Crazy Issue 20 Theories
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Posted on: 2010-09-16 11:13 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Wasn't that part of the Party Pack?
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Originally Posted by ChaosAngelGeno
Anyone got a spare tinfoil hat?
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@Golden Girl
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Shucks, I should've purchased that one.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Wasn't that part of the Party Pack?
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I agree. I'd also like the ability to attach decorations to my racks. The racks I have in this game are so smooth and featureless. I think they'd look much more appealing with little button-like bumps on them. They would definitely be more eye-catching that way.|
Originally Posted by galadiman
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Everquest is currently running on its second game engine.
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Originally Posted by DMystic
I don't know of any games that have had an engine change after launch but it is theoretically possible.
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Considering they are back ordered for I20 AND I21, they are probably doing something so damn massive that it will require two updates. I'm going with a complete overhaul of old content. Sprucing up a mission here and there, playing with the war walls, etc. I could say something crazy like making Shadow Shard actually playable and a part of the extreme end game. Hell, anything is up for grabs here but just in general: complete overhaul of old content.
Whining about everything since 2006.
Ammo switching for Dual Pistols was my idea:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=135484
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A new game experience?
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Originally Posted by Vel_Overload
complete overhaul of old content.
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@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
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open ended question? post padding? Simple answer?|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
A new game experience?
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yes.
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kinda.
Not everything in old content would be changed. Just a few missions would be updated, perhaps whole areas would be changed, etc.
Whining about everything since 2006.
Ammo switching for Dual Pistols was my idea:
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=135484
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And let's leave it at that. It's a joke that's better for people not to know. I envy those that don't.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think you missed the joke
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But you can't stop them from knowing, anymore than you can stop the suns from setting.
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Originally Posted by McNum
And let's leave it at that. It's a joke that's better for people not to know. I envy those that don't.
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@Golden Girl
City of Heroes comics and artwork
Legacy zone revamp, knocked-down Warwalls using the new praetorean "smooth" zoning....
one can dream.
Primal Earth gets destroyed by Emp. Cole (or Vogons!), heroes and villains from Primal Earth manage to escape to Praetorian Earth just prior to destruction, we all live in a new expanded Praetoria, and Devs won't have to revamp any of the old stuff
http://www.scene-and-heard.com/cov/covsig.jpg
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You can't stop the signal Mal. But you can kill nerds with swords.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
But you can't stop them from knowing, anymore than you can stop the suns from setting.
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Swings and roundabouts.
Issue 20 will launch MAA, or "Mission Architect Architect". Players can create their own mission creation and editing system for editing missions. Player-created systems will be listed for use by others players, who can rate and reivew the systems. Other players using your system will earn you "ticket-tickets" which can be exchanged for tickets and ultimately ticket rewards.
Issue 20 will also feature Invention Inventions - new enhancements that can be slotted into invention origin enhancements to imporve their effect on your powers. For example, you can slot a set of six "Positron's Metagaming" into one Obliteration IO, increasing its effect on your PBAoE power.
Finally, Issue 20 will introduce the "Flash-Forward" system in a new zone named Soroboruo, where players can play story arcs that the Devs haven't invented yet and won't normally be playable until players achieve level 60, 70, 80 and beyond. The arcs function like mini task forces, where players' levels are increased to the minimum for each arc. Completing Soroboruo arcs earns you reward debits that can be exchanged for invention origin detractions, which can be slotted into powers to decrease their effects.
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My three guesses what would require a written NDA and much more testing than other Issues:
1. Space and Moon zones. They'd have to revamp their game engine, flight animations, etc. to account for variable gravity. Considering how often Positron has said something like "if we redid all the old zones, we'd never have time to create the Moon zone", this is at least a possibility. However, I doubt this would require a written NDA.
2. Replace the Cryptic-created game engine with something newer, such as the one used by Aion. This might also be coupled with:
3. The "Coming Storm" radically alters reality, bending the laws of physics. This is the rational for revising the entire power-system to fix the "mistakes" that devs like Castle have been complaining about. Everyone gets to rebuild their existing characters from scratch using the new powers, while keeping their current level. Think of it as City of Heroes 2.0 without having to leave your current server.
