Issue 23 June 5th

Actually, Posi said in his open letter than i24 will deal with Praetorian Hamidon. So no, we're still going to face their Eldritch Abomination.

Sure, i bet a lot ppl brought points to get that early and now some will spend a lot money to get it in time. And if u can buy it later with PP, also a "perk" when u only use the gained ones, it will be cheaper because they wont and cant charge 3600 PPs for that.

Well, if people want to do that, it's them, not the devs.

Incorrect

I wish you'd stop making assertions as if you have some sort of infallible ultimate knowledge about things.

Either give examples, make it clear you are speculating, or just dont't bother posting.

Although I completely agree AE needs more attention/features/etc, Paragon Studios has been sort of good about adding other level content alongside higher level stuff. We got the revamped 1-20 content awhile back, and last issue we got two new story arcs for heroes and villains in the 20-25 range. It's just the devs need to stop wasting resources on niche zones that only get played once like FW and NW and instead focus some of that effort on new Tips, or more new self contained story arcs in the 30-45 range in our existing zones.

You got to be kidding.
They added a ton of new 1-20 ways to level.
You still got Praetoria, is not that old and you have that kind of stuff you asking for up to level 20 and then you got FW and NW.
Got 2 new trials for lowbies. DFB and DIB. The first is awesome to level alts.
Got new and not that old arcs added for the lvl 20-30.
New training arcs and missions from new Atlas Park.

I think right now the game is crying for some new morality tips missions, and more level 30-40 stuff. Even 40-50.

I cant wait to see new zone revamp. Shadow shard, maybe?

Independence Port seemed to be what the devs were leaning toward at the Pummit. Possibly shortening it and revamped it.

I think we will see another zone revamp before IP, that was too recent but maybe it was already in the works.

Apologies for the lack of clarity in my post.

This is not about wanting "low-level content." We've got plenty of that new stuff and the devs have been pretty good at mixing the new stuff around. This is an observation (not a complaint) on the flavor of said content.

This may seem odd when referring to a game that had, from its start, just survived an invasion from an interdimensional threat, but I'm not a fan of most things of the dimension-hopping, space-invading, globally-threatening, time-traveling sort. The fact that CoH managed to capture my attention despite its broad use of all that is a testament to how well they did many things in this game.

I've always appreciated the story arcs that didn't put the aforementioned elements in the front-and-center. Fighting bad guys of various sorts without resorting to globally-threatening aliens, alternate dimensions, reality-altering & the like. Stories that, if they do include these elements, do so tangentially. The original CoH gave you a bit of a blend. I never fully escaped the elements I didn't like, but it was well-paced with other material that I found appealing. Although City of Villains did have the overarching 'destined one' arc that managed to mix time travel and dimension-hopping together into an integral part of the overarching story, you could easily ignore it, as it rarely came to the forefront of the many varied tales of villains you encounter while leveling there.

Praetoria?
Although I appreciated the storytelling there, it was well beyond my preferences. Practically every arc was used to illustrate the situation: a world almost-destroyed, humanity saved only by a messianic cosmically-powered hero holding the threat at bay. Heck, once you finish the arcs there, your character practically has to become a dimension-hopping man-out-of-world (had to become, given recent additions). All those parts that I could once ignore are now much more central to the character.

It may be telling that not a single one of my Praetorian creations ever made it past level 30. As much as I tried, none of the creations I made to fit that world kept my interest enough to keep playing them. They were too far from my zone of interest.

The tutorial revamp? A prelude to the coming storm, a cosmic threat from the first minute you start. Not big deal-- the old tutorial was a recovery from the last cosmic threat, after all. The Atlas Park revamp is less problematic-- the perils of the people relocated after the disaster can be applied to virtually any disaster, but the lower-level trials again bring "cosmic-level threats" brought front-and-center.




Again, to stress, this isn't a "woe is me" complaint or 'the content sucks." I appreciate the devs creatively and usually try their new content at least once as a result, but it has been so central to so much new content lately that I've barely touched the parts that I consider most enjoyable in the game. I've just decided I gotta tune all that out and get back to what I enjoy.



