Discussion: Announcing Issue 21: Media Blitz!

Heh. Maybe we can get Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman to cameo so we can bust the myth that Emperor Cole is a kind, fair ruler and not a war-mongering tyrant.

Desdemona and Fusionette won't be dying

I saw "Media Blitz" and now I have "Ballroom Blitz" stuck in my head >_<

And YAY new Incarnate stuff!

WTB more detailed information on the new incarnate abilities.

I'm still trying to figure out what the problem is with how the incarnate content was added and how a number of people actually complain about them adding ways to progress lore and power wise in the game with level capped characters that for five + years just..sat there to be deleted for more room,or brought out to try a new costume piece or one taskforce with nothing but a badge to award us for the effort.

What do you want the Dev team to do? Coepletely re-invent the MMORPG Endgame wheel on a Seven+ year old engine without even 10% of WOW's claimed playerbase? Will that make you happy? Because if endgame grinding doesn't interest you I'm sad to say you won't find many options in the MMo market to make you happy.

It's less about the fact that they're making end game content so much as all the end game content they're making are Raids requiring several teams of players to get together, rather than the relatively small task forces and solo missions in the other 95% of the game. It's a different dynamic because there is *no* way to solo any kind of Incarnate content (except Ramiel's arc to 'begin the path')

Though, I will agree in part that the 'end game grind' is a bit of a fallacy since they're only a major grind because there's so few events at the moment and the more they add the fewer times you'll have to repeat any specific one. Even when they get more out you'll still have to repeat them, but less so than now.

But it is a little disappointing that as far as they have told us about Media Blitz, it's catering almost entirely to Endgame players. Major updates should try to include more than just that. That isn't to say lowbies have been left entirely in the dust, First Ward was out with Convergence and that is a pretty fun and interesting middle level zone (for all it's foibles), and the signature story arcs (though they're slowly ratcheting up in level to the point that, unless a few remain in middling areas, they'll hit the 45-50 range by episode 4, out of a 7 mission arc. Not to mention the SSAs are, in general, pretty short).

If there's nothing else being included in Media Blitz then it means for players like me, that have no level 50 characters, won't see anything out of the content update (til I hit 50. Eventually >> but that's likely to be another 1-3 major updates from now). It'll be nice when I get there, but in the meantime it means really nothing.

So it is really great they're adding more stuff, but they're adding the same *kind* of stuff they have, where at least some of us would prefer *smaller* events and a solo path. We know the solo path will be slower and likely much grind-ier, but we still want the option.

I don't see them adding any soloable incarnate path that will be nearly as affective as the incarnate trials since doing so would cause everyone that is capable of soloing content to do so in droves. I know they ARE going to add something soloable or with eight man runs.. but I'm more then sure it will pale in comparison to the speed in which a gamer with more free time can reach T3+ powers.

As for 49 and below content..I hate to sound like a @#$* here..but they've worked on that content long enough since the game first launched, I'm bored with it after running through it dozens of times. I'd rather have progression for all of those characters I stuck with to the level cap then start up an alt combination I was never interested in leveling in the first place.

Now I'm not saying to heck with everything else and just focus on the Incarnate progression, but considering this is what's going to bring in more players new and old I'd rather have a fleshed out end game Incarnate system then a couple new lowbie mission chains.

Haha...They should give you that special emote, Samuraiko, for all the awesome trailers you do

well i feel that the new alpha interface and destiny stuff was added as a bit of a "filler". as maybe they are not ready with the trials and such for the higher lvls.

it could be in for a penny in for a pound setup. the last 5 lvls will have such a large amount of IXP needed and salvage needed.that they do not want us to make it seem a impossible task, and we have allready spent so much time and energy with the lower tiers that we will feel the need to get to the top.but once we get to the top tier and fill it,what then?

other issues,
for example look how the IXP has a steady bump each higher tier, now us the same amount percentage wise for each of the higher tiers.

and as some of the powers for the slots need multiple of a certain type,that may increase even more in the higher tiers.