Dark_Friar

So we, (and by we I mean 4 of us) took video of Ping dancing hiphop when he demonstrated to us... so at least one of those videos could go up live. I have two of them in my possession but at the moment only one is uploaded.

So here I present to you

PING!!!!!

And if that wasn't enough for you, you too can learn to dance like he did from the same source.... (seriously pay attention to the first couple seconds at least and you do need volume for this one....)

SOURCE OF PINGS MOVES!!!!!

(Though the second one may have been more funny at the time cause we kept replaying the first part and Ping removed his glasses and was crying from laughter....)

Anyways... Anyone smell Youtube Fame for Ping?

I promise I'll respond to all your stuff later tonight, however I have a much more pressing post to make and I have to check out of the hotel in a few mins. I swear though, the post will be worth it...

Just look for yet another HeroCon: type thread and amusement will ensue...

Well maybe. Some might call the dancer in question a Power Hungry Hippo HipHopping.

Super Strength Scrappers - Likely.

You could remove buffs because they overshot mobs with Speedboost.

Calvin Scott Task Force be brought back as a Ouro Mission or at Architect Entertainment. - No. Instead, they'd rather just bring it back because they have the ability to do so. (Seemed like they are going to soonish but no real ETA)

The costs of the market weren't so bad... This segwayed into SG mode and influence and complaints about how much they need influence. This was addressed by Posi saying that he had no problem about Increasing Influence back to full while in SG mode. This means that there would perhaps 'no influence'.

Merits for teammates while doing story arcs. No because of how abuseable it will be.

You had a Blackbook vet reward that would allow you to have all contacts cell numbers available right away. While this would be a possible and not a bad idea for a vet reward. However they would rather fix the contacts that don't give you the cell number right away and instead give it to you after the first mission.

(Not in Format) What kind of new booster packs are we looking at in the future? - Wouldn't answer but Posi did say "Ninja's are cool."

Queuing For Taskforces (Being able to put yourself in a queue and say "I wanna do X Task Force." Then whomever wanted to join the queue would automatically join that team till the # set. - WHILE the concept is feasible according to the devs, it's not a pressing issue.

@Major Tom's nickname was Sexy Pants. - This was decided later in the hotel room while Cobalt was comfortable with Horus on a bed. Tom was relaxing on the bed with Ping and Yuki.

Power Dependent Missions, Like chase the car, or something that deals with a travel power. - Well, we'd have to be able to be sure they HAD a travel power or that they had flight, or whatever. Very, highly unlikely was my impression.

We could turn off the Background music and instead use Internet Radio through the game client. - No.

Icon Terminal in Bases - Response, "Wouldn't that be Awesome?"

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I'm going to have a few of them go over this post and add stuff to it that I know I missed.

I'll briefly outline some of what was asked and the responses... those that I managed to hear and get down fast enough... then I'm taking a nap. I'm tired. It's been a long chain of events.

... We had the ability to flag, Looking for More, instead of just Looking for Team. Devs see no reason to not support this.

Raise for Babs. Probably not.

Water power sets. Not likely because they'd want to be able to make it look awesome for everyone. And not everyone would have the cards necessary to see it awesomely. So they'd have to raise the min specs for the game.

Random Powers that I caught, but I know I missed a few...

Pole Arms - Taking into Consideration
Energy Melee for Scrappers - Ditto
Radiation Epic Pool for Defenders - Ditto
Electricity Control Set - Almost Done apparently, expect it perhaps next power proliferation release.

Soft Log Off - Being able to swap characters without having to Re-Password. Next Issue. Posi personally was responsible.

They cleaned out the inactive char names. More than likely.

You could have a naming system like CO - Everything tied to globals....
Crowd booed it down screaming, "MY NAME MY NAME" but posi seemed in favor of it...

If you had a way to manage character inventories offline.... Discussed that capability was there but hinted at in game mail system as well with attachments.

Unrooting some character animations - Unlikely cause it'd just look dumb.

