28/04/2011 Dev Meet and Greet, Union


EU_Damz

 

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Here below for your edification kindly find the logs for the time the Devs spent in Pocket D. I may have missed odd remarks here and there but got most of the juicy stuff. This will be a multi-post just to keep things in chunks.

I want to send a big thank you out to the Devs who gave us their time last night, who answered the dozens of questions that were fired off amid the rest of the chatter. I'd say a good time was had by all.
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04-28-2011 17:24:34 [Broadcast] Tiger White: POSI! Fast question as I have to go in 10 mins and you're 20 mins late! Are we ever going to see the zones damaged in the Praetorian trials updated to reflect it? and if not, why not?
04-28-2011 17:25:24 [Broadcast] Positron: Tiger, the zones in the Incarnate Trials are chronologically AFTER the events of GR.
04-28-2011 17:26:00 [Broadcast] Tiger White: POSI: I know. but it makes no sense to us that have done the content!
04-28-2011 17:26:37 [Broadcast] Positron: Tiger: just don't go back there, problem solved!
04-28-2011 17:26:59 [Broadcast] Tiger White: POSI: That's it. I'm confiscating your coffee now!

04-28-2011 17:29:02 [Broadcast] Manipulative Maiden: Any new power sets planned? or at least proliferation?
04-28-2011 17:29:45 [Broadcast] Shady Vixxxen: About proliferation : what about psy blast corruptors ?
04-28-2011 17:30:19 [Broadcast] Biscuits: what's the likelihood of Dark powers, for the AT's that don't have 'em, yet?
04-28-2011 17:29:22 [Broadcast] Positron: We talked over some proliferation the other day, looked promising

04-28-2011 17:31:14 [Broadcast] Inferno Someras: Positron: Are there going to be any increases to the level cap?
04-28-2011 17:32:18 [Broadcast] Positron: No plans to increase the level cap, but there will be challenges that tax your Incarnate Level Boosts

04-28-2011 17:29:43 [Broadcast] Serephena: POSI: is ther ever going to be something like water controll???
04-28-2011 17:30:30 [Broadcast] Positron: Water control: In order for it to "look good" we'd have to require Ultra Mode, we can't restrict a powerset to a graphic setting

04-28-2011 17:31:46 [Broadcast] Covinus: any chance of martial arts for blasters secondaries?04-28-2011 17:32:46 [Broadcast] Positron: How does "Martial Arts" fit a "Blaster" archetype?

04-28-2011 17:34:15 [Broadcast] Cambo: POSI: only fair as I asked Beastie, any thoughts on who the number one draft pick in the NFL will be?
04-28-2011 17:34:31 [Broadcast] Positron: I don't follow college ball, Cambo

04-28-2011 17:32:47 [Broadcast] Dwayne Pipe: posi anychance a Warshade can use the Dark Extraction power whilst in Dark nova form please
04-28-2011 17:33:10 [Broadcast] Positron: We're looking into Kheldian powers closely

04-28-2011 17:46:15 [Broadcast] Bimble: will cross serevr teaming ever happen?
04-28-2011 17:46:45 [Broadcast] Positron: I'd love for cross server teaming to become a reality, I know it's on a schedule, but there are a ton of programming tasks ahead of it.

04-28-2011 17:32:28 [Broadcast] Tiger White: POSI: Proper question. Any plans to increase the number of chars we can have per server?
04-28-2011 17:32:33 [Broadcast] Inferno Someras: About time. Incarnates make everything way too easy apparently.
04-28-2011 17:32:42 [Broadcast] Swift: Will we ever get lvl 21-50 content for Praetoria?

04-28-2011 17:33:18 [Broadcast] Aces Wild: Heya posi, currently studying computer games development in university, any tips you could give on getting a foot in the door in the industry?
04-28-2011 17:34:02 [Broadcast] Positron: When I got into the games industry it was a very different world. I got my start in QA, but that was 20 years ago

04-28-2011 17:34:19 [Broadcast] BurningDarkness: POSI: could the droprate of temporary pwr recipe lowered again plz deleting em 10000times is boring, am not mad if u higher purlpe droprate instead
04-28-2011 17:34:50 [Broadcast] Positron: We can't ever win on droprates
04-28-2011 17:34:59 [Broadcast] Positron: half the people think they are too stingy

04-28-2011 17:44:45 [Broadcast] Emancipator: the first respec trialis pretty awful now days, are you going to be refining content such as this?
04-28-2011 17:45:04 [Broadcast] Positron: No plans for redoing the respec trials
04-28-2011 17:45:20 [Broadcast] Positron: haven't heard many people asking for it

