Haggard4Life

I'm glad Defenders are getting Cold Domination. I had that on a Corrupter but I never got the armor powers because it didn't fit my villain concept.

Also, I think it's important to remember that the devs have said this is only the "first round" of Powerset Proliferation. So if there's a powerset you wanted to see on a certain AT, it might still show up.

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Because it is a good back story I am willing to wait till tomorrow on this.

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I agree. This story was very fun so I'll happily wait a day for more info.

I'm very excited about this Hollows makeover. For a long time I've thought of the Hollows as nothing but a pain. It's always just too difficult to do anything in there. Like I understand the terrain is meant to be a challenge, but having super difficult spawns on top of that made the zone impossible.

So I see this change as improving the zone while retaining its challenge. Great idea! Thank you, War Witch!

So Hollows isn't being made more player-friendly to move through? That's too bad. Hopefully the moble hospital will help things out. I can't remember how many times I've died almost getting to the mission door and have to go through all that trouble again.

I'm excited about the Roman costumes. I created a Roman-themed character a few months ago. When the Valentines event came around, I made sure to get him the toga, victory laurel and the sandals.

I'm excited to have more Romany goodness for him.

Desperately needed!

It got to the point that I was avoiding any mission that had to do with the Hollows. It just frustrated me so much that it wasn't worth it.

Hopefully now I'll enjoy The Hollows.

I have a big paper due next week so if figures there would be something cool going on this weekend. Oh Devs, why do you distract me so?

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You know, it's funny.

The goal for press releases like this (at least with exposure to management that I have worked with in present and past companies) is generally intended to reassure or placate (no relation to Stalkers) a group of people growing nervous or uncertain about an unresolved issue or situation.

I'm curious what the motivation or stimulus was for this press release.

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I think the motivation for the release was that interview with Geoff Heath they linked to. Because he said:

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“We have some major plans for City of Heroes for the future,” he said. “Again, for this year we’re going to be doing regular updates, but there’s a lot of exciting stuff going on around City of Heroes, not for this year in terms of new releases, but certainly in the next couple of years.”

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I can see the CoX Exec Producer wanting to explain a bit about what that quote was addressing.

I had previously said I had no interest in this real numbers feature because it just doesn't fit my playstyle. But I did find something to like about it.

I download the patch and log into a couple characters to check out the changes that effect them. I decided to check out what the fuss is about this real numbers feature, so I click on it. The first thing that catches my eye is the movement tab. I click and see all the movementy goodness that it tells me about.

So I immediately log into my Super Speed character to see how fast she can go. That's awesome! I've been wanting her to be the fastest she can be for a long time, and now I can see how to make her faster and faster. Soon she's going to be nothing but a blur around Paragon City. Mwahahahahaha!

Thanks, devs, for this real numbers thingy. You proved that there's something in it for everyone... even someone like me who doesn't care about the numbers.

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Q:Some players are happy with the game the way it is. Does this force players to play the game any differently?

A: Not at all, if you are interested in the numbers they are now available, but they are not forced on to you.

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Ah good. That's all I care about.

This feature is great for those interested in the numbers, but I don't plan to ever use it on any of my characters.

I had a busy weekend in RL, but I did manage to get some play time in. My Scrapper had been 26 for far too long and I finally got her to 27 and half way to 28. And I got a few levels on some of my lower-level characters (I love my new Protector Bot!).

Also, I was able to resist the urge to create new alts. But now the DBL XP Weekend is over, that urge is back.

Very cool. I like the City Vault idea. I played another MMO that had a similar feature and it was fun to look up my characters and friends characters and see how they're progressing.

I'm also looking forward to the Valentines Event. I've unfortunately missed all the other ones, so it'll be fun finally getting to experience it.

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Real Numbers will be awsome, finally something to help all the noobs with crippled builds finally to pick powers worthwhile and know what to enhance.

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I'm sorry, but I find that offensive.

Some players are not min/maxers. Some enjoy the game in their own way and don't care whether or not their character has been built to extreme efficiency.

When I pick a power, I'm not thinking of the numbers, I'm thinking "Hey, that sounds fun." I couldn't care less if the power I pick "cripples" my character.

An example: I created a character specifically to use the Super Speed power pool. I tried the Hasten power, but I didn't think it was very fun so when I got a respec I didn't take Hasten again. I've seen various talk over the years that Hasten is a "required" power, but it's just not for me.

Getting this Real Numbers thingy is great for the players that wish to use it. But I hope it's not going to be used to tell me a character I created is "crippled."

We all appreciate the work you do for this community, Cuppa.

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The second AT shall be... Rikti Monkies!

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Fear the might of my super feces throwing arm!