Discussion: Formspring.me 4/23 Dev Q&A Transcript
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Posted on: 2010-04-23 17:17 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Originally Posted by Mutant_Mike
It takes up valuable developer time, but I think the 'blame' should lie at the questioners' feet as they should have at least checked the forums for any answers they might be seeking. (Note - this assumes the people angry about the 'uselessness' of this Q&A are looking for someone to hoist on the yardarm.
 )A question I wish that would have been answered is whether the 'doppelganger' storyline is going to have some kind of copy of the mission-holder, and if this tech will be expanded into other areas of the game.  |
You assign "blame" to the players who asked questions that have already been answered on the forums...
...and then go on to say the devs should have answered a different question... which you can easily find the answer to simply by logging onto the test server right now, or by checking the discussion of said storyline on the forums.
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Epic and patron powers are not AT-specific. Just FYI. |
Originally Posted by Hazygreys
when we respec after changing sides we get that sides epic/patron powers, but which AT matches to which AT? is it brute to scrapper? brute to tank? corr to blaster? dom to controller? and what about vice versa? scrapper and tank to brute?
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Originally Posted by Hazygreys
when we respec after changing sides we get that sides epic/patron powers, but which AT matches to which AT? is it brute to scrapper? brute to tank? corr to blaster? dom to controller? and what about vice versa? scrapper and tank to brute?
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Originally Posted by Zubenelgenubi
Epic and patron powers are not AT-specific. Just FYI.
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Basically, he's asking what sets/powers will each AT have to choose from on the other side.
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I hope Doms get the Controller epics. That would be SWEEEET! |
Originally Posted by Hazygreys
when we respec after changing sides we get that sides epic/patron powers, but which AT matches to which AT? is it brute to scrapper? brute to tank? corr to blaster? dom to controller? and what about vice versa? scrapper and tank to brute?
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But thinking about it that would be unlikely since that would give a Dom access to 2 Power Boosts.
Here's hoping it happens anyway because I wants my Stone Mastery!
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I would like to point out, that just because we have so many slots already, it doesn't mean that nobody wants MOAR CHARACTER SLOTS!!!|
Originally Posted by Evilanna
Thing is, 36 slots is A LOT of character slots for an MMORPG. In fact, I'd venture to guess that CoH has, hands down, more character slots than any video game on the market.
(36 slots per server puts those two other MMOs made by that competitor company to shame, what with them only allowing 3 slots IN TOTAL.) |
*ahem*
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Absolutely. If this game has advantages over other MMOs (and it has many) those advantages should be turned up to 11.
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Originally Posted by TargetOne
I would like to point out, that just because we have so many slots already, it doesn't mean that nobody wants MOAR CHARACTER SLOTS!!!
*ahem* |
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Soil Mastery? Oh, I get it. It's for farmers.
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Well, just a silly little exercise in predictions about Ex-Villain Epic Ancillary Sets:
Heroic Brutes -
Soil Mastery
Inferno Mastery
Energetic Mastery
Kinetic Mastery
Heroic Corruptors -
Explosive Mastery
Frigid Mastery
Shocking Mastery
Arsenal Mastery
Shadow Mastery
Heroic Dominators -
Rocky Mastery
Mental Mastery
Whip Mastery (heh heh)
Plant Mastery
Heroic Masterminds -
Umbral Mastery
Pain Mastery
Cerebral Mastery
Mastery Mastery (*snickers*)
Heroic Stalkers -
(sorry, all of these are Hidden)
Heroic Soldiers and Widows -
Traitor Mastery
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So the four slots per server we got with the last retail pack (CoV) added up to 44 Slots in total to use straight away (on the North American Servers ). The Veteran Program is an incentive to stay subscribed to the game, so in effect we pay to play the game and at the end of each year we are rewarded with one free slot as part of that incentive scheme.|
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
And yet, here I am, a PvE-er who's *asking* for Diminishing Returns to come to PvE. Not only wouldn't I mind, I'd cheer for it. The PvE-ers who wouldn't like it are the same crew, or at least the same mentality of the hard core PvP crowd who min-max to hit the caps. Diminishing Returns reduces that hard-target obsession.
