Are Issue 21+ power sets ever going to appear in AE?
By
Arcanaville,
Posted on: 2012-06-26 18:11 in Suggestions and Ideas
Quote:
Yes.
|
Originally Posted by ShadowMoka
Are Issue 21+ power sets ever going to appear in AE?
|
[Guide to Defense] [Scrapper Secondaries Comparison] [Archetype Popularity Analysis]
In one little corner of the universe, there's nothing more irritating than a misfile...
(Please support the best webcomic about a cosmic universal realignment by impaired angelic interference resulting in identity crisis angst. Or I release the pigmy water thieves.)
Quote:
Squeeee.
|
Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Yes.
|
http://www.virtueverse.net/wiki/Shadow_Mokadara
I personally think new powersets should be implemented in AE as soon they are available for players. Use the same rule of thumb as with costume pieces: if you can wear it, your critters can too.
I am however aware of two reasons for delays: lack of ranged powers in melee sets and uncertainty regarding the xp and ticket rewards.
But I have a radical solution for that reward balance issue: reduce rewards to something like 25% of standard critters for new powersets until a decent reward formula is calculated. I play AE for stories, and care little about rewards. I am more than willing to sacrifice a lot of my AE rewards for being able to play and write content with the latest powersets.
The missing ranged power can be solved by having a pool of ranged powers that authors can use if they want full xp for their Street Justice critters.
Story arcs: �Viva la Represi�n! (#2327) | Mysterious Virus (#11762) | Four Horsemen of the 2012 Apocalypse (#531874) | Deadly Dragon | White Slime
My story on union.virtueverse.com
Quote:
There's a system for managing custom critters and their values. However, one of the big problems with many of the latest sets is that they are mechanically complex: this makes them non-trivial to simply port to the AE without studying them carefully. Consider that critters can't handle targeted toggles very well; that's why sets with them changed those powers into click versions for the AE. Sets with combos and momentum and other mechanical options require even more thought than that.|
Originally Posted by Intussusceptor
I personally think new powersets should be implemented in AE as soon they are available for players. Use the same rule of thumb as with costume pieces: if you can wear it, your critters can too.
I am however aware of two reasons for delays: lack of ranged powers in melee sets and uncertainty regarding the xp and ticket rewards. But I have a radical solution for that reward balance issue: reduce rewards to something like 25% of standard critters for new powersets until a decent reward formula is calculated. I play AE for stories, and care little about rewards. I am more than willing to sacrifice a lot of my AE rewards for being able to play and write content with the latest powersets. The missing ranged power can be solved by having a pool of ranged powers that authors can use if they want full xp for their Street Justice critters. |
That, and creating new powersets has a higher priority than porting them to the AE, and the devs have been very busy making new powersets. Much more than has been announced so far.
[Guide to Defense] [Scrapper Secondaries Comparison] [Archetype Popularity Analysis]
In one little corner of the universe, there's nothing more irritating than a misfile...
(Please support the best webcomic about a cosmic universal realignment by impaired angelic interference resulting in identity crisis angst. Or I release the pigmy water thieves.)
Yeah, another AE question by ol' Moka.
While it's not something I'm absolutely craving, I do see a lot of potential for some fun and challenging custom critters in AE using new power sets. One I've been wanting to make as well as my friend is a Staff/Water Blast AV. Staff using the trident and all.
Of course with the new power sets dropping like hot cakes, I guess I can see why it'd be a challenge to implement everything new so far into AE only to have to do even more later.
http://www.virtueverse.net/wiki/Shadow_Mokadara