04-28-2011 17:45:23 [Broadcast] Inferno Someras: Can female characters get proper dresses?
04-28-2011 17:45:39 [Broadcast] Positron: Dresses are problematic with powersets like Martial Arts
04-28-2011 17:46:06 [Broadcast] Positron: Lots of severe leg animations that make the dresses do funny stuff

04-28-2011 17:49:29 [Broadcast] Tusch: I'd liek to know about Lambda's awkward MO requirements too.
04-28-2011 17:49:58 [Broadcast] Positron: We're making adjustments to Lambda's badges and rewards

04-28-2011 17:50:54 [Broadcast] Ariad: Positron, on the forums there's mention of an event next month. Any hints as to what that event may be?
04-28-2011 17:51:16 [Broadcast] Positron: I am not sure when we are announcing the details of next month's event

04-28-2011 17:51:17 [Broadcast] Swift: Will Praetoria get 21-50 content?
04-28-2011 17:51:57 [Broadcast] Positron: Praetoria 20+ content is in a weird place. Pretty vocal people on either side of the "Praetorian fatigue" arguments

04-28-2011 17:51:51 [Broadcast] Lucky Seven: will villain gets a 30+ SF?
04-28-2011 17:52:26 [Broadcast] Positron: Lucky Seven; Mortimer Kal SF is in that level range

04-28-2011 17:52:26 [Broadcast] Serephena: POSI: ARE THE POOLS AND EPIC POOLS GOING TO BE COLOR CUSTOMAZABLE?
04-28-2011 17:52:36 [Broadcast] Positron: When we have time Serephena

04-28-2011 17:53:07 [Broadcast] Inferno Someras: Any chance of allowing full-sized Leagues do normal missions?
04-28-2011 17:53:28 [Broadcast] Positron: You mean a full-sized League -steamrolling- normal missions
04-28-2011 17:53:40 [Broadcast] Positron: the spawns in Trials are specifically made to support 8+ players
04-28-2011 17:53:46 [Broadcast] Positron: the rest of the game, notsomuch

04-28-2011 17:53:59 [Broadcast] Ultimate Damz: any idea how soon server list merge is positron?
04-28-2011 17:54:23 [Broadcast] Positron: EU/NA server list consolidation is "very soon"
04-28-2011 17:54:28 [Broadcast] Positron: I have no further info

04-28-2011 17:54:31 [Broadcast] Cambo: Posi: will it be possible for a TF to have a form of Artificial Intelligence to prevent the same tactic being used ad infinitum once it has been found to work?
04-28-2011 17:55:04 [Broadcast] Positron: Cambo: we played the "break the current tactic" game with Hamidon when we first released him. Didn't go over well with the playerbase.

04-28-2011 17:55:00 [Broadcast] Astral Agent: Will the Vanguard pack be available for purchase in the store at some point?
04-28-2011 17:55:33 [Broadcast] Positron: I don't think the Vanguard pack will ever be available in the store. You can get most of it in-game anyway

04-28-2011 17:55:30 [Broadcast] Marlin Monocle: posi.. any chance for more costume slots for characters?
04-28-2011 17:55:46 [Broadcast] Positron: We're looking into more slots, no promises

04-28-2011 17:56:06 [Broadcast] Dremos: will we be able to change the color of hasten?
04-28-2011 17:56:51 [Broadcast] Positron: We could just make hasten suck so you all stop using it. That's probably easier to do than make it color-alterable

04-28-2011 17:57:49 [Broadcast] Zero Vertigo: Is it possible to made adjustments to the league, like ready-checks with name displayed of who is ready and maybe even announcements of player-names who recieved like grenades and acid in Lambda ?
04-28-2011 17:58:07 [Broadcast] Positron: There's a lot of QOL stuff we want to do for Leagues

04-28-2011 17:58:49 [Broadcast] Amy Zon: are you planning a revamp of the LFG system since plays don't seem to be using it that much and instead using premades most of the time
04-28-2011 17:59:22 [Broadcast] Positron: We're looking at the Team Up Teleporter and how people are using it

04-28-2011 17:59:19 [Broadcast] Zero Vertigo: It would be great, since it's always a pain trying to find the person who got the acid to close the last portal, but no one admits having it. :c
04-28-2011 17:59:46 [Broadcast] Positron: There are always 2 extra portals, even if you use all 10 acids

04-28-2011 18:00:47 [Broadcast] Esperanza: Posi, any hints in new powersets?
04-28-2011 18:01:04 [Broadcast] Positron: Not giving hints on future content

04-28-2011 18:01:38 [Broadcast] Ultimate Damz: Can you say whether or not new enemy groups are being made currently?
04-28-2011 18:02:03 [Broadcast] Positron: We are making new content continuously
04-28-2011 18:02:14 [Broadcast] Positron: That should be a given


 

