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By Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2011-08-27 11:59 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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As often occurs in game development, "things happened" and we were not able to announce.
Would those "things that happened" involve Transgaming and the ... state ... of the Mac Client? Or are we talking about a (potentially) larger issue affecting all players, such as the Massive Memory Leak in the game client?

It's the end. But the moment has been prepared for ...

 

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I mean back to the level he was before he even drank from the Well. This would also be an interesting path to take with Statesman who would then have to change from invul/SS to shield/Street Justice or Martial/Arts.
While most people on the internet enjoy corrupting pure and innocent things, I enjoy watching gods be knocked off pedestals and be forced to walk among those they once considered "lowly".
It's not enough that Marcus and Stefan are already being depicted as losers who are nearly slaves to a will greater than their own and that your character now has the pleasure of growing stronger than either of them can ever hope to become and still remain sane?

That's what this is all about. The players who always said "Why am I the sidekick? Why does a NPC get to be stronger than me? It ain't fair!" now get their turn to say "Woot! Now I am the strongest force in the universe!"

I might have more sympathy for your position if I'd ever seen evidence that Statesman thought of any lesser-powered person as "lowly" or "beneath" him.

Envy by lesser-powered heroes doesn't equate to hubris on the part of the one they envy.

 

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FYI to the OP -- half the images in your first post are gone.

My advice -- ditch Photobucket for a real imagehost. Imageshack is sorta crummy these days but even they have better bandwidth than Photobucket.

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It's not enough that Marcus and Stefan are already being depicted as losers who are nearly slaves to a will greater than their own and that your character now has the pleasure of growing stronger than either of them can ever hope to become and still remain sane?

That's what this is all about. The players who always said "Why am I the sidekick? Why does a NPC get to be stronger than me? It ain't fair!" now get their turn to say "Woot! Now I am the strongest force in the universe!"

I might have more sympathy for your position if I'd ever seen evidence that Statesman thought of any lesser-powered person as "lowly" or "beneath" him.

Envy by lesser-powered heroes doesn't equate to hubris on the part of the one they envy.
Well, in Statesman's case, it's more an excuse to see him get rerolled and sort of start fresh and undergo major character development.
It seemed like a kinder option than just killing him off, plus it would make sense if Emperor Cole has such influence over the well that he can suppress the powers of people who aren't even connected to it, and weaken even those who are.
What keeps him from asking the Well: "States is being too much of a problem, take away his support."

But when it gets right down to it, I like to think of it as an opportunity to show that you can take down Statesman the hero, but the man Marcus Cole, the true driving force behind him will NOT give up the fight for good, even when all that's left is his bones.

I'd also like to clarify that, in concept, I do like the character of Statesman and I actually wrote a majority of his part of his Character sheet in the the TV trope Wiki entry.
(Found here) But unfortunately, anyone who RPs with me knows that characters I like I tend to treat the cruelest.

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Brace for inevitable Hamlet reference!

I really can't wait for the Signature arcs though, the more info (albeit it slight) we get just makes me more interested.
Geez, am I the only one who saw that pic and thought "Don't you DARE put me in a bowling ball!"? :}

 

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That's what this is all about. The players who always said "Why am I the sidekick? Why does a NPC get to be stronger than me? It ain't fair!" now get their turn to say "Woot! Now I am the strongest force in the universe!"
Except the devs didn't do that.

Relatively speaking, they didn't make player characters stronger, they just made Statesman and Recluse weaker. They devalued what it meant to be an Incarnate.

I certainly don't feel like the strongest force in the universe when my "invulnerable" Tanker is getting thrashed by BAF guard towers.

****ing GUARD TOWERS!

Or the fact that before the Incarnate system, I could stand toe to toe with Boobcat and Battle Maiden and match them blow for blow, even if we deadlocked. Now, they tower over me and 24-30 other so-called 'demigods'.

No, all they did was promote a host of NPC enemies. Marauder, Anti-Matter...they're the one's who got godlike power, not us.

Personally, I gained the ability smash my Tanker's head fruitlessly against the damage cap same as before. BUT now I get to do so while watching Brutes continue to do more damage AND gain even more survivability.

Because even the Well gives Tankers the shaft.
Pun intended.



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FYI to the OP -- half the images in your first post are gone.

My advice -- ditch Photobucket for a real imagehost. Imageshack is sorta crummy these days but even they have better bandwidth than Photobucket.
Should be fixed now. If I was home I would have just used my normal internet hosting, but I'm still on vacation in Seattle.

 

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I certainly don't feel like the strongest force in the universe when my "invulnerable" Tanker is getting thrashed by BAF guard towers.
That's because I'm the strongest force in the universe.

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That's because I'm the strongest force in the universe.
I thought that the Death Star was the ultimate power in the universe?

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That's because I'm the strongest force in the universe.
Arcanavile is strongest there is? Arcanaville SMASH?

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Farewell is like the end
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Or perhaps the tendency of people to follow the path of least resistance to getting whatever they want has more to do with it.

Warning: Sarcasm
Because there is absolutely no precedent with this game's population of people flocking to AE buildings to level whenever a new exploit is discovered.
/end sarcasm

"Easier" and "Faster" has been shown to draw people away from fun content (assuming you believe any of the 1-50 content is fun, of course - I won't deign to speak for you) in the past. There's no reason to assume that adding an option that requires no organization of a large group and no reliance on other people's ability to follow directions, wouldn't lead to a large-scale shift to that option if the rewards were even close to equivalent.

I suspect Posi's just managing expectations. I also suspect that there are people who will never be satisfied with whatever solo/small-team path gets put into place.
This pretty much sums up my thoughts on the subject. Fast Katies, anyone?

