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:o.o they where 'taken over', but in doing so, all the story arcs involving them where retconned. Also, things mentioning them where retconned as well for quite awhile in game. In many ways, the 5th to council change was a textbook example of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retcon retconning]. --[[User:Sleepykitty|Sleepykitty]] 22:12, 14 December 2008 (UTC) | :o.o they where 'taken over', but in doing so, all the story arcs involving them where retconned. Also, things mentioning them where retconned as well for quite awhile in game. In many ways, the 5th to council change was a textbook example of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retcon retconning]. --[[User:Sleepykitty|Sleepykitty]] 22:12, 14 December 2008 (UTC) | ||
::Yeah, for quite some time, the 5th Column was simply "the old organization" that had no name. You can find still evidence of that in a lot of the Council story arc souvenirs. --[[User:Eabrace|Eabrace]] 23:16, 14 December 2008 (UTC) | |||
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Improved Monstrosities
Retcons usually have to do with the story, not mechanics of a class of NPCs changing... should this be kept? -- Agge (talk) 17:34, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
- o.o yeah.. the monsters and bosses are stretching it a bit.. its kinda a grey area isn't it? I added them largely for filler.. I'd leave them at least in the overview because the initial change did make a big difference in how they are treated by the player base if not ingame official rank. (>.> and for Frostfire, it certainly was an increase, he went from being a named boss to something spiffier) --Sleepykitty 22:16, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
Is it a Retcon?
The only actual retcon mentioned there is the Spider to Arachnos one. The 5th Column were taken over by the Council, not retroactively deleted. Indeed, they still exist. I think this page needs a big overhaul. - User:Ravenswing
- o.o they where 'taken over', but in doing so, all the story arcs involving them where retconned. Also, things mentioning them where retconned as well for quite awhile in game. In many ways, the 5th to council change was a textbook example of retconning. --Sleepykitty 22:12, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
- Yeah, for quite some time, the 5th Column was simply "the old organization" that had no name. You can find still evidence of that in a lot of the Council story arc souvenirs. --Eabrace 23:16, 14 December 2008 (UTC)