Lady Athyna

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Any hero that has the one year anniversary badge and logs in during the next anniversary event will receive a special gladiator badge.

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Wait, so there's only a reward if you were around last year? Or will newer characters at least get a badge similar to Celebrant for the 2nd anniversary?

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Yes, newer characters will get an Anniversary badge.

The gladiator is for having BOTH Anniversary badges.

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OMG... I've finally earned a gladiator thingy...

What does it do?

Link to another thread, scroll down to Alexa's post, or I'll quote it.

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I'm going to close this thread, because there was enough discussion and speculation about this topic the first time around.

Regarding goodbyes, it is up to the individual person to decide whether to make a farewell post when moving on.

About the two companies: Arctic_Sun and I work for NCsoft. Zeb Cook worked for Cryptic Studios. Cryptic develops CoH/CoV. NCsoft, as the publisher, takes care of other functions like community, customer support, marketing, sales, etc. While Cryptic and NCsoft certainly have shared interests, the two companies are completely separate.


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In other words, Recluse left but Alexa and Arctic didn't say they left the company, just this project. They could simply be moving from CoH/V to Tabula Rasa, or Auto Assault or some other project.

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Wonder what States and crew think of the CuppaClones, since he replied to CuppaFlaming...


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I am not spying on you guys, I really am on vacation - but I had to stop by and wish a fond farewell to both Arctic and Alexa.


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;hides

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Exclusive, top-secret, stolen from Positron's laptop while he was ordering a double-latte, screenshots of the new gladiators in action.

Or so I was told.

-T

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Ok, that's just evil.

Add Weirdbeird to your list.

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Are you two moving to Auto Assault or something?


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::Puts on headband.. ::



::Picks up her big honkin' gun.::

Destroy Auto Assault.. they have taken to many of our own..

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That's right Kitty, go kill AA, leave Tabula Rasa alone...

*points to top of page*

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Tisirin is a blast to talk with and even checks up on you if you're lurking in a corner

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Tell me about it. The man is a slave driver.

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GIL!!!


*huggle attack*


Sorry, I'm a little emotional what with Alexa and Arctic... ::sniffle:: leaving...

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Meep!

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It's already there, to one degree or another.

I first found out about unlockable contacts when I stumbled upon this guy in Sharkhead. He told me that I had to prove to him that I hated the Scrapyarders if I wanted to work with him. So I went out and killed a bunch of Scrapyarders, got the badge, went back to him, and he gave me missions. No spoiler site, no hints, just finding the guy, reading his text, and unlocking him.

Incidentally, this was one of my favorite experiences with CoV when it first came out. The feeling of discovery was immensely satisfying.

I realize that not all of them are this clear, but it's working in some cases.

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Maybe they could spell it out a little better, not spoil it, but just a bit more of a push, cause I haven't 'found' one like that yet.

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I agree wholeheartedly with having some actual 'in-game' content that gives clues and points people toward things like the unlockable contacts. It's one of the main problems (IMO, of course) with MMOs today that there's just not enough game 'in-game.' And usually performing web searches and printing out lists of coordinates and a checklist of required elements . . . well, that's just about as dry as it sounds. It's not putting the 'game' in the game at all.

Such things really do much less than they potentially could for actual enjoyment, due to the process I just described above. It's not playing, it's googling for information and that's just not a good game, IMO. Please put the 'game' back in the game where it belongs with 'in-game' clues and mysteries to unravel instead of web searches.

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I so agree. I don't want to do 'homework' for a game.

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I am putting the requirements for Contacts - and their location - in the Prima Guide...

but here was our intent with these Contacts - reward Exploration. Reward people who poke around to find new things. Now, the down side is that once found, these Contacts don't inform the player about what it takes to unlock them.

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Don't get me wrong, rewards are good. But, would you consider some type of hints in-game for the non-forum, non-guide reading folks?

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Alright, so there seems to be a concensus (spelling?) that there's something stinky about the unlockable contacts.

Anyone disagree?

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Actually, I agree with pretty much the whole idea here. They don't make sense, there's nothing to point you to them in-game, and they're a pain in the ***.

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Read the bio in his profile. He's from the UK, but his cmopany has him in Georgia for a few years.

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Bio's are for wusses. Are you a wuss?

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--one of my friends still thinks i am a boy.. his lame excuse for not going to the meet and greet is that he lives in georgia.. boo!

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hey that was my excuse too!

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So if you're in Georgia, beat up Catwhoorg for me

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Color me confused... I thought Cat was in the UK somewhere. The UK is nowhere near Georgia.

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"That law" got struck down. Some time ago too. You may love that place again, just like you used too.

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Yep, even when it was up it was rarely enforced. Seems the cops lost their train of thought during...

Never mind.

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Not the one with the Spaceship. The one across the street. The one that gets mentioned ten times more than all the others combined.

You can at least take comfort that the Tanga Lounge is no more.

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Ahhh, next to Denny's. Yeah, Tanga's no more, but the Pink Pony showed up shortly after.

Look up mons in the dictionary...

Mons Venus...

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Hmm... you people seem to think I was taking a crack at the Bucs. Such is not the case. I was referring to the overwhelming popularity of Tampa's world famous.... erm.... "establishments" amongst NFL players.(One place in particular especially)


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The one's they own? The one where the guy bit the woman's <bleep> off during a... erm... dance? The one where the woman's implant deflected a bullet? The one with the space ship? The one's with the store attached?

Good lord, we've got too many strip clubs...

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Athyna!, you gonna let em talk about Tampa like that and get away with it?


Say it isn't so!

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Except for that one year we won the SuperBowl, it's pretty much true. *hangs head* Granted, they're nowhere near as bad as when they were creamsicle orange, back when the girl scouts beat them up all the time...

I still think the only reason the won the SuperBowl was because I threatened them... with my kids.

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That's a really good point. I suspect that (despite the travel exhaustion involved) going places -- such as Oregon -- where people are really happy to meet you and are grateful for what you do might be good for morale. Especially after dealing with the faceless onslaught of forum snarkiness, a brief exchange with a smiling face -- in, oh, Tampa -- might serve to recharge the will.

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Fixed that.




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EDIT: Appropos of nothing -- I wanted to note that we have an incredibly high number of microbreweries in Oregon. And... well, strip clubs. Just... tossing that out there.


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So does Tampa, heck, Joe Redner, the owner of a lot of strip clubs ran for city council.


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There IS reason why Tampa is THE favorite city for NFL teams to play in.... and it's not because the Buccaneers are an easy mark.

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Ouch.

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The problem I see with doing a few little events all over is it would be hell on the devs themselves, which is why I'm assuming they won't be doing that. They would have to take time out of what they are doing, and of course.. travel. You for example can't travel.. whether it's for kids sake or just the dislike of traveling, they're all sound reasons and the same reasons the devs would have.

So I guess I'm hoping they do ... say, two or three fairly big ones. Anything on the east coast alienates the west coast and vice versa after all. Not much can be done about that.

Zeus - god of hope

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I can hope!