But who else knows how the powers work?
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The things Liquid points out (which are only a moderate subset!) highlight the quality of work and forum interaction we came to rely on (and were probably spoiled by, compared to other games). I sincerely hope that your successors will strive towards the standards you kept (in general, not so much recently when, as others have pointed out, the DevDigest has become a graveyard).
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Originally Posted by Liquid
I'm sorry to see you go, Castle. Again I'm reminded that nothing lasts forever.
Thank you for everything that you've done. I remember how much better I felt about the future of AT and Powerset balance when you took over the reins, and though obviously it's not (and never really could be) perfect, the difference you made in the past several years was huge. I remember the state of Fiery Aura when Healing Flames only healed around 17% due to a broken AT modifier. I remember AVs being immune to Gauntlet and Taunt auras. I remember how much less effective Dominators and Stalkers were than other ATs, and how Invulnerability seemed out of date after Willpower came out. I remember Energy Aura and Electric Armor being really, really terrible defensive sets compared to the others. I remember that you fixed all of them, and more. Nobody is going to agree with every decision you made, but I sure appreciated the vast majority of them. Good luck with your future employment, and know that not every player has hostile feelings towards you.  |
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We never really talked much, but I've always thought you were generally trying to do the best you could to make the game succeed. Hope you can still have a wonderful christmas and new years despite this. I'm sure what you go on to next will be thankful to have you.
Best of luck.
Castle,
I just saw your LinkedIn profile, looking at past projects you've worked on.
I'm going to be watching intently, because you did a great job here. Future projects will likely follow this trend.
Well, great job, PVP aside.
There, I said it
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I know this is going to fall on deaf ears, it always does, but... Keep in touch, ya know?
I get so tired of people we've known and grown fond of just disappearing off the face of the earth after they're gone. If you're let go, I can understand that, as I've been laid off and bitter before. But others, they seem to have left of their own volition, which is apparently the case here.
Some of them have said what has essentially amounted to, "I'll still be around." CuppaJo even posted a message or two after she was gone, but she was the only one.
I can understand that they don't want former rednames posting as rednames and confusing people, or *gasp!* someone who used to be a redname doing something to the detriment of the game because they were bitter and the company just didn't know it. And I get it, I really do, that once you're gone, you don't want to answer questions about the game or have to send out a continual stream of, "I don't work there any more, please contact so-en-so." Yes, I know that there may be one or two former rednames still playing the game in relative anonymity.
Still, it's just such a harsh thing, to go from, "I'm part of your gaming lives!" to complete abject silence.
So seriously, talk to Empulse (is he still here?) and tell him to make you a... um... whitename? and stick around. I'd love to team up with you sometime even if you don't have godly dev powers to spawn--or instantly kill!--Hamidon. Set up an "I don't work there any more, please contact so-en-so" keybind. We know what you're like a dev, some of us are genuinely curious what you're like as just a regular schmo like us.
We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
(If you love this game as much as I do, please read that post.)
I not believe that when you saying you buy me one last drink that it really was last drink.
Castle, I going miss you. Please not forget us and please not let this be the last time we meeting ok?
How can we knowing what next project you going to? What new game you working with if at all?
Some of us wanting come stalking you!
Good luck!
Love,
Mishii
Soon�
You know the time. You know the place.
Thank you for everything you've done with City of in the last 5 years. CoV, Willpower, Shield Defense, Dual Pistols, proliferation, even the attempt at PvP rebalance. Everything. The game probably won't be the same without your insight into the math behind it all. I wish you the best of luck in all your future endeavors.
P.S. Thank you for never adding Heal aggro to the game. The lack of such a thing is one of the reasons I love City of...
At least Jo managed to get a good picture of him...
And hey, he's been immortalized in video!
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
THE COURSE OF SUPERHERO ROMANCE CONTINUES!
Book I: A Tale of Nerd Flirting! ~*~ Book II: Courtship and Crime Fighting - Chap Nine live!
MA Arcs - 3430: Hell Hath No Fury / 3515: Positron Gets Some / 6600: Dyne of the Times / 351572: For All the Wrong Reasons
378944: Too Clever by Half / 459581: Kill or Cure / 551680: Clerical Errors (NEW!)
Good luck, Castle, on your future in the gaming industry. Your dedication to this little corner of the universe is appreciated more than you know. I trust that you leave the Powers division in good hands.
Take a well-deserved vacation, and here's to what you've got coming next.
Loose --> not tight.
Lose --> Did not win, misplace, cannot find, subtract.
One extra 'o' makes a big difference.
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Originally Posted by TonyV
I know this is going to fall on deaf ears, it always does, but... Keep in touch, ya know?
