William, if you see this, I wish you all the best and more.
Here's to you, chief.
Here's to you, chief.
not really, especially since its already been well discussed, in this thread no less. the majority of people default to assuming there was animosity. nobody is spitting on anybody's graveSomeone had to say it..
Feature Complete? Shock Hopper and LDC are one-off content! and there was a implication you would meet them again (even having a flag if you took LDC buttginity or not) and didn't Will thought of doing 2 whole companions (Roo and another one i forgot the name, with Roo being actually quite finished as well).They were all pretty much feature complete when we moved on from Zheng Shi's rec deck; everything Will was working on was, strictly speaking, unneccessary bonus content.
Yeah, that's all they were ever meant to be, like most bosses. I designed them; I'd know.Shock Hopper and LDC are one-off content!
This is a slight tangent but out of curiosity as I've never thought about it before, how do the teams in both games decides who writes what in terms of main quest stuff? Do you have like a fetish/interest pool for characters people want to write in the quest or is it like you have to fill your MSQ quota lol?We asked him to help out on the Main Story Quest
if the fans of those characters wanted more, and Will wanted to write it, i dont see the issue, and i think its wierd to suggest it was just him doing unnecessary thingsWill WANTED to write more for lots of characters, and for most characters there's basically infinite room to add more to them. Doesn't mean its necessary. It's the definition of bonus, when it goes outside the original scope (one-time boss encounter).
That doesn't really matter when he wasn't writing it, nor was he writing really anything when he was being paid to write.if the fans of those characters wanted more, and Will wanted to write it, i dont see the issue, and i think its wierd to suggest it was just him doing unnecessary things
oh, didnt know he was just not doing shitnor was he writing really anything when he was being paid to write.
Are characters/content that he wrote for to be left as they are for the rest of the game's updates? Or is it possible that another writer would ever jump in to finish that sort of thing?Yeah, that's all they were ever meant to be, like most bosses. I designed them; I'd know.
Will WANTED to write more for lots of characters, and for most characters there's basically infinite room to add more to them. Doesn't mean its necessary. It's the definition of bonus, when it goes outside the original scope (one-time boss encounter).
SOPHORA definitely had more content planned from the getgo (much like Bianca), unfortunately what Will submitted was not very good, and was rejected. We asked him to help out on the Main Story Quest before going back to any of his OCs, but it'd been more than half a year since he finished what was assigned to him for Train Dungeon, and unless Fen gave him projects I'm unaware of that's the last thing I assigned him on Phaedra.
It's mostly just me doing the designing and most of the writing, then asking some other writers to come in and fill in the sex scenes (or sometimes all of the scenes) for specific encounters. When I'm doing dungeon/plot stuff, if I can avoid writing sex scenes myself I'll usually try and pass them onto somebody else so I can focus on the quest design and be finished in a reasonable amount of time.how do the teams in both games decides who writes what in terms of main quest stuff?
Neither do I?i dont see the issue,
That's entirely up to Fen and the community writers (ie, you). If somebody from the community wants to pick up any of Will's dangling threads and write them I'm sure the TiTS staff would be amenable. I sincerely doubt Fen's going to pay any commission writers to do it, though.Are characters/content that he wrote for to be left as they are for the rest of the game's updates?
your posts on the topic suggest you have an aversion to content outside your original scope/ vision.. i could be schizoNeither do I?
I say this as the guy that picked up after an important writer that left CoC2: this is dangerous and reckless rhetoric that is completely false and only serves to stoke flame wars. Both Fen and Savin have already given their inputs. Will is retiring; he's not getting fired. "The team" was perfectly willing to support him, and he simply didn't do the work. Don't say shit like this.The team is unwilling to support him,
I respect the writers who are taking over his legacy, but as someone who loved Bianca, Reina, and Roo and was looking forward to more content about them, it will be difficult for me to accept his departure in the short term.I say this as the guy that picked up after an important writer that left CoC2: this is dangerous and reckless rhetoric that is completely false and only serves to stoke flame wars. Both Fen and Savin have already given their inputs. Will is retiring; he's not getting fired. "The team" was perfectly willing to support him, and he simply didn't do the work. Don't say shit like this.
I also say this as the guy that picked up after an important writer that left CoC2: perhaps it's better to let sleeping dogs lie. Anyone that tries to pick up after Will is going to run into the same friction that I did. Whether I did well in CoC2 is both off topic and beside the point - the point is that it doesn't matter if the person that picks up after Will is equal in skill or greater, what matters is that it's not Will.
Ikr, I waited for Leila since before the fall of flash with nothing to show for itI respect the writers who are taking over his legacy, but as someone who loved Bianca, Reina, and Roo and was looking forward to more content about them, it will be difficult for me to accept his departure in the short term.
To be honest, this destroyed my long waiting and expectation.
I waited year after year, and never thought that the result would be like this.
Although I have experienced similar things many times, I still feel shocked and sad every time.
Roo's crew expansion also had 200+ pages in May of this year, but we haven't seen any of these items added to the game until today.