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So this Cryptic North lot who are they exactly?
nepht
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Well as others has posted elsewhere in the forums a new studio Cryptic North have been given Champs to deal with .
Who's this Russell Williams and whats his team actually doing? What does this mean for us?
Who's this Russell Williams and whats his team actually doing? What does this mean for us?
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
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HA! Indeed. But what worries me this is a PWE founded dev team and not really Cryptic >_>
I hope we dont end up with sparkle spiders and wedding dresses :<
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
This step means that Russell's team will be focusing on Champions. Yes. FOCUSING on Champions. Though 12 is a small order. But its more than what we've apparently had for the last year.
There are a lot of ways CO can become better... but very few ways to become worse.
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OMG They should replace Defender's voice actor with David Duchovny , would give Defender's obsession with penetrating buildings a whole new meaning.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
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Saying they are heading your way they should hire you as their local Champs lore guy.
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
They did announce it officially just not in the place they should be doing it. Cryptic logic strikes again!
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
Indeed, it will be interesting to see how they do with Champions.
At least it was posted on the Internet (on at least two sites even!) instead of Twitter or Facebook.
Next event : Forum Piratium.
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But I do have small spark in the deepest pits of my being waiting to become an inferno:redface:
With your Battol Bruvas in making sure your perimeter is secure, should they be so bald and so foolish.
Maybe all that those articles in the media exposing how Cryptic has treated CO got noticed. Im keeping my expectations in check, but at least this is proof of some kind of financial investment in CO.
My prediction is that we get events more on the level of Night Hawk:
1. news of the world providing back story
2. new costume pack
3. regular alerts
4. instanced missions
5. a custom alert w/multiple environments
as apposed to the more basic Forum Malvanum event:
1. a race
2. incomplete costume set
3. one custom alert with one environment
PVP is starving without rewards
1. Please give us Daily PVP missions that reward Questionite.
2. Please give us an exchange rate between Acclaim and Recognition so that PVP has access to all "On Alert" PVE rewards.
Washington state is not Canada.
I read the article and it sounded a lot like they've been focusing on polishing Champs for half a year now. What does this say to me? That these guys are the reason we have an event every three or four months with a new lockbox, and costume pieces that they still can't get right, instead of the alternative - true maintenance mode.
Not only that, they're not focused on Champions. They say that they've been working on Champs, Star Trek, and Neverwinter. This piece of a studio is our team, and has been for half a year.
You guys can't possibly think that he's even thinking about Champions here, right?
I honestly hope I'm wrong, because Champs is still my favorite MMO. But this doesn't sound this new studio is the Superman to our Lois Lane.
It is in Multifaria :P
Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
LOL
*salute from winnipeg*
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The plan is already taking hold! They are fooled, buwaha!
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Just wait and see I guess. Personally I've gotten sick and tired of waiting.
I think I would know if I was a Canadian citizen.
Do you taste the syrup yet?
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2. Does this mean PWE has realized how much they screwed up NWO by making such a blatant cash grab during beta and are hedging their bets?
3. Does this mean Jack(whatever his name is) is so disgusted with Champions that he has moved it well away from the other two games Devs, who may have worked on it before,so they can't help with it?
Jonsills- I saw in one thread- Fortron(spelling?) is used.
Brou- Go for it
Nepht- I have a halfling and it's all mine bwahahaha.
That game is so hideous to look at after Champions, all the people are grey. I used the bright pink dye on the peasants garb just so I could see which one was mine.
I have been thru the Qulaar, I mean Dracolich crash.
The hunt for medkits, I mean heal the wounded.
Defending the cannon, I mean getting into the tower.
Beating up Black Talon, I mean the Large whatever it is.
Am now going through Westside, I mean the Tatters.
I keep having this sensation of deja vu when I manage to play but I can't work out why.
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No it needs fresh faces with new blood so they don't get burned out and slow down while looking for a way out.
People get burned out just playing this game.
Can you imagine having to playtest the little change you made forty times a day and then have to get up and do it again five days a week so some chump on the forums can stop spamming about Telepathy and then when you are done you have to do it all again for the next thing the leperous masses want from you?
Imagine that. Live the dream.
i told you so!
Thank you.
I worked as a developer for quite a few years (not game development, mind you, application development), and despite doing constant testing and bug-squishing, I VERY rarely felt like you described. Granted, I didn't have a forum full of opining fans, but I did have a phone that rang off the hook, an email inbox full of suggestions and complaints, and a bugtracker with poorly described problems. Still, though, I always saw it as a challenge and enjoyed working on my projects, as they were all my brain babies, and I enjoyed seeing them used and feeling like they were worthwhile.
I'm certainly glad Champs is slated to get some extra love. I think everyone here is still at least a little wary, but this is definitely a step in a direction that I can get behind :biggrin:
I'm with Biff on this one.
They've been collaborating for years and went full speed in January.
Maybe they have actually been focusing on STO and NWO... that's my best hope.
IF CO has been their main focus for the past six months, then I would have to say, the direction is more lockboxes and temp alerts.
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Holy beejeezuz I did not expect this. I wasn't done playing or whining by a long shot, but I really had at most .0001% of even a spark of hope.
I'm just stunned.
However, if nothing substantial comes from this I won't be surprised, but, I mean, damn, this really looks good. Like for real.
If this actually happens, I'll no longer feel like I'm paying them to work on other games. Hell, I will voluntarily DOUBLE my sub fee if they will get Matt Miller involved at all in any way, no matter how small.
Gods, I'm afraid to get excited, but it looks good. It really looks like something as opposed to all of the copious nothing we've been getting.
With that and the fact that this news is not on the official site, I don't think we are going to see a turnaround.
Not yet.
Cryptic/PW have jerked their customers around so much the last couple of years I'm unwilling to give them the slightest shred of doubt until I see some actual results first.
Until then, don't get excited.
The earlier post suggested that what we've seen so far is going to be the status quo for the rest of the year. Hopefully after that training/learning period, they'll ramp up to full costume sets, Comic series, and so on.
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But they also work on STO and NWO.
And they have been operating since December 2012 and went full speed in January 2013.
But all we got since then are temporary events and lockboxes. (Meanwhile, STO got an entire expansion and NWO started its open-"beta".)
Forgive me for being a Debbie Downer here, but I honestly don't expect anything to change.
Like, way better.
Gimme my mother****ing pirate ship.
I mean, I understand the economics behind it, but looting a hundred lockboxes a day that I can't open unless I buy keys from the market...kinda not my thing. I'd like to see some response to feedback on mechanics that need fixing, or costume options that need merging (I heard a story about someone whose magic allowed us to have certain costume parts worn together...), and other general stuff suggested by the community. New comic series, that'd be fun.
And a bit more investigation into this 'Foundry' deal. What would be more effective in the long run: creating new missions regularly to satisfy players, or giving players the tool set to create missions and satisfy themselves? Isn't that a thought! But now I'm just starting to day dream, so I guess I'll go back to doing whatever I was before.
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