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Positron said he has announcement today...

AlienOne

By AlienOne,
Posted on: 2009-08-21 14:17 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by Kryhavoc View Post
Unwarranted Speculation....or is it?

North American Live Server Downtime - August 24
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=187656

Could his announcement be....

Hamster Wheels as a new Travel Power!
Personally, I'd prefer a hamster ball to a hamster wheel. More freedom of movement.

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Originally Posted by The_Vulgarian_EU View Post
Looks like yet an another demonstration of how whatever the Lead Dev says, it'll always be misunderstood by someone. And there will be DRAMA!

Drama is what makes the forums go 'round...

Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

Oh wait, I'm dizzy... stop!

 

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Originally Posted by Duck Dim Sum View Post
Personally, I'd prefer a hamster ball to a hamster wheel. More freedom of movement.
They're called force field bubbles.
Hell, i've had a couple characters who used "Hamster balls for everyone!" to announce when they were re-applying the bubbles.

Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...

 

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He's banning 40% of the playerbase.

 

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Since no one else has mentioned it (that I saw), I am gonna bite the bullet with two possible options.

1. He will announce that I16 is going live on Monday (hence the announced downtime).

2. He will announce open beta on I16.
2b. He will announce the 'Go Live' date of I16.

 

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Originally Posted by Kryhavoc View Post
Since no one else has mentioned it (that I saw), I am gonna bite the bullet with two possible options.

1. He will announce that I16 is going live on Monday (hence the announced downtime).

2. He will announce open beta on I16.
2b. He will announce the 'Go Live' date of I16.
I'll say that he'll announce open beta of I16. It's still in closed status and I doubt they'll go live with I16 without an open beta.

 

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Originally Posted by The_Vulgarian_EU View Post
Looks like yet an another demonstration of how whatever the Lead Dev says, it'll always be misunderstood by someone. And there will be DRAMA!
And that is the answer to Ultimus, who suggested full detail release.

No matter how good the news is that is released,
The more details, the more DoooomSayer riots,
from people who fear it till they actually see it.

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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill View Post
... and how many here don't particularly care about WoW? >.>
here, i will grant that, but if he wants a big write up in the gameing news sites, perhaps announcing the same week as the 900 lb gorilla's big announce and the nearest competitors open beta would lead to some drowning out.

what he DID do is telegraph that there is big news, and it seems like it is on deck waiting for an auspicious time. my magic ball of pure unsupported guesses says maybe it will fall next week, but announcing now would, by the thinking contained in the tweet, be a poor decision to be heard distinctly by the general gaming populace.

 

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Originally Posted by Obsidius View Post
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Fixed!
Extra Fixed!

 

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Originally Posted by Kryhavoc View Post
Since no one else has mentioned it (that I saw), I am gonna bite the bullet with two possible options.

1. He will announce that I16 is going live on Monday (hence the announced downtime).

2. He will announce open beta on I16.
2b. He will announce the 'Go Live' date of I16.
Only NA server downtime has been announced - and usually, iirc, any patches/issues/hamster-surgery is done on all the servers. I'd guess that the NA extended downtime may not result in any noticeable changes ingame, except possibly less lag problems (if it's linked to the dxp problems some servers had). So I'd guess option 1 is out.

I16 'go live' is theoretically dependent on I16 open beta (assuming that there is one) - so 2b is out.

It could easily be I16 open beta news.

Though it could also be linked to GR - and since the loyalty scheme subscription period has now started it wouldn't really surprise me if some more GR tidbits (and possibly anticipated beta schedule) were announced soon.

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From Twitter at around midnight-1am:

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Christopher Bruce
CoHBABsTried to log into the training room, and realized that I haven't been invited yet. To hell with 60+ month vets, I'm a dev and not in yet!


From the "Loyal through thick and thin announcement:

Keep Your Account Active, Be Rewarded!

