Discussion: The Intrepid Informer: Galaxy's Last Stand
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Posted on: 2011-06-29 10:15 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Both of these jumped right out at me and are :|
Originally Posted by Zamuel
Yeah, the skin tone change and the "O" face might need another pass. I'm surprised Psyche bugs me more due to the implications of it that Blue Rabbit touched on.
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a) Pretty terrible
b) Pretty terrible
BAB is the Monet of CoH comics? (Her skin color varies wildly from artist to artist).
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Originally Posted by Lobster
BAB is the Monet of CoH comics? (Her skin color varies wildly from artist to artist).
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Comic and Hero/Villain Culture
Saturday January 29th, 2005 (12:37 PM) ~ Monday August 9th, 2010
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I can see it now in Ouroboros.
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Mender Lazarus: It hit Galaxy City instead.
Mender Silos: ...bollox.
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Pretty impressive illustration:
Back Alley Brawler shocked speechless by what he's seeing while Sister Psyche, in her 80-year-old lapdance outfit, looks horrified at the destruction of . . .
destruction of . . .
I'm sorry. I've lost my train of thought.
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Monet St. Croix aka M
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Originally Posted by Shadow Ravenwolf
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"I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes."
Ahh, so Her is referncing Monet.
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Saturday January 29th, 2005 (12:37 PM) ~ Monday August 9th, 2010
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Okay, I too am impressed with this, however...
...I'm getting more of a feeling that these new improvements are being done in reaction to another certain superhero MMO and their tutorial. (Which, BTW, if you didn't go searching for things, you missed a LOT of stuff in.)
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Thsi is Incarnate levels of awesome - putting the "comic" into the "comic book MMO" 
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Originally Posted by Shadow Ravenwolf
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Haha that's absolutely awesome.
Don't get rid of breakout though! Breaking out of jail as the first move in a villain's career is awesome!
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The Praetorian tutorial explains all the needed concepts and answers pertinent questions. For instance, after a brief go at attacking some dummy robots, the contact has a conversation option where you can ask why your powers take so long to recharge; at which point he says you get more powers soon enough to chain them up. Thoughtfulness like that teaches new players what they need to know. I see no reason this new tutorial will be any different.
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Originally Posted by Dave_67
Okay, I too am impressed with this, however...
...I'm getting more of a feeling that these new improvements are being done in reaction to another certain superhero MMO and their tutorial. (Which, BTW, if you didn't go searching for things, you missed a LOT of stuff in.) |
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No - the new Galaxy City tutorial will replace ther current blue side Outbreak tutorial and red side Breakout tutorial.|
Originally Posted by Gilfred
1.) Is this tutorial the only tutorial in the game when City of Heroes Freedom launches?
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| Does this mean that the devs are shelving the praetoria tutorial? |
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| If the praetoria tutorial no longer exists after City of Heroes Freedom, then does that mean that no one will be able to enter praetoria at all? |
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| Does this mean that no one will be able to be a loyalist or chose resistance and play through the entire praetoria story arc? |
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| Does this mean that the only thing that Going Rogue was for is just to improve the graphics for the main game? |
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| Does this mean that the only thing that Going Rogue was for is to make the incarnate system possible? |
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| Or will there be a choice of tutorials if you have Going Rogue active on your account, where a pop up would say Primal (Galaxy City) or Praetorian? |
@Golden Girl
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The new tutroial will be shorter and more dynamic than the Praetorian tutorial - there will be a further series of training missions form 5-19 to add more info for new players, rather than trying to squeeze it all into a 10 minute tutorial.
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Originally Posted by Necrotron
The Praetorian tutorial explains all the needed concepts and answers pertinent questions. For instance, after a brief go at attacking some dummy robots, the contact has a conversation option where you can ask why your powers take so long to recharge; at which point he says you get more powers soon enough to chain them up. Thoughtfulness like that teaches new players what they need to know. I see no reason this new tutorial will be any different.
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@Golden Girl
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I think it'll still be available via Ouroboros - but in I21, there'll be no such thing as starting as a Hero or a Villain - the enw tutorial will allow you to make an avatar using any of the 12 ATs, and then enter the chaos of Galaxy City as a "neutral" - you'll then be able to help either BAB and Sister Psyche, or join with Recluse and his Arachnos troops who have arrived to take advantage of the mayhem.|
Originally Posted by Xanatos
Haha that's absolutely awesome.
Don't get rid of breakout though! Breaking out of jail as the first move in a villain's career is awesome! |
Instead of simply clicking an icon when you make a new avatar, it seems that the new Tutorial will be about talking with and interacting with some of the signature characters to let you decide which side to take - it's a way more dynamic and lore-focused way of introducing players to the Hero/Villain battle that's at the heart of the game.
@Golden Girl
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So, to be clear here...
I can make villain ATs (all of them) as a hero without ever having to touch Praetoria or villain side again?
Awesome!
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Did you notice there are a lot of bright light sources?
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Originally Posted by InfamousBrad
OMG! Whatever they're looking at, it scared Back Alley Brawler white! Whatever they're looking at, it scared Sister Psyche so much the light-green panels of her costume fell out!
Love the idea of comic-book style loading screens, but I think the coloring on these is way off so far. |
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Uhm...this is the official render of Shalice;|
Originally Posted by InfamousBrad
It scared Sister Psyche so much the light-green panels of her costume fell out!
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The nowhere-near as cool light green outfit that can be 100% replicated by players is in-game only. And it still looks horrible.
Also, I think even 80 year old psykers can be horrified at the, y'know, Coming Storm? The thing everyone presumed was so much hot air? It actually happening right there and dropping flaming meteors on you? I think even States would be having a bricking moment about there.
However, she does look a tad goofy. You can be horrified and yet combat-stance-ready at the same time.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Maybe it's another dimensional Doppelganger of BAB known as the Cul de Sacker.
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Originally Posted by InfamousBrad
OMG! Whatever they're looking at, it scared Back Alley Brawler white! Whatever they're looking at, it scared Sister Psyche so much the light-green panels of her costume fell out!
Love the idea of comic-book style loading screens, but I think the coloring on these is way off so far. |
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You know what Sister Psyche needs? A trenchcoat, I mean all the cool psychics wear things with long trails, the Fortunata, the Night Widows, the PPD Psychics, and Mother Mayhem.
Plus she could actually keep herself warm in that dental floss outfit.
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.
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We should have comic panels for EVERY MISSION! Or at least every story mission.
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Originally Posted by Sapphire7
I'm not sure if the old tutorials will be available in Ouro, but it was mentioned that you will ABSOLUTELY be able to get Jail Bird and Isolator in some way.
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you already can if you skipped them. Both through Ouro, and not flashback either.
Also, I do have to aggree, Sister Psyche's expression looks... less horrified than... I'm... not sure what. "Oh my god, I'm singing opera!" or something.
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I would have to say, finally!!!
I've wanted to see comic panels for our loadscreens since I started playing. I mentioned it forever ago and have thought about bringing it up again for some time. I wasn't even looking for anything relevant, something like a "meanwhile..." text box with some kind of combat between generic heroes and Skulls, or Freakshow, or whatever group's in level range, with occasional appearances from the Phalanx scattered in between.
I really look forward to checking it out, and hope to see more things like this to pay homage to it's comic-book roots.
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I couldn't agree more.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
it's a way more dynamic and lore-focused way of introducing players to the Hero/Villain battle that's at the heart of the game.
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I wholeheartedly agree with her hereQuote:
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Originally Posted by runt9
So, to be clear here...
I can make villain ATs (all of them) as a hero without ever having to touch Praetoria or villain side again? |
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