As a player walking around in the game world, what types of crime are going to be identifiable in game? What will I see NPCs (and or PCs) doing that I can thwart? How sophisticated and nuanced will it be? What types of crime will require players to enter instanced content, and will they have to be tipped off by some sort of contact?
- Simple street crimes should be easy to spot (like purse snatching)
- A thug casing a house or business to rob it, or flying a drone to spy on someone
- Bank robbery, cargo heist, etc (essentially stealing something from a location or a group)
- Breaking any law that doesn't involve theft or direct bodily harm?

As a player walking down the street will my alignments impact what my character identifies as a crime?

As a Redside character, how does that change the answers to the above? What opportunities will be available to those characters?

How will Redside / Blueside content mesh out on the streets? Will I see a purse snatcher on one side of the street and local law enforcement apprehending a suspect on the other?

Can we please get some concept art of Martian invaders and other villains?
concept art is always fun--even with a disclaimer that the end result may not look anything like the art presented.

and maybe some lore like Martian activity has been picking up recently. and something about their failed invasion in the 50's.

Cyclops wrote:

For those with Shoulder Kitties and the like, I would like the option for speech bubbles to come from the kitty and not the human.
Thank you.

I heartily concur!

*strikes an heroic pose*

Cinnder wrote:

Wait, did MWM say at some point that CoT is going to have Martian invaders??

Yes. but no updates since. wah.

and speaking of Martians. Is it possible for players to get a martian gun? It would be cool to become a hero just by picking up a fallen weapon and turning it back on the invaders. That's a hero/villain concept all in itself.

So people are not confused, one of the early alien group placeholder names was "Martians." Aliens and off-world material is planned for a post-launch omnibus expansion, and will only be referenced indirectly at launch.

Blue Battler wrote:

Will we have the equivalent of "Wakies" in COT or will all toons have an inherent "Rez Other" power?

See our updrate on Momentum, which briefly discusses Reserves. Reserves are the CoT version of inspirations with a dofferent take on the mechanics.

Cinnder wrote:

Doctor Tyche wrote:

So people are not confused, one of the early alien group placeholder names was "Martians." Aliens and off-world material is planned for a post-launch omnibus expansion, and will only be referenced indirectly at launch.

Thanks, Doc.

I think everyone will enjoy The Scourge when they're released.

Doctor Tyche wrote:

Cinnder wrote:
Doctor Tyche wrote:
So people are not confused, one of the early alien group placeholder names was "Martians." Aliens and off-world material is planned for a post-launch omnibus expansion, and will only be referenced indirectly at launch.
Thanks, Doc.
I think everyone will enjoy The Scourge when they're released.

Like, paid expansion?

Not that it's a bad thing. =)

Amerikatt wrote:

Cyclops wrote:
and we need a caped and cowled shoulder kitty...what would a hero game be without AmeriKatt?
edit to add: Please and thank you.
Excellent suggestion! You win ...!
*brings an unconscious mouse in yellow and red spandex to Cyclops and sets it at his feet*
What a tasty treat! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqURl8u2p8o (MM's first appearance in 1942); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X78i13q-atk (MM theme song)
[Don't worry, girls and boys! He's just snoozing! AK would NEVER hurt her buddy! She would consider it rude!]

Oh boy! My pet python will be so happy to meet his dinn/um...er...friend!

Can player characters that are on polar opposites of the alignment system be in the same Super Team/League? Or, even in the same party?

Thanks!

Hero teams: Do we all have to have the same style/colors of uniforms? That is not the case in comics. Whats to keep a teams from just wearing their preferred outfits?

That's kind of how it worked in CoX. SGs could specify their logo and two colors. In lieu of an additional costume slot, each costume had the ability to "patch" the logo in somewhere a logo normally goes (e.g. chest insignia) and could swap in the SG colors on a part-by-part basis.

There were some odd bugs in that process, of course. Most of us opted for using a costume slot for an SG uniform so we could design the whole thing right. It was tricky, but some SGs figured out a way to describe all the settings and posted "official costumes" on their sites.

