It's the Little Things That Make a Difference
By
Arilou,
Posted on: 2011-06-10 24:50 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
You mean this?
I know it's been around for a good long time. It's a nice tid bit along with the random Civie making mention of a mission or task you recently did.
Thank you for the time...
@Travlr (Main) / @Tymers Realm (Test) 
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Yes, but now they have much more and different things to say, like my screenshot shows.
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Originally Posted by Tymers_Realm
You mean this?
I know it's been around for a good long time. It's a nice tid bit along with the random Civie making mention of a mission or task you recently did. Thank you for the time... |
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I've noticed that recently too. The folks of Paragon generally just used to say "Nice day, isn't it!" apart from the ones that gave you the time and such. Now they say all kinds of fun and interesting things |
Originally Posted by LittleDavid
Yes, but now they have much more and different things to say, like my screenshot shows.
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I was beginning to think that Paragon was just filled with Nemesis Automatons and all the 'real' people had moved to the Isles and Praetoria!
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I would say that was a bug that got fixed. They used to say a lot of different things, then most of them changed to that generic line, now they are saying varied things again.
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Originally Posted by Kallandra
I've noticed that recently too. The folks of Paragon generally just used to say "Nice day, isn't it!" apart from the ones that gave you the time and such.
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I was going to say. I've remembered them saying quite a variety of things since the get-go.
Still, I agree about the coolness factor of it.
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Huh. Well, I'm glad they fixed it at least!|
Originally Posted by Ironblade
I would say that was a bug that got fixed. They used to say a lot of different things, then most of them changed to that generic line, now they are saying varied things again.
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How long ago was it when they started saying just that one line?
I think it's been a couple of years ago or so. Although, even before that, it was different. They used to give little hints and tips, such as telling you that you could change your costume at Icon and such, things that now appear on the loading screens. Now, it's much more like normal random banter.
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 love citizen chat. It's always funny to hear what they say about recent missions and what-not. Glad to see they fixed the "Nice day, isn't it?" bug.
Although I have to say I saw the strangest citizen chat today... I was standing around GV waiting for a TF to start, when somebody passed by and said something along the lines of:
"Is Smash Zone wearing that armor on their... nevermind."
I'm both happy and mad that he didn't expound on that one... xD
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Aah. Well, in that case, I'm glad they changed it to what it is now! Those tips are much better for loading screens.|
Originally Posted by TonyV
I think it's been a couple of years ago or so. Although, even before that, it was different. They used to give little hints and tips, such as telling you that you could change your costume at Icon and such, things that now appear on the loading screens. Now, it's much more like normal random banter.
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Though I wouldn't mind having a citizen tell me "It's all a Nemesis plot."
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Originally Posted by Smash_Zone
"Is Smash Zone wearing that armor on their... nevermind."
I'm both happy and mad that he didn't expound on that one... xD |
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The random banter that gets me is when the newspaper seller starts talking about Ouroboros or the Midnighter Club.|
Originally Posted by TonyV
Now, it's much more like normal random banter.
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"hmm.... Looks like we need to abduct this guy and beat him severely to find out how much he knows."
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You never saw that one? It goes something like:|
Originally Posted by LittleDavid
Though I wouldn't mind having a citizen tell me "It's all a Nemesis plot."
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"So, my cousin was telling... NEMESIS IS WATCHING YOU, SMASH ZONE... me about a great new shop at the mall."
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That one had me on the verge of tears when I heard it spoken in-game. xD
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
You never saw that one? It goes something like:
"So, my cousin was telling... NEMESIS IS WATCHING YOU, SMASH ZONE... me about a great new shop at the mall." |
Arc ID: 348998 - Becoming a villain
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
You never saw that one? It goes something like:
"So, my cousin was telling... NEMESIS IS WATCHING YOU, SMASH ZONE... me about a great new shop at the mall." |
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Originally Posted by Smash_Zone
That one had me on the verge of tears when I heard it spoken in-game. xD
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I think that line is a reaction to missions you have done recently, like the ones where they've heard you're working with a particular contact or fighting a certain enemy group lately.
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I vaguely remember hearing it at the train station in Brickstown or one of the other stations, from one of those people constantly talking on the phone.
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Originally Posted by LittleDavid
Aw, man! No, I haven't! Where'd you guys see them say that? Peregrine Island?
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The ones where random citizens interrupt a comment with 'Nemesis is watching you' interjections comes, IIRC, after you complete a mission where you rescue the city council who have been captured and are to be replaced with Nemesis automata duplicates.
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Originally Posted by Ironblade
I think that line is a reaction to missions you have done recently, like the ones where they've heard you're working with a particular contact or fighting a certain enemy group lately.
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Originally Posted by srmalloy
The ones where random citizens interrupt a comment with 'Nemesis is watching you' interjections comes, IIRC, after you complete a mission where you rescue the city council who have been captured and are to be replaced with Nemesis automata duplicates.
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Had it occur after a Nemesis Ouro mission. Not the same one.
Agreed and I also love (LOVE!!!!) the comments they sometimes freely offer based on things your character has done and whatnot.
Such a great touch to the game.
Just last night, I logged in and before I moved from where I loaded in, a civilian walked by saying, "We love you, Electric-Knight!".
Nice way to start the day of crime fighting!!
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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I heard it spoken in Grandville. It may be from the Dark Watcher's arc in the Rikti War Zone.
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Originally Posted by LittleDavid
Aw, man! No, I haven't! Where'd you guys see them say that? Peregrine Island?
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Arc ID: 348998 - Becoming a villain
Arc ID: 373341 - To Save a Hero
Got Inf?
That or Technician Naylor's arc.
The odd things are when Cimeroran civvies starts spouting off about your deads 
Those romans keep up-to-date with things happening 2000 years in the future it seems
"Men strunt �r strunt och snus �r snus
om ock i gyllne dosor.
Och rosor i ett sprucket krus
�r st�ndigt alltid rosor."
Citizens' random banter is one of my favorite things in this game. Most of the time makes me laugh.
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So true, lol.
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The odd things are when Cimeroran civvies starts spouting off about your deads Those romans keep up-to-date with things happening 2000 years in the future it seems
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I heard it in Cap, standing near the arbiter not far from the didn't-exist-then AE building. I was running my stalker, who is my only 50 redside. I don't think she was 50 at the time but darn close; she'd probably recently run a paper mish or something with the Nemesis army would be my guess.
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Originally Posted by LittleDavid
Aw, man! No, I haven't! Where'd you guys see them say that? Peregrine Island?
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As MMO players, sometimes we can get caught up in complaining about the things we don't like that we forget to thank the devs for the things we do like, or at least show appreciation for improving things. I'm defintely not immune from that behavior, as some of my forum posts show, so I wanted to thank the devs for once on a detail I've recently noticed.
I'm not sure when it was done, but I know it wasn't around when I first started playing in 2008, and I haven't noticed it until this year--but now Paragon City's citizens have a lot of things to talk about if you click on them, just like Rogue Isles' citizens (and Praetoria's).
I don't know if others feel the same way as I do, but I really appreciate that the devs took the time out to change that. It was kind of unsettling for citizens to say, at most, "Nice day, isn't it?" or "Isn't (hero in zone) just the best!" aside from telling you the current time or how long you've been on patrol.
Now they surprise me with some of the things they'll say to you ("Is interrupting people heroic?")!
It's paying attention to details like this which makes City of Heroes so fun to play, even when solo. Thanks for continuing to improve on that, devs!
Now, for an amusing screenshot!
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