Rubberlad

Looks great!

Thumbs up for all the hard work on this. It was *well* worth it!

Whoa! Hey! Waaaaaaait a minute!!!

*slams breaks*

What about the Positron TF revamp? Is that in I12...?

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The Midnight Squad

JOIN THE MIDNIGHT SQUAD (LEVELS 10 - 20)
The clandestine organization of mystics, scholars and mages, known only as the Midnight Squad, seeks to rebuild its numbers since the devastating assault of the Rikti Invasion. The Midnighters hold a secret that could bring the alien assault to an end, but without the help of the Heroes of Paragon City™ it will remain Lost forever.

NEW ROMAN-STYLE ZONE MAPS (LEVELS 35 - 50)
The Midnighters hold many secrets within their walls, including a highly coveted Ouroboros crystal, enabling them to travel to the far reaches of time. There is a familiar threat in an ancient land and the Midnighters need the help of both Heroes and Villains to stop it. Players step foot upon the ancient land of the Roman Cimeroran Peninsula, where they battle deadly creatures, defend an ancient city and ultimately come face to face with the enemy of time itself. Throughout this journey players uncover the mysteries of power and the origins that guide them today.



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Looks like the 10-20 is Heroes only, and 35-50 is Heroes and Vills.

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That's the way I read it as well.

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I'm 99.9% sure the lvl 10-20 content is available to both heroes and villains. The Devs had said there's more interest to making content available for both heroes and villains than just one side or the other so this might be a misread.

Can we get red-name confirmation on this?

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NO to above

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Please clarify: If you are saying that we will not be able to access those costume pieces, I strenuously suggest you remove them from that promotional image or, preferably, make them available to players: Don't lie to us.

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Agreed. You already have half the player base excited about this, and now we are being told, nope, cant have specific pieces that are shown. Thats not right. Dont tease the players with stuff we wont get. How about show us what we WILL have access to.

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I think he meant "No, its not Statesman..." which was the original question.

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Through their accomplishments, players unlock the new Roman themed armor costume set.


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Please, please, please not the Vanguard merit system.

Please?

But hot dog that they're there. Oh yes, they will be mine.

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This is my *only* regret about I12. I know a few folks (myself included) who would have liked to start a Gladiator-type character from Lvl 1 onwards. Its kinda hard to shoe-horn a concept like this into the middle - not impossible though.

BTW, they do look *fantastic* - great job J-Love!

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Is this for heroes AND villians???

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The official preview states this is content sourced through Ouroborous and its available to heroes or villains.

Now, if you're asking is this a co-op map? I don't think so. I'm not sure its possible for this game to source co-op maps without a co-op zone point of origination.

*gasp*


BEST. ISSUE. EVER!!! .... I mean, dear God, that was worth the wait! Just look at all that glorious content! I am in awe. Absolutely in awe.

War Witch, wherever you are, you need to out step front and center for a bow. I can already tell the new maps and zone makeover are just going to be *TREMENDOUS* !!!



*blinks*

Uh oh... I think I'm gonna faint! Someone catch me...

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Okay, so out of 8 pets, why are there only 2 different buffs?

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Originally, there were 2 pets: The Faeries. Then someone (may even have been me, I don't remember) brought up the fact that Faeries won't match everyones concepts and so, the Wisps were born. Then, someone suggested the Drones for Tech types and at the last minute the Oscillators were tossed in. All told, a more classic example of Feature Creep you will never find!

So, since there were only two pets originally, there were only 2 powers made. I didn't have time to make 6 more powers to match the new entities.

As for why they are so fragile, let's just say if they were at all "tough" I could exploit them horrendously. So, they are fragile. They CAN be kept alive if you are a ranged AT, but melee types will have a hard time of it.

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All my fault...sorry about that.

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You asked him concentrate on shields, didn't you? If so, no need to apologize.

Nice, but quit stalling. Let's hear some I12 details.

I love it. They look great *and* they'll actually do something (which is nice).

Question though: is there a way to get the PlayNC General Account page to update these reward dates/details? Having a look at mine just now, it stopped updating details/reward dates @ Month 36 (I just got Month 45 a few weeks ago...). I think Month 48 rewards comes in late April but its not clear from this feature.


Thank you!

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Very pleased with the attentiveness to players needs. well done guys.

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Agreed. Thank you Positron (and all the Devs) for making this happen.

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The fact that we'll be getting these things prior to i12 is completely awesome. It's things like this that remind me of why I have kept my subscription to the City of franchise.

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Yes, they could easily have bundled all this up with I12 and gotten away with a thinner issue that way. I'm glad they didn't.

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Amen. Now is an excellent time to be a City of... fan!

I'm *extremely* happy with this announcement.

