Updates on the way: Steampunk, Gunslinger and Magic Packs!
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Agent White,
Posted on: 2012-02-13 16:44 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou.. ..
THANK YOU!
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I think Dink is now one of my favourite Devs. As such, they deserve a theme song:
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Thank you, thank you, thank you!! 
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To add to this, the poly's are actually inverted (facing inward) I've had this happen myself when exporting from 3DS Max to various game engines|
Originally Posted by Shadowblaze
Ok, Dink, you are freaking awesome.
If you're still looking at this thread tomorrow and see this, is there any way you could maybe also fix the Gunslinger bows sometime? They're all taking the transparency from the veil and just look really, really awful. *cough* Maybe make some no-veil options too. *cough* Again, though, Dink, you are really making yourself everyone's favorite dev lol. |
Additionally: Than you _so_ much for porting these pieces, really, really makes me happy
If we've already purchased the packs, we won't have to pay extra for these parts will we?
Brawling Cactus from a distant planet.
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No. Zwillinger already clarified that upthread.
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Originally Posted by CactusBrawler
If we've already purchased the packs, we won't have to pay extra for these parts will we?
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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Ah good, I'm running low on points as it already.
Brawling Cactus from a distant planet.
Females... Baron Jacket... females... baron jacket.... feMaLes... B-bARo-n-n-n JaCkeT-Et-ET-eT-t...
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Wait, where was I? Ah, yes! That is most excellent news. Not only have the Gunslinger changes meant I shall be picking the pack up, but now Special Operations Unit N can finally be all dressed in similar uniforms! Hochstapler, Gail's Force and Chromagia no longer must lack the distinctive, Military Overcoat stylings of the Baron Jacket.
In summary then:
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Uh...what?|
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
I'm losing developer time, apparently. Given this latest development, it now means that the developers are now "wasting time" on costume options that 2/3 of the models in the game can't use, since they've decided to forgo their traditional 2/3 get A and 1/3 gets B and allowed for 3/3 to get A and 1/3 STILL gets B.
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No. Just no.
Before, it was M/H get A and F get B. Or M/F/H get A.
Now it's ALL get A AND F get B.
You are losing nothing.
Not to mention Dink did this in her spare time! This is exactly the same bleeding stupid argument people wailed about when Walk came out, despite BaBs working on it in his free time!
Sheesh...
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Wootles McBootles!|
Originally Posted by Dink
Hey Guys,
Just wanted to let you know that I am very excited to bring to you something that you have been asking for, for a long time... By some small miracle I had some spare time in my schedule in this milestone. So rather than spend the day twiddling my thumbs, I have ported the following Costume Pieces over to female: |
Thanks!
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YOU ROCK!!!
Thank you thank you thank you thank you!
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Awesome News!!!!!!!!! Awe-some....
Wil be so handy... just hope you port more things female > male and male > female when you have another of these 'free' days.
Be carefull of the popularity you gain doing this though. We are known to smother with hugs.
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Okay Dink is now my favourite red name ever.
Sorry Zwill, you keep bringing us bad news, but Dink brings us presents. 
Brawling Cactus from a distant planet.
I cant believe those ungrateful guys complaining because an art dev worked on porting highly requested costume pieces on her FREE time.
She is working for something we want! What a shame....
With people like you guys, they would probably never do it again, because they will see it as a waste of their FREE time.
Grow up!
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I like you, Chad, but this just sounds a bit dog-in-the-manger and Scroogey. You've still got what you always had with the Gunslinger Pack. When it came out first, were you saying 'this doesn't havbe enough Male or Huge costume pieces'?|
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
The part where it's not fair to those of us with a stable of predominantly male characters, and my $5 only buys my favorite characters 1 costume when it'll buy someone else 2, and we paid for the exact same thing...?
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If not, then what's your beef? Dink did it for free in her lunchbreaks or whatever.
As for stealing dev time, look at it this way: This action has given NC more revenue, since quite a few posters here incl me are now buying said pack when we hadn't before. More revenue = more stuff for us all in the future.
