Discussion - Going Rogue and Paragon Team Update!

Hi everyone!


Whew! There have been a lot of great things going on over here at Paragon Studios lately which have had the unintended side effect of slowing our information flow out to you players.


In regards to Going Rogue, we know you are all chomping at the bit for some new information. Please know that regular status updates are a top priority for us and you’ll be hearing more about the expansion in upcoming weeks.


Meanwhile, we’ve been growing in size and have had some exciting staffing promotions and changes occur recently that we’d like to share with you – especially because some of the individuals involved are about to start interacting here on the boards as new red names!


Always willing to jump in and get his hands dirty, Matt “Positron” Miller has handed over day-to-day management of the Design Team to Melissa “War Witch” Bianco so that he can focus on the critically important End Game system in addition to a few other “top secret” initiatives. We’re certain that Posi has made this selfless hands-on sacrifice not only to ensure that the End Game is the best it can possibly be, but also to make Melissa’s life a living…er… a lovely educational and professional growth experience. So congratulations and good luck to War Witch who now leads the Design team, boldly forging CoH’s path into the future.


Our long-time Publishing Producer Jesse “Ghost Falcon” Caceres also has something to celebrate, as he has taken on a larger role with the team as our Development Producer. Therefore, we’re pleased to introduce C. “Doc Delilah” Bales who is new to Paragon Studios, but brings a wealth of MMO experience and will be assuming Ghost Falcon’s previous role. Congrats to Ghost Falcon and please join us in welcoming Doc Delilah to CoH and the forums!


But the congratulations don’t stop there. Vince “Dark Watcher” D’Amelio has asked that we announce that Matt “The Television” Stults, is now leading the Programming team. The team will be in great hands with Matt who has been on the project for well over a year enabling Vince to work on a variety of initiatives throughout the studio. Please join me in welcoming programming guru Matt as he enters the world of red names on the forums!


We want you to get to know a lot of these folks better in their new roles, so you can expect to see them participate in the “Ask A Dev” Program where you get to submit questions to a designated Dev Team Member and then they pick a handful to answer on the forums. First up is Melissa “War Witch” Bianco, so go here to read her bio and submit your question!


Speaking of War Witch, Melissa has conducted her first interview as Design Lead with MMORPG.com. See what she has to say about Game Design, Going Rogue and a whole lot more. Go here to read the interview.


Thanks for listening, everyone, and congratulations one last time to the CoH team members mentioned above. Something tells me that they’ll all be popping onto the boards to say their hellos and chat with you soon!


-EMpulse

Big congrats all around to both those promoted and those new to the team!

Okay, now it's conspiracy time: Lead dev and head programmer stepping aside in order to work on a number of "secret initiatives"? Could it be that Paragon Studios is about to begin work on another MMO?

Congrats to all the new folks at Paragon Studios!

And congrats as well to those who have received promotions!

Sounds like exciting stuff is in the works...

Congrats all around to the new hires and the promoted ones! *loud whistles and applause*

We expect great things from all of you...

... and for the new hires, check your sanity at the door, you won't be needing it here.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

"Hey, we have news concerning Going Rogue! The news is that you'll get the news soon!"

Also, grats to the newcomers and promotees. Do us proud!

Gratz everybody!

Hope you all enjoy another great round of Musical Chairs!

Gratz to those who've taken on new roles with bigger responsibilities, and more gratz to those new to the team! I'd also like to thank EMPulse and the community team for recognition that the playerbase is dead-keen on more Going Rogue info and the announcement that there will be more news soon.

Admittedly none of us likes 'soon' as a way of defining how long we'll have to wait, but 'in the coming weeks' gives us something to go on, as does the mention 'that regular status updates are a top priority'.

Congrats again to all those playing musical chairs at Paragon Studios and I look forward to getting some chunky real-meal sized info on GR in the near future.

Did I really see the words "end game" in that interview? And the word "content" a LOT?

WooHoo!

Congrats to all the promotions and all hail our new lead developer overlord... overlady... Empress of the Cities.

congrats..but man does this open new questions up. Glad war witch is in charge though, always liked her work, she is an old hand here, so that speaks of continuity at least. but again, the conspiracy theories just got injected with superdyne.

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Actual news coming Soon™!

I'm more than happy, now. Thank you, congrats to all, and welcome to all the newbs.

Congrats to all, but - where is the information? I read the interview and it just said "content".

Can we get some INFORMATION?

First off, major congrats to those moving up the Paragon Studios ladder, especially to War Witch.

Secondly...

CONTENT

That's the word I've been waiting to hear for a long time and hearing it now has me very excited about the future of the game.

Grats War Witch and everyone!

I can't wait to hear more about the endgame plans.

... and 'The Television' may be the best choice of red name ever.

I just have to point out how many times End Game Content was mentioned in the above post, and in the linked article.


Wow.

Congratz to all of you guys (and galls)! This is definately a good "update" even if it didnt give a wealth of information, it gave us an update. Makes me smile

Wow! Congrats to all the new hires, and double congrats to War Witch. I know we'll be in good hands with you as Design Lead.

Very much looking forward to hearing more about Going Rogue, and let the insane speculation begin w/re: "End Game" system and "secret initiatives".

I for one am not happy. Not happy at all! Mostly because I haven't been hired yet by Paragon Studios! Ok entirely because I haven't been hired yet. I know I contribute very little other than my monthly earnings to this game but geez isn't there a job there for me? No I have no qualifying qualities. No I can't draw, design, or write with any coherent thought. But doggonit I'm good at what I do. No I won't tell you what I do, you'll have to live life knowing you missed out on greatness.

Fine fine, Gratz and welcome....

Not trying to raise the Doom Meter(tm), but the move to work on the end game content for Posi is a *voluntary* move, correct? It could be read as a demotion.

I mean I think Posi will be great at developing a compelling end game since he's the one that largely brought inventions to CoH. I want the announcement to mean that he's just taking one for the team because he's really good at designing as opposed to promoting someone else because management wants a "change of direction" or other nonsense.

Thanks for the update.

Welcome new red names!

And congratulations on the promos too!

This has me all very curious and keen to see how things pan out.
So many mentions of content too, that sounds very promising.

I look forward to any future updates also! (the more the better!)

Congrats, now give us some damn news about GR already.

Congratulations to all, but especially War Witch!