Marcian Tobay
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Quote:I'm sad but placated. Thank you for taking the time to provide this answer.Originally Posted by David Nakayama
Creating alternate versions of a given costume part requires a character artist to rescale and refinish each one by hand. The process is repeated for each other category, so adding a 4th category would require that much more time for every single piece that's in the game. It's neither simple or fast.
So to get Female Huge, the tradeoff would've been losing at least a quarter of everything else in the game: 25% fewer costumes, 25% fewer enemies, etc. On top of that, you have to take into consideration the animation time involved. Every category receives custom-scaled animations whenever there's a weapon, cape, or other object involved (so the hands fit properly).
Bottom line, it's a massive undertaking that wouldn't really get us a lot of bang for the buck. Three scalable body types covers the vast majority of characters that players want to make, so while it'd be nice to have another one, the price is unfortunately too high.
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Quote:It makes sense that there's no fixing it now, but I am stating now how much I disliked the original decision. Not for pointless griping, but as something to keep in mind when going forward with future design decisions.Originally Posted by David Nakayama
Though it'd be cool to have additional body types available, the reality of the situation is that it'd take many, many months of Art time to go back and create Huge Female versions of the thousands of parts that exist in the game currently. Then consider that all future costume parts would have to be built with that fourth category as well, and you'll start to understand the problem: if we did this, all other character work would grind to a halt.
It's not that Huge Female is a bad idea aesthetically. Rather, the opportunity cost is just way too high. I'm sure you'd rather have a year's worth of new costumes, new enemy groups, and new allies than one Gigantica, right?
We want to give you guys as much cool new stuff as possible as quickly as we can, and that's why it's off the table. Hope that makes sense!
Thank you for the interview, and you are all fantastic.
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Quote:Controversy... I am intrigued.Originally Posted by Black Pebble
We do have a booster pack coming out.
And one of the features is something I really really dislike.
There was one which was pretty controversial, and involved a 20 minute discussion on a topic I never imagined could happen in a conference room.
It addresses one of the most frequently asked topics.
One of the posters in this thread correctly guessed one of the features in the booster pack.
Another poster, in another thread this week correctly guessed the theme.
If I told you guys ANY of the feature(s) in it, War Witch won't let me beta test the WWTF. And I really want to try it out.
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Quote:We you absolutely, positively, have to kill every slight connotative discrepancy in the room.Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Fixed? You went all semantic wave motion gun on that sucker.
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Fixed.
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Are you familiar with a trope? You should be. A trope is a totally not a cliche, and anyone that thinks so should have their fingernails removed.. Instead, tropes are, as pulled from the website, "storytelling devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations."*. It's anything in fictionalized worlds that are a common experience. The Inner Monologue, Solving a murder because the killer is left handed, the overpowered character that solves the cast's problems? These are some good ol' fashioned tropes...
... and a game with 5.5 years of comic book homage would be hard pressed not to fall into more than a couple.
What really surprised me, though, is just how many tropes we've tagged. Guess how many. Now guess higher. Higher... not high enough yet...
Want to know just how many? Click the image below and see just how many tropes and cliches we've tagged.
Be careful, though. Even our forums end up on a trope or two.
Lampshade Hanging: To address a plot point unnaturally, but for the sake of the audience. You better believe we do this
*Please note that this significantly different from cliches, which are, by definition: "anything that has become trite or commonplace through overuse."
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Tycho Erasmus Brahe, the alias of Penny Arcade's co-creator, Jerry Holkins.
Yes, I'm differentiating between Jerry and Tycho. Jerry would probably give us an epic fantasy story of broken spirits and unending hope that challenges how we define the very nature of our wills.
Tycho would give us proof that he's smart enough to crush us in twelve syllables. I want that one. -
Quote:One person in the world has a subscription to Champions Online and admires City of Heroes.Originally Posted by Slope
I was looking through the CO forums for some good comedy, and i came across this post that was like... "Give us super HQs like the other heros based MMO that shall not be mentioned did, and while your at it, mission creation, again like the other MMO!"
I can smell the fear.
Good Job Devs!
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Dangit, Sixy...
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Oh, sure! War Witch has time to put Post-Its on everyone's mice but not to design a Moon Zone?
Lazy!
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Not one but TWO maps that could be used for evil fashion?
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Quote:Answering the question some of us had: Why are they releasing GR content in I17? The answer, we now know, is because they had content to spare.Originally Posted by Lady_Sadako
Going Rogue will be required to play the End Game system
So very excited.
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Quote:I'm guessing it is a preview. That City of Heroes is teaming up with NVidia to have a 3-D version of Heroism and Villainy in Going Rogue.Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Viewing the demo, it looks like a 3D image of Maelstrom. As you move the paper around, Maelstrom moves around on the website. It's certainly not "a peek at the world of GR", which I was excited about.
