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Issue 14: Architect Discussion

7thCynic

By 7thCynic,
Posted on: 2009-02-13 24:50 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion

 

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This is gonna go down in history, cannot wait to get my hands on it.

 

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Just a nitpick, CoH is the first to offer user created MISSIONS, however Pirates of the Burning Sea has allowed user created flags and sails and even ships since beta. In fact, a good 30% or more of the ships were created by players during the beta and are named as such.

 

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If I can just throw my two cents in here...not that anyone will hear it over the complaining, but...


I for one am looking forward to the MA. To me, it represents not a farming tool, or an XP generator, but an opportunity to tell stores, and where appropriate, share those stories with others. I enjoy writing stories in my spare time anyway, and nearly every character I have in this game is more than just a collection of AT's, IOs and badges, they are living, breathing representations of an idea, concept or persona given form. I desperately hope I'm not the only one who sees more than just inherent mechanical flaws, but a blank canvas on which to paint ideas for others to enjoy. Okay, maybe not everyone has the passion for telling stories that I do, but still, it has to be worth something that they're allowing players to do this at all. To date, I've never played an MMO that allowed players any meaningful control over how they play (grind the endgame instance, get the uberloot, wait for next big release). I wouldn't begin to suggest that the MA is the end-all, be-all of this game, but I think it's a ballsy step for the devs, and I for one appreciate the offering.

With that, I leave everyone to return to their regularly scheduled critique of a system that hasn't even seen the light of day yet. :P

EDIT- dammit Arckmage, ya beat me to the punch lol. At least I know I'm not the only one now

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Totally! I can't wait to have heroes get hired by my Arachnos Widow to take out her "mistress" (for info on my Widow, see her virtueverse page at Viper Widow).

 

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Amazon claims April 14th, and I think some other place on the web claims some time in March.

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April 14 is just when the new box comes out. That doesn't necessarily mean we won't get the issue before then since you won't have to buy the new box to get access to the Mission Architect, which is part of a free issue.

The new box is mostly just to put the game's presence on the shelves again, to bring in new players and to encourage former players to come back. We, the current players, will all get the MA regardless of whether we buy the box or not.

There will be the same advantage however (as with the Mac Pack), that if you buy the box you get a credit for either of the Super Booster Packs (SB1:Cyborg or SB2:Arcane) and a free month of playtime, which means you basically can get the Arcane SB Pack for only $5 with the box as opposed to $10 for the just the Arcane SB Pack.

 

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MA goes live Tuesday, March 14.

 

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MA goes live Tuesday, March 14.

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O.o

Which year is that?

 

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Not until 2017 at the earliest. That's the next Tuesday, March 14th.

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MA goes live Tuesday, March 14.

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Where did this info come from?

 

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MA goes live Tuesday, March 14.

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Where did this info come from?

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Tripp_Hazzard's imagination/sense of humor.

 

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MA goes live Tuesday, March 14.

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Where did this info come from?

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Tripp_Hazzard's imagination/sense of humor.

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Yeah, he's lieing, lol.

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Thanks for the thread. Been wanting to find out more about I14.

 

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Just a nitpick, CoH is the first to offer user created MISSIONS, however Pirates of the Burning Sea has allowed user created flags and sails and even ships since beta. In fact, a good 30% or more of the ships were created by players during the beta and are named as such.

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Actually, Ryzom was the first to do player created missions. CoH is not the first.

 

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Just a quick thought... people going through all 50 lvls in MA mishes will be missing out on a lot of temp and accolade powers (unless they want to do a lot of Flashbacking); hopefully the MA system will have it's own set of 'perks' available to those who spend a majority of their time in that system (even if it's only usable in that system) w/o toggling off their XP option?

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Just a nitpick, CoH is the first to offer user created MISSIONS, however Pirates of the Burning Sea has allowed user created flags and sails and even ships since beta. In fact, a good 30% or more of the ships were created by players during the beta and are named as such.

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Actually, Ryzom was the first to do player created missions. CoH is not the first.

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MA goes live Tuesday, March 14.

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O.o

Which year is that?

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Sporch. I meant Tuesday, March 24th.

 

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Sporch. I meant Tuesday, March 24th.

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A couple weeks of open testing? A little tight, but reasonable (barring unreasonable bugs).

 

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Will MA allow Heroes and Villain to play together in the same mission? Of course I'm talking about on the same server, kinda like Pocket-D missions are like.

 

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Co-op has been confirmed. Not sure if it was via an onsite comment or in one of the off-site news pieces.


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Hmmm...can't find it in my notes right now for the quotes, but both co-op and cross-faction play have been confirmed. "Cross-Faction" meaning Heroes can play Villain arcs and vice versa without having to team with the opposite faction.

 

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Hmmm...can't find it in my notes right now for the quotes, but both co-op and cross-faction play have been confirmed. "Cross-Faction" meaning Heroes can play Villain arcs and vice versa without having to team with the opposite faction.

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Is the March 24th date a solid confirm? I'm putting this on my calendar. If so, what was the source?


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Is the March 24th date a solid confirm? I'm putting this on my calendar. If so, what was the source?

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March 24th is just conjecture. However, they're apparently shooting for a March release, according to the information released by all the gaming news sites. Anything earlier than March 24th seems unlikely, given that Issue 14's not in Open Beta yet. Unless something goes wrong between now and then, I think it's safe to assume that Issue 14 will be released either around the 24th but not later than Tuesday the 31st.

 

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Hmmm...can't find it in my notes right now for the quotes, but both co-op and cross-faction play have been confirmed. "Cross-Faction" meaning Heroes can play Villain arcs and vice versa without having to team with the opposite faction.

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Sorry, I don't mean can I play missions created by Villains. I'm talking about can we play co-op with a Villain and can a Villain play with a Hero, kinda like missions in Pocket-D.

 

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Is the March 24th date a solid confirm? I'm putting this on my calendar. If so, what was the source?

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March 24th is just conjecture. However, they're apparently shooting for a March release, according to the information released by all the gaming news sites. Anything earlier than March 24th seems unlikely, given that Issue 14's not in Open Beta yet. Unless something goes wrong between now and then, I think it's safe to assume that Issue 14 will be released either around the 24th but not later than Tuesday the 31st.

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