When exactly is the I-7 respec coming?

Eh... guess I'm in a nit-picky mood.

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No doubt. But if you don't know when something is going to be released, don't say "It'll be out this month".

Positron: "I7 to live is simply "this month"."


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He didn't say that. He said he expected I7 to be live before the end of May. I read that and the rest of that particular paragraph that detailed problems with the AEGIA stuff, a writer quit and a thought "So, if nothing else goes wrong it'll hit live before the end of May."

Eh, YMMV.

I'm torn here.

On the plus side, it's good to see that they want to make this release as smooth as possible. First thing I'm doing is taking each of my toons to Icon. Gotta have those new costume pieces I've been waiting for since October of '05.

On the negative side, it's been -how- long since we've seen markedly new content on live? What, 7-8 months? It's getting closer and closer to a year's wait.

Miss Kitty is right (as usual). A few more weeks won't hurt. *eye twitch*

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Eh... guess I'm in a nit-picky mood.

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No doubt. But if you don't know when something is going to be released, don't say "It'll be out this month".

Positron: "I7 to live is simply "this month"."


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He didn't say that.

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http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...v=#Post5578492

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Shouldnt matter if this is a holiday or not....I7 has been long in the making and theyve been putting this off for way to long. They need to get in gear and get it on LIVE ASAP. Some of us are tired of waiting and others are trying to make their vacation times around it and cant when they keep putting it off. Come on guys....lets get it moving already.

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Broken != putting it off. If stuff doesn't work yet, it won't do anyone any good by rushing things.

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No doubt. But if you don't know when something is going to be released, don't say "It'll be out this month".

Positron: "I7 to live is simply "this month"."

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yep tired of being teased.

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Gang, this is the first time in a *long* time that a Dev has stated a proposed released date. Hard to make a claim of "being teased" quite honestly. If anything, this type of backlash makes the Dev's case that it's better NOT to ever share projected release dates. Let's keep it cool.

And I can't imagine anyone making vacation plans around the release of an expansion pack. Suppose it's possible, but why would you?

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Eh... guess I'm in a nit-picky mood.

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No doubt. But if you don't know when something is going to be released, don't say "It'll be out this month".

Positron: "I7 to live is simply "this month"."


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He didn't say that.

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http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...v=#Post5578492

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My bad. Thought you were referring to the interview. Apologies.

i would much rather wait for I7 to come out, then for it to be released now and have to deal with the annoyance of all these bugs.
Playing on RV last night was enough to make me realize there is still serious issues with it.

i agree the sooner the better - but im not going to start bashing the dev's for ruinning my life - like the majority of you are doing.

you want 40-50's content suck it up and go play COH

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Shouldnt matter if this is a holiday or not....I7 has been long in the making and theyve been putting this off for way to long. They need to get in gear and get it on LIVE ASAP. Some of us are tired of waiting and others are trying to make their vacation times around it and cant when they keep putting it off. Come on guys....lets get it moving already.

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Whether you're in the Navy or planning your vacation around I7, it shouldn't factor into the release date. I mean, come on. If you were building a house and it wasn't finished yet, would you live there w/ out a roof or if the wiring wasn't finished? You can either walk away from the deal or wait until it's finished, but either way, you'll get it when its done... not when you want.

Patience is an unofficial RP server.

Please learn to link in a reader-friendly, Dumb_2099. It's a little irritating to have have to scroll left to right to read posts when you link like that unnecessarily. Here's what the link should look like:

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Folks, we've never seen an Issue expansion drop on live prior to a major holiday weekend. Cuppa's announcment really shouldn't really be a surprise to anyone, should it? If anything be glad, that they *tried* to get it out in time for the holiday, and give 'em credit for having good sense not to push a flawed product out over a holiday weekend (imagine the chaos!).

The flip side is folks can play it on Test in the meanwhile. So it's not really a big loss.

Thanks Cuppa, we can deal.

