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Posted on: 2012-01-12 24:33 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Hmm yes, they do remind me of some Phazon creations from years ago. Still, they're quite pretty... I hope they make nice squishing sounds as I kill them.
Remember too, the old Dark Astoria won't disappear entirely - they've already stated it'll be available in a Flashback in Oroboros.
Teleporters: About frakking time. Heroside bases will benefit greatly from this. I'm not sure if I'll rework my Villain Base though, since I could fit all of the teleporters in a single room anyway.
One thought that went through my mind - could this be an indication of dual-alignment teleporters in bases... My Rogue would LOVE to be able to teleport (for instance) to Atlas directly from her VG.
I also wouldn't mind seeing some mechanism to become available to bases so we could access flashback zones (Galaxy City, Dark Astoria).
Wow, a lot of really really cool stuff there. I mean a lot. I've been recently kind of distracted by...other "galactic" stuff, but this is...wow. Going to...re-distract me? I dunno, something like that. Can we has Beta now?
I do hope that Heroes and Villains both get some distinct flair in the new zones, and that the repeatables are more story-focused, ala Tips, than another clone of Borea. A co-op story arc, plus one for each side, would be best.
Also, wonder what's up with Bondage McTenFootHair there. We've got one scene of people fighting her, and another of her chilling with the Phalanx and the rest.
Well then why don't we just send in the Praetorian Hamidon after Mot? That would be epic. 
But seriously, with all of these simultaneous alien, supernatural and extradimensional threats happening all the time, it's a wonder that the United States of the game's Primal Earth hasn't turned into a ruthless empire by now, that meets even potential threats with extremely powerful force.
I'm sure there has to be a few congress people and generals talking about how they have to get their hands on as much alien technology in order to reverse engineer it and... wait, this is starting to sound too much like Stargate SG-1.
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It's coming during the I22 development period, so that could be soon after I22 goes live, or in an I22.5 mini-Issue.|
Originally Posted by EnigmaBlack
No word on Staff Fighting? Booooooooo!
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Staff Fighting Incarnate level Tsoo are another matter
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Originally Posted by LordAethar
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One thought that went through my mind - could this be an indication of dual-alignment teleporters in bases... My Rogue would LOVE to be able to teleport (for instance) to Atlas directly from her VG. I also wouldn't mind seeing some mechanism to become available to bases so we could access flashback zones (Galaxy City, Dark Astoria). |
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Staff Fighting Incarnate level Tsoo are another matter
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Which is boooring to me...pfft stupid dogs...needs more cats in the game!
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Originally Posted by Lothic
The art itself doesn't bother me but it is sort of surprising its oozing its way into this "Teen-rated" game. I think you're probably just going to have to brace yourself for the inevitable "please make her costume items available to player characters" suggestions sooner or later.
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I'm sure when we finally fight Dominatrix she will be wearing a spiked leather thong and be popping out of her spiky leather corset. Calling it now.
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Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
And the Rikti will be shaking their heads at us and be all like, "This is why we killed our gods a long time ago!"
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I know they wont do it, especially for just a year, but it would be amusing if some of the random street civillian dialogue tied all this into the 2012 thing.
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Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
Well then why don't we just send in the Praetorian Hamidon after Mot? That would be epic.
But seriously, with all of these simultaneous alien, supernatural and extradimensional threats happening all the time, it's a wonder that the United States of the game's Primal Earth hasn't turned into a ruthless empire by now, that meets even potential threats with extremely powerful force. I'm sure there has to be a few congress people and generals talking about how they have to get their hands on as much alien technology in order to reverse engineer it and... wait, this is starting to sound too much like Stargate SG-1. |
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Originally Posted by Lothic
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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You can. The Galaxy City beacon goes to the echo of Galaxy now and they have no reason not to make Dark Astoria work the same way.
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Originally Posted by LordAethar
I also wouldn't mind seeing some mechanism to become available to bases so we could access flashback zones (Galaxy City, Dark Astoria).
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Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
But seriously, with all of these simultaneous alien, supernatural and extradimensional threats happening all the time, it's a wonder that the United States of the game's Primal Earth hasn't turned into a ruthless empire by now, that meets even potential threats with extremely powerful force.
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Seems like these gods persist as long as there's some underground cult around that still worships them. Now see, if we'd built a hive-mind to link us all to the same mental network, we wouldn't have these little cults running around loose and ruining things for everyone else!
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Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
Why didn't we kill at least those gods a long time ago? Even the other gods didn't like them. That makes me think the Rikti killing their gods was a retcon.
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Yes and when you add that to this new telepad you can easily AVERAGE out the number of tweaks we've had to bases to about once every few years. |
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
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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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It might be significant that there have been these 2 base updates since Freedom went live |
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Yes and when you add that to this new telepad you can easily AVERAGE out the number of tweaks to bases to about once every few years.
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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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It might be significant that there have been these 2 base updates since Freedom went live
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But I'm not willing to rejoice and claim "the Devs love SG bases" again just yet.
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Those two sound like the repeatable contacts - they haven't mentioend the story arcs yet, even though those are confirmed
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Repeatable Missions: Dark Astoria repeatable missions feature rewards befitting an Incarnate, including Incarnate Experience and Thread Components.
Ephram Sha of the Midnight Squad has tasks befitting Incarnate-level Heroes in Dark Astoria. Help him push back the forces of Mot! The Circle of Thorns has an interest in the dark magics swirling around Dark Astoria. It has sent Maharaj, a powerful Soul Mage, to help Incarnate Villains sow chaos in the ranks of their foes. |
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7th Image down. Is that Anti-Matter?
Oh, wait most of the FP is there, maybe it's just Posi.
Looks pretty good.
The development team and this community deserved better than this from NC Soft. Best wishes on your search.
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Actually, now that I think about it, the BP feed on fear, so you probably couldn't wipe them out entirely. Unless we built a hive-mind to convince everyone not to be afraid, everything will be ok, we are your friends, we come in peace. But then you'd have some stubborn grizzled anti-hero types managing to resist through sheer force of will, and they'd turn out to be arachnophobic or something, and we're right back where we started.
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Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven
Seems like these gods persist as long as there's some underground cult around that still worships them. Now see, if we'd built a hive-mind to link us all to the same mental network, we wouldn't have these little cults running around loose and ruining things for everyone else!
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Fine I will say it..
ZERG!! GAME OVER MAN, GAME OVER!
(Looks good by the way. I wanna bug hunt now.)