Combining Markets - No. However from the sound of it, if you're a Hero you can become a vigillante and then you can become a villain from vigillante and if you can do that... then yes, you'd be able to access the BM. What I need to clarify at some point is do you get to keep your old stuff? Though I don't know that I'll have time, but I'm assuming the answer is yes, because Posi said it would be very 'rewarding' if you took the full path through.

The Shadow Shard was Co-Op - They could do it but then they'd have to redo animations in the zone, fix the jump jets, add new arcs, redo graphics to make it look nicer, and the end, they'd rather make a new zone. At this point Posi Mentioned the Moonbase. No Details.

We had more robust zone events - Was summarized as being able to have things where things come in and jump out and do different things. They said they have something in the works and they can't go into more details cause Adam (The Lawyer) was present.

Super Speeding across the top of the water instead of super swimming - Game engine doesn't really support knowing whether you're in water or not at present and is very unlikely.

Standarizing the Buy Back Value of Enhancements - Apparently it's just bad data in a table and they should get it fixed shortly according to Posi.

Masterminds minions could be customized - They want to be able to do it Awesomely. Which means instead of giving you a couple models to pick from you'll want to be able to use more of a character creator to create them. No ETA on when but it is something they will do eventually it sounded like.

There was a homing device so when you're on that Defeat all or find the last clicky... you could know more - Already pretty much ready to go. Next Issue there will be a 'show on map' type feature that will show you the last 10% of enemies or glowies on the map.

LGTF Level Requirements were changed back to 35 - They'll think about it.

Inclement Weather - again they'd have to design so much stuff to do it awesomely that it's not in the plans. They'd need to have puddles and wet surfaces and all that stuff so rather, they'd make a whole new zone with content.

Whip Emote - Babs says Maybe he'll look into it.

Transfer Characters between accounts instead of just servers - More than likely not due to abuse that would be involved. 10 to 20 dollars was suggested by crowd for cost...


I'll post more later but have to go to lunch now... People are leaving.

So by all means...

Questions asked of the In Costume Ms. Liberty:

DF: How do you feel about your Grandfather going to Champions Online?
Ms. Liberty: I'm going to answer this like Miss South Carolina, Uhhh... Umm... er....

DF: Does Posi treat you poorly because you are related to States?
Ms. Liberty: (completely serious look) Yes. Absolutely.

There was some actual live game play footage of it, but not too much.

BTW, is horus uploading all those pics for everyone? XD

Check my thread Tom

They introduced people, talked about stuff etc.

The things you all probably want to know about though are the following.

New MA Guest Authors; Mercedes Lackey and Troy Hickman.

Posi was wearing a cape... That he took off Jacks Cold Dead Body! Crowd lol'ed.

Going Rogue:
Heroes Fall from Grace
Villains Redeem themselves
Not a Light Switch Effect.

Moral Missions facilitate switch.
Black Market is only for Villians.
Wentworths is only for Heroes.

If you change sides, you cannot use their market system.
You will have access to both Rogue Islands and Paragon City if you switch sides. You will be able to team with Villains as a Hero or Heroes as a Villain. You are not confined to an alternate dimension.

New Powersets:
Blaster, Defender, Corruptor: Dual Pistols.
They showed a demo and I was immediately reminded of Equilibrium.
Their are four different types of Ammo that you can use that change the effects of the powers. The demo they showed us seriously had the crowd wild and cheering.

Demon Summoning:
Mastermind. They haven't given us much in the way of details at the moment, except that the Personal Power is... Flame Whip. No video Demo as of yet.

New Zones:
We saw a glimpse of Nova Praetoria which was COMPLETELY different from what you've seen before. Most importantly... No War Walls.
However there are more graphical updates I'll get into in a second.

New Enemy Groups:

Seers Network - Work for Mother Mayhem in Praetoria to read minds, etc.

The Syndicate - If you repress crime, they just get more organized.

The Resistance - These fight Cole (Tyrants Twin) which you will have an opportunity to join them and their cause.

The Praetorian Police Department - Also an opportunity to join their cause.

And the Praetorian Clockwork. They are the serving class of Praetoria. They do most of the manual labor, etc. They are neutral most of the time. If you ignore them, they'll ignore you. But if you aggro them... It gets fun.

