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I'm a little disappointed in the concept for Croatoa, especially with the new zone and villians. One of the reasons why I like COH so much is the whole "superhero" concept. I feel they are still so far from exhausting ideas within it, that there is no reason we should see something coming even close to Everquest or WOW style concepts. If anything... it worries the hell out of me.

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Since when is magical beings not part of comics?

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Concerning the new witch villian group. I know that after the Halloween event there was a brief stir to make them a permanent villian group (mostly, I think, because guys wanted to see more of curvacious witchs in wire frame outfits). But I have to ask, what sort of new and unique villiany could these witchs bring to menace the city with? What could they be other than a female version of the Circle of Thorns?

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Uh, how do I put this without spoilers?

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The Cabal of witches, the nasty imps called Red Caps, the giant Fir Bolg and the legendary Tuatha de Dannan rule this realm.

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I have a problem with the "children of Danu" being a villain group. The Fomors I can understand, but I always thought the Tuatha de Dannan were supposed to be "good guys."

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Not all is as it appears.

/em runs off in a puff of smoke laughing


I will assume there will be an explaination. I forget how many qualifacitions States has, but as I remember it it was an insane amount. He knows what he is doing and there will be a wow explaination in there some where. I haven't studied any Celtic mythology, but I think I will soon just for the sake of this zone.

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Blaster changes are in I5. I PM'd Statesman specifically about that two days ago.

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Any ideas on how blasters are going to get FRENned?

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Like I said, States was sorta Cryptic about it, but he said it had to do with Blaster Secondaries.

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If this has been asked..then its a bump..if not..then here goes...

Wasn't the Blaster AT to be looked at as a whole for I5?

I seem to remember an entire blaster community clamoring for some love right before I4, and States answer was something like "Not till I5".

What good are the new powersets if the AT is still bad news?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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I've only heard some vague things about this, but apperantly it will involve our secondaries. I'm not sure what's planned, but I'm willing to test it out.

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I know there is artistic liscense and all, but I have read quite a bit of Irish history and while the Tuatha de Dannu were sometimes described as monsterous/powerful or demonized, most of the time they were described as human-like. The models being used in I5 expansion do not look like anything I have ever imagined for them

Petty, I know, but coming from Mythology expert Jack/Statesman I am confused in the direction you guys seem to be taking with these models....

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They probly went with the demonized version because thye already had the human like gaint. And it looks cooler.

I realy have no idea here, I'm just taking a wild guess.

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Why atleast they get new powers. There is nothing for Scrappers or tanker. I love the way they have been left out in the cold.
Later,

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Us Scrappers got a lot of updates in I4. Look at all the nerfs we got. I guess we should be falsey pleased with all of them. All hail Devs. We bring sacrifices to you as poor peasant worshippers. NOOOOOT!

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The most balanced AT in te game right now is the Defender. Since Controller and Blasters share there powers already they are the only ones safe to get new powers.

If they gave new stuff to you Scrappers they would have to nerf them when they finaly nail down where tey want you guy. It wuld be easier to just make new power sets once they hit the sweet spot.

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That sweet spot supposedly happens in each update with each new nerf. Devs got a sweet tooth I think.

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Tankers and Scrapper have a problem, there defense. In this game defense makes you a king. In a game with no loot it's hard to balance such a problem. The truth is that Tankers and Scappers are hard to balance without gimping them to death.

Now g back and put yourself on the cross. You'll need the practice for I5.

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Why atleast they get new powers. There is nothing for Scrappers or tanker. I love the way they have been left out in the cold.
Later,

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Us Scrappers got a lot of updates in I4. Look at all the nerfs we got. I guess we should be falsey pleased with all of them. All hail Devs. We bring sacrifices to you as poor peasant worshippers. NOOOOOT!

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The most balanced AT in te game right now is the Defender. Since Controller and Blasters share there powers already they are the only ones safe to get new powers.

If they gave new stuff to you Scrappers they would have to nerf them when they finaly nail down where tey want you guy. It wuld be easier to just make new power sets once they hit the sweet spot.

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Okay, they say it's coming in august. Does that mean they're aiming for an august release date for I5 on the main server, or that it won't be on the test server until then. Because if it's going to be released in augest, it'll have to be on test pretty soon.

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I think it mean when they want to put it on live. So look for I5 starting next week or two.

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Well I just got finished reserving my names. On Guardian, I have The Bowyer as my Trick Shot/Archery Defender and dB as my */Sonic Controller. On Protector I also have dB, but as my Sonic/* Blaster.

