Spring 2012 Freedom Player Summit Keynote Presentation
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Alpha_XBS,
Posted on: 2012-05-07 15:35 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
dat robot arm
and tights
we need them
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Originally Posted by Nihilii
This thing is clunky and hard to use. Anyone care to summarize the information in a text format?
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** I Left introductions & Schedule off the list below
Paragon Studios City of Heroes Player Summit
April 28th, 2012
Workshops
Retro Sci-Fi
Paragon Rewards Program
New Tier 9 VIP Costume
Mecha Armor
The Mecha Armor Costume Set
PX-17N SUPERNOVA (Glowing Sword)
SK-2 SHRIKE WINGS (Tech Wings)
L-5 HYPER RIFLE
VK-99 EVENT HORIZON (Glowing Titan Weapon Sword)
RAD-X PISTOL
RG-BLADES (Glowing Dual Blades)
AB7 AFTERBURN JETPACK
The Mecha Armor costume set turns you into the sleek giant robot or high-tech warrior youve always dreamed of, elect from a new sword, rifle, backpack, and wings offered in this latest free costume set available only to VIP players as part of the Paragon Rewards program.
**A Bunch of Action Pics wearing the Mecha Outfit
Super Packs!
Super Pack 2: Rogues and Vigilantes
**Silhouette of a Cyborg Pirate
Issue 23: Where Shadows Lie
Incarnate System
Incarnate Slot: Hybrid
Incarnate Trial: Magisterium
** Pictures of a Destroyed Praetoria
Free VIP Costumes
Leather Armor
Chainmail
TUNNEL System
New Zone: Night Ward
** Picture of P. Yin punching Shadowhunter
Story
** Pictures of Night Ward
Enemies
**More Pics
Contacts
Katie Douglas
Mistress Maria
Sir Bedwyr
Hellewise
Ksenia Stray
Whispering Coyote
The Magician
Mercedes Sheldon
Montague
Ward
Soon TM
Power Sets
Nature Affinity
Defenders, Controllers, Corruptors, Masterminds
- Corrosive Sap
- Regrowth
- Wild Growth
- Spore Cloud
- Lifegiving Spores
- Wild Bastion
- Rebirth
- Raging Tempest
- Overgrowth
Location targeted buffs and some debuffs
Bloom mechanic, stacks will give a bonus to healing to affected characters
Bio Armor
Tankers, Stalkers, Scrappers, Brutes
- Hardened Carapace
- Heightened Metabolism
- Environmental Adaptation
- Evolving Armor
- Ablative Carapace
- DNA Siphon
- Genetic Contamination
- Inexhaustible
- Parasitic Aura
- Improved Mitosis (Stalker Only)
- Genetic Corruption (Stalker Only)
Short bursts of extreme survivability
Adds a Damage Absorption mechanic
Water Blast
Blasters, Corruptors, Defenders
- Aqua Bolt
- Hydro Blast
- Water Burst
- Whirlpool
- Tidal Forces
- Dehydrate
- Water Jet
- Steam Spray
- Geyser
Balanced amount of Single Target and AOE
-Speed and/or Defense effects
Build Tidal Power with many attacks, spend it to make other attacks more powerful
Upcoming Market Items
Amplifiers (1 hour, 4 hours, 8 hours)
More Enhancement Trays
Costumes
Cyberpunk
** Pictures of Cyberpunk
New Tights
**Picture of Tights
New Annual Event
Summer Blockbuster Double Feature
Casino Heist
Time Gladiator
**Pictures of Event
Questions & Answers
Noticing the order in which the upcoming stuff was presented:
New Power Sets-> New Costume Sets-> Summer Event
This doesn't mean the new Power Sets are coming before summer, does it? The devs just presented the new content in whatever order they felt like, right?
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TO THE END!Villains are those who dedicate their lives to causing mayhem. Villians are people from the planet Villia!
The 3 power sets mentioned will be out roughly within the next 6 months or so - Retro Sci-Fi is coming out in June, and the summer event is starting after I23.
