Discussion: City of Heroes Returns to PAX Prime in Seattle this Sept!
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anachrodragon,
Posted on: 2010-08-06 18:01 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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The markets have always been cross server, and don't display your character name/global/anything about who you're buying from or selling to.
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Originally Posted by Neuronia
Cross-server teaming sounds a lot like I'll be seeing @Neuronia-Champion or something, if so...sounds worrisome.
 They have made it work with the Markets though... Hmm... |
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*psh* Mentioning facts has no effect on quelling rampant speculation.|
Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
The markets have always been cross server, and don't display your character name/global/anything about who you're buying from or selling to.
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In fact i will speculate that we'll be getting comic pages with our characters as the stars being automatically generated as part of the new loading screens.
And a Moon Base. Which is obvious from the posted pictures for some reason. Yeah. <.<
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Dude... They CAN'T take War Witch away. He was looking for team...after she left us...
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She didn't leave us - she just went to the next level |
Originally Posted by Tempus Fugitive
Dude... They CAN'T take War Witch away. He was looking for team...after she left us...
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Everyone loves the secret cow level. *BOOM*
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
She didn't leave us - she just went to the next level
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So who's actually in this picture ? The only one I recognise (besides Apex) is Xanatos from Virtue in the top right (blue/yellow ice/ice blaster ... and my inspiration for originally getting City of Heroes) ...
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Originally Posted by theOcho
What could this mean? Find out at the City of Heroes panel at Pax Prime tomorrow morning!
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CHAMPION!
I predict it's the ability to have NPCs join you as team members for any/most missions, as if they were real players.
"I do so love taking a nice, well thought out character and putting them through hell. It's like tossing a Faberge Egg onto the stage during a Gallagher concert." - me
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I think it's likely they'll be explaining the new LFG feature (which currently has a channel ingame, though it's unused, some /commands, and had it's own tab for a brief time in beta). So my moneys on us getting a few more details on that.
If we're talking far-off never-gonna-happen theories, the picture is of a guy who just changed his main powerset (and possibly AT? I can't remember for sure).
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I would like that, Guild Wars-style.
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Originally Posted by Rabid_Metroid
I predict it's the ability to have NPCs join you as team members for any/most missions, as if they were real players.
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Mechanics leaks are fun. It's how I knew what the next Booster Pack would be and what would be in it. |
Originally Posted by Xaphan
I think it's likely they'll be explaining the new LFG feature (which currently has a channel ingame, though it's unused, some /commands, and had it's own tab for a brief time in beta). So my money's on us getting a few more details on that.
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So you knew it would be a pack of eight emotes and didn't warn us? Jerk. |
Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Mechanics leaks are fun. It's how I knew what the next Booster Pack would be and what would be in it.
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He's a zombie - his heart is rotten |
Originally Posted by Schismatrix
So you knew it would be a pack of eight emotes and didn't warn us? Jerk.
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New comic would be nice provided I can opt to get it digitally instead of dead-tree and mailed.
More teaming options, including a team-making service for Task Forces and Trials would be nice.
New playable content for that level range (or wider) would be great too. Especially if it gets into War Witch's history (or those characters from the comic I know nothing about). Heck, all the characters made for the Korean release would be nice to see in-game too!
It could simply mean that CoH is about to be canceled and we'll all be looking for a team somewhere else.
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If you're going to be like that...|
Originally Posted by saipaman1
It could simply mean that CoH is about to be canceled and we'll all be looking for a team somewhere else.
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It could mean that since its the Blue King comics (ie, the old one) that Cryptic will be taking COH over again. Jack missed being Statesman
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I knew what was going to be in it. I did not know what was not going to be in it. |
Originally Posted by Schismatrix
So you knew it would be a pack of eight emotes and didn't warn us? Jerk.
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Or, since this was the end of the old 'City of Heroes' comic, it could mean they are about to announce 'City of Heroes II' is almost upon us.
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Originally Posted by Psyte
If you're going to be like that...
It could mean that since its the Blue King comics (ie, the old one) that Cryptic will be taking COH over again. Jack missed being Statesman |
I'm calling War Witch Task Force.
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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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Well, I can't find anything that really matches both comic covers (except for Apex), but some interesting things I noticed (as did others, too ... probably ):
- Boomtown is the primary picture in the first one, Revamp?
- The second comic has multiple flight poses shown, Maybe Pool Customization? Maybe?
- Someone mentioned NPC Teammates. Both sort of show this as with the first showing Apex/War Witch/Horus' "team," and the second with Apex "looking" for a team ... and probably reading into it WAY too much, but the foreground of the second cover has "8" heroes standing around.
- There are autumn-looking trees in the second picture as well ... Weather/Season Cycle perhaps? Maybe? ... Please?
Paranoid speculation is fun!
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Originally Posted by Burst_Eagle
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- Boomtown is not pictured there.
- Flight animations work differently than animations tied to power activations.
- There's real hard evidence that new teaming mechanics are on the way
- Now you just reaching.
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Big Red Ball. Finally after all this time. And in the panel Apex is looking for a team to play ball wars.
Don't count your weasels before they pop dink!
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Originally Posted by Suzumebachi
Although cross server teamage would be awesome-sauce, my money is on a Boomtown makeover.
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I'll go with this guess too. The first pick by itself said little but the second one kinda clinches it. Also, the New Boomtown will have a TF with Apex as the starting contact.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
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Now that I've read through the whole thread, this seems a lot more credible. Not as impressive as a full zone revamp, but if the new feature is well done it could be a big boon for new players. This game is so heavily instanced we have to rely on server-wide channels to team up reliably. New players often think the zones are empty when they really aren't.
If this does happen, maybe a short intro to the new teaming mechanic could be added to all tutorials (Hero/Vill/Prae)? I think that would help out new players a lot, to get them using the teaming mechanic right away.
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Also, the leaks are Live, too.|
Originally Posted by gameboy1234
Now that I've read through the whole thread, this seems a lot more credible.
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Look at the channels, there is a system Looking for Group channel.
Use the command to list windows (/windownames). See 'LFG'. Issue this command:
/toggle lfg
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