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The Lounge / Sky Pirates
« on: January 08, 2017, 03:04:27 am »
Is anyone playing this https://pirates.my.com/en/about ? I'd love to hook up with some old GOIO comrades.
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Feedback and Suggestions / Muse, Please Stop the Youtubing
« on: December 13, 2015, 09:35:10 am »
We all get it. We know it worked fantastically to bring in new blood for a few years. No one is denying it was effective, but it is not anymore. Stop throwing time and money at a dead horse. This is not the golden ticket to making GOIO more populated. Retention has to be fixed before any more promos. Let's take a look at the youtuber/sale figures, based off of steam charts. Green for spring sale, orange for fall sale.
March 25-April 29, 2013: Average players went from 366 to 2,009.
August 26-September 30, 2013: Average players went from 498 to 2,207.
Oct. 28-Nov. 25, 2013: Average players went from 392 to 1,835.
March 31-April 28, 2014: Average players went from 349 to 4,043.
August 25-November 2,237: Average players went from 457 to 2,237.
March 30-April 27, 2015: Average players went from 402 to 3,175.
Oct 26-Nov. 16, 2015: Average players went from 347 to 797.
As of Nov. 30th, that number stabilized at 456. I don't really need to say much more, to realize that number is drastically lower than any other sale. The youtuber thing is done. We have milked it dry. Please, stop. You guys need to come at sales, promos, and mo8st importantly retention at a new angle, or you won't have a population to greet Alliance when it is ready.
March 25-April 29, 2013: Average players went from 366 to 2,009.
August 26-September 30, 2013: Average players went from 498 to 2,207.
Oct. 28-Nov. 25, 2013: Average players went from 392 to 1,835.
March 31-April 28, 2014: Average players went from 349 to 4,043.
August 25-November 2,237: Average players went from 457 to 2,237.
March 30-April 27, 2015: Average players went from 402 to 3,175.
Oct 26-Nov. 16, 2015: Average players went from 347 to 797.
As of Nov. 30th, that number stabilized at 456. I don't really need to say much more, to realize that number is drastically lower than any other sale. The youtuber thing is done. We have milked it dry. Please, stop. You guys need to come at sales, promos, and mo8st importantly retention at a new angle, or you won't have a population to greet Alliance when it is ready.
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General Discussion / DLC/Micro-transaction Ideas
« on: December 09, 2015, 10:19:45 am »
A whiles back, somebody on a fireside suggested more shop items be added to supplement Muse's bank. Some ideas were gunner exclusive (or not) gun skins/trail effects, and more deck themes and figureheads. If anyone has played Depth, or Rocket League, they offer a lot of skins for weapons, cars, and sharks for a fee, so same idea.
Now the point of this thread is not to get into a good vs bad microtransaction debate. This is just for ideas, anything cosmetic that does not affect actual gameplay, to suggest adding to the in game store to increase Muse's revenue.
Now the point of this thread is not to get into a good vs bad microtransaction debate. This is just for ideas, anything cosmetic that does not affect actual gameplay, to suggest adding to the in game store to increase Muse's revenue.
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Community Events / TimmyB Season 2 Wrap-Up
« on: October 24, 2015, 05:07:21 am »
On behalf of the TimmyB Tournament crew, I'd like to thank everyone who participated and watched for supporting us!
It will take me a few weeks to get the points done, and then hand out the prizes. To the team leaders, if you would like an in-game badge for your team (subs included!), and participated at least once please send me a list of your team's in-game names to be submitted to Muse. Prize details will be given to the winning teams personally.
The TimmyB Tournament will return next fall. If you are interested in joining our team please contact me. We are looking for artists, producers, designers (game types, rules), casters, and judges. We start preliminary preparations in the spring!
If you have any general feedback (good or bad), please post it here. We are always looking to improve the tournament and provide a better experience!
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Community Events / TimmyB Tournament: week 6 sign-ups 10/24 "Final Jeopardy"
« on: October 20, 2015, 05:16:38 pm »Here it is ladies and gentlemen, the finale of TimmyB season 2! It's been a great ride.
