Who are all those people in the launch screen?

Given that we're going to be losing the current launch screen when Freedom launches (I'm really not impressed with the replacement. The gaggle of heroes, to me, emphasizes the fact that it's about teamwork and other people—Statesman punching a Clockwork out, not so much), I was wondering if anyone had ever figured out who most of those people were.

A few of the heroes are readily identifiable, but most of them are complete strangers who, as far as I know, have never been mentioned in any of the canon. Which I find a little odd; I would have thought that it would be the perfect place for showing off named heroes.

A lot of them are pre-launch character that either don't exist or were modified to become existing characters.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY hope our new log in screen isn't the one on beta. States punching a Clock. Just lame. The art is weak and does not truly represent the game. I would love to see all signature characters grouped together and then have an outline of a male and female toon forefront with a question mark in them (or something like). That way you can emphasize YOU'RE the next big hero (or something like that).

The log in screen in beta shows little to no thought or planning. Do something about it...PLEASE!

I can recall there was a topic about this back on the old EU forums, believe it was bridger that gave more info about this.

But boils down indeed to the part most were just fictional, later some were modified and became 'ingame heroes'.

I've always felt that something like this: http://cdn1.gamepro.com/blogfaction/...img_100935.jpg would be a good way to "open" the game as a login screen backdrop.

I also really hate the new login screen.

I did think the old COH/COV screens needed to be updated, but what I'd have liked to see would be the Freedom Phalanx and the Arachnos leaders in art the quality of the Going Rogue splash, not STATESMAN AGAIN LOLOLOL OH BTW CLOCKWURK.

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Yeah, I'm really not interested in looking at Stateman's "derp face" every time I start the game up.

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It's not that bad. It could definitely better showcase something about the game... Maybe showing Statesman (+friends), Lord Recluse (+buddies), and Emporer Cole (+homie Gs) about to engage in a 3-way clash.

Or, maybe a better idea: Rotating login screens. Have a number of different screens, and each time at startup randomly select one. You could have different screens showing off different aspects of the game... maybe each one featuring a different faction!

• Paragon's sig heroes
• Arachnos' top guys
• Cole&friends (with a clockwork in the background watering some plants)
• Circle of Thorns
• Skullz (gathered on the street, with one in the background spray painting or something)
• Malta (making them shadowy figures)
• Nemesis soldiers (with the text 'The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems!')
• Random scenes with players?

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

Well arent Clockwork the main baddies since Going Rogue? For some reason the devs love them.

You know, you COULD always use the Splasher Program to change your login screen if you dislike it that much...

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Take a screenshot of a demo. Voila, you now have a splasher image to use.

edit: I see the problem: I said "Screenshot or demo edit" instead of what I meant, which was "Screenshot *OF* demo edit".

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Ah... No, I want moving peoples! You know, with those wiggly wiggly arms, flailing all about! Standing still is for Skyraiders! I wanna watch hoards of random things going on being random and random random ness! Moving bits, going round'n'round, clockwork and clockwork and clockwork duking it out (cwk, pcwk, praetorian!). Okay, maybe not that last one, but static images are soooo boring and 2004 (specifically, april 27th)!

Plus, then we'd finally find out who wins... Statesman, or the Clockwork LT! KLANG'N BANG'N!

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

They've done concept art for the signature story arcs, just change it to the monthly signature arc with a buy it now for free players and call it good. That way it shows what's going on in the game instead of just an image. (I became a hero in I3 get's replaced with I became a hero when Statesman died).

As far as I'm concerned, the splash page should be a picture of Statesman being beaten down by the rest of the Freedom Phalanx. Each of them would be hitting him with copies of the Champions Online game in its original packaging.



Someone (Manticore, possibly) would be shouting, "Champions? We'll show you Champions, beeyotch!"

Still wouldn't mind seeing States and Tyrant going at it, with their forces backing them up, while Recluse and his soldiers are in the background, kinda looming over them. Good way to represent the war between Primal and Praetoria Earths while Arachnos, ever the bad guys, try to take advantage of it.