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I'm most interested in the Battalion and the further Incarnate war, specifically:

1) What did the Battalion look like? Who were their leaders? Was their goal simply conquest?

2) What were the tenatative plans for Genesis, Mind, Vitae and Omega slots?

3) Were there any plans for characters to ever 'ascend' like Rularuu?

4) What is the group that Prometheus belonged to? What was their goals and motivations?

5) Is Mender Silos good or evil or neither? It seems like Nemesis might have recognized the folly of his ways in his VERY old age, is that true?


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7) What's the deal with Praetorian Infernal? Supposedly Infernal was already from a different dimension, why is there another version of him? Are Praetorian and Primal Infernal from the same dimension, or are there "Praetorian" versions of alternate dimensions?

8) What was the rest of Praetoria like? Aside from the locales we've seen, what was the overall status of the rest of that world? Are other countries like France, Italy, Germany, etc., still around there, or is the majority of the world gone?
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As an extension of question 8 posted by Android - what are the Praetorian Rogue Isles like? Are they similar to our own? who runs them? I always imagined them to be a democratic society (i.e the mirror opposite of Nova Praetoria)


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9. Was there ever going to be a Praetorian Stefan Richter?
This was (sort of) answered at the Player Summit
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Two fates, either really dead, or something else. I know that's lame. But we did write ourselves a back door if we want him to appear in Praetoria, even though we wrote him as dead.
So at the moment, he's dead with the "not until they find the body" clause, more or less (AKA "comic book dead").

Edit: A few of the questions being flung around can also be answered with the Player Summit videos. Here's the thread: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=278530


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Argh, so many come to mind, and then flee instantly before I can type them. Ummm...

1) Would we have seen more of The Clockwork King at higher levels, either as a redesigned entity or as more of the psychic Clockwork from the other dimension? (Plus, there was always the intriguing Metronome aspect of things.)

2) Was there a connection between psychic powers and the dark energies of the netherworld? I've heard some speculation that since so many psychic characters also have darkness powers there might be a connection there (such as with the Carnival of Shadows) or was that just a coincidence?

3) Who can I thank for putting Dr. Clayton Forrester into Grandville, and does his work with Arachnos prevent him from continuing his B-Movie experiments? I imagine Arachnos pays better than Gizmonic ever did, but probably expects more results.

4) Was there ever an in-canon explanation for why Paragon City never seemed to have individual super criminals who were unaffiliated with larger gangs? The Rogues Gallery kind of addressed this eventually, and The Clockwork King is arguably this even if he's spread himself out over an army of toys, but I always wondered why there weren't any, I dunno... "boss-level" giant monsters (as opposed to "giant monster" level ones) spawning as cat burglars mad scientists, etc.

5) When Day Jobs came out, it was said that Day Jobs were not secret identities because there was already another mechanic in mind called Secret Identity, so I was wondering how that was expected to work, exactly.

6) Elite Bosses and Arch Villains and Giant Monsters seemed to populate the upper-tiers of the enemies we could face for quite a while, but then we started seeing more and more regular Monsters showing up, along with ranks that seemed custom-fit to individuals (like Marshal Blitz being a "Marshal" type of enemy.) Given the broad array of capabilities already available for Arch Villains (comparing The Clockwork King to Reichsman paints two very different pictures), was there a reason why it was thought that these characters would need further specification from the others?

7) Do you think that City of Heroes has one particular enemy that you can point to as the "ultimate villain"? While folks like Darren Wade, Rularuu and Mot certainly provide bigger "flash in the pan" threats, they don't have the staying power of others. Lord Nemesis and Lord Recluse would seem to be the obvious choices, but other contenders (like Requiem, The Center, etc.) might also be viable options.

8) The game is absolutely littered with hints that your character is somehow involved in horrible things in the future after gaining great power, from the things said by the temporal echoes in Mender Ramiel's arc to the alternate dimension filled with ghosts who hate you. Was that related to The Coming Storm or Battalion or was it its own thing?

9) Could we get a tree of the different powers in Paragon? It's apparent that Hellions work for Outcasts who work for Warriors, and that Skuls work for/with Trolls who work for the Family, the Family works closely with the Sky Raiders sometimes, the Knives of Artemis work with Malta a lot, and I'm sure that everyone works for Nemesis in one way or another, but I was wondering if there was a specific ladder for the power structure?

10) Were Crey and Aeon up to anything more than collecting battle statistics on heroes and villains with Architect Entertainment?

