Firstly, it was very interesting to hear further details about the technology, especially the THMPR AI personalities and their intelligence. And the Fabric! It's a cool concept, which, along with the description of how their HUD works, the zooming, filters, trackers...etc. opens up a lot of room for creativity, when it comes to writing and visually recreating, in-game, the methods of information sharing and communication the Gatestriders are capable of. I didn't expect there to be such a neural-link/web between people. Expectations exceeded, already. They can still keep their privacy, of course. At least, hopefully. Unless someone can hack their feeds, without their knowing. Spy on others. Spy on potential spies. Gather evidence for a case. Alibis. Investigative work. Detectives on the station? Or just the GCSF? Short-stories?
And the THMPRs having different AI personalities REALLY makes for tons of possibilities, when it comes to creating our own character, in writing or in-game (though obviously, the variations on voice and personalities will naturally be more limited in-game). And then there are implications and applications, the practical applications of such AI-driven companions and the possibility the tech could eventually, and maybe accidentally (or not so accidentally) evolve into something more. Proper sentience. Maybe the Tsi-Hu could alter a captured THMPR, enhance it, give it true intelligence and turn it against us. Maybe it will be the Enshigi, who have already developed sentient machines. Maybe they will be it. And they won't even be human anymore. They wished to purge humanity of emotion and weakness, back on Earth. And they had centuries to...refine that process.
Second, as I've said before, it's neat when we can combine both lore and tutorial elements (as though we're in the game already) in writing. It's how I'd prefer to write any potential expansion of the in-game lore in the form of logs and even audio-recordings that could've been made by NPCs using some speech-to-text software. We could come across heavily damaged THMPRs, during side or main quests, that could hold audio recordings of their conversations with their pilots, before they were attacked and the pilots themselves got nabbed, like Vena was, at the start. Tracking missions. Mistery! History!
The story, so far, is only at its beginning. It is still uncertain where we, as the players, will be jumping into it. It seems some terraforming has already been done, refineries were established, mirrors are warming the zone. But, it is still all snow, soot and searing flames, if one's careless. This is good though. We shouldn't be seeing the creation of a new biome just yet. When the game is kicking off and certain core elements, like thumping, THMPR defense, resource usage, base-building, crafting and base-defense are mostly implemented with enough balance, then, we can see the first fruits of our labors, the terrain turning green with vegetation or just into a rocky desert. I don't know how fast the zones in Firefall were made. I remember the first time I tried the game, that large desert and Copa were all the zones. When I came back, maybe 1-2 years later, they had the last zone with all the snow and volcanic activity. It's also nice to put a number to the remaining Gatestrider population, mixed with people from other colonies. So it'll definitely be more diverse.
And, as I've suspected from the Vision Book and my thread about it, the Gatestriders really don't have any other manufacturers, corporations, companies, firms and factions. Other than their their clans/Houses, apparently. Which is also a good way to introduce and establish how their society, politics and hierarchy works. This means, there may be less work put into coming up with names background lore for different manufacturers and stuff. But, it also means, juggling less stuff to flesh out. At least for now.
Now, for the nitty-gritty nit(ty)-picky.
I should preface my gripes by noting that since I started writing my fan-fics, a few years ago, some of which are 100k and nearly 200k words long, I developed a perhaps annoying sensitivity to repetition, which I always try my damnedest to avoid. So part of my small criticism will be directed at that, as well as other parts of the grammar, which may or may not even turn out to be valid and I wrongly consider some things to be mistakes, when they aren't, based on my own knowledge and experience with the language.
There is some short commentary, here and there that I have to jut down, as I'm reading, lest I forget.
@Grummz @Ronyn
I think I forgot to place tags on this and my previous thread about the Vision Book. [EXPLETIVE] !!!
And the THMPRs having different AI personalities REALLY makes for tons of possibilities, when it comes to creating our own character, in writing or in-game (though obviously, the variations on voice and personalities will naturally be more limited in-game). And then there are implications and applications, the practical applications of such AI-driven companions and the possibility the tech could eventually, and maybe accidentally (or not so accidentally) evolve into something more. Proper sentience. Maybe the Tsi-Hu could alter a captured THMPR, enhance it, give it true intelligence and turn it against us. Maybe it will be the Enshigi, who have already developed sentient machines. Maybe they will be it. And they won't even be human anymore. They wished to purge humanity of emotion and weakness, back on Earth. And they had centuries to...refine that process.
Second, as I've said before, it's neat when we can combine both lore and tutorial elements (as though we're in the game already) in writing. It's how I'd prefer to write any potential expansion of the in-game lore in the form of logs and even audio-recordings that could've been made by NPCs using some speech-to-text software. We could come across heavily damaged THMPRs, during side or main quests, that could hold audio recordings of their conversations with their pilots, before they were attacked and the pilots themselves got nabbed, like Vena was, at the start. Tracking missions. Mistery! History!
The story, so far, is only at its beginning. It is still uncertain where we, as the players, will be jumping into it. It seems some terraforming has already been done, refineries were established, mirrors are warming the zone. But, it is still all snow, soot and searing flames, if one's careless. This is good though. We shouldn't be seeing the creation of a new biome just yet. When the game is kicking off and certain core elements, like thumping, THMPR defense, resource usage, base-building, crafting and base-defense are mostly implemented with enough balance, then, we can see the first fruits of our labors, the terrain turning green with vegetation or just into a rocky desert. I don't know how fast the zones in Firefall were made. I remember the first time I tried the game, that large desert and Copa were all the zones. When I came back, maybe 1-2 years later, they had the last zone with all the snow and volcanic activity. It's also nice to put a number to the remaining Gatestrider population, mixed with people from other colonies. So it'll definitely be more diverse.
And, as I've suspected from the Vision Book and my thread about it, the Gatestriders really don't have any other manufacturers, corporations, companies, firms and factions. Other than their their clans/Houses, apparently. Which is also a good way to introduce and establish how their society, politics and hierarchy works. This means, there may be less work put into coming up with names background lore for different manufacturers and stuff. But, it also means, juggling less stuff to flesh out. At least for now.
Now, for the nitty-gritty nit(ty)-picky.
I should preface my gripes by noting that since I started writing my fan-fics, a few years ago, some of which are 100k and nearly 200k words long, I developed a perhaps annoying sensitivity to repetition, which I always try my damnedest to avoid. So part of my small criticism will be directed at that, as well as other parts of the grammar, which may or may not even turn out to be valid and I wrongly consider some things to be mistakes, when they aren't, based on my own knowledge and experience with the language.
There is some short commentary, here and there that I have to jut down, as I'm reading, lest I forget.
@Grummz @Ronyn
I think I forgot to place tags on this and my previous thread about the Vision Book. [EXPLETIVE] !!!
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