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Champions Online News - State of the Game: Sept 15, 2009
Posted by Michael Bitton on Sep 17, 2009 | 7 comments in our forums
Bill Roper is back with this latest edition of the State of the Game letter. Mr. Roper discusses several hot button community issues and concerns, as well as some of the content we can expect to see in the near future.
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(Bill Roper's shoes.)
As far as content goes, three new repeatable missions will be added to Monster Island, and will make their appearance on the test server next week. The new missions will consist of: The Manimal Lab, The Lost Caves, and The Hidden Base.
Improvements to the teaming and the team UI are also coming, and they are sure to be some crowd pleasers. Among them, the ability to see the state of team members' missions (even if you don't have them), and rewards for participating in teammates' missions that you don't actually have.
Roper also responds to the issue of mailing items into the void. I've personally run into this issue and lost a few items this way. Fortunately, fixes to the mail system are currently on test server and this issue should hopefully be resolved soon. They are also looking into getting tech so that players can mail resources to each other, which is currently unsupported.
Mr. Roper also goes on to make a commitment to addressing the "balance of power" by bringing overpowered abilities in line and boosting up abilities that are performing under par. This commitment to balance applies to both PvE and PvP and he encourages users to continue to post constructive feedback on the forums.
Some more details on the upcoming Celestial powerset set to debut with next month's Blood Moon update were also revealed:
Celestial Power Set
Along with some incredible events and rewards, there’s a new power set coming out with the Blood Moon event. The Celestial set is designed to provide assistance to allies and destruction to enemies. The power effects are amazing and the versatility of the set makes it both compelling as a single-focus set and also as supplementary powers to other builds. We’re going to be doing a special feature on the website in the upcoming weeks showing off the powers, so stay tuned for a detailed look.
Rounding out the rest of the letter is news that they are looking into getting the tech to allow for players to color their powers along the grayscale (black, white), solving the issue of annoying duels in Club Caprice and the Power House, and the ability to skip the tutorial (jump for joy!).
Read the full State of the Game here.
Skipping the tutorial and more customization, interesting.
Mailing to the void, nasty bug.
Power customization, hopefully he keeps his word, [b]powering up[/b] the under par abilities instead of nerfing all that's good.
Btw now I see where my Hellgate London Lifetime is. His shoes.
WOW.. I was just going to post the same exact thing.... only that I hope they leave blisters.
I want the shoes.. seriously.
You know, I asked a local game store manager today how many copies of CO he'd sold since it launched.
He told me: "one."
But I live in New Zealand. Superheroes (is it one word?) were never very big here, since only a few comics got imported here in the old days, and actual comic shops only emerged in the early 90's. I think most of us could point out Superman or Batman if you showed us pictures and gave a few clues.
But the urge to zoom around in lycra seems to be limited mainly to cyclists.
yep, as opposed to walking around with pointed ears with swords.
How dare you! Pointy ears have been a trait of my family of sword-smiths for generations!
Well in Europe (i.e. Italy) I guess they do not sell .. because CO is nowhere to be found ... but I have not looked in every single store. So I ordered via internet.
Game is incredibly fun and addictive ... at least for me. Very fast paced. Probably smothest start of any MMO. So far my top list is: WoW, CO & AoC, War, Lotro.
There is however only 1 terrