Positron interview at OnRPG.com

I hope it's less than 800pp.

You can make the team chip in, like for gas money.

It's a giant leprechaun that carries the whole team.

Every time I consider putting you on ignore, I remember that you occasionally post gems like this. Thanks for the laugh GG.

And charges you 800 points per player picked up.

I agree, this is one interview that really felt 'real' as the interviewer knew enough to ask some decent questions.

This is still the biggest surprise about that article. Good for them.

The story could be about joining a new SuperGroup since your last one fell apart: The Gritty Stars!

Or maybe Manticore Inc.?

That'll be too slow. Plus I don't want wet feet.

Good interview though

"You got to dig it to dig it, you dig?"
Thelonious Monk

Am I the only one who likes King's Row the way it is?

OK, that's not entirely true. Given my druthers, I would make two changes to it, both of them relatively trivial. I would rewrite the contacts' missions into actual story arcs. And I would replace one of the construction sites with the Cyrus Thompson Community Center from the end of Top Cow comic #6. But other than that? Leave it alone! Go make Steel Canyon less gang-infested, go push the Rikti into the alleys off Founder's Falls, go wrap up the story of Perez Park, give Boomtown at least some blue FEMA tarps, but leave King's Row (mostly) the way it is!

And I'll tell you why: ever since issue 4, stepping off the tram into King's Row is the first minute I feel like I'm actually needed. The people of King's Row need heroes, because, even with Blue Steel standing there, even with Paragon PD headquarters in the zone, it is obvious just walking through it: ever since Statesman bankrupted the King Garment Works for their Family ties, King's Row is the neighborhood that everybody else left behind, that nobody cares about.

When you step into King's Row for the first time, you may be only a level 5 hero, but these people don't even have that much.

When you step into King's Row for the first time, you may not know anything about the Circle of Thorns and the war of the gods, and you may not know anything about which of the city's many villain groups and corporations are Nemesis plots. But those are two of the main long-running story lines (the other two being Arachnos and the Fifth Column/Council conspiracy), and the clues that break both start with gang and street-crime crackdowns in King's Row. When you're level 5, you're so far back in the storyline that none of your contacts know anything; the time you spent street-sweeping in KR is why, thanks to you, your later contacts know enough to help you crack the conspiracies.

I love King's Row. Update the story tech, fill in the one missing building, but please, leave the rest of it the way it is!

Did I miss something? I didn't notice any story in DiB at all outside of "go there, kill stuffs". And yes, I read the briefings that the Longbow commander was giving. Or at least...I thought I did.

Actually, as much as I love seeing the terrible, old buildings in this game get replaced, I have to agree that Kings Row does an outstanding job as is conveying that feeling of it being a slummish, back alley part of Paragon City. I only have a couple issues with it, one being I wish the police HQ had an awesome interior, kind of like City Hall only filled with all sorts of police officers and superheroes not obsessed with glory, but hard at work. That way it's a real nice contrast to Atlas Park's NPC heroes. That, and there needs to be more community buildings, like you mentioned. Maybe even toss in a couple of those dingy apartment buildings the new AP got. They'd fit in real well.

But I'd honestly love to see Kings Row get a new, actual story arc involving PPD, gang wars and violence, drug smuggling and distribution, and an overall behind-the-scenes plot that alludes to higher level content and enemy groups without actually having you come in contact with them just yet. Hell, even toss in some Crey and start actually having Crey be "good guys" in the public image like they're supposed to be, while they conduct secret crimes in the background.

You can also talk to the first few Shivans you rescue.

I'd say they need to revamp all of the story lines period. The zone they can leave alone if they like.

Oh, didn't realize that. Guess I'll have to queue up for one again. Thanks.

Also, thirding Brad and Xzero's sentiments on King's Row. I wouldn't mind a "high res" update, as it were, but I really love the feel of the zone and would hate to see that change. And we definitely need more "good" Crey at low levels, especially since we don't have them playing a role in the tutorial anymore.

Talk to the old Shivans in the CoT rituals - they have a lot of new info

There is enough irony here to build Optimus Prime. Seriously.


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Oh good, they aren't totally ignorant of that fact then. Nice to know, I suppose?

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.

Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Talos needs some attention as it's such a major hub in the game now - and IP could do with a total revamp, including a geographical retcon

Yes. One really good arc that tells the story all the other level 5-10 arcs tell (without the repeats, the sweeps, and FedExes) that leads to a Perez Park Trial.

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.

Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.