And in fact, we *do* have DR in the PvE world, it's called ED, which, once the IO system came out, is regarded by most PvE-ers who understand game mechanics and balance, a good thing. CoV gave us an extra 4 free slots. Then, for no specific reason, Paragon Studios gave us another 24 slots! That's 24 slots! Extra. Without having to pay for them. Well, except for the fact that the 24 extra slots were locked and we have to pay to unlock them. However, Paragon Studios gave everyone 2 free unlocks (Slot Tokens) when they gave us the 24 extra slots. Then they gave us a free Slot Token for every year you've been subscribed to the game as Veteran Rewards. Now, they're giving us 2 more free Slot Tokens for Going Rogue. Paragon Studios has been very generous with this feature they could have charged dearly for, like WoW does. And they gave us two months of FREE SERVER TRANSFER so people can move characters around in preparation for GR. Which is another service that other games charge dearly for. Again, they've been exceedingly generous. |
I like many have a lot of characters, a heck of a lot, and whilst I am happy with the purchase system, I have used it 5 times quite easily myself, I was just saying that TWO tokens is a bit of a meanine compared to the last retail expansion, when exeryone who bought the last one was granted four per server. And I know that everyone was granted two when they expanded it to 24 purchaseable slots, there decision, not ours. Free stuff is free, this is paid for, and going off the last retail expansion, the slots given are a bit...sparse.
You keep thinking they're generous, you must be easy pleased. But if you don't ask, you wont get. You'll be telling me next that our monthly subs don't go towards paying the staffs wages as they work on the "Free" updates they produce a few times a year to keep us playing here.
Incidentally, I love this game with a passion I sometimes suprise myself with, and like many of us here make noises just because we want Our game to be the very best it can be, as it's good now, but has the potential to be oh so much more and magnificent.
That asside, everything else looks good, looking forward to next week with relish and it's my cake day in July so I am looking forward more than ever to july, apart from th 39th birthday bit hehe.
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Originally Posted by VileTerror
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Me too! If I could pay a one-time fee of, say, $10-$15 to expand the maximum to 72 slots on a server of my choice (*cough*Virtue*cough*), I'd be happy. Heck, I might even be willing to pay an extra monthly fee (a couple of bucks) for the privilege. This, on top of the existing cost to buy extra slots!|
Originally Posted by Resolve
The part about the per-server character limit not going up was really disappointing to me. I do agree with Evilanna that 36 slots is a lot, but there' something about CoH that really encourages (just mine? hope not) altitis and so while 36 slots is nice more would be better.
Much, much better. Enough that I'd pay for it, as a matter of fact. |
I've still got a couple of unused slots I paid for but can't really use 'cause I already have 36 allocated on Virtue.
Seriously, a "character slot" is really just a bunch of numbers in a database. It couldn't take more than a few kilobytes at most to represent a character's appearance, powersets, bio, contacts, badges, etc. And storage is dirt-cheap nowadays. There's no compelling reason why they HAVE to limit the maximum to 36, especially if players are willing to pay for more.
Why even allow us to buy extra slots, or grant them as rewards, if you're going to put an arbitrary, artificial limit on the whole thing?
TargetOne
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D'oh. Where the heck was my mind? I'm an idiot, but I get it now. |
Originally Posted by Master-Blade
Each AT has access to different Epic sets.
Basically, he's asking what sets/powers will each AT have to choose from on the other side. |
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Originally Posted by Zubenelgenubi
D'oh. Where the heck was my mind? I'm an idiot, but I get it now.
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I don't think they were "asking for it" But were checking to see if the devs had considered it since they are suddenly doing balance/nerf passes on certain set bonuses and limiting aoe buffs.|
Originally Posted by PC_guy
Am I the only one that is angered/confused by people asking for DR in PvE?