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They didn't do that with the Rikti War Zone that I could tell. Off the top of my head, only three things changed in that zone when it went from Crash Site to War Zone:

*The Crey's Folly gate was closed and associated guards removed.
*The hospital was boarded up and sealed, replaced with the one in the Vanguard base
*The Rikti Saucer was tilted to lie flatter on the ground so it could be stood on more easily.

And, OK, four: The old Peregrine Island teleporter exit was moved to the Vanguard base and replaced with theirs.

But those are all small, isolated minor changes (yes, even the Rikti saucer re-tilting) that left the majority of the map completely intact. Spawns may or may not have been reshuffled, but the zone itself remained the same. Granted, Melissa Bianco's explanation as to why more wasn't changed at the time was that they simply didn't have the manpower to do it. They could either choose to work on the story and new instance or on revamping the zone, and so they chose story and instances (good call).

Since then, I've continued to argue that the Hazard Zones don't need a graphical revamp, they just need new storylines added to the existing geometry, via new contacts. Not a single thing needs to change about Astoria itself for it to receive contacts inside it handing out missions.
I agree that you do not need complete revamps. Hell, if they need missions | storyarcs, raid the AE missions to find ones that are a good match to what they needs and get permission to move them out of AE and turn them into real missions with the right to do some editing if needed. I sure lots of people would love their AE stories to be turned into outside stories. Honestly, they created a source of tons of content that is not being leveraged.

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about keeping the player happy over the long term.
So you have to listen and pay attention. If a large
portion of your playerbase is screaming about
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That could also be something they could do with Praetoria once Tyrant and the loyalists are defeated
You keep saying that like it's guaranteed to happen. It's giving me an itch to make a Loyalist.
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That would be acceptable - but he'd need to stand down too
Whew, good thing your opinion isn't the deciding one.
You both just got troll'd there... >.<


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Arcanavile is strongest there is? Arcanaville SMASH?
Arcanaville MATH!!



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I thought that the Death Star was the ultimate power in the universe?
I don't have any undefended exhaust ports.


It may seem odd my making jokes about my own exhaust ports, but around these parts its probably better than letting other people do it.

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Arcanaville doesn't have any...

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I don't have any undefended exhaust ports.


It may seem odd my making jokes about my own exhaust ports, but around these parts its probably better than letting other people do it.

Aww! Beat me to it!



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How about 1 Empyrean Merit?
With the current exchange rate 1 empyrean is 1 astral. :/

As for female barbarian outfit is a store bought item because then I can show my lack of interest in barbarian slave girl outfits (what it looks like to me) by not paying for it. :/

Sad.

 

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Enhancement boosters in the top 5 sales: I'm guessing thats a product of not paying real money for them.

I'm hoping we don't see the same one sided choices for barbarian costumes with Gender. At least we will be able to pick and choose a la carte.

Really disapointed by the story arc reward being 1 astral. I was really hoping that would bea solo friendly/small group method of incaranating. one E merit for each arc really doesnt seem that unbalanced, with an astral if you repeat the arc.

Fully expecting the contests to be locked to US only. Though EU gets a nod now n then for contests now.

I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.

Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.

So sad to be ending ):

 

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Geez, am I the only one who saw that pic and thought "Don't you DARE put me in a bowling ball!"? :}
Definitely not the only one!!


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I don't have any undefended exhaust ports.


It may seem odd my making jokes about my own exhaust ports, but around these parts its probably better than letting other people do it.
HAHA...

Hmm... still some jokes to be made off of that one, but... *self restraint systems intensifying* Okay, okay... Not going there!

@Zethustra
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and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan

 

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I don't hate the female barbarian costume. If I had an Ice Follies themed toon, I'd pick that in a heartbeat! And you know you're going to have some takers at Christmas, too. And big "Most Improved" category gold star for avoiding the D&D-style chainmail thong/nipple pastie look, too!

But for a barbarian, though, it's pretty sad. Where is the Xena bra that no one could possibly wear in real life? And no loin cloth?! SERIOUSLY??

You guys have got to get a woman on your costume staff. I know, most players are men, so what women would wear is not relevant, it's only about what men like to see women wearing. Right. Look, could you at least run this stuff past War Witch before you do anything final next time? Maybe the lady who cleans the office at night? Something? Please?

OVERALL SCORE: 1 face palm (unless I come up with that Ice Follies toon) + 1 Gold Star for Most Improved Lack Of Ginormous Bosom Falling Out Of Top.

 

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Where is the Xena bra that no one could possibly wear in real life?
Until now, I'd never realized that Lucy Lawless was just CGI.

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You guys have got to get a woman on your costume staff.
Currently, hey have at least 2 women working in the art department.

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Are you honestly trying to imply Tunnel Rat said "oooh, flouncy fur-trimmed mini-skirt! Brilliant!" LOL Actually, I'm pretty sure she's said repeatedly that she doesn't have anything to do with costumes, just effects.

Why find a tiny speck of something to fuss over, rather than address the topic (or in the case of this thread, the many topics) at hand? What do you think of the new Barbarian outfit, GG? Will you be abandoning your trademark stars and stripes (which I love, btw!), for the new Barbarian togs?

 

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In short, this is no good. There is no point in grouping when you can max out one or more types of defense via IOs and speed through solo content to get whatever you want. This is just no good. No matter how much you think giving the solo player equal reward, it will never happen. If you have 5 people, 3 of which solo because they are IOd out to the gills, and 2 of which try to group as much as possible, guess who is more likely to quit. Hint, its not the solo'rs. And the loss of those groupers will be felt. The game was always meant to encourage grouping, not trivializing it. Unfortunately, thats exactly what happened.
You realise your example has pleasing two people in spite of three right?

I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.

Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.

So sad to be ending ):

 

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I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.

Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.

So sad to be ending ):