Discussion:Issue 14: News, Information, & Updates!
By
7thCynic,
Posted on: 2009-02-26 13:08 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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The dealbreaker is that you won't get drops while playing so that will limit the time I spend in MA missions.
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Well, Im not sure how it works, but it these tickets allow you to PICK your reward specifically, and the reward ratio is the same - wouldnt the ticket system be BETTER than random drops? Id suppose the only issue would be w/purples.
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It'd just be nice if they'd reveal a bit of the non-MA content
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What makes you think there is any?
I just want to know who kidnapped NCSoft's marketing team and got one that was willing to make a decent video and had to involve spending at least a little money to do it. If 30 seconds spots of this with the phrase about touching his awesome button aren't on Heroes, or even just the Heroes web site for their video replay of the show, then it's a huge missed opportunity.
Tickets.
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As in "chuck e cheese" ticket.
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Seems pretty clear in the info given so far, but...
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I want you to touch my awesome button.
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An additional in-game currency type doesn't really bother me, but then i deal with mutliple types of real life currency that work in a similar manner. As do many people, if you think about it. (Frequent flyer miles, currency earned in an MMO, reward/discount points at supermarkets, X-Box points, etcetera.)
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It'd just be nice if they'd reveal a bit of the non-MA content
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What makes you think there is any?
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It would be the first time ever that there wasn't additional content in an expansion beyond what was first announced, so i'm going by the previous 13 issues.
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Curious about enemy powers. In this pic it says "thugs"..Does this mean we can have a MM eb or AV?
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My biggest problem, and has been for the past few Betas, is that they made them closed. I have played the game for nearly two years, paying my money to play, I have stuck with the game through changes I didnt like even, would you please stop this closed beta garbage
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It would be the first time ever that there wasn't additional content in an expansion beyond what was first announced, so i'm going by the previous 13 issues.
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This would also be the 1st time ever they announced an issue, just to backtrack and split it in 2.
Youre additional content was i13.
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<a href="http://www.cityofheroes.com/media_and_downloads/videos/videos.html">Rooster Teeth Video starring Captain Dynamic</a>
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I didn't think it possible, but NC has done it again - they've managed, yet again, to select the lamest video possible to advertise their wares.
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You, obviously, didn't touch the awesome button.
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Ok, the video was good. I laughed. I admit it.
But I still care very little for MA. It's not that i actively DISLIKE it, it's just, eh, not my thing. And frankly, we've known most of these details for a long time now. How about some information on the other stuff in I14... if there is any... any powers prolifiration? Any new contacts or tfs? new IO sets? anything besides this?
Or is this going to be a dud issue for me?
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My biggest problem, and has been for the past few Betas, is that they made them closed. I have played the game for nearly two years, paying my money to play, I have stuck with the game through changes I didnt like even, would you please stop this closed beta garbage
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As they've said many times before, closed beta helps them get things fixed better and faster. Rather than having a few thousand people on who just want to play, they have a smaller number who are actually interested in testing and helping make it better. Besides, it's not like it will stay closed all the way until release. You'll have your chance to try things out sooner or later.
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Am I the only one that didn't like the video? I actually found it difficult to watch all the way through.
Someone has to swim against the stream I suppose...
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Ok, the video was good. I laughed. I admit it.
But I still care very little for MA. It's not that i actively DISLIKE it, it's just, eh, not my thing. And frankly, we've known most of these details for a long time now. How about some information on the other stuff in I14... if there is any... any powers prolifiration? Any new contacts or tfs? new IO sets? anything besides this?
Or is this going to be a dud issue for me?
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If you are looking for stuff outside of MA, then yes, this will be vastly a dud issue for you. One of the devs even said that once players see what is there beyond MA they will be disappointed since anything else added is basically back end stuff for i15. Remember, MA was suppose to be in i13, but pulled to add in more stuff to it, so really i14 is more like i13b. You want the other stuff? That's what i13 was. A ray of hope from this is i15 should be coming Soon(tm).
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Am I the only one that didn't like the video? I actually found it difficult to watch all the way through.
Someone has to swim against the stream I suppose...
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I also thought the video was terrible but I realize that different people will find different things funny. Take it easy.
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It would be the first time ever that there wasn't additional content in an expansion beyond what was first announced, so i'm going by the previous 13 issues.
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This would also be the 1st time ever they announced an issue, just to backtrack and split it in 2.
Youre additional content was i13.
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It also depends on what you mean by content. More missions, contacts, story arcs, strike forces, enemy types, archetypes, enhancements, powers, costume pieces, some of that or all of that plus more?
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I've taken a look at all of the provided info and must say I am very happy with how everything looks, the FAQs and even the webisode.
[With the available screenshots; most questions should be covered]
i14 looks like it lives up to my expectations, hopes and then some (this is without even knowing the extent of the unlocks/purchases)
I do have a question though; if this goes into open beta (as opposed to going directly to live)... does the content created there go to the cross-server format (thereby being available as soon as live hits) or will 'test' *content have to be recreated once i14 goes active?
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Am I the only one that found that video to be stupid rather than awsome?
looks up a few posts and sees that I am not alone..lol
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I do have a question though; if this goes into open beta (as opposed to going directly to live)... does the content created there go to the cross-server format (thereby being available as soon as live hits) or will 'test' *content have to be recreated once i14 goes active?
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I would imagine that, just like everything else made on the Test Server, that it will be completely separate from the Live servers. The Test Server has its own market server and global chat server separate from Live; I can't imagine the server that stores MA arcs and content would be any different from those.
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It also depends on what you mean by content. More missions, contacts, story arcs, strike forces, enemy types, archetypes, enhancements, powers, costume pieces, some of that or all of that plus more?
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If I were him I wouldnt hold my breath for any of that. That is, for anything that doesnt already come w/MA. (Missions, story arcs, strike forces, enemy types)
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Am I the only one that found that video to be stupid rather than awsome?
looks up a few posts and sees that I am not alone..lol
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Just out of curiousity, do you like Dane Cook?
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Am I the only one that didn't like the video? I actually found it difficult to watch all the way through.
Someone has to swim against the stream I suppose...
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Nope, you're not the only one. I didn't think the video was bad, just not funny.
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Was Captain Dynamic Ed Robertson from Barenaked Ladies?
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That was crazy. When he first came out I thought, "Is that Ed Robertson??" then he took off the glasses and I saw it was!
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Had to dig around a bit to get any sort of cast list for the video. Found this quote on Rooster Teeth's web site (emphasis added, quote's below the video):
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Captain Dynamic: Episode 1
A team of writers is hired to use the new content creation tools in the game City of Heroes to promote the worst superhero in the world, Captain Dynamic. Starring Ed Roberston of Barenaked Ladies. Based on the game City of Heroes from NCSoft.
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All I know is that this better rtelease on April 6...I officially go on vacation for two weeks
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Love the video....
ticketing system? replacing merits or a THIRD currency system?
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Well, fifth. Sixth if you separate Influence from Infamy. Eighth if you include Salvage and Recipes.
And what's even funnier about this new currency, is the devs used the excuse of "Player Confusion" for getting rid of Base Salvage.
Base Salvage is/was confusing, but having anywhere from five to eight separate currencies isn't? 
I can create my own enemy factions???? Drooooooollll
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