Discussion: Melissa War Witch Bianco speaks to the New York Post
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Posted on: 2010-11-12 16:59 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Very true and an extraordinarily common practice.
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Originally Posted by je_saist
Question: what makes you so sure that NCSoft Marketing didn't provide the Post with questions that NCSoft / Paragon Studios wanted to answer or wanted to address?
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Originally Posted by Glowworm_Nexus
I'd like some red name clarification if possible. OCHO said no new slots till I20. WW says that Posi says that slots will be released incrementally between issues. Which is it? These were both recent statements so I'm not sure which is accurate (or maybe I'm misunderstanding something since I haven't played around with the alpha slot much on test yet).
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A little at a time.
Could be two weeks, three weeks, then another slot.
Rinse, repeat.
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Originally Posted by je_saist
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Two words for you: Shadow Shard Just because you don't like the existing end-game content is no reason for you to say that there isn't any.... |
I just have to throw my 2 influence in here...
Yes the SS is an awesome looking place and has been here since issue 1 (?) but there are only 4 TFs and 5 regular contacts. I don't know how that could continually be the end-game content for 5-6 years.
Anyways....nothing really new from the interview which is sad.
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i3, and i do love the shards but there is not much to do there after you do the 4 tfs
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Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
I just have to throw my 2 influence in here...
Yes the SS is an awesome looking place and has been here since issue 1 (?) but there are only 4 TFs and 5 regular contacts. I don't know how that could continually be the end-game content for 5-6 years. Anyways....nothing really new from the interview which is sad. |
I am one of the co-writers of the article. This is the only time I'm going to respond to this thread. I don't want to get into any arguments with anyone.
Just wanted to let you know that I am definitely not a shmoe (I hope). 4 year vet. Tons of 50's.
The question about BaBs and Posi was not mine, and I actually pulled it from the final draft we submitted to the editor. He put it back in.
For those of you with kind words, thank you.
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well, first i saw a lot of tapdancing around answering some of the questions, even with the upgrade to Ultra mode(which is very good ) the graphics are still lagging behind a bit. If i remember correctly it is still only using dx 9 features and some opengl. and the physix is several generations behind.
I am wondering if the incarnates is the capstone for COH? if when we get the omega slot,that is end of the road for the char? If we become more powerful than Statesman or LR,what is the next step?
I am also wondering with the long long list of bugs and or feature requests,why they did not keep some of the poeple they laid off, lets look at bases for example
all in all a very PR type of interview
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Originally Posted by MadHobbit
If we become more powerful than Statesman or LR,what is the next step?
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Originally Posted by Acemace
The healthy cynic in me says that Chris (along with eight others) being gone, and Matt 'possibly' being moved to other projects, does little to raise the prospects of a CoH #2.
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Originally Posted by je_saist
Okay, first thing, this topic has been done to death. Quit spreading the F.U.D. I'm going to go over this just one more time. |
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Originally Posted by je_saist
Two words for you: Shadow Shard |
look at my location on my profile nub....its been there since i.os came out in beta.
heres your two words...been there!!
two more words....done it!!
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but did you buy the t-shirt?
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Originally Posted by Severe
look at my location on my profile nub....its been there since i.os came out in beta.
heres your two words...been there!! two more words....done it!! |
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It's available from the NCSoft store for $7.99.
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Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
but did you buy the t-shirt?
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As much as I love the shard, pretending it's any sort of 'end game' content is ridiculous. As well say that Radio Missions are end game content.
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Originally Posted by je_saist
Two words for you: Shadow Shard
Just because you don't like the existing end-game content is no reason for you to say that there isn't any. |
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Thank you for a job well done.
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Originally Posted by Mad_Machinest
I am one of the co-writers of the article. This is the only time I'm going to respond to this thread. I don't want to get into any arguments with anyone.
Just wanted to let you know that I am definitely not a shmoe (I hope). 4 year vet. Tons of 50's. The question about BaBs and Posi was not mine, and I actually pulled it from the final draft we submitted to the editor. He put it back in. For those of you with kind words, thank you. |
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Nice dodging of the questions. Basically it boils down to this:
Post: Other games graphics leave you in the dust, are you planning more than Ultra Mode?
WW: Ultra mode looks nice, doesn't it?
Post: CoV had way more new costumes than Going Rogue, what's up with that?
WW: The GR costumes look nice, don't they?
