The Energon Pub

News Credits: 42 · Wed Dec 12, 2018 5:18 am

Hi guy and gals, meta post time.

We tried something new this time around by putting images in the mission briefs. The idea behind these was to make them a bit more obvious and at the same time use them as a way to advance the story we've created.

We do know there was one issue; the higher level ones spawned far more frequently than the lower. This was because when a mission is generated, the game randomly selects a suitable one from the database to fit the required level, and as we had disabled the existing Inferno missions to avoid confusing the story that left only the event ones for level 10 & 11s to generate.
We will be addressing this if there is a next time by ensuring a better variation of missions at all levels as well as the event ones.

The question is: do we want a 'next time' for images in mission briefs? Poll is above and any other feedback or comments on this or the last round are welcomed.

Cheers,
Psych.

News Credits: 226 · Wed Dec 12, 2018 6:21 am

After you've voted, please give your thanks to Psychout.

He FINALLY worked out how to make polls himself.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 12, 2018 8:10 am

I like them event only made it much easier to find the tourney missions quicker

Wed Dec 12, 2018 9:53 am

As cool as it was and tempting as it may be to do them all the time it would probably lessen their significance to use them all the time.

Good job on all this Psych & Friends!
It was enjoyable (as much as getting absolutely smoked could be enjoyable) with a few tweeks I'd wouldn't mind doing it again.

Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:24 am

I do like the images... but is there a way to scale them down next time? I feel they were a bit big.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:22 pm

Burn wrote:After you've voted, please give your thanks to Psychout.

He FINALLY worked out how to make polls himself.

Thanks Psychout.

Thpsychout.

Imho, keep images for tourneys to make them easier to spot.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 12, 2018 2:57 pm

For next time, could we get a banner then a headshot inline with the text so it looks like they're on comms telling us? I really liked how easy it was to spot the tourney missions, but the only complaint seems to be they were to large.

News Credits: 7 · Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:45 pm

Absolute Zero wrote:For next time, could we get a banner then a headshot inline with the text so it looks like they're on comms telling us? I really liked how easy it was to spot the tourney missions, but the only complaint seems to be they were to large.

Like this?

It was the look I was going for anyway.

News Credits: 42 · Wed Dec 12, 2018 3:56 pm

Absolute Zero wrote:For next time, could we get a banner then a headshot inline with the text so it looks like they're on comms telling us? I really liked how easy it was to spot the tourney missions, but the only complaint seems to be they were to large.

good idea. If we can get it work then that should look pretty cool.

The images did come out larger than I expected, but as an initial test I'd say it was pretty successful.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 12, 2018 4:16 pm

High Command wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:For next time, could we get a banner then a headshot inline with the text so it looks like they're on comms telling us? I really liked how easy it was to spot the tourney missions, but the only complaint seems to be they were to large.

Like this?

https://i.imgur.com/xni6jTf.jpg

It was the look I was going for anyway.

Something like that, maybe a lot smaller. lol I was thinking more like

Only robots and only one head and no channel... If that all makes sense.

Psychout wrote:
Absolute Zero wrote:For next time, could we get a banner then a headshot inline with the text so it looks like they're on comms telling us? I really liked how easy it was to spot the tourney missions, but the only complaint seems to be they were to large.
good idea. If we can get it work then that should look pretty cool.

The images did come out larger than I expected, but as an initial test I'd say it was pretty successful.

On no, they were awesome. Just large. lol Apparently people were upset about having to scroll more or something. I can't say how it looked on mobile though.