Week 6 Format and Setup
All ships and weapons are locked, and must be bought with the total points you earned
The amount of points you risk determines the tier of ships and weapons you unlock
Team victory, not ship victory, one team wins, but each ship on that team calculates their final points based off of their own points risked.
all 3v3 maps
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
Tier 1:
0-25% points risked
ships unlocked: spire, squid
weapons unlocked: flare, harpoon, heavy flak, mine launcher, minotaur
Tier 2:
25-50% points risked
ships unlocked: pyra, galleon
weapons unlocked: heavy carronade, flamethrower, light flak, merc
Tier 3:
50-75% points risked
ships unlocked: junker, mobula
weapons unlocked: artemis, banshee, light carronade, lumberjack, hades
Tier 4:
75-100% points risked
ship unlocked: goldfish
weapons unlocked: light mortar, gatling gun, hwacha
VICTORY!
Victory will go to the ship with the highest points after Final Jeopardy.
Bonus points will be applied after Final Jeopardy.
Sign-Ups
please provide the following information in your sign-up post:
Team name:
POINTS RISKED:
Points of contact for the match (including your steam url address):
Team logo (optional):
Merc y/n:
Sign-ups must be entered by 2:00 AM EDT Saturday, 10/24!
Team Totals
Anglean Gym - 177
Brick's Tsundere Waifus - 227
Crepe Crepe - 263
Starbard/Seas the Day - 47
GSR - 106
Horrible Hydras - 178
Charybdis - 85
Jagerkindeedleterkin Kajiggers of Chyekenschlya - 66
Nihilistic Jains - 97
Perfectly Sane Hatters - 184
Red Spectra - 7
Unholy Batter - 137
Mine Over Matter- 122
Omega Hawk - 47
Holy Frosting - 92
Herr Random - 67
Les moutons braisés - 39
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Community Events / TimmyB Tournament: week 5 sign-ups 10/17 "Random Everything!"
« on: October 13, 2015, 03:02:33 am »Week 5 Format and Setup
Each team has it's ship and gun randomly determined by dice roll (ship d8 (8 is reroll), big gun d6 (6 is reroll), small gun d12) 1 reroll per ship, no you can’t reroll ship
individual ship points for kills & assists: 10 points a kill, 5 for an assist. Assists are awarded if another ship penetrated or aided with explosive damage on the kill.
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
all 3v3 map pool (d 6)
7 victory points to each winning ship, x sad points for each losing ship (x being the team’s total kills)
Sign-Ups
please provide the following information in your sign-up post:
Team name:
Ship name you will be using:
Points of contact for the match (including your steam url address):
Team logo (optional):
Merc y/n:
Sign-ups must be entered by 2:00 AM EDT Saturday, 10/17!
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Community Events / TimmyB Tournament: week 4 sign-ups 10/10 "Demolition Derby"
« on: October 03, 2015, 08:50:05 pm »Week 4 Format and Setup
only goldfish allowed
only weapons allowed are minotaurs and harpoons
Kills must be by ramming, or goomba stomps to receive points
map is ‘Paritan Rumble'
individual ship points for kills & assists: 10 points a kill, 5 for an assist. Assists are awarded if another ship aided in ramming a ship to death..
1 bonus point for each harpoon shot that penetrates armour
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
7 victory points to each winning ship, x sad points for each losing ship (x being the team’s total kills)
Sign-Ups
please provide the following information in your sign-up post:
Team name:
Ship name you will be using:
Points of contact for the match (including your steam url address):
Team logo (optional):
Merc y/n:
Sign-ups must be entered by 2:00 AM EDT Saturday, 10/10!
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Community Events / TimmyB Tournament: week 3 sign-ups 10/3
« on: September 29, 2015, 03:48:12 am »Week 3 Format and Setup
only galleons allowed
only light weapons allowed: flares and harpoons
ramming, tar allowed
only heavy weapon allowed: minotaur
no intentional killing
map is ‘Battle over Firnfield’
All ships line up next to each other, east of the "village killer" gun gate, which is the starting line. They must not cross the starting line or fire until the race begins. When the ref counts down from 3 and says "go!" the race can commence. The contestants must complete three circuits around the pre-determined course, and then cross back across the starting line from the east side to the west. The 1st place winner will gain 7 points, the 2nd place ship will win 4 points, and the 3rd place ship will 2 points. All other ships will earn 1 point.
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
My pro paint skills were requested again this year, so here is a diagram detailing the race!
