HardRider

u know i will be

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Q: After all these years in release, what is your favorite class to play?

Matt: I love my Dominator, but the Blaster and Mastermind will always be close to my heart, because those are the Archetypes I leveled during the betas of CoH and CoV.

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HeHe Villains Rule

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additions and modifications to the Invulnerability

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im still about this

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NCsoft has given us a tremendous amount of support

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and so do we: ur'll always have our support.

wow been here since issue 6:O

a proud 35 for me soon in nov to be 36 and the full 3 yrs. where the h3ll has those 3 yrs gone:P gone so fast and enjoyed msotly every minute to it.

heres to the nxt 3 yrs

we didnt. because it was half term time ppl didnt turnup (kinda expected tbh) so we didnt do a run this week. next week we plan to continue.

looks sweet. look forward to the eu one.
*makes me wanta get into web design even more*

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an event is a event a invasion is an invasion. anything happens

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You're confusing RL and games; in games, whatever the developers decide should happen, happens[1].

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it would be like going to war in rl. but say oh no dont bomb here, dont shoot here cos of some lame excuse.

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Game - real life. Two very different things.


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well ofc rl n games r different. im no fool.
and maybe the examples were abit-much
however i wasnt confusing nothing. why u say tht?
if an invasion happens-ie rikti, they will "try" to attack u no matter where u r. so does zombies (give or take the odd location). thts why i said anything happens becuause during the invasion/event anything will happen, from u being attacked and dying to -well nothing. thts why the current events/invasions r fine.

having a drone or 2 at specific contacts/trainers is a different matter.

i dont have an overall opinion tbh but this is how i could see things go if such thing was intro'd

most teams would be made up of sgs only and lower the chance of getting teams. / teams for long.

for me its not a signed or unsigned. but a /maybe.

its not a bad suggestion though. dont get many about pres these days.

an event is a event a invasion is an invasion. anything happens

it would be like going to war in rl. but say oh no dont bomb here, dont shoot here cos of some lame excuse.

events are shouted out, if u stand somewhere during it. then ur expected to be atatcked in some sort of manor.-dont like being attacked-dont stand still.

plus i think having x amount of events happen in one zone is awesome. dont get tht very often so why not- if ur trying to do something in tht zone-dont worry-once the event is over-guess wot......u can still do tht again. ie the construction sites (they'll still be there.)

so very unsigned.

us newts dont have clocks, we rely on the way of the tide

He shall see

well. were not 35 yet so ofc we need something to get us there. maybe a couple of Ouro tf's?
Katie tf?
or on the Hmmm side-ie not made our minds up-we could always redo the last tf? (though this would be a bit of a meh decision)

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City of Heroes/Villains, City of Heroes/Villains, City of Heroes/Villains, City of Heroes/Villains,

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Well, they did ask 'what is your favourite game', so I had to be honest...

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Hmmm he seems to mention this game alot..wonder if its any good

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I mention it a lot because I play it a lot.

And yes, I think it's tip-top, personally.

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wow, didnt expect a reply there
welcome to the forums.

City of Heroes/Villains, City of Heroes/Villains, City of Heroes/Villains, City of Heroes/Villains,

Hmmm he seems to mention this game alot..wonder if its any good

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I thought they said they were going to timeshare one of their German speaking mods from one of their other games? Doesn't seem to have happened, does it?

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well they say alot of things sadly, and we in the eu know they never act on their word.
which is unfortunate tbh, i know their busy trying to make people in game happy as well as attract new people/get people back during this time of fog. but they need to give support for those on the forums as well. i know its moving to a different location, but theres no point if we cant get support on the forums. (Btw the rednames who are on the forums are doing a good job with what they can do. (just thought id point tht out ))

this is why- no offence i only store a few things on the market at any one time. the rest stay on me.

Stone Melee/Invul- a mega stone club smashes any rotten skin and invul stops any rotten bones

Fortunata- to crush any mind they have.- make them seek out more brains for sure

Arch Blaster- cos every zombie movie as a archer- why not this game

Castle, famous in City of Heroes for being the guy who designs and fixes the powers, has prepared a Q&A on the new powersets coming with CoX Issue 13: Power and Responsibility, now deep into Closed Beta: Shield Defense and Pain Domination. Though controversy over proposed PvP changes is dominating the CoX boards at the moment, the new powersets seem to have met with universal acclaim.

In the Q&A, Castle explains the thinking behind Pain Domination and the restrictions on the design, the player base's role in the creation of Shields, and his own take on which hero and villain powers are the coolest ones in the game right now. Check out the Q&A after the cut.