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04-28-2011 18:02:19 [Broadcast] Thief of Time: Are the Acid and Pacifier temp powers *always* given to a random player even if a Confused mob one-shots the breakable object?
04-28-2011 18:02:33 [Broadcast] Positron: Yes, Thief, they are

04-28-2011 18:02:55 [Broadcast] Resident of Paragon: Are you still dedicated to the incarnate system and letting other devs work on the rest?
04-28-2011 18:03:16 [Broadcast] Positron: I'm working on all sorts of stuff

04-28-2011 18:03:34 [Broadcast] Ms . Magic Fire: Positron, Whats your real life name?
04-28-2011 18:04:02 [Broadcast] Positron: My RL name is Matt Miller, I've been in the games industry for 20 years now, started with Eidos (then Domark)
04-28-2011 18:04:19 [Broadcast] Positron: So yes, I started with a UK company

04-28-2011 18:04:32 [Broadcast] Blaydez: got any jobs posi?
04-28-2011 18:04:43 [Broadcast] Positron: We are looking to hire programmers
04-28-2011 18:04:50 [Broadcast] Positron: check the ParagonStudios.com website

04-28-2011 18:05:09 [Broadcast] Shield Defence Unit: Lords of Midnight? Great game :P
04-28-2011 18:05:30 [Broadcast] Positron: I could never get LoM to work right, but I always had some busted Beta build

04-28-2011 18:05:34 [Broadcast] Any one seen bomb?: Posi, do you actually get time to play cox?
04-28-2011 18:06:18 [Broadcast] Positron: My CoX play time has been limited lately. I could barely find the 7 hours to play Portal 2, much less CoH.

04-28-2011 18:06:24 [Broadcast] Ms . Magic Fire: Positron, although your here, are oyu still in Steel Canyon or wherever your avatar is?
04-28-2011 18:06:38 [Broadcast] Positron: Yes, the in-game Positron is still there

04-28-2011 18:07:24 [Broadcast] Zortel: Any chance of Paragon Dance Party coming back? The Isles still have the Monkey Fight Club!
04-28-2011 18:07:47 [Broadcast] Positron: PDP was replaced by Pocket D

04-28-2011 18:07:34 [Broadcast] Thief of Time: Q: Kirk or Picard? :-)
04-28-2011 18:08:14 [Broadcast] Positron: Thief of Time: Archer
04-28-2011 18:09:05 [Broadcast] Biscuits: archer? so, you're one of the 7 people that watched enterprise?
04-28-2011 18:09:29 [Broadcast] Positron: I really liked Enterprise

04-28-2011 18:10:10 [Broadcast] Swift: Are you watching the new series of Dr Who?
04-28-2011 18:10:27 [Broadcast] Positron: Yeah, I am loving the new Doctor Who
04-28-2011 18:11:43 [Broadcast] Positron: I think that River will turn out to be someone no one has guessed yet.

04-28-2011 18:10:29 [Broadcast] Amy Zon: who do you plan on playing Portal 2 co-op with out of the office?
04-28-2011 18:10:59 [Broadcast] Positron: I have a friend who is my Portal 2 buddy, but he just got a new job so his time is worse than mine

04-28-2011 18:11:42 [Broadcast] Fervence: Ooh, Posi, will you be trying or playing Guild Wars 2?
04-28-2011 18:11:51 [Broadcast] Positron: GW2 looks great

04-28-2011 18:12:09 [Broadcast] Thief of Time: Q: Which game did you prefer of the original Lords of Midnight and Doomdark's Revenge?
04-28-2011 18:12:25 [Broadcast] Positron: Never played Revenge

04-28-2011 18:12:43 [Broadcast] Tiger White: POSI: Can HEATs pretty please get power customisation? It's not fair we miss out!
04-28-2011 18:13:16 [Broadcast] Positron: Tiger: you should ask an Artist that question

04-28-2011 18:14:03 [Broadcast] Positron: When the server list consolodation happens, who will transfer to a US server?
Most replies were to the negative, with a few saying they'd make new chars on US servers, and fewer still saying they'd move.

04-28-2011 18:14:30 [Broadcast] Positron: I haven't had time to run Trials at all since 20 went live

04-28-2011 18:14:44 [Broadcast] Lady Lightblade: Incarnate HYBRID, anything you can say on it?
04-28-2011 18:15:05 [Broadcast] Positron: Hybrid turned out a LOT different than originally designed

04-28-2011 18:15:12 [Broadcast] Ms . Magic Fire: How long is this going to go on for?
04-28-2011 18:15:36 [Broadcast] Positron: Well I was around 30 minutes late, so I will go 30 minutes longer than I was scheduled to
04-28-2011 18:15:45 [Broadcast] Positron: so another 15 or so minutes

04-28-2011 18:15:42 [Broadcast] Lucky Seven: which one is the busiest server on NA side?
04-28-2011 18:16:05 [Broadcast] Positron: Freedom and Virtue are popular US servers
04-28-2011 18:16:28 [Broadcast] Positron: Although if you want a chance to team up with me, you'd be on Justice. You just won't know it's me.