@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
The 3 power sets mentioned will be out roughly within the next 6 months or so - Retro Sci-Fi is coming out in June, and the summer event is starting after I23.
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Water Blast August 21, 2012.. thanks GG
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Clunky and hard to use?|
Originally Posted by Nihilii
This thing is clunky and hard to use. Anyone care to summarize the information in a text format?
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How hard is it to click a forward arrow or a back arrow?
I guess it would be hard to use if you took an arrow to the mouse hand, but otherwise?
I'm on a slow wireless ISP connection and I can easily click those arrows.
This sounds much like the complaints by some of my staff for software they haven't even tried to use.
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.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
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I have actually tried the presentation, far clunkier to use than text.|
Originally Posted by Texas Justice
This sounds much like the complaints by some of my staff for software they haven't even tried to use.
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The swooping around is cool the first couple of clicks but then it doesn't make up for the tiny amount of information displayed at once. Hero_of_Steel's summary is much more readable. Also text doesn't need a plugin to be installed.
Hero_of_Steel - thank you very much!
Texas Justice - It took me 20 seconds to scan what Hero_of_Steel posted for the information I find interesting. With that other interface, in 20 seconds I only managed to load it up and figure it out. Beyond that, I have to either guesswork what each feature is based on a minimized picture, zoom on it, which takes a good second on my computer), or go through the entire thing, which, again, is one second per change alone, plus the time it takes me to process the information each time.
You can claim I just need to give the interface more time, but my own take on it is, why would I want to "learn" a new interface if I can get the information faster in a more traditional format? New isn't always better by virtue of being new, and if your only retort to my concerns based on hard data is to dismiss my experience as lies or some supposed physical handicap, you're going to have a hard time making me see the errors of my ways.
...And, yes, as you can guess, I tend to be on the other side at work; and, since we're exchanging pleasantries, from my perspective too many IT folks just seem to care too much about technical accomplishments and too little about actual efficiency.
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That bolded part is actually the crux of the problem. You were only wanting to scan to find what you were interested in, but that wasn't your complaint. You're complaint was that the interface was clunky and hard to use, which is frankly rubbish. This latest statement actually shows why you wanted someone else to do the work to put it into a different format. |
Originally Posted by Nihilii
Hero_of_Steel - thank you very much!
Texas Justice - It took me 20 seconds to scan what Hero_of_Steel posted for the information I find interesting. With that other interface, in 20 seconds I only managed to load it up and figure it out. Beyond that, I have to either guesswork what each feature is based on a minimized picture, zoom on it, which takes a good second on my computer), or go through the entire thing, which, again, is one second per change alone, plus the time it takes me to process the information each time. You can claim I just need to give the interface more time, but my own take on it is, why would I want to "learn" a new interface if I can get the information faster in a more traditional format? New isn't always better by virtue of being new, and if your only retort to my concerns based on hard data is to dismiss my experience as lies or some supposed physical handicap, you're going to have a hard time making me see the errors of my ways. ...And, yes, as you can guess, I tend to be on the other side at work; and, since we're exchanging pleasantries, from my perspective too many IT folks just seem to care too much about technical accomplishments and too little about actual efficiency. |
For the record, I never said you need to give it more time.
I asked how hard it is to click a forward arrow or a back arrow.
That's not having to learn something new. You already use forward and back arrows in browsers and other interfaces.
As for the work stuff, most of what they refuse to try to use is actually more efficient than the way they insist on doing things. They'll go through an 18-stop process to do something manually that takes them 4 steps to do with the software.
I'm not worried about the technical accomplishments that much, I'm more about them getting things done in a simpler and less time-consuming manner.
I also want them to teach their students how to use these tools effectively since that is part of what they are getting paid to do. When they refuse to learn it themselves, they can't teach it to the students.
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.
Black Pebble is my new hero.
From what I understand, you play as yourselves, but the roles you take on are the roles of the 'characters'. (In the casino heist, one of you is the grifter, one is the tech, etc.)
I don't believe it's "you playing as an NPC", if I recall correctly from the actual Pummit (yes, I was there).
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
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