoples machines and minimum specs on the game for a while now, so we havent really seen the true glory of what it is capable of. But I think its safe to say yes, players can expect to see graphical improvements.
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I will say that there are things coming, some of which we have been hinting at, or maybe even flat out denying was even possible, for a long time.
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This sounds very hopeful
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Ok any one got a list of what the Devs have flat out declared to be impossible in the game?
I know power customisation has always been said to be impossible and it would be great if it was this that's posi is talking about but I'm just wondering if there's any other front runners.
Also i wonder if the graphics update would be big enuf of a over hall to warrant a new retail box release as that's something that could really help get CoH back on shelves.
I want to know more about the graphics update too - like is it just higher resolution textures for all the existing, or actually altering the shapes of the models, like giving us separate fingers and enhanced facial features, for example?
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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"But I will say that there are things coming, some of which we have been hinting at, or maybe even flat out denying was even possible, for a long time."
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Server Merge???
EU to US transfer???
1 server???
Maybe Moving Hair for GG???
Raising the level cap???
Saying things like that is one of the reasons I have very little faith or belief in anything we get told is not a problem, is not possible, or any variation of the above really
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"But I will say that there are things coming, some of which we have been hinting at, or maybe even flat out denying was even possible, for a long time."
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Server Merge???
EU to US transfer???
1 server???
Maybe Moving Hair for GG???
Raising the level cap???
Saying things like that is one of the reasons I have very little faith or belief in anything we get told is not a problem, is not possible, or any variation of the above really
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Rule number one: "Never believe anything until it's officially denied."
Rule number two: "There is no ... yada yada yada" - you get the idea
I'm up for graphics changes, so long as, like they said, they keep in mind people who are milited to things like laptops.
The 'between zone' sounds very neat. Gah! I thought I was hyping for I13...the future sounds good =P very good.
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A third faction would be awesome - but it's hard to work out how they'd be blended into the game gameplay wise, because they'd need to access both sides.
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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Server Merge???
EU to US transfer???
1 server???
Maybe Moving Hair for GG???
Raising the level cap???
Saying things like that is one of the reasons I have very little faith or belief in anything we get told is not a problem, is not possible, or any variation of the above really
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Well server merge / EU to US transfer / raising the level cap are actually all perfectly possible and the devs have even said they could do these thing but they choose not to so i doubt that's the hinted at impossible thing.
if by one server you mean the serve less environment thing that was talked about a while back i can only hope (provided they made it game wide and not EU and US) it would silence most of the shouts of merge this transfer that in one swoop and be a first for a MMO (i don't think any other MMO uses such a system)
Moving hair am i the only one that doesn't really fancy having moving hair?
Eve has everyone on one server.....it's a scary scope in that there game.
hehe I can live without moving hair, but I think GG would feel betrayed if it wasn't at least commented on with the advent of the new graphical upgrades.
I don't wanna save my soul now,
I just wanna lose control,
And even if it takes a lifetime, to learn:
I'll learn!
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Ok any one got a list of what the Devs have flat out declared to be impossible in the game?
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In addition to power customisation, I know they've said it about web-slinging. I also vaguely seem to recall something about thrown shields having been mentioned as impossible, but I'm not certain of that.
Link here:
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http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/49236
Well worth a read, even if a lot of what Positron shares is not particularly revealing