Not going to say impossible to ever get a new AT. I wouldn't be too surprised by a new Epic AT for praetoria at some point or something else.
But we already have 14 in the game (16 almost considering the VEATs). They cover MUCH of what is needed in the game while remaining balanced and some are underutilized as is.
A new AT will require a lot of work on new powerset(s) and powers, balancing the powers, etc. A LOT of time and money to implement for something we have plenty of already. I'm not sure of any huge hole that needs to be plugged that isn't covered by the existing ATs with various power sets, pools, epics, that wouldn't be either completely over powered or nerfed to prevent that from happening.
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Do we even know if they are considering additional Archetypes?
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No they are not, as far as they have publicly announced.
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While it's difficult for us as players to answer questions about future development decisions with any degree of certainty, it's highly unlikely at this point. I would guess that if we were to get new ATs it would be many months if not years away.
Also, I'm not certain that there's really a need, as a new AT that fills roles already covered by existing ATs has very little incentive for established players to use.
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While it's difficult for us as players to answer questions about future development decisions with any degree of certainty, it's highly unlikely at this point. I would guess that if we were to get new ATs it would be many months if not years away.
Also, I'm not certain that there's really a need, as a new AT that fills roles already covered by existing ATs has very little incentive for established players to use. |
One was a Melee primary / Pets secondary, with the Pets secondary attacks being replaced by some armours. They had a different inherent rather than Supremacy & bodyguard and different stats than a Mastermind (more HP I think). I think the other one I saw was a Support / Assault of some sort who came with some sort of "Powerboost fury" or something.
They'd be a pain to balance though, and my gut says if it was to happen it'd probably be an EAT, as oppose to trying to balance an entire new AT and proliferate a current ATs sets across to it in some way.
It's intriguing to speculate, and I didn't mean to say that there are no niches that could possibly be filled by new ATs, just not any obvious holes in the existing structure.
Although it's also worth remembering that aside from inevitable balance issues you also have to create entirely new powersets for a new AT and more than likely you'll want several to choose from which all have to balanced against one another as well. Even if they steal existing powers and just reskin them and alter the numbers to save time on art design, you're still looking at a huge amount of work, and I think most players would want at least half the new powers to actually be, well, new.
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Personally I would like to see more powers and alternate animations for existing powers taking up the Devs resources than a whole new Archetype with powersets built around it. Think we would get more bang for our buck that way.
I heard we're getting a new Citizen archetype.
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No they are not. Re-fixed. If you want to make and have that statement attributed to you then fine. I don't take kindly to people changing my statements and attributing that change to me.
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We have no public information saying that they are or are not working on new Archetypes. Whether you want to believe the absence of proof of the positive is equivalent to proof of the negative is your decision.
You have simply chosen poorly.
For instance, I could just as easily as you say "They never said they're not working on them, so obviously that means they are." Both your statement and my example are equally flawed.
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No they are not. Re-fixed. If you want to make and have that statement attributed to you then fine. I don't take kindly to people changing my statements and attributing that change to me.
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I brought this question up in a Ustream when Synapse was a guest (I think). Basically I asked what sort of role a new AT would need to fill that is not already filled. He was a little stumped at first, but finally said that if he were to try to come up with a new AT then it would likely be a melee buff/debuffer where the buffs and debuffs are somehow attached to the attacks via some mechanic.
He did not say that they were working on it, but neither did he say they were not. He did seem to consider the question thoughtfully, but it seemed like it was more of a, "Hmm, haven't really thought about that before - all the roles seem to be filled already" sort of thing.
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Well, if you've done the Dream Master, Dark Astoria missions, Dream master uses Staff melee/Illusion pets.
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I think we'd be far better served not by additional Archetypes, but more and varied power-sets for the existing ones. (And, you know, some customization options for the Epic ATs.)
It would be nice too see more Epic Arctypes, down the road in the future.
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You don't know that.
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Oh Chillax, already.
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Well, to be fair you can either be wrong or be fixed.
We have no public information saying that they are or are not working on new Archetypes. Whether you want to believe the absence of proof of the positive is equivalent to proof of the negative is your decision. You have simply chosen poorly. For instance, I could just as easily as you say "They never said they're not working on them, so obviously that means they are." Both your statement and my example are equally flawed. |
I stand by the statement of no without qualification and would relish the opportunity to admit being wrong about no in this case.
Someone could say yes and nothing else and be just fine with me, YMMV.
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Do we even know if they are considering additional Archetypes?