Sign-Ups
please provide the following information in your sign-up post:
Team name:
Ship name you will be using:
Points of contact for the match (including your steam url address):
Team logo (optional):
Merc y/n:
Sign-ups must be entered by 2:00 AM EDT Saturday, 10/3!
Finally, you can volunteer to "merc" in your sign-up. By "merc-ing" you make yourself available for a second match with no chance for points (basically for fun). This is a backup way of filling another lobby if we have sign-ups greater than six, but not enough to fill a second match.
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Community Events / TimmyB Tournament: week 2 sign-ups 9/26
« on: September 20, 2015, 04:06:47 am »Week 2 Format and Setup
game type: crazy king
ships allowed: junker
weapons allowed: mine launcher
map: Raid on the Refinery
points: 10 points are awarded to each ship that aides in a capture. 5 Points are awarded to any ship that successfully blocks.
individual ship points for kills & assists: 10 points a kill, 5 for an assist. Assists are awarded if another ship penetrated or aided with explosive damage on the kill.
+3 bonus point for each lochnagar mine used
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
Sign-Ups
please provide the following information in your sign-up post:
Team name:
Ship name you will be using:
Points of contact for the match (including your steam url address):
Team logo (optional):
Merc y/n:
Sign-ups must be entered by 2:00 AM EDT Saturday, 9/26!
Finally, you can volunteer to "merc" in your sign-up. By "merc-ing" you make yourself available for a second match with no chance for points (basically for fun). This is a backup way of filling another lobby if we have sign-ups greater than six, but not enough to fill a second match.
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Community Events / TimmyB Tournament: week 1 sign-ups 9/18
« on: September 08, 2015, 05:17:34 pm »Forward
This is a Plain Jane Deathmatch, and it's purpose is to ease people into the unfamiliar waters that is the chaos of the TimmyB tournament. Come into it with an open mind and a willingness to meet new people and friends, just like your first days of GOIO!
Week 1 Format and Setup
standard deathmatch
all ships, all weapons allowed
3v3
individual ship points for kills & assists: 10 points a kill, 5 for an assist. Assists are awarded if another ship penetrated or aided with explosive damage on the kill.
all 3v3 map pool; randomly chosen before the game by a dice roll.
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
7 victory points to each winning ship, x sad points for each losing ship (x being the team’s total kills)
Sign-Ups
please provide the following information in your sign-up post:
Team name:
Ship name you will be using:
Points of contact for the match (including your steam url address):
Team logo (optional):
Merc y/n:
Sign-ups must be entered by 12:00 PM EDT Saturday, 9/18!
Finally, you can volunteer to "merc" in your sign-up. By "merc-ing" you make yourself available for a second match with no chance for points (basically for fun). This is a backup way of filling another lobby if we have sign-ups greater than six, but not enough to fill a second match.
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General Discussion / PAX Alliance Streamed Content
« on: August 28, 2015, 05:38:27 pm »
For those that saw it, or those that didn't go here, what are you thoughts and opinions on everything you saw?
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Community Events / TimmyB Tournament: Season 2
« on: August 23, 2015, 06:30:09 pm »TimmyB Tournament
season 2
Introduction
The TimmyB tournament is a Guns of Icarus tournament designed for all clans, all groups and all skill levels. It is a great way to get into the Guns of Icarus competitive scene, as it is a casual event and there will be few chances for the meta to be used. It is a tournament designed for the community members to meet each other, and to enjoy playing with each other. Throughout the course of the tournament participants will be playing with new people each week, and hopefully making new friends. The tournament will last for six consecutive weeks, starting September 19. The event will be held Saturdays at 2pm EDT.
The TimmyB tournament is a tournament designed by (you guess it) TimmyB. Sadly, he was never able to complete the project before he passed away to cancer. Through the friends he made in the community, and with the aid of many people within it such as Foxx, Caylin, Be'lanna, Eisbrecher, Ed Gauss, Gilder, the Muse team, the Gents, Brotherhood, Cake and too many others to name (please don't be offended if I missed you) we completed his tournament and brought you season 1 of the TimmyB tournament. We were happy to see many new and old players compete, and we had a very successful and fun season 1 to honor our friend's memory, and to see his dream fulfilled. And now, we bring you season 2...
