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Issue 20 Launch Patch Notes

Aggelakis

By Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2011-04-05 11:17 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion

 

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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill View Post
Issue 21 will introduce Incarnate Chips, Incarnate Dip, and Incarnate Nuggets. These can be combined, cross-trained, demoted, depressed, repressed, reworked, folded, mutilated and spindled into each other at random costs, or can be combined like an Incarnate Voltron into Delirium Merits, good for breaking down (at a 5:1 ratio with a 300,000,000 INF fee) into a single Incarnate Button, which can be turned in for a half price tailor session.
You know... that actually made more sense to me than the rewards/incarnate section of the notes.

 

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Originally Posted by Avatea View Post
Corruptor Sonic Attack - Shriek has had its endurance cost reduced to 4.37 and its basic damage scale reduced to 0.84 to match its 3 second recharge time and the other versions of Shriek.
Uh... why? Several Corruptor Sonic Attack powers do more damage than their recharge timers would normally do. Wasn't it set up that way to prevent the Defender version from outperforming the Corruptor version more than it already does?

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Originally Posted by Eiko-chan View Post
Devs hate villains.
Yup, because they forgot to add;

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  • Incarnate Trials: Don't even bother if you'r using an MM, because you will get burned, shot, stabbed, zapped, fried, blown up, gunned down, trodden on, ***** and generally pulverised in every freaking way under, over and behind the sun for having the nerve to show up. Here's more level 54s to laugh at you and make a mockery of your defences, while one shotting Pets with massive AoEs.
The Lambda I just did (andd failed) started out fun.
As soon as it became timed and required stuff, y'know, run past and avoided? Yeah. Woop de frigging do. Thanks for letting MM's 'rely' on freaking retard pets that don't get that running into Melee with giant mobs is a terrible move. Thank you SO much for having the Trials be the only realistic way of getting the new stuff, without being robbed blind by stupid bloody arbitrary barriers...

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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

 

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  • The Lore slot provides access to summonable essences of defeated Praetorian foes to fight for you. Unlike normal summon powers, these allies are controllable using the Mastermind control interface, even for non-Masterminds. The recharge of Lore powers cannot be buffed or debuffed. Rare and Very Rare powers in this slot provide a level shift.
  • The Destiny slot contains a variety of large-scale defensive AOE powers which provide healing, protection, or buffs to friendlies within a large radius. The strength and duration of these buffs is unaffected by archetype buff mods, and the recharge of Destiny powers cannot be buffed or debuffed. Rare and Very Rare powers in this slot provide a level shift.
Do these levels shifts apply in all content now?

Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
Tactics are for those who do not have a big enough hammer. Wisdom is knowing how big your hammer is.

 

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CITY OF VILLAINS

I20: Black Helicopters
  • The Black Helicopter line in the Rogue Isles has acquired four additional stops. These stops include: Port Oakes, Sharkhead Isle, Nerva Archipelago North and Grandville North.
Any chance PI could get some transportation love at some point? Right now every city zone in CoV is connected to every other city zone. But in Paragon City, every city zone, except PI, is connected to every other city zone. The current ferry to Talos could also be connected to IP. Maybe add a transport helicopter in PI connecting it to landlocked zones (Founders, Bricks, Atlas, & Steel).

 

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Originally Posted by Zombie Man View Post
No. The latter 2 shifts only work in Incarnate Trials.

The Alpha Shift works everywhere, but only at exemplar levels 45+.
OK, that is what I thought, but I figured that information would be in the patch notes. I suggest that the patch notes should reflect the fact that the two new level shifts only apply in Incarnate trials.

Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
Tactics are for those who do not have a big enough hammer. Wisdom is knowing how big your hammer is.

 

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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
Yup, because they forgot to add;



The Lambda I just did (andd failed) started out fun.
As soon as it became timed and required stuff, y'know, run past and avoided? Yeah. Woop de frigging do. Thanks for letting MM's 'rely' on freaking retard pets that don't get that running into Melee with giant mobs is a terrible move. Thank you SO much for having the Trials be the only realistic way of getting the new stuff, without being robbed blind by stupid bloody arbitrary barriers...
Careful. You criticize the Holy End Game Trials and corresponding Reward/Advancement System. You know not what this may bring.

Though it'll probably be less painful than what it sounds like you went through on that trial.

 

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Originally Posted by StratoNexus View Post
OK, that is what I thought, but I figured that information would be in the patch notes. I suggest that the patch notes should reflect the fact that the two new level shifts only apply in Incarnate trials.
That's why they're called Incarnate Shifts, not Level Shifts.

 

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...and there will be much criticism.

Ignoring anyone is a mistake. You might miss something viral to your cause.

 

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As soon as it became timed and required stuff, y'know, run past and avoided? Yeah. Woop de frigging do. Thanks for letting MM's 'rely' on freaking retard pets that don't get that running into Melee with giant mobs is a terrible move. Thank you SO much for having the Trials be the only realistic way of getting the new stuff, without being robbed blind by stupid bloody arbitrary barriers...
Honestly, it's nice to know that my MM will finally be challenged by something. MMs really do make a lot of this game trivial with some of the stuff they can do. (Granted, I do hope this is also a bit of "after the fact, not exactly straight remembering" for it, as it sounds a bit more brutal than, say, Vanguard vs. Melee.)

