Speculation: What is Coming?

Archnemesis baby

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I wasn't sure the engine could handle something that big and fully animate it (as its bigger than Kronos)?


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There is an issue with bounding boxes, that affects the Kronos and anything larger. I think that is more of a cosmetic issue than actually making it not not possible though.

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I would guess

1. Lvl cap going up to 60 with added lvl 50 content
2. Paid for update, maybe this would include (1)
3. New reward based pvp.
4. Reworking of hami
5. New GMs like hami
6. If they dont do a new lvl cap of 60 then i would guess new extra powers/slots for lvl 50s this would also give new lvl 50 only content maybe even leading to incarnates.

All guess work and if om honest i wouldnt hold out for a cap rise to 60 but i think the time is right to expand on high end content and lvl 50s

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what i would like to see is recipe drops from players in the PvP Zones, not anything taken of the player that lost, but the possibility of one dropping for defeating a player, it works very well in WAR.

or maybe say 10 of the merits.

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anything but controlled cars etc plz. just dont think they would be good for the game.
though war walls would be my top one tht id be intertested to know more of

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Thinking on the original comment:
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"...I will say that there are things coming, some of which we have been hinting at, or maybe even flat out denying was even possible, for a long time."

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Now think of the things that they have flat out denied were possible in the past.

Going Rogue - They have said right since i7 and CoV launch that they'd like to do it and its on the drawing board even if its not soon.

Level Cap Increase - They have never to my knowledge denied it is possible just that they will never do it. It just represents a huge amount of work that they will have to repeat whan the game gets stale again. (See WoW)

Coming Storm - Slated for i15, what form it takes is anyone's guess.

Engine Update - TBH this in my opinion is overdue anyway, but I don't think they ever said it won't/can't happen.

Paid Expansion - The Americans will no doubt wail and gnash their teeth and it won't happen like last time, again not impossible.

etc...

The only option I can see from the other suggestions that has been flat out denied as possible in the past is power customisation. And with a possible competitor showing off exactly that feature my personal bet is on this as the long denied feature going live in the not too distant future, either before or as CO goes live IMO.

I think that a paid expansion or even sequel is something that I personally can see coming in the not too distant future either, the paid expansion would include an engine update. And after the hire of the artist a few weeks back who does concept art (David Nakayama) that to me seems extremely likely.

So thats what I see coming either a paid for expansion that includes an engine update or a genuine CoH2. I'd also guess that the going rogue and any neutral faction system would be part of the paid for expansion along with new zones, new TFs and potentially new powers.

Plus in the normal game an update that includes limited power customisation with easily customizable power-sets done first with others coming in the future as with proliferation.

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And it goes without saying, that giant robot in Striga is finally going to make it out and be stomping around the various zones.

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Mmmm, *drools - "Giant Killer Nazi Robots!"

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A big paid for expansion with any luck.

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Archnemesis baby

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Wouldn't an adult one be more of a threat?

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Could it be making Hamidon [u]FUN[u] to fight again!?

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Could it be making Hamidon [u]FUN[u] to fight again!?

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I felt a disturbance in the farce, it was as if millions of subscriptions called out at once in pain.

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My guess is they've filled in the missing SFs redside or maybe we get to push back when a pedestrian tries to shove you under a passing truck

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and lots more on Pinnacle,Union and Defiant

If they were working on a 'CoH2' for the Coming Storm...
Well, I *would* go and buy a new graphics rig, and t'hell with it! XD
Yes, let pedestrians move out of OUR way, thanks very much...jeese...

Yeah, and fighting gianter robots

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Some level of power customisation IMO.

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God I hope not. They've already pointed out how much work it'd take, it'd be a waste of development hours plowing excess time into this.

Going Rogue would be great though.

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Some level of power customisation IMO.

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God I hope not. They've already pointed out how much work it'd take, it'd be a waste of development hours plowing excess time into this.

Going Rogue would be great though.

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Personally i love the idea of power customisation its something that would more than likely keep me amused for several months far longer than any new mission ark (which i tend to do once with a suitable character then loose interest). But each to there own i suppose

Also yea for going Rogue

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Some level of power customisation IMO.

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God I hope not. They've already pointed out how much work it'd take, it'd be a waste of development hours plowing excess time into this.

Going Rogue would be great though.