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I love your various posts. They are the awesome. Filled with Wit and Cunning, and even a little bit of Peter Venkman. Heh. Anyways, keep up the good work, it's hard to get a smile on my face in these forums, usually it's "That would never work" and "No they would never do that". It's so rare to see humorous ponderings that would never take place.
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Originally Posted by Dollymistress
I like how Epic is defined here as unique then used in plural when related to a single subject. The use of quantify is fun too.
Take no notice of me, I've just reached the maxmimum setting on my Boredom-O-Meter, where I begin to channel a mixture of Peter Venkman and River Tam. |
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Originally Posted by Galactoman
Poor Coyote... I've always wondered what he did to piss off Statesman badly enough to earn himself a lifetime of telling newbies to punch sick people...
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I like two pretty nicely. But three could be rendered un-needed if all the current variables are still in the new engine.|
Originally Posted by Siergen
My three guesses what would require a written NDA and much more testing than other Issues:
1. Space and Moon zones. They'd have to revamp their game engine, flight animations, etc. to account for variable gravity. Considering how often Positron has said something like "if we redid all the old zones, we'd never have time to create the Moon zone", this is at least a possibility. However, I doubt this would require a written NDA. 2. Replace the Cryptic-created game engine with something newer, such as the one used by Aion. This might also be coupled with: 3. The "Coming Storm" radically alters reality, bending the laws of physics. This is the rational for revising the entire power-system to fix the "mistakes" that devs like Castle have been complaining about. Everyone gets to rebuild their existing characters from scratch using the new powers, while keeping their current level. Think of it as City of Heroes 2.0 without having to leave your current server. |
And from that point -forward- new powers could be created with the engine's new functionality in mind, or aspects added to the original CoH1 powers without removing functionality or breaking the cottage rule.
-Rachel-
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I don't like the idea of replacing the game engine with Aion's engine. I want to be able to fly for more than 30 seconds |
Originally Posted by Steampunkette
I like two pretty nicely. But three could be rendered un-needed if all the current variables are still in the new engine.-Rachel-
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Oh, agreed. But the clause "Such As" creates a nice disconnect, in my opinion. It leaves room for another engine, perhaps one with a fully realized physics engine part of the core material, rather than added on. =-3|
Originally Posted by Dollymistress
I don't like the idea of replacing the game engine with Aion's engine. I want to be able to fly for more than 30 seconds
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-Rachel-
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Probably NOT bunnies this time. It's not too far outside the realm of possibility, though, to suspect there might be more than a few spider monkeys involved.
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Originally Posted by Obsidius
Do you have any of your own crazy theories about Issue 20 and what could be under the NDA?
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I20 is a Nemesis Plot.
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TO THE END!Villains are those who dedicate their lives to causing mayhem. Villians are people from the planet Villia!
Well I was gonna throw in the towel on this game, but here it goes since its fun speculation.
1. City of heroes 2.0 sounds good 1 is starting to lose me.
2. maybe wrestling/grapple moves engine.
3. weather, storms blowing some with altering effects like falling down from a harsh wind,etc...
4. vehicles for traveling possibly
5. environmental damage and interactivity like picking up rubble or trees which is number 2 kinda.
6. maybe it will be AE's anniversary and they will let us fully customize missions, including a place button to place objects, buildings, baddies etc.. anywhere in the map, like base building kinda.
again, and someone said utter failure is i20, but im optimistic, and like the speculation part of the thread rock on thread dude.
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Incidentally that limit had nothing to do with the engine.|
Originally Posted by Dollymistress
I don't like the idea of replacing the game engine with Aion's engine. I want to be able to fly for more than 30 seconds
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I remember seeing wing upgrades that I'd never have enough kin to buy, but would've been sweet to use.
Issue 20 will have variant covers drawn by different famous artists and a set of holo-foil stickers inserted into the middle. Sadly, the stickers will be annoying because you'll need to remove them very carefully from the staples if you want the issue pages to remain intact - but hey any real collector won't remove them anyways since that will destroy the pristine value of the book.
The Widow's Dark Hand - leader of Faux Pas
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NEW class!!! And sorry to say this but if DR comes to PvE I might be done for good.
Anyone got a spare tinfoil hat?