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Seeing as how marketing would probably string her up by her coat tails if she revealed any new features they are working on for future issues, that interview surprised anyone.?|
Originally Posted by Knightfox
Nice dodging of the questions. Basically it boils down to this:
Post: Other games graphics leave you in the dust, are you planning more than Ultra Mode? WW: Ultra mode looks nice, doesn't it? Post: CoV had way more new costumes than Going Rogue, what's up with that? WW: The GR costumes look nice, don't they? |
Really?
Have you not been paying attention to the marketing style of NCSoft/PS?
They sure as hell would not reveal anything in an interview till it's good and near ready to be put into closed beta.
EDIT: Some of the people on these forums are acting like this is their first time reading or posting on these forums. Sheesh.
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Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
but did you buy the t-shirt?
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Nah no shirt...I got a ncsoft sippy cup though..it was a nice gift from someone from ncsoft who no longer works there
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And some (like you, me, and many others) seem to think way to much of their own postings. I personally find it funny that the more posts a person has, the more seriously they tend to take themselves.
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Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
EDIT: Some of the people on these forums are acting like this is their first time reading or posting on these forums. Sheesh.
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Originally Posted by Knightfox
Nice dodging of the questions. Basically it boils down to this:
Post: Other games graphics leave you in the dust, are you planning more than Ultra Mode? WW: Ultra mode looks nice, doesn't it? Post: CoV had way more new costumes than Going Rogue, what's up with that? WW: The GR costumes look nice, don't they? |
Thank you for providing material.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I'm sure he'll be surprised to discover that he's left when he's still working on the Incarnate system
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this suddenly reminds me of office space....
my take on the releaseing parts of incarnate over time,is that I20 is a Big change.
first it started before I19, requires a Written NDA.Maybe it is a new engine,maybe it is cross server teaming. I don't know,but if it is going to take a LONG time to do, by releaseing parts of the incarnate say every 6-8 weeks, will take the edge off of waiting for it.
My personal thought is as a marketing ploy release I20 around the 7 year anniverisery of COx.
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Most concerned about this:
"The Incarnate System gives our high-level players more insight into what makes them, frankly, so freaking awesome but it is also a vehicle to introduce them to new high-end raids."
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Rikti War Zone raid is great, fantastic execution there.
My concern is...I hope the rewards from these are tradeable/sellable on the Market or to other players. At the very least, if the rewards are Incarnate shards or Merits, make sure other avenues exist to obtain these shards.
The last thing this game needs is the raid treadmill, devolving into elitisim etc. etc...something which exists only in a small capacity in this game.
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Elitism is alive and well in this game; its characterised by those who can afford to slot a powers-list chock-full of 500 million-Inf recipes and those who cannot. Luckily purple merits mitigate this somewhat.... but only somewhat.| The last thing this game needs is the raid treadmill, devolving into elitisim etc. etc...something which exists only in a small capacity in this game. |
I don't want the Incarnate stuff sellable on the market, nor would it make sense for it to do so since it would be.... completely unattainable to many players. If purple recipes are selling for 300 million plus these days, what do you think those would go for....? But that is even to the side: people who want to be Incarnate can get their hands dirty AND EARN IT THE HARD WAY. Do you really, really think States and Recluse bought their way into the Well of Furies' abilities? What a ridiculous idea.
Nor did they earn it like we'll have to, but my point is that becoming Incarnate is NOT a financial transaction, NOR SHOULD IT BE. At least it better not be, that would be incredibly stupid from a lore standpoint.
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They're not.
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Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
I don't want the Incarnate stuff sellable on the market,
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the only junk in the game it isn't convenient to buy with merits/amerits/tickets are purples and PvP IOs.|
Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
Elitism is alive and well in this game; its characterised by those who can afford to slot a powers-list chock-full of 500 million-Inf recipes and those who cannot. Luckily purple merits mitigate this somewhat.... but only somewhat.
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That's it.
Two types of kit you actually have to put some effort into acquiring, out of everything in the game.
And even those aren't very hard to get, since anybody with an ounce of motivation who's literate enough to read one of our handy Market guides will soon be making inf faster than they can spend it.
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I'd like some red name clarification if possible. OCHO said no new slots till I20. WW says that Posi says that slots will be released incrementally between issues. Which is it? These were both recent statements so I'm not sure which is accurate (or maybe I'm misunderstanding something since I haven't played around with the alpha slot much on test yet).
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