What is the lore on the doombringers?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by edmek55555, Feb 6, 2017.

  1. edmek55555

    edmek55555 Devotee of the Blood Owl

    Every faction gets one, but what is the story behind them? Where did they come from and if they are supposed to be there just to bring the end to all life, why did they take sides?
     
  2. SPiEkY

    SPiEkY King of Jesters

    They were apparently the messengers that Serkan sent out to let everyone know that he was coming back. This was right around the time that Serkan became an actual rune.
     
  3. Markoth

    Markoth Lord Inquisitor

    Was right after the Angels. Everyone used Angels. Doomies had Hunter: Angel. That amd Serkan was back.
     
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  4. DiCEM0nEY

    DiCEM0nEY I need me some PIE!

    They are serkans balls
     
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  5. edmek55555

    edmek55555 Devotee of the Blood Owl

    But lore wise, of the were just messengers to tell everyone serkan was back, why would they assist the other factions in battle instead of being a solely fw rune?
     
  6. OriginalG1

    OriginalG1 I need me some PIE!

    Anti angels, angel eaters. Que ac/dc "big balls"
     
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  7. JellyBerry

    JellyBerry Forum Royalty

    Money, mostly.
     
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  8. DiCEM0nEY

    DiCEM0nEY I need me some PIE!

    Once upon a time, when SOE ran pox
     
  9. Sokolov

    Sokolov The One True Cactuar Octopi

    This is what I understand them to be:

    Originally, there was this one piece of art, the blue one. And it was supposed to be used as a campaign boss. Then someone said, "just recolor it and make it into a series we can sell."
     
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  10. edmek55555

    edmek55555 Devotee of the Blood Owl

    Odd. Don't get me wrong, I love the doom bringers. It assures that all races have atleast one answer to major threats and I personally just like the design. The lore just seems a bit muddy
     
  11. Sokolov

    Sokolov The One True Cactuar Octopi

    Yea, I don't think there was much thought to it. Just gave them a reason to exist after the fact.
     
  12. Sokolov

    Sokolov The One True Cactuar Octopi

    One of the things to realize is that early on in Pox, they actually purchased in bulk people's artwork - for example, much of Kelly Hamilton's work was bought in bulk - things she had already done previously not specifically for Pox.

    This is cheaper than buying custom work, but it does mean that the artist's designs had a lot of influence over the early rune designs.
     
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  13. DiCEM0nEY

    DiCEM0nEY I need me some PIE!


    Now a days, an artist is lucky to be paid at all I feel.

    similar to being a game designer without knowing how to code xD
     
  14. OriginalG1

    OriginalG1 I need me some PIE!

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    of course it was you... the blue ball. the ultimate baddy.
     
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  15. fogandsteel

    fogandsteel I need me some PIE!

    If it's not a secret, how much do you guys spend on artwork (per rune) nowadays?
     
  16. Sokolov

    Sokolov The One True Cactuar Octopi

    Mostly around 400 to 500

    Some older artists who we don't use anymore now charges ~1000, which is why we don't use them, lol
     
  17. fogandsteel

    fogandsteel I need me some PIE!

    Wow. For a Legendary or Exotic, I guess that might be an acceptable price. Not sure about Common/Uncommon runes. Or do you view it as a package deal: so many dollars for all expansion artwork?
     
  18. Sokolov

    Sokolov The One True Cactuar Octopi

    Pretty much, yea. We don't think about it on a per rune level.
     
  19. fogandsteel

    fogandsteel I need me some PIE!

    I am curious; how does a decision-making process work when you are choosing which runes/artworks will be Common, Uncommon, Rare, etc.? Do Legendary and Exotic runes/artworks need to have some special attributes?
     
  20. Sokolov

    Sokolov The One True Cactuar Octopi

    Rarity isn't really about artwork, it's more about what the rune does.
     

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