By
Agent White,
Posted on: 2011-09-20 02:41 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Originally Posted by Dollymistress
Once this arc plays out, will the LRSF be easier?
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Originally Posted by Lazarillo
My bet's on them swapping out the dead one for Desdemona. Devs seem to really like her for some reason.
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I ran it twice. The second run took 8:12, and that included a couple of wrong turns - I'm sure I could shave 30 seconds or so off that, and it wasn't with a purpled-out monster character, just a mediocre scrapper.
The point of the time commentary here isn't e-peen, it's the ridiculous rewards being offered. The Alignment Merit reward selection is clearly way out of bounds, compared both to the time and effort required, and the other rewards offered on the table.
I'd strongly advise the devs to fix that before it's been live so long it's seen as a big nerf. PR-wise it's always better to nip things in the bud early, especially since you've discussed selling access to these arcs in the marketplace. It gets pretty sticky reducing what many will see as the reason they bought this arc, the massively disproportionate rewards. I guess if the intent is Pay2win (it's possible...) then ignore what I've said.
A-merits aside, I rather enjoyed it. Beautiful maps! The next time I play it (for the nearly-free LotG 7.5), I'll take more time to savor it and may have further feedback.
Addendum: I realize that the rewards cap at twice/week, but it's still a 20-minute solo LotG or Numina's once per week. Per character. Level 20's are not hard to populate servers with.
Too lazy to check if it's been mentioned, but on the redside version has anyone stuck around after the final mission completes (i.e. don't exit the mission)?
I started browsing the forums without exiting and there was an amusing development.
(edit: Spoiler)
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Originally Posted by Zortel
Ambushes come too frequently, the glowies should instant activate rather than delay every time a guard hits.
Timer too short to escape properly from the first mission without going in aware. Hate the fact that the enter game button has to be pressed every mission load screen. It's a picture. Just let me into the mission map. |
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Originally Posted by Kitsune9tails
In the second mission of part one, "Catch up to the Lost", you have a timed portion. Running out of time (I was defeated by a misstep into a bed of lava, heh) does not seem to do anything (I may have missed a message while in the hospital).
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I'm not reading the thread because I don't want anything spoiled for me, but I will say that I now have to relaunch on a lower difficulty setting because I was not expecting to be exemped to level 20. That is pretty annoying, I wish this arc was played at the level of the mission holder.
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Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
I'm not reading the thread because I don't want anything spoiled for me, but I will say that I now have to relaunch on a lower difficulty setting because I was not expecting to be exemped to level 20. That is pretty annoying, I wish this arc was played at the level of the mission holder.
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Ok, tried on redside and blueside. Still can't find the official exit to the first map.
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Originally Posted by Seschat
Ok, tried on redside and blueside. Still can't find the official exit to the first map.
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Originally Posted by Seschat
Ok, tried on redside and blueside. Still can't find the official exit to the first map.
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I just finished the redside arc, still annoyed that I had to do it at level 20. It would've actually been fun at level 50 instead of a vague curiosity. The story itself was pretty okay, I was expecting it to be flashier/longer/a challenging level 50 arc (heh) but it was fine I guess.
My real gripe is with the friggin' rewards table. If you are a rogue or vigilante, do not play this arc. The only decent reward was a Villain Merit. God knows why it offers Astral Merits instead of Emp Merits, when Emps are clearly the equivalent to Allignment Merits and Astrals are... Essentially worthless, at least to me. Just my two cents, take it or leave it.
edit: Also, I stuck around at the end hoping to fight the Freedom Phalanx, when I got the countdown/"get out before they arrive!" message, and of course they never showed up. Sort of a bummer.
Oh, the devs are SNEAKY BASTARDS.
I had an idea to demorecord the cutscene and see if it gave away who was behind the wall. Apparently, though, they're one step ahead of me:
0 645 NEW ???
0 645 POS -20 -672 3202
0 645 PYR 0 3.05569 0
0 645 NPC Model_XXXXXXXX
0 645 MOV READY 0
0 645 HP 675.00
0 645 HPMAX 675.00
0 646 NEW ???
0 646 POS -20 -672 3195.5
0 646 PYR 0 0.110447 0
0 646 NPC Model_XXXXXXXX
0 646 MOV READY 0
0 646 HP 675.00
0 646 HPMAX 675.00
ARGH!
Also, for those who've done it heroside and gotten the vision of a 'ghostly woman and a man in armor... who shake hands, the man looking grim.' My first thought was Numina and Positron... but I'm not too sure.
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Also, for those who've done it heroside and gotten the vision of a 'ghostly woman and a man in armor... who shake hands, the man looking grim.' My first thought was Numina and Positron... but I'm not too sure.
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Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
What good is a spear that's never thrown?
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Originally Posted by Kal
I really enjoyed it.
(Hi, by the by, Don't think I've ever posted on the forums before... This is as good a place to start as any other.) I only did the villain arc, I don't really have any heroes higher than level 10, I always get bored of the hero side of things at about that point. But the villain arc was fun, the little surprise at the end made it worth playing through even if it HADN'T been a blast in and of itself. I haven't really played many Task/Strike forces or anything, and I soloed this one, but it wasn't excessively difficult, and it was fun to play through even as a sad lonely old geezer (Surrounded by Zombies.) I'm looking forward to the next in the series. Not least of all because I've been using the name Kal Alastor online since sometime around the early 90's... That ghost stole my name! |
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Originally Posted by Lazarillo
My bet's on them swapping out the dead one for Desdemona. Devs seem to really like her for some reason.
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Originally Posted by JKCarrier
Aside from that, and the similarly annoying timer in the first mission (honestly, Devs...making people race to the exit on an Oranbega map is just cruel), it's a pretty fun little arc.
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Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
I'm not reading the thread because I don't want anything spoiled for me, but I will say that I now have to relaunch on a lower difficulty setting because I was not expecting to be exemped to level 20. That is pretty annoying, I wish this arc was played at the level of the mission holder.
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Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
Because her costume seems to have been specifically designed to look good on a booth babe.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Oh, the devs are SNEAKY BASTARDS.
I had an idea to demorecord the cutscene and see if it gave away who was behind the wall. Apparently, though, they're one step ahead of me: 0 645 NEW ??? 0 645 POS -20 -672 3202 0 645 PYR 0 3.05569 0 0 645 NPC Model_XXXXXXXX 0 645 MOV READY 0 0 645 HP 675.00 0 645 HPMAX 675.00 0 646 NEW ??? 0 646 POS -20 -672 3195.5 0 646 PYR 0 0.110447 0 0 646 NPC Model_XXXXXXXX 0 646 MOV READY 0 0 646 HP 675.00 0 646 HPMAX 675.00 ARGH! |
It was obvious that you'd hide it from any form of discovery
C'mon, Doc, really? Seriously?
The Aeon I know would be cackling maniacally, in this case.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Oh, the devs are SNEAKY BASTARDS.
I had an idea to demorecord the cutscene and see if it gave away who was behind the wall. Apparently, though, they're one step ahead of me: Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
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Originally Posted by M_I_Abrahms
OK, for those of us that don't know demo, are you saying that the actual model 'behind the curtain' is the same as the guy we see?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't they have just put noone at all behind there as well? I don't think the captions are actually tied to any characters, right?
I like the first part. (Only played hero one yet). Great maps, nice that they resurrected an old enemy group and the missions themselves were interesting. I doubt that I will ever be able to 'win' mission 1 though since I am a klutz at controls.
Not recommended for squishies though!