When the game goes live, the official forums does too.
I have been to a number of official game forums that are infested with trolls. They will allow no serious discussion. Those game sites don't care to invest in any moderation. Or the mods will say, "I believe in free speech, so I will allow trolls to deny you yours." To get a decent conversation you have to find a private forum run by fans.

PLEASE. official COT forums will be the first place players will turn to for help and camaraderie.
[u]Will you please have decent moderation on those official forums?[/u] Even if you must rely on volunteers, we may need some Hard @$$es who will Ban the trouble makers.

Our current forums are filled with fans who love the genre....I just know what is going to happen.

Lin Chiao Feng wrote:

That's kind of how it worked in CoX. SGs could specify their logo and two colors. In lieu of an additional costume slot, each costume had the ability to "patch" the logo in somewhere a logo normally goes (e.g. chest insignia) and could swap in the SG colors on a part-by-part basis.
There were some odd bugs in that process, of course. Most of us opted for using a costume slot for an SG uniform so we could design the whole thing right. It was tricky, but some SGs figured out a way to describe all the settings and posted "official costumes" on their sites.

I do hope dressable mannequins make their way to SG base building :)

[img]http://images.amcnetworks.com/bbcamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/weepingangels.jpg[/img]

I don't see what you did there ...

desviper wrote:

I do hope dressable mannequins make their way to SG base building :)

[i]* scribbles notes.[/i]

Please. Please. Please. Can we get some concept art posted?

** edited for spelling as so obviously pointed out below.

Fireheart wrote:

Cyclops wrote:
Please. Please. Please. Can we get some conception art posted?
I don't think this is what you actually want, Cyclops. Perhaps some Concept art, but that other kind is a bit squicky.
Be Well!
Fireheart

XD

Well, we did, recently see 'concept art' of the Rook Slicer and development work in actually modeling the wench, too...

Be Well!
Fireheart

OK a question. There are a number of heroes who use rings as a firing point outside of the various Lantern Corps.
[u]Will it invite a lawsuit to have a ring as a firing point?[/u] (animation: Just a fist) [b]Can we have magic rings?[/b]

There was a group a while ago that wanted to start a lantern style SuperTeam. They swore not to violate copyrights.
Hows about it?

I'm kinda thinking of a "one ring" style villain.

Cyclops wrote:

OK a question. There are a number of heroes who use rings as a firing point outside of the various Lantern Corps.Will it invite a lawsuit to have a ring as a firing point? (animation: Just a fist) Can we have magic rings?
There was a group a while ago that wanted to start a lantern style SuperTeam. They swore not to violate copyrights.
Hows about it?
I'm kinda thinking of a "one ring" style villain.
Primary some sort of raw energy projection
Secondary: trick arrows
Tertiary Invisibility........
just a thought from an altaholic.

As long as they don't recreate existing characters I'm sure it would be legally allowed since you can't copyright a concept. Patents would be right out (some might try but I'm sure they would loose) and trademark/trade dress would most likely be limited to the character/costume as a whole and/or specific identifying marks.

Though from a practical point I think MWM would do it as a one-handed or two-handed closed fist emanation point with you having to add the ring as part of the costume. Not sure that having rings as an actual prop would be that beneficial.

Who wants to make a team of planeteers!

Cyclops wrote:

Wolfgang8565 wrote:
Who wants to make a team of planeteers!
Wolfgang!!! I just threw up in my mouth a little.

XD

August 6th.
we now breathlessly await the answers.
one last question. Will the giant ants still be slaves to instinct and attack picnics in the park?

Amerikatt wrote:

*gives industrial-size air sick bag to Cyclops*

Fills it, hands it back.

im serious. the sg leader can look like cap planet....mhm

This is more serious than it sounds.
But. What if My SG holds a fish fry after defeating the Fishmen? [u]Will we take an alignment hit?[/u]
Is there a jail for fishmen...or are they served up as fishsticks?

[u]If there is an alignment hit for this...then there should be a tasty option for us to choose.[/u] and fishmen steaks ought to be able to be sold on the open market.

