Just a quick one here. I have limited access to the forums since I'm "only" premium at the moment.
I've been in-game just now talking with friends. I thought I'd share a little chunk of chatlog for you from our personal channel (that's "The Legendary" tags)
[The Legendary]Atlantea: You know... damnit. It's the small things that really get me. CO and DCUO are good ACTION games. But they really aren't good ROLEPLAYING games. COH has THE. BEST. CHAT. SYSTEM. of all time.
[The Legendary]Ankhani: Agreed.
[The Legendary]Atlantea: And just that little ability to type in "/afk for food and drink" And SEE "For Food and Drink" in the bubble above your head and know that if anyone PMs you that they'll see that same message?
The Legendary]Atlantea: That's golden. That's someone thinking about the small things. That's a dev who - year and years ago, coded that. And he or she probably thought "How many games have I been in where I could've used that?"
[The Legendary]Atlantea: And they put it in.
[The Legendary]Music To Live By: That's one of the things that kills me about all of this. The best offering in the genre - and one that's profitable, to boot! - is shutting down, while the competitors that don't measure up will still be running.
[The Legendary]Atlantea: And it's just... damnit... scuze me.....
[The Legendary]Atlantea: Sorry.... had to pause and well... you know....
[The Legendary]Music To Live By: ::hugs At::
[The Legendary]Atlantea: *hugs*
[The Legendary]Atlantea: I was saying earlier today - "Go. Hunt. Kill Skuls." I mean - what OTHER dev team would put a FORUM GAG into the game like that? But someone would get that badge and go... "Huh? Can someone explain that to me?"
[The Legendary]Atlantea: If they weren't there you know?
[The Legendary]Atlantea: And INVARIABLY. Someone in the game would KNOW. And would TELL THEM.
[The Legendary]Atlantea: And they'd -get- it. And they'd think it was awesome too. Just because it was! You know?
[The Legendary]Atlantea: Ascendant - who hasn't heard of his one-sided phone calls? The devs sure did.
The Legendary]Atlantea: And sometimes when you walk into the tram station, there will be an NPC nearby and if you're paying attention, they'll be saying, "Ascendant who? I'm sorry, you have a wrong number."
[The Legendary]Atlantea: WHO ELSE DOES THAT? NOBODY!
Just a quick one here. I have limited access to the forums since I'm "only" premium at the moment.
I've been in-game just now talking with friends. I thought I'd share a little chunk of chatlog for you from our personal channel (that's "The Legendary" tags)
[The Legendary]Atlantea: You know... damnit. It's the small things that really get me. CO and DCUO are good ACTION games. But they really aren't good ROLEPLAYING games. COH has THE. BEST. CHAT. SYSTEM. of all time.
[The Legendary]Ankhani: Agreed.
[The Legendary]Atlantea: And just that little ability to type in "/afk for food and drink" And SEE "For Food and Drink" in the bubble above your head and know that if anyone PMs you that they'll see that same message?
The Legendary]Atlantea: That's golden. That's someone thinking about the small things. That's a dev who - year and years ago, coded that. And he or she probably thought "How many games have I been in where I could've used that?"
[The Legendary]Atlantea: And they put it in.
[The Legendary]Music To Live By: That's one of the things that kills me about all of this. The best offering in the genre - and one that's profitable, to boot! - is shutting down, while the competitors that don't measure up will still be running.
[The Legendary]Atlantea: And it's just... damnit... scuze me.....
[The Legendary]Atlantea: Sorry.... had to pause and well... you know....
[The Legendary]Music To Live By: ::hugs At::
[The Legendary]Atlantea: *hugs*
[The Legendary]Atlantea: I was saying earlier today - "Go. Hunt. Kill Skuls." I mean - what OTHER dev team would put a FORUM GAG into the game like that? But someone would get that badge and go... "Huh? Can someone explain that to me?"
[The Legendary]Atlantea: If they weren't there you know?
[The Legendary]Atlantea: And INVARIABLY. Someone in the game would KNOW. And would TELL THEM.
[The Legendary]Atlantea: And they'd -get- it. And they'd think it was awesome too. Just because it was! You know?
[The Legendary]Atlantea: Ascendant - who hasn't heard of his one-sided phone calls? The devs sure did.
The Legendary]Atlantea: And sometimes when you walk into the tram station, there will be an NPC nearby and if you're paying attention, they'll be saying, "Ascendant who? I'm sorry, you have a wrong number."
[The Legendary]Atlantea: WHO ELSE DOES THAT? NOBODY!
Nobody.