Lothic
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Quote:Did they ever mention anywhere how many Super Packs you'll be able to get with one Reward Token? If it's just going to be something like one pack per token then that could end up being a bit of a weak deal. *shrugs*Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Bank em. New costume sets will come to Tier 9 VIP. Also coming to repeatables are Super Packs and Converter. -
Quote:Well according to our "decoder ring" if it's Imminent then it's looking like March 6th is going to be the day.Originally Posted by HardRider
He just said live on Ustream that it's Very Soon/Imminent away
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Quote:That may be what you think you are doing but our opinions ultimately mean nothing to you because you are making it up for yourself anyway. You've semi-ignored and/or countered just about everything everyone's said to you on this matter. *shrugs*Originally Posted by Durakken
Also, Lothic. I appreciate the help... but please stop saying I can do what i want. I know that. However I am asking for opinions, not to be told I can do what I want.
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Quote:Yeah but being bothered by the "unlikely" parts of a science fiction story is borderline ridiculous. Do you get bothered by the warp drives and transporters in Star Trek? Sure they are probably the most "unlikely" parts of that franchise but if you didn't have those kinds of things you wouldn't have a science fiction story.Originally Posted by Durakken
The point was missed by you completely I see...
Of all the things the guy said and that were in the video, those 2 things were the most unlikely.
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Quote:Who's to say what's going to be unrealistic 11 years from now anyway?Originally Posted by Durakken
Does it bother anyone else that the most unrealistic part of that clip and the speech given was the fact that so many people attended a TED conference and perhaps the name of the guy... Weyland...
That's usually the beauty of what you can do with science fiction.
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Again it's ultimaltely whatever you want.
I'll just say if your story isn't really going to benefit from this much micro-detail then all it'll do is bring you extra complications/questions like this. The simpler you keep it the less it'll "conflict" with anything in real life or otherwise. Franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica all used pretty loose structures for their rank titles and in the long run it worked for the most part. -
Paragonwiki will tell you all about it. I think you just want "ccpeacebringer" there. Good luck.
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Quote:The following is a great and obvious example of what I think of when I think of "retro sci-fi jet pack":Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I'm probably the only one here who feels that the jet packs are TOO SMALL. At least the twin jet pack is, in my eyes. When it comes to jet packs, what I've always wanted is something akin to the Raptor Pack, but without the long protrusion that clips with your butt. I like that it has a very wide wingspan, and that's precisely what I'd really like to have. Both of the retro sci-fi jet packs look like mini-packs, almost like backpacks that have thrusters on them. Hell, neither of them extends past the person's shoulders.
Maybe that's just what the retro 50s sci-fi style calls for, but I'm just saying I don't think they're too big.
I realize Dink would probably not be able to get away with copying this exactly, but clearly it shows it to be a "backpack" sized device that is not quite as big/wide as Dink's version. -
Quote:Considering that Dick Tufeld (the guy who was the voice of the robot in question) just past away a few weeks ago this would be an interesting tribute to him.Originally Posted by Santorican
Do I get a pet robot that randomly says danger *insert name here*
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Quote:If that's what you want then go for it. And if you don't like the whole "Second LT/First LT" thing then don't include it in your system.Originally Posted by Durakken
Does this make more sense?
On the left side is what it starts out as (army ranks), but as time progresses they become the parenthetical rank either out of custom simplification due to names elsewhere. The rank on the right is the NCO equivalent or however you want to say it...
Oh and O-1 and O-2 is altered cuz 1st and 2nd Lieutenant are horrible titles and if I was in the army i'd try my hardest just to get past those rank names...
O-7 General
O-6 Colonel (Captain)
O-5 Lieutenant Colonel (Commander)
O-4 Major
O-3 Captain (Lieutenant Commander) / E-9 Sergeant Major
O-2 First Lieutenant (Lietenant) / E-8 Master Sergeant
O-1 Second Lieutenant (Ensign) / E-7 Sergeant First Class
E-6 Staff Sergeant
E-5 Sergeant
E-4 Corporal
E-3 PFC
E-2 Private 2
E-1 Private
as far as age goes... according to http://usmilitary.about.com/od/promo...fficerprom.htm the character would have to be an O-3... at the most and O-4 depending on her age. Also according to that you could theoretically be a general at age 35, but that's only if you hit every promotion at the legal minimum.
