Exploring the Haunted House
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Posted on: 2011-10-27 16:44 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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I agree so much I couldn't think of anything to add if my life depended on it.
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This is my problem in general with introducing new team content that can't be resolved solo. I simply can't immerse myself in the story in the same way and I'm not really sure how that can ever be changed. Cutscenes and text boxes are one way to go, but once you've seen these then you don't really want to see them again, and its a problem if some of the team has seen them, some haven't, and the rest just want to go kill something. At the very least though, everything should be solo-able, even if its suicidal to try. |
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Not true; my first time through the house, we had a team leader take us around the sides to get it.|
Originally Posted by GibsonMcCoy
Yep, he's a boss at the start of the thing. Not really worth anything but XP that I've seen so far. However my friends and I think that if someone on the team is in the Trial for the first time, you can't spawn him.
That may or may not be true, quite probably not, but it seems we can only get Black Whip to spawn when all 4 team members have run through the house at least once. |
--Dave
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Which is why I said, "quite probably not" in my post. For some reason, he doesn't always spawn. I have yet to figure out why. |
Originally Posted by Dave0523
Not true; my first time through the house, we had a team leader take us around the sides to get it.
--Dave |
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I think the Devs know we would like a 'Beast Master' Mastermind set, and it would even be appropriate for this game. However, such a set is a VERY long way off, still. Considering that the wolf in the mansion does not walk around? That tells me the quadraped skeleton isn't close to finished enough to actually include in any meaningful way yet.|
Originally Posted by Olantern
Well, don't get your hopes up for a MM set, or anything at all, really, but you can type [Wolf Pet] in-game to see a power that would summon a (nontargetable) version of the wolf. The most popular theory at the moment is that this power will eventually be purchasable on the Market.
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So, once again... we will probably see animals phased in as enemies before we get access to any form of pet.
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If anyone goes into the house, he won't spawn.|
Originally Posted by GibsonMcCoy
Which is why I said, "quite probably not" in my post. For some reason, he doesn't always spawn. I have yet to figure out why.
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I've had a random PUG on Virtue go through and mad dash it, but still quickly mad dash spawn Black Whip at the beginning before anyone went in. It was an... odd experience.
But I've enjoyed the Haunted House trial so much I made a video of it.
Is Black Whip and the wolf at the beginning the only easter eggs? If there are more please PM me on how to find them, yes I could just go run it, but somone always rushes in even when asked not to.
Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!
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That was one thing I thought of as well, but we've had all four outside and he still hasn't spawned. Unless all you have to do is touch the doors or the steps or something, which could flag Black Whip not to spawn.
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Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
If anyone goes into the house, he won't spawn.
I've had a random PUG on Virtue go through and mad dash it, but still quickly mad dash spawn Black Whip at the beginning before anyone went in. It was an... odd experience. But I've enjoyed the Haunted House trial so much I made a video of it. |
What's the easter egg-ness behind Black Whip? I don't get the reference.
Teams are the number one killer of soloists.
first time did this with a reasonable PuG, second time with good friends...several other times with PuGs
got the It's Alive badge EASILY on four or five characters
made a frankenstein girl to get it again....elec/stone dom
and I've failed five times to get the it's alive badge....it's pretty aggravating
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"Notice at the end, there: Arcanaville did the math and KICKED IT INTO EXISTENCE." - Ironik on the power of Arcanaville's math
What server are you on? I can try and help you get it.
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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that character is on Guardian...it was a server that I had empty slots on, if I had expected so much trouble would have put it on one of the servers my normal group is more frequently on|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
What server are you on? I can try and help you get it.
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Frankie Stein
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"Notice at the end, there: Arcanaville did the math and KICKED IT INTO EXISTENCE." - Ironik on the power of Arcanaville's math
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I'll + + + + + + + + + + this, definetly would be worth it. Or place the haunted house somewhere in Dark Astoria.
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Originally Posted by The Masked Shrike
They did such great work on this map. I really wish it had been duplicated as a Halloween zone, like the ski chalet. Then we could all wander around it at our leisure, chat with the NPCs, and generally have fun with it. It's far too fabulous to be locked behind a mission.
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okay, it turns out my regular team DOES have people on here just not that I usually hang out with
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
What server are you on? I can try and help you get it.
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"Notice at the end, there: Arcanaville did the math and KICKED IT INTO EXISTENCE." - Ironik on the power of Arcanaville's math
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A lot of the art assets on the Trial could be part of a planned Croatoa revamp, possibly shifting it from 25-34 to 30-40, and opening it up to villains too as a co-op zone - although I'm not sure if they'd follow up First Ward with another zone that had quiote so many similar basic story elements in it - but the zone itself would totally suit the new more detailed textures and geometries for hills, cliffs, tress, grass and flowers that they used in FW.
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Originally Posted by ebon3
I'll + + + + + + + + + + this, definetly would be worth it. Or place the haunted house somewhere in Dark Astoria.
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@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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much as I'd like to see any older map revamped...I think aiming at DA would be best
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
A lot of the art assets on the Trial could be part of a planned Croatoa revamp, possibly shifting it from 25-34 to 30-40, and opening it up to villains too as a co-op zone - although I'm not sure if they'd follow up First Ward with another zone that had quiote so many similar basic story elements in it - but the zone itself would totally suit the new more detailed textures and geometries for hills, cliffs, tress, grass and flowers that they used in FW.
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"Notice at the end, there: Arcanaville did the math and KICKED IT INTO EXISTENCE." - Ironik on the power of Arcanaville's math
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I'm was basing it on Second Measure saying that the next zone revamp is one that's only been suggested a couple of times on the forums
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Originally Posted by Lycanus
much as I'd like to see any older map revamped...I think aiming at DA would be best
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@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
I could be wrong, but I seem to remember in another thread on the Haunted House that there was an explorable space at the top of the ladder in the room where the second wolf is? Someone mentioned a waist-deep area of water...can anyone confirm/deny this?
S.
Part of Sister Flame's Clickey-Clack Posse
On the Ustream today Zwillinger mentioned that someone posted a list of all the easter eggs in the haunted house, where is that list?
Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!
We're not allowed to say; you have to stumble across it during random exploration. 
Paragon City Search And Rescue
The Mentor Project
But is over now! Where to find, please? 
S.
Part of Sister Flame's Clickey-Clack Posse
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Originally Posted by Lord Rahvin
This is my problem in general with introducing new team content that can't be resolved solo. I simply can't immerse myself in the story in the same way and I'm not really sure how that can ever be changed.
Cutscenes and text boxes are one way to go, but once you've seen these then you don't really want to see them again, and its a problem if some of the team has seen them, some haven't, and the rest just want to go kill something. At the very least though, everything should be solo-able, even if its suicidal to try. |
Eco
MArcs:
The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
[The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."
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On the subject of zone revamps, i don't think Croatoa needs one yet, tbh, when there are older zones sorely in nned of some love. Boomtown and DA for sure, but maybe Terra Volta could do with a revamp. Nuclear reactor, respec trial there, it would encourage folks to go to IP a bit more.
Eco
MArcs:
The Echo, Arc ID 1688 (5mish, easy, drama)
The Audition, Arc ID 221240 (6 mish, complex mech, comedy)
Storming Citadel, Arc ID 379488 (lowbie, 1mish, 10-min timed)
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
[The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."
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I don't know if I got them all, but there are most of the goodies shown/described in the Halloween trial walkthrough thread.
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Originally Posted by SuperOz
But is over now! Where to find, please?
S. |
That may or may not be true, quite probably not, but it seems we can only get Black Whip to spawn when all 4 team members have run through the house at least once.