(As a side note, according to a Lighthouse post on the official forums some time ago, control of the signature characters for public appearances is apparently very tightly guarded - he said if you see a sig character, it's a dev from Cryptic, not someone from NCSoft.
This seems to hold true with stuff other community reps have said in the past. When CuppaJo was recounting a Ghost Widow appearance on an interview, she phrased it as the Cryptic guys asking her boss at NCSoft if they could send Ghost Widow in.
That said, just because the sig characters are 'exclusive domain' of Cryptic...doesn't mean it's always one of the major developers behind the wheel. If I recall correctly, there was a Lord Recluse appearance on Test, and in response to something or another, it was noted the player was "just an art guy".)
-- Acyl
This seems to hold true with stuff other community reps have said in the past. When CuppaJo was recounting a Ghost Widow appearance on an interview, she phrased it as the Cryptic guys asking her boss at NCSoft if they could send Ghost Widow in.
That said, just because the sig characters are 'exclusive domain' of Cryptic...doesn't mean it's always one of the major developers behind the wheel. If I recall correctly, there was a Lord Recluse appearance on Test, and in response to something or another, it was noted the player was "just an art guy".)
-- Acyl