Someone should make this Loregasm thread sticky.
*ducks out*
"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
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There's a construction area in the NE corner of Steel. In the paper map released with one of the box sets, it talked about a rocket base.
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Originally Posted by Atlantea
Point for clarity - and it doesn't have to be Posi who answers.
But apparently I've missed this or haven't played through the content that contains it yet. So my question is - What rocket launch pads? The only one I can recall is in Warburg. I have a feeling I'm going to feel stupid when someone tells me the answer to this. |
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I really don't think that many people would mind if you had to make changes
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And thanks, guys. Couldn't have been easy spilling the beans like this.
... Must've been at least a little fun, though. Come on, admit it. Telling the whole story right away, without having to wait months or years to tell a little piece at a time? I'm sure the developer in you guys was
and 
but the storyteller in you must've been all 
That's a pretty exhaustive set of answers on lore. Thanks for putting the doc together, Positron!
And for keeping a small ember of hope burning for the game, too. 
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*laughs* This is a great example of why I like to read your posts, Samuraiko. You make me smile at your enthusiasm, even when it is overboard enthusiasm. *hug!*|
Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
GIMMEGIMMEGIMME!
I'd hug you, Matt, but I think that'd violate the restraining order. Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
And thank you very much for the lore, Positron. It's very appreciated that you and the team took the time to share!
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/QFT and seconded.|
Originally Posted by Sparkly Soldier
That such a miracle hasn't totally been written off yet in itself gives me hope. If it happens, I'll look forward to each and every answer being a red herring.
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Thanks Gang. Even if the worst happens, we still have the best Dev team in the industry.
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Thanks Posi.
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I am hoping to see the game saved somehow so this is not a problem at all.
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Originally Posted by Positron
City of Heroes AMA (part 1?)
If there is a miracle and somehow CoH is saved, we reserve the right to change any and all answers given in the doc, to maintain suspense and surprise. |
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Always here, there, and there again.
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*sputters* SNORK.... |
What are the other 11 methods of time travel besides Dreaming and the Pillar of Ice and Flame? MM: 3) Flux Capacitor 4) Call Box/Phone Booth 5) Steampunk machine 6) Black Hole 7) Time Tunnel 8) Magic 9) Divine Intervention 10) Body Jumping 11) The Method You Came Up With For Your Character. STM: 12) Min-maxing. |
Damnit guys! *gets paper towel to clean Mountain Dew off monitor*
*Shakes fist in mock anger*
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?
MM: What issue/storyline were they from?
Westin phipps arc in GV..JUST did it. It is a really sad and moving lil bit of story. Hugo is a guy who met Gally as a young man, and fell on love. Then arachnos latch onto him due to his psy powers, and he gets press ganged into the Banes. Due to his psy, he isn't under their thumb though, and starts convincing others that they can be something else. This is when Phipps sends your Villain to investigate, eventually killing Huge, and then Gally. Then the whole operation is shown to be under the lead of Manticore (the whole free bane operation). Its neat.
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Thanks so much for stopping by....and for accidentally mentioning that it is still just a teeny bit possible for CoH to be saved. |
Originally Posted by Positron
City of Heroes AMA (part 1?)
That's a link to the doc, in case these boards get shut down, and because I don't want to clean it up for our forum posting format (if someone ELSE does, feel free to pad your postcount). Some answers are not satisfying. Some answers are made up, and that answer only exists in that doc. I tried to get everyone who was involved in the stuff at the end to answer the questions as best they could. MM: Matt Miller (Positron) JH: John Hegner (Protean) JAH: Jeff Hamilton (Arbiter Hawk) SM: Sean McCann (Dr. Aeon) RG: Ryan Greene (Viridian) TS: Tim Sweeney (Black Scorpion) If there is a miracle and somehow CoH is saved, we reserve the right to change any and all answers given in the doc, to maintain suspense and surprise. |
Love ya!
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Oh! Okay! That would explain a lot! I never got a box set after I bought City of Villains.|
Originally Posted by GadgetDon
There's a construction area in the NE corner of Steel. In the paper map released with one of the box sets, it talked about a rocket base.
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Though I did buy Going Rogue Complete Edition last week to re-activate my VIP status.
*rummages*
Nope, not marked on this map. They probably removed it before this edition came out. Pity.
