Issue 22 Preview is up!
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Posted on: 2012-01-12 24:33 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Love everything about this update so much, except that dog. Kinda just wish we could summon a shadow version of ourselves using the Doppelganger tech, or at least the shapeless Fluffy that Dark users normally get. The dog makes me feel like my dark controller/dominator will also have to absolutely love dogs so much it seeps into his powers.
The new Bloody Bay Trials seems to suggests that they might be planning on making an all-Trial route to 50, which will help the transition into the Incarnate system.
It's also a neat use of assets, as Bloody Bay is usually pretty under-used - this gives them the chance to use it for more PvE content without removing it as a PvP zone.
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Definitely Time to pull out the old Split Second quote-
"We need bigger Guns.... BIG BIG F@#$%ING GUNS!"
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Seems like a nice issue! But one thing that niggles at my head is:
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Assuming Peregrine Island isn't an additional entrance, why can't we use the hazard gate anymore? I mean, I'm sure in-game it's covered by a spooky rocky spike thing, but design-wise. Isn't their point to restrict access to dangeous places? We can even get into Eden through one if we pull in our tummy. | Dark Astoria is also now accessible from both Peregrine Island and Grandville. |
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Alternately you're calling forth shadow wolves from some... shadow wolf dimension or something. You tried to summon other shadow animals but nooooo, shadow wolves kept eating them. Damn shadow wolves.
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Originally Posted by Xzero45
Love everything about this update so much, except that dog. Kinda just wish we could summon a shadow version of ourselves using the Doppelganger tech, or at least the shapeless Fluffy that Dark users normally get. The dog makes me feel like my dark controller/dominator will also have to absolutely love dogs so much it seeps into his powers.
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@Mindshadow
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Well, that and shadow aardvarks aren't really all that intimidating.
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Originally Posted by Egos_Shadow
Alternately you're calling forth shadow wolves from some... shadow wolf dimension or something. You tried to summon other shadow animals but nooooo, shadow wolves kept eating them. Damn shadow wolves.
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Positron: "There are no bugs [in City of Heroes], just varying degrees of features."
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Mainly because the zone is becoming lvl 50 only- they don't want lowbies thinking they can get in...
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Originally Posted by StormSurvivor
Seems like a nice issue! But one thing that niggles at my head is:
Assuming Peregrine Island isn't an additional entrance, why can't we use the hazard gate anymore? I mean, I'm sure in-game it's covered by a spooky rocky spike thing, but design-wise. Isn't their point to restrict access to dangeous places? We can even get into Eden through one if we pull in our tummy. |
"Well, there's going to be some light music and a short note of apology saying, 'The universe ended last week, we're really sorry, we don't know what you're doing here, didn't you get the message?'"- Steve Moffat
I can't wait to fight all these Tyranids. I mean Zerg.
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Seriously . . . beta this week? 
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This^^^. It better make its way to Our-bory-oreos-usaurus as an echo zone.
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Originally Posted by Xanatos
The above sound awesome. Not awesome enough to justify the complete destruction of Dark Astoria, but awesome nonetheless.
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Well...I guess Diabolique and Numina have greater visual difference now. While the "undressed sorceress" look sorta works, I think it would have been interesting to give her either a flowing robes sort of look or possibly had her pay homage to Samara/Sadako. It is interesting that with the height increase she seemed to also get a higher proportional body mass. Guess she's a first pick if the Powers Division decides to start a football league.
*Everything* about I22 looks great. Thank you!
Oh just realized something, don't have to go to DA for Citadel or Numina TF's anymore...
YAY!
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I certainly hope we're getting some other adjustments to the set - I'm this close to deleting my Grav/Psi, and he did NOT need more damage.
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Originally Posted by Necrotron_RO
Time to respec Propel back into all my Gravity Control characters. Gleee!
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Originally Posted by Shubbie
Im very good at taking a problem and making it worse.
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
This^^^. It better make its way to Our-bory-oreos-usaurus as an echo zone.
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I will laugh my *** off if Old One Eye or a Zoat shows up....
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Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
I can't wait to fight all these Tyranids. I mean Zerg.
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"Well, there's going to be some light music and a short note of apology saying, 'The universe ended last week, we're really sorry, we don't know what you're doing here, didn't you get the message?'"- Steve Moffat
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Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague
I certainly hope we're getting some other adjustments to the set - I'm this close to deleting my Grav/Psi, and he did NOT need more damage.
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Check out the dom changes that the devs have posted
Grav looks like a beast now with all the planned changes.
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Her new look might be partly because she's possibly already half a goddess now, and the Trial could be about us stopping her completeing her transformation into death incarnate.
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Originally Posted by Zamuel
Well...I guess Diabolique and Numina have greater visual difference now. While the "undressed sorceress" look sorta works, I think it would have been interesting to give her either a flowing robes sort of look or possibly had her pay homage to Samara/Sadako. It is interesting that with the height increase she seemed to also get a higher proportional body mass. Guess she's a first pick if the Powers Division decides to start a football league.
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@Golden Girl
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Yeah. I have fond memories of hanging out in DA. BP mask badges are going to become a bit more of a PITA to get now as we'll have to rely on Talos day and night cycles to bring them out if we don't get an echo.|
Originally Posted by DumpleBerry
This^^^. It better make its way to Our-bory-oreos-usaurus as an echo zone.
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Here's hoping that ALL of the new DA hasn't gone to the zerg. I have a soft spot for the BP's campy, totally un-PC, retro-horror comic book qualities.
And if a dev is reading: Pssst! Echo of old Faultline too if you can plz!
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Just think of it as an experiment in attack animations for the 4-legged rig |
Originally Posted by Xzero45
Love everything about this update so much, except that dog.
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@Golden Girl
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It really could have been a new zone. It would have kept everyone liking the old DA happy.|
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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I think it would have to do with wanting to "advance" the DA storyline, but even that could have been done via a new zone, ie, make the entrance to the new zone in the mausoleum where Adamastor hangs out or some such.
The other reason may be that the new graphics are so far advanced that the old DA would suffer too much by comparison.
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Arbiter Hawk posted more Tweaks probably after the preview was designed- here's a summary:|
Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague
I certainly hope we're getting some other adjustments to the set - I'm this close to deleting my Grav/Psi, and he did NOT need more damage.
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1) Propel animates Faster
2) New Mechanic where anything hit by Grav's hold or immob powers means Lift and Propel do more damage.
3) Dimension Shift is changing to a Targetted AoE Toggle with a 20 foot radius that can be set in Mid-air and anything running into the patch is Immob and Phased.
4) Agro component of Wormhole being Removed, so as long as they don't see you you can hit them with WH and they won't agro halfway through your animation.
"Well, there's going to be some light music and a short note of apology saying, 'The universe ended last week, we're really sorry, we don't know what you're doing here, didn't you get the message?'"- Steve Moffat
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The game is rated T for Teen, not M for mature. By definition, this means that it is targeting immature teenager audiences. You should not be alarmed about this.
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Originally Posted by Eva Destruction
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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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