This just sounds too good not to ask.

Grimfox wrote:

You can't(shouldn't) eat fishmen for the same reason you can't(shouldn't) eat dolphins. As top level predators in the oceans they collect large amounts of heavy metals like Lead and Mercury in their bodies. Their meat is basically poison. Also eating [u]sentient[/u] creatures...would definitely put big minus on your morality bar.

I think you mean [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom#Sapience]sapient[/url] since effectively all animals we consider normal to eat today are considered [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience]sentient[/url].

Cyclops wrote:

Is there a jail for fishmen...or are they served up as fishsticks?

I adhere to "don't ask, don't tell"!

Wait! You mean that doesn't have *anything* to do with fish stix?!

*drowns her sorrows in a serving platter full of fish stix ... and a quart of Boysenberry Sauce*

When (what level) will we have access to our first tertiary power?

Over in the [url=https://cityoftitans.com/comment/125965#comment-125965]Almost There[/url] thread,

Blue Battler wrote:

Will we have street signs with the names of streets?

I like this question.

Unless you guys really want to blow this place up, these [i]are[/i] the official forums. This is partly because this record is a primary accountability mechanism to our Kickstarter backers. Real artists ship.

We just don't have any full-time forum mods right now. Minotaur and Shadow Elusive are the ones to go to (in that order) if someone's being a jerk.

We're almost done getting a proper Terms of Use in place. It's got several clauses that all boil down to Wheaton's Law. Even so, we've reserved the right to smack down other idiots in there, too, so even if something seems iffy, talk to Minotaur or Shadow.

Foradain wrote:

Blue Battler wrote:

Will we have street signs with the names of streets?

Speaking just for myself, I'd like to presume yes, simply because named streets and street signs are commonplace in American cities. We've already had MWM produce and release some tech demonstration video where a street sign was (briefly) visible (and hilarious to see due to the content of the signs).

Taking things just a little bit further though, I would expect any sort of world geometry/texturing to actually have street sign information placed on the actual object(s) used, so as to replicate the expected appearance of seeing street signs in English in an American city in Massachusetts. That way, the world objects "look right" at a glance when you're playing in the game.

However, I would also sincerely appreciate a hovered mouseover popup, much like what World of Warcraft does with its in-game signage, which then renders the street name for you in large font in a popup when your mouse cursor hovers on the sign, which can then reference database entries for this information [i]which can be localized to different languages[/i] to support French, German, Spanish, and any other languages that the City of Titans client can be localized to support. At launch, the game would definitely support English for those popups, is my thinking, but then the game would also support extending those tables for those popups to include other languages when reading street signs.

Build for One, but Expect To Support More is essentially the mindset you want to be working with for this. And since things like street names are very compartmentalized bits of information, it shouldn't be that onerous to farm out to volunteers the necessary translation work for adding a column of language localization for them to the Master Table that contains this information in an Excel Spreadsheet CSV format, where the Rows are the street names and the Columns are the language those names are to be presented in. Column A is thus the English column (by default) and all the others are just Columns B, C, D, etc. beyond that, and all the game client has to do is cross reference Row+Column correctly to pull the right information from the table to populate the mouseover popup on screen while playing the game. The actual ART for the street signs remains unchanged, but because you can get the information from them without needing to get close enough to "read" them on your monitor, the actual Art Asset only needs a single skin/texture for it, while the content of the mouseover popups varies depending on the localization of the client language.

This creates an inherently extensible system that is "friendly" to future modifications and additions.

That's the way I'd imagine this sort of thing being done. Whether it will be or not is a different question.

Here is a suggestion for a melee attack animation...and it IS animation heavy.
HAIR attacks. the toon has long hair that lashes out at the enemy. can be used for melee or for entangles.

Cyclops wrote:

Here is a suggestion for a melee attack animation...and it IS animation heavy.
HAIR attacks. the toon has long hair that lashes out at the enemy. can be used for melee or for entangles.

Not sure yet whether I'll be seeing a good example or a not-so-good example this Friday. Fingers crossed. ^_^