Issue 12 Discussion: Major Gameplay Improvements
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Posted on: 2008-03-12 09:28 in Developers' Corner
Are they going to have it where you can remove enhancements and place them in your tray so you wont have to respec everytime so you wont lose enhancements when you upgrade?
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* More Real Numbers: Players can now display stats on powers before they choose them enabling more informed power selection and new temporary powers allow players to display enemy stats.
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I'd really like a mini-dashboard of all the RES and DEF basics. It really is *amazingly* useful to know when you just got double-hit by Longbow Nullifer sonic grenades that you should move away *from* to get rid of that -60% RES penalty.
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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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Go team Venture! 
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...move away *from* to get rid of that -60% RES penalty.
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* Chat improvements: Right click on character names in chat window to ignore, add to friends list, invite to team, etc. Drag any item (enhancement, inspiration, salvage, etc.) into the chat window so that you and others can click a hotlink to view the complete info box.
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OK, not sure about the whole "drag any item" bit? Preview recipes before trading? Can that be done already in the trade window? Well I guess if you aren't standing next to one another it could be useful. Next useful step would be trading via Mail.
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This will be incredibly useful on teams, where you want to help out your teammates with a recipe/whatever drop that you don't need. It may also lead to the Request channel being used for actual buying and selling. I do hope that they restrict which channels you can do this with to the Team, Request and maybe SG, Coalition and Global channels too (with appropriate permissions). There's enough spam in channels like Broadcast, Local and Help without folks hawking their wares on them too.
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Eight power trays feels a little like overkill, and like begging for the screen to be completely taken over. I mean seriously, does anybody actually need 80 power/macro icons on their screen at once? Will the 4th-8th power trays have key-equivalents? shift-ctrl, shift-alt, alt-ctrl, alt-shift-ctrl, and something else?
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I'm wondering if these 8 trays are taken from the 1-9 trays we already have, or are in addition to those. Only my MMs come close to filling all 9 trays, and that's mostly because I use different trays for different minion command configurations (instead of number-pad binding), so this won't be a problem either way for me, but it could be for others.
I'm already planning on having my toggles in one break-away tray that I can easily monitor, since I activate most of those with binds anyway.
And while it's already been asked, I also want to know if the trays have a fixed number of slots in them, or if you can create a tray with 4 slots (as an example) if you wanted to.
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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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OMFG. This is beautiful. I remember talking to pohsyb about this at the Meet and Greet. (Don't worry, NC lawyers, he didn't say anything about future issues. He was very good. Frustratingly good...heh.) I think they realized that with primary, secondary, epic, accolade, and veteran powers, we're running out of room. Not to even mention temp powers or macros.
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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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Go team Venture!
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*makes dorky V symbol*
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* Eight configurable new power trays let players customize their User Interface by placing them anywhere on the screen.
*sniff* thank... you!
* 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.
happy to be able to sort the buggers myself now. contact [censored] list for those bastiches that keep giving me CoT missions. seriously, awesome.
* Inspiration Conversion: Right click an inspiration to convert three of that kind into any one inspiration of another kind.
finally, those who hoard their inspirations can now stop bothering me for a wakie when they drop like rocks because they were HOARDING INSPIRATIONS!
* 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.
so... weak... freakshow and thorns, kicking my... [censored] *DING* (level up, and all foes drop down a level) oh yeah... HAIL TO THE KING BABY!!!!!
* Chat improvements: Right click on character names in chat window to ignore, add to friends list, invite to team, etc. Drag any item (enhancement, inspiration, salvage, etc.) into the chat window so that you and others can click a hotlink to view the complete info box.
not so big a deal for me. but this also looks pretty cool. me approve...which doesnt really mean anything, so ill stick with 'thanks!'
* More Real Numbers: Players can now display stats on powers before they choose them enabling more informed power selection and new temporary powers allow players to display enemy stats.
ah, here's where real numbers is going to be useful to me. To this point, theyve been little more than an interesting extra, but not really that big a help. very cool.
Issue 12? best issue ever? only until issue 13.
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Part of the next free expansion, Issue 12: Midnight Hour, is the inclusion of Major Gameplay Improvements.
From the Issue 12: Midnight Hour Announcement:
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Major Gameplay Improvements
* Eight configurable new power trays let players customize their User Interface by placing them anywhere on the screen.
* 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.
* Inspiration Conversion: Right click an inspiration to convert three of that kind into any one inspiration of another kind.
* 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.
* Chat improvements: Right click on character names in chat window to ignore, add to friends list, invite to team, etc. Drag any item (enhancement, inspiration, salvage, etc.) into the chat window so that you and others can click a hotlink to view the complete info box.
* More Real Numbers: Players can now display stats on powers before they choose them enabling more informed power selection and new temporary powers allow players to display enemy stats.
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Please use this thread to discuss that aspect of Issue 12: Midnight Hour.
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All I can say is... ...This is almost too good to be true, if this was being posted by anyone else than a game dev, I would call them a liar and spit on their shoes! I've been wanting almost all of this for ages, issue 12 is going to kick [censored]!
