By
Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-01-12 11:09 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Originally Posted by Obsidius
C'mon devs, make me eat my words
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I tried that once, hence why I don't have it. Hence why I don't want it 
Arbitrary rules, etc.
I think it's far more likely that the Mothership comment was just a joking moment of Rikti-speak, and that the actual announcement they have is something like a week of Rikti Invasion. If that's the case, I'd be nervous about actually announcing it too, what with the heightened expectations that have been built up.
Seems to me to be the age-old announcement of an announcement, in this case for the next issue.
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Originally Posted by Sermon
Seems to me to be the age-old announcement of an announcement, in this case for the next issue.
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Originally Posted by Sermon
Maybe Traditionalist Epic Archetype could explain this positweet:
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Originally Posted by Calash
Edit: The only way I can see the benefit is if Rikti portal tech does not increase power requirements as you increase mass. So the portal to move the mothership cost just as much as to move a monkey. Then you would save in the long run by performing large troop jumps.
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Even if it increases as you increase mass, it could still be more efficient - especially when crossing dimensions - to do one big one rather than many.
It might take five gold coins per person either way, but not having to pay the ten gold coin start up fee two thousand times makes it cheaper to do it all at once. |
My 2 Cents:
A Rikit Mothership interior map.
*shrugs* Just a guess. 
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Originally Posted by stoneheart
Yeah, it is. Hate to be the one to rain on the parade, but anyone remember the "Star Strider" thing running across all servers last year? The devs giving each server various tasks and things to protect?
Whole lotta setup, and that went nowhere. |
Now that I've had some time to think about it, the Motherships' purpose may just be mobile bases. Sure, it may cost less energy to port the troops between dimensions and no motherships... but then they have to recall them back after a sortie, then transport them back for the next battle, etc etc... unless they expect the troops to fight endlessly without any rest and resupply. Not to mention simply moving from one city to the next.
The motherships would let the Rikti troops to rest as needed in relative safety (well, until they realized that superheroes have a habit of blowing the ships up, anyway), and move easily from battlefield to battlefield, and dropping/retrieving troops as necessary. Given it's apparent armor and shields, it's probably impossible to destroy with conventional weaponry... so minus the whole superhero vulnerability problem, it makes a pretty good base of operations.
Rikti need to sleep too! And I don't think that invading extradimensional aliens get very good hotel rates.
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Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel
And you know what would also be amazing? If the Rikti had set up shop in the Shadow Shard somewhere and that was part of how they were launching their invasion, the dimensional holes they puncture to reach the Rogue Isles linger and give villains Shadow Shard access! |
Some of this is starting to get near to Issue-levels of content - I'm pretty sure it's just an event of some sort
I'm just hoping, whatever it is, that Snaptooth is an integral part of it...
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Originally Posted by GuyPerfect
In the mean time, you can stay the hell out of our forums.
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Originally Posted by DarkEther
I'm just hoping, whatever it is, that Snaptooth is an integral part of it...
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Originally Posted by That_Ninja
The forums are for all players, even negative responses. It's more refreshing than the sycophantic ones we've been getting over the past year.
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Originally Posted by BlueBattler
You're evil.
Though I had this sudden image of a Snaptooth Rikti ... an EB Rikti with a Redcap hat and beard ... |
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Originally Posted by Obscure Blade
Who throws Rikti Monkeys at people's heads.
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Originally Posted by Down_Incognito
I say they're introducing a Rikti AT.
..and I want the Rikti-Monkey-throwing power mentioned in the above post |
Wait a tick...
To be more optimistic...
On the 2008 survey there was a suggestion that there would perhaps be some sort of alien ship that would be part of the post lvl 50 content...
| For existing City of Heroes and City of Villains players who have previously reached the level cap of 50, the Expansion will take them into outer space where they can now find challenges that test their powers and skills to the max. On an alien space station that mysteriously appears over Earth, Heroes and Villains will race to unlock the secrets of the place and be the first to reap the rewards that are only available to the best of the best. |
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Originally Posted by Obsidius
Wait a tick...
To be more optimistic... On the 2008 survey there was a suggestion that there would perhaps be some sort of alien ship that would be part of the post lvl 50 content... ... and now the mods are dropping big hints about an impending invasion and a "mothership"... Coincidence? Or not? |
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Originally Posted by stoneheart
Yeah, it is. Hate to be the one to rain on the parade, but anyone remember the "Star Strider" thing running across all servers last year? The devs giving each server various tasks and things to protect?
Whole lotta setup, and that went nowhere. |
Ahem...
Our Mods have been Rikti-fied in their names.... clue?
The Mothership arrival is imminent?
My wish: Hero One and the other members of Omega Team have, after years of fighting the advance of their condition, finally succumbed to Riktification. The Mothership carrying them has at last reached Earth Prime and is preparing to reintroduce them to their homeworld.
How I would handle it game-wise: Rikti invasions as normal, however if enough players collect in the zone under attack the Mothership moves into view overhead. There is a short countdown (1 minute or so) the last 10 seconds of which flash on the screen like in PvP Zones. When it reaches zero one of the members of Omega Team are teleported down. They are AV level enemies and appear in various locations about the zone. If they can all be killed prior to another timer running out then Hero One (Giant Monster) appears and wreaks havoc.
This pretty much would follow right in line with the recent Halloween Banners and Lord of Winter approach to event management.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
That's like a whole new system of endgame content - so it'd have to be Issue 17 then, as I really don't think there's any way they'd release something that big just as a non-Issue patch.
In fact, for the people who've been here form the start, what is the largest ever non-Issue patch they've released? The only ones I can think of are the events and the booster packs. |
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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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