SSA 5 Discussion (And countdown till its live!)
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Posted on: 2012-01-16 23:26 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I don't think that it'll be live until the servers go back up 
@Golden Girl
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As usual the person who thinks she knows it all, but doesn't, chimes in.
Look at this...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=282283
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Can "the same time it always goes up" really be called early, though?
If you enjoy having a perpetually positive outlook on life, yeah, probably.
Zwill hyped up States' death scene a good deal on the ustream, so I'm fairly excited for the big reveal where he turns out to be a dog.
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Originally Posted by Android_5Point9
If you enjoy having a perpetually positive outlook on life, yeah, probably.
Zwill hyped up States' death scene a good deal on the ustream, so I'm fairly excited for the big reveal where he turns out to be a dog. |
Ssa 5 is now up!
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Uhmm.. guess the servers went up? :P
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I don't think that it'll be live until the servers go back up
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So far, there's a sinister new basement map full of Rularuu, and an epic superpowered bar-room brawl up top
Also some foreshadowing from Ms. Liberty about Ice Mistral in the new Dark Astoria content.
EDIT: There's loads of stuff here that ties in with I22.
@Golden Girl
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aaaand done, epic rain effects on the last map 
(thats the only spoiler I'm giving)
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Villains really got the shaft I would say:
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Betrayed by Wade, he gets the killing blow, he gets his powers, he escapes and mocks you.
Ok, that was pretty emotional - I was expecting it, but that didn't make it any less intense when I actually saw it happening - the setting and atmosphere for the last fight is one of the most epic things in the whole game, and the cutscene was amazing.
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seconded, the map itself was eerily familiar when I first entered and after a quick "ITF" realisation it built up to an epic ending.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Ok, that was pretty emotional - I was expecting it, but that didn't make it any less intense when I actually saw it happening - the setting and anmosphere for the last fight is one of the most epic things in the whole game, and the cutscene was amazing.
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That's the way I said it'd have to go down when they first announced that one of them was going to die - there has to be an "official" killer for all future content that references the murder - it can't just be <player name> who killed him.
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Originally Posted by Ultimus
Betrayed by Wade, he gets the killing blow, he gets his powers, he escapes and mocks you.
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@Golden Girl
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Just finished it Blueside.
I still dont think he should have been killed, even less that some GENIUS told the forums about it weeks back.
Also, it is nice we get it a bit early.
BUT..States is still in IP, on the boat? WTF devs? he is dead..but still in game? Great work. At least contacts like Mister Midnight vanish after death. But states is still there? Maybe after the servers come down it will remove him? If not..consider me very unimpressed.
States will be removed in a future issue, but it means rewriting a LOT of content, thus it will probably come as an issue 22.5 update or issue 23 (which hopefully is called Issue 23: British Incarnate Hero 1 is back to drink tea whilst sat on a pile of batallion corpses and toast the queen merrily)
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1. It was purposely spoiled by the Devs. Many stories are about the death of a character which presumes the reader knows the death is coming. Whether one likes it or not is another story.|
Originally Posted by MisterD
Just finished it Blueside.
I still dont think he should have been killed, even less that some GENIUS told the forums about it weeks back. Also, it is nice we get it a bit early. BUT..States is still in IP, on the boat? WTF devs? he is dead..but still in game? Great work. At least contacts like Mister Midnight vanish after death. But states is still there? Maybe after the servers come down it will remove him? If not..consider me very unimpressed. |
2. Removing States from everywhere in the game will take a while, but it will be done.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Ok, that was pretty emotional - I was expecting it, but that didn't make it any less intense when I actually saw it happening - the setting and atmosphere for the last fight is one of the most epic things in the whole game, and the cutscene was amazing.
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PM will be fine if we're trying to keep spoilers to a minimum.
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"Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment."
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I'm really starting to do a 180 on the SSA arc.
I used to think they were nice, well written and was all for it.
Since the announcement came of Statesman's death, i've been less thrilled.
Did blue side, and yeah, very , and i mean VERY disappointing.
-Setting looks nice, clues gave it away that it would be where it happened, but in the present time line, that threw me off.
-The action? bleh, i've seen kids do more in 5 minutes than i did in these 20 minutes.
But i know what u wanna know, and i'll give my two cents.
The killing Scene:
Granted the setting/zone was where i thought it would be, but i was missing something very big in there too. (think SSA#1)
Scene itself was kinda ok, reason i was not impressed, see above remark.
Overall impression:
4 out of 10 stars.
Most impressive was the final room of the zone i found the clues in.
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Exactly..maybe is WAS spoiled on purpose. It is still a damn stupid move.
And if it takes SO long to remove states, why kill him? Why not start the removal months back, when the SSA started? I'm not saying it is easy, but having him STILL in game is just lame.
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He's not being removed right away - it takes quite a bit of work, as he's also referenced several times in mission content even when he isn't seen.|
Originally Posted by MisterD
BUT..States is still in IP, on the boat? WTF devs? he is dead..but still in game? Great work. At least contacts like Mister Midnight vanish after death. But states is still there? Maybe after the servers come down it will remove him? If not..consider me very unimpressed.
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The Statesman TF, the Lord Recluse SF and the Maria Jenkins arc all have to be rewritten/replaced, which isn't a small job. As there are still 2 parts of the story left, and the final part goes live in March, which is also a likely launch date for I22, it's quite possible that the changes won't happen until I22 is live - and with a name like "Death Incarnate", that'd be quite suitable
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Not gonna lie, that cut scene was awesome.
Ran the villain side version, and I enjoyed having the plan sorta crumble after so many victories. Also loved how Arachnos treats you like someone worth having around to cause mayhem.
But States's death. Seriously, that made me actually feel for the character a bit. It was very well done, in my opinion. I just wish there were more stories before this where you get to see better glimpses of the man so you can feel a little more emotionally attached.
Also, weather effects gonna happen in the future? We got that semi-snow in the Winter Event, and now this.
Anyone else staying up late to catch SSA 5? I am really excited about it myself. Any idea who the villain contact is?
Lets try and announce here when it goes live for those like me staying up
SSA IS NOW UP! SPOILERS TO COME!