Discussion: City of Heroes Going Rogue Release Date Announcement!
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Posted on: 2010-06-22 10:44 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Since when did the devs concede to merging the markets? Everything I've ever seen of the subject has been them saying "No. Never. Nada. Shut up, we're not doing it. Period." more or less. Did I miss something recently?
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
Going Rogue and Issue 18 are concurrent. We just have no idea what that means in regards to content. You could consider the merged markets a feature of I18...beyond that, I can't think of anything else.
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Yes, you did. Check the Dev Digest for War Witch's post, they are indeed merging the markets.|
Originally Posted by JKPhage
Since when did the devs concede to merging the markets? Everything I've ever seen of the subject has been them saying "No. Never. Nada. Shut up, we're not doing it. Period." more or less. Did I miss something recently?
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Anyways, I'm so excited now. Going Rogue comes out just in time for my B-day! Great birthday present! =P
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Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack
I believe that GR will be just for Pretoria and it's related content (including side switching system) and I18 will include the new power sets, market merge, QoL improvements and everything else not exclusive to Pretoria/Incarnates or side switching. So while it's technically GR and I18 they have been working on both simultaneously. This way if you didn't purchase GR you'd still have something to look forward.
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No. The new powersets are exclusive to GR.
Can I ask a question what is in Issue 18?
Not the powersets
Not the alignment system
Not Pretoria
Not Incarnates
Hmmmmmm
New Zones?
Powerset Proliferation?
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I hadn't read that they were exclusive to GR, I was under the impression that you would still be able to roll heroes/villains with the new sets (but not rogues/vigilantes). That sucks, so I have to wonder if this is true, then why even bother with releasing I18 concurrently and why not just call I19 I18? |
Originally Posted by Hallowed
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No. The new powersets are exclusive to GR. |
Unless it's I18: Market Merge. That sounds catchy...
Edit: I almost forgot about the other huge long pushed aside event that is finally fixed (Don' think I can talk about it due to NDA). Maybe that will be what I18 is named?
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"NCsoft and Paragon Studios are proud to announce that players will have the opportunity to walk the line between good and evil (or cross it), on August 17th, 2010 with the release of City of Heroes Going Rogue. City of Heroes Going Rogue is the second paid expansion in the City of Heroes® franchise."
....So they are PROUD that GR is delayed? I would not exactly use that word when telling eager paying customers that a product already paid for by many is not coming out on the original date specified.
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Proof that no matter what they do, someone will complain. If they'd not said anything about an anticipated APPROXIMATE release timeframe, people would have been complaining about that, too... <sigh>|
Originally Posted by geeque
"NCsoft and Paragon Studios are proud to announce that players will have the opportunity to walk the line between good and evil (or cross it), on August 17th, 2010 with the release of City of Heroes Going Rogue. City of Heroes Going Rogue is the second paid expansion in the City of Heroes® franchise."
....So they are PROUD that GR is delayed? I would not exactly use that word when telling eager paying customers that a product already paid for by many is not coming out on the original date specified. |
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They actually quoted a release date of July 26th.So if another delay is announced in early August for a PROUD September release...the August date falls under the APPROXIMATE category also? It is not that I am upset with the delay, I want GR to be polished when it is finally released. However, it is the way they are acting like this is a great announcement. Informing the customer of a delay is not something to be proud of. It feels like they are trying to sweep the July release date under the rug like it never happened.
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Originally Posted by PerfectStorm
Proof that no matter what they do, someone will complain. If they'd not said anything about an anticipated APPROXIMATE release timeframe, people would have been complaining about that, too... <sigh>
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It's better to have a delayed product that is closer to being 100% done than to release it early and it be filled with huge bugs.
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Originally Posted by geeque
"NCsoft and Paragon Studios are proud to announce that players will have the opportunity to walk the line between good and evil (or cross it), on August 17th, 2010 with the release of City of Heroes Going Rogue. City of Heroes Going Rogue is the second paid expansion in the City of Heroes® franchise."
....So they are PROUD that GR is delayed? I would not exactly use that word when telling eager paying customers that a product already paid for by many is not coming out on the original date specified. |
Who do I have to *&^% around here to get more Targeted AoE recipes added?
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Originally Posted by geeque
So they are PROUD that GR is delayed?
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YES! We've delayed Going Rogue, Captain!
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Yooooooo! I have to say this is one of those times I actually did laugh out loud. I even had a tear flow!
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
YES! We've delayed Going Rogue, Captain! I have the best crew in all of Star Fleet. |
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Going Rogue contains Praetoria, the new power sets, the start of the Incarnate system and the side switching system - you will need to own a copy of GR to access them.|
Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack
I hadn't read that they were exclusive to GR, I was under the impression that you would still be able to roll heroes/villains with the new sets (but not rogues/vigilantes). That sucks, so I have to wonder if this is true, then why even bother with releasing I18 concurrently and why not just call I19 I18?