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Your point is fine however I personally won't give them any credit for craftsmanship until it is released on Live Servers and is 95% flawless. At this point I just can't be generous in advance anymore. It isn't fair to players and it really isn't fair to Developers. Motivation to 'hurry it up' is a fact of business life. Most jobs I deal with have hot hot hot deadlines because money and happy customers are on the line. This is no different. AND that is no threat. I don't feel slighted just yet, I am pointing out a fact of business life. Threatening to quit does nothing to help but we can take breaks and not play for a few months while we wait for issues. It is there best interest to release quick.

Honestly, I keep thinking of and feeling bad for the people that decided to not go for CoV, just CoH and were told that issues would continue to release for the Hero side as well. In truth I7 does add content for the Hero side but not a whole lot if you aren't big into PvP.

I don't know how it could have been handled any better though. The villains did need the level raise and the added content to go with it. I really hope that a small, very quickly implemented issue is released that is heavily focused on heroes in the very near future.

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I hate to burst everyone's bubble here - but I7 is not going up before the end of May. We have a few more things left to fix/tweak.

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Hmm time to get my lvl 35 stalker to 40 before I7 goes live! With a long weekend I'm sure I'll hit lvl 36-37 before I gotta go back to work on Tuesday..

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Folks, we've never seen an Issue expansion drop on live prior to a major holiday weekend.

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No company rep ever mentioned I7 going Live in time for Memorial Day weekend. Not sure how your statement applies to anything in this thread before your reply.

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Please learn to link in a reader-friendly, Dumb_2099. It's a little irritating to have have to scroll left to right to read posts when you link like that unnecessarily. Here's what the link should look like:

Positron's Post

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I don't like scrolling left to right either but this one wasn't too bad.. what monitor resolution are you running at?

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Frankly, the posters shouldn't have to even put a link (offensive to scrolling or not) to defend. The statement was accurate but that has already been covered.

Man, I think I'm just grumpy or something. Oh well, whatever.

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Folks, we've never seen an Issue expansion drop on live prior to a major holiday weekend. Cuppa's announcment really shouldn't really be a surprise to anyone, should it? If anything be glad, that they *tried* to get it out in time for the holiday, and give 'em credit for having good sense not to push a flawed product out over a holiday weekend (imagine the chaos!).

The flip side is folks can play it on Test in the meanwhile. So it's not really a big loss.

Thanks Cuppa, we can deal.

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Actually, I'm pretty sure we have seen an issue released live prior to a holiday weekend. If memory serves, Issue 2 (welcome Hollows and Shadow Shard) was released prior to Labor Day weekend in '04. It was filled with bugs, the Devs took the holiday weekend off thinking their job was done, and people were furious over all of the problems and the lack of support (there were fun things like Outcasts in the teens spawning right by the entrance to the Hollows from Atlas--waiting for all of those level 5 heroes just arrived in the shiny new zone). I think that experience taught Cryptic the lesson of not releasing a major issue just before a holiday. I thought it was possible we may see a release on Tuesday or Wednesday, but experience has taught me it is better to wait a few days and be happy with the product rather than get a buggy mess that frustrates and infuriates the player base.

Just my 2 INF.

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I hate to burst everyone's bubble here - but I7 is not going up before the end of May. We have a few more things left to fix/tweak.


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Thank you!! Take all the time you need to get things right(*cough* especially the AV/GM change which sucks*cough*), I'm in no hurry for it to get here.

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I remember Cuppa saying we were going to get a free respec after I-7 hits. Did anyone remember or see anything specific as to when they were going to grant this? Same day as I-7 hits, the next week, the next month? Just curious if I need to find a Villian spec team before then.

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Less than a week after I7 goes to live - but not right as it goes to live. I will let you know for sure when I7 actually releases.

I hate to burst everyone's bubble here - but I7 is not going up before the end of May. We have a few more things left to fix/tweak.

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As always, CuppaJo, thank you for coming out and TELLING us. I appreciate it.

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Positron: "I7 to live is simply "this month"."

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If you think about it, that statement can never be wrong. When June rolls around, it will be "this month"...