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Official Thread for Grandville: New Villain Zone

Anijo

By Anijo,
Posted on: 2006-05-01 24:12 in Developers' Corner

 

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When you first walk in off the ferry and hear Recluse talking on the Big screens... awesome... simply awesome...

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Yeah, at first. Then the constant muttering gets really annoying. I complained about that back when we had the same thing in a 5th column mission, and now they bring it back in an entire zone.

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I've crashed every time I tried to enter a mission in Grandville, so I've given up on that for now. I'll wait to try again when the issue has been addressed.

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Same. Dunno if it's related or not, but my sound loops in the background after each of the crashes from entering a Grandville mission.

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Fix the mission crashing in Grandville

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I had no problems this morning intering and exiting zones or mission doors.... (good for me) The zone looks Great!... I wish it was just grayed out instead of blacked out... So I could have an eaiser time getting around the zone...

The City Rouge Isle Map needs to be updated... it does not indicate a route (or line) to get to GV, Black Line or Ferry...


"My life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely pretty and well preserved, but rather I will skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming...WOW...What a Ride"

 

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My two cents:

-Definately an impressive zone. The whole approach into the city from the Ferry has this feel that you're stepping into a place full of danger and power. You feel empowered and yet oppressed at the same time. The monitors of Recluse and his speech are my favorite part (is there a chance someone has his speech in mp3 format? I'd like to hear it without the zone background noise).

-That said, the zone is a bigger system slow-down than St. Martial ever was. I pray there aren't any hunting missions in this zone (especially with the stalker-esque units lurking around).

-I have yet to complete the patron arcs, but what I hope to see upon completing one is getting a bit more respect from the Arbiters and other Arachnos troopers. By level 40 in CoH, your character is getting a ton of respect from the other characters for all the work they have done. The villains should get a similar treatment: they've survived the rest of the Rogue Isles, and gotten more powerful in the process; they should be figures to be feared once they sign on with Recluse's lieutenants.

-The music didn't sound new to me, and I've loved the music in CoV up until now (Kevin Manthei rocks in everything he does music for). I was hoping there would be a special theme just for this zone, sort of an "Arachnos March" if you will.

 

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I was able to get into Grandville, and had little problems for as long as I was on.. The only thing I noticed was that I was a lovely shade of Green ! It was kinda cool seeing the Arachnos Soldiers wearing Fuchsia ! Cant wait to get back on!

 

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This thread is solely for discussions regarding Grandville, a new zone for level 41 - 50 Villains.

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is it a 41+ or 40+ zone? I don't know any 41s...

 

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The monitors of Recluse and his speech are my favorite part

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Mine too. It dawned on me last night: Anyone else remember the old commercial, I think it first aired during a superbowl, of a room of drone like people watching a Big Brother type guy on a large screen. This woman runs in, a jogger, with a big hammer and she smashes the screen. It made me think of that. Don't ask me what the product was, could have been sneakers or a computer (Apple?), I can't remember everything.

 

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When you enter Grandville from the black helicopter line, there is a ramp that leads from the helipad up the wall and into the customs area. If any turrets have spawned on top of the wall where the ramp leads, they can/will shoot you. Nothing says "welcome to the black heart of the Arachnos regime" like a pair of Quad-Howitzers and a salvo of incendiary missiles

Also, the underwater tunnel into the bottom of the Fab is one of the creepiest places I've been in CoX. Endless tunnel stretching into the black with seawater or A/C condensation dripping from the ceiling, and suddenly a trio of explosive drones hurtles at me at incredible speed. Wow!

 

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The monitors of Recluse and his speech are my favorite part

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Yeah, those are an awesome addition. The whole approach to the base of the tower is very well put together.

Also, that red light effect they put in a couple places (most noticably on top of the spire...) is exceptionally cool. There's some tanks in the hospital area that use it to. Everything seen through the red light gets a red/black skinning that just looks awesome I was originally disappointed with the height of the spire. The depth of field effects make it hard to tell how tall it is. Climbing the thing with Super Jump corrected that problem pretty quick. Using a waypoint, we figured out the tower is roughly half a mile tall.

My only complaint is that there doesn't seem to be any "bleedover" level wise. For most of CoV I usually have the option of moving on to a new zone or sticking around the current one to finish a few more contacts. Nerva/St Martial seem to cut off pretty harshly at 40, providing no content for 40+. Meanwhile, Grandville doesn't let you even run paper missions until 40. It would be better if St. Martial gave us stuff to do through at least 42, or better yet, if Grandville let us start working there around 38.

 

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I noticed that when the sun starts to set I turn a bad shade of green.

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This happens to me... but I turn into a shade of orange... lol
this is on both games Live and Test

 

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anyone mind posting some screenies for those of us who don't have 40s

 

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I've crashed every time I tried to enter a mission in Grandville, so I've given up on that for now. I'll wait to try again when the issue has been addressed.

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Same as the others - it also crashes when I leave the zone via the ferry or the helicopters (haven't tried Recluse's Victory). This happens regardless of graphics and sound settings.

Also agree that the lag's horrendous. I've somehow survived teleporting anyway.

 

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anyone mind posting some screenies for those of us who don't have 40s

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here's one =)
Floating near ArachnosTV!

 

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It appears I'm trapped in Grandville. I can't enter missions in Grandville nor can I leave on the ferry

 

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Not sure where to put this, but currently I cannot complete the Assault Malta base mission in Black Scorpion's arc. I think its the 6th mission in. The "Find Location of Quatrexion" objective cannot be met, because it either isn't spawning or isn't triggering correctly.

By the way, Malta never spawn below level 41, meaning this arc is inherantly mean if done at level 40.

 

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This thread is solely for discussions regarding Grandville, a new zone for level 41 - 50 Villains. From the Issue 7 Training Room patch notes:

"New City Zone

Grandville – The black heart of the Rogue Isles is a dangerous place for even the strongest villains to venture into."

All off topic posts will be removed. Please do not post bugs/feedback/balance issues before testing this content. All bugs/feedback/balance issues should be posted AFTER exploring Grandville.

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This is the most impressive and beautiful zone I've ever seen in a MMO. It's jaw-dropping. The artists should be very, very proud.

The City of Heroes Community is a special one and I will always look fondly on my times arguing, discussing and playing with you all. Thanks and thanks to the developers for a special experience.

 

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Very sexy, but laggy as all hell.

 

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Here's what's happening to me. I too am having problems in Grandville, but it's only in the Spire, where you can get to the Patrons. Once there, I get a severe drop in framerate..and then I get the message about Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Error. And that the program terminated...It gives the location of the error in /cityofheroes/-test or something like that. And then the game closes completely.....is this anything that anyone else is gettting? or is it something I need to address with my system?

 

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After entering Grandville, I'm completely unable to enter any door except that which leads to Recluse's Victory. Any other mission or zoning causes me to crash, and hard. The helicopters, the ferry, newspaper missions, anything and without fail.

 

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Oh, man. I love the sense of humor at Cryptic.

Dr. Forrester

 

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I was testing with dom101 and we could not overcome the arachnos boss (spider people things) regen rate solo. Not even with fiery embrace, my ice pet, and domination up. Not a chance. Their regen rate is faster than any EB i've ever fought.

 

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Oh, man. I love the sense of humor at Cryptic.

Dr. Forrester

[/ QUOTE ] Press the button Frank.

And yea, it's a very nice looking zone, I just wish I could go into any missions without crashing, and then being unnable to log that version of the character again.

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