11) Were there any thoughts on Croatoa getting expanded, or was that place meant to be self contained?

12) Can you provide any details for possible concepts that you had for more City of Villains zones? (I was a bit disappointed when I saw that the city built of boats was just for a task force and not some new Sky Raider-themed CoV locale.)

I'm sure I'll come up with more, but that should do for now.


 

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  1. What is the history (hah!) of Ouroboros?
  2. What is the truth behind the Shadow Shard, and were there further plans for it?
  3. Most of the Praetorian history we learned was through unreliable narrators. Was the rest of the world outside of this tiny pocket destroyed, or did other pockets exist?
  4. Azuria was a powerful mystic, we're told. Why, then, could she never remember to lock the door behind her at night?


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1) was we ever going to get a few more villain only zones and or sf's?
2) What was L.Recluse's plans now statesman had kicked the bucket lol
3) Was Shadow Shard ever in the works/ on the board to be reworked/opened to villains


 

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1)Any pics, vids, sketches of the Battalion that you could show us?

2)Were we ever at any point going to side with or go to war with Ouroboros and Promethius?

3)How did the Rikti fend off the Battalion, and were you going to make an arc on using that info to help us?

4)Incarnate slots. In detail please.

5)Any plans to eventually go to war with Rularuu?

6)Any plans to introduce the "ascension" as a next level system after incarnates?

7)Anyway someone can smeak into the studio and upload ish 24?

8)Any plans for other costume codes?


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1. Re-iterating requests for Rularuu lore. I REALLY want to know.
2. Kheldian lore (been curious since issue 2)
3. Shivan mystery. I dunno, I thought it might of been that 'coming storm', or something close to S**lver S***fer lore.
4. Effects of last few Incarnate powers, and how enemies would evolve in challenge over lvl '50+4' players with league teaming.
5. Hamidon lore and future thoughts.
6. Boomtown's future, and the Steel Canyon construction.
7. Any 'reconstruction' or addition of villain zones?
8. Plans for rockets in Warburg?
9. Whatever happened to that blimp in Atlas Park from early issues?

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Could we hear/see what would have been done with City of Villains if NCSOft hadn't switched to Paragon Studios?


 

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Was Viridian a double agent?


 

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I did post already in the other linked thread, but I realized that I'd forgotten something!


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Because I love half life. And I adore Gman, so that all really, really made me giggle.

Oh yeah and:

** What about the newer music made more specifically for the game? I know that the original was pretty much cut and paste licensed, and I've got all that on my drive, but the newer pieces? Are they available anywhere for download? And a Praetorian Fan Kit?


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Why did Blueside refer to RV as "Recluse's Victory?" Seems kind of defeatist, don't you think?


 

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Not *exactly* lore but (probably already been asked, but I can't scan the entire thread right now <.<):

1. Can you tell us what you had planned for the remaining incarnate powers?
2. Same with the "primal" powerset/archetype.

Lore (also apologies if answered):

1. Scirroco was going Rogue?
2. Manticore was going Vig?
3. Where was Lord Recluse headed, plot wise?


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* Were we going to see more of the fallout of the Second Rikti War at any point? Or was it meant to be something ongoing that could be referred back to at any point?

* Where has Horus (the Kheldian from the Blue King series) been all this time?

* Was Fusionette's origin just meant to give her character or was there plans for the Nuclear 90 too at some point?


 

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Okay, will try to limit my questions to ones that haven't been asked directly, but if one slips through as I'm typing this, my apologies.

1-Is Mr. G's Primal counterpart the Center? If not, who?

2-Is Prometheus the same entity as Ermeeth, the god credited as giving mankind the power of magic?

3-Did Sister Psyche mindride into Manticore right before the moment of her death, potentially allowing her to return one day?

4-Who was Earth's Well before becoming the Well? Can that person possibly be replaced if anything happens to him/her? Has there been more than one Well for Earth?

5-Long ago when we were given to chance to vote on which zones we would most like to see become in-game zones, which three won? Why did the launchpads being constructed in Steel Canyon and Port Oakes never get finished?

6-Which Signature heroes and villains were really Incarnates, beyond the ones we already know about (Statesman, Recluse, Trapdoor, Hero 1, DJ Zero)? Is that how Rularuu went from being a human to what he is currently, or did he somehow Ascend beyond even Incarnate...ness?

7-What's Lady Grey's real origin story?

