I wish you the best in all things Castle. You are basically the best developer I have had the pleasure of encountering in a game community. I look forward to checking out the next game you become involved in. Please continue to rule.
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I miss Focused Accuracy and its debuff resistance values...I'll miss Castle more.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Point of order: Castle did not add number crunching to the game, so he should only get credit for ruining the game for hundreds of players.
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Ignoring anyone is a mistake. You might miss something viral to your cause.
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Was it Castle that made EA strong and pretty? I already said he'd be missed, but now I have to reiterate it. My stalkers will miss you, Castle!|
Originally Posted by RadDidIt
I love all the work you did for Energy Aura. The colors, the way it shimmers right before I kill someone (or maybe that's just me). Even before Power Customization, I loved the look and feel of the set, especially on my Brutes. I'm sure you don't hear that often.
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Regards,
- Frangere [BS/EA] & Rose Moll [Claws/Nin]
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War Mace/ Energy Aura was already pretty and strong.|
Originally Posted by Crystal_Smoke
Was it Castle that made EA strong and pretty? I already said he'd be missed, but now I have to reiterate it. My stalkers will miss you, Castle!
Regards, - Frangere [BS/EA] & Rose Moll [Claws/Nin] |
I think Castle made it prettier and strongerest.
What pretty and strong looks like:
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I only tweaked it's performance. BABs or Keetsie made it pretty -- I think BABs, but it's been a while.|
Originally Posted by Crystal_Smoke
Was it Castle that made EA strong and pretty? I already said he'd be missed, but now I have to reiterate it. My stalkers will miss you, Castle!
Regards, - Frangere [BS/EA] & Rose Moll [Claws/Nin] |
Quick note: Turns out, the office is closed tomorrow, so there is every chance that this account will be closed by the end of the day. So, don't be TOO mad if you try and PM me and get the "PMs are blocked" message.
You guys are the best. Thanks for all the kind thoughts.
Floyd aka Castle,
I may not have always agreed with your choices, but I have always thought you wanted the best for this game.
In the end, you work does speak for itself and it speaks volumes as to the care and drive you have to have made this game the best it can be.
Thanks for being a Dev with NCSoft for this long and I hope your next path is an enjoyable experience as well.
Best of luck!
Fair winds and following seas!
Or in the case of your chosen name.
CHECKMATE!
Thanks Floyd, you will be missed.
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Good luck Castle!
Best wishes in whatever you do next.
Merry Christmas and thanks for your work to make this such a great game.
Castle, you have been one of the many reasons I love this game so much, and I thank you for all your hard work. Best of luck in the future!
I am late...and just found out today. You know this sucks..cause its my birthday, one of the most brilliant game balance tweaks (taunt with a -range put on it), the creator is taking his leave..but its my birthday...geesh...
Good luck and best wishes
May the stone never grow moss
And the Castle never crumble...
"...well I have wrestled with reality for thirty-five years, Doctor and I am happy to state I finally won out over it." Elwood P Dowd (from the movie Harvey)
Goodbye Floyd, I know we're all going to miss you.
Now, to figure out how these dang powers spreadsheets work.
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It was truly a pleasure, Matt. And, as for the powers sheets, Tim, Phil and Chris have it under control. Relax!
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Originally Posted by Positron
Goodbye Floyd, I know we're all going to miss you.
Now, to figure out how these dang powers spreadsheets work. |
"Whatever you think you can do or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, grace and power in it."
First after whitename. 
Thanks Castle, it was always intereting reading your posts, and thanks for your huge contribution to a game I love. Best of luck for the future.
"The Hamidon is a what what of what?" - Brian the mission guy.
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Originally Posted by Positron
Goodbye Floyd, I know we're all going to miss you.
Now, to figure out how these dang powers spreadsheets work. |
now EVERYTHING is going to have a Targeted AOE component!
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I totally know your pain man! Years of analyzing and I'm only about 90% sure on most things!
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Originally Posted by Positron
Goodbye Floyd, I know we're all going to miss you.
Now, to figure out how these dang powers spreadsheets work. |
Enemy Resistances - Damage, Mez and Defense
Enemy XP Mods
(Drag my avatar into your mp3 player!)
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Be kinda funny if the Tanker Taunt glitch showed up again.
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Originally Posted by je_saist
... oh god.
now EVERYTHING is going to have a Targeted AOE component! |
Orc&Pie No.53230 There is an orc, and somehow, he got a pie. And you are hungry.
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Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
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WAIT A DANG MINUTE!|
Originally Posted by Fyndhal
It was truly a pleasure, Matt. And, as for the powers sheets, Tim, Phil and Chris have it under control. Relax!
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Why did you reply to Positron? He was talking to Castle!
And how do you know about the power sheets?
And you referred to developers by their proper first names, as if you knew them and worked with them on a daily basis!
"Location: A Castle"
*GASP*
Oh my god! This is it -- the evidence I've been waiting for all this time! Why, I can't believe I wasn't able to put it all together before ...
BATMAN IS REALLY MILLIONAIRE PLAYBOY BRUCE WAYNE!
Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
Thought I let everyone take a look at something I was working on all day.
Thanks for all the hard work, Castle! Hope you experience all kinds of success in your future endeavors! 
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Patch notes for January 1st, 2011:|
Originally Posted by Positron
Goodbye Floyd, I know we're all going to miss you.
Now, to figure out how these dang powers spreadsheets work. |
* All powers now do the same damage and they use the puke animation but they're AoE oh god how do we fix this what did we do oh man oh man help us please
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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 actually had the nerve to ask Floyd to add +recovery to Triage Beacon and Spirit Tree before he left - something I've been nagging him with for a year or so lol. He took it in good spirit.
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Oh hell no.
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Originally Posted by Positron
Goodbye Floyd, I know we're all going to miss you.
Now, to figure out how these dang powers spreadsheets work. |
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The best thing about Castle was always the way he "told it straight" when it came to Powers. After the debacle of Statesman and Geko (I'm looking at *you* Enhancement Dysfunction in Issue 5! 
) with all their double-speak that explained absolutely nothing, and which concealed far more than it revealed ... Castle's way of leveling with the community and explaining things CLEARLY was like taking a jet engine to all the marketspeak and blowing it all away.
For many, many years ... Castle has been my benchmark for telling Devs of almost any game ... THIS is how you deal with your community! Tell people, straight up, what's going on (and why), and they'll respect you ... even if they disagree with you. Play it straight, and treat your community like adults ... and they'll do the same to you, and they'll respect you for it.
Ever since Castle took over as Mr. Powers ... I have always had faith that CoH would become a better game than the wreckage of what Statesman did to it. It took Positron (and friends!) two years until Issues 9 and 10 to do it, with Inventions ... but they did it. And all through those days when I was playing WoW, rather than CoH ... I still kept tabs on what was happening in CoH, and used the posts made by Castle as my touchstone on whether CoH would ever be worth coming back to.
So I can honestly say, that Castle (and friends!) is the reason I am playing CoH today. The Flame of Faith in CoH that burned so brightly in me during Issues 2 and 3 guttered and was in danger of being extinguished by the mistakes of Issues 5 and 6 ... but Castle kept, in me, my hopes alive that a better day would come ... and he did this through his posts on the forums, his community outreach, and his tireless work with the spreadsheets that make us all the heroes we are today.
Thank you Castle.
You're my Hero.
It's the end. But the moment has been prepared for ...
Good fortune to you in all that you do.
Good luck with your future plans and thank you for you efforts here and you will be missed.
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