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Did you just use "casual gamer" and "purpled-out warshade" in the same sentence?
Apostrophe guidelines.

 

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I am curious why villains have to unlock the contact for their SF but heroes do not for the TF. I expect it will be easy enough to do but it seems kinda silly, especially for those of us who alt a lot and might not be able to keep track of who has and hasn't unlocked the contact.

I believe villains also get a free Notice out of their mish, which in my opinion is a very fair trade off.

 

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My "Huge" Tanker seems to sound different now when taunting. Instead of the old, low, "Aaaaah" (either MaleTaunt6, MaleTaunt6b, or MaleTaunt13) he now sounds like my Tankers with the "Male" character model (might be MaleTaunt4, MaleTaunt8, or MaleTaunt14).

Intentional?

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Defiance: Siege’s assisting Warworks feature new AI protocols which allow them to increase their attack strength and chance to hit the longer they remain attacking. If too many of his allies arrive, they can quickly overwhelm almost any opponent.
This ability is too strong and needs to be scaled back. There is no reason at all a full league of 24 should be forced to fail just because of some bosses.

 

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Five new currencies.



Really?




We absotively, posilutely



Had.



To.



Have.



5 more currencies.




Because NONE of the new stuffz could be unlocked with ANY of the already existing currencies, huh?

Don't get me wrong, I'm nowhere near "ragequit" time, but I sure do feel sorry for anyone who is new to this game. Or someone returning to this game.

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I hate the new currencies. They're unnecessary.
Agreed, this is getting silly.

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3rd time Bug Boot from the Trial. Anyone Else?


 

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Originally Posted by terrible_deli View Post
Any word on what's going on with the character slots?

I logged in to see a few redeemable ones (2-4 depending on the account), but ones that were unlocked are unavailable.

It since has removed those extra, unearned slots, but the previously unlocked slots are still unavailable.
Is the in-game store available? If that's down, the access to unused extra slots is denied.
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Because story-wise, a call goes out to heroes (you) to stop an invasion of your homeworld. So, it's easy to see how you got hooked up with your Task Force contact.

However, as a villain, you proactively follow a lead in order to make this contact respond to you. But, from where comes such a lead?.... It's a Tip!
Not only that but...
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I believe villains also get a free Notice out of their mish, which in my opinion is a very fair trade off.
And a buff until then (not sure what the numbers on the buff are at the moment.)

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Is the in-game store available? If that's down, the access to unused extra slots is denied.
Store's been up all day.

As an update, a little birdie told me (Rather a birdie told a friend of mine) that it is a known issue. Players won't be receiving a bunch of new slots.

"I saw my advantage and took it. That's what heroes do." - Homer Simpson.

 

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Patch notes for build 2000.201103302055.1.



Incarnate Shards will not drop during Incarnate Trials, Incarnate Threads will drop instead.
well, i had a shard drop in a Lamda last night.... not that i complain

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Originally Posted by ArcticFahx View Post
Honestly, it's nice to know that my MM will finally be challenged by something. MMs really do make a lot of this game trivial with some of the stuff they can do. (Granted, I do hope this is also a bit of "after the fact, not exactly straight remembering" for it, as it sounds a bit more brutal than, say, Vanguard vs. Melee.)
Except it won't be. Alpha is IO'd to the gills, and I know very well how to play him. A challenge, for me, no involves running permanantly at x8 and with varying levels of +level, or against things like Romans, who still provide a suitable challenge.

The Trials don't do that, not for MMs. They say 'Whatever you have is going to get neutered, your pets are going to be one shotted in a tide of AoE, and we're going to auto-hit snipe you when you try and resummon them somewhere safe. Lol at you.'

Of course, some people might like frustrating cheap tricks and auto-hit powers that masquerade as a 'challenge'.

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon View Post
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

 

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Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
Except it won't be. Alpha is IO'd to the gills, and I know very well how to play him. A challenge, for me, no involves running permanantly at x8 and with varying levels of +level, or against things like Romans, who still provide a suitable challenge.

The Trials don't do that, not for MMs. They say 'Whatever you have is going to get neutered, your pets are going to be one shotted in a tide of AoE, and we're going to auto-hit snipe you when you try and resummon them somewhere safe. Lol at you.'

Of course, some people might like frustrating cheap tricks and auto-hit powers that masquerade as a 'challenge'.
Hmm... that may be true, but then again, remember how much wailing and gnashing of teeth there was for ITF at its launch. This will be the same.

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Originally Posted by Back Alley Brawler
Did you just use "casual gamer" and "purpled-out warshade" in the same sentence?
Apostrophe guidelines.

 

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Hmm... that may be true, but then again, remember how much wailing and gnashing of teeth there was for ITF at its launch. This will be the same.
I've already covered this in the other thread.

Romans obey base accuracy laws. Romans dont spam high acc AoEs, at Boss level. Romans don't have auto-hit artillery that punishes you for needing to pull back to re-summon pets.

Romans are challenging, and require you to be careful, because the LTs and Bosses can still make a mess of you.
Praetorians aren't. They just cheat. And thats not fun.

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GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon View Post
NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.