8-Is Efficiency Expert Pither really a member of the Midnight Club, since he's grouped with them in the staging area for the final battle against Mot?

9-Was the plan for Scirocco to become either a Rogue or a Hero? If so, who would get his Patron position, Mu'Vorkhan, Ice Mistral or someone else?

10-Who is Desdemona's Primal counterpart? Or Dr. Vazhilok's Praetorian counterpart?

11-Was there ever serious consideration given to making the Shadow Shard a co-op zone? Why or why not?

12-What is the truth behind the animosity between the Dream Doctor and Mender Silos?

13-Who really destroyed Ouroborous in the first mission of Mender Ramiel's arc?

14-What exactly were the "powers of Tartarus" that Recluse gained, other than super strength and invulnerability (and apparently the ability to call in nuclear strikes)? If those powers caused Recluse to grow four extra limbs, why didn't that happen to Tyrant?

That's all I can think that haven't already been asked. Thank you immensely for taking the time to answer some of our more esoteric inquiries!


 

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1. Who was Romulus Augustus speaking to / getting his Nictus powers from at the end of the ITF? The easy answer is that it's the Nictus collective or whatever (Requiem's boss), but the dialog doesn't seem to suggest that, especially given Requiem's later power-up (which I asssume is related).

2. How were players originally supposed to meet the Letter Writer? The Dark Astoria arc pretty much came right out and said "the plan changed", and all we knew about the previous plan was that we were supposed to "look for me in the Pillar of Ice and Flame."


 

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1. What was the planned ending for SSA 2 (Pandora's Box)
2. The coming storm, was Batallion the start of it or was there going to be more?
3. NCSoft had the name for City of Heroes 2, what was or would have been the lore for City of Heroes 2?
4. What were the future plans for Praetoria?
5. What were the future plans for Tyrant (Emperor Cole)?
6. What were the future plans for Tyrant's Pratorians?
7. Was there going to be anything plot development wise for Ms. Liberty?



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Probably a silly question but here goes:

Were there ever/or were there ever planned any gay/lesbian heroes in Paragon City? We see quite a few love stories already in game and was curious if that the thought of a same-sex love story/tragedy were ever discussed.


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My questions(I haven't read the others yet. Quite possibly repeats. Just means there's interest!)

OUROBOROS/RELATED:

1) Someone went back in time to screw your character's early adventure up in Outbreak/
Breakout. You mended that with Mender Tesseract, but Who was it, and Why did they do it?

2) Ouroboros one day crashes into the sea. Different forces seem to be involved in this
day - Time Echos, Kraken(possibly time echo, but untargetable so couldn't tell,) and
Dream Doctor strongly implies he's going to do it in DA personal story. Who actually did
that/what happened that day?

3) Dream Doctor states there are 13 methods of Time Travel. He uses the Dreamscape,
Ouroboros crystals are another(?) What are the rest, and what method does Requiem
use for the 5th Column?

4) Everyone's going to have questions about Mender Silos probably. So I'll pile on.
Carbon Tether supposably has limits about how far back someone can go in time. Silos
broke this law; so did Mender Ramiel. Was this a lie, or if not, how do they do it?

5) Joke question(maybe): What did Lazarus see when he tossed himself beyond the Abyss?


CHARACTERS

1) Protean. How did he come in contact with/get recruited by Praetoria?

2) Hero-1 was last(?) seen after being recovered by the Vanguard, fighting alongside
the rest of the gathering against Mot in Dark Astoria. Does he resume his full role
of a hero, and if so, does he also reclaim Excalibur? Or does he more or less remain
a sketchy asset with Vanguard?

3) Lady Grey. Who IS she? This lady is one of the most mysterious characters in the
game. Anything you've got about her background, why she's so knowledgable about
incarnates, etc, would be awesome.

4) Where there ever any plans to include Incandescent in-game?

5) Hugo Figures and Agent Gally. Were they ever going to be successful in liberating
the Bane Spider network? If not, what ultimately happens to them?

6) Crimson Revenant seems to be a pretty high-power super for such a low-key bounty
hunter. What targets has he taken down in his day?

7) Operative Jenkins is seen several times, working his way up the promotion tree
despite his blunders. He seems quite resourceful(or quite lucky.) What was his ultimate
fate?

8) t3h S00p4rFr34k also appears recurringly, powering up every time you see him.
With the advent of Praetorian technology, and the Battallion coming down the line,
what was his ultimate fate?

