Paragon's I-19 Alpha Strike Task Force Trailer
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Posted on: 2010-10-12 09:34 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Nope. There are just the two, right now.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
And now there are 4
 And technically, there are actuallt 6, if you go back in time to fight Tyrant on the Hero's Hero arc, or punch his clone in the face on the Hero's Epic arc |
Two are storyarcs, not TFs, and the other two aren't in-game, yet. The only Evil Cole you can smack around is Nazi Cole.
-Rachel-
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Those are the same tentacles you see not only in the Hydra Trial, but in the sewers of the Abandoned Sewer Network and the drainage pools in Faultline.|
Originally Posted by Doc_Reverend
And is that the Hydra with those face-tentacles? So what happens, in the chaos the Hydra breaks free of the sewers and onto the streets or something? Because that rocks seeing it again.
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The video shows them popping up in a... surprise, sewer!
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But a story arc still counts for slapping an evil Cole, so helping Maria Jenkins can also give the same amount of Cole-slapping action as the KTF |
Originally Posted by Steampunkette
Nope. There are just the two, right now.
Two are storyarcs, not TFs, and the other two aren't in-game, yet. The only Evil Cole you can smack around is Nazi Cole. |
@Golden Girl
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Technically there are only 3, then. The two Column TFs and the legacy Maria Jenkins arc.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
But a story arc still counts for slapping an evil Cole, so helping Maria Jenkins can also give the same amount of Cole-slapping action as the KTF
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Since the new one is a clone it's not -his- face. It's the clone's.
Though if you're looking to punch his face without regards to whether it's attached to him you could always print out a picture of him to punch or put your fist through a monitor.
-Rachel-
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I don' think we're going to meet him on a TF until we've got more Incarnate slots available - if he's become so powerful, we'll probably need a lot more than just the alpha slot to be able to take him down.|
Originally Posted by Steampunkette
Technically there are only 3, then. The two Column TFs and the legacy Maria Jenkins arc.
Since the new one is a clone it's not -his- face. It's the clone's. |
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| Though if you're looking to punch his face without regards to whether it's attached to him you could always print out a picture of him to punch or put your fist through a monitor. |
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I'm willing to wager that since this is the ALPHA STRIKE, I bet that these two Task Forces are NOT the last we will hear from Praetoria. I bet we WILL fight Emperor Cole eventually once we become powerful enough.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I don' think we're going to meet him on a TF until we've got more Incarnate slots available - if he's become so powerful, we'll probably need a lot more than just the alpha slot to be able to take him down.
Actually, I'm working on a model of him for comic book purposes |
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If he's hugely powerful, he might even be used in a raid of some sort.
EDIT: I'd be fun to fight him in his laval cave lair - the new MJ arc says that place is linked to the Praetorian Well of the Furies, which is why it's the only place an Incarnate like Statesman could be held prisoner, because those glowing restraint things are linked to the Well - but it could also make for an awesome raid area where Tyrant draws on the power of the Well to fight us - he'd probably have a legion of Olympian Guards to help him out too
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Oh that's a given. Eventually after we kick the crap out of all his little Praetor minions, he's going to show up himself grumbling, "If you want something done right..."|
Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer
I'm willing to wager that since this is the ALPHA STRIKE, I bet that these two Task Forces are NOT the last we will hear from Praetoria. I bet we WILL fight Emperor Cole eventually once we become powerful enough.
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I really hope that sword aura becomes available to players either as a temp power or an incarnate ability.
HEck I'd be happy if it were just a cosmetic aura that we could unlock.
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He might get some help from his Hamidon buddy too |
Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Oh that's a given. Eventually after we kick the crap out of all his little Praetor minions, he's going to show up himself grumbling, "If you want something done right..."
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This kicked it for me. I bet it's an Incarnate ability.
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Originally Posted by DMystic
I really hope that sword aura becomes available to players either as a temp power or an incarnate ability.
HEck I'd be happy if it were just a cosmetic aura that we could unlock. |
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That my guess to, but who really no.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Incarnate TF rewards?
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Actually, you should thank the Marketing team. Though I make artistic suggestions and prioritize edits, the actual production and release is handled by Black Pebble and co.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
EDIT: Thanks for making sure this got uploaded, David!
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Originally Posted by Noble Savage
Actually, you should thank the Marketing team. Though I make artistic suggestions and prioritize edits, the actual production and release is handled by Black Pebble and co.
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B-but ... Marketing are soulless Void Beasts who gorge themselves on the suffering of innocent players! You mean they did something good?!
I'm scared, David. Hold me. I think end times are upon us.
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My first thought about stopping the Praetorian invasion is: How strong are Primal Earth/Rikti relations these days? lol
Also, someone tell Reichsman that there is a pretender to his power on the way. :P
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There could be a "Marcus Cole Club" in which only people with legal I.D. proving that they are the one and only Marcus Cole are invited.
It would be more populated than The Crucible.
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Funny how often I think this same thing.
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Originally Posted by Goliath Bird Eater
B-but ... Marketing are soulless Void Beasts who gorge themselves on the suffering of innocent players! You mean they did something good?!
