So....Issue 15 then?

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traps trollers!

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LOL

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non redraw immob for mind and ill, regen cap with plant, stacking acid traps, mez protection and defense in ffg, -1000 regen in pgt and it stacks with the aoe holds , detonator on pets and more.
"lol" indeed.

It's about time that rad got some competition.
Cold would be cool too(no pun intended).

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I really can't see them NOT running a test server trial of anything, so we should know at least 14 days before I15 hits live, or be horrified by the unevitably broken, untested game.

I'm guessing there's not gonna be an I15 for some time, but they will give us some sort of 5 year anniversary event involving some... fifth...

...and there goes the game again. I14, The crash issue!

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Whilst some may say "not in the next 6 months". I won't be so sure. I figure "whenever Champions Online comes out" as that would fit certain past trends to me or perhaps just as the commotion of Champions Online simmers at the very least.

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6 months

LOL

ROFL

Seriously, if they don't release an update for 6 months with CO out on the 2nd of June the game will be dead and buried when it comes around.

2 - 3 months to live is a more realistic estimate, at the most a couple of weeks after CO's launch. And we'll start to see details in the next few weeks even if it's just a few hints and riddles.

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Seriously, if they don't release an update for 6 months with CO out on the 2nd of June the game will be dead and buried when it comes around.

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hope CO gets pushed back

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I believe the release schedule that has been mentioned is 3 a year. So, we've had April's, next up is August then December.

I think we're all in for a real treat, and that's borne out by something as inocuous as the costume change emotes. They're awesome, although I have this strange feeling that there may be some artful, anime-style, use of them. If there was one thing I could change as far as the graphics were concerned, it'd be lighting. Nothing more. Take a look at the Aion screenshots with, and without, proper lighting effects. The change is startling, and in COH it would be amazing. The alley-ways would be dingier, the open areas bright and airy. And all because the light comes from a single point source in the sky, and not the current "Simulated" shadows we have. I'd be happy with just that as a change for graphics, and I'd hope most cards would be able to handle it.

Cryptic is probably pushing very hard to achieve it's CO release date. The screenshots on massively point at a game that is rounding out very nicely indeed. And Cryptic seem to be listening very intently to it's beta-testers. But that's another game, and we all love COH for what it is, and for what it will become.

I think we've already had some lead-in to the coming storm. It's the "End of Days" The dead are rising from their graves in the form of zombie invasions. We're still getting Rikti incursions, even after we handed them their posteriors on a silver platter. Power proliferation is rife, witches and warlocks abound because of the new pack and we have that amazing sci-fi get-out-of-jail-free card in the form of time-travel. Want to reboot you're universe? Just dump a world-changing paradox in the mix and, viola! New universe! Same as the old one, just subtly different in key areas (Star Trek anyone?) like the city environments are larger, the sun shines properly and the fifth column are spreading propaganda like nobodies business. Not to mention nasty Indian gods descending on the Earth with a bad attitude and an inexhaustible supply of green jelly.

"Don't tell me, we about to go over a huge Waterfall?.... Sharp rocks at the bottom?.... Bring it on." - Emporer Cuzco.

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I think we've already had some lead-in to the coming storm. It's the "End of Days"

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Ooh, a whole issue dedicated to me? Well, I may have to cease to be in order to achieve this dedication, but I think it is worth it (and many others would rejoyce)

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Graphics update - probably, but hopefully along the lines of EVE, where you don't have to use it if your system can't handle it.

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Latest update for EVE Online made the "Premium" client the basic client, increasing the graphics requirements to a card with Shader Model 2 and above. There's some sort of "Premium Lite" (SM2)/"Actual Premium" (SM3+) division, but the old graphics were done away with completly.

No SM2 card? Get buying, game won't run for you no more.

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....They better not do that until I get to Uni and buy an actual PC made for gaming.
Or I WILL go and hunt people down and give them a...warning.
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I hope they do finish storylines such as the Midnight Club and Cimerora. Just because MA is here doesn't mean the Devs can leave it up to us. Because remember people, MA is just a training simulator.

