Mantid

Like most I would like to be able to kick leaders who no longer play CoH. Having a hero in the group that hasn't been on for over 130 days is kinda ridiculous.

More Ranks would help in that too... Would be nice to have a promoting rank that can't kick and a master rank who can kick the Boss ranks.

Unique Chest symbols for SGs are a good idea. The SG costume is nice, but it wouldn't always fit with every SG theme... Though I would like to see unique costume peices availale to SG memebrs (could be earned through this or that...). That causes problems when a member leaves or is kicked from the group though...

SG PvP events are planned I know (Base invasion/protection), but let's get some SG PvE going as well.

I would't mind seeing a SG regristy at City Hall, were someone can look up SGs on the server... that way new characters can find a home easier. It would have to be truncated to SGs of a certain size or something (No need to list endless 1 member groups) or even make being listed voluntary, in which case various stats on the SG could also be added.

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if it isn't posted by a redname or dev , then it is either speculation, rumor or a lie.

Is there an official thread from where this gospel was taken?

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They are mentioned in multiple places, but here are some of them....

PVP Arenas From PC Gamer, copied here
1v1 through 8v8
Differing mission objectives and temporary powers for some PVP eventsFrom PC Gamer, copied here
Body Part Size Slider for Character ModelsFrom PC Gamer, copied here
New Costume Options, including Anime/Manga designsFrom PC Gamer, copied here

Issue 5 (Confirmed)
New Powersets (sounds like only one):Ask Statesman #2

Of the New Powersets, the most supported by Dev comments Are:
Shields The Stratics House of Commons chat
SonicsThe Stratics House of Commons chat
Bows The Stratics House of Commons chat
MagnetismThe Stratics House of Commons chat
Quarterstaff

CoV (confirmed)
Brutes, Masterminds, Enforcers, Stalkers for Villainous ATs - Interview no longer available, it has been removed from XSquted, but Statesman does commetn on it here
The Rogue Isles Zones for Villain PVE and mission content
PVP missions, zones, and base raids Ask Statesman #2
SG bases rentable by players: Ask Statesman #2
Minion system
SPIDER villain group... Already mentioned in Striga Isle Missions, you even rescue some!

Issue 5 (Possible)
The now completely revamped Skill System. Going to treat the previous rumored features as discarded and leave this blank. Also, could be Issue 6 or beyond. Ask Statesman #2

The Near Future (through CoV launch)
Epic AT's- Incarnate (Statesman/Recluse AT), Avilan (possibly birdmen), Coralax (possibly Fishmen) Blood of the Black Stream (Possibly who knows what) Ask Statesman #2

Rumored Egyptian themed villain group (from Statesman post Here )

Features Once Discussed but not so much Lately, and thus possibly back-burner:
Server character Transfer GamingGroove 2.0 Interveiw
Customized Weaponry
Customized Power Effects Jive Interview
Zig, Crash Site, Rularuu Trials
Vehicles The Stratics House of Commons chat (Mentioned that it will not be a powerset... then mentioned again in relation to Space missions...)
Undersea Zone - Old Statesman post, no longer available

ADDED: International Missions: Ask Statesman #2
Animal Costume Peices jive Interveiw
Combo system(?) Yahoo Interview (end of paragraph in middle of interveiw)
"Swinging" Movement power The Stratics House of Commons chat
Space Missions The Stratics House of Commons chat

Does that point you in the right direction? Didn't get them all, but its a good start...

There is a trick to get around that, however. It has to do with how the movement commands work (+forward,, +up, +left, etc.), Basicly that the game does when you type in a bind, say:

/bind w "+forward$$powerexec_name hover$$powexec_name fly"

The game handles it as such:

Press the key: it executes "+forward$$powerexec_name hover$$powexec_name fly"
When you release the key, it executes: "powerexec_name hover$$powexec_name fly"

If that second half changes, then it executes that command instead. Look back to my last post to see how I used this to make a single key activate two powers by using the +down command.

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Yeah, as cool as that avatar is... nothin' beats The Bug.

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Who? Me?

