Dark_Respite

I should so send in the art I've had commissioned of Posi and Tava - I have it on good authority from Matt that when a couple of the devs saw one of the pics, they completely freaked out (and it's a T for Teen pic, too!). just to see if Zwill will show it on the Ustream.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

My husband plays a character who doesn't speak at all, and has something like four trays just of emotes for keywords and actions. Watching this character in action is downright disturbing, the way he plays him. Kukurbitos is infamous for walking around behind other people, imitating their body language, occasionally doing what you first THINK are random emotes until you realize whose conversation he's following.

He's creeped out a lot of folks - I'll have to get John onto this thread so he can explain a bit more of how he does it.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Cool, they're getting it done while I have to work (11:30 is when I'm done coz I gotta take my car in to the shop - stupid transmission speed sensor). Better they get this done now so I can play all weekend long without having to worry.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Am I happy about another 12 hour downtime? Not really, no.
Do I understand why it's needed? Absolutely.
Do I agree that the EU players are the ones getting routinely shafted? Mostly.

But for the love of God, post once and be done with it. After that, take it up directly with customer support. You're not getting refunded, and the odds of them adding "days" to anyone's account is probably minimal. It's already been suggested that the existing current VIP subscribers be given extra Paragon Points (or Tokens) for this month. When they host the U-stream tomorrow, instead of baying for blood, ASK what considerations, if any, Customer Service is willing to make for the excessive downtime. That whole honey-flies-and-vinegar thing.

In the oh-so-true words of Helen Parr...

"THIS IS NOT... ABOUT... YOU!"

And FFS, don't rip Zwill's head off. He's not the one who fixes the servers; he's not the one who schedules the time; he's not the one who makes the decision on what recompense, if any, a player or players get for excessive downtime. He's the poor schmuck who's stuck having to relay information to us and from us. By now, I'd guess CS can see the rage about this easier from space than they can the Great Wall of China.

And one more thing - Zwill - if there's a way to put a text bar at the bottom of the U-stream like some newscast things where they have the headline while the anchor talks about stuff? Might I suggest adding something like that with an ETA on when the servers will be back up (or at least a message saying, "Update XX:XXam/pm - no ETA yet") so we don't have four thousand horked-off players flooding the Ustream with "when are they coming back up?"

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Actually...

For the Halloween event, if Trick-or-Treating is still enabled, it'd be nice to have what I'd nickname the UNICEF option. Any door that we might normally get a Treat on, there's a percentage chance that it will also add "inf" to a special "donation" collection. Then as we're going around knocking on doors, we can fundraise.

As long as they're datamining, they can set an amount of "fundraise X, and word spreads across Atlas that additional relief supplies have reached Galaxy thanks to heroic efforts; fundraise Y, and wow, the influx of funds have allowed for additional search-and-rescue teams to work in Galaxy..."

You get the idea.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

At the very least, I know that mission 4 is in the 40-45 range (I found it in Ouro while filming my trailer - it's called "Masterpiece").

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Before this thread goes ANYWHERE else...

Canon vs Cannon.

We are talking about "canon". Big guns are "cannon."

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Oh, the devs are SNEAKY BASTARDS.

I had an idea to demorecord the cutscene and see if it gave away who was behind the wall. Apparently, though, they're one step ahead of me:

0 645 NEW ???
0 645 POS -20 -672 3202
0 645 PYR 0 3.05569 0
0 645 NPC Model_XXXXXXXX
0 645 MOV READY 0
0 645 HP 675.00
0 645 HPMAX 675.00
0 646 NEW ???
0 646 POS -20 -672 3195.5
0 646 PYR 0 0.110447 0
0 646 NPC Model_XXXXXXXX
0 646 MOV READY 0
0 646 HP 675.00
0 646 HPMAX 675.00

ARGH!

Also, for those who've done it heroside and gotten the vision of a 'ghostly woman and a man in armor... who shake hands, the man looking grim.' My first thought was Numina and Positron... but I'm not too sure.

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I have not forgotten this. Now that the I-21 trailer is done, this is next up on the roster!

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

One of these years I will get around to writing "Demo Editing for Dummies" (or making it a webcast or somesuch)...

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

This is the companion thread to my "Which story arcs/missions do you find most emotionally engaging?" thread...

Here, we're going to find out which ones people think just outright SUCK (in terms of writing). Just because I'm sadistically curious to see which ones top the list (and why). I'm not talking about "give it a few more varied maps" or "it's in the wrong zone"... I'm talking the writing just makes you cringe, it violates more grammatical rules than we have contacts in the game, etc.

We've got two categories here - the ones that can be redeemed with some work, and the ones that are... well... just beyond the pale.

Make sure you explain WHY - not just "I think it sucks."

Michelle
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Samuraiko/Dark_Respite