So, yeah. I15. I'd like to see:
[*]The long awaited return of the 5th Column.[*]The long awaited "Coming Storm".[*]The long awaited character who sends you letters in Ouroboros.[*]The long awaited additonal content to Cimerora and the Midnight Club.[*]The long awaited boost to Giant Monster EXP so people start fighting them again.[*]The long awaited boost to debt and reduction in the amount of EXP you earn because noobs get to Level 50 in a flash these days.

Oops... got a bit personal there.

Yeah, there's other stuff I want, but I just can't remember what it is. Damn age...

EDIT: Just remembered one.
[*]Give me a C, give me an o, give me a P. Yes, you guessed. The Cathedral of... we haven't forgot about this and want some information on whether you are actually doing anything about the Cathedral of Pain.

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[*]Expansion on the Ouroboros Story Line. Is Mender Silos really a bad guy? Is he really Nemesis? Is he even human? Why does this mystery person send you letters claiming they're evil?

EDIT 3: Remembered another one!
[*]City of Heroes missions being rewritten to the style of the City of Villains missions. City of Heroes TFs being made to the style of City of Villains SFs. I hate seeing "I know you've wiped out six Council bases, but I really need you to check this one out." I also hate this mid-TF, "Kill 7583273 Crey in <insert zone where only five Crey spawn every two days>."

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I hope they do finish storylines such as the Midnight Club and Cimerora. Just because MA is here doesn't mean the Devs can leave it up to us. Because remember people, MA is just a training simulator.

So, yeah. I15. I'd like to see:
[*]The long awaited return of the 5th Column.[*]The long awaited "Coming Storm".[*]The long awaited character who sends you letters in Ouroboros.[*]The long awaited additonal content to Cimerora and the Midnight Club.[*]The long awaited boost to Giant Monster EXP so people start fighting them again.[*]The long awaited boost to debt and reduction in the amount of EXP you earn because noobs get to Level 50 in a flash these days.

Oops... got a bit personal there.

Yeah, there's other stuff I want, but I just can't remember what it is. Damn age...

EDIT: Just remembered one.
[*]Give me a C, give me an o, give me a P. Yes, you guessed. The Cathedral of... we haven't forgot about this and want some information on whether you are actually doing anything about the Cathedral of Pain.

EDIT 2: Remebered another one.
[*]Expansion on the Ouroboros Story Line. Is Mender Silos really a bad guy? Is he really Nemesis? Is he even human? Why does this mystery person send you letters claiming they're evil?

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Agree with all of those.
Except for the Exp and Debt one.
I like being able to actually get somewhere with my characters these days, rather than having one to work on and all the others languishing at low levels. Now I can actually make the time I have count, rather than feeling its all for very little.

It's like the blooming farming issue. Talk about cutting the nose off to spite the face, when changes for 'Minor' groups effect everyone, its hardly ever a good thing.

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I believe the release schedule that has been mentioned is 3 a year. So, we've had April's, next up is August then December.

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Yep.

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We won't see I-15 going live in less then 6 months.

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Massively.com interview with Joe Morrissey (Hero 1)

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It's like the blooming farming issue.

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I was in the middle of testing this before the servers went down. I don't have any information on what you can do with the MA farming wise, but if what I am planning can actually happen... well, leveling won't be a chore.

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Except for the Exp and Debt one.

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OK. I slightly agree with you. Keep the EXP as it is since I recently found the "Disable EXP" feature. But boost debt. Seriously. It's nothing. I died and I was like "Meh". People used to fear dying. BBD! Bring back debt! Bring back debt!

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I kinda wish i15 would be a small issue with no major changes or some mindblowing new plot. Dont get me wrong, I love new stuff, but with the issue 14 bringing so much new content (at least for me), I wanna take my time to play and rewiew that content. I fear that if there would be a new zone or lvl cap rise, it would take players away from the AE. New booster pack, new SF for villains, thats what I would like to see in i15.

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Seriously. It's nothing. I died and I was like "Meh". People used to fear dying. BBD! Bring back debt! Bring back debt!

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BBD,BBD,BBD !!

Yip, that sounds a good plan, game is far to watered down nowadays, no one i know fears dying anymore.

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I kinda wish i15 would be a small issue with no major changes or some mindblowing new plot. Dont get me wrong, I love new stuff, but with the issue 14 bringing so much new content (at least for me), I wanna take my time to play and rewiew that content. I fear that if there would be a new zone or lvl cap rise, it would take players away from the AE. New booster pack, new SF for villains, thats what I would like to see in i15.