All City of Heroes® and City of Villains® players who maintain an active account for the time period beginning August 15, 2009 and ending November 15, 2009 will receive a set of special rewards for their loyalty to Paragon City™ and The Rogue Isles™:

• Closed Beta access* for City of Heroes Going Rogue™
• Exclusive loyalty badges**: "Vigilant" for Heroes and "Determined" for Villains

* Going Rogue Closed Beta Access will be granted using a three-tier system:

o Tier One: City of Heroes Veterans with 60+ months of paid time.
o Tier Two: Loyalty Program players
o Tier Three: Players who Pre-Order Going Rogue (Preorder details to be announced at a later date)

**Badges will be enabled within one week after the promotional period has ended.


Emphasis mine.

Speculation begin..... NOW!
-Rachel-

 

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Originally Posted by Kryhavoc View Post
Since no one else has mentioned it (that I saw), I am gonna bite the bullet with two possible options.

1. He will announce that I16 is going live on Monday (hence the announced downtime).

2. He will announce open beta on I16.
2b. He will announce the 'Go Live' date of I16.
Options 1 and 2b are most likely out. Option 1 is out because they haven't released the pre-download for I16 yet, and the reason there's no closed beta on EU Training Room is so they can test that there (if I read Ghost Falcon's post right). Option 2b is out because they never announce the release day of an issue until it's live and working right.

 

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Aw man, I let my sub lapse for a day this week.

 

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Originally Posted by Prof_Backfire View Post
Aw man, I let my sub lapse for a day this week.
Mua-muah-MUAHAHAHAHA!!!

 

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Originally Posted by Doughboy View Post
So his "announcement" is that there is no announcement.
Reading comprehension for the win!

 

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Originally Posted by ThePill View Post
Reading comprehension for the win!
as it commonly is when this particular internet meme is invoked, no, it isn't. one does not have to announce when one does not have any news, that is pretty much the default state, there clearly is some news, but it wont be announced this weekend.

 

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Granted, I was grasping at hopeful straws, but, as others have said, it will be unlikely that an announcement of I16 going live or go live date being announced.

They were probably planning on making an announcement, but got trumped by Blizzcon with the announcement of WOW: Cataclysm and decided to hold off until the buzz from that dies down.

So, appended list:

1: Issue 16 open beta announced.
2: Another Issue 16 feature that we haven't heard about yet.
3: Going Rogue feature that we haven't heard about yet.

 

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I'd settle for a complete list of the powerset proliferation. They mentioned at least one per AT but only named three in the announcement.

 

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I'd settle for a complete list of the powerset proliferation. They mentioned at least one per AT but only named three in the announcement.
Well, we know more than just the three so far.
  • Blaster:
    • Radiation Blast
  • Controller:
    • Cold Domination
  • Defender:
    • Traps, Assault Rifle
  • Scrapper:
    • Electric Melee
    • Electric Armor
  • Tanker:
    • Electric Armor
    • Electric Melee
  • Brute:
    • Claws
  • Corruptor:
    • Archery
    • Trick Arrow
  • Dominator:
    • Earth Assault
  • Mastermind:
    • Thermal Radiation
  • Stalker:
    • Broadsword

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Originally Posted by Clobbertime View Post
I'd settle for a complete list of the powerset proliferation. They mentioned at least one per AT but only named three in the announcement.
Um...

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Powerset Proliferation - More powersets are now in the hands of Archetypes who couldn't use them previously! Blasters will have access to Radiation Blast, Brutes will get their Claws on, Controllers can now freeze it up with Cold Domination, and Corruptors get to feel the "twang" of Archery and Trick Arrow. Defenders can go high-tech with Assault Rifle and Traps, and Dominators can pulverize their enemies with Earth Assault. Masterminds heat things up with Thermal Radiation, Scrappers and Tankers get ready to fry their foes with Electric Melee and Electric Armor, and finally Stalkers get to swing their own mighty Broadsword.
http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/gam..._overview.html

 

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Originally Posted by Shadow Wail View Post
When are we going to get GR news? a week before it goes into closed beta?
Oh, YES. I hope so!

  • DOOOOOOOOM whiners start rioting at the first release of new info about changes.
  • They continue the riots, until it has gone live and they see it wasn't so bad.
  • The further ahead the announcements come the longer we have to deal with the riots.

So, please YES! The later the better!

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