Thank you devs on the contacts been asking for that for a long time
I like the other improvements as well woot the last 2 issues have rocked in my opinion
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The only thing that would make this issue any better is more character slots. With powerset proliferation and VEATs we're gonna need 'em.
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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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Question of the year for myself as well. Can this happen, please? (And can we get a bloody progress bar for those as well, pretty please?)
this issue is full of win! thank you ncnc for listening to the player base and finally giving a lot of the stuff we have been asking for, for a long time!
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The new power trays are going to be shaped like a PS2 controller for my scrappers, tanks, brutes and blasters... >_>
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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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That. That right there is pure, undiluted win.
I thought these improvements looked pretty good, but something immediately sprang to mind when reading them:
"Why hasn't the store purchase GUI been revamped to make it easy to find specific enhancements?"
Sure, it's easy enough if you've been playing this game for a long time. (Well, actually, that's a bit of a lie - even as a 24 mo vet I have trouble skimming the store list for something unusuaul like a run speed enhancement.) Think of how many newbies are alienated by that. That's money right out of the pocket.
A good quick fix would be a check box that greys/filters out everything that isn't appropriate: not usable by your origin, not slotable in your power sets, of appropriate level only (e.g if you're 22 only show 20-25th level). However, a completely revamped store interface that simply allows the player to choose what's being enhanced would probably be optimal. Perhaps even integrate it directly with the powers screen.
Another thought is to perhaps have the Level-Up boost come at 5 bubs (half a level) instead of 10 bubs. Get players excited with a bit of a "half way there" bonus. Change this to every quarter level at 40+.
Good point, Geldon. No question, stores could use a revamp.
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* Eight configurable new power trays let players customize their User Interface by placing them anywhere on the screen.
[/ QUOTE ]Thank you. This has been needed for a very long time.
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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.
[/ QUOTE ]Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! Needed for an even longer time!
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* Inspiration Conversion: Right click an inspiration to convert three of that kind into any one inspiration of another kind.
[/ QUOTE ]Greatly appreciated! Thank you for this feature!
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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.
[/ QUOTE ]I pretty much posted a similar reply in another thread, but anyways I have always found it odd that CoH did not have this feature (specifically, health and endurance bars immediately filled) when I know a few other games did. Thank you very much. The inspiration casting is a bonus! Thanks!
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* Chat improvements: Right click on character names in chat window to ignore, add to friends list, invite to team, etc. Drag any item (enhancement, inspiration, salvage, etc.) into the chat window so that you and others can click a hotlink to view the complete info box.
[/ QUOTE ]Nice feature. Again, thanks!
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* More Real Numbers: Players can now display stats on powers before they choose them enabling more informed power selection and new temporary powers allow players to display enemy stats.
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Overall, excellent! Thank you devs!
This is all awesome. Being able to click on someones name in the chat is sweet, u can do that in LoTRO and i used it alot. Its much easier than typin a name in search and still not being able to add to friends and stuff. Also bein able to link enhances and recipes in chat so u can show them to people w/o the trade window is nice. Also for someone who asked earlier in this thread, i think when u lvl up u get all the inspirations applyed to u not placed in ur tray, i think anyway from the way i read it.
I can't wait till all of Issue 12 makes it to the training room.
So far I love every bit of it, and for me this must be one of the best Issues ever!
Keep up the good work and give us Issue 12 NOW!
Can their size be changed so that they're not quite so big? To make it easier for us to put more of them on our screen?
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I'm wondering if these 8 trays are taken from the 1-9 trays we already have, or are in addition to those.
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I would guess they replace the THREE trays we already have. We don't have 9 trays, we have 9 possible pages of powers in 3 trays. I bet they'd keep the 9 pages and they're just redoing the window layout that puts them on the screen.
I wonder if this will be accompanied by any improvements to the way Respecs trash your tray layouts. For example, /savetray /loadtray commands similar to the way we save keybinds.
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"Great job devs! I can't wait for i12!"
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The power stats while choosing is a nice QoL fix.
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Great for all who have large monitors/high resolution.
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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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Yea, no more excessive scrolling, no more seeing old contacts with partial filled bars.
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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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As others have said, Horadric Cube. Wonder if it'll work if face planted to make a wakie? I also first thought, because of the obvious comparison to a Horadric Cube, of making higher tier inspirations from multiple low level ones. Well if it allows me to get rid of all those blue ones off of my regen scrapper who has both quick recovery and stamina 3 sloted with lvl 30 IOs and turn them into something useful then great. Some reason I swear the game will drop inspirations you never use more often, of course this is only an perception problem.
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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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Ding! All right, charge! (temp scrapper lock/rage for everyone).
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* Chat improvements: Right click on character names in chat window to ignore, add to friends list, invite to team, etc. Drag any item (enhancement, inspiration, salvage, etc.) into the chat window so that you and others can click a hotlink to view the complete info box.
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OK, not sure about the whole "drag any item" bit? Preview recipes before trading? Can that be done already in the trade window? Well I guess if you aren't standing next to one another it could be useful. Next useful step would be trading via Mail.
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* More Real Numbers: Players can now display stats on powers before they choose them enabling more informed power selection and new temporary powers allow players to display enemy stats.
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