The only thing I'd quibble with you about this is that your parenthesized LtCmdr rank should match up to Major (O-4) and your parenthesized Lt should match up to Captain (O-3). I think that's what they're more equivalent to in real life, but then again like I said you can do whatever you want.
I'd just stress the idea that you really only need as much detail in this area as your story requires. If your story is going to focus on promotions and the way the rank system is evolving in this setting then maybe you'll want to describe all this in detail. Otherwise I wouldn't dwell on this area too much. -
Quote:Originally Posted by NobleFox
I notice we had a patch today and we still have those gibbon toes.Yeah yesterday's patch was the last Issue 21 patch they had cooking for a few weeks on the Test server.Quote:Originally Posted by Angelxman81
But that fix as well as the Imperial Dinasty fixes will come with a I22 patch.
The Issue 22 build (which is on the Beta server) is the one we'll get when Issue 22 goes live. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
Isn't that the Battalion? I think they're still scheduled for deployment soon.Yep that was the faction I was thinking about but I just didn't remember the name.Quote:Originally Posted by Quasadu
As Aett mentioned, that was the Battalion they were referring to.
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Quote:That's cool and thanks for serving. I was basically just agreeing with you with my contractor experience.Originally Posted by Warfarin88
I actually have a bit of real world experience in this area too.
I commissioned very "old" at 33, and most all of my peers were younger, where as most of the Captains I worked with were about "my age". Majors on up were almost always older than I was.
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Quote:I actually have a bit of real world experience in this area. During the last few years I've worked with several younger Air Force officers. Most of them are Captains who are anywhere from their mid 20s to early 30s. There have been a couple of Majors in that same age range, but they were clearly exceptions (and very sharp people as you might imagine). The current commander of this group is a LtCol, but he is clearly in his 40s.Originally Posted by Warfarin88
Lt. Colonel would be more like 40s.
If you want a bad *** in his mid 20s, and want to stay somewhat true to "reality", I would make him a Captain (O3) or some sort of "fast track" Major (O4). -
Quote:I suppose anything could be possible in a fictional story but yeah, it would probably be a bit of a stretch for someone so young to be a LtCol. in a futuristic military.Originally Posted by Durakken
Now that i think about it I'm not even sure if the character would be eligible for the rank as she's supposed to be mid-20s... wouldn't an LtC's age be more in the late 20s early 30s?
There was a time in the past when people were promoted pretty high up at a young age - for instance George Armstrong Custer held the brevet rank of Major General during the Civil War while in his mid-20s. But those were also times when most people didn't live much past like 50 anyway.
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Quote:Sci-Fi is full of stories that play fast-and-loose with things like military ranks. I'd say use real world examples for as much or as little as you want.Originally Posted by Warfarin88
Take the "real world" references for what they are worth to you. Fiction is just that. Fiction.
I'd guess the only real advice I'd provide is that if you end up trying to get it super-close to the real world then you better make sure you get the details "right" because then your minor differences/mistakes will stand out more. If you decide to be much less detailed with it then it won't really matter how different you make it. -
Quote:If I had to guess that was probably sort of a joke and never was meant to be taken seriously. Sadly it would also be a complete ripoff from at least Futurama so that's probably enough of a reason why it won't happen.Originally Posted by CommunistPenguin
What ever happened to the lil brainsucker shoulder pet?
Ah... a compromise for a compromise. I like it.Quote:Originally Posted by CommunistPenguin
I would say 95% for the dual rocket, 85% for the single.
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Quote:Also given the relative vagueness of most of these units of measure I usually assume that Now™ is at best about plus or minus 6 hours of what most normal people define as "now". You just never know exactly how long it'll take for the servers to come back up.Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Okay, I think I've got this scale right.