You got alot of reading to catch up on States ol' bean!

Odd.. I had different results:

Maximizing you mission XP

On the other hand, you collected alot more numbers then I did

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I hope Positron isn't taking that too hard...

Actually I think it looks like a good plan (the non-renaming ones I mean). I am a bit concerned on the Story Arc = non-soloable part with the "team-up required" UI coming later. Will story arcs be distinctly labeled as such so there is no mistaking it there (some already are, I know, with the "this may be the start of something bigger" tag)?

What? No City of Contacts for a little custom mission and story arc action?

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You may have played with one of us already and not known it.


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I get this feeling that I haven't.

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Considering some of the players I have grouped with... I hope not!

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So what book is that from? Would be chapter 4, 13, 22, or 31 if it follows the standard the others have set...

After comming across a request from a FF defender for a bind that would notify a player that he was about to receive FF shields and then use bothe Deflection and Insulation Fields on him, I devised the following binds.
It was tested and it does work! Just use any two click powers in place of Defleion Shield and Insulation Shield to see for yourself.
Submitted for your approval:
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Well, you can't activate two powers at the same time, but there is a trick to using on then queueing up another. you will have to make two files:

Deflect.txt
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<key> "+down$$<message>$$powexec_name Deflection Shield$$bind_load_file <path name>Insulate.txt"

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Insulate.txt
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<key> "+down$$powexec_name Insulation Shield$$bind_load_file <path name>Deflect.txt"

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<key> is the key you want to attach the macro to.
<message> is the message you want to display(remeber to use specify the channel)
<path name> is the full path name to the two files (C:\... whatever...\)

Just type in
/bind_load_file <path name>Deflect.txt
And you should be good to go. You will have to hold the button down for a split second for it to work (a quick tap will often only acttivate one power and not queue the second one). Also note if you are using hover/fly and are in the air at the time you use it, you will be moving down for that second you hold the key.

The toggleon/toggleoff is better then I expected!

Not only will it allow you to make one key for all your toggle activations, but you can make a true "toggle" key! Try this one out:

/bind w "+forward$$powexec_toggleon Sprint$$powexec_toggleoff Sprint"

this will result in you running forward with Sprinit turning on... when you release the key, sprint turns off!

Jumpers and superspeeders now have an equivilant to
"+forward$$powexec_name Fly$$powexec_name Hover"

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I get the feeling what is ment by EpicATs accessible to everyone, is that they won't require you have a level 50. Somehting like having a certain number of TFs done or a special TF...

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They've said othetr Epic ATs will be unlocked in other ways.. not just lvl 50.

Heh.. I would guess the Skill system and the arena would be out in I4... Though I would love to see new powersets and costume options... and anything to make Staminia less important...

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Anyone know if Phase Shift shuts off Steamy Mist as well?

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Not sure cuz i've not seen it in-game, but based on what we know, i'd say no. With the invisibility powers you can't have a power active that effects other players. Also mist is a toggle and i think with phase shifts you can't have any toggle powers up. Again i'm surmising from the information that's been thrown down already.

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Phase Shift will not work with Steamy mists, but you can have other toggles on.
Any toggles you do have on, however, (hurricane, for example) will lose all effectiveness ouside of yourself (movement powers, for exemple, would not loose anything). If Steamy Mists could be used with Phase Shift, then it would do nothing but give you double stealth (the same reason Steamy Mists will not work with Stealth). You would have for Def and Res bonus, but since you can't be hit when Phase Shifted, it would matter little. Your teammates would get nothing from it, even if they are inside the graphical repesentation of the power.

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Too bad they didn't get it done for issue 3 like they were planning...


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We were? Wow. I had no idea!

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Heh.. never thought Statesman would reply to something I said.. not the type of response I was hoping to get if he ever did...

I could have sworn I read a post that you were trying to get the arena up for issue 3... heh, oh well.. my memory is far from perfect!

If anyone needs me, I'll be off hiding in the corner till this disappears from the Dev Digest..

Yeah, they need to test pvp before the big PvP part comes out. Too bad they didn't get it done for issue 3 like they were planning...

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