(dB is an abbreviation for 'decibel', a measurement of sound)

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My reserved names:

Fletching for my archer, probly going to be TA/Arc

Ska for my Sonic hero, not sure if he'll be a defender or a Blaster

And on test I got the name Wail, so I have another sonic guy to try out

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Croatoa... a place where myth and fantasy still live...

So does this mean we might get a few more European mythological costume options, huh huh does it

devil's advocate -Pogo

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The only thing I want is the whiches hat. Come on, we need those...realy.

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For all of those who quit over the Arena or the HO nerf:

SUCKS
TO
BE
YOU.
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my opinion is this isn't a "nyah - hah" to people have have let their accounts lapse. It is a "oh please come back, we really can do content you will like. we promise, please don't leave again."

but hey, I'm just glad to see some more PvE content so I should just hush.

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So the last three issuse that added content didn't prove that they can do content?

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Yay more shared power sets between controllers and defenders. There was not enough overlap already.

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I'm going to mark it, at 12:25 pm ET I5 has it's first offical complant.

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The huge thread on Crotoa's level range didn't count?

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Doh, forgot about that one.

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Yay more shared power sets between controllers and defenders. There was not enough overlap already.

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I'm going to mark it, at 12:25 pm ET I5 has it's first offical complant.

I didn't notice, but they put a predicted date for it going to live on it. August.

This is an offical first.

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Mission Customization – Many existing missions have been updated with hostage escort missions, villain wave attacks and more!

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Get.Out.



woot!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111!!!!!!!one!!!!!geomet ro!!!!!111eleven

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Feeling a little like Counterstrike here ..... but I like it!

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Hey, we wanted varity, they were kind enough to deliver.

Now, which book is Forest of Dread taken from?

Holy

It's worth the wait.

/em spews beverage of your choice at screen.

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[ QUOTE ][*]Reportedly States is considering a Respec Trial for level 50s, and this would give heroes at the cap an unlimited amount of respecs to play around with.

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This is what i want Badly

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Me too, because it will get people into the Shadow Shard.

My most orignal moment came when I tried to come up with something to link me and my brothers hero. In the process I came up with something that I've never seen before.

But most of my creative moments come to me when I'm bored and should be paying atttention to something else. My mind just wanders till I come up with something. I run wth it and flesh it out.

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Well keep in mind that though there is a lot of water, I would suspect that when the underwater zone is created we may find baddies lurking in the waves of paragon city the likes of nothing we have seen yet.

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You mean Family with Scuba masks?

Grrr, Why most information be held over my head? Alright, i enjoy it, I'll admit it.

Anyway. here's a point no one else has brought up yet. If you click on NPC you discover that there is a new pantheon in town, the Modern Pantheon which most people worship. It's made up of Joule, Grey and Hermes. Now here is something interesting, they are help magic heroes become stronger and the old gods of the Benovalent Pantheon didn't like the concept of people with magic powers. At the moment if memory serves the Benovelent Pantheon is more or less resting and waiting for either the Banished Pantheon or the Ornabegians to make there move. But if they come back how would they treat these new gods, who are A) making magic users stronger and b) taking away thier worshippers.

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Red Caps are a kind of mythological being. Often grouped in the faerie or goblin category after you remove the ethnic origins.

In general they're vicious nasty little clawed beasties who kill humans.

Here's one example

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Sidenote: If we start gettng some fantasy stuff I must make thi sclear as zzMDude isn't here (Atleast I haven't seen him in a while) to say this (Hell, I can't remember if it was even him who yelled it, but I'm pretty sure) No! Gaint! Rats! Ever!

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New Trial
I think the Dam/Faultline was mentioned


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I'm highly sceptical about this (although I hope I'm wrong). I haven't seen anything about the Faultline trial beyond rumour mongering, but I would expect a new Trial or TF in the new zone.

Has anyone seen any real evidence that the Faultline trial is on the way?

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Staes say he wants to get this done, but there is a chance it won't make it.

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CuppaJo, I believe, just recently confirmed the inclusion of the witches from the Halloween event in the zone. They were members of the Coven. So, you could add them to the villains list, although I guess it's possible they have been changed to be part of one of the other two.


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I think the Coven is going to be part of the Cabal.

With all this magic stuff flying around anyone else think we're going ot see some action from the "Hammer of the World"?

My vote is with the robot concept. But I'm functioning on different logic.

My logic is as follows (be very afriad)

Peacebringer-Natural
Warshade-Science
Corlax-Mutant (I figure if there is an aquatic race they will some how be related to use, but completely different...you know what I mean)
Avilian-Magic (When I heard they would be the winged AT I thought angelic and mystical)
Blood of the Blakc Stream- Only one we know nothing about, but we only have one origin not in use. Think about it won't you.