04-28-2011 18:16:01 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: Hello everyone! Sorry I'm late, a group fo heroes was trying to arrest me and all my clones
04-28-2011 18:16:36 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: Completely illegal search on my labs, they didn't have a warrant or anything.

04-28-2011 18:17:27 [Broadcast] Crimson Commonwealth: Dr Aeon can we get your gloves plz!!!
04-28-2011 18:17:35 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: What? These are my gloves!

04-28-2011 18:16:56 [Broadcast] Lucky Seven: are you mostly hero or villain?
04-28-2011 18:17:03 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: I'm a scientist.

04-28-2011 18:20:29 [Broadcast] Arbiter Oates: Aeon, did you invent The Television?
04-28-2011 18:20:38 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: No, but I'll destroy it.

04-28-2011 18:18:35 [Broadcast] Positron: Oh, that reminds me: How excited are you all for the Royal Wedding?
Most of the replies were to the negative. Aeon remarked it was more an American thing.

04-28-2011 18:20:19 [Broadcast] Amy Zon: if a fight broke out in the Paragon Studio's office...who would emerge as the victor?
04-28-2011 18:20:38 [Broadcast] Positron: Fight at Paragon? My money is on Hero-1 or Baryonux
04-28-2011 18:20:53 [Broadcast] Positron: Wait, Pitt. He'd win. Hands down.

04-28-2011 18:21:13 [Broadcast] Aerial Assault: Dr Aeon, your fertilizer made my crops grow into giant mutant cabbages. I DEMAND SATISFACTION!
04-28-2011 18:21:23 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: The satisfaction was teh giant mutant cabbages.

04-28-2011 18:22:57 [Broadcast] Amy Zon: Dr Aeon, what have you done with TV, he's disappeared, did you finally beat him in a viscious battle that rumbled throughout the office?
04-28-2011 18:23:09 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: You'll all know if I've defeated him, trust me.


 

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04-28-2011 18:25:18 [Broadcast] Tiger White: Dr Aeon: Will we ever get Epic AT's available to the AE?
04-28-2011 18:25:38 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: It's not in the plans at the moment, Tiger, there are AI issues with them.

04-28-2011 18:25:26 [Broadcast] Chain Breaker: Posi, will you marry me?
04-28-2011 18:26:03 [Broadcast] Positron: I'm already married
04-28-2011 18:26:16 [Broadcast] Positron: well, not in-game yet

04-28-2011 18:26:51 [Broadcast] Zortel: Positron, what do you think of the popular opinion that Posi and Synapse in game are in a bromance?
04-28-2011 18:27:11 [Broadcast] Positron: Posi and Synapse are old friends

04-28-2011 18:27:39 [Broadcast] Lucky Seven: actually, why did you pick Positron as your alter ego in CoH?
04-28-2011 18:28:00 [Broadcast] Positron: Positron was my superhero RPG character from Highschool
04-28-2011 18:28:16 [Broadcast] Positron: Maelstrom was my RPG character from later in life

04-28-2011 18:28:18 [Broadcast] Sam Spade: One Question again.. Any chance of changing Anniversary badges to be account wide instead of character based?
04-28-2011 18:28:33 [Broadcast] Positron: Sam, that's harder than it sounds

04-28-2011 18:28:32 [Broadcast] Swift: Do you still talk to Jack Emmert?
04-28-2011 18:28:44 [Broadcast] Positron: Jack and I still chat on occassion
04-28-2011 18:28:56 [Broadcast] Positron: Never about work though

04-28-2011 18:29:32 [Broadcast] Resident of Paragon: Can I have a flying pig pet?
04-28-2011 18:29:49 [Broadcast] Positron: When pigs fly, Resident

04-28-2011 18:31:51 [Broadcast] Positron: I have a video of Arbiter Hawk playing Kinect Dance, but he'd kill me if I posted it

04-28-2011 18:32:42 [Broadcast] Esperanza: From Producer's letter: In the next Issue (21), we will be featuring an entire new zone with lots of things to do, both solo and in a group.
04-28-2011 18:33:07 [Broadcast] Positron: Whoa, a new zone in 21? Sweet!

04-28-2011 18:32:30 [Broadcast] Birthday Stripper: do you follow any real football teams
04-28-2011 18:32:39 [Broadcast] Positron: real football?

