Discussion: Issue 12: Midnight Hour Announced!
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AaronH,
Posted on: 2008-03-12 09:13 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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I'm - and this is going to sound odd coming from me, I suppose - on the fence about the epics.
On the one hand - more storyline to explore, woohoo! and the branching powersets, if I'm reading them right, will be very interesting (I'm *assuming* you pick, say, Night Widow and can't take Fortunata.) I look forward to them doing that with more things, including perhaps story arcs. (Though, somehow, I think we'll have more badgers complaining because... it'll be tied to a badge. Get one, don't get the other.)
On the other... well... I'm an arachnos minion. Which isn't, to me, all that exciting. I' far more interested in the power trays, hollows makeover and contact redesign... how's that sound?
(No, I *still* don't want to see Empathy Corruptors. And yes, I do play Redside.)
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My sentiments exactly. Though I'm not particularly enthusiastic about the story either.
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Well, I *love* backstory type stuff, side trips into universes and such. That, I'm hoping will be good. (I did, after all, dig into both the Kheld backstories and the old COH trailer... I'm into background and side stories!)
Beta and live will tell if it's just first impressions not being great or not.
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I would be miffed if controllers get thermal but villans dont get empathy.
Just saying.
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Why? The devs didn't say they wouldn't add more later. Also, these are just guesses for what I assume the first 20 are going to be.
Thermal and Cold Domination being the only ones that the Trollers don't have as a secondary, I figure Thermal is the best bet.
Why?
Fire Control is the only set without some sort of corresponding Secondary for Trollers.
Besides that...from my sig, you can see I mainly play hero-side (I like playing the role of hero more), and I can tell you, when I make teams, I don't go...OMG we need an Empath!
They're nice to have yes, but not any more than any other Debuff/Buff class.
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WTH is with this? I can not name one SUPERHERO (Miller's "300" is NOT a superhero comic) comic book that has ever gone to the Roman time period. This is a VERY bizarre choice. Whatever happened to the surveys about what kind of content that the players were given way back when? I seem to remember COOL things like a lunar base or underwater settings... Unless theyre going to introduce mythological beasts such as hydras and cerberus, this is going to be VERY lame.
I was playing this game to play in SUPERHERO settings...
Any thoughts on this roman thing?
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There's all the Savage Land / Barsoom stories, plus the Asterix comics, the HG Wells time travel stuff, Jules Verne legends... any time you get into time travel, there's a question as to why you limit yourself to the "modern age" or equivalents.
Up until now we've been in a sort of "Sliders" multiverse, where we're still in the same Era, only with different permutations. NOW, we get to travel out of our native era, and into one that is radically different.
I fail to see how this is bad... you're right in that it's "not what the players asked for" but was probably the most awesome idea to make it onto the "We can implement this for I12" list.
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So, was I reading it right that each AT will get one primary and secondary power from its corresponding AT? If so that's awesome!
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Every AT gains at least 1 powerset -- Masterminds only get a Secondary, no new Primary. Brutes get 2 new Primaries, and 1 secondary. Everyone else gets 1 Primary and 1 Secondary.
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Which are............
My freaking head just exploded.
Mace brutes??? Oh well, even if not, battle axe is good enough for me!
Please, can we more info on what combos are available?
Villain EATs? That actually sound cool!!
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edited to add: Bah. If corruptors only get one new primary (per Castle, 2 or 3 above), and we know they're getting storm, then they aren't getting empathy. Ah well...
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If they stick with themes for the primary/secondary ports, will that mean Corruptors will get Electric Blast as a primary?
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Iceblink (Ice/Dark) Fantasia (Mind/Fire) Shadow Minx (Claws/Nin)
--Virtue
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positron already said corrs will get storm...meaning empathy is out.
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Thugs/empath MM ftw!
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I can see that instead of Kinetics for Masterminds. I'll still guess Kinetics tho.
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positron already said corrs will get storm...meaning empathy is out.
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doh forgot about that.
But again, I hope that defenders/controllers don't get thermal then.
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I have no words... I'm so stoked about this!!! This is MORE than I'd expected! And to get that awesome Crab Spider outfit? Gimme!!! 
My daughter will die to know you can play a Fortunata and Blood Widow now. Thank you!!
The Roman setting is win. Period. I love anything associated with Greek and Roman lore, so this is perfect. I was really really hoping to see more of the Nemesis/Rikti connection mentioned somewhere in this issue, as well as Fifth Column, but.... I'm betting we'll see more in the Midnight Squad content. Right... right...? Bueller...?
Thank you so much for all of it. The customizeable power trays are something I've been wanting for ages.
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So, was I reading it right that each AT will get one primary and secondary power from its corresponding AT? If so that's awesome!
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Every AT gains at least 1 powerset -- Masterminds only get a Secondary, no new Primary. Brutes get 2 new Primaries, and 1 secondary. Everyone else gets 1 Primary and 1 Secondary.
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Which are............
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We'll have more info on this feature soon.
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Awesome stuff coming, I've very excited about the EATs! Personally I thought both those types are cool though I would have liked something unique.
If there are Illusion Doms... I will be very happy. I'm still happy to have Plant coming to Hero side! And if there's Storm Corruptors... more yay!
The Roman thing seems a bit odd, but hey I'm happy to have new maps and I know you guys generally do a good job of things. I just hope its possible to do those lower level bits later, as I generally push to get past 20 as fast as I can to get to things like Stamina and IOs. I consider things starting to really get fun for my characters post-20.
All that other stuff is more fun icing on a delicious cake
Please please give more character slots ;_; I don't want to have to switch servers but my main server is already full of characters I love, but I know when this hits I'll want to make at least a couple more characters. We need more space to play the fun things you give us!
