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Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
Still, it was nice seeing the line "hundreds of new missions with this expansion." For the rest she used marketing speak and generalized how many new mapsets we'd be getting, but hundreds of new missions sounds good to me.
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Really excited to see how cool and engaging they are able to make these new missions.
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And they'll all be level 30 and below...|
Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
New interview with War Witch up,
Still, it was nice seeing the line "hundreds of new missions with this expansion." For the rest she used marketing speak and generalized how many new mapsets we'd be getting, but hundreds of new missions sounds good to me. |
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To be fair, the newspaper/scanner brought "thousands" of new missions...but hopefully they are talking about unique missions like the two new arcs that each side received.|
Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
Still, it was nice seeing the line "hundreds of new missions with this expansion." For the rest she used marketing speak and generalized how many new mapsets we'd be getting, but hundreds of new missions sounds good to me.
Still, it would be nice to be getting a bit more detail about what this expansion is going to be like. We keep getting the general big picture thing, which was nice last fall, but not anymore. |
I think they've pretty much bled a lot of people dry with the trickle of information and the trickle of content since they originally announced it.
I can only speak for myself, but they have created a situation where so much is resting on this expansion and so many problems are just festering while we keep hearing "wait for GR". At this point my expectations are extremely high and I already know they aren't going to be met. Not much else I can say really, both parties are to blame. Me for ignoring logic and continually placing higher and higher requirements on GR and them for the drought leading up to it over the last year.
I hope there aren't a lot of players in my position.
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Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster
And they'll all be level 30 and below...
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Wait. What? Don't you mean 20 and below?...
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Ah, GP, your boundless optimism is refreshing!
Hundreds of new missions? Well, I'm sure the 1-20 content in Praetoria covers most of that, and the rest is comprised of however the Morality arcs work. Still no evidence that we'll get anything beyond 1-20 content for Praetoria.
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I, too, have no idea what Ham is talking about.
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Originally Posted by _Flux_
Wait. What? Don't you mean 20 and below?...
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And your boundless pessimism on this score, MG, makes me a sad Pilgrim. |
Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
Ah, GP, your boundless optimism is refreshing!
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Yes, I am sure that hundreds of missions will only include 1-20 level range and the morality system. I'm not really sure what to expect and I don't want to expect too much to keep my hopes from getting up, but I refuse to join you and the rest of the "make my arguments with winkies crowd."Frosticus, I do rather hear you. Going Rogue and the issues after it (which need to come reasonably fast) have to do a lot for this game so it keeps up with other mmos (new and current). I really would like more particulars at this point so we know what to expect.
I honestly can't remember how things built up to City of Villains... were they this hush-hush about it? I just don't get how they're marketing this expansion, or how they're developing it (it had a big impact on other things they were doing for the game for the past year)... it almost feels like they're still adding stuff in to GR, which is odd... you'd think they'd have the set list by now and would be polishing it up.
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In all honesty, I don't even understand what you mean by this.|
Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
I'm not really sure what to expect and I don't want to expect too much to keep my hopes from getting up, but I refuse to join you and the rest of the "make my arguments with winkies crowd.".
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I, and many others, were hoping for an expansion that gave a full 1-50 experience in totally new zones. I would have been happy with 1-40, since that's how content has been rolled out in the past.
We're not getting that, and I've come to accept that. Lots of people haven't even come to that realization, and I think it's better for the game to manage expectations than build peoples' hopes up.
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"To die hating NCSoft for shutting down City of Heroes, that was Freedom."
I was jokingly referencing how you quailed before the mighty persuasiveness of Golden Girl's use of winkies with every post. Old and obscure reference, sorry. Always a bad thing to do when you're joking around.
And while I would agree that overly high expectations are a bad thing, I will continue to contest you're swinging in the other direction. *shrugs* Hopefully we'll be finding out more for certain in the next couple weeks, rather than more teasing dribblets.
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Having GG convince me of anything wasn't my proudest moment, but it turns out she was right this time.
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? Really? Do you both have the exact list of missions and TFs we're getting with Going Rogue? Do the developers know you're pre-releasing their info? Mental, when you can actually show me the list of missions and it's only Praetoria 1-20 and the morality arcs, then you and she were right. Still not sure how they need hundreds of missions for that, but I'll have to accept it then. Until then, don't do the all-knowing routine... it doesn't work well for GG, and you don't want to mimic her! |
Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
Having GG convince me of anything wasn't my proudest moment, but it turns out she was right this time.
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Sheesh, how do I keep getting classified as an optimist when all I keep saying is that we're getting more content than the 1-20 Praetoria stuff and morality arcs?
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So what, in a few months then? |
Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
? Really? Do you both have the exact list of missions and TFs we're getting with Going Rogue? Do the developers know you're pre-releasing their info? Mental, when you can actually show me the list of missions and it's only Praetoria 1-20 and the morality arcs, then you and she were right.
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It doesn't take mysterious secret knowledge to know what's up, GP. WW did say there was more content in Going Rogue than just morality arcs, 1-20 Praetoria stuff, and the Incarnate stuff, but we all know it's not going to be lvl 21 - 50 (or even 40!) Praetorian content.
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A little of that, and a little of liking his position of doomcryer. |
Originally Posted by VoodooCompany
Pilgrim, I have it on good authority that mental is just screwing with you.
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The devs love of constantly adding more content to the blow through levels.|
Originally Posted by Mental_Giant
I, too, have no idea what Ham is talking about.
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Meh, they could eliminate such issues 100% if they made it easier to team in Orobouros. Soloing them is easy enough, though. |
Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster
The devs love of constantly adding more content to the blow through levels.
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Sounds like there is plenty of level 50 content coming down in the near future, at least.
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Yeah, but a lot of people would rather team higher level for their beloved set bonuses.|
Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
Meh, they could eliminate such issues 100% if they made it easier to team in Orobouros. Soloing them is easy enough, though.
Sounds like there is plenty of level 50 content coming down in the near future, at least. |
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You don't have to slot 50s, and you can try out Purples if you want, too. I know, I know, not for everyone, but still. I still would like to see Orobouros opened up better.|
Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster
Yeah, but a lot of people would rather team higher level for their beloved set bonuses.
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I noticed that announcement, Voo. Hopefully an August release means GR will be even more polished. Some people were talking about maps and tilesets in the comments on the announcement, but I don't see any new info on that anywhere. Was it people just talking about things they shouldn't yet?
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New interview with War Witch up, though it isn't too much of anything new... mostly the kind of info they'd want for general players reading up about E3 things. Pretty general still, which is maddening for something that is in beta and is coming out in 1-2 months (it's almost like they're still doing a feature list... which could be good or bad if they're trying to cram more in at this point). I keep wondering when they're actually going to talk specifics and show some things rather than little teasing driblets of information.
Still, it was nice seeing the line "hundreds of new missions with this expansion." For the rest she used marketing speak and generalized how many new mapsets we'd be getting, but hundreds of new missions sounds good to me.
Still, it would be nice to be getting a bit more detail about what this expansion is going to be like. We keep getting the general big picture thing, which was nice last fall, but not anymore.
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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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