There's a pdf available to print out an image of the helm to use, if you don't have the PAX flyer. I don't have a webcam or I would try it myself. -
Quote:I'm sorry, Calvin... I believe in Cole, and you never trusted him... they let me into your thoughts, and I saw how much you hated him. You'd... you'd never understand how much good he does. You would have just stopped me. I had to leave you... for Praetoria. Please don't hate me. Please...? I love you...Originally Posted by Catwhoorg
A plot twist of Nemesis proportions
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Quote:Although there's a very strong implication that she was, ah... "drafted" against her will... how great a plot twist it would be to find out she truly did volunteer?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
And it's not like Aurora genuinely volunteered to host Praetor Tilman's mind anyway - so he's on a rescue mission to set free the love of his life
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Quote:Naturally.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
After you'd trashed your room in a frenzied rage?
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Quote:Heh, I love it. Nice catch.Originally Posted by SwellGuy
You stopped playing when it was better???
It was better before, and I quit. Now that I see the changes are coming, I double quit.
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As for myself, I honestly felt like they were getting something that I earned. I felt annoyed. Then, I realized that they were getting to experience content they may not see otherwise. And I felt happy for them.
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Quote:Ah! You know me well. Yeah, my answer is more or less that. It's typically irrelevant to me. I'm a Christian. If you're not of a particular religion, I personally believe it's all relativism. If you are, then it's irrelevant because the question is simply "Are you doing your best or not?". And if you're of a non-Christian faith then... well, I am not that multicultured and wouldn't presume to speak for you.Originally Posted by Melancton
From what I have read of your posts over the years, MT, you have probably heard that answer before.
My perspective. Would love to be corrected.
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Quote:I believe we were just discussing this quality of Resistance member...Originally Posted by GhoulSlayer
I'm just happy to see new stuff to blow up and new shineys to collect.
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Quote:If Calvin did get Aurora back and then genuinely did lose interest in the Resistance... well that would just be a fantastic moment.Originally Posted by Sin_Stalker
So I just read his bio. I easily see where this is going.
Either A: Cole eventually gives Calvin an offer to betray the resistance in exchange for giving him his wife back and a full pardon. Meaning Scott will end up being an enemy.
Or B: Scott eventually gets his wife back but finds out that she really did volunteer for it and that he realizes this entire time he was fighting his own wife.
and possibly C: A combination of the two to add more of a twist.
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Quote:Wes? This would be the time to pitch Paragon Unleashed.Originally Posted by BrandX
"Tyrant and Dominatrix are ina relationship and every night they [CENSORED....................]" TO MUCH!
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Quote:I love daring dark. I love gratuitous dark. I love the type of dark that makes people go "What is wrong with you!?"... but Tyranatrix wouldn't raise eyebrows from "Concerned parents"; it would lift them straight off their head.Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
I hope not. That would be pathetic.
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Busty bats can teach us so much about the world...
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Quote:Between this and your answer in my "10 bullets" thread, I think I'm really starting to like you.Originally Posted by tensionfade
I see this question creating a false dichotomy. The definition of hero, evil or whatever doesn't need to be defined in terms of either/or. I mean, why would it? Why would you only look at one or the other and not both to make a determination?
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Relevant to both the upcoming Going Rogue and the Hero/Villain relationship in City of Heroes, I ask you the subject line: Is Evil defined by action, intent, both or neither?
Let me use the example I used when I brought this up in Comic Culture well over a year ago... Meet Team Dark:
(From Left to Right: Shadow, Rouge, and E-123 Omega)
Taken from Sonic Heroes, Team Dark has always fascinated me. Sonic Heroes is about 4 teams, each with their own agenda, playing a hand in saving the world. What intrigues me about this team, however, is their behavior and motivation. They are as follows:- Rouge: Dr. Robotnik is rich. Steal everything you can, manipulate everyone into helping.
- E-123 Omega: Dr. Robotnik offended me by saying I'm obsolete. I want to destroy virtually everything he owns out of spite.
- Shadow: Can't remember my past Rouge says if I help her rob this Robotnik fellow blind, she'll help me find my memories.
- Team Dark: Destroy Dr. Robotnik.
Those motivations don't seem very noble, do they? Rob, destroy, and "do whatever it takes to get what I want". Yet, in the story of the game, the level of destruction that they cause and the Chaos Emeralds Rouge steals are absolutely vital to weakening Robotnik's army enough to save the day. Also, they don't cause any standing damage to anything "Heroic" like a bystanding city or civilians (After all, their quarrel isn't with them).
So, for selfish, violent, and greedy reasons, they play a key role in saving the world.
Are they heroes or villains?
Is "Hero" defined by the intention of your action or its result? If it's result, Team Dark is one of the greatest hero teams in Sonic Lore. If it's intent, they need to be locked up alongside the Eggman.
Discuss.