You will be missed. I loved the fact that you always talked to the players with honesty.
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(Champion) Jenna Sidal BS/SD, Generic Hero 114: En/En (Bl), Loganne Claws/WP (Sc)
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I will miss seeing your random geek-boy posts that reveal how deeply immersed Floyd is in the greater geek culture. Those were always way more fun than those number-crunchy details.
That being said - thanks for taking the time to look at entire ATs to see why they were "underperforming" - and then making the changes that made them more fun.
Good luck - I hope you find the challenges you seek and rise to them spectacularly!
Altoholic - but a Blaster at Heart!
Originally Posted by SpyralPegacyon
"You gave us a world where we could fly. I can't thank you enough for that."
Good Luck with your future endeavors. Will be different with out you around.
Take Care!
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@Torell Guardian, Liberty & Freedom
Good luck, sir. The best to you. I've enjoyed your past work and wish you the best in the future.
Thank you, City of Heroes, for giving me a superhero social network combined with amazingly smooth game play. Petitions signed with realistic expectations.
Merry Christmas, Castle. I really mean it, too. I hope your holiday is wonderful and I hope you and the Paragon Studios devs go out and have a good round of drinks.
I'm deeply sad you're leaving; you've worked on the best game I've ever played and I sincerely hope the game continues to prosper without your knowledge, experience and work. Be well, Castle.
Be very well.
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"Dark Armor is a complete waste as a tanking set."
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Originally Posted by Castle
First...your sig is massive and breaks the forums if you have images disabled like I do. Maybe reduce font size?
That said, Castle is a character I created for a Champions game in the late '80s or early '90s. When I had him put into City Of, I gave up the rights to him. He now belongs to NCsoft, which is fine with me. He's part of something a lot bigger than he would be otherwise and that makes me happy. As for not playing him again...it's not like I don't have dozens of other characters!  I haven't really been able to 'play' as Castle for over 4 years, so I'm used to that. |
But seriously, I hate to see you go. Not many of the old school devs left and you were one of the good ones... it's always nice (and a little surprising) to see a dev in a MMO take a rational approach to balance instead of putting on a blindfold, grabbing the nerf bat, and playing pinata.
I'm not going to cry DOOOOOOOOOOM about the game, but I am about the forums. With Babs gone you were pretty much the last dev left that posted often!
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Mechmeister, level 50 Bots / Traps MM
FAR too many non-50 alts to name
[u]Arcs[u]
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The Instant Lair Delivery Service: 206636
Take luck.
Thank you for all the awesome.
Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
Tactics are for those who do not have a big enough hammer. Wisdom is knowing how big your hammer is.
Without you and BABs who is going to give us the inside dope? Who is going to reassure us that some horrible bug is actually being worked on or why something works the way it does or why something can't be implemented?
I'm sorry to see you go. You were more of a friend to the community than some of the CS mouthpieces who simply tow the company line. You and the info you provided will be sorely missed. 
/em salute
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Tempus unum hominem manet
Eventually, we all reach the point of packing up and moving on. Thank you for the time you've spent with us, and may your ongoing journey forward always be an adventure, sir. You will be sorely missed.
Where to find me after the end:
The Secret World - Arcadia - Shinzo
Rift - Faeblight - Bloodspeaker
LotRO - Gladden - Aranelion
STO - Holodeck - @Captain_Thiraas
Obviously, I don't care about NCSoft's forum rules, now.
I actually dug these up from my site. I thought I lost them when I reinstalled CoH recently. But I got to do an ITF with Castle in the last beta!
http://meru.xfury.net/images/19beta/castle_itf.jpg
http://meru.xfury.net/images/19beta/castle_itf2.jpg (as you can see, he cheats)
http://meru.xfury.net/images/19beta/castle_itf6.jpg (telling us about the early days)
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.
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I only found this out a little while ago, and I have to say I'm sorry to see you go. I'm sure you probably feel it's time to seek out some new challenges after six years, and in the video game/MMO industry, that's practically an eternity. You'd probably be the first to reflect on how vastly the game has changed since launch.
It's also ironic that my current character, who's only half a level from 50, is playing in Peregrine and constantly zooming past you from mission to mission. I will definitely take the time to stop and pay my respects.
I also hope that you as the player aren't afraid to make your voice heard talking about the game (I'm extremely pleased to see that you're going to be able to playing now without the stresses and strains of working on powers) and that you continue to share as much as you have your love of things geek and things game-related. It's people like you who continue to bring us all back here, because it really is true that few game developers are as open and approachable as the Paragon Studios staff, and you and BaBs particularly were.
I got to speak to you once at the anniversary celebrations along with BaBs and found you incredibly approachable and pleasant.
My sincerest wishes for your future employment; I don't think they realise just who they're getting....
S.
Part of Sister Flame's Clickey-Clack Posse
Good luck sir and thank you for all of your hard work.
Very but wishing you the best.
