Alpha Slot Removed from Going Rogue

Positron just posted this announcement in the announcement discussion forums. I understand a repost seems a little unnecessary, but I don't know that I definitely would have seen it considering it isn't in the regular announcement section.

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Originally Posted by Positron Hey everyone, I know it’s been common knowledge for a while that the initial phase of the Incarnate system would be available in City of Heroes: Going Rogue. As you know, I’ve been spearheading the “End-Game” system for City of Heroes, to give players a lot of what they’ve been asking for: more powers, greater customization, more epic battles, and most of all, more content to do with their Level 50’s. That last point was something that we got great feedback on in the GR Closed Beta. Even though it was just a sneak peak, the Alpha Slot doesn’t benefit the player in a way that we had envisioned it would. Because of this feedback we have decided to act sooner rather than later. Since Alpha Slot Incarnate Abilities do not exemplar down (and we're not changing that), we find that players end up with Power that has limited use. We recognize that the Alpha Slot experience is something that a lot of you are eagerly awaiting for and we want to make sure that it is awesome, and most of all fun, when we bring the system on-line. We still want to do an “Alpha Slot Sneak Peek”, but we want it to happen once more of the system and content are closer to being ready for prime time. We want to thank everyone who tested and gave their feedback on the Alpha Slot, the drop rates, the costs, and especially how they see the Abilities interacting with their builds, math-wise. Your testing has been invaluable and we have learned a great deal in a short time thanks to you. We now feel that the Alpha Slot and Incarnate Abilities will have a much higher impact when they are ready to be rolled out. That’s not to say you can’t continue to discuss what you have seen in the beta. I encourage the dialogs that you guys have started to continue, and we will continue to read your thoughts and feedback. We hope this helps you to understand why we’ve come to this decision and appreciate your patience while we continue making the Alpha Slot and the rest of the Incarnate System the best that it can be.

I mentioned this elsewhere, but I don't think that this should be read as the Incarnate system now not requiring a copy of GR to work.

Sooo... GR has nothing but 1-20 content we have to wait till I19?



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D:

I missed out on trying the alpha slot *Cri*

Hope there's some Endgame going into GR. I'm pretty sure with the quality we got in CoV, there'll be mid game content going in.

Positron didn't feel that whatever the Alpha Slot does was good enough for the players. They're not taking away your shiny new toy to be mean; they're taking it away to make it better. And really, since only the first of ten "Incarnate Levels" was initially stated as being included with Going Rogue, it's not like we're losing that much. I mean, would you rather them just completely do away with any sort of preview for the Incarnate system and just wait until Issue 19 to unveil everything? I personally wouldn't. And if there's still a chance of getting a little taste of the system early, albeit later than originally advertised, I have no problem with this.

Eh.

So Going Rogue:

• 4 powersets (2 available now, for pre-purchase customers)
• Ability to creat any of the 'original' villain/hero archetypes as a neutral
• 1-20 praetorian content
• morality 'tip' missions for Isles/Paragon characters 20+ (Note: all customers can play tip missions, but only GR owners can change factions)
• Endgame (incarnate/alpha{?}) content for 50's. (delayed?)

Shades of SSOCS.

Okay I give... what the hells an Alpha slot????

So I wonder if the people in Beta are taking this news in stride, staying calm, discussing how it's a great system that just needs a little work and is well worth the wait for I19

or are they in full mouth foaming total flip out mode?