04-28-2011 18:33:15 [Broadcast] Shady Vixxxen: we smack a lot of mobs : why can't we stole their costume pieces ?
04-28-2011 18:33:31 [Broadcast] Positron: Cause those costume pieces were made for the mobs, not for players

04-28-2011 18:33:43 [Broadcast] Amy Zon: are there plan to make you able to ride the blimp in Atlas? so disappointing that you can't.
04-28-2011 18:34:02 [Broadcast] Positron: It would require rebuilding the engine from scratch Amy Zon

04-28-2011 18:34:07 [Broadcast] Sam Spade: Yes. the playerbase demands more Big Red Ball!
04-28-2011 18:34:26 [Broadcast] Positron: Physics are clientside, Big Red Ball won't work like you want it too

04-28-2011 18:34:23 [Broadcast] Zortel: Could we have the Furies Cafe as a visitable place? I'd love more stuff in the open world. Sometimes it seems that the game is City of Instances.
04-28-2011 18:34:55 [Broadcast] Positron: I'd love to get the Three Sisters restaurant into the game

04-28-2011 18:34:57 [Local] Baron Blitz: Belts costume elements could have holsters... (as well as scabbards for sword wielders...)
04-28-2011 18:35:27 [Broadcast] Positron: We don't have the tech to have "full and empty" dynamically switching scabbards

04-28-2011 18:35:34 [Broadcast] Fairness: positron, can you tell me what the point of "trashcan" is in fort trident?
04-28-2011 18:36:05 [Broadcast] Positron: I didn't have much to do with Ft. Trident

04-28-2011 18:40:20 [Broadcast] Tusch: Oh, Posi, what's all this recent Numina x Positron hinting?
04-28-2011 18:40:37 [Broadcast] Positron: There's just hints?

04-28-2011 18:40:28 [Broadcast] Zortel: Who would be the best person tonight ot ask about costumes? And is there anyone best to talk about lore with (the game lore, not the power/pet lore)
04-28-2011 18:41:06 [Broadcast] Positron: I know Gilbert will be on a USTream later today (like middle of the night for you folks)

04-28-2011 18:41:43 [Broadcast] BurningDarkness: Posi, Doc, want do a tf with us? have free spots left ont team 4 ya
04-28-2011 18:42:03 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: I'd love to do a TF, but it would be unfair, given how powerful I am.

04-28-2011 18:42:27 [Broadcast] Positron: http://kotaku.com/#!5796646/celebrat...city-of-heroes
04-28-2011 18:42:57 [Broadcast] Positron: I was sad my favorite stat didn't make that infographic.
04-28-2011 18:43:46 [Broadcast] Positron: My favorite stat was "6"
04-28-2011 18:44:07 [Broadcast] Positron: "Number of level 50 Praetorians who never left Praetoria"

04-28-2011 18:43:34 [Broadcast] Sebaddon: Dr. Aeon patron pool...clones? 0.o
04-28-2011 18:43:45 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: I think just like with the TF, a Dr. Aeon patron pool would be way too OP.
04-28-2011 18:43:51 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: Nobody would choose anything else.

04-28-2011 18:44:42 [Local] Professor Sexytime: Beastyle: were you a player before joining the dev team and if so what server did/do you play on?
04-28-2011 18:45:29 [Broadcast] Beastyle: I was a player before joining Paragon. I was on Justice, but these days I'm mostly on Virtue.
04-28-2011 18:46:45 [Local] Professor Sexytime: Ooo nice, I used to play on virtue a little however I can never really rp as I don't have much imagination so I felt odd on most teams I joined so I came back to union
04-28-2011 18:47:03 [Broadcast] Beastyle: Gotta exercise that imagination =)

04-28-2011 18:46:59 [Broadcast] Positron: Alright guys, I am getting pulled away... have a great time and happy anniversary!

04-28-2011 18:47:04 [Broadcast] Zortel: Are you going to get Jason Graves back to do more music for the game? His Praetoria sound track was excellent, I have the album, but some Hero/Villains music love would be nice!
04-28-2011 18:47:24 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: I was a big fan of the work Jason Graves did for us, I listen to the album a ton.


 

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04-28-2011 18:48:26 [Broadcast] Zortel: Dr Aeon, why are the seats in the AE so comfortable?
04-28-2011 18:48:43 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: That's how we designed them, to be extremely comfortable so heroes sit there all day.
04-28-2011 18:49:08 [Broadcast] Amy Zon: is it true the AE was concieved as an evil plan to distract heroes from your other evil plans?!
04-28-2011 18:49:37 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: There are no evil plans involved in AE, I don't know how many times I have to keep telling people, heroes, the press, and NATO that.

