The City of Heroes Super Booster IV: Martial Arts is out!
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Posted on: 2009-11-12 11:08 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Average 1-3 and Strong don't look too bad with Braided Buns, but all other standard head shape settings give you varying amounts of bald patches.
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Originally Posted by Sapphire7
Apparently the hair style doesn't scale well if you've adjusted the cranium slider.
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When I first hear the whole Ninja Booster pack rumor I must confess I was far from thrilled. Then I saw Ninja run and the costume parts ingame and all I could say is "DO WANT ! ". Ninja run has to be the best superbooster power yet ! Thank you devs for making me spend money on useless stuff thats makes me giggle 
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Weird. I put Ninja Run on a character as soon as I logged on, and now I'm using the default animations for Super Strength instead of the alternate animations. I double checked at the Pocket D tailor, too.
edit: Hrm... maybe not. My other Shield and Willpower character is using the defaults too, even though they're set otherwise... meep.
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Is this affected by travel oppression in pvp? Can someone ninja run away?
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Originally Posted by brophog02
Are you competing in the special olympics? Did I miss the start time to the "fastest without a travel power" event, again?
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Yes, it does suppress in PVP.
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Originally Posted by hedgehog_NA
Is this affected by travel oppression in pvp? Can someone ninja run away?
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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I did not mess with the cranium slider at all.
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Originally Posted by Sapphire7
Apparently the hair style doesn't scale well if you've adjusted the cranium slider.
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It suppresses like any other travel power, PVE or PVP. Great for travel, but Combat Jumping is much better while fighting.
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Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Yes, it does suppress in PVP.
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Did you select one of the alternate face shapes?
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Originally Posted by UltraTroll
I did not mess with the cranium slider at all.
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You should get a UI Programmer on this. And by UI Programmer I mean Pohsyb. And by Pohsyb I mean that box back there that's suddenly moving away at the mention of the name "Pohsyb" |
Originally Posted by BackAlleyBrawler
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I suddenly see these getting added to the POPMENU!
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Originally Posted by Neutra
You should get a UI Programmer on this. And by UI Programmer I mean Pohsyb. And by Pohsyb I mean that box back there that's suddenly moving away at the mention of the name "Pohsyb"
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Face 10 is what I am using. It does it to all the faces though. Even when you make a new character.
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Originally Posted by Sapphire7
Did you select one of the alternate face shapes?
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The fact that I'm now picturing BAB looking over his shoulder at a strange box herkyjerkily sliding across the floor isn't helping me to stop laughing.
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Originally Posted by Neutra
You should get a UI Programmer on this. And by UI Programmer I mean Pohsyb. And by Pohsyb I mean that box back there that's suddenly moving away at the mention of the name "Pohsyb"
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Did you leave ninja run on with the Willpower character? Or is it always using default, even without ninja run on?|
Originally Posted by Psyte
Weird. I put Ninja Run on a character as soon as I logged on, and now I'm using the default animations for Super Strength instead of the alternate animations. I double checked at the Pocket D tailor, too.
edit: Hrm... maybe not. My other Shield and Willpower character is using the defaults too, even though they're set otherwise... meep. Nadir Oriri on Freedom. Ultimas Sovereign on Virtue. |
Shield out with Martial Arts is doing something like this too. With the shield out(defenses on), customized punches revert to default Martial Arts attacks.
First off, you guys rock hard core. I ADORE this pack. Bought it immediately and I haven't even had the chance to play with the costume pieces. Ninja Run is awesomesauce in a jar.
My travel powerless Arch/Dev Blaster BOOKs it across the land now. (Its build focuses on runspeed bonuses anywhere I can get them.) I mean, I was coming within 10mph slower than Flyspeed cap at 50, and now it's clocking 64mph with a few bonuses to go. 
A bug I found:
My Shield/Fire tanker ran with his shield behind instead of in front. It looks odd and uncomfortable. (I think it may be the single sword position?) I only had his primary powers toggled on; I didn't have any attacks queued up which I suppose may have changed his stance. After seeing a screenshot earlier in this thread of a Shields Scrapper with the shield in front I was confused and thought I should post here in addition to the bug report filed. Also, he's a regular male body (not huge).