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That would be the worst thing to happen to the game ever.

"hello everyone that didnt really like the sound of MA back when we announced it for i13, and then had to loose an issue to it because everyone thought of some interesting new features. now to make up for it we give you...nothing!"

yeah, id be gone in a flash, as I imagine many others, given whats coming out shortly.

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It's like the blooming farming issue.

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I was in the middle of testing this before the servers went down. I don't have any information on what you can do with the MA farming wise, but if what I am planning can actually happen... well, leveling won't be a chore.

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Except for the Exp and Debt one.

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OK. I slightly agree with you. Keep the EXP as it is since I recently found the "Disable EXP" feature. But boost debt. Seriously. It's nothing. I died and I was like "Meh". People used to fear dying. BBD! Bring back debt! Bring back debt!

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So what about missions that are more challenging, or AT's that die a bit more often, like my AR/ice blaster? While some ATs will STILL be alright, and can breeze through with the odd bit of debt to work off, they will get mauled into being unplayed by getting swamped in debt.

Back in the day, got killed by an AV twice in a mission. These days, you can actually work off the debt by killing him and mission completion. It still takes a chunk of actual exp, but thats fine and dandy. Whereas you used to still have a huge wad of debt still to chew through, even after completion.

Dying should be something to avoid, yes, and still is really, for various reasons, such as long Hospital trips, time lost on timed missions, or suchnot. But it SHOULDNT be as crippling as it used to be. Especially for more casual players.

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I kinda wish i15 would be a small issue with no major changes or some mindblowing new plot. Dont get me wrong, I love new stuff, but with the issue 14 bringing so much new content (at least for me), I wanna take my time to play and rewiew that content. I fear that if there would be a new zone or lvl cap rise, it would take players away from the AE. New booster pack, new SF for villains, thats what I would like to see in i15.

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That would be the worst thing to happen to the game ever.

"hello everyone that didnt really like the sound of MA back when we announced it for i13, and then had to loose an issue to it because everyone thought of some interesting new features. now to make up for it we give you...nothing!"

yeah, id be gone in a flash, as I imagine many others, given whats coming out shortly.

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Agreed, the last 2/3 issues (apart from MA) has mostly been big QOL issues. Now we need the big huzzah!

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BBD,BBD,BBD !!

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game is far to watered down nowadays

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I've noticed this with MMOs. They start of great and then deteriorate into a puddle. This game is a perfect example. Although, at least it wasn't as bad as WAR. That started off as a puddle and will soon turn into a lake.

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Back in the day, got killed by an AV twice in a mission. These days, you can actually work off the debt by killing him and mission completion.

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To me, that reads as you saying I said make AVs harder.

If you got killed twice by an AV then, what's to change that now? As we all know, they're not the easiest thing to solo.

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It's like the blooming farming issue.

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I was in the middle of testing this before the servers went down. I don't have any information on what you can do with the MA farming wise, but if what I am planning can actually happen... well, leveling won't be a chore.

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I was in the middle of testing this before the servers went down. I don't have any information on what you can do with the MA farming wise, but if what I am planning can actually happen... well, leveling won't be a chore.

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Grav/TA controller LFT

Kiting is nothing new but the levels you could take it too with the MA is a bit silly. Letting people create Lieut / Boss only maps was a very odd decision.

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I was in the middle of testing this before the servers went down. I don't have any information on what you can do with the MA farming wise, but if what I am planning can actually happen... well, leveling won't be a chore.

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Grav/TA controller LFT

Kiting is nothing new but the levels you could take it too with the MA is a bit silly. Letting people create Lieut / Boss only maps was a very odd decision.

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What about filling a map with AVs and having several AV allies?

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Ran into a custome group of Psi/Psi EBs a little while ago. That encounter went... quickly.

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I'm assuming that those are from a Certain Italian Gentleman, since they read a lot like the story arc souvenir he sends you in the 20s.

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I'm assuming that those are from a Certain Italian Gentleman, since they read a lot like the story arc souvenir he sends you in the 20s.

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Requiem?

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