Issue 12 Discussion: Major Gameplay Improvements
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13th_Stranger,
Posted on: 2008-03-12 09:28 in Developers' Corner
My jaw dropped as I was reading these additions 
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Also, I'm really liking the sound of inspiration conversion. I'm always ending up with a bunch of insps that I don't actually need, when what I really want is (x). Looking forward to trying this out.
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How cool to not have to beg "anyone got a wakie?". Much of the time, you'll have 3 of a kind to make one...other times a teammate surely will. Cool! The hospital staffs can take longer coffee breaks.
Question: Would this be 3 of ANY size blue/green/purp/etc to make something?
Oh, man. This is epic (ha!). I'm going to make a bad joke based off an old internet meme so... avert your eyes.
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New Blood Widow: What does the scouter say about his power level?
New Bane Spider: It's over nine thousaaaaaand!
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This new issue announcement? It's over eleven thousand. Huzzahs are in order, NCNC.
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Eight configurable new power trays let players customize their User Interface by placing them anywhere on the screen.
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Now the question is can we place them Verticle instead of horizontal.
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You bet. You can even do boxes and L-shapes (when you push them to the edge of the screen).
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Sweet, Posi added a Tetris mini-game 
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You bet. You can even do boxes and L-shapes (when you push them to the edge of the screen).
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You just have to love our Devs. Not only do they respond, but they frequently are LOL funny. Posi had me at "All that crap is grey to me." 
The upcoming features are full of Win. Though I never go redside, I am happy that the Villain EATs are appearing for those so inclined.
I also have to say that the Devs are not only funny and good-natured, but they really seem to know their audience and respond accordingly. I am very, very happy to see Cyrus Thompson's statue in Kings Row, and to see Troy Hickman authoring the Smoke and Mirrors arc. That was a major hat tip to Noble Heroes.
So I reiterate the desire, expressed by many others, to see the Cyrus Thompson Center show up in KR as well. I realize that may be very tough to pull off, given the rezoning fight that it took to get Wentworth's there. 
So what if the signage on one of the buildings facing Cyrus' statue were to be tweaked oh-so-slightly? It could look like the signage on the next to last panel (p. 24) of Issue 6. We would dearly love to see the famous Jamaican coffeeshop, "MON GROUNDS," make its appearance in Kings Row.
In any event, many thanks for prior favors, including the current Rikti Encore.
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I am soo glad you will be able to see the real numbers of powers before you get them. That will help soo much when you see two powers with "Damage: Moderate, Rechage: Medium" And you don't know what to get 
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Eight configurable new power trays let players customize their User Interface by placing them anywhere on the screen.
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Now the question is can we place them Verticle instead of horizontal.
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You bet. You can even do boxes and L-shapes (when you push them to the edge of the screen).
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What about resizing or splitting a bar into multiple smaller ones?
I know, I know... give us an inch...
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Eight configurable new power trays let players customize their User Interface by placing them anywhere on the screen.
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Now the question is can we place them Verticle instead of horizontal.
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You bet. You can even do boxes and L-shapes (when you push them to the edge of the screen).
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I play with a PlayStation gamepad hooked up to my pc. Can I rearrange them so i can have them mapped similar to how my gamepad look, having two sets of 4 in a cross pattern and float the other two to represent the shoulder buttons?
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* Eight configurable new power trays let players customize their User Interface by placing them anywhere on the screen.
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This is very cool, and I'm glad to see it enter the game. I have no idea how much I'll use it, but I'm sure I'll make some use of it.
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* Contact display redesign: Contacts are now listed separately as Active and Inactive, and players can sort contacts by a range of criteria including Name, Zone, and Level Range.
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Woot! Especially being able to sort the contacts. Thank you.
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* Inspiration Conversion: Right click an inspiration to convert three of that kind into any one inspiration of another kind.
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Thank you again, this is something I know a lot of people will make use of. Not to mention making it easier to get/have Tier 3 insps.
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* Level Up Boost: Upon reaching enough XP to level up (at all levels), one of each type of large inspiration is immediately cast upon your character, and health and endurance bars are immediately filled.
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So I'll likey be in the minority here, but this strikes me as too much. I'd be happy with just the health/end bars being immediately filled.
Then again I really want some more challenging aspects to the game again. Or maybe just higher/more difficulty settings added in.
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Me too, thanks for helping with that... next question: If you're dead when you level, does that mean you get rezzed (by having a wakie cast on you)?
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All my blasters would love this!
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Wow. That's all I can say. Wow.
Oh, and, "So THAT'S what Cimerora is!"
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Eight configurable new power trays let players customize their User Interface by placing them anywhere on the screen.
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Now the question is can we place them Verticle instead of horizontal.
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You bet. You can even do boxes and L-shapes (when you push them to the edge of the screen).
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*silly laugh*
Huh. Wow.
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I can't really decide which addition is the greatest. I'm leaning towards more numbers, but it's hard to overlook how awesome inspiration conversion will be. I always seem to need more reds and purples, and this will let me force what I get, rather than eating insp I don't really need right away in hopes of getting what I want/need as my next insp drop.
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Can it count as a "crafting" everytime I combine three inspirations?
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Eight configurable new power trays let players customize their User Interface by placing them anywhere on the screen.
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Now the question is can we place them Verticle instead of horizontal.
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You bet. You can even do boxes and L-shapes (when you push them to the edge of the screen).
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Does the converting count towards Fabricator?
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The level up boost is sweet. I really love that.
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I have many characters...
My Masterminds thank you for the larger tray! Binds bother me because they are "invisible" and I like to do Macros instead where I can. Now I've plenty of room!
And every other element here sounds like hilarious fun. Good job!
Did you have to call it MGI though? Being a Galaxies refugee I have bad memories of NGE (New Game Enhancements) that were a total rewrite of that game (for the worse IMVHO). You had me scared!
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I can't believe it, the devs actually did something I suggested. In the contact list discussions, I've said repeatedly that all I really needed was a way to split the list into Active and Inactive. I'm actually getting my wish!
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Major Gameplay Improvements
* Level Up Boost: Upon reaching enough XP to level up (at all levels), one of each type of large inspiration is immediately cast upon your character, and health and endurance bars are immediately filled.
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Does that mean if we're down, we get a Restoration?
Any chance one of the features included in I12 will be the ability to lock your screen to prevent screen shaking? There are a lot of new power effects that cause it, and I'm reminded of how nauseous it makes me now that the Rikti raids are back...
So? Any hope?
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Major Gameplay Improvements
* Level Up Boost: Upon reaching enough XP to level up (at all levels), one of each type of large inspiration is immediately cast upon your character, and health and endurance bars are immediately filled.
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Does that mean if we're down, we get a Restoration?
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Yep, it does.
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I can arrange my Inspirations into a rude shape?
BEST ISSUE EVER
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* Level Up Boost: Upon reaching enough XP to level up (at all levels), one of each type of large inspiration is immediately cast upon your character, and health and endurance bars are immediately filled.
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Yay Diablo 2
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I do hope the ability to access the second and third trays through the alt and ctrl keys will remain. I use these quite a bit. I rarely use the mouse to activate powers.