1. [u]How did you come up with Pain Domination for villains this time around?[u]

One of the long standing ideas with regards to our powers has been that villains aren't "empathetic" and as such, should not be given the Empathy powerset. Players, however, wanted Empathy, or at least certain aspects of the Empathy set. So, we sat down and kicked around a few ideas, none of which panned out, until someone came up with the concept of "Pain Domination." For whatever reason, the name grabbed our interest and gave us a theme to work around. We proceeded to design out the set based on the theme of "Controlling, giving and taking away pain." It would have been very easy to cross the ESRB Teen rating with such a thing, so we were very careful to ensure that nothing crossed the line, despite the thematic temptations.


2. [u]What made you decide to put in shields? Do you think any certain type of player will enjoy these?[u]

A while back, we ran a poll on the forums asking which powersets players were most looking forward to. Shields won the poll. However, due to technical limitations we weren't able to deliver Shields at the time, so we went with Willpower instead. We then used Issue 12's Cimeroran NPC group as a tech testbed for shields and ironed out most of the kinks, leaving us able to deliver Shields as a Player Powerset in Issue 13.

As for what types of players will enjoy the shields powerset, it will appeal to players who try to re-create Viking Warriors, or Medieval Knight type characters, as well as those who are looking to create new unique characters. Combining shields with our current powers and costume pieces just continues to expand our character options.


3. [u]What archetypes will best enjoy each power?[u]

Pain Domination is a perfect fit for both Corruptors and Masterminds, with the caveat that it may be *too good* for the later. We're watching closely during the beta period to ensure that things remain in balance with other powersets available to those Archetypes. Shields, on the other hand, are a fantastic Tanker set. They work well for Brutes and Scrappers too, but Tankers, whose main role lies in helping to protect other members of their teams, will see the best benefit of powers like Grant Cover, which adds defense to teammates near the user.


4. [u]Can you explain the basic process for getting new powers like these into the game? [u]

Our basic process is we come up with an idea for how we want the powerset to progress, then spec out individual powers as far as what we want them to do. We send that to the animation department, and they make things look cool, while we fiddle with numbers establishing an initial balance point. Once we have the final visual FX, we do another balance pass, and then send it off for testing.


5. [u]What do you think is the coolest villain power and the coolest hero power in the game right now?[u]

I still think Ghost Widow's Soul Storm power is the coolest power on the villain side. Players who select her as a patron get a version of that power, as well. I just love the visuals of it. On the hero side, I've always been a fan of the Battle Axe set.


6. [u]What do you have to do to get the pain domination & shield powers? How do you think players will use them?[u]

Both Shields and Pain Domination are available to new characters. You don't need to do anything special to unlock the powersets.

Pain Domination will be a hit with folks who were looking for specific types of buffs combined with extreme healing capabilities. It will be very difficult to be defeated with someone using Pain Domination on the team. Between healing, increasing your damage capability, increasing your foes' vulnerability to damage and helping to ward off incoming damage in the first place, it's an extremely powerful set.

Shields is a great mix of offense, defense and team buffing all rolled into one powerset. It's a jack of all trades set, and pretty good at all aspects it tries to cover

http://www.massively.com/2008/10/17/...ox-power-sets/

A Massive thanks to my SG Leader: Evil NRG
and the Callous Crew SG:
Zat'Nikathel
Tai-Lee
Selena Nocturna
Siren of Darkness
Bubble Bots
Puzzle

for a sick night and completing the Mo Run, we did it with ease and honour

and few close calls at the end like when the heroes rushed us. but we did it

thank you guys n girls.

(Also can anyone tell me if any fortunata has yet to complete this on union-eu?)

Hey mt8. was expecting such post some time. but still cr@p to know ur off for sure.

hope ya do well. and see u ofc in i14

well my blaster is now at about 28/29 and still need cit-doubt ill get it done by then but can always do it anyway.

still got a def as well at 28 if needed. but my blaster kiks [censored] for now

#Stretching (Plastic Man / Mr. Fantastic)

Nothing beats stretching ur arms around the zone/mish map just to slap the big bad guy around the head with ur hand

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Villains: not only red lightning... but red heals!

Sweet!

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elec/PD ooooooooooooooooooo*faceplants out of overload*

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SUPERSTRENGTH SCRAPPERS. SUPER! STRENGTH! SCRAPPERS! ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGH!

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ok heres the deal u get ss n elec we (brutes) get spines n claws

ok maybe i should have re-worded the title. (was ina slight rush )
and the idea wasnt to say what was doable or not. just what people would liek to see or would do themselves-if could.

arch for corrs i forgot same for ta n sheilds