Format
The tournament will be organized into random, 3v3 teams. The teams will be composed of individual ship sign-ups (maximum of four). Your ship does not have to sign-up for the tournament overall, they can sign up for as few or as many of the events as they wish. There will be a new sign-up every week. If possible, your ship will not play with ships you have previously played with in the tournament. Every week each participating ship will be designated points after the event, based off of how well they completed the goals of that week's event. At the end of the tournament, the shp with the most points wins. There are also many secret bonus points that your ship can acquire. How? who knows? Perhaps a new ship logo every week, or perhaps ram kills... The tournament will feature a new event each week. The events are:
Week 1: Standard Deathmatch
all ships, all weapons allowed
3v3
individual ship points for kills & assists: 10 points a kill, 5 for an assist. Assists are awarded if another ship penetrated or aided with explosive damage on the kill.
all 3v3 map pool
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
7 victory points to each winning ship, x sad points for each losing ship (x being the team’s total kills)
Week 2: Munker Raid
Only ship allowed is junker
Only weapon allowed is the mine launcher
3v3
map is ‘Raid on the Refinery’
10 points are awarded to each ship that aides in a capture. 5 Points are awarded to any ship that successfully blocks.
individual ship points for kills & assists: 10 points a kill, 5 for an assist. Assists are awarded if another ship penetrated or aided with explosive damage on the kill.
+3 bonus point for each lochnagar mine used
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
Week 3: Galleon Race
only galleons allowed
only light weapons allowed are flares and harpoons
ramming, tar allowed
only heavy weapon allowed is the minotaur
no firing of heavy weapons
no intentional killing
map is ‘Battle over Firnfield’
All ships line up at a pre-determined starting line (a map and info will be provided the week of the event). They must not cross the starting line or fire until the race begins. When the ref counts down from 3 and says "go!" the race can commence. The contestants must complete three circuits around the pre-determined course. The 1st place winner will gain 7 points, the 2nd place ship will win 4 points, and the 3rd place ship will 2 points. All other ships will earn 1 point.
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
A map of the course will be revealed the week of the event
Week 4: Goldfish Demolition Derby
only goldfish allowed
only weapons allowed are minotaurs and harpoons
Kills must be by ramming
map is ‘Canyon Ambush’
individual ship points for kills & assists: 10 points a kill, 5 for an assist. Assists are awarded if another ship aided in ramming a ship to death..
+1 bonus point for each harpoon shot that penetrates armour
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
7 victory points to each winning ship, x sad points for each losing ship (x being the team’s total kills)
Week 5: Random Everything!
Each ship and gun is randomly determined by dice roll (ship d8 (8 is reroll), big gun d6 (6 is reroll), small gun d12) 1 reroll per ship, no you can’t reroll ship
individual ship points for kills & assists: 10 points a kill, 5 for an assist. Assists are awarded if another ship penetrated or aided with explosive damage on the kill.
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
all 3v3 map pool (d 6)
7 victory points to each winning ship, x sad points for each losing ship (x being the team’s total kills)
Week 6: Final Jeopardy
All ships and weapons are locked, and must be bought with the total points you earned
The amount of points you risk determines the tier of ships and weapons you unlock
Team victory, not ship victory, one team wins, but each ship on that team calculates their final points based off of their own points risked.
all 3v3 maps
5 minutes lobby time, 30 minutes game time
Tier 1:
0-25% points risked
ships unlocked: spire, squid
weapons unlocked: flare, harpoon, heavy flak, mine launcher, minotaur
Tier 2:
25-50% points risked
ships unlocked: pyra, galleon
weapons unlocked: heavy carronade, flamethrower, light flak, merc
Tier 3:
50-75% points risked
ships unlocked: junker, mobula
weapons unlocked: artemis, banshee, light carronade, lumberjack, hades
Tier 4:
75-100% points risked
ship unlocked: goldfish
weapons unlocked: light mortar, gatling gun, hwacha
VICTORY!
Victory will go to the ship with the highest points after Final Jeopardy.
Bonus points will be applied after Final Jeopardy.
Finale
After the conclusion of week six a victorious ship will be announced. All participants of the event will get an in-game badge (see me if you didn't get season 1 and you participated). The winners will also get a free item from the shop and a copy of GOIO for four friends.
If there are any questions or details I missed (and I'm sure there are) feel free to ask or point anything out. If you are interested in helping out the tournament, we would love more organizers, casters and cameramen! Just get in contact with me.