04-28-2011 18:50:31 [Broadcast] Tiger White: DOC: Can we please have some none crap music for in here please? the same old tune after years and years, and it was rubbish to start with. ARGH!
04-28-2011 18:50:51 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: Sorry Tirger, I'm not the music guy, but I'll pass that along.
04-28-2011 18:51:09 [Broadcast] Aerial Assault: What music do you like Dr. Aeon?
04-28-2011 18:51:27 [Broadcast] Dr. Aeon: Scientific music

(Someone asked how Beastyle's name is pronounced)
04-28-2011 18:58:19 [Broadcast] Beastyle: It's a portmanteau of beast and style
04-28-2011 18:58:32 [Broadcast] Beastyle: it was a typo, really =)
04-28-2011 18:58:49 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: It is best not to delve too deeply into the mystery surrounding Beastyle

04-28-2011 18:59:23 [Broadcast] Resident of Paragon: Any dev got DJ Zero?
04-28-2011 18:59:40 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: DJ Zero is too powerful to be played by a dev.
04-28-2011 19:00:06 [Broadcast] Beastyle: Can you imagine a dev going around blasting, "The rappers and the scrappers?"

NCsoft_Protean: You standing guard for me, Fervence?
Fervence: In a club made by an omnipotent mutant able to stop people fighting just because? Hardly.
NCsoft_Protean: Oh, he doesn't stop fighting, just violence...
Fervence: Huh. How exactly -does- he stop it?
NCsoft_Protean: Fervence, he's DJ Zero, that's all you need to know.
Fervence: A fair answer. Some theories exist that he puts everyone into their own interlaced dimensions; phasing them out from each other when he senses harmful intent. Others say he just stops people from being harmed by phasing individuals. A shame he never talks.
NCsoft_Protean: That would explain why I don't get that 'thrill' when I shake people's hands here.
Fervence: And why people can unload a weapon or power in the first place.

Fervence: Why -did- you kill Manticore's parents?
NCsoft_Protean Looks at her and smiles.
NCsoft_Protean: What have you heard, Fervence?
Fervence: Plenty of rumour, no solid fact. A grudge, money, bitterness, jilted lover...
NCsoft_Protean: Maybe all of those.
NCsoft_Protean: But why would you believe me?
Fervence: I'm curious.
NCsoft_Protean: Would your curiosity be sated even if I lied?
Fervence: No. It would give me more to think about; often a man says more in what he doesn't say than what leaves his mouth.
NCsoft_Protean: There is truth in that, Fervence...

04-28-2011 19:01:17 [Broadcast] Howling Storms: I so wish you'd have a community comp to find some musical creatives in the player-base and update some of the soundtracks. Some of it sounds like its from an album "Classical Casio Tones of the 80s"
04-28-2011 19:01:56 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: DJ Zero has a specific taste in his music, tread carefully when you critique his choice of 'beats'

04-28-2011 19:01:56 [Broadcast] Zortel: Have you got SexyJay tied up to a workstation? He's been awfully quiet.
04-28-2011 19:02:09 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Yes, Zortel.

04-28-2011 19:00:10 [Broadcast] Baryonyx: Hi everyone.

04-28-2011 19:00:19 [Broadcast] Tiger White: Protean: why does your office look like a test chamber from Portal?
04-28-2011 19:01:16 [Broadcast] Beastyle: It helps that the whole office looks like it's made of panels

04-28-2011 19:03:50 [Broadcast] Resident of Paragon: Any chance we'll ever see either of the paragon airports as far as you guys know?
04-28-2011 19:05:04 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: Why would anyone want to leave Paragon City by plane?

04-28-2011 19:06:58 [Broadcast] Crystal Aurora: black scorpion.......... you should host a cossie comp
04-28-2011 19:07:13 [Broadcast] Crystal Aurora: the winner gets a badge
04-28-2011 19:07:21 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: I would give everyone a prize. I'm a big softie.

04-28-2011 19:11:01 [Broadcast] Amy Zon: Baryonyx, Positron said you'd be his number 1 pick for winning a fight in the Paragon Office, do you stand by his choice?
04-28-2011 19:11:47 [Broadcast] Baryonyx: He did?
04-28-2011 19:12:00 [Broadcast] Amy Zon: yes he did, he said his money was on you or hero 1
04-28-2011 19:12:07 [Broadcast] Baryonyx: I'll have to see what odds he's laid on me first...

04-28-2011 19:11:48 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: It is our plan to add more Judgement and Interface powers, but I cannot confirm nor deny the I21 timeframe.

04-28-2011 19:11:49 [Broadcast] Howling Storms: Can we ask the classic question? Who were your superheroes as kids, Devs?
04-28-2011 19:14:06 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: I was a big fan of the What If? books when I was young more so than any particular hero or villain.

04-28-2011 19:13:53 [Broadcast] Ultimate Damz: Black scorpion, could you give us the level range of the new zone coming in i21? If you cannot answer could you tell us whether or not new travel powers/pool powers are on the board for "soon" since its been quite a while since they were updated
04-28-2011 19:17:29 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: I tried asking Black Pebble about revealing the level range of the new zone but he is MIA currently.