The Scirocco story was incredible. I always enjoyed his patron arc the most, he had the most depth of probably any of the named NPCs, IMO. I really would have enjoyed playing that arc.
Global = Hedgefund (or some derivation thereof)
Neat stuff. Posi, just let me say that regardless of what anyone else thinks, I think the Lady Gray betrayal would've been keen.
I feel bad, the Shining Stars seem to be like the C-list whipping boys for when the villains need some butt monkeys to beat up on.
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Originally Posted by MisterD
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?
MM: What issue/storyline were they from? Westin phipps arc in GV..JUST did it. It is a really sad and moving lil bit of story. Hugo is a guy who met Gally as a young man, and fell on love. Then arachnos latch onto him due to his psy powers, and he gets press ganged into the Banes. Due to his psy, he isn't under their thumb though, and starts convincing others that they can be something else. This is when Phipps sends your Villain to investigate, eventually killing Huge, and then Gally. Then the whole operation is shown to be under the lead of Manticore (the whole free bane operation). Its neat. |
They probably never went anywhere with it because "Hugo" and "Gally" are character name references to Battle Angel Alita/Gunnm, a manga by Yukita Kishiro, and the mission arc mirrors (vaguely) their relationship in the manga. And they could probably "get away with" a reference to that for a single mission arc, but planning anything major beyond that might be... problematic. Lawyer bait, y'know? )
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Originally Posted by Cobra_Man
This is the thread that I never wanted to see.
I guess that's it all over now ..... |
...first words that entered my head when I saw this thread.
Go Team Venture!
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Same here! My main/lead Villain (who made the morality arc-jump to full hero and is now on her way back full circle.) Really respected the HELL out of Scirocco. He and Ghost Widow are tied in my head for favorite redside signature characters. |
Originally Posted by Deacon_NA
The Scirocco story was incredible. I always enjoyed his patron arc the most, he had the most depth of probably any of the named NPCs, IMO. I really would have enjoyed playing that arc.
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And yeah - very disappointed not going to get to play that. ;_;
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That's how I felt immediately, as well, but I don't think that way at all after reading it! |
Originally Posted by BlackSun17
...first words that entered my head when I saw this thread.
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It ain't over till it's over. And it ain't over!
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
Thanks for all of this, Positron, Protean, Arbiter Hawk, Dr. Aeon, Viridian, and Black Scorpion. I really appreciate what you've shared.
Please try my custom mission arcs!
Legacy of a Rogue (ID 459586, Entry for Dr. Aeon's Third Challenge)
Death for Dollars! (ID 1050)
Dr. Duplicate's Dastardly Dare (ID 1218)
Win the Past, Own the Future (ID 1429)
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That question...| 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? |
If its anything like the characters they are an homage to... its a bad end.
Oh BUGGER, they were introducing a way for heroes to get Patron powers without going villain! BAH.
"I have something to say! It's better to burn out then to fade away!"
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*sputters*| The Blue Steel = Chuck Norris type gags were known around the office, and I had suggested we do a fight where the player is fighting Blue Steel, very hard fight. When he reaches 50% health, he stops, and says, You think this shield protects me from the world. Youre wrong. It protects the world... from me. At this point he drops the shield and does a build up animation that causes an explosion, effectively ending the fight as the entire area around him gets destroyed in a DBZ-esque manner. |
Damnit, fellas!
*Goes to get paper towel for the Mountain Dew on the monitor. Again.*
I really wish I could've worked in the office with you guys. But I fear I would've had to invest in a monitor cover...
This just made me cry...again. Just to think: wow, what an amazing dev team to take the time to answer all of our crazy questions. This community could never again be matched, with the devs in the forefront. We love you guys, thanks for everything. And we are still not giving up the fight. xoxo
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FYI, the map with the launch pads came packed with the Good vs Evil box.
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Originally Posted by Atlantea
Oh! Okay! That would explain a lot! I never got a box set after I bought City of Villains.
Though I did buy Going Rogue Complete Edition last week to re-activate my VIP status. *rummages* Nope, not marked on this map. They probably removed it before this edition came out. Pity. |
Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
I'd be surprised if no one else thought of that. I'm guessing it wasn't done that way because of the unwillingness to make everything a 'mirror' of everything else.