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Personally i love the idea of power customisation its something that would more than likely keep me amused for several months far longer than any new mission ark (which i tend to do once with a suitable character then loose interest). But each to there own i suppose

Also yea for going Rogue

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I'm not against Power Customisation if it was as "easy" as Weapon Customisation, but all I've read about it says it'd be a boatload of work for the devs, the cost would be too high for the gain, in my opinion of course.

Plus I don't think I've got any toons where I thought "I'd really prefer this to be colour [rgb] instead". Except my Kin/Elec perhaps , but I never play them anyway.

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what i would like to see is recipe drops from players in the PvP Zones, not anything taken of the player that lost, but the possibility of one dropping for defeating a player, it works very well in WAR.

or maybe say 10 of the merits.

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Lets first get a decent working PvP then

I say:
US/EU merge of servers.

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Power customisation could be a side effect of a total graphics revamp, and hence the man-hours justified in that respect.

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I really should do something about this signature.

They're renaming the title "City of the Sims" and giving us individual apartments to decorate!
Oh, please God, do not allow that to ever happen!

Btw, earning stuff in pvp has one major drawback: Even with the pvp changes many pvp zones are very empty and therefore ready for severe multiple-account abuse unless they add timers. Personally I think the timers in-game are already counter productive for the game, although some people enjoy harassing the same player repeatedly even without rewards.

and I still hate the idea of going rogue. If it was in the game from the start, choises affecting the end result it'd me amazing. To add it now however. Well, explain empath and the other carefully planned differrences between villain/hero. It's just a bad idea imho.

I personally hope for two major additions:
1. Some MAJOR new content (maps, SFs, story arcs) preferably as free issues to avoid people getting stuck. New powersets could be purchased for a small fee imho. Obviously that's not happening until earliest I15 and I consider that a MAJOR problem. This would imho at least be a short-time fix to keep old players interested. In the long run we need...

2. Something TRULY new, like a new AI engine. Imagine the shock when you realize the minions sound the alarm and follows you around the whole map when you try to speed through a map, when they run for help, traps going off, motion detectors in normal maps, destructable enviroments etc. (do you remember the first time they followed a near-death you through the elevators?) It's already in the game (mayhems etc). At the moment even new maps grow old so fast because it's basically still same old, same old. They could add stationary weapons, more adventurous maps (different sorts of puzzles, hate that myself, but...) actual real, in-zone events and missions like fund raising races in skyway (earning you merits, but nothing else), treasure hunts etc. pvp invite-only jousing in regular zones (fight under the atlas statue, scaring newbies). Just adding actual missions outdoor (instead of instanced missions) that anyone could help with would vitalize the rather dead city zones alot.

Basically there's a lot of truly new stuff that could be done to make the game feel "new" again for us "old-timers" and it would be very, very welcome.

Sure, power customization etc is nice, and some people might consider it vital even, but for me that would get boring in 3 minutes. It doesn't really add anything to the game play. I wanna play the game, not sit at the facemaker all day. (I think I've just upset enough people to make this thread an epic one?)

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what i would like to see is recipe drops from players in the PvP Zones, not anything taken of the player that lost, but the possibility of one dropping for defeating a player, it works very well in WAR.

or maybe say 10 of the merits.

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Lets first get a decent working PvP then

I say:
US/EU merge of servers.

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This is pretty much the one thing they have guaranteed is not happening anytime soon.

No, not the workable PVP
Although they do need to sort out whats going on there

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Power customisation could be a side effect of a total graphics revamp, and hence the man-hours justified in that respect.

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Ooh, good point. That'd be a nice solution alright, rebuild from scratch and kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

Although now you've mentioned that you've probably released a spark of hope for Animated Hair into the wild as well!

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Engine Update - TBH this in my opinion is overdue anyway, but I don't think they ever said it won't/can't happen.

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I seem to remember that BaB said something along the lines of; "An engine up-grade would be called something else. A sequel."

Or something along those lines. Forum seaching is difficult at work so can't find a link.

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Oh, and US/EU server merger and good OLD hami coming back would be rather nice as well!

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Possibly going rogue.

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I put my money on this.

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I put money on it being a paid expansion.

Well, I don't bet, so I'll put money on the expansion when it arrives. There's a reason for ramping up staff on a game product that's 5 years old (nearly 6 now, isn't it?).

Power customisation seems the most likely denied thing which they could have found a way to implement.

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This is pretty much the one thing they have guaranteed is not happening anytime soon.

No, not the workable PVP
Although they do need to sort out whats going on there

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Said things in the past often came out 'different' then it was claimed to become

They know it worked, they should know what is best.

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