Discussion: Examiner.com interviews Melissa Bianco
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Posted on: 2011-03-09 15:51 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
CoH is 7 years old, not 5 years old. Nice info there "Examiner".
It stopped just as it was getting to the really good stuff 
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One thing WarWitch missed out on - as far as the "empty" streets, it's because the game rewards the instanced play much more. In part, anyway.
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CoH is 7 years old, not 5 years old. Nice info there "Examiner".
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Gaah, first sentence too... rest of the article was fair but brief, wanting the 2nd part to see where they take this.
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That, and one fair point: When COH was released, it was less than half of the current size, map-wise. With COV and Praetoria splitting the areas even more, you'll not get that same sense of "hey, get off my street!" crowdedness that we had in 2004, since those same people who would be otherwise jockeying for their shot at kills in your 'hood in Kings Row are doing it in Mercy or Praetoria.|
Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
One thing WarWitch missed out on - as far as the "empty" streets, it's because the game rewards the instanced play much more. In part, anyway.
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That's not a BAD thing, but it's a definite factor.
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That and the Devs' unwillingness to go back and revamp areas, preferring instead to create more new and shiny areas that thin the population even more. I'm not saying I don't like new zones, I do, but each time a new one is added, it spreads as even thinner.|
Originally Posted by Turgenev
That, and one fair point: When COH was released, it was less than half of the current size, map-wise. With COV and Praetoria splitting the areas even more, you'll not get that same sense of "hey, get off my street!" crowdedness that we had in 2004, since those same people who would be otherwise jockeying for their shot at kills in your 'hood in Kings Row are doing it in Mercy or Praetoria.
That's not a BAD thing, but it's a definite factor. |
I'm curious to see what comes up tomorrow. If the answer to 'what is next' for CoX is 'more Praetoria' there might be screaming. :P
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Even if the Devs revamped every old zone in the game, you still wouldn't see many people "on the streets" unless all the new content was zone-based and not instanced.
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Originally Posted by Dante
That and the Devs' unwillingness to go back and revamp areas, preferring instead to create more new and shiny areas that thin the population even more. I'm not saying I don't like new zones, I do, but each time a new one is added, it spreads as even thinner.
I'm curious to see what comes up tomorrow. If the answer to 'what is next' for CoX is 'more Praetoria' there might be screaming. :P |
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I'm curious to see what comes up tomorrow. If the answer to 'what is next' for CoX is 'more Praetoria' there might be screaming. :P
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I know, it's still a contributing factor. Plus I'm hanging out for a revamp of Dark Astoria. Or the Shadow Shard. Or Boomtown. I can hope can't I? |
Originally Posted by White Hot Flash
Even if the Devs revamped every old zone in the game, you still wouldn't see many people "on the streets" unless all the new content was zone-based and not instanced.
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AWESOME! Something for my Loyalist characters to do at last! :P
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When Boomtown gets fixed up there should be a Praetorian assault on Galaxy City to demolish it, turning it into a new hazard zone. Or they could be rude and say "Too many teams failed to stop Battle Maiden, so the center of Steel Canyon's getting wrecked."|
Originally Posted by Dante
I know, it's still a contributing factor. Plus I'm hanging out for a revamp of Dark Astoria. Or the Shadow Shard. Or Boomtown. I can hope can't I?
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But I don't think any of those scenarios are likely.
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Gaah, first sentence too... rest of the article was fair but brief, wanting the 2nd part to see where they take this.
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If anyone is interested, part 2 is up.
Overall, the articles are ok. Nothing rather new or mind-blowing in them.
Other than WW's comment about new GMs. All I would hope for is that they are actual Impressive GMs and not OPed Prae stuff.
Thank you for the time...
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That makes it sound like the expansion of Praetoria won't be connected to the Incarnate system like it is in I20.| "We’ll be expanding on the world of Praetoria and we’re hard at work on the Incarnate System" |
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| "So to answer your question, yes, you will see future visual improvements. We’re always looking for opportunities to upgrade, which was the whole reason behind Issue 17 “Dark Mirror” and the Going Rogue expansion. Praetoria is breathtaking and it utilizes all of the new graphics technology we implemented, which was the whole point of our graphics engine upgrade; it was the tip of the iceberg to constant graphical improvements which we’ve been implementing ever since." |
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
That makes it sound like the expansion of Praetoria won't be connected to the Incarnate system like it is in I20.
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| The incarnate system also allows us to explore the whole story behind the Well of Furies and how your character ties into it, which is something we cant wait to share with more people. |
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Needs more talk regarding resources for base building development.
Ignoring anyone is a mistake. You might miss something viral to your cause.
We apparently have an in-game store now.
We do, but you can't get booster add on packs or the like in it. Just character services.
well it was a fluff piece. loved how she side stepped a few questions, no mention how AE blew up in their faces, had super farms being made right and left,had one DEV scold us like we were little kids.
All in all just a free bit of advertising. Do have one question? why do we see advertising on TV for lots of other MMOs but I have yet to see any for COH? We have several SuperHero themed movies coming out this year and for now 1 TV show but no ads?
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well it was a fluff piece. loved how she side stepped a few questions, no mention how AE blew up in their faces, had super farms being made right and left,had one DEV scold us like we were little kids.
All in all just a free bit of advertising. Do have one question? why do we see advertising on TV for lots of other MMOs but I have yet to see any for COH? We have several SuperHero themed movies coming out this year and for now 1 TV show but no ads? |
Sidestepping some of the "more difficult" questions, is because either way there is no "correct" answer, and probably because Paragon Studio's/NCsoft havent made their mind up on it, so for War Witch to comment on it (especially if it was something major) for them, and then having to retract later on (for ANY reason) will just bring up the question from the players of "If you weren't sure about it, why did you say that you were going to do it?" or "If it hadnt been finalised, why were you so concrete about it"... either way is once again suicide for the developers on the board.
I know that we would *love* to be inside the heads of the developers, knowing what they are thinking about bringing out etc etc, but if it hasnt been finalised, then why mention it... especially if there is a chance of it being cancelled.
Not commenting about CoX2 though... Sensible choice really. If anything, it would just open the floodgates even more from us asking what would happen to our existing characters/SG's/Enhancements/Bases/Influence etc etc. Lots of issues there when the developers can slip up/upset the player base EVEN IF it is to make the sequel better overall.
At least she said that they were paying attention to what was happening with P2P games going F2P, and that they still had the existing customers in their minds.
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Haven't they previously said that they'll be expanding the normal Praetoria content? I took that to mean more zones and story arcs.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
That makes it sound like the expansion of Praetoria won't be connected to the Incarnate system like it is in I20.
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The Incarnate system is the war with Primal Earth stuff, but I wouldn't be surprised to see Praetorian stories not related to the war.
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Now THAT is an excellent quote to go viral with.
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Now THAT is an excellent quote to go viral with.
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Pity they didn't stick with it.
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In a two-part interview, Examiner.com spoke with Melissa "War Witch" Bianco about community, content, and what's on the horizon for City of Heroes. Read part 1 now at Examiner.com, and be sure to check back tomorrow for part 2!