Winterminal

Unfortunately, this universe. The one thing to remember is that this game has to cater to novice as well as experienced gamers, power gamers as well as role players, and everyone in between.

What you're describing is actually possible to do, you would just need a couple of things:

• A group of people willing to go about an invasion/ship raid event in an abnormal fashion.
• Someone willing to give instructions/orders on-the-fly.

I'll use the ship raid as an example. Instead of everyone destroying the pylons together, you split into 2 groups, each going opposite ways around the ship taking half the pylons each. The bomb phase would probably proceed normally, since there's not much variation to be had there. Then (assuming you have a full league) perhaps you split into three groups (2 balanced teams each), and "target" different areas of the ship. There will be an added challenge due to the smaller numbers in one area, as well as a higher level of necessary coordination.

It is possible, just need the right people (or the right warning to people joining). Unfortunately though, the majority of gamers prefer the rewards-to-time-invested ratio to weigh heavily on the former. Thus, we get zone events that can be done intricately, but are simple enough to "sit 'n smash" if that's what the league wants.


On a personal note, I do not fall into that category. I designed an entire Vanguard-spinoff SG based on exactly what you are describing (see signature for details). So, if you (Oz) organized a "special" run of some sort of event or whatnot that incorporated a lot of this, I would be down. I am sitting on 6 character transfers, so I could go to any server on which it would be happening.

Ah yes, correct on both points. The sale on Street Justice is on-par with the sale that Beam Rifle had a few months after its initial release.

Penelope Yin is a Signature NPC. Players generally do not get access to Signature NPC costume pieces. So, "signs point to no."

I think he was saying that it is nice to see a purchase-only power set on sale again, considering the only other one we have seen is Beam Rifle for one week, and that was months ago, and that putting other things on sale was a waste of time (in his opinion).

Personally, I think they are now seeing what sales get people to spend their points, considering that we have seen a lot of high-demand items on sale recently: character slots, inventory slots, and this week a power set, costume, and useful inherent power.

This. I suppose if I ever played an Empath seriously, I might keep Healing Aura on auto, but the above applies to me in any other situation.

I used to be of the same mind. Searching for an adversary, the thrill of the hunt... I loved it. Then I got ganked by a Stalker three times in a row. That was the end of PvP for me.



As for the OP's idea, I would definitely give it a shot. I find cause and effect in-game to be utterly fascinating and engaging.

Last time they did this, at Freedom Launch, it required the creation of a brand new account. Judging by the way they phrased this, it would seem the same applies this time around.

I remember reading on the Beta forums that aside from adding the standard wood, metal, and shiny metal options, there was not room in the schedule for developing any other models prior to the release of the set. Whether or not we'll see a weapons pack released at a later date remains to be seen.

To sig-quote, or not to sig-quote...

There is a big reason for me.

Another big reason is that, when I exit the mission, I am back in the same old building. The world of the game is enormous, and I have discovered that half of my fun is traversing the city/landscape to mission doors. In AE, it's like I am playing a video game where my character is playing a video game, and that's just a little strange to me.

I have played some fantastically written arcs in AE, and have even returned to a couple for a second round on a different character. But again, spending my character's "life" in one building makes me feel like I am missing out on so much more.

Yes, they did. Last week, the SFX on Beta sounded like a hybrid between the soft sounds that were initially released and a very dumbed down version of the "trash can party." Frankly, I don't see how to nail this one, since a wooden staff is going to sound very different than a metal pole/pipe. But the most recent round of SFX at least sounded like they were from our realm of reality.