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Or just allow users to check a box saying "recieve only e-mails from global/server/SG friends" heck... "

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That much I might agree with. I've gotten two in-game spam emails now on top of the tells. Any way to make it stop would be greatly appreciated.

OMG! OMG! OMG!

*SQUEEEEEEEEEE*

I'm floored.
I'm breathless.
And I'm excited as hell!

What else can I say?

OMG!!!! And almost everybody's staying on w/ NCSoft?!! WOOHOO!! THANK YOU FOR STAYING WITH US!!!

OH MY G..A..W..D...!!!

*calls Fred, Ethel with the news and then Mrs. Trumble to come over and watch the baby!*

*Excellent* interview by War Witch. Best of the series in awhile actually.

With the mention of the Shadow Shard though, I'm curious: is the final product anywhere close to what was originally conceptualized? If not, can you give us some hints on what it SHOULD have looked like?

Extremely impressive.

I'm really "wowed" by the Weapons Customization feature. Forgive, forgive, anything we said about Dual Blades being less than perfect....

Seriously, thank you. This is great! We'll start advertising on our site immediately and see if we can draw back our old members! They'll love this!

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Those blades need to be about a third shorter than they are now.

Also, it's be nice if they looked like this or this.

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Agreed. Scimitars would be way cool and add a nice flavor to the game.

Overall though, I'm kinda underwhelmed just by the "stilled" visuals. Now watching these new powersets play in action may be *very* different.

Hmmm, no offense but I'm not motivated enough to take precious time out of my game to:

1) Type the "ignore_spammer" command
2) Bring up a petition and type in the full response


... every time I get spammed in-game (and I do go out of my way to file *just* a petition when it happens but I lose a lot of time just trying to accurately retype user names like "glkkglgk2ks" w/o errors - and I'm not even talking about having to scroll back up through incoming messages on various channels to find the spam handle again....).

Isn't there an easier way - maybe even a "one-click" way to do this w/o the victimized player doing all the finger work? This "ignore_spammer" should do it all - and it shouldn't take more than 30 seconds to get it done and move on.

This /ignore_spammer *then* file a petition option is at risk of becoming a major timesink. I thought this was a good response tool when it was in Test but I totally missed having to STILL file a petition as well - honestly, why make the players take the extra time out of gaming to both when one will suffice anyway? We're glad to help report spammers but can you make it easier for us to help you...?

*Earth calling Moonbase. Come in Moobase*

*Have you spotted the Fifth Column? Over?*

*Earth calling Moonbase. Come in Moonbase...*

These are *really* well done.

Hey Ex,

Would a DXDialog report from those folks STILL having lag problems help for stuff like this?

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XP for the kills gets diluted by the number of teams involved. Unless you manage to kill a Rikti mob all by your lonesome, you'll get proportional XP based on the amount of damage you or your team did to it. In an event like this, with dozens of heroes attacking the same mob, you generally end up getting very little XP. Server events are for badges more than XP.

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Ah.

Update: So we're in KR (still team of 4: 2 lvl 7, a 4 and 3) away from the big group. We *are* seeing Ritki drops (ie foot soldiers) but they are extremely slow to kill.

Minions drop about 6xp.
Lieutenants drop about 12-13xp.

However, 1 lvl 50 just ran right up to heal us and our XP dropped to 1xp for minions and 3xp for lieutenants. We had to ask the 50 to leave but by then it was too late. So we gave up and went into our mish.

I guess my naivety is that the XP rewards for Ritki invasions would work just like fighitng giant monsters - regardless of other player levels, you earn your XP reward based on your damage contributions. Doesn't seem to be the case here though - so why should I strive to join an invasion party if I'm just going to get my XP sucked away by others fighintg in the immediate proximity?

Sorta feels like the ultimate kill-steal opportunity.

745pm Thursday - Virtue Server

Playing a lvl 7 Tanker on Team of 4 in Skyway City Invasion

- Lag's MUCH better. Pretty smooth until more than 30 folks show up, and the sonic effects start flying. But great improvement.

- XP however sucks. I've been clocking the rewards for every kill and already I've had over 20 kills pass me by with no XP whatsoever. Two kills gave me 1 experience.

Can someone explain to me why I'm not getting ANY XP? Are there lvls restricted to certain zones for certain invasions? I honestly don't remember this being an issue on Test - what am I missing?

Thanks for the "Hottest Couple" award!

Hubby and I had a blast - it was AWESOME!! Let's do it again next year!!!

And bring more of those celebrity divas! They rocked!!

That looks *AWESOME* - talk about giving the players what they want!

Co-op zones for heroes and villains!
Access to the Ritki Mothership!
New costume recipes!

Love it! Love it! Love it!