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I don't think this is a bug.|
Originally Posted by syrusb
A bug I found:
My Shield/Fire tanker ran with his shield behind instead of in front. It looks odd and uncomfortable. (I think it may be the single sword position?) I only had his primary powers toggled on; I didn't have any attacks queued up which I suppose may have changed his stance. After seeing a screenshot earlier in this thread of a Shields Scrapper with the shield in front I was confused and thought I should post here in addition to the bug report filed. Also, he's a regular male body (not huge). |
The weapon/shield carrying stance while running is determined by which nodes are being used by a weapon. If only one is in use, it will be carried to the back, not in front. If both are in use, one will be in the front, the other to the back.
Since you Shield/Fire only has one weapon (the shield), he'll carry it to the back. Pulling out one of the Fire Swords may change that, but since those are power effects and not "Custom Weapons," it may not change your character's running stance.
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'better' is SO relative. I just ran a few missions on a well-IOed (enough to compensate for the End cost and still go full speed) Claws/Nin Stalker. Left Ninja Run on the whole time, tapping the space bar every so often in the fights just for fun. |
Originally Posted by Schismatrix
(...) but Combat Jumping is much better while fighting.
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Oh, yes. Good, good stuff.
Big thanks to the developers.
Please note: I wouldn't scream too loudly if it didn't suppress in PvE...
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Yeah... but if they did that, then it really would give this power a benefit over existing travel powers (aside from the aforementioned not requiring a power choice), which would in turn give the people who are complaining about Ninja Run an actual reason to complain other than "I just don't like ninjas and/or how the power looks." |
Originally Posted by SaintTzu
Please note: I wouldn't scream too loudly if it didn't suppress in PvE...
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
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Ummmm.... Don't most people who have Combat Jumping also take Super Jump as their travel power since they opened up the Pool anyway? Because you do know that Super Jump and Combat Jumping are also mutually exclusive, right? Super Jump wasn't intended for use in combat, and if you do use it in combat, it suppresses. Well, Ninja Run is exactly the same, only, you don't need to take Super Jump now as your travel power, leaving you free to take some other power.|
Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack
I was just about to head to the store and pick this up until I saw this post. Detoggling CJ is a deal breaker for my SR scrappers and thus it's a deal breaker for me.
Maybe next pack... |
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Originally Posted by Malin0001
Can you put the costumes in the pictures as sets in costume edditior?
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Perhaps some of our costume horses can post in a separate thread a saved .costume file (using the code tags) that can be cut and pasted using notepad into our own .costume files so we can pull up all the pieces?
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Originally Posted by Rush_Bolt
I don't think this is a bug.
The weapon/shield carrying stance while running is determined by which nodes are being used by a weapon. If only one is in use, it will be carried to the back, not in front. If both are in use, one will be in the front, the other to the back. Since you Shield/Fire only has one weapon (the shield), he'll carry it to the back. Pulling out one of the Fire Swords may change that, but since those are power effects and not "Custom Weapons," it may not change your character's running stance. |
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Are there any videos of the Ninja Sprint in action? A friend at work wants to see this new pay4play travel power.
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For those wondering about the female braids causing the blad spot, here's how I dealt with it. I went in and made sure cranium sliders were as follows:
-left-hand (width): no higher than 45-50%
-middle (height): no higher than 25% - or even less!
-right hand (depth): no higher than 45-50%
Now of course these are only approximations. As you can see, the one you really have to worry about is the middle slider. The other two are mere suggestions, as I found that there was only a slight balding at the temples when I set the width slider to maximum.
And really, if this is the only problem this booster pack has, then that's really good.
Oh and BTW, Sapphire7, decaff.
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When i said better i was referring to how the powers work, not their appearance. CJ is better numerically in that you gain far more advantages running CJ than NR when in combat. That is not relative. NR looks cool, but is mechanically inferior in combat. And that's even ignoring CJ's defense buff. Now when traveling i consider NR to be clearly superior to CJ, both in function and looks.
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Originally Posted by SaintTzu
'better' is SO relative. I just ran a few missions on a well-IOed (enough to compensate for the End cost and still go full speed) Claws/Nin Stalker. Left Ninja Run on the whole time, tapping the space bar every so often in the fights just for fun.
Oh, yes. Good, good stuff. Big thanks to the developers. Please note: I wouldn't scream too loudly if it didn't suppress in PvE... |
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Dash through the city with the agility of a ninja! The Ninja Run power is a travel power enabled through the purchase of Super Booster IV: Martial Arts and is available for use at level 4. Use Ninja Run to strike fear in the hearts of your enemies as you increase your run speed and leaping abilities, and the best part? It doesn't use one of your power selections.
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