Discussion: Melissa War Witch Bianco speaks to the New York Post

Sweet. This stuff SHOULD be earned, you should have to prove yourself worthy.

That's a long list...

It's pretty typical of their press interviews. Unless they have an article specifically about new stuff, they won't say much, and usually the details there are saved until later. When you're marketing, you paint with a broad brush.

Frankly, the graphics question was a little... harsh? Not quite the right word, but graphics were just updated, and done so in a way that older systems could still run the game. Basically, that question trivialized something that was actually a substantial boost to the game, and also ignores that the game without Ultra mode still looked okay.

I still remember when I updated my graphics card about 1 3/4 years ago and I could turn up the graphics (that we had then) to the top. Everything looked much, much better. Ultra mode added to that, and I can't have all the buttons to 11, so things do look pretty good.

Basically, that question hit on an issue a lot of people have with graphics. Many think a new game should push any current tech to the edge, not matter if those graphics are worth it. Whereas others would prefer an interesting style, and especially one that did not require a new system every two years. Of the Zelda games in the past 10 years, the best looking is Wind Waker, even though people at the time complained about its style. Yet it will continue to age better than the more realistic looking Zelda games.

I'd rather CoX kept its own look and added on to it in ways that all players can keep up with. Heck, I'm amazed that people want MMOs to have bleeding edge graphics. I'd say CoX and WoW show that it's better to not go for that ragged edge.

the person quoted didn't say elitism didn't exist in CoX, but that it exists in only a small minority

I agree.

Components. Incarnate Components.

And this points out the best way to make this system work. Do a few TF's, make a boost, do more TF's, upgrade...and the entire time you're guaranteed a specific piece you may need so long as you do the right TF. This is distinctly unlike mass raiding as done in other games where there's only a chance that the thing you need will be *dropped*, and even then some jerk could snatch it from your grasp at the last second.

Anyways...as to the contents of the article I can only say one thing. It was confirmed that we're not getting the upper tiers of the Alpha Slot until i20. NOTHING in this article contradicts that. WW states that more of the system can be doled out as needed to keep the stream for running dry. This does not necessarily contradict the Alpha Slot message as it could easily refer to Other Incarnate slots being released over time.

Lateral expansion instead of linear. Instead of just giving us more of what we already have, give us something different. Instead of doling out the last two tiers of the Alpha Slot, they could hand us Judgement to play with next month, with the first couple abilities of that available.

This could be the entire reason behind the Mass Secrecy of i20, they're testing EVERYTHING that's been completed of the Incarnate system to make sure that there aren't a ton of bugs related to the other powers. The idea isn't to just expand what we already have until the next issue, the idea is to introduce other incarnate slots with basic capacity between issues so that the issues can focus more on boosting the capabilities that we already have access to.

My guess? They detailed a bit of info on Judgement on the GR website because they already know that this is something that will likely be released either just before or just after the winter event, because they know that i20 will take MUCH longer to debug than previously expected and therefore want us to know that there's more than just per-power spare enhancement slots coming down the line. The reveal of the Judgement slot being an AoE attack power with in-game info for stuff like Ion Radial Judgement claiming it to have near-NUKE damage...well we now know that's not just a placeholder or old info that is no longer applicable to the current build of the Incarnate system.

I know my Crab will enjoy having yet another AoE power, and Ion looks to be a chain-type which given the mechanics behind the Chain powers in Elec Control means that it'll be End-light as well due to the uncertain and unpredictable nature of its AoE effects.

In all, actually more informative than many of you are making this out to be by focusing on specific details rather than looking at the more broad potential. An old saying comes to mind about not being able to see the majesty of the forest for all the trees cluttering the area....

Not to start an argument LoY, but speculation on your part is not information on the part of the article. War Witch appears to have been purposefully obtuse in answering her questions and for good reason. This community, like most MMO communities, will latch onto ANY piece of information given and then later SCREAM if the information is not absolutely correct. On the flip side, if she only drops vague hints, she does not have to later apologize for misleading people.

why are they called marketing if they never actually market anything? About all they seem to do is stop the dev team from talking.

Considering that Windows XP, which is still the majority-share-holder (over 60%, when I checked a couple weeks ago) OS out there, doesn't support DX 10, I'm not sure how that's a downside.

Chasing the graphic treadmill is a losing prospect, and I'm glad CoX isn't doing it.

Next you're going to say that my Team: Paragon t-shirt is a fake. What about my autographed Matt Miller bobblehead, huh? Do *you* have one of those? I didn't think so.

You're just lucky I don't have Castle smite you. Don't think he won't do it, either. Two years ago I had a scuffle with a poster named PeterV and I asked Castle to smite him. If it wasn't for the fact his aim was really off that week... but I digress.

What??? Do you think Smite makes Right??and you call yourself a superhero......

COH 2 ? whaa? where was this info found ? and why would they make a 2.0 when 1.0 is working fine ?

You won't find any info on it other than the copyrights to the name was bought up, if I remember right by NCSoft. Probably to stop anyone else from doing so and holding it for "ransom" in the future. It is a pretty common business practice.