Issue 20 info is up!
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Posted on: 2011-03-01 11:34 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Originally Posted by Gemini_2099
If all die who wins? o.O
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Originally Posted by Venture
I particularly do not want level 20 TFs. We don't need anything under level 50.
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I agree wholeheartedly. |
Originally Posted by Clouded
One less thing for you to *shrug* about. Awesome.
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But like I said I'm sure there'll be plenty of over-reactive angst to comment on in the days to come.
I'll never underestimate peoples' ability to find -something- to whine about in this game.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
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That's an interesting use fo the word "we" there |
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There you go using whine as an insult to people who find something they want improved. Maybe one day you will be able to tell the difference.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
I agree wholeheartedly.
But like I said I'm sure there'll be plenty of over-reactive angst to comment on in the days to come. I'll never underestimate peoples' ability to find -something- to whine about in this game. |
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Considering that leagues can take up to 48 characters (and for raids it might be a good idea to have that many?) and there have been worries from some that it might be hard to fill them on some servers at some times, it really would make some sense to make the raids cross-server. If the technology now exists and will be part of I20, that probably would warrant the NDA.
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Originally Posted by Diggis
I was thinking the same thing but more like this:
Emphasis mine.... potentially a hint at cross server teaming?!  |
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I'm sure there will be more info to come.
For the people who are asking if they needed a signed NDA for just i20.. How do you know the testing wasn't for just i20, but i20 and beyond?
I'll /em wait and see at the sneek peek and open beta.
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[/center] Personally, I am very excited about the news on i20. While raid content doesn't excite me all that much, two brand new task forces do. In two issue releases, we've gotten four new TFs. To me, that's pretty darn cool. Not to mention, the quality of these new TFs is head and shoulders above some of the "older" TFs. If they have more in store for i20, then I'll be even more excited, but as it stands, I am pretty happy about what I'm seeing.
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I'm actually trying to remember when we had an Overview that had more in it, than what they posted, except for some unmentioned bug fixes, and possibly some power changes.|
Originally Posted by Lothic
Yeah but then again when have people *ever* remembered that?
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Now, they may have forgotten the enemy group costume piece they mentioned we'd have, but other than that (and maybe that was cancelled) do you think there's anymore they'll likely add?
Now I'm not in any sort of rage over this new content. But I really don't recall seeing "OVERVIEW" then a few weeks later "MORE OVERVIEW OF NEWER STUFF" for a very very VERY long time.
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Originally Posted by Sayer
This is a pointless argument, because ANYTHING they focus on is going to have players riding around in the whaambulance if it doesn't happen to be their particular cup of tea.
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There is not a thing in issue 20 for solo players...I don't think...let me go over the list, BAF, Lambada Center, New Taskforces, New group play features, Respec Badges..yup, all take a team to participate in
However, they did add some more black helicoptors redside, and I do play redside as well as Blue and Gold side..so there will be one improvement for me in issue 20....sigh.
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I'd say we need another Task Force specifically geared to the 30s more. Trials I could take or leave, since the ones we have are basically shorter TFs with objectives beyond "beat up all the bad guys until you get to the biggest baddest guy, then beat him up," sometimes with a timer. Newer TFs play more like trials than old-school TFs, only without the timer.|
Originally Posted by Eisenzahn
Now we just need a Strike Force in the 10-15 range (and I'd consider any Villain Trials at all beyond the Respecs to be above and beyond the call of duty, if any were to ever appear).
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They also make it sound like one of the raids will let villains do more than just help heroes save the world again. Yay for co-op content that remembers we're playing thieves, murderers and all-around not-nice people.
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Originally Posted by Sayer
This is a pointless argument, because ANYTHING they focus on is going to have players riding around in the whaambulance if it doesn't happen to be their particular cup of tea.
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The last three issues have been "don't like Praetoria? Well we like Praetoria and we think you should like it too." And the last two issues? "Don't like raids and task forces? Well you can farm up a ton of Shards, we guess, but it'll have to be a lot of Shards because we like raids and task forces and we think you should like them too."
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I just hope that devs took the lesson from Kahn/Cuda and made new TF and SF more or less equivalent effort wise.
So far so meh. Overall pretty mediocre with nothing really jumping out at me.
More raids and TFs are nice. But none of this really interests me that much. Hope there's more variety.
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Maybe one day people won't let these things (or even me) bother them so much.|
Originally Posted by Clouded
There you go using whine as an insult to people who find something they want improved. Maybe one day you will be able to tell the difference.
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I have no problem with "people wanting improvement" in this game if they're reasonable about it.
I just have a problem with people who get whiny about it and become more of a annoyance than the "problem" itself ever was.
There is a definite difference between the two.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
I agree wholeheartedly.
But like I said I'm sure there'll be plenty of over-reactive angst to comment on in the days to come. I'll never underestimate peoples' ability to find -something- to whine about in this game. |
Is it too early to predict that the Hero TF will take half the time but reward twice the merits of the villain one? And that the Villain one will involve more difficult encounters compared to the Hero one?
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I agree with Venture...quite a bit lately actually....and this worries me.|
Originally Posted by Venture
Agreed that this is underwhelming given the hype, and agreed that we've had enough of the goatee universe.
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| I particularly do not want level 20 TFs. We don't need anything under level 50. |
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Please don't go there.|
Originally Posted by DMystic
Is it too early to predict that the Hero TF will take half the time but reward twice the merits of the villain one? And that the Villain one will involve more difficult encounters compared to the Hero one?
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There are clearly too many fragile egos around here as it is...
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Well, the description says Sky Raiders for heroes but the villains have to contend with Circle of Thorns yet again. Devs still hate villains? |
Originally Posted by DMystic
Is it too early to predict that the Hero TF will take half the time but reward twice the merits of the villain one? And that the Villain one will involve more difficult encounters compared to the Hero one?
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I, for one, love new Task/Strike Forces. They could release a pair of them every issue and I'd be very happy. They are my favorite thing to do in this game. Villainside needs more in general and heroside needs more good ones so that I don't have to run the old boring ones anymore. So bring on more of those, I say!
And I'm really glad I can finally shut up about not having a level 30-35 Strike Force.
So for me, at least, this Issue is shaping up quite nicely.
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You're right so it's all good then.|
Originally Posted by Clouded
Well, the description says Sky Raiders for heroes but the villains have to contend with Circle of Thorns yet again. Devs still hate villains?
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Now I just have to remember if 20-25 was when CoT spawn nothing but ghosts or if that was 15-20
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Either way, I'm happy with the addition. I love new content like this.
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Originally Posted by DMystic
You're right so it's all good then.
Now I just have to remember if 20-25 was when CoT spawn nothing but ghosts or if that was 15-20 |
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Lady Gray was 35-50, now it is 45-50
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Originally Posted by Inazuma
The new TFs are lvls 20-40? That's very interesting. Until now, the biggest level range on TFs was Inperious and Lady grey, which are 35-50.
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Which means we might some more Castillo antics as a bonus |
Originally Posted by Clouded
Well, the description says Sky Raiders for heroes
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Originally Posted by Gemini_2099
Wow...you have an answer for everything! o.O
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There's this little blurb stuck in there...
*Quality of Life Enhancements
I hope that means a few new costums parts, etc.
Agreed that this is underwhelming given the hype, and agreed that we've had enough of the goatee universe.
I particularly do not want level 20 TFs. We don't need anything under level 50.
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