Discussion: Issue 23: Where Shadows Lie goes Live on 5/31/12!
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Posted on: 2012-05-30 10:18 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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You know, they've explained this quite a lot. You can still get them for a limited time after I23 goes live, and then somewhat later they will be released via a different method. |
Originally Posted by Doctor_Darklove
I really hope they bring back the tier 9 rewards :P I was so close to getting them, now they are going away
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Or, you could just get them now.
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Originally Posted by Ogi
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I have seen but a few of these posts about people complaining that devs are making travel more "convenient" for others, but there seem to be a select few that have an issue with it and thematically call it random...|
Originally Posted by SoyLeyenda
Is anyone else of two minds on the whole portal system?
One of the things I like about Paragon City is that it has placement. Perez Park is South of Steel Canyon, which is south of Boom Town. Atlas is West of Perez. The zones flow. All the zones make up the city. The Rogue Isles are just some random places connected by boat in the least convenient way possible. There's no structure, and all you have to remember is that you have to go to the boats to get anywhere. This is one major reason why I dislike redside so much. Then Vanguard & the metro unification came to Paragon, and it saved Founder's Falls. Yay for travel that fits into the world. Mostly. It's organized: You have to go to the vanguard centers & the metro is just more convenient. And having Oro means we see level fifties outside Peregrine Island. And it's a place of it's own. A Hub. There's stuff you can do there. Honest! Go look it up. But now we just lay down portals all over the universe willy-nilly. No hubs, no centers, no metros, no boats. No gathering places, no flow, no continuity. Might as well just make random unconnected zones, just like in all those games that haven't been around for 8 years. I'd like a North Pole Zone, and a Mount Everest Zone and a Marianas Trench zone and a Valles Marineris zone while we're throwing away the city, plz. Anyway, I'll use'em, and I'll appreciate the time savings, but I won't like'em. Not a bit. |
The way I see it, if you don't like em, don't use em. Pretend like they are not there. After all, we are playing a MMORPG, where we pretend we are heroes/villains, just do the same with the portals...
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You should try it. My uh, educated guess, is that you'll find the task force contact has magically changed appearance and name, but you'll still be able to continue on it.
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Originally Posted by GadgetDon
I'm tempted to start an STF tonight, but not finish it. With a character that I don't mind if it's unplayable for a while
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Oh yes. Very much so. And you did a good job of explaining why.
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Originally Posted by SoyLeyenda
Is anyone else of two minds on the whole portal system?
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I can only echo the eloquence above.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Going live tomorrow, woot!
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Logging in on beta now to check to see if todays patch fixed it as was still making me crash last week.|
Originally Posted by fallenz
Have they fixed the crash issue with Cole's personal mission or is still crash to desktop if you use his nuke?
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This is one of those bugs that warrant holding an issue back until fixed imo
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We all know they usually shoot for Tuesday releases but there have been a couple of Thursday releases which worked reasonably well in the past. The precedent for this is established.|
Originally Posted by St_Angelius
Ummmm, thursday issue release? Is this really wise??? not saying it won't be great if all goes swimmingly, just questioning the wisdom!
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This Issue was effectively ready to go a couple of weeks ago but they stumbled over a couple of last minute bugs that held them up a bit longer. From what I've seen this Issue now appears to be as solid as any other so it doesn't seem overly risky to push it out the door now.
Let's just say I'm not extremely surprised to see this one get a Thursday launch date.
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Just ran the mission and indeed it still makes you crash if you use the nuke |
Originally Posted by EU_Damz
Logging in on beta now to check to see if todays patch fixed it as was still making me crash last week.
This is one of those bugs that warrant holding an issue back until fixed imo |
Guess i'll put a notice on Union Chats MoTD so people know to avoid it
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Your post is the first I heard of it, but I just now read all about it and now I am of two minds: I can't decide whether it's the best thing ever in the game or only one of the top two or three best things ever.|
Originally Posted by SoyLeyenda
Is anyone else of two minds on the whole portal system?
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Calling it a "Quality of Life Upgrade" is an understatement. I cheer every time the devs take away another artificial obstacle to enjoying the game. I'm not interested in playing City of Commuters or City of You Can't Get There From Here. I want to play a superhero comic book role-playing game set in a universe where things like this portal system would absolutely exist.
