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Next Teaser of i24

2short2care

By 2short2care,
Posted on: 2012-08-03 10:11 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by Elric View Post
With issue 24 they said there will be power pool customization including minimal FX for travel powers.
And they are suggesting that this takes place in space. Trust me they wont do a zone only for one mish. sooner or later all will be reused.

 

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Originally Posted by Master0fCeremony View Post
+1

Maybe Cole's Nuke blew up parts of praetorian zones right into the orbit.
Mmh, no to easy...
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAYY another outer space zone and map!!!!


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I know the writing team enjoys Praetoria because it was a chance for them to start more or less fresh, without the burden of years' worth of accumulated ideas from the original setting, but I really am starting to get weary of it, no matter what the quality of the story. (It should be noted that unlike others, I think the Praetorian storyline has been mostly entertaining and well-done.)

In an unrelated matter, clock towers are fun. We need more in this game, in my opinion.

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An alternative could be the remains of Praetoian Vanessa's mind that are accessed via her mask that Desdemona's now wearing.

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Originally Posted by Agent White View Post
I'm aware, which is why I suggested that as an option. But the upside down building and floating warwalker suggest it could be otherwise too. They ARE in the flight poses. But it might not be because they're -using- flight powers.
Well the obvious way to simulate an area with no gravity would be to have a zone-wide power that buffs flight speed while providing a very heavy run speed and jump speed/height debuff with no visuals. That way characters can maneuver freely in three dimensions without needing flight but won't be able to cheat and run around on the "ground". Of course such a zone would really, really suck for certain powersets such as Traps and Earth Control.

Of course if you wanted maximum realism you could just apply the debuff portions of it and make characters buy a Raptor Pack .

 

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Originally Posted by Olantern View Post
I know the writing team enjoys Praetoria because it was a chance for them to start more or less fresh, without the burden of years' worth of accumulated ideas from the original setting, but I really am starting to get weary of it, no matter what the quality of the story. (It should be noted that unlike others, I think the Praetorian storyline has been mostly entertaining and well-done.)

In an unrelated matter, clock towers are fun. We need more in this game, in my opinion.
We were told in Positron's annual address back in.. march? April? That 24 is the Praetorian wrap up (For now. They've at least left it open for them to return if they want to). From 25 on we'll be starting up the Battalion storyline

 

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The idea of Praetorian Penny's mind seems to fit the picture. Could it be that "fix everything" also refers to the loose plot threads from the Praetorian storyline? There seem to be more than a few.

I think that I have run all the Praetorian arcs and missions now but there still seem to be missing pieces. Have not run the new SSA though.

My questions are:
(possibly spoiler-ish for some people)
What happened to Penny after she talked to you in the Night Ward mission?
Who are the angelic figures seen around Night Ward?
Now that the Resistance has won, is everyone screwed when Hamidon returns?
Pendragon's got to figure into some new storyline.
Where are the various key figures in Praetoria now, Loyalist or Resistance? (I loved seeing many of them in the Emperors Sword arc.)

Anyone else have loose plot threads that need to be "fixed" in i24?

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Originally Posted by Neutron_Star View Post
What happened to Penny after she talked to you in the Night Ward mission?
Play the MoM Trial and find out

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Am I the only one that thinks maybe that is not a War Walker in the background, but maybe you can customize your robot mm pets in I24.

Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!

 

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Originally Posted by Neutron_Star View Post
The idea of Praetorian Penny's mind seems to fit the picture. Could it be that "fix everything" also refers to the loose plot threads from the Praetorian storyline? There seem to be more than a few.

I think that I have run all the Praetorian arcs and missions now but there still seem to be missing pieces. Have not run the new SSA though.

My questions are:
(possibly spoiler-ish for some people)
What happened to Penny after she talked to you in the Night Ward mission?
Who are the angelic figures seen around Night Ward?
Now that the Resistance has won, is everyone screwed when Hamidon returns?
Pendragon's got to figure into some new storyline.
Where are the various key figures in Praetoria now, Loyalist or Resistance? (I loved seeing many of them in the Emperors Sword arc.)

Anyone else have loose plot threads that need to be "fixed" in i24?
Please stop saying fix. That was an offhand joke about the issue and not a serious statement in any way. Repeatedly using it is just setting up expectations for people that don't understand that and spreading the disinformation.

 

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Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
Play the MoM Trial and find out
I have and thought her story was kind of resolved. Although the trial is pretty chaotic and it's hard to follow the specifics of the storyline. The wiki does not have all the dialogue and exposition from the NPCs transcribed yet it seems. (Not a critique, ParagonWiki is a god-send!)

But then, in Night Ward which I think comes after MoM in the story, she shows up again still playing out the children's story theme. That seemed odd to me or maybe I did not catch on to the pertinent plot details.

This is a general nit pick for me regarding the Praetorian story as well as the Incarnate story. It has gotten so involved that I am losing track of things. Without the wiki I find it hard to go back and review things in-game. I appreciate Prometheus' dialogue tree but even that has become difficult to follow. Might just be a challenge inherent in MMO storytelling.