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They might revamp some older content to be the main part of the free Issue though - the new Positron Tf was very well received by a lot of players., so they could be intending to fix some other troublesome content for I18.
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They're proud to announce when we'll all be able to get the product.
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Originally Posted by geeque
"NCsoft and Paragon Studios are proud to announce that players will have the opportunity to walk the line between good and evil (or cross it), on August 17th, 2010 with the release of City of Heroes Going Rogue™. City of Heroes Going Rogue is the second paid expansion in the City of Heroes® franchise."
....So they are PROUD that GR is delayed? I would not exactly use that word when telling eager paying customers that a product already paid for by many is not coming out on the original date specified. |
@Golden Girl
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I'd prefer a quality product over a product that is made to a deadline. Most things in life can wait and a good rep is better than a bad one. I am surprised by the deadline being so early. Not putting dampeners on anything I have seen or heard, I just from estimates would be surprised at a great product in short time.
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Um, you aren't supposed to mention you are in closed beta at all, if it's like other closed betas.|
Originally Posted by GMan3
I found the post I was look for and it was by Avatea. It was not stated directly, but since it is in the closed beta forums I don't dare say more than I would be willing to bet a large sum of money that Issue 18 will come out at the same time as, or very closely to the time GR releases (before or after, hard to say).
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Going Rogue contains Praetoria, the new power sets, the start of the Incarnate system and the side switching system - you will need to own a copy of GR to access them.
They might revamp some older content to be the main part of the free Issue though - the new Positron Tf was very well received by a lot of players., so they could be intending to fix some other troublesome content for I18. |
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I know DS and DP are Going Rouge exclusive but are KM and EC also?
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Going Rogue contains Praetoria, the new power sets, the start of the Incarnate system and the side switching system - you will need to own a copy of GR to access them.
They might revamp some older content to be the main part of the free Issue though - the new Positron Tf was very well received by a lot of players., so they could be intending to fix some other troublesome content for I18. |
Who do I have to *&^% around here to get more Targeted AoE recipes added?
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Yes - all the new power sets are only available with GR, along with the side switching system, Praetoria and the start of the Incarnate system.
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Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack
I know DS and DP are Going Rouge exclusive but are KM and EC also?
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@Golden Girl
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No no no, devs. My birthday is on the 16th, not the 17th.
I guess I can accept you being fashionably late just this once.
We'll always have Paragon.
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They did? When and where was that? I seem to recall that maybe that's what Amazon said, but I never saw anything from NCSoft/Paragon Studios other than July 2010 and then Summer 2010.
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geeque can document, please?: They actually quoted a release date of July 26th. |
Dec out.
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Does Amazon often invent release dates for products? Wouldn't they have to have some prompt from the supplier as to what date to put down for a release? I guess I don't work for either company, but that seems logical to me.
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Originally Posted by Decorum
They did? When and where was that? I seem to recall that maybe that's what Amazon said, but I never saw anything from NCSoft/Paragon Studios other than July 2010 and then Summer 2010.
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Actually, yes, in the absence of a concrete date from the manufacturer.
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Mr_Zek wonders: Does Amazon often invent release dates for products? |
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Not that it matters now, but I am not so sure that the initial July release date was "made up" by Amazon. I found the following quote from Examiner.com:
"NCSoft announced this morning an August 17th release date for their City of Heroes Going Rogue expansion pack. Going Rogue had been slated to release July 20."
Here is the link in case you want to check it out:
http://www.examiner.com/x-55444-Aust...ansion-Delayed
Anyways, you decide.
Unless, of course, he's just doing the same thing Zek did.
Of course, you're just as right that it hardly matters now. 
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Stop being obtuse. |
Originally Posted by geeque
They actually quoted a release date of July 26th.So if another delay is announced in early August for a PROUD September release...the August date falls under the APPROXIMATE category also? It is not that I am upset with the delay, I want GR to be polished when it is finally released. However, it is the way they are acting like this is a great announcement. Informing the customer of a delay is not something to be proud of. It feels like they are trying to sweep the July release date under the rug like it never happened.
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They are proud to announce their product with an official release date.
And quite frankly, video games get delayed all the time. I'd rather they delayed it than released it before it's ready.
At least it's being released before August 18th!
I'm excited. I've been playing COH consistently the last five years (on/off since launch), and I still log in because I am amazed at how far this game has come since it launched. I remember being told power customization was a near impossibility (back burner enhancement) at one time.
So for me, each update makes the game sweeter and sweeter. Right now it's like shoving my open mouth into a mound of sugar.