Post Halloween Podcast

Post Halloween Podcast

Kinak 04 Nov 2020 18:07

Hey, it's time for the traditional post-Halloween podcast thread!

Post your questions here, be they about Halloween, Metroplexity, or other stuff. Remember to keep them concise if you can and try not to cross-talk answering each other's questions.

Cheers!
Kinak

Re: Post Halloween Podcast

Cryptodynamic 04 Nov 2020 22:54

Heya Kinak! Hope things are going okay in your neck of the woods. And another Halloween come and gone. By the time you're recording I'll probably have sent you some feedback, but to summarize here, I had fun! I'm sure we'd all like to hear if you've got any post mortem thoughts on Halloween, as well.

Some questions:

• From some of the stuff she had to say, it seems like a safe guess that we'll be seeing Yvonne again in future years. Does that sound accurate?

• The parking garage is certainly looking pretty spooky now. Think we might see any long-term consequences that manifest as encounters, like in the Records Office?

• I've been meaning to bring this up since cooking came out, but it keeps slipping my mind so that I don't bring it up in time for Halloween. Since I'm thinking on it now… thoughts on letting us cook up some pumpkins on future Halloweens?

• Anything in the works on the unearthly item front?

• We've determined that our original thoughts on the cellular differentiation report, that results were based on active effects, was wrong, and that the effects in question just happened to overlap with more diverse triggers. That leaves us with an extremely broad set of possibilities for the third skill… any chance for a hint that might narrow things down?

• With the classic writing desk, would you say that drawing enemies into our "hollow world" might be a productive use of energy?

• Some friends and I were chatting about potential weapons in Cyberpunk 2077, and the sci-fi trope of archaic weapons using super science materials came up. Over here in Metroplexity we've already got a bunch of blades, but what are your thoughts on having a few bows/crossbows and related techniques?

A few more questions, since I've had time to think of them!

• At first we thought the Queen of Ice was going to be relatively straightforward to encounter, after Al running into her pretty quickly, but that turned out not to be the case. Was there anything unusual going on, like only one queen out there?

• If you had to pick some element of the game (like an item, effect or encounter) that you think could use some more spading work, what would it be?

Last edited on 14 Jan 2021 21:53 by Cryptodynamic Show more

Re: Post Halloween Podcast

bigalphillips 08 Nov 2020 15:12

• In the wispy hospital pants encounters, there are two mysterious interactions when dying from the Queen. I couldn't find anything special there, is there anything special here:

"When the pain stops, you find yourself somewhere entirely different… somewhere simultaneously clearer and more complicated."

and

"The pain is unbearable, like needles digging into your flesh, but it soon passes and you find yourself staring at the world with clearer eyes."

• Are there any unearthly conducts, like say using the moodlight glove for the the entire run? Or any avatars unlocked that way?

• Would you consider adding a behind-the-scenes way of seeing Opponent ID numbers and Encounter ID numbers? I think a project to revisit every encounter in the game would renew my interest quite a bit and probably inspire me to poke at some other mysteries as well.

• Have we missed anything significant from past holiday events because we didn't check all opponents for Mirror Gazing or Ghoultouched special cases?

• Does hacking Function #57 exist for us to obtain?

• What's up with the Echo Chamber? It says it needs updates to work with NovOs but Echo Capacitors are still available for sale. Any specific plans there?

Last edited on 15 Sep 2021 02:13 by bigalphillips Show more

Re: Post Halloween Podcast

Magnifico 10 Nov 2020 02:18

Heya!

Last podcast you said there was some "skulky" content left from the spider crafting update. Later on GoldS found the Web Control skill. The skill's stated effects seem pretty narrow compared to some of the other injector skills. Does it have some additional secrets that we haven't found yet?

Is there other spider stuff left to find that's not related to Web Control?

The moodlight glove is back in Zack's this season. It looks pretty well-spaded, but you never know with two coin items. Is there more to find?

Are there unfound depths to the games for the Teso game console, or are they just nice buffs?

Is the freaky spidery stuff that can happen with the mascot adapter “normal” Etheric weirdness, or is Zaibatsu adopting Midgard mysterious signature code?

Last edited on 11 Nov 2020 01:38 by Magnifico Show more

Re: Post Halloween Podcast

Kinak 22 Nov 2020 23:26

It's been a while since we opened this thread. I just wanted to drop by and mention I'm not waiting for anything specific, scheduling is just weird with everyone at home.

Cheers!
Kinak