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I know I was a bit worried and it looked like a wave of nerf bats was approaching.
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None of the above, most likely. Villain-side, the powers your patron will grant you depend on your AT; likewise, the hero-side pools available depend on your AT.
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Originally Posted by Hazygreys
when we respec after changing sides we get that sides epic/patron powers, but which AT matches to which AT? is it brute to scrapper? brute to tank? corr to blaster? dom to controller? and what about vice versa? scrapper and tank to brute?
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I've sometimes wondered if DR was coming to PvE, given how much defense can be stacked by all ATs, and how much buffs and debuffs can stack. But it sounds like that isn't in the works, and the'yre just going to make things semi-tough to get to with IO sets, and keep it with caps and resistance for tougher targets.
I, too, would like to get more than two character slots with GR. Even 3-4 would be nice. I freed up two slots on Victory for GR with the free transfers, and now I'll have two more with GR. I think I have more than four characters I want to be running now and as of GR. I do have a few more on Champion, but I don't like going away from my home server.
I know allowing some expansion of the overall total would be nice, or at least a couple more tokens, even if we can't go over 36. I know that's a lot, but I think the devs would get a return on that investment.
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BAB answered this one about a week ago. It gets brought up in meetings there, and is always shot down. So don't plan on getting it.
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Originally Posted by Kractis_Sky
Sorry didnt have time to ask this during the Q&A, but...
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ya know what? I actually hope they add DR to PvE. I hope they add DR, heal decay, slows and all the other crazy crap that they did for PvP so that the PvE community will tell the devs that the system is horrible and change both systems to something that doesn't suck. unless they start to ignore both communities at that point.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
And yet, here I am, a PvE-er who's *asking* for Diminishing Returns to come to PvE. Not only wouldn't I mind, I'd cheer for it. The PvE-ers who wouldn't like it are the same crew, or at least the same mentality of the hard core PvP crowd who min-max to hit the caps. Diminishing Returns reduces that hard-target obsession.
And in fact, we *do* have DR in the PvE world, it's called ED, which, once the IO system came out, is regarded by most PvE-ers who understand game mechanics and balance, a good thing. |
Positron's i13 letter: We are trying to make PvP more accessible to new players, while giving experienced PvP'ers the advantage that comes with formulating tactics around the new systems we're putting in place. PvP from now on will be on our priority list. If something isn't working out, we'll be in there tweaking it and making it work, for the entire future of the product, not just Issue 13.
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I think they will get their own unique pool of powers for the crossed APP/PPP. Mainly because if you did matching where Dominators would get the Controllers APP they could get Power Boost twice and the Dev's won't let a toon get the same power twice. And Corruptors couldn't get Blasters because they could potentially get Snow Storm twice.
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Originally Posted by Katie V
None of the above, most likely. Villain-side, the powers your patron will grant you depend on your AT; likewise, the hero-side pools available depend on your AT.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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Wait. Didn't Stalkers get an accidental sneak peak of their Epic Ancillary Pool during Feature Update Issue 17 Beta?
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How will the epic power pools/villain patron pools work for toons that change sides and/or stay in the gray area? by Cybernaut1 [Castle] A character who switches sides completely will retain their current Ancillary / Patron Powers until they respec. At which point, they will be forced to select from their "current" alignment. Heroes and Vigilantes count toward "Heroes". Villains and Rogue count toward "Villains". |
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| this i belive was the most interesting piece of info revealed |
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just because a patron can be the patron for any at doesnt mean the powers each AT can get are the same.
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Originally Posted by Zubenelgenubi
Epic and patron powers are not AT-specific. Just FYI.
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Originally Posted by Nights_Dawn
Hazy is right
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Yeah very much so in fact. I was really impressed with how futuristic\shiny it looks and I'm super looking forward to seeing that in game. Great job on the art.
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Originally Posted by David Nakayama
Cool, man. Tried to drop some confirmation for you guys, and I hope you enjoyed seeing the new hospital design as well.
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