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From what I'm getting Positron is once again Lead Dev. Just an fyi.
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Originally Posted by Severe
with stuff being removed till "later" and this marty thing...shouldnt we get a word from our lead dev?
i mean i know shes busy but um.its pretty important stuff going on around here and wouldnt mind if she addressed some of this. no offense to the community reps. but frankly their just hired guns at best |
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War Witch was lead dev?
Last I heard, she was either meditating in Croatoa or knocking back a few in Pocket D. It's hard to get reliable info these days.
We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
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Some of the actions certainly hint at that...
And no, I do not mean that in a good way. Matt is a good guy by all accounts (never met him, thanks to being in the EU =/ ), but he seems damn resistant to certain common sense ideas...
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From what I'm getting Positron is once again Lead Dev. Just an fyi.
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Some of the actions certainly hint at that...
And no, I do not mean that in a good way. Matt is a good guy by all accounts (never met him, thanks to being in the EU =/ ), but he seems damn resistant to certain common sense ideas... |
It was shortly thereafter that he "stepped down" which I read as "lucky not to get fired".
No idea why they would put this guy pack in charge.
If this is true, it will be a disaster.
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Originally Posted by Aura_Familia
From what I'm getting Positron is once again Lead Dev. Just an fyi.
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The City of Heroes Community is a special one and I will always look fondly on my times arguing, discussing and playing with you all. Thanks and thanks to the developers for a special experience.
It's more the mulish resilience of 'New shinies are better than revamps!' (although I hope Atlas and Mercy are a sign of more to come) that bugs me.
That and I STILL don't approve of the iTrials and ESPECIALLY not the 'You have to be this cool to wear it' Ascension Armour.
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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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From what I understand, once PS went to the whole strike team format, Positron became lead dev again and War Witch became lead of one of the strike teams.
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With the exception of two pieces (cape and chest emblem), wearing Ascension is a great way to show you are NOT cool. Most of the stuff is *** ugly.
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I'm amused that people attribute something they don't like to one person.
Last I checked, they had these things called "meetings," where a bunch of developers--including Matt Miller and Melissa Bianco--get together, toss around ideas, hone them into implementable solutions, and drive them to be rolled out. It's not like Matt Miller comes in to work and tells all the other devs, "I'm Positron, dammit, this is the way it will be done. Make it so!"
I will say that he probably champions certain ideas that he personally likes, but it will probably be nigh impossible to tell which ideas those were. As I recall, the Mission Architect wasn't his baby, it was someone else's, so trying to lay any perceived woes with it at his doorstep is kind of silly.
I've never had any particular axes to grind with any member of the development team, even when things were run by Jack Emmert. I think it's kind of sad, though, how some people feel the incessant need to go blaming people for some 3% of the game they don't like and completely ignoring the 97% that is <bleep!>ing awesome.
We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
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hmm wel that certainly adds more to why these things are "waiting till their better" and the marty thing if posi is back in control.
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While the boots don't work with my namesake and main, I think the boots are GREAT! Love the ascension boots!
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With the exception of two pieces (cape and chest emblem), wearing Ascension is a great way to show you are NOT cool. Most of the stuff is *** ugly.
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I'm amused that people attribute something they don't like to one person.
Last I checked, they had these things called "meetings," where a bunch of developers--including Matt Miller and Melissa Bianco--get together, toss around ideas, hone them into implementable solutions, and drive them to be rolled out. It's not like Matt Miller comes in to work and tells all the other devs, "I'm Positron, dammit, this is the way it will be done. Make it so!" I will say that he probably champions certain ideas that he personally likes, but it will probably be nigh impossible to tell which ideas those were. As I recall, the Mission Architect wasn't his baby, it was someone else's, so trying to lay any perceived woes with it at his doorstep is kind of silly. I've never had any particular axes to grind with any member of the development team, even when things were run by Jack Emmert. I think it's kind of sad, though, how some people feel the incessant need to go blaming people for some 3% of the game they don't like and completely ignoring the 97% that is <bleep!>ing awesome. |
However, he is the only one I can remember *repeatedly* doing things like nay-saying revamps instead of new shinies (I know Melissa did say it once or twice, but was nowhere near as resistant to the idea)
And hey, this is the Internet! SOMEONE has to be to blame!
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With the exception of two pieces (cape and chest emblem), wearing Ascension is a great way to show you are NOT cool. Most of the stuff is *** ugly.
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And, really, it's the principle of the thing. I can't even entertain the idea of a character using those parts, when the character would look 'wrong' for 49 levels.
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I agree, especially the with armor version that goes past the knees...RAWR!
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While the boots don't work with my namesake and main, I think the boots are GREAT! Love the ascension boots!
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You read way too much into what happened. You're also attributing far too much that went wrong (in your opinion) to his role as lead.
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Not to mention he presided over the disasters that were I13 and I14.
It was shortly thereafter that he "stepped down" which I read as "lucky not to get fired". No idea why they would put this guy pack in charge. If this is true, it will be a disaster. |
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True.
However, he is the only one I can remember *repeatedly* doing things like nay-saying revamps instead of new shinies (I know Melissa did say it once or twice, but was nowhere near as resistant to the idea) And hey, this is the Internet! SOMEONE has to be to blame! |
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I thought it was the other way around, War Witch was still the lead dev, while Positron was in charge of the i21 strike team, which is why we've been hearing so much from him lately.
edit - maybe not, I realized that he signed off the patch notes as "Lead Designer"... though I suppose that might not be exactly the same as "Lead Developer". Who knows.
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You read way too much into what happened. You're also attributing far too much that went wrong (in your opinion) to his role as lead.
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You read way too much into what happened. You're also attributing far too much that went wrong (in your opinion) to his role as lead.
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Obviously he did not design or create all the mechanics, but he presides over the meetings and makes the final and tough decisions for the direction of the game.
It's no different than any other leader. He gets credit for the game doing well and he'll get thrown under the bus if it does not.
All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
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edit - maybe not, I realized that he signed off the patch notes as "Lead Designer"... though I suppose that might not be exactly the same as "Lead Developer". Who knows.
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I really hope you enjoy City of Heroes Freedom and Issue 21: Convergence,
Matt “Positron” Miller Lead Designer |
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All Leads eventually get blamed for things that were well outside of their sphere of control. I've come to accept and deal with this.
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with stuff being removed till "later" and this marty thing...shouldnt we get a word from our lead dev?
i mean i know shes busy but um.its pretty important stuff going on around here and wouldnt mind if she addressed some of this. no offense to the community reps. but frankly their just hired guns at best and she hasnt posted in a LONG time!