This tournament supports the American Cancer Society. If you would like to donate in Timmy's name click here.
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General Discussion / Was GOIO A Fluke?
« on: May 03, 2015, 02:05:33 pm »
*Before reading this keep in mind these are just the opinions of the strongly opinionated Byron, and I am not trying to start a flame war*
I think most vets will agree if asked that the first 6-8 months of GOIO was it's golden age. Even though the population was much smaller, the game itself was much more enjoyable and had an aura of a well developed game with a bright future. I think at that point any of us would have said the developers had good heads on their shoulders.
Flash forward to today, and I think that story is quite different for many of us. Ever since that first summer after GOIO's release we started seeing bad habits arise; heavy-handed and arbitrary nerfs or balance changes, little to no testing, the disastrous spawn system, match-making and ui releases. The seemingly random design directions that would stop at months at a time to chase a new project, only to drop that and go back to the previous project. The development of this game has gone from a promising start to aimless and frantic "shooting in the dark".
I am also aware from fireside chats and other sources that the development staff of GOIO has had quite a few turnovers, including artists and writers, which has lead to gaps and disconnects in the style and identity of the game.
So I had a musing (no pun intended)...was our original bar set too high? Was the game developed really well, and perhaps after losing a few individuals (and the rise of others) lost it's brilliance behind its design? I think we can all agree that the original game at release and even its concept is a beautiful one. I for one will always love anything steampunk, and especially anything airship and steampunk. But ever since release the quality of the game and it's development has been slowly but steadily gaining in a downward spiral. Perhaps it's like a painting; the concept of the painting is beautiful, but the artist got so focused on a few details that they lost focus on the whole piece and what it was originally.
Thoughts?
I think most vets will agree if asked that the first 6-8 months of GOIO was it's golden age. Even though the population was much smaller, the game itself was much more enjoyable and had an aura of a well developed game with a bright future. I think at that point any of us would have said the developers had good heads on their shoulders.
Flash forward to today, and I think that story is quite different for many of us. Ever since that first summer after GOIO's release we started seeing bad habits arise; heavy-handed and arbitrary nerfs or balance changes, little to no testing, the disastrous spawn system, match-making and ui releases. The seemingly random design directions that would stop at months at a time to chase a new project, only to drop that and go back to the previous project. The development of this game has gone from a promising start to aimless and frantic "shooting in the dark".
I am also aware from fireside chats and other sources that the development staff of GOIO has had quite a few turnovers, including artists and writers, which has lead to gaps and disconnects in the style and identity of the game.
So I had a musing (no pun intended)...was our original bar set too high? Was the game developed really well, and perhaps after losing a few individuals (and the rise of others) lost it's brilliance behind its design? I think we can all agree that the original game at release and even its concept is a beautiful one. I for one will always love anything steampunk, and especially anything airship and steampunk. But ever since release the quality of the game and it's development has been slowly but steadily gaining in a downward spiral. Perhaps it's like a painting; the concept of the painting is beautiful, but the artist got so focused on a few details that they lost focus on the whole piece and what it was originally.
Thoughts?
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Community Events / Looking for Scrim Partners
« on: April 27, 2015, 06:22:42 pm »
Team Hydra is looking for other teams to practice against for mutual betterment in preparation for any events. We are available Saturday and Sunday from 11 am-1pm PST, but can alter those time frame slightly to accommodate opponents. If any team is interested please contact me here or on steam- [TB] Byron.
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The Lounge / Verdun Tournament
« on: April 09, 2015, 12:51:26 am »
Not quite a GOIO thing, but I need some support from the community here. For any familiar with Verdun, they are starting a tournament soon. I applaud their devs for taking the initiative in getting their competitive scene rolling. I've always been frustrated with the GOIO devs lack of interest in taking control of their competitive scene or promoting it.
That being said, my team Hydra of the Brotherhood clan is looking for a few mercs from any clan or recruits as back-ups. Send me a message or check out http://thebrotherhoodofgoio.com/ and http://www.verdungame.com/tournament/
That being said, my team Hydra of the Brotherhood clan is looking for a few mercs from any clan or recruits as back-ups. Send me a message or check out http://thebrotherhoodofgoio.com/ and http://www.verdungame.com/tournament/