Issue 22 Preview is up!
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Posted on: 2012-01-12 24:33 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Ha! Maybe like 5 years ago I suggested we get new "super-telepads" for bases that would allow access to more than just 2 zones at a time. Nice to see they -finally- got around to that. 
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Jesus Hank Christ on a freaking pogo stick, what are they using for these new mobs and the zone? Because DAMN ME do they look good! O_O
I...I'm stunned. I'm genuinely stunned. The first thing that occurred when I clicked on the pictures was an exclamation.
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And it looks like the wolf is getting into the Darkness control set, because I don't remember being able to target the passive pet with stuff;
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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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hey, i bet all those who want more "superhero stuff" will be happy now, not only do we get the more classic tights looking Olympian guard costume set, but its even free for vips, good news for all.
also, squid, i share your love of creepy bug monsters, this takes a lot of what i like about the shadow shard and puts it there, now to see what the redesigned tsoo look like, thats my big thing here.
oh , and summoning wolves, now i'm really on board, likely making a dark/dark troller and a dark/dark dom, all 3 sets sound intriguing.
oh, and call Samus Aran... stat.
It's... it's so pretty...
...except for one thing: Diabolique... that... that hat... what is that I don't even...
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New zone looks great, but it does not look a thing like Dark Astoria. I'm wondering why they bothered calling it a Dark Astoria revamp and didn't just make a new zone.
And I'm assuming the skank is Diabolique. All I can do is /facepalm. With every female NPC who gets "revamped" to look like a stripper, this game looks more and more like it's being made for 13-year-olds.
The 6-location telepads will be nice, and...is that darkity tendrilly wolf the Darkness Control tier 9??? I can see why they held off announcing it, it looks lovely.
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I'm excited for the new issue. I'm also looking forward to Staff Melee.
So, the new Darkness Control summons darkness dog(s)?
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My guess is that even before all the "solo Incarnate" whining the Devs were probably considering revamping DA anyway (the same way they re-did places like The Hollows and Faultline). Once they realized they needed a "solo Incarnate co-op" zone they probably just decided to kill two birds with one stone and re-purpose DA for that.|
Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
New zone looks great, but it does not look a thing like Dark Astoria. I'm wondering why they bothered calling it a Dark Astoria revamp and didn't just make a new zone.
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And I'm assuming the skank is Diabolique. All I can do is /facepalm. With every female NPC who gets "revamped" to look like a stripper, this game looks more and more like it's being made for 13-year-olds.
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Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
The 6-location telepads will be nice, and...is that darkity tendrilly wolf the Darkness Control tier 9??? I can see why they held off announcing it, it looks lovely.
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Nice!
Thanks for the link(s)!
Hooray for a better telepad!
And a new lvl 15+ trial
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Originally Posted by Lothic
Ha! Maybe like 5 years ago I suggested we get new "super-telepads" for bases that would allow access to more than just 2 zones at a time. Nice to see they -finally- got around to that.
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A) That was the thing on the overview that got a "oh my god" from me, despite how cool everything else looks.
B) I am already mentally revamping my SG bases to accomidate having far fewer teleporters?
As primarily a soloist with an incarnate Stalker and a long time advocate of functional improvements for bases and a short term interest in improving the team up teleporter, I'll say without hesitation I'm very jazzed about I22. Great stuff devs!
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What's even more fundamentally amazing about it is that it's actually an improvement for SG bases, something that sadly only happens about once every several years in this game.
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Originally Posted by Redbone
Is it wrong that:
A) That was the thing on the overview that got a "oh my god" from me, despite how cool everything else looks. B) I am already mentally revamping my SG bases to accomidate having far fewer teleporters? |
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Even if the giant lady is Trial-sized Diabolique, which would be ironic since usually that means it's smaller than normal, it seems perfectly fitting since presumably the reason she has transformed is some kind of tapping into a Banished Pantheon god, who presumably would feature the Banished Pantheon aesthetic. They don't wear a ton of clothing.
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Not a surprise, just a disappointment. And I will continue to mock this new art direction at any opportunity I can until someone in charge realizes just how ridiculous it is. That outfit looks like it was copied off the cover of Heavy Metal.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
You say that like it was a surprise to you.
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Which is boooring to me...pfft stupid dogs...needs more cats in the game!
What does the wolf do? Summon 2 more wolves and howl at the moon?
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All you've done is trigger the "More armor pieces again? I want more super hero stuff!" complaint.
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Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake
ok, all those complaining in the other threads about "when will we get superhero stuff" Olympian guard set, and its free for vips. now lemmie have my damn chinese new year set and be happy
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The stalker changes look great, and I am sure they are going to make a lot of people really happy. It looks exciting, however scrappers are still stuck with unreliable and random crits while every other AT has it's inherent revamped.
The rest looks amazing.
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Wow Devs I am just wow, two thumbs up for this, can't wait to see it on beta. *huggles to the devs*
Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!
What the heck is going on with the war walls in the new DA? It looks like the energy barriers have been replaced with hell fire.
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That would be epic.
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Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
What does the wolf do? Summon 2 more wolves and howl at the moon?
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It pretty much has. Mot has taken over and corrupted everything in that zone by the looks of it. Including the War Walls.
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Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
What the heck is going on with the war walls in the new DA? It looks like the energy barriers have been replaced with hell fire.
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I didn't see a thread for this so I'll go right ahead and make one! And you know why I'm liking this issue already?
BECAUSE IT HAS CREEPY ALIEN BUG MONSTER SORCERERS. I mean you put creepy alien bug monsters in your game and hell, I'm onboard already, but when they're MAGIC as well it pushes my excitement up even further! Please let them have something to do with Rularuu please let them have something do with Rularuu please please please I NEED MAH RULARUU.
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