Sorry to derail thread. Hopefully these teasers and i24 clear some of this up for folks like me. Can't wait!

BTW - just saying "fix" in a tongue in check way. Thus the quotation marks. I totally agree that it would be too much to expect a comprehensive laundry list of fixes. I agree it's fair to let a dev make a joke without it leading to crushing disappointment amongst the player base. I simply hope i24 cleans up some of the loose ends.

Neutron-Star
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Originally Posted by Neutron_Star View Post
But then, in Night Ward which I think comes after MoM in the story, she shows up again still playing out the children's story theme. That seemed odd to me or maybe I did not catch on to the pertinent plot details.
In general lower level content is assumed to come before higher level content. There are a few places where this gets screwed up but as far as I know Night Ward comes before all of the Incarnate Trials.

 

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Originally Posted by Neutron_Star View Post
But then, in Night Ward which I think comes after MoM
No it does not. It chronologically takes place BEFORE MoM even though it was added later. That's the whole timeline-by-level thing that was argued in the other thread.

 

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Originally Posted by Neutron_Star View Post
I have and thought her story was kind of resolved. Although the trial is pretty chaotic and it's hard to follow the specifics of the storyline. The wiki does not have all the dialogue and exposition from the NPCs transcribed yet it seems. (Not a critique, ParagonWiki is a god-send!)

But then, in Night Ward which I think comes after MoM in the story, she shows up again still playing out the children's story theme. That seemed odd to me or maybe I did not catch on to the pertinent plot details.

This is a general nit pick for me regarding the Praetorian story as well as the Incarnate story. It has gotten so involved that I am losing track of things. Without the wiki I find it hard to go back and review things in-game. I appreciate Prometheus' dialogue tree but even that has become difficult to follow. Might just be a challenge inherent in MMO storytelling.
You're actually making it more complicated than it is. The story follows the leveling path, essentially.

Praetoria, First Ward, and Night Ward all happen -before- the iTrials. The iTrials all happen in order of release.

So it goes Praetoria, First Ward, NightWard -> gap -> Itrials (including MoM)

So when you talk to Penny in Night Ward she's still trapped in the Asylum, much like Malaise was still not 100% unhinged.

 

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Originally Posted by Neutron_Star View Post
But then, in Night Ward which I think comes after MoM in the story
Night Ward is 30-39, and happens before the Incarnate and Praetorian war storyline, as well as before the Maria Jenkins arc.

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There is only one response to this.

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I guess I misunderstood Mr. Miller's statement about "wrapping up" the Praetorian storyline (I figured it meant Praetoria would play only a minor role in i24), but it makes sense now.

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Originally Posted by Agent White View Post
Please stop saying fix. That was an offhand joke about the issue and not a serious statement in any way. Repeatedly using it is just setting up expectations for people that don't understand that and spreading the disinformation.
Seconded. (Though I gave the same caveat early on and got my head bitten off for saying so.)

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Originally Posted by Neutron_Star View Post
The idea of Praetorian Penny's mind seems to fit the picture. Could it be that "fix everything" also refers to the loose plot threads from the Praetorian storyline? There seem to be more than a few.

I think that I have run all the Praetorian arcs and missions now but there still seem to be missing pieces. Have not run the new SSA though.

My questions are:
(possibly spoiler-ish for some people)
What happened to Penny after she talked to you in the Night Ward mission?
Who are the angelic figures seen around Night Ward?
Now that the Resistance has won, is everyone screwed when Hamidon returns?
Pendragon's got to figure into some new storyline.
Where are the various key figures in Praetoria now, Loyalist or Resistance? (I loved seeing many of them in the Emperors Sword arc.)

Anyone else have loose plot threads that need to be "fixed" in i24?
Is there a Praetorian Blue Steel, W.I.S.D.O.M., or Castle, Scirocco, Captain Mako or Black Scorpion? Are they not that important? Maybe they died fighting the Hamidon Wars?

Will we, if not in I24, then eventually fight Praetorian Hamidon?

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Actually, that picture reminds me of that scene from the comics where that Circle mage puts Sister Psyche (and the rest of the Freedom Phalanx) to sleep.

ftp://ftp.coh.com/comics/topcow/comic_06.pdf

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Who are the angelic figures seen around Night Ward?
I've not seen these - if someone spots them, would you be willing to demorecord it for me?

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Originally Posted by dark_respite View Post
i've not seen these - if someone spots them, would you be willing to demorecord it for me?

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Originally Posted by zombie man View Post
when i saw an angel of mercy (who looked mostly like the angel of vengeance at the top of this thread), i did a demorecord:

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0   1311 new "angel of mercy"
0   1311 npc npc_angel_vengeance_female_02
0   1311 pos -1182 119.140625 -12
0   1311 pyr 0 -1.178097 -0
0   1311 mov observe 0

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There's a little bit more Angel info here:

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Angels

The few bits of text they say are quite interesting regarding who they might be talking about.
Interesting never knew about those.