What IS my preference?
Well, for recently-added examples, we have Laura Lockhart & Graham Easton. (I'm assuming villainside's 2 additional arcs are similar... haven't had a villain level through that range since they came out.) both are notable heroic tales that manage to happen within the city without overwhelming the city. I'd love to see more of that, but as my first post implied, if the devs don't make more of that, though, that's fine. If they just patch some of AE's shortcomings, I can make my own experiences there.

Hear, hear.

I particularly enjoyed the characterization of these two contacts. Laura smiles in a wry fashion, Graham is jumpy egotist... very, very nice touches in stories that are self-contained and add some additional flavor to some under-utilized villain groups.

I was also appreciative that there were options that did not require a darkety-dark resolution when choices were offered. Not having played every possible branching option, I presume there are d-d options built in, but it was refreshing to have choices that were more Silver Age than Tim Burton.

Totally agree with almost all of this. Well, I strongly agree with all of it except for the fact I'm past 'starting'; I felt 'over' Incarnate stuff a while ago.

But the costume bits I'd quite like, and glad I don't have to purchase them. Yin has me intrigued. LFG Chan, SG access to all are pure win. Not sure about the portals, but don't see that there can be anything bad about them, even if not compelling great.

I also expect to check out and enjoy the new zone, but not expecting it to be a long term great time. I mean, even Cimerora is mostly dead all the time except for the ITF.

I think it'll be a decent issue. Not among the best, but with some luck, not a crushing failure.



On the topic of new zones. I think every new zone should come with at least one full story arc, 1 TF, and perhaps a repeatable mish contact. The story arc to intro folks, and the TF to, hopefully, keep folks coming back and keep the zone somewhat relevant.

Hey now! I love Boomtown! I just wish there was ever, anything, going on there. Add in a contact and a few story arcs like striga has, or the Hollows.

I think the only time I get out there now, sadly, is in a Numi or Synapse. And that's for 1 hunt and maybe 2 missions in a TF. And I really don't enjoy the Synapse TF, so.....

Seconded. If you are going to refute something with that degree of confidence, you need to share your thought process/logic, or cite references. Otherwise, it's a worthless bit of contrariness.

Yes, as part of the announcement:

Triumph: White Succubus: 50 Ill/Emp/PF Snow Globe: 50 Ice/FF/Ice Strobe: 50 PB Shi Otomi: 50 Ninja/Ninjistu/GW Stalker My other characters

Yes, I loved those quite a bit, and the feel ws great. Nice change of pace and definitely something I'd like to see more of.

look again i saw 3 dates not 2

driving 100 miles then off a cliff is still a promt end to the ride

cobbled = put together from multiple parts ... like issues and if you read the first part "Others find" that makes it the opionion of a few people

1 alcohol, nicotine , caffine and even reffined sugar can all be considerd drugs for the effect's it has

2 kinda sick of the "loyalists are EVIL" ramblings they were on the winning side , the same side that writes most history sure they may have taken part in assassinations ...like the CIA and FBI amass huge warmachines and strike targets deemed a high threat ...like america
etc etc etc

not like the 'heroic' rebles that ...take part in bombings ...like terrorists , assassinations ... like booth and ozwald use ghouls known to have been human to fight and die for them without choice ...just exactly like the loyalists they fight?

all seems a bit cliche and it often does through history too (at least imo)

the 2 biggest things i am looking forward to with this issue is the LFG chat so hopefully /hc can go back to being used for people who have real questions (especially since there are a lot of new players and a few have been reluctant to turn to /hc because of the chatter, of never get questions answerd because it is lost in the sea of spam)

edit , and the vip #@ arc

and the tier 9 vip rewards (mostly the wings , although like another thread i'd rather have that booster bettween the wings on it's own)

if we had the options to do TF's or Trials solo (which since we can set ourselves at x8 i don't see why we can't) then i would look forward to them as well but untill that time it is VERY unlikly i will ever do them

Three dates, but only two examples of new sets being released.