9) Lastly, how did High Roller and Mr. Simmons' students finally turn out? Are they
continuing their mentors' arch-rivalry?


I may drop in a batch of story/lore/world questions later in thread after I read
the rest of them so far.


 

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1. Who was Romulus Augustus speaking to / getting his Nictus powers from at the end of the ITF? The easy answer is that it's the Nictus collective or whatever (Requiem's boss), but the dialog doesn't seem to suggest that, especially given Requiem's later power-up (which I asssume is related)."
In Theory Romulus was speaking to "The Dirge of Entrophy" who likely fused with him, who is also the Nictus half of Requiem. the path of dark storyline explains how Requiem came to be and short story version is "Nazi Buerocrat discovered the grave of Romulus the last Roman emperor, came out as Requiem."

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I have just one question: were there ever any plans for rodent heads?


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At the moment my biggest Lore-related questions are:

1. What was Prometheus' agenda, and was the intention to eventually introduce the rest of his mythological pantheon?

2. "When" did Ouroboros form, and why?

3. Do all Earth's share the same Well, or do different Earths in different dimensions have different Wells? It was suggested that Primal Earth and Praetorian Earth actually shared the same Well. If so, why would the Battalion choose to attack Primal Earth to absorb Earth's Well, when so many other Earths appear to be so much less well guarded?

4. Did Dr. Aeon's time traveling antics eventually cross paths with Ouroboros? Did they deal with him in the future, or did he eventually become a Mender?

5. Why is the Praetorian Hamidon so much more powerful than Primal Hamidon? Was it the exposure to the nuclear war? That doesn't seem likely since Praetorian Hamidon appears to be significantly more powerful before being exposed to nuclear weapons. Did it have something to do with the earlier, Korean nuclear war? Or was something else special about Praetoria or Praetorian Hamidon.

6. What was the next cosmic threat planned after the Battalion?


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What was the whole deal with the 5th Column/Council thing?

Were there ever any plans made to expand on the Shadow Shard?

Was anything ever going to be done with all of those helipads in Paragon City?

The lore surrounding the AE buildings was kind of interesting. It kind of implied that Dr. Aeon and Countess Crey had something underhanded in mind when they decided to join together to make them. Distracting heroes from their real duty seemed among those goals, but I was wondering if that was ever going to be expanded on and explored?

Was Nemesis behind any of the more recent goings on in Paragon City, Praetoria or the Rogue Isles? After the whole Rikti thing, he seemed to have slinked back into the shadows.


 

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Okay will try to keep the questions short and try not ask any that have already been asked (but see question 1)

1. Mender Silos we want to know everything!!!!!
2. Hellions althoguh they were the low level thugs we got to know and love they seem to have been under developed with little about the orgins and leadership (1 villain arc mish) wre there plans to expand on them at a later date and why were they involved this the outcasts who seem to be mutant origin not CoT
3. Time travel can we have a list of the methods of time travel
4. Darren Wade what prompted him to suddenly make a break for ultimate power when he seemed quite happy as a dealer in stolen items to the extent that he killed statesman for it.
5. Preatorian Hamidon was giving humanity a chance he said was he going to try to cross over to this world and why was our hamidon weaker (impersion we seem to get)
6. The well lore on this is sketchy
7. Night Ward and inteligent spells was that ever going to happen on primal earth.
8. Who is the unkown hero
9. Is there a connection with the Nictus and the Batalion
10. Nictus and those with implants seemed to work with most groups but seemed to have very close ties with the council who was pulling the strings

Think that is enough for now well check again later to see if some one is going to ask other questions that I am interested in

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Incarnate slots - What were they going to do?


Was there every any progress with Hero-1? Any chance he'd make any kind of return.

Mender Silos - Lord Nemisis connection? What info can you give us about ouroboros that we don't know.

In one of the allignment change missions Frostfire hints at (your character) becoming a god of sorts, a destroyer of worlds. Subsequently you fight supposed all power versions of yourself after you defeat him. Is Battalion, the coming storm or anything like that tied to what he was talking about.

Was the rikti threat ever going to be brought to some sort of conclusion? I feel like with incarnates and all that there was a potential end in sight. This might be in lore already, but what did they want?

Was there any plans to further the rularuu story? It felt like the bosses of the shadow shard trials were something similar to other comic's take on cosmic type beings. With paragon heroes reaching incarnate levels it seemed as though we'd be ready to face them.