It's an investment!
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
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Wow! I am honestly shocked! I truly thought we'd never see any "go back and fix a few things" type of updates. I really thought we'd only see more of the "push the new new new!"
All I can say is thank you! I'm glad I was wrong! And I hope that more consideration like this will be seen in the future as time permits!
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I am pretty upset too. I think more people would voice that they are upset if Zwill (and several others) didn't throw e-tomatoes at the first person who said something.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Hyperbole. I'm still upset, and since I'm pretty sure everyone is laughing at my expense anyway, I might as well tell a few jokes.
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Originally Posted by Zyphoid
I am pretty upset too. I think more people would voice that they are upset if Zwill (and several others) didn't throw e-tomatoes at the first person who said something.
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Did you guys totally miss the part where Dink worked on this IN HER FREE TIME? Yes, I feel caps are justified, because people are talking about 'development time' where there technically was none.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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Actually, as has now been said several time, you've not lost ANY developer time at all, so get out of that whaaambulance you rode in on and say thank-you to Dink for using her FREE TIME to give us more options!
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
I'm losing developer time, apparently. Given this latest development, it now means that the developers are now "wasting time" on costume options that 2/3 of the models in the game can't use, since they've decided to forgo their traditional 2/3 get A and 1/3 gets B and allowed for 3/3 to get A and 1/3 STILL gets B.
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@FloatingFatMan
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Zwill could do with being a touch more professional, after all how many times have the devs thought they were being funny and ended up off the cuff offending some one?
Without starting on what J used to post, there have been a fair few.
Brawling Cactus from a distant planet.
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No I got that she did it in her free time, and I think that is awesome. My issue is what I saw becoming a trend with the Carnie pack. They really couldn't give masks and a sash to the two other models? |
Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Warning: Detecting Serious sense of humour failure in drives 2, 3, 4 and 9.
Did you guys totally miss the part where Dink worked on this IN HER FREE TIME? Yes, I feel caps are justified, because people are talking about 'development time' where there technically was none. |
I really don't care if the female models get unique parts, and the male parts. What bothers me is that I read males are never going to get unique parts again. What bothers me is that it is ok to complain about gender equality when females are the underdog, but as soon as males say something they are shouted down, and by an effin community rep none the less.
I like fairness and equality. I just feel that is no longer something the devs care about.
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Dink, you just won me over. I was expecting a statement along the lines of clipping being fixed, but this.... this is way better! You are the awesome!
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These bonus pieces go a long way to correct the imbalances and conceptual misfires in the original packs that players complained about. The devs listened and promised to take their criticisms into account in future, so we can look forward to better balanced and thematically coherent packs, e.g. the sci-fi and the elemental packs. Why complain about how a pair of jeans will get more use for someone whose office has "casual Fridays" than someone who always wears a suit during the working week? |
Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
The part where it's not fair to those of us with a stable of predominantly male characters, and my $5 only buys my favorite characters 1 costume when it'll buy someone else 2, and we paid for the exact same thing...?
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Oh, and I have overwhelmingly male chars (regular build) among my numerous alts, and I'm perfectly happy with these updates. They mean much more to other players than any perceived slight toward my preferences.
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Did you complain equally when the Gunslinger pack came out and dressed females as call girls rather then what the pack was meant to be all about? All this is doing is addressing an "injustice" in an earlier couple of packs.|
Originally Posted by Zyphoid
No I got that she did it in her free time, and I think that is awesome. My issue is what I saw becoming a trend with the Carnie pack. They really couldn't give masks and a sash to the two other models?
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As for the Carnie stuff, whilst yes I agree that the sash could go on males, there are NO Carnie males that wear the harlequin masks. They wear buckets on their heads. The pack needs to be relevant to the theme it's for as well as gender equal.
Personally, I think they should correct one BIG annoyance and give all three models a proper Kheldian sash rather than making us use the Carnie one which barely suffices.
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