Originally Posted by Zwillinger
![]() As often occurs in game development, "things happened" and we were not able to announce.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
![]() As often occurs in game development, "things happened" and we were not able to announce.
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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". |
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.
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. |
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!"
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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. |
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 thought that the Death Star was the ultimate power in the universe?
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Arcanaville doesn't have any...
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. |
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.
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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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. |
I´m sure she´ll be grateful that you stay away from her exhaust ports...
*Fixed*
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.
Where is the Xena bra that no one could possibly wear in real life?
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You guys have got to get a woman on your costume staff. |
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?
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.
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