04-28-2011 19:14:06 [Broadcast] Aerial Assault: Big question! Beastyle, name your favorite animal!
04-28-2011 19:14:19 [Broadcast] Beastyle: Favorite animal...
04-28-2011 19:14:25 [Broadcast] Beastyle: hmmmmmmmmmmm
04-28-2011 19:14:47 [Broadcast] Beastyle: So, answer-that-everyone-expects:
04-28-2011 19:14:54 [Broadcast] Beastyle: PONIES
04-28-2011 19:14:58 [Broadcast] Beastyle: actual answer:
04-28-2011 19:15:00 [Broadcast] Beastyle: tigers.
04-28-2011 19:15:30 [Broadcast] Beastyle: Although I couldn't get this helmet with a tiger head
04-28-2011 19:15:36 [Broadcast] Beastyle: so I settled for lion face

04-28-2011 19:15:47 [Broadcast] Mara Lasair: Beastyle's Fav cereal must be Frosties™ then :P
04-28-2011 19:16:02 [Broadcast] Beastyle: Actually my favorite cereal is Count Chocula

04-28-2011 19:23:35 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: Almost all the designers contribute to the movements of the plot. We all contribute ideas which are then vetted by Protean and Posi.

04-28-2011 19:26:02 [Broadcast] Zero Vertigo: When the information and feedback you got from all the 7 seven years of CoH, what would the devs change if they were able to go back to the spot where the game was about to enter developement ?
04-28-2011 19:26:38 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Wow, Zero Vertigo, that is a great question.
04-28-2011 19:26:58 [Broadcast] Zero Vertigo: Heh, i am just curious. Ask that Posi, too, if you can.
04-28-2011 19:27:17 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: I haven't been here all this time, yeah, Positron would be a better person to ask.
04-28-2011 19:27:56 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: But from my experience I'd say that if we had changed anything back in the beginning we would have certainly lost something else that makes this game one of my all time favorites.


 

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04-28-2011 19:28:20 [Broadcast] Battleguard: Do you know if there are any plans to get Epic archetype arcs on the opposing sides? For like Nictus and stuff?
04-28-2011 19:29:43 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: We don't have any current plans to extend the Kheldian ATs to the other sides beyond the side changing which can be done via Going Rogue.

04-28-2011 19:30:20 [Broadcast] Oriente Lux: dear Devs, ho does Hami feel now that all those incarnates knock on his door?
04-28-2011 19:30:31 [Broadcast] Arbiter Hawk: Hami is sad.
04-28-2011 19:30:33 [Broadcast] Arbiter Hawk: Very very sad.
04-28-2011 19:30:37 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Oriente, Hamidon is having a sad.
04-28-2011 19:31:15 [Broadcast] Baryonyx: That depends on which Hamidon you ask, I think. Who's to say what Praetorian Hamidon thinks. Primal Hamidon, yeah... sad.

04-28-2011 19:34:10 [Broadcast] Howling Storms: Can we have an arc where we all get to kill Statesman as a traitor?
04-28-2011 19:34:20 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: As a traitor?
04-28-2011 19:34:46 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Your dreams can probably be fulfilled in Dr. Aeon's nightmare facility... I mean, Architect Entertainment.
04-28-2011 19:35:24 [Broadcast] Amy Zon: hey you only call it a nightmare facility because you saw the Protean/manticore arc someone made...it IS horrifying
04-28-2011 19:35:53 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Thankfully I didn't, unfortunately I now know of it's existence.

04-28-2011 19:43:52 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: What patron powers would you like to see expanded into an entire set and for what ATs?
04-28-2011 19:44:11 [Broadcast] Serephena: erm Ghost Widow stuff on Controller maybe?
04-28-2011 19:44:17 [Broadcast] Rocket Lobster: Leviathin, very original
04-28-2011 19:44:44 [Broadcast] Howling Storms: GWs stuff is mostly from existing Dark sets as is. Scorpion's is the most unique, along with Mako's
04-28-2011 19:45:14 [Broadcast] Rocket Lobster: Spirit sharks looks xo cool
04-28-2011 19:45:19 [Broadcast] Moeras: Mako's! Sharks! Would love a full blast/control set of sharks!
04-28-2011 19:45:28 [Broadcast] Battleguard: Shark Melee <3
04-28-2011 19:45:40 [Broadcast] Aerial Assault: 'You slap your opponent with a shark'

04-28-2011 19:46:35 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: Clown Summoning is probably not right for the milieu of City of Heroes.
04-28-2011 19:47:46 [Broadcast] Baryonyx: If we have Clown Summoning, then the Mimes will want to join in, then the Trapeze Artists, soon it's City of Circuses.