I get so tired of people we've known and grown fond of just disappearing off the face of the earth after they're gone. If you're let go, I can understand that, as I've been laid off and bitter before. But others, they seem to have left of their own volition, which is apparently the case here. Some of them have said what has essentially amounted to, "I'll still be around." CuppaJo even posted a message or two after she was gone, but she was the only one. I can understand that they don't want former rednames posting as rednames and confusing people, or *gasp!* someone who used to be a redname doing something to the detriment of the game because they were bitter and the company just didn't know it. And I get it, I really do, that once you're gone, you don't want to answer questions about the game or have to send out a continual stream of, "I don't work there any more, please contact so-en-so." Yes, I know that there may be one or two former rednames still playing the game in relative anonymity. Still, it's just such a harsh thing, to go from, "I'm part of your gaming lives!" to complete abject silence. So seriously, talk to Empulse (is he still here?) and tell him to make you a... um... whitename? and stick around. I'd love to team up with you sometime even if you don't have godly dev powers to spawn--or instantly kill!--Hamidon. Set up an "I don't work there any more, please contact so-en-so" keybind. We know what you're like a dev, some of us are genuinely curious what you're like as just a regular schmo like us. |
I do still have my personal account, and will continue to play. I'll still be in a Supergroup (and who knows, maybe I'll actually get to play when the rest of them are online now! Silly mid-westerners!) Most of all, I'll still be reading the forums, but, when I post, very few people will know it's me. Sadly, there's little that could be done to change that.
MOTHERF---
GODDA---
RAZZAFRACKINROOTINTOOTINGOODFERNOTHINVARMINT!!!
...well fiddlesticks.
Best of luck, Castle. I know I rarely post here, but your posts were always insightful and worth the read.
Best of Luck, I appreciated all your efforts for City of Heroes and its community.
Noooooo! 
It was nice having you as a dev. and am sad that you're leaving. But I wish you the best wherever you go!
Leader of The LEGION/Fallen LEGION on the Liberty server!
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Bah. Fine. Go.
... as long as you remembered to *document* how taunt really works. 
First Brawler now Castle.... two of the games best and always good with the community...
I really dont feel good about this...
The hard things I can do--- The impossible just take a little bit longer.
If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead. -Claws and Effect-
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The guys are working on some great new things here, so no real "doom and gloom" should be felt for the future of the game. For my part, it's really just time for something new, you know?
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This was one of the greatest things about Castle getting that position. Before Castle, it was very rare to have a conversation with a developer about exactly how things worked. You got vague statements like "the more damage you do, the more aggro you get", which people took to mean all kinds of things. There were a lot of misconceptions about how Taunt worked until he and Ghost Widow took the time to discover it and he explained it to us, for example.
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Negaduck: I see you found the crumb. I knew you'd never notice the huge flag.
Castle,
Thank you.
This game wouldn't have made it this long without you!
Farewell Hero.
/em Bows
Maestro Mavius - Infinity
Capt. Biohazrd - PCSAR
Talsor Tech - Talsorian Guard
Keep Calm & Chive On!
Castle, it's been great reading your posts and knowing that the player's concerns were being heard. Thanks for the six years, and best of luck wherever it is you are heading off to!
Too Many Characters... not enough player
Member of Alts-R-Us.
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I understand, don't go breaking company policy. And I even understand why such a policy exists. Still, I do wish some community managers (*poke, poke...) would run up the flagpole providing the ability for redname accounts to be converted over to normal accounts, and updating the policy so that instead of, "You can't play under your NCsoft name," it would say something like, "You won't represent yourself as an NCsoft employee, and agree that if someone contacts you in that capacity, you will forward them to [contact name or address]."|
Originally Posted by Castle
Tony -- company policy is that once someone is no longer with the company, their "red name" status is revoked. Come Friday afternoon, I won't even have access to this account any longer.
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I know you have no control over that, just hoping that someone else may see it.
We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
(If you love this game as much as I do, please read that post.)
First BABs and now Castle. What are you up to, Paragon Studios?
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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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You will be greatly missed around these parts, Castle. Good luck to you on your endeavors and have a wonderful holiday.
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Originally Posted by Castle
Hey Everyone, I just wanted to send a note out letting you know that my last day working for Paragon Studios is this Friday, December 24.
Ive been working on City of Heroes in essentially the same role for six years now. It has been a fantastic learning experience and I have become a far better designer as a result of my time here. Id especially like to thank all of you City of Heroes fans. I appreciate the passion that you feel for your hobby, even when that passion was, shall we say, directed towards me in a rather negative fashion? I have always tried to keep an open mind and treat your feedback fairly. Ive loved seeing what you have done with the tools we have provided you with. Some of the MA arcs Ive seen are brilliant and some of the base layouts are simply amazing. Ive seen costumes made that, quite frankly, are completely beyond my ability despite having access to the exact same tools. Then, there are the wonderful people Ive met at Hero-Con and Meet & Greets. It has definitely been my pleasure to work with this community. In closing, Id like to thank you all for the good times and putting up with my sometimes surly nature. Going forward, Synapse and Black Scorpion are the go to guys whenever you have a powers or entity related question or problem. Feel free to direct your inquiries to them here on the boards and they will do their best to address them. Ill have PMs turned on as Castle until 12:00 Pacific, Friday, December 24. Feel free to PM me or post here Ill try and answer or comment as best I can! |
Castle will be missed. From what I recall, he was first a player that eventually became a developer and remained a player throughout (and sounds like will continue after moving on).
Even good developers have to move on, and should, for their own careers, for new opportunities, for a change of pace. And that's generally a good thing for the game, particularly if they're training their proteges for a smooth transition. At some point even the best intentioned devs would probably slow progress into the future, new blood is useful.
Take care Castle in whatever you do in the coming years.
I wish you luck and success in your next endeavor.
Thank you for giving -range to taunt.
Good luck!