Issue 19.5


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That's what I get from this new interview with War Witch.

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/01...th-melissa-bi/

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Are there any big plans for CoH's near future that can be discussed at this time?
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Sure! We have the Issue 19 Strike Pack, which is all the information I'm going to reveal just now (you're probably thinking, didn't they already release Issue 19? Yes, we did, but we have more for you)

So, I'm guessing the rest of the Alpha will open up, along with perhaps a new TF or one of the raids they've been working on.

Which means that i20, and all the stuff rumored in it, is further off than I expected.



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we have an upcoming Booster Pack that players have been asking for, and that is going to be pretty awesome. I'm sure they'll pounce on it the second it hits the store.
Carefully chosen words? Animal pack maybe?
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Originally Posted by MentalMaden View Post
Carefully chosen words? Animal pack maybe?
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She could have also said "that players have been asking fur"



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Assuming the "Strike Pack" is a free upgrade and not a Booster Pack that is. No reason they couldn't have a booster related to 19 material. I am thinking they really like booster packs these days.


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Assuming the "Strike Pack" is a free upgrade and not a Booster Pack that is. No reason they couldn't have a booster related to 19 material. I am thinking they really like booster packs these days.
Considering she mentions the Strike Pack in addition to a booster pack within the same answer? Doubtful. Sounds like it's free.


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They could always release a booster pack, and include free stuff as well in the patch necessary to implement it. Kill two birds with one stone.
Will wait and see.


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Only because I wrote more, got logged out by the forum bug and fed hungry kittens.




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What if "Strike Pack" means they stop working and demand more money? Joke's on us!



Actually, I'm hoping it's the long-awaited Additional Targeted AoE Invention Sets pack.


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Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
The use of the word "pack" almost always means paid-for content
If they expect us to pay more to unlock the rest of the Alpha or even for content for same, this 'Strike Pack' is nothing less than a 'strike' in the face.



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we will have to see, i do not see the alpha content as being part of a paid pack, i think that was just a particularly snappy phrase. i do expect the booster to be, as all the boosters have, paid content though. i suspect it will be more in line with the mid issue release of the enforcer/jester pack or the February one some time ago that added the av to eb downscaling. they have, in the past, added content outside of issues, and i suspect this will be the case here.


 

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Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
The use of the word "pack" almost always means paid-for content

Not in this case.

The name is actually based on the definition of "Alpha Strike."


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Well, I wouldn't have minded if it was paid-for - but free works just as well

EDIT: Do you have any hints about it that you could drop for us?


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Not in this case.

The name is actually based on the definition of "Alpha Strike."
Thank you for clearing that up.

For the first time in a while, CoH news comes out and I don't have anything new to dread over or complain about...for now.
Enjoy the relative silence.



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EDIT: Do you have any hints about it that you could drop for us?
I'm going to go out on a limb and boldly state, with absolutely no factual basis, that this is the rare and very rare alpha levels that Second Measure said were going to be released in the next few weeks.

(Edit: Upon review, changed name of source.)


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Not in this case.
So...what does it mean?


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I'm going to go out on a limb and boldly state, with absolutely no factual basis, that this is the rare and very rare alpha levels that War Witch said were going to be released in the next few weeks.
Nah, that'd make too much sense.


I bet that everyone in Praetoria is going to start mutating into Devoured, because the Resistance decided that it was a good idea to knock out the water treatment facility... forgetting that the Will of the Earth can be spread through the water supply, as the Primal Devouring Earth attempted once. And of course the water treatment facility would be the only safeguard against that. Oops.


 

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Nah, that'd make too much sense.


I bet that everyone in Praetoria is going to start mutating into Devoured, because the Resistance decided that it was a good idea to knock out the water treatment facility... forgetting that the Will of the Earth can be spread through the water supply, as the Primal Devouring Earth attempted once. And of course the water treatment facility would be the only safeguard against that. Oops.
Well that's assuming the Resistance took out the water supply, instead of them going with all those others who either didn't blow it up or stopped it to begin with.


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