Discussion: Hollows Zone Gameplay Makeover
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Posted on: 2008-03-19 09:38 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
Legacy Chain appearing heroside! Excellent!
Ohh nice shiney tidbit 
can't wait to try this out WW.. thanks for the update
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Sounds interesting...So no re-working/re-texturing like Faultline had?
I like the addition of NPC Friendlies...Question: Are Legacy Chain friendly to heroes?
Coralax in the Hollows!?
Do we have badges to go with that?
All in all, very nice. It looks like this will make the Hollows a much nicer place to be.
Its nice and all but please dont tell me we waited a whole week just to hear something we already knew about? Please tell me there is more to come later today?
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Mission Doors
I pulled every single mission door from the zone and reassigned it to a specific contact AND that contact's neighborhood. What this means is; no longer will players have to fly across the deadly Grendel's Gulch at Level 5 for their Frostfire mission at the other end of the zone, dodging spawns that can make mincemeat of them in a few short hits.
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yay!
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Who are Legacy Chain? I don't play CoV much LOL
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Who are Legacy Chain? I don't play CoV much LOL
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Kind of a cross between Archery Blasters & various Controller types. They are kind of like a mystical form of longbow.
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It's a nice revamp, but I am not sure if I am happy about Coralax and Legacy Chain appearing hero side, when they are still pretty vacant villain side. I will withhold my judgment for now though. I still think these revamps should be for both sides, some how though.
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Its nice and all but please dont tell me we waited a whole week just to hear something we already knew about? Please tell me there is more to come later today?
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That'll be a "no," most likely. These weekly tidbits are designed to whet the appetite, not satisfy it. We now have significantly more detail about one of the upcoming changes and improvements in i12, and that'll have to do us for this week.
And yeah, like everyone else I'd have rather had Powerset information or more information on VEATS. Or Midnight Club information. Or information on unlocking Roman costumes. Or anything else from i12. I love War Witch, but I was willing to accept "the Hollows will be better" as all the info I needed.
Which is why it's the first tidbit. Especially since we've learned a few things (like City of Heroes side Coralax and Legacy Chain) which are truly new and unexpected -- which makes me wonder if we'll see more cross-pollination in the future.
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Its nice and all but please dont tell me we waited a whole week just to hear something we already knew about? Please tell me there is more to come later today?
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Yea I was hoping for a little more i12 info too. 
But very nice to know, thanks for the update. 
I think these changes are great. I got so tired of the Hollows I would just run to David Wincott, leave immediately and never look back.
All these changes sound great, and I'm actually looking forward to getting into the Hollows again.
We need a non-cityofheroes.com source!
Funny thing; my work blocks the main website and cityofvillains forums, but the cityofheroes forums are just fine for viewing and posting (and yes, I know vill and heroes are the same, that's why it's interesting)
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I like just about everything I've read on this update. With any luck, I can try to bring one of my friends back into trying the game and spend some quality time in this zone.
Looking forward to seeing this released. Thanks for all your hard work, War Witch!
From the article:
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I added some fresh blood (er...meat?) to The Hollows.
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hahaha, thanks War Witch!
Very cool. Does this count as a tidbit though? I believe the definition of "tidbit" at dictionary.com is "list of powersets proliferated in a massively multiplayer computer game". I'm sure it must be. If not, it should be.
Anyway, as for the Hollows, it sounds cool. I think I will give them a spin.
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It's a nice revamp, but I am not sure if I am happy about Coralax and Legacy Chain appearing hero side, when they are still pretty vacant villain side. I will withhold my judgment for now though. I still think these revamps should be for both sides, some how though.
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Well, heroes might not be able to attack the Legacy Chain...
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I'm really excited about the Hollows revamp. My next few new characters will be running through the Hollows, and I plan on exemping my high levels down through a bit just for fun.
Thank you WarWitch!
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I forgot about Coralax! I think Coralax should be applied to all coastal regions!
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I really hope this is not all the info we are getting today.
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As I stated in an earlier thread, we are still weeks out from closed beta and more weeks out from open beta and then launch. So, expect to get something on a weekly basis from now till then. If we just dumped it all out now, well we'd be sitting around going "that's nice, but when can I play it?" So, thanks for your patience and understanding that it won't all come at once.
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I really hope this is not all the info we are getting today.
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As I stated in an earlier thread, we are still weeks out from closed beta and more weeks out from open beta and then launch. So, expect to get something on a weekly basis from now till then. If we just dumped it all out now, well we'd be sitting around going "that's nice, but when can I play it?" So, thanks for your patience and understanding that it won't all come at once.
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Way to poo on our demands for instant gratification! 
might be cool but i dont really play the first 22 lvls
id rather we had the power profilcation list of sets out then this
Please use this thread to discuss the below announcement.
Level Designer Melissa War Witch Bianco gives us a blow by blow account of what is changing in the Hollows with the Gameplay Makeover for the zone that will be included in the next free expansion, Issue 12: Midnight Hour.
Click here to read the article.
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