Feedback on the Halloween Trial
By
Cainus,
Posted on: 2011-10-13 24:27 in The Global Training Room Test Server
Fortunately, I was able to run a very quick one of these at lunch, as I happen to have a level 22 character that was copied from Freedom.
I can't really give much feedback on the trial itself as I only had 15 minutes to run it, and my random teammates seemed to be in just as much of a hurry. The visuals look great, both the environments and the new monster (what little I had time to spend looking at). I particularly liked the Barker. That robe is awesome, much better than the stuff the CoT have. You should give robes like that to them. 
I like that the trial maxes at 4 characters. I really would like to see more small team, epic story/feel content like this. I wouldn't mind if it maxed at 8, but I like that I can actually do it with 4 or less, and that it's designed for that.
At the end, I picked the High Voltage emblem. I didn't get the traditional yellow "new costume item" unlock message, and when I went to the tailor, I couldn't find it either under Chest Detail or the list of Emblem patterns for tights. I also tried to make a new character to see if maybe it was male-only, but either I couldn't find it, it's bugged, or it's not account wide.
That's all the feedback I have at the moment, back to work for me.
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At this time the outfit parts are bugged but the crow CCE works and looks nice. Remind me of a old movie(thinking it was black and white) about crows that attacked people in a small town.
Can't wait to see the new Bats aura when it gets fix'd. Hopefully the bats aura will fit with my toon Slayan since its hard to find parts to fit a half-blood-demon.
The it seems to get the 99 zombies you got to spawn them in a way. It seems to help that we fought the Monster on top of the graves rather or not that was way but we got the 99 in no time.
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Really nice!!! Excellent work!!
Now, my normal nitpicks....
Wolf: zomg! want nao. non-combat pet. combat pet. base pet. gimme. Why he no howl? (But don't make him a constant howler.)
Moon: Please make this moon (and all the moons in CoH) opaque. We should see stars through it. Bonus points if it washes out the stars nearby it.
Turkey: Why does the abandoned turkey on the banquet table have a firefly aura instead of the flies aura? Are fireflies now carnivorous?
Like the glowing eyes in the windows. Nice tribute to that other Haunted House. I guess renaming Dr. Kane to Master Kane is too close?
Gazebo: I attack the gazebo!!!
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The trial is listed for 2-4 players.
Right now, it is not starting up for 2 players. Not when both sign up as individuals and not when as a team (with and without locking).
BTW: Global channel is: HALLOWEEN 2011
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Is this an actual, honest to goodness wolf NPC, or just another Warwolf/Werewolf?
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Wolf: zomg! want nao. non-combat pet. combat pet. base pet. gimme. Why he no howl? (But don't make him a constant howler.)
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Originally Posted by OmniNogard
... the crow CCE works and looks nice. Remind me of a old movie(thinking it was black and white) about crows that attacked people in a small town.
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an Alfred Hitchcock classic
(and they're seagulls, IIRC)
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A real wolf like Null the Gull is a Sea Gull
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So "not a wolf at all, but simply a clever and effective disguise!"?
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Originally Posted by OmniNogard
A real wolf like Null the Gull is a Sea Gull
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He is just a skilled wold, and nothing more!
(He stands, sits, scratches, lies down.)
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In the run we just did, the 99 zombies didn't spawn in the graveyard. They stopped at about 20.
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I wondered how long it would take someone to notice that.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Wolf: zomg! want nao. non-combat pet. combat pet. base pet. gimme. Why he no howl? (But don't make him a constant howler.)
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Spawn rate is ok, there's a trick to it.
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Originally Posted by Useless_Fiend
The spawn rate for the zombies in the final part is much too low on a 4 person team. We focused entirely on killing zombies during the time given and only got 70 or so of them before we had to kill the monster in the last 30 seconds. Most of this time was spent flying around in circles looking for more zombies.
Presuming that this is for getting a badge, it will be impossible to do with these spawn rates. At least for a 4 person team, the spawn rates may be higher on a bigger team, if a bigger team is even possible for this trial. Other than that, it was good. I enjoyed it. |
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Didn't take long for me, the second i went for the door i saw the wolf out front next to door keeper then a 2nd wolf on stairs somewhere inside.
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Originally Posted by Positron
I wondered how long it would take someone to notice that.
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Originally Posted by Positron
I wondered how long it would take someone to notice that.
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In the Daphne du Maurier novelette the movie is based on, it is Seabirds, not Seagulls.|
Originally Posted by Impish Kat
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In the Hitchcock film, it is a variety of birds, including Seagulls, Sparrows and Crows. The first birds in the film are Lovebirds.
The writer of the screenplay had actually read the novelette, but Hitchcock told him to disregard it as all he wanted to use was the title and the idea of birds attacking people.
Ub Iwerks of the Walt Disney Corporation did the special effects shots of the attacking birds since traditional blue screens couldn't handle the flapping wings correctly. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for the Special Effects, but the award went to Cleopatra instead.
If the game spit out 20 dollar bills people would complain that they weren't sequentially numbered. If they were sequentially numbered people would complain that they weren't random enough.
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I want to see a screenshot of this wolf.
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Originally Posted by OmniNogard
A real wolf like Null the Gull is a Sea Gull
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Bah! Terns, Gulls... when you live on the coastline, they're all Chickens.. |
Originally Posted by Texas Justice
In the Daphne du Maurier novelette the movie is based on, it is Seabirds, not Seagulls.
In the Hitchcock film, it is a variety of birds, including Seagulls, Sparrows and Crows. The first birds in the film are Lovebirds. |
It's been a long time since I watched the movie, so I forgot that it was a mix of birds... I just (vaguely) remembered the scene where they attacked the girl (Tippi Hedren) in the upstairs room...
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Originally Posted by Texas Justice
The writer of the screenplay had actually read the novelette, but Hitchcock told him to disregard it as all he wanted to use was the title and the idea of birds attacking people.
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Hitchcock... almost as twisted as Poe.
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Would be nice if the copy tool were fixed so some of us could test this with something beyond the Level 1 we made on Freedom for the Praetorian Invasion Event. Just saying...
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Originally Posted by Positron
I wondered how long it would take someone to notice that.
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Originally Posted by Clockwork O1
Dog's out of the bag?
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
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No, a non-combat wolf pet. Someone found that [Wolf Pet] lights up and that's what it says. |
Originally Posted by Tenzhi
So, there's a Beasts Mastermind set on the way, you say?
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Don't know how to get it yet.
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Quite possible the wolf is one of the rewards for the trial?
Even against certain death, it matters not how or if we fight, only that we do.
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Sure Zombie, that's what it means right now... but that's just phase one. Once they get the rigging right for animals, I could easily see them implementing animal combat pets, and MMs have been asking for that since the AT was first announced.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
No, a non-combat wolf pet. Someone found that [Wolf Pet] lights up and that's what it says.
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The spawn rate for the zombies in the final part is much too low on a 4 person team. We focused entirely on killing zombies during the time given and only got 70 or so of them before we had to kill the monster in the last 30 seconds. Most of this time was spent flying around in circles looking for more zombies.
Presuming that this is for getting a badge, it will be impossible to do with these spawn rates. At least for a 4 person team, the spawn rates may be higher on a bigger team, if a bigger team is even possible for this trial.
Other than that, it was good. I enjoyed it.