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Y'know, I'd absolutely LOVE it if the Traditionalist Rikti (that's the faction we've begun working with, right?) stepped up and helped the Primal Earth effort against the Praetorian invasion. Despite the various Vanguard arcs that detail this schism among the Earthbound Rikti, there's not much evidence overall that there are actually Rikti who are interested in peace. All we see outside of those arcs are hostile Rikti soldiers in the streets and occasional Rikti bombing runs.
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Originally Posted by CaptainMoodswing
My first thought about stopping the Praetorian invasion is: How strong are Primal Earth/Rikti relations these days? lol
Also, someone tell Reichsman that there is a pretender to his power on the way. :P |
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Originally Posted by Noble Savage
Actually, you should thank the Marketing team. Though I make artistic suggestions and prioritize edits, the actual production and release is handled by Black Pebble and co.
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Michelle: "Black Pebbles of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist."
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That's a common misconception.... actually, several misconceptions in that post.|
Originally Posted by Goliath Bird Eater
B-but ... Marketing are soulless Void Beasts who gorge themselves on the suffering of innocent players! You mean they did something good?!
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Take, for example, the frequent supposition that marketers are soulless.
This oft-used statement arises from the (incorrect) assumption that their lack of fear of the eternal damnation of which their lies, damn lies, sheer sadism, and misdirections should have prepared for them is because they have no souls to be damned. The most popular hypothesis includes the idea that they lost said souls through a deal with the devil-- exchanging the etheral core of self for the silvery-tongued skills that torment us so.
There is some grain of truth in that thinking-- marketers have, indeed, made such a deal with the devil... but it takes the form of a promissary note, not an immediate tranfer. Until the time identified in the contract, the soul must remain with the marketer-- indeed, as the source of all intelligent expression and creativity, the soul cannot leave lest he be unable to make use of the gifts of persuasion necessary in his role as deceiver.
It is only after the contractually-established time that the devil claims his due. At this post-animus state, the empty vessel, devoid of what little creative spark may have fueled his former role in life, lacks the necessary prerequisites to be considered a marketer, so the expression of "soulless marketer" never accurately applies. Instead, these lethargic husks, still gifted with oratorical skill but lacking of spark or intellect, should be identified by the more appropriate label of "senior management."
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EDIT: Marketing's characterization as void beasts, that they gorge themselves on suffering, and that any players are truly innocent are all commonly-held falsehoods that I could further elaborate on... perhaps another time.
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I have been thoroughly sussed.
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Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
That's a common misconception.... actually, several misconceptions in that post.
Take, for example, the frequent supposition that marketers are soulless. This oft-used statement arises from the (incorrect) assumption that their lack of fear of the eternal damnation of which their lies, damn lies, sheer sadism, and misdirections should have prepared for them is because they have no souls to be damned. The most popular hypothesis includes the idea that they lost said souls through a deal with the devil-- exchanging the etheral core of self for the silvery-tongued skills that torment us so. There is some grain of truth in that thinking-- marketers have, indeed, made such a deal with the devil... but it takes the form of a promissary note, not an immediate tranfer. Until the time identified in the contract, the soul remains with the marketer-- indeed, as the source of all intelligent expression and creativity, the soul must remain within the owner, lest he be unable to make use of the gifts of persuasion necessary in his role as deceiver. It is only after the contractually-established time that the devil claims his due. At this post-animus state, the soulless husk, devoid of what little creative spark may have fueled his former role in life, lacks the necessary prerequisites to be considered a marketer, so the expression of "soulless marketer" never accurately applies. Instead, these lethargic husks, still gifted with oratorical skill but lacking of spark or intellect, should be identified by the more appropriate label of "senior management." --- EDIT: Marketing's characterization as void beasts, that they gorge themselves on suffering, and that any players are truly innocent are all commonly-held falsehoods that I could further elaborate on... perhaps another time. |
Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
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that was me and i have the rikiti costume to prove it and my frend was the one who asked about the rouge area extention|
Originally Posted by Phewmite
I don't think so, but I would love to be proved wrong. In the Q&A session someone asked if the flying swords had anything to do with the incarnate slot and they replied it had to do with the TF, though hesitantly.
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if u dont belive me tell me any way i can prove it with out reaving my identy and risking being stalked and i dont mean by the villan class o and i was whereing a world war hulk shirt what else the girl in the hat who asked abot the costums was my sister and the hat she was whereing was an angry pengin hat from the con
if there is any thing i can do to prove it plz tell me
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There are a couple of them, Mage Killer Zukhara I think has them both. Not very common, as they only appear in two missions within her 'The Circle Plot arc, so far as I recall.
The ice swords they summon are independently targetable, but you're better off targeting the prince as the swords go dead once the summoner's dealt with.
So far as the swords in the video go, I'd guess that they're likely to be a reskinned version of the Blade Prince power, but I have no idea if they're a new power for Battle Maiden, or a power available to players from within the Incarnate system. Have to wait and find you, I suppose.
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