04-28-2011 19:47:56 [Broadcast] Dead Meat: What are the chances of adding chest icons to capes?
04-28-2011 19:48:11 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Dead Meat, let me ask Sexy Jay
04-28-2011 19:48:46 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Doh, looks like he's not in today, sorry.

04-28-2011 19:52:13 [Broadcast] Arbiter Hawk: @Sunstorm sashes, that's kind of a Jay question and kind of a Positron question

04-28-2011 19:51:46 [Broadcast] Oriente Lux: Sear Devs, is there a plan to revamp basic costume textures? The difference between angelic and angelic plus is huge.. basic t-shirts etc are a bit lackluster in the currentt grafics
04-28-2011 19:52:44 [Broadcast] Arbiter Hawk: @Oriente, there is an ongoing thread on the official forums about revamping old costume pieces. You should post in it with the piece names you think really need it!
04-28-2011 19:52:48 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Lux, one thing we have learned with the new reflective metallic costumes is to leave the old in, some players use them very specifically and we don't want to ruin anyone's costume, it's who they are.

04-28-2011 19:53:30 [Broadcast] Morella: I have a very simple request. Stuff! Lots of stuff!
04-28-2011 19:53:50 [Broadcast] Arbiter Hawk: @Morella, I've already made lots of stuff! Wish granted!
04-28-2011 19:54:08 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Morella, lots of stuff, or quality stuff.
04-28-2011 19:54:13 [Broadcast] Morella: I want more stuff! I'm a stuff addict.
04-28-2011 19:54:21 [Broadcast] Queen of Villians: anyone doin trials?
04-28-2011 19:54:22 [Broadcast] Morella: Just stuff.
04-28-2011 19:54:27 [Broadcast] Arbiter Hawk: well the stuff i've made is yet to come, so you're good. more stuff inc. :P

04-28-2011 19:53:19 [Broadcast] Fervence: Could you include extra versions of the old skins, such as T-shirts as Oriente mentioned?
04-28-2011 19:53:43 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Fervence, how many T-shirts do you need?
04-28-2011 19:53:59 [Broadcast] Fervence: One which looks spray-on, and one which looks like it's made of cloth.

04-28-2011 19:55:29 [Broadcast] Li Sensei: I do have *one* significan question. Are you eve going to stop adding S/L resist to mobs by default? it's starting to get a littel tedious that certain damage sets are disadvantaged by that.
04-28-2011 19:57:40 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: Cold just tends to not work for some of the more recent VGs we've added. We will keep it in mind. And the S/L thing is something that I have brought up internally and it is also going to be something we look at the new VGs for.

04-28-2011 19:59:34 [Broadcast] Amy Zon: so Protean...any hints on who the mysterious letter writer is...since you know, you've met him
04-28-2011 20:00:03 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Amy... secrets are delicate things.

04-28-2011 20:00:02 [Local] Fervence: ((Hey, Protean, can you tell us anything about the various low to mid level gangs, like Tsoo, Warriors, Family and such? Their stories peter out without resolution.
04-28-2011 20:00:45 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Fervence, those gangs are intended to be constant nuisances in the world, too numerous to ever truly be stamped out.
04-28-2011 20:00:50 [Local] Arbiter Hawk: ((You get a bit more of the Warriors story in Protean's latest SF, actually, A Wizard's Weakness))
04-28-2011 20:00:55 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Which also makes them great to be used over and over again.
04-28-2011 20:00:58 [Local] Arbiter Hawk: ((If you haven't seen it y et, that is.))
04-28-2011 20:01:30 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: That would be Mortimer Kal's SF, that fool wizard's power has truly waned of late.
04-28-2011 20:03:01 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Fervence, they are always available to be revisited and added to.
04-28-2011 20:03:28 [Broadcast] NCsoft_Protean: Think of them like a solid support structure, the little men will try ANYTHING to get an upper hand.

04-28-2011 20:02:05 [Local] Fervence: ((Cheers. Also, July 11th this year is a Monday, is there anything going on about Brass Monday? Might we see anything ingame, or any mention at all?

04-28-2011 20:04:10 [Local] Fervence: (( how about the council? Requiem got renabbed by the 5th column, and we never found out what was up with the Center.
04-28-2011 20:05:07 [Local] NCsoft_Protean: I do want to revisit the Council/5th Column 'disagreement'.

04-28-2011 20:05:19 [Broadcast] Black Scorpion: Incarnate content will go beyond Praetoria. Eventually there won't be any more challenge there for the Incarnates.


 

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Nice one for that

I like how the 3 questions i asked each got answered with "cant answer yet really" yet that night an official announcement is made to announce what i wanted to know!


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