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
Bought this faster than a ninja. 
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If you look on the page where you can purchase it, click on the links of the emotes and costume change emotes to see them. Also Ninja run is viewable, as well as some of the costume pieces in the screenshots.|
Originally Posted by StormVyxen
Screenshots please? This will determine whether or not I actually buy this.
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I see more stuff like this in the future, though. They have to make the Super Boosters worth $10 to more than just the collectors and costume addicts. Look at the Super Tailor introduced with the Science pack - that's *huge*! It's a real incentive to spend that $10. I think they're going to keep it up, too.. which is an excellent business decision. |
Originally Posted by JDub
I'll use it, but something as cool as this could have been intoduced to the game alot better than this.
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I mean, I don't have a ton of money to throw around, but I have a bit of money set aside as "spending money", and since City is basically my only form of entertainment (besides vodka.. ahem) I don't sweat the extra $10 once or twice per year. I already save that much (or more) by paying for my subscription annually instead of monthly.
I dont wanna say anything because i dont want the power nerfed, but, that'd be dishonest, so...
NS stacks with Inertial Reduction!
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PS: Neither NS nor WALK work after you've switched builds and are subject to the 15 minute timer. Fix pls =)
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wow, 4 pages in and no one has brought up the new weapons. yes that's right this pack does come with new weapons!
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I haven't bought the pack yet (have to wait for next month) any one got pics of the new weapons?
| The Martial Arts themed male, female and huge costume parts include robes, shoulders, legs, gloves, footwear, mask, belt and head pieces, as well as new hair styles, chest emblems, and weapons. |
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Originally Posted by Bright Shadow
Oh come ON!!!!
The first thing I noticed where the boots and I was like "Boy, these would look GREAT under Flared Pants as an alternative to the crappy Sneakers we have in-game right now!" Then I go to actually check that hypothesis, and guess what! We're not allowed to have 'em under pants!!! COME ON!!!!! Please, guys! Please please please please please, can we PLEASE have them enabled under pants as well?! |
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Damn Levelup Games...
Another booster we wont have selling here on Brazil because they are incompetent...
Now waiting for my friend from Dallas to come back from work and buy this for me from his IP....
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It's working as intended, sorry.
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Originally Posted by FitzSimmons
Just bought it and checked it out real quick. It detoggles SJ, CJ and SS. I'm sure it detoggles Hover and Fly too.
So there's no advantage in PVP with it. I hate losing the defense that CJ gives but it does look pretty cool. I might bug it and see if we can at least get CJ not to detoggle. |
I've been really cranking numbers and trying to move stuff around to find a power to remove on my widow. I think now I can safely remove SJ and rely on ninja run. She has a fast run speed already thanks to Mental Training, and if I combine that with Sprint she should run quite fast, with just enough jump height to get over obstacles (I have a jump pack otherwise).
Other than that, my monkey character has spent the last hour just jumping and flipping because it's so damn cool.
I haven't seen all the costume parts yet, but some are pretty good. I may end up using the shoulderpads and gloves. But I heard someone say you can't use the belt without a robe? If that's true... can we get that changed?! 
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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU
Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.
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Thanks for confirming. That kinda stinks.|
Originally Posted by Castle
It's working as intended, sorry.
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I have one ninja based toon (ma/inv) and I think it'd be cool to fight with Ninja Run on but not at the cost of losing CJ.
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The detoggling of other powers is understandable, but if you could find it in your hearts to make it slottable with End Reduction, I would be eternally grateful.
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It's nowhere near as powerful as either SS or SJ.|
Originally Posted by Blue Rabbit
And apparently combines SS with SJ. But I may be wrong.
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Originally Posted by Sapphire7
and also "costs .46 end/sec"
Wow, expensive power! Glad it jumps higher than CJ, but sad that you lose the defense bonus. I hope we can slot it for endredux. |
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Originally Posted by EvilRyu
Is the ninja run slottable? This would be the ultimate super reflexes toon. I could finally drop super speed for that totally natural character.
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In my defense, no one had said it wasn't slottable when I asked if it was slottable. |
Originally Posted by Sardan
Nope. And you're not the only one who'd drop regular travel powers if this was better and/or slottable. I'm sure the devs are sensitive to the folks who complain about not wanting to feel forced into having to do microtransactions in order to have a strong character. Hence the high end cost, incompatibility with CJ, no Def bonus, and inability to slot.
