Discussion: Issue 11 "A Stitch In Time"
By
1_800_Spines,
Posted on: 2007-10-02 13:08 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
First!
Edit - This is really cool news.
Flashback.
A start at power customization.
Normally, I'm kinda skeptical at new issue time, but this has me pretty excited. Now, I don't have to carefully plan out how my character is going to do his/her missions in order to see it all.
One question I have though, is Flashback going to allow a character to do all the missions from a contact or just the story arcs?
*sniff* I'm just so happy 
Thanks Devs, this Issue will be awesome
[edit] anyone know if you'll be able to change the actual look of the weapons, (i.e. the shape of the sword/hilt) or just the color?
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Lighthouse can you confirm something for me? I need to know if we will get an ingame email upgrade to allow us to send items to one another. I did not see a mention of that on the page, so I am wondering if it did or did not make the cut this time.
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Thank You Devs for Merits!!!!
Ouroboros system! I saw this one coming, I'm just really curious how it will work. Probably a new shop somewhere or something, but the UI for this should be interesting. I'm really curious about the custom parameters. I hope they really shake up the status quo as far as running missions is concerned.
Weapon Customization - so many praises I don't even know where to begin. I just hope there's some really great options here, but the system itself has me excited to an unbelievable degree. I've got at least 3 characters that will heavily abuse this 
New Powersets - Combo system? Extremely intriguing. I really hope Dual Blades is as fun as it looks. I really want to wrap my hands around the mechanics of this thing.
Inventions - Rarer loot? Meh. At least I'll ignore as always. Thrilled to see some new options for sets that currently can't use the Invention system very well. This is the one thing I'm not drooling over, but I'm sure someone's screaming praise for it, and given the fact that the other announcements push my brain's ability to not explode to their limits, it's probably good that this one isn't quite as full of awesome for me
Holy [censored]. No, seriously HOLY [censored]. This is quite possibly the most awesomest thing ever in the history of ever. If Issue 11 doesn't get declared the best issue in history, I'll eat my robotic hat.
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Weapons Customization?
As in "pick a weapon model and color it"?
Cool! Issue 11 looks awesome already, and I'm not even thinking about the Ouroboros thing, which looks interesting, too. Are they going to be our version of the Time Police? Someone messed up time, we need someone good/evil enough to go back and do what needs to be done to correct it.
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Very cool stuff!
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*sniff* I'm just so happy
Thanks Devs, this Issue will be awesome
[edit] anyone know if you'll be able to change the actual look of the weapons, (i.e. the shape of the sword/hilt) or just the color?
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On the UK page, there's a picture of a guy with a rather ornate katana in one hand, and a very short blade in the other. Looks like you can definitely change the look. You wouldn't need the drop down menu if it was only the color.
best issue ever! ... now put it on test already!!
I am an ebil markeeter and will steal your moneiz ...correction stole your moneiz. I support keeping the poor down because it is impossible to make moneiz in this game.
I think it's more like 'pick a weapon, then pick which weapon model you want'. No more frankenguns!
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Gasp!
Debuff IO sets, Flashback, Power Customization.......
Must....use.....self.....defibrillator.....
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Use the new Weapon Customization interface to choose from several types of weapons.
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Looks like you'll be able to do more than just color your weapons, awesome, simply awesome
Also, best guess on the combo system w/ duel blades is that they do less damage, but the more hits in a row you get, the more damage you do. (although this sounds more like something they would use for a defiance fix than an option for a powerset)
My Toons
Apocalypse86 50 Fire/energy blaster Triumph
Menace Mech (FKA Burning Gundam) 50 Bots/FF Mastermind Protector
Celestial Striker 43 Peacebringer Triumph
Mind Slice 35 Mind/King Controller Triumph
Obsidian Assassin 30 Night Widow Protector
Weapon Cust... I'm so happy I could toungue-kiss all the DEVs right now... err... um... in a manly sorted guy way thingy... err...
... Did I say that outloud?
I'll... be going now. Hooray fo Issue 11 ::runs::
It's 106 miles to Grandville, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing faceless helmets
... Hit it ...
... Hit it ...
*incoherent speed-boosted gibbering* Oh holy CRAP I'm excited about this! Can't wait!
Hello, my name is @Caligdoiel and I'm an altoholic.
Hehe yup, Weapon Customization has the General CoH forums in a wild frenzy of "OMG!" "I pissed my pants" "Best Issue Ever!"
The devs have also peeked into that large thread there, giving samples of the customization.
Things mentioned were dual sais, two kinds of daggers, a tommygun (AR probably), pipewrench, a shovel, etc. It makes me think what else we can turn our weapons into?
And I concur, this is probably one of the most exciting issues for me in this game.
Way to go, hitting multiple targets at once with this fantastic Buckshot called Issue 11.
Can't wait, for...sheesh IDK, everything!
Don't I know you???
Can I change my poo-mallet into a normal mallet?
Fantastic news! Flashback and weapon customization and more IOs. Fantastic is all I can say.
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Yup..... I think this will bring back many players as well to the fold.
Definatly a step in the right direction.
THIS MEAN I CAN HAVE A BLUE FIRE AURA KATANA ???!!!
PLZ SAY YES!!!!!!!!!!
I want /Fire stalker. Because nothing says stealth like dumping a can of gasoline on yourself and lighting a match. -Morac
Jesus holy [censored] what the [censored].
This is -amazing-.
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I <3 I-11
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No specific mention of new costume pieces for either Icon or Wentworth's, weapon customization aside.
I'm still hoping for costume jetpacks or rocketpacks.
Each issue brings more richness to the game; I wonder which issue will be the "tipping point" that will cause a sudden ten-fold increase in subscribers. Issue 10 brought us a more robust economy (and gold farmers/spammers), and so I thought that was going to be "the big one".
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Please use this thread to discuss the below announcement:
Announcing the details of the next free expansion coming to City of Heroes, Issue 11: "A Stitch In Time"
Features include:
<ul type="square">[*] Ouroboros System: Gain the ability to "Flashback" and travel through time and relive major events from the history of Paragon City and the rogue Isles.
[*] Weapon Customization: Players will be able to change their weapons in the same way that they change their costume parts!
[*] Two New Power Sets: The City of universe expands with two new amazing power sets: Dual Blades and Willpower!
[*] New Inventions: Issue 11 brings with it new invention sets including Very Rare Purple sets, as well as brand new invention sets for Taunt, Buff and Debuff powers, among others.[/list]
For all the details, please visit the Issue 11 Feature Page
Lighthouse
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