Thanks for the work and the fun and the communications.
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
I think the only ones we've got left are TV, Doc Aeon, Warwitch and sometimes Posi. The others barely post at all
Sad to see you go, chief, and best wishes for wherever you set up base this time around.
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Oh noes!
Farewell Castle, You will be surely missed! It really does feel like Going Rogue was a dangerous gamble that hasn't paid off as well as the Devs wanted. Now we're seeing special sale offers, staff downsizing and much less Dev interaction. I hope Issue 20 will turn things around |
I doubt that is it, they had a massive layoff after CoV was released as well. This is normal before huge launches in MMO's. They stock up on staff to get things done faster and then once released, the developers go on to the next project.
It is sad, however, that this go round we lost BaB's and Castle; but I am sure both were on their terms and not the company. And who knows, maybe they are secretly both going over to City of Heroes 2 and cannot tell us due to contractual reasons. :P
Well, this news was certainly full of suck.
I hope the next gig is a great one.
President of the Arbiter Sands fan club. We will never forget.
An Etruscan Snood will nevermore be free
Goodbye. Not to the game, but the players. Goodbye. Everyone, remember to have fun. That's all I can say.
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Castle leaving has nothing to do with the layoff at all. As he said himself, it's been six years, and it's time for something new. People used to hang out in the same job for decades, but that's hardly true anymore, but especially of creative development. With how games are developed these days, there's no way you'd probably be working on a game for that long, anyway (unless it's Duke Nukem Forever... then what--six years is like nothing?).|
Originally Posted by Jerikko
I doubt that is it, they had a massive layoff after CoV was released as well. This is normal before huge launches in MMO's. They stock up on staff to get things done faster and then once released, the developers go on to the next project.
It is sad, however, that this go round we lost BaB's and Castle; but I am sure both were on their terms and not the company. And who knows, maybe they are secretly both going over to City of Heroes 2 and cannot tell us due to contractual reasons. :P |
So I can understand wanting to move on. And heck, after revising and revamping the game as much as he has, I can understand wanting to tackle the next challenge. Though I'm quite sad to see him go.
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Wow, Take care Castle. I wish you well in whatever your next venture is. I appreciate you being a straight shooter for all of these years that I have been here. Your "surly" nature will be missed.
"Sorry bucko, but CoH and CoV are the same game." -BackAlleyBrawler
"Silly villain, CoX is for Heroes!" -Saicho
Sad to see you go, but thankful to have experienced your handiwork.
Good luck on your next adventure!
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Come on I21!!!
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Sure, the devs are supposed to listen to their customers, mister business 101 out there. And if I decide to start suggesting that the devs change the game from being about superheroes and supervillains to being about clowns that is my right as well, and technically Paragon Studios is supposed to pay attention to me. But I hope strongly that they assume a meth-head somehow managed to hack into my forum account and make paper airplanes out of my posts, because I hope they recognize stupid when they see it. I assume they will recognize futile just as accurately.
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Not really a lot for me to add, other than good luck in all your future endeavours, I hope your next job is as rewarding as I hope this one has been, and yeah, we're really going to miss you on these boards.
Take care.
/em salute
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; Techbot_Alpha: Also, what Shadowe said. It seems he is still somewhat wise 
; Bull Throttle: Shadowe was unwise in this instance...; Rock_Powerfist: in this instance Shadowe is wise.; Techbot_Alpha: Shadowe is very wise *nods*; Zortel: *Quotable line about Shadowe being wise goes here.*
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I actually dug these up from my site. I thought I lost them when I reinstalled CoH recently. But I got to do an ITF with Castle in the last beta!
http://meru.xfury.net/images/19beta/castle_itf2.jpg (as you can see, he cheats) |
The Force Bubble power I gave myself when I was attempting to police the wedding event a while back. It failed utterly, but I had to give it a shot. Gun Drone I granted myself to investigate reports of it not working properly in Live settings.
Besides, if I were going to cheat, I'd have just made myself Invincible and Unstoppable.
I was here back when Castle wasn't in charge and I remember those days.
The "good old days" were better in some things but a lot worse in many others.
Open comunication is one of them. Castle replied to us and was fair and honest about most stuff in the game.
I sometimes didn't agree with him but his honesty was and is appreciated.
I quit CoH back in GDN/ED (I5) and the Castle's good work (and BaBs and Positron's) pulled me back into the game after two years away.
He is one of the best things that ever happened to this game. CoH is a much better game because of him.
We should thank Castle for all the hard work he put into this game and we should apologize for all the cr*p we put him through at times!
I am sorry to see you go!
But best of luck to your life, professionaly and personally!
Thanks!
Babs, now Castle.
Time to seriously think about ending my subscription.
When something good happens to me, I can never enjoy it....
I am always too busy looking for the inevitable punchline...
BEHOLD THE POWER OF CHEESE!
Good luck, Castle.
Thanks for all your hard work.
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