War Witch the New Lead, Content is King for 2010
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Posted on: 2010-01-21 22:48 in Victory
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Nah, watching a DVD with the wife... which is kinda fun, I guess. |
Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
Come run the Positron with me tonight. Have fun with the community! You know it will be fun!
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Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
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*copies this post so he can blackmail Mental in the future*|
Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
Nah, watching a DVD with the wife... which is kinda fun, I guess.
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Gotcha now!
You do need to play more on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, MG. Haven't seen you in awhile.
Movies are good. Watching one now, kind of. Heh.
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I almost feel sorry for Posi attempting to concentrate on the End Game. Almost. Reap what you sow I guess.
*curls evil mustache*
Unless it's a success like the invention system, which I believe he also had a major hand in. I'm feeling positive about it, since he, Castle, and some others are working, and they have a good track record.
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
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I'm not doubting their skill on a theory/practicality level. I'm just...intrigued...by the challenge of designing challenging content in a game where it can either be easily trivialized and/or there's complaints when things can't be steamrolled.
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Zam's right.|
Originally Posted by Zamuel
I'm not doubting their skill on a theory/practicality level. I'm just...intrigued...by the challenge of designing challenging content in a game where it can either be easily trivialized and/or there's complaints when things can't be steamrolled.
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The game is DOOMED.
Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
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And there he goes again. |
Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
Zam's right.
The game is DOOMED. |
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I didn't say all that. Merely that I don't envy his position. There's plenty to do in the meantime. I'm sure there's Reichsman strategies that haven't been worked out. PvP could use another participant. AE spans from impressive to ridicule worthy with the latter sometimes being the more fun of the two.|
Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
Zam's right.
The game is DOOMED. |
Wow, all this talk is actually making me like being the new guy...
No worries: MG is just joking.
He better be, anyway. If not "we can fix him... we can rebuild him!" Poor Mental is suffering from GG cooties.
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
Somebody wake me when this game become relevant again...
Oh wait, Going Rogue? Isn't that a book by Sarah Palin?
GR was talked about as if it was in the final stages of development at PAX. That was five months ago. Yeah...
/e crawls back into his nice comfy bug cave.
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Originally Posted by Escher
Somebody wake me when this game become relevant again...
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Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
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Definitions, definitions. I haven't heard anything different about there being a beta late Q1 and release in Q2, so I'm not sure how that isn't "final stages of development." I forget when Pax is, but it's not that long before Herocon was when they made that announcement. Yeesh.
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Originally Posted by Escher
Somebody wake me when this game become relevant again...
Oh wait, Going Rogue? Isn't that a book by Sarah Palin? GR was talked about as if it was in the final stages of development at PAX. That was five months ago. Yeah... /e crawls back into his nice comfy bug cave. |
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
Let's review what late Q1 means to the Paragon studios.
i13 is supposed to be released late 2008...including MA...we are told that MA is being split into it's own issue. so we get Day jobs, merits, and PvP2.0 for i13...
But wait there is hope i14 is supposed to released Q1 2009. Beta did not start until February. Leaving only 2 months to test if they are to make it to live by the end of Q1.
They didn't make it, granted it was really really buggy, and deserved the extra two weeks of fixing. IMHO it needed another month or two but they said Q1, and with a release date of April 14, it's too close to call.
That being said. beta doesn't start until late Q1 which according to them could be as late as mid April, two and half months away. I seriously doubt that beta will take less then 3 months. My prediction GR won't hit the shelves until September. I am not holding my breath this.
I mean pre-orders are supposed to get beta access... any one see anything about them doing pre-orders yet?
Cause I have money that's burning a hole set aside for this.
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That would be a full year without an Issue.|
Originally Posted by Scootertwo
That being said. beta doesn't start until late Q1 which according to them could be as late as mid April, two and half months away. I seriously doubt that beta will take less then 3 months. My prediction GR won't hit the shelves until September. I am not holding my breath this.
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Man, I thought I was the Doomer in this thread... you guys put me to shame.
Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
It's an art..
crying doom with out saying doom.
I put an H in so it sounds ominous.
DHOOM!!!!!
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Wouldn't that be more than a full year without an issue since GR is a paid expansion and not a free update (issue)?|
Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
That would be a full year without an Issue.
Man, I thought I was the Doomer in this thread... you guys put me to shame. |
The way I see it; I'm hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. But it would behoove them to do something significant before the summer.
They just announced the Spring event, all I can say is after I read it I said to myself "Are they serious?"
Didn't players say they say a Rikti mothership on test?
Who do I have to *&^% around here to get more Targeted AoE recipes added?
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That was pure rumor and conjecture.
Totally not backed up by any screen shots or anything.
If we refer back to Posi's statement about Going Rogue. (paraphrasing)
"Going Rogue is not i16...Going Rogue is not i17...Going Rogue is not an Issue..."
I never said there wouldn't be a an issue between now and the release of Going Rogue. However, those that choose not get the expansion with probably seen a hefty update to go along with Going Rogue. Much like i6 corresponded with the release of CoV. My prediction, GR's corresponding issue number i18 maybe i19.
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Um, IMO, that's about the worst thing you can predict. Now Mental is a total loss, complete doom tailspin. | My prediction, GR's corresponding issue number i18 maybe i19. |
I can't see how another issue/update can be put live before GR; especially since nothing is on Test yet. Not even a patch of any kind in how long? *shrug*
Otherwise, this thread is getting more and more fun to read. Thank you.
I've already forgotten about most of you
I live to entertain...
say it with me MG...
DHOOOOOOM!!!
the h makes it fun.
Scootz... the current consensus seems to be that the Issue that will correspond to GR will be 17. Initially I thought it was going to be 18, but I was shot down.
I think the "free" part of I17 will be the new power sets, and maybe some Primal Earth content that ties into the GR story. Access to Praetoria (and thus side-switching) will be limited to those who buy the box.
In summation: no new content for a year, and we're all dhoomed.
Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
Meh we'll see.
Coming up on a big anniversary for an MMO I wonder if there's new shinies for that...
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Where did you see "Late Q1" anywhere? All I saw was the slide that said Beta was "early 2010" and release was Q2.
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Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
Definitions, definitions. I haven't heard anything different about there being a beta late Q1 and release in Q2, so I'm not sure how that isn't "final stages of development." I forget when Pax is, but it's not that long before Herocon was when they made that announcement. Yeesh.
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They said (and it's been repeated a lot) that it was going to be late Q1 for beta and Q2 for release.
And War Witch's interview also stated that they're working on the issue after GR already, and that it would have a strong focus on content. Doooooom indeed. 
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory
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Content is good. Content being released over a year from when we last got content (not including GR) is Bad™.
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Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
And War Witch's interview also stated that they're working on the issue after GR already, and that it would have a strong focus on content. Doooooom indeed.
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Agua Man lvl 48 Water/Electric Blaster
"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
She has skills, GP... evil skills.
Come run the Positron with me tonight. Have fun with the community! You know it will be fun!
Guide: Tanking, Wall of Fire Style (Updated for I19!), and the Four Rules of Tanking
Story Arc: Belated Justice, #88003
Synopsis: Explore the fine line between justice and vengeance as you help a hero of Talos Island bring his friend's murderer to justice.
Grey Pilgrim: Fire/Fire Tanker (50), Victory