Discussion: PC Gamer Incarnate Trial interview with Nate Birkholz
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Posted on: 2011-04-19 09:59 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
"We want more incarnate trials!" <-- Well I can't speak for everyone, but *I* sure as heck do, bring it! 
Make a man a fire and keep him warm for the day, SET a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life.
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Apart from the recent discovery of the reward problems, the reception for the Trials has been overwhelmingly positive, which is awesome.
The devs are onto a winner with the style and format they've come up with for the endgame system.
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meh boring read
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Me too!
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Originally Posted by Kinrad
"We want more incarnate trials!" <-- Well I can't speak for everyone, but *I* sure as heck do, bring it!
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@Quasadu
"We must prepare for DOOM and hope for FREEM." - SirFrederick
So... am I the only one completely thrown by this statement?
"The trick is to travel in single file, to hide your numbers from the scaling AI."
Wait, what? There's not been a SINGLE trial I've been on that has mentioned this technique. It doesn't even make sense. Anyone have light to shed on the subject?
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Originally Posted by Genesis Man
So... am I the only one completely thrown by this statement?
"The trick is to travel in single file, to hide your numbers from the scaling AI." Wait, what? There's not been a SINGLE trial I've been on that has mentioned this technique. It doesn't even make sense. Anyone have light to shed on the subject? |
@Golden Girl
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Perhaps we should be "checking our corners" and using nifty S.W.A.T. team emotes, too?|
Originally Posted by Genesis Man
So... am I the only one completely thrown by this statement?
"The trick is to travel in single file, to hide your numbers from the scaling AI." Wait, what? There's not been a SINGLE trial I've been on that has mentioned this technique. It doesn't even make sense. Anyone have light to shed on the subject? |
Nope, the comment makes no sense to me, either. How does everyone "travel in single file" when spreading out to cover doors on the "escape" stage of a BAF?..
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Yeah, I think it's a riff on Obi-Wan's comment in A New Hope that, "Sand people travel in single file to hide their numbers."
(Sometimes, I wish there could be a Dev thumbs up button for quality posts, because you pretty much nailed it.) -- Ghost Falcon
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"The sand people ride in single file to hide their numbers"|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Think a quote from A New Hope, and think a joke
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http://everything2.com/title/The+san...+their+numbers
Make a man a fire and keep him warm for the day, SET a man on fire and keep him warm for the rest of his life.
Incarnates: K'lir(Fire/Dark Corr):Hot-House Flower(Plant/Fire Dom):Kinrad X(Kin/Rad Def):Itsy-Bitsy Spider(Crab):Two Ton Tony(Mace/WP Broot):Teeny Weeny Widow(Fortunata/Widow) : Zeroth Law (Ice/Fire Tank)
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...wow. It may not be a *great* joke, but I thought people that had played the trials would recognize it as one, even if they dinna get the reference.
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Originally Posted by mousedroid
Yeah, I think it's a riff on Obi-Wan's comment in A New Hope that, "Sand people travel in single file to hide their numbers."
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Furio--Lvl 50+3 Fire/Fire/Fire Blaster, Virtue
Megadeth--Lvl 50+3 Necro/DM/Soul MM, Virtue
Veriandros--Lvl 50+3 Crab Soldier, Virtue
"So come and get me! I'll be waiting for ye, with a whiff of the old brimstone. I'm a grim bloody fable, with an unhappy bloody end!" Demoman, TF2
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My first thought was "What, are we Sand people now?" It would have actually worked pretty well as an April Fool's-style joke, released as an official tip/strategy. I would have laughed if an entire BAF had tried to proceed in single-file from spawn to spawn. Heh.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Think a quote from A New Hope, and think a joke
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Originally Posted by Furio
...wow. It may not be a *great* joke, but I thought people that had played the trials would recognize it as one, even if they dinna get the reference.
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So he's comparing us to sand people?
*Winces as a lightsaber fires up behind his back*
Aw crap. Death by emo...
[NO CARRIER]
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
So he's comparing us to sand people?
*Winces as a lightsaber fires up behind his back* Aw crap. Death by emo... [NO CARRIER] |
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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!)
Not a very interesting article and I was hoping for a bit of information about coming attractions.
I love the first comment on the article is from Venture. If nothing else, then at least Venture is consistent in his feedback.
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That would be the loyalist players |
Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
It beats comparing us to stormtroopers...
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@Golden Girl
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Judgement and Lore??
More like Judgement and Destiny...
Interesting read...
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>.> I think we all do want the other ones already xD
From the info we have so far, I think there'll be at least 4 more Praetorian Trials - Anti-Matter, Hamidon, Mother Mayhem and Tyrant - but it's possible they could add more if they're intending to give all the Praetors a Trial to star in, either solo or as a duo.
@Golden Girl
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In other news, we have always been at war with Eastasia.
Not that I was expecting anything else from a puff piece (hey, it's nice to get the word out that the game is still alive I guess) but I hope that there's some frank discussion going on about what is wrong with the endgame, and what will be done to fix that.
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Originally Posted by NightshadeLegree
In other news, we have always been at war with Eastasia.
Not that I was expecting anything else from a puff piece (hey, it's nice to get the word out that the game is still alive I guess) but I hope that there's some frank discussion going on about what is wrong with the endgame, and what will be done to fix that. |
Yeah, getting word out that the game's expanding is great, but playing it like "Oh, everyone loves it and wants more!" just does a disservice to everyone. And that seems to be reflected already in some of the comments.
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Is that why you're changing the badge requirements again?
| In fact, both the smallest groups and the largest groups have been able to earn the Master of.. badges that we award for completing the Incarnate Trials as close to perfect as possible. |
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PCG: If you could summarize the average players feedback on the patch so far, what would it be? NB: We want more Incarnate Trials! |
NB: We want more Incarnate Trials because not everyone wants to grind only 2 missions dozens of times per character and the alternative way takes unreasonably long!"
Heh, yeah it reads like the usual marketing flufff but it's interesting he mentioned his home server is Virtue. If his game experience is predominantly coming from playing in the highest populated server and not the other 9 almost equally lower pop servers, not sure how i feel about that yet.
You forgoet Pebblebrook this: and more smaller group ways such as TF or story arcs to advace the Incarnate levels. Right now, I'm hoping they fix the rewards table before putting any more trials.
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but it's interesting he mentioned his home server is Virtue.
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@Golden Girl
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PC Gamer has posted a new interview with lead producer Nate "Second Measure" Birkholz entitled, "City of Heroes' Incarnate Trials: Two Weeks Later," discussing all things endgame since I20 went live. Check out PC Gamer to find out what's been successful, what lessons were learned in creating the Incarnate Trials, and a look at community reaction.