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Also, I understand their reasoning, but it doesn't mean I have to like it. ;]
I'm still advocating CJ being suppressed instead of tetoggled! Ohplease!?
IMPORTANT NOTE
The PvE speed and Jump Height values are correct. However, at this time, the PvP values are NOT correct. They are set equal to Super Jump's values while in Arenas or PvP zones.
This will be corrected in a future patch.
Obviously I don't know for certain as I'm wasting time at work and can't check it yet...
But I would assume that the de-toggling works in a similar manner to the other automatic de-toggles.
ie when you toggle NR on, it turns off CJ, SJ, SS, Fly, Hover, etc and if you toggle any of those back on then NR automatically turns off. So, if that's the case, then just make your two turn on binds. Hit NR...run...hit the CJ bind...go to town.
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Martial Arts is not an origin it's a powerset so it looks to me like the devs are already coming out with new types of booster packs.
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Originally Posted by Sapphire7
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But my question/concern is this: When we rotate through all five origins, what then? Are we going to start over and get even more pieces? Will we have other booster packs to look forward to? I guess it boils down to the fact that we're close to the end of the Origin packs now, and there are still a lot of costume options I was hoping for that we're not going to see this round. Will there be another round to address more requests? |
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Hey, they ninja'd it in. |
Originally Posted by JDub
I'll use it, but something as cool as this could have been intoduced to the game alot better than this.
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And now I'm tempted to roll a Micheal Dudikoff clone. Or Lee van Cleef.
Chuck Norris? Uh... no.
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I was wanting it to be slotted because we need a natural alternative to super speed and other travel powers that isnt dog slow unless your super reflexes. I hope castle does considering lowering the end cost on this if its not going to be slottable
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Originally Posted by Sardan
It's nowhere near as powerful as either SS or SJ.
It's not slottable. Nope. And you're not the only one who'd drop regular travel powers if this was better and/or slottable. I'm sure the devs are sensitive to the folks who complain about not wanting to feel forced into having to do microtransactions in order to have a strong character. Hence the high end cost, incompatibility with CJ, no Def bonus, and inability to slot. |
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It's representative of the Natural Origin. Cyborg is Tech, Magic and Super Science are self explanatory, so Martial Arts is Natural.|
Originally Posted by GhoulSlayer
Martial Arts is not an origin it's a powerset so it looks to me like the devs are already coming out with new types of booster packs.
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Then we have Mutant, and maybe Incarnate if you really push it...
Then we could just... you know... go through the origins again, but with a different focus? You know... Gadgets for Tech, Aliens for Natural, stuff like that.
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I'm only worried because walk does not work that way. Walk detoggles everything, and then you have to physically turn walk off before you can start executing powers again. Granted, walk is an exception... so I'm hoping you're right!!
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Originally Posted by Soulwind
ie when you toggle NR on, it turns off CJ, SJ, SS, Fly, Hover, etc and if you toggle any of those back on then NR automatically turns off. So, if that's the case, then just make your two turn on binds. Hit NR...run...hit the CJ bind...go to town.
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Combined with Hurdle I think Ninja Run is already faster than Flight, is it not?
Ninja Run alone is worth this pack!
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Not all Technology based characters are Cyborgs, but the Cyborg pack counted as the "Technology" pack. I *do* hope they come out with more natural based costume bits, but make no mistake this does count as the Natural booster pack.
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Originally Posted by GhoulSlayer
Martial Arts is not an origin it's a powerset so it looks to me like the devs are already coming out with new types of booster packs.
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I've just looked through the costume bits, and they are AWESOME! I can already see a few non-martial artist uses for some of the pieces. The Chinese broadsword looks sweet too!
Oh, and Jay, Cheryl: whichever one of you is responsible for the Tai gloves (Tai Skin, specifically) is my hero; finally, there's an option for brawlers other than wrapped hands and forearms or fingerless gloves.
Yeah, I'm digging this booster. 
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The Ninja run looks great and I really like it for the most part. On the other hand, I REALLY hate that something this cool that I've wanted for so long was only made availabe thru a booster pack. I wish this would have been introduced into the game in a new travel pool with three other new powers. It costs waaaay to much endurance to not be able to slot it, and it turns off CJ. The biggest draw back is I want to use it IN battle. I move around alot while fighting and I want to have that style IN battle.
I'll use it, but something as cool as this could have been intoduced to the game alot better than this.