There are several new zones with no war walls in Praetoria as well as new storylines to introduce people to the game again.

When you start the game you'll have the option to create a Hero, Villain or a Praetorian. Praetorians are not inherently good or evil, but throughout their level 1-20 careers they will have the option to make several choices which will help decide their path to "Hero" or "Villain".

We didn't ask if the Praetorians will have their own Marketplace for their first 20 levels. I will at some point.

Graphical Update:

Min specs will remain as close to what they are as possible.
However... All zones will have an "Ultra Mode" applied to them if you like, though will require a newer card with more power to support.

Environmental Reflections - Building Windows actually reflect a fuzzy reflection of the environment. Building Windows reflect a crisper reflection of Characters. It was a two part system that I forgot what they called it.

Shadows - Shadows that reminded me of Aion... Except for a few things. The shadows shorten or lengthen depending on the sun. They actually moved the sun back and forth and it was like watching a sunset in motion. The shadows crept across the ground and lengthened.

Same sort of Reflection Effects will work off of Costumes!!
Glass, Metal, Etc. They showed us an example off of a Praetorian Clockwork as well as a character. A Metal Helmet reflected the Skyline.

Going Rogue is expected to be released 2nd Quarter of 2010.
Beta Early 2010 in several waves.

First Beta will be Friends and Family of the Studio. The version that will be the most buggy that we don't want to play.

In no particular order will also be 5 Year Vets, Loyalty Program Members, and HeroCon attendees (Which will be one of the first waves)

Badge System:
Already can handle it. Most badges they change whether you are a hero or a villain. However Exploration badges would be a 'new' badge for the character. There will be no Double Dipping of Accolades.

SG/VG effects of changing sides:
They are working on a system that will make the most amount of people the happiest. I.e. No news.

Mastermind Customization:
They can't talk about that at this time.

Overhaul of the Character Builder:
Not something that is on their plate at present.

Base Raids:
Want to do but they are not in the near future according to my interpretation of what they said. They have many things they need to do in steps before hand (which they did say) before they can implement it again.

New Graphical Effects in Bases:
Ambient Occlusion will work in bases.
Shadows will not.
Water might be a real option in the future. But reflections 'should' work.

Power Pool/Epic Pool Customization:
From the mouth of Matt "Positron" Miller, "It will happen"

--- If you want to know anything else, let me know and I'll try to hunt a dev down.

Happy B-Day, Cherry!!! XD

Not Confirmed:
So from the mouth of the unnamed, We will be able to get badges from the other side with going rogue... some badges will be easier to get if you 'switch' sides....

That is all.

Okay so far we have had registration and I've seen Niviene. I've signed up for Closed Beta Access for Going Rogue and got to sign a non-disclosure agreement. And I've entered the contest for the 3D gaming goggles and ran into some PoN members, including Bud. Also met PallasAthene and a few from other servers as well.

At present there is a nice lan center for those who didn't bring computers and you can play board games with the devs right now. Might go do that in a bit. Or I'll go hunt down more. I know Horus has arrived, Ping is on his way and hopefully we'll see Kay soonish

Live Mission Event requires 8 people to sign up for a Team. They do have a box that says, "Wouldn't it be great if..." and you can drop your suggestions in for the panel to answer. Anything in particular you want dropped in, I'll go do so but this offer is only good for a little while longer.

Hero or Villian?

So myself, Saiko Onna Yuki and a friend of Yuki's (Jen) have arrived at HeroCon (well truly we were here last night). We've run into people from Virtue and Justice so far (Virtue members were from Angry Angels. Nice lady and her English Husband I'm assuming.

In any case, who else is arriving today? Who will be arriving tomorrow? Sitting in our 9th floor rooms we've already started to wonder if we should be on Pinnacle (Or at least invite them up for a night cap).

If you are an early bird, however, they aren't opening the Registeration (Pre-Reg till 4pm), and they do have goodies to buy so be prepared to shell out some cash. I can't tell you what I saw though. ;D

Great America is part of today's plans while waiting for them to open!