I also like how it's one more way that they're making Atlas Park not only relevant, but also the undisputed center of the city. And if so many services are going to be available in (and, in some cases, only in) Atlas Park -- as they should be -- then, yes, definitely make it as instantly accessible as possible, thanks. Just like it should be in a superhero comic book world.
And I agree with the idea that if you don't like it, don't use it. If I didn't like it, I wouldn't use it. But I already love it and I can't wait to use it.
New release on a Thursday? Are you mad?! I would have expected to see a release on a Tuesday, like after the last Statesman TF and Lord Recluse SF with Statesman in it, not the "New" modified ones for the weekend.
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Thematically it is random. Would equally convenient portal buildings be any different? Put the currently non-existent 2nd floor into the new City Hall and put the portals there. Any sufficiently advanced technology might still do better with a roof to keep the weather and invasion spawns out.
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Originally Posted by Razai
I have seen but a few of these posts about people complaining that devs are making travel more "convenient" for others, but there seem to be a select few that have an issue with it and thematically call it random...
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I'm hard-pressed to understand why you'd find the Rogue Isles any less coherent than Paragon City. As a collection of islands, yes using ferries and where available, helicopters, to travel makes perfect sense. There is a map of how the Isles are laid out, just as there is of the City zones; it's not like they're free-floating rocks wandering around the Atlantic. IMO, the islands are at least as thematically connected with each other as any of the zones in Paragon City. That is of course, just my opinion and yours obviously differs.|
Originally Posted by SoyLeyenda
Is anyone else of two minds on the whole portal system?
One of the things I like about Paragon City is that it has placement. Perez Park is South of Steel Canyon, which is south of Boom Town. Atlas is West of Perez. The zones flow. All the zones make up the city. The Rogue Isles are just some random places connected by boat in the least convenient way possible. There's no structure, and all you have to remember is that you have to go to the boats to get anywhere. This is one major reason why I dislike redside so much. |
As to the new tunnel system, I'm all for getting from one place to another as easily as possible. My only slight worry is that the tunnels might use the same effect as the Shadowed Paths in First Ward (granted I haven't checked this out on beta). That's only because entering one of the Shadowed Paths can come dangerously close to triggering my motion sickness, but I can usually tolerate it.
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The WTF should automagically update from the STF to the MLTF with tomorrow's patch. |
Originally Posted by Hulkman
Excited as I am to have new shinies to play with tomorrow, will this affect the STF being the WST for this week? Wasn't i23 supposed to turn it into Penelope Yins TF?
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Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
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So it wasn't one last hurrah for Statesman, it's a statement of how the devs have murdered and replaced him. I see how it is.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
The WTF should automagically update from the STF to the MLTF with tomorrow's patch.
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I'm pretty sure that Rula-Wade did the murdering.
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Originally Posted by Agent White
So it wasn't one last hurrah for Statesman, it's a statement of how the devs have murdered and replaced him. I see how it is.
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Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
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We'll give him one last week of being in the spotlight . . . . . . *BANG* sorry but we've cut you short again! |
Originally Posted by Agent White
So it wasn't one last hurrah for Statesman, it's a statement of how the devs have murdered and replaced him. I see how it is.
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I kinda love it
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The Positron model in Steel Canyon is also being upgraded to change him from holding his helmet under his arm to holding Statesman's bleeding head.
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Originally Posted by Agent White
So it wasn't one last hurrah for Statesman, it's a statement of how the devs have murdered and replaced him. I see how it is.
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Fix'ed|
Originally Posted by Zwillinger
The *WTF* should automagically update from the STF to the MiLF with tomorrow's patch.
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And... Yay for I23!
Edit: it's WSF, btw.
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Originally Posted by SoyLeyenda
Is anyone else of two minds on the whole portal system?
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Nope, I love faster travel.
If there was a power that allowed me to tp to the mission entrance and it was up (able to be used) every 30s, I'd get it and use it every time.
I've seen it all (scenery) by the time a new issue hits live so...meh.
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With the addition of the portals will or have beacons been placed in Imperial city, Night ward, First ward etc for Base teleporters?
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Cool.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
The Positron model in Steel Canyon is also being upgraded to change him from holding his helmet under his arm to holding Statesman's bleeding head.
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I really hope they bring back the tier 9 rewards :P I was so close to getting them, now they are going away