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Lore in the Codex!
« on: May 17, 2012, 01:34:13 PM »

I was thinking it would be nice to be able to view the lore from inside the codex. I'm kind of thinking of Mass Effect and how information on the history and almost anything else was available to the player so that if they didn't understand what was going on, they could figure it out. Also, I think it would be nice to make it easy to mod. Project Caelus already has extensive lore and it would be nice to have somewhere to put it in game such that someone could see all of the great ideas we have come up with.
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Re: Lore in the Codex!
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2012, 01:59:15 PM »

Well, there is lore right inside the descriptions of the ships and weapons, even some upcoming *zzZZzz* factions.  It's nice to read the descriptions while admiring the epicness of the ships. ;D
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Re: Lore in the Codex!
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2012, 02:01:12 PM »

Well, there is lore right inside the descriptions of the ships and weapons, even some upcoming *zzZZzz* factions.  It's nice to read the descriptions while admiring the epicness of the ships. ;D

Indeed. Also, we will need some lore soon for those ships ingame as of current! :)
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Re: Lore in the Codex!
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2012, 02:06:07 PM »

Well, there is lore right inside the descriptions of the ships and weapons, even some upcoming *zzZZzz* factions.  It's nice to read the descriptions while admiring the epicness of the ships. ;D

Indeed. Also, we will need some lore soon for those ships ingame as of current! :)
I spend so much time in the codex, just watching the ships, comparing their stats, reading their history... I love doing this, even if its just a bunch of pixels on a computer :>
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Re: Lore in the Codex!
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2012, 02:07:42 PM »

Well, there is lore right inside the descriptions of the ships and weapons, even some upcoming *zzZZzz* factions.  It's nice to read the descriptions while admiring the epicness of the ships. ;D

Indeed. Also, we will need some lore soon for those ships ingame as of current! :)
I spend so much time in the codex, just watching the ships, comparing their stats, reading their history... I love doing this, even if its just a bunch of pixels on a computer :>


Yeah. It's the small things that count, really. I once spent an entire hour at reading lore of ships :)
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Re: Lore in the Codex!
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2012, 02:20:50 PM »

Yeah. It's the small things that count, really. I once spent an entire hour at reading lore of ships :)
Ah, boredom gets the best of us all.  You spent that hour well. ;)
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Re: Lore in the Codex!
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2012, 02:23:03 PM »

Yeah. It's the small things that count, really. I once spent an entire hour at reading lore of ships :)
Ah, boredom gets the best of us all.  You spent that hour well. ;)

We're left with no chance against Lord Ivaylo's dark powers ;D
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Re: Lore in the Codex!
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2012, 04:38:21 PM »

Yeah. It's the small things that count, really. I once spent an entire hour at reading lore of ships :)
Ah, boredom gets the best of us all.  You spent that hour well. ;)

We're left with no chance against Lord Ivaylo's dark powers ;D

I look forward to being on the receiving end of said powers in far greater concentration in the future. Need more official lore! :) Much more than the widely scattered bits which exist at present.
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Re: Lore in the Codex!
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2012, 09:27:33 PM »

I am very hopeful that they won't disappoint. :D
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Re: Lore in the Codex!
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2012, 03:39:24 AM »

How about a lore button on the main menu as well so that peaople can learn about whats going on. there could be a basic over view of the co0smos and the basic relationships with a little history for beginners and then the option to go more indepth into inter factio relations and such like.
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Re: Lore in the Codex!
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2012, 02:49:57 PM »

Perhaps we *super innovation mode* write our own perception of the lore, and understanding of what went on, that will affect how factions look at us, officer motivation, weapon system effectiveness etc.

It would huuuuuuuuuuuuuuugely add to this element of a falling world, where people don't understand fully the stuff around them.
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