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Just one thing I'd like to see:
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So, was I reading it right that each AT will get one primary and secondary power from its corresponding AT? If so that's awesome!
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Every AT gains at least 1 powerset -- Masterminds only get a Secondary, no new Primary. Brutes get 2 new Primaries, and 1 secondary. Everyone else gets 1 Primary and 1 Secondary.
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Which are............
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We'll have more info on this feature soon.
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Yes please thanks. I'm really looking forward to it.
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*sigh* Way to screw villains YET AGAIN.
*HIGHLY disappointed with the "epic" archetype*
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I'm a card-carrying Patron Pool hater, but I still think the VEATs look cool. My final judgment will depend on the powers they get.
Gothika (Grav/Kin) Marionette (Ill/Rad) Terra Firma (Earth/Storm) Alana Dale (Arch/Nrg)
Iceblink (Ice/Dark) Fantasia (Mind/Fire) Shadow Minx (Claws/Nin)
--Virtue
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So, was I reading it right that each AT will get one primary and secondary power from its corresponding AT? If so that's awesome!
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Every AT gains at least 1 powerset -- Masterminds only get a Secondary, no new Primary. Brutes get 2 new Primaries, and 1 secondary. Everyone else gets 1 Primary and 1 Secondary.
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Which are............
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We will be releasing more details of each of Issue 12's features over the course of the coming weeks building up to the launch of the Issue. So, hang tight! We'll have all the goods and details for you in the future!
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True it IS common in comics to goto different times and places. My point is the fact that they couldnt have picked a more lame time period. I still can not name ONE comic book that has gone to a roman time period. Why? Because its lame!
OK Ill give you that it COULD be decent - but without animal models to make mythological creatures from roman mythology this is going to majorly suck. The devs have already stated that they will not be doing animal models for the game.
They, OC wouldnt even remotely touch a dinosaur theme because of this.
My point was we were given a survey of ideas that would actually fit better with the theme of the game (IE lunar bases, underwater lacation) and I see that they threw all of that out the window because someone on the dev team is a history buff.
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I would be miffed if controllers get thermal but villans dont get empathy.
Just saying.
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Why? The devs didn't say they wouldn't add more later. Also, these are just guesses for what I assume the first 20 are going to be.
Thermal and Cold Domination being the only ones that the Trollers don't have as a secondary, I figure Thermal is the best bet.
Why?
Fire Control is the only set without some sort of corresponding Secondary for Trollers.
Besides that...from my sig, you can see I mainly play hero-side (I like playing the role of hero more), and I can tell you, when I make teams, I don't go...OMG we need an Empath!
They're nice to have yes, but not any more than any other Debuff/Buff class.
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Right but storm isn't really a buff set. Debuffs sure.
I would be annoyed if heros got one of the corrupters BUFF sets and controllers didn't get the main one of there's just saying.
If I had one to pick to keep unique on each side it would be empathy and thermal. If you're not going to port one I'd port the other.
BUT, this is not a make or break issue for me.
/storm corruptors will make me want to finally roll and play a corruptor past lvl 10. 
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so...much...awesome...
*pants asplode*
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Looks like I'll be getting a second account... ASAP to start working towards my vet rewards.
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It's really not that hard getting established on another server. Not only do your new characters get their Vet rewards, but your Global handle is the same so your friends on other servers can still talk to you.
My husband and I got fed up waiting for additional character slots per server--we have been on Virtue since release--and finally got established on Guardian as well. It's working out great--12 new character slots! Getting a nest-egg on the new server by transferring influence from one server to another through the AH isn't hard at all.
This doesn't mean I'm against additional slots per server though. PLEASE! MORE SLOTS PER SERVER!
When I saw what would be in Issue 12 this morning, I started laughing joyously. You know, the kind that gets louder and louder and louder...and I almost collapsed into tears. I thought there wasn't going to be much in this issue! A faction at level 10! Being able to be Arachnos operatives! Not to mention a chance to really time travel (where we'll probably get to do something with the Well of Furies or Incarnates).
This simply continues the streak of awesomeness the devs have had going with the issues.
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So, was I reading it right that each AT will get one primary and secondary power from its corresponding AT? If so that's awesome!
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Every AT gains at least 1 powerset -- Masterminds only get a Secondary, no new Primary. Brutes get 2 new Primaries, and 1 secondary. Everyone else gets 1 Primary and 1 Secondary.
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Which are............
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We'll have more info on this feature soon.
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But that's not soon enough. heh
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i distinctly remember them(devs) saying issue 12 would be hampered by the move in offices and getting new staff up to speed, and that i12 would be filler, and not to expect much until i13 and i14. if i12 is filler i may actually croak when i13 comes out..... so. damn. excited!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh yeah, that was the time that girl got her whatchamacallit stuck in that guys dooblickitz and then what his name did that thing with the lizards and it cleared right up.
screw your joke, i want "FREEM"
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Not to mention a chance to really time travel (where we'll probably get to do something with the Well of Furies or Incarnates).
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That was Greek not Roman. Still cool either way
I just wanna know why they can say the AT's are getting new sets... and mention SOME of the sets that SOME of the AT's are getting... but can't just release the list of sets.
<QR> no time to read the whole thing ...
1. Midnight Squad sounds great, please say it will all be available through OB? Even if it causes some sort of space-time conniption to go back and do missions related to time travel?
2. More power sets == exquisite. Could I possibly beg for two more character slots per server at the same time? C'mon, just shrink the selection screen fonts a little bit. Please?
The rest of it ... great stuff. I may actually roll up a second villain if the epic ATs look good (ie., better than Khelds), and I can't over-emphasize how much I'm awaiting the contacts reformatting. Since that window is experiencing a major overhaul, any chance of an Option to hide the rendered pics? Or just convert them to static pics as probably should have been done ages ago?
-FCM
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