Aware™ - Not even being remotely considered. Will you please, please just stop asking for it.
Not on the radar™ - It may be being discussed or in the early planning stages, but don't hold your breath.
Not Soon™ - Look for it sometime in the next few Issues.
Soon™ - 2 to 4 weeks away.
Very Soon™ - Around a week away.
Imminent™ - Less than a week.
Now™ - Now.
I hope this helps set expectations.
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Quote:The pieces ARE finished. We are just having to wait for Issue 22 to launch because the fixes are in that build. They have also already addressed the "toe" problem as quickly as they could as well.Originally Posted by Fluorescent
They couldn't wait a week or two to release the finished product? Honestly it's all about trying to get something new out on the market week after week. When they're rushed to get things out, stuff gets overlooked. Case in point: They still need to fix the toes on the females dressed in the new strapped heels they released for the Valentine's Day Civilian set.
This is not something to blame the devs for though... it's probably marketing that pushes for release.
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Quote:I agree this would be the most ideal course of action. But since we are likely talking only a matter of a week or two at most I can see why the Devs would be willing to let this work itself out like this. The pieces are actually finished - we are just waiting for the launch of an Issue to get access to them.Originally Posted by Fluorescent
If it's not finished, don't release it. No offense. I;d rather see a high quality finished project then a rushed unfinished one.
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Quote:As a player I could be sad to hear that I won't be able to save a few points here or there like that.Originally Posted by Ghost Falcon
It would be extremely difficult to have the store recognize a per character purchase versus a per account purchase pricing strategy for a singular costume piece.
Taken another way, if you bought the singular costume piece for a single character only, but then later decided you wanted it available account-wide, should you/would you get a discount because you previously purchased it for your single character?
The thought of that proposition gives me a headache, and I imagine would give customer service, our community team and a whole bunch of other people a migraine to explain to customers.
To put it diplomatically, a per-character-costume-unlock via a Paragon Market purchase is not on any plan or schedule. If it did come up in any meeting, I would silently deep-six it underneath other desired features, items or services.
But as a software engineer with nearly 20 years of professional experience I can absolutely understand your position on this matter.
Carry on.
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Quote:Yeah I imagine it would have been relatively more risky to launch I22 and a new costume set both on March 6th.Originally Posted by Ghost Falcon
Yes. Automagically.
We won't be charging more for the fixes. We debated holding back the release of the Imperial Dynasty set, but then that would have a cascading effect on subsequent Paragon Market releases (and as a player myself, I wanted them NAO!
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Quote:Don't mean to take the opposite side on this just to argue, but I suspect enough people have bought the costume slots that have been offered at the current prices to more than make up for those people who would only want to spend a few points for a few individual slots.Originally Posted by TrueMetal
I think they would've made more money of offering them per piece per character for a small sum than doing it like this.
It's a simple matter of what sells - if the current scheme had been a total flop they would have gotten rid of it and gone to your individual slot idea months ago. And all the people who didn't want to pay the full price but would be willing to pay the discount price being offered today will do so. Ultimately why should a company sell something for x as long as plenty of people are still willingly paying 4x or 5x for it?
Perhaps in another year or two when no one's left willing to pay 600 or 800 for these slots they'll finally lower the price to something like 50 or 100. But don't think that's going to be happening any time super soon. *shrugs* -
Quote:Sure. All I'm saying is that they may just be reworking some of their older ideas to fit into the realities of the game as it is today.Originally Posted by ShadowMoka
Ascension also fits this category.
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I think a few years ago back when the Devs were first starting to talk about some kind of "post-50" content they came up a new faction type that was supposed to be specifically meant for it. It was going to drop special kinds of drops that would be geared for post-50 players.
I think that nugget of an idea evolved into the Incarnate content we have today. But perhaps they still want to give us some kind of special faction that only applies to Incarnates - this Elemental Order thing could turn out to be that.