Crossover missions are "real time" - No longer available after they've passed?

[dragonuy]

come on guys this is a no brainer,
The shows comes on once a week, so when they say real time missions and no longer available after their passed.
Obviously means that the show will trigger some particular missions and you have until next show to complete the mission, or what ever that plot in the shows change it, so most likely you will have from 1 week up to several weeks to complete the show related missions.
And indication of this is that the game starts 13 days before the show, long enough for people to do Critical Show Related Missions "IF" there is any on game before the show starts.

[Smitch]

come on guys this is a no brainer,
The shows comes on once a week, so when they say real time missions and no longer available after their passed.
Obviously means that the show will trigger some particular missions and you have until next show to complete the mission, or what ever that plot in the shows change it, so most likely you will have from 1 week up to several weeks to complete the show related missions.
And indication of this is that the game starts 13 days before the show, long enough for people to do Critical Show Related Missions "IF" there is any on game before the show starts.

That is what I read from it as well, and they have basically out right said that such cross over missions would exist, but this is the first time they've said that they exist for a limited time only. I would like to have an option to either replay, or still be able to access them on a new character. Even if I specifically have to kick them off by going to go see some character called 'ole Joe One Leg the storyteller out front of the bar to start it. (Has to have something to do other than feed hell bugs and shout "ARRRRRK FALLLLLL!" )

[Spaisekraft]

come on guys this is a no brainer,
The shows comes on once a week, so when they say real time missions and no longer available after their passed.
Obviously means that the show will trigger some particular missions and you have until next show to complete the mission, or what ever that plot in the shows change it, so most likely you will have from 1 week up to several weeks to complete the show related missions.
And indication of this is that the game starts 13 days before the show, long enough for people to do Critical Show Related Missions "IF" there is any on game before the show starts.

Yeah this is the most reasonable explanation. If a mission is doable for several days to weeks and you miss it, there's no one ot blame but yourself. :P

[Rarodil]

The may be nobody to blame, but it's still bad business. All story missions NEED to be accessible to later players. Anything else will just breed resentment and harm future player growth.

[Desidus]

The may be nobody to blame, but it's still bad business. All story missions NEED to be accessible to later players. Anything else will just breed resentment and harm future player growth.

Your kidding right? I think its way better to have the occasional exclusive/short time duration missions. So you miss one, big deal... at least its something new and unique for people to do or for them to talk about.

[Rarodil]

Your kidding right? I think its way better to have the occasional exclusive/short time duration missions. So you miss one, big deal... at least its something new and unique for people to do or for them to talk about.

No, I'm not. I'm not concerned about missing one mission here or there, I'm talking about the player who comes in 2 years late and can no longer catch up. I think that's bad business.

Edit: (Or at the very least aiming at your own feet.)

[Spaisekraft]

The may be nobody to blame, but it's still bad business. All story missions NEED to be accessible to later players. Anything else will just breed resentment and harm future player growth.

World of Warcraft had cool opening and closing events for new raids or expansions, they were time limited. I missed some really old ones but it didn't make me angry. I just looked back at those events like pieces of the game lore/history. Didn't bother me at all!

[Desidus]

No, I'm not. I'm not concerned about missing one mission here or there, I'm talking about the player who comes in 2 years late and can no longer catch up. I think that's bad business.

Edit: (Or at the very least aiming at your own feet.)

It doesn't make the game unplayable... anymore than expansion packs make a game unplayable. They will be special things that change things in the game and show most likely... but it won't change the playability. Won't lead to a dead end or anything like that.

[Rarodil]

It doesn't make the game unplayable... anymore than expansion packs make a game unplayable. They will be special things that change things in the game and show most likely... but it won't change the playability. Won't lead to a dead end or anything like that.

I would agree that it doesn't make the game any more or less playable, but the game is not a stand alone game like most other MMOs are. The difference between Defiance and most other MMOs is that it's got a TV show running alongside it. If I want to understand and experience the universe in its entirety, I will need to both play the game and watch the show. It is an experiment and I feel that there is no reason to make these events exclusive.

Sidenote: I feel that expansion packs do make the base game unplayable. Who raided Molten Core after Burning Crusade was released? Who ran LBRS or UBRS? Scholomance? Those plot lines died in a hurry.

[Desidus]

I would agree that it doesn't make the game any more or less playable, but the game is not a stand alone game like most other MMOs are. The difference between Defiance and most other MMOs is that it's got a TV show running alongside it. If I want to understand and experience the universe in its entirety, I will need to both play the game and watch the show. It is an experiment and I feel that there is no reason to make these events exclusive.

Sidenote: I feel that expansion packs do make the base game unplayable. Who raided Molten Core after Burning Crusade was released? Who ran LBRS or UBRS? Scholomance? Those plot lines died in a hurry.

Not I, but my brother-in-law most likely did, He plays a lot and would often go through the old content with people. Besides which that didn't make the game unplayable it just changed what you were playing.

Anyways whatever you think you can think... If you want to worry about it go right ahead I just wanted to say my side and I have. lol.