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Aug-28-2006 17:08

Phew, it's finally up. Shadow of the Villains has launched.

First of all, we're very sorry for the extended downtime Sunday and Monday. Because our development server died yesterday (down for the count apparently), we lost more than two days worth of work. We had to feverishly redo a bunch of stuff that was already done, and the launch was delayed a bit.

Partially because of that, we also had to drop a couple of features we had been planning to include in this expansion. Not to fear though. We will be adding these in over the next couple of weeks. We'll give you a few more details on that stuff soon.

Some of the puzzles involving Shangri La and Villain hunts are quite hard, so don't be too discouraged if you have trouble with them at first. Please note: we don't want any spoiler info involving Shangri La, the Prince or Villain Hunts posted on the City Hall boards. Any such info will be deleted by the mods.

Thanks everybody, and enjoy the expansion.

Oct-8-2006 01:07

Oh can't we PLEASE have some way of making failed hunts disappear??? Like a Shady or something???

Lol. I have something seriously wrong with me. My last two hunts I've mixed up the clues and accused the wrong person. I mean DUMB. As in, blah blah "south of" and I go north, and most recently "not close enought to river" only to eliminate all suspects not close to the river.

!!! I was having better luck when the clues were less simplified. Man oh man. Someone slap this silliness out of me!

Oct-8-2006 01:15

lol I like my failed hunt there to remind me HOW STUPID I AM!

Did a similar thing to you Ranier... First clue = IS woman... SS proceeds to eliminate all women! Wonders why he's so crapped off when the Calligraphist isn't the guilty pary :s

Oct-8-2006 14:21

*Chelsea slaps silliness out of Ranier Peperhaut* There, now you shall no longer have any trouble with clues. Go and sin no more. You have been healed!

Oct-8-2006 22:25

Amen! Alleluiah!! I am SAVED!

Oct-9-2006 00:53

Ranier, I'm not sure you should breathe that sigh of relief just yet now that it's apparent that the arch villain over them all is now capable of taking over other people's bodies and speak through them - "by the picking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes" ;p

Oct-9-2006 22:25

I'll take whatever I can get, evil or not. As long as I stop being clue-dyslexic!!!

Oct-10-2006 03:32

On my first villain hunt I keep getting the same two clues over and over again - is that just random and I should keep trying (like trying to get a contact), or am I doing something wrong?

Oct-10-2006 03:36

No, everything is as it should be, just keep trying!

Oct-10-2006 04:16

OK, thanks!

Oct-21-2006 07:22

I'm curious about other people's experience.

Before I started my first Villain Hunt, which I'm currently in the middle of, I did some test AI cases in the outfit I was intending to wear for the occasion. It was an acceptable balance of +smart and +charm as I was able to solve 5 AI cases in a row wearing it.

Now that I'm on the hunt (and wearing that outfit), I'm finding that the suspects and townies are clamming way faster than before. I have also noticed the steep drop in numbers when I judge their characters. I just quit a case where all the townies would not verify any alibis. I remember a case where 4 suspects clammed on the first question and others where most of the needed townies clammed on the first question.

I do not have an objection to getting the same clue several times after the few cases I'm successful at, but to get to those successful cases has been gut wrenchingly frustrating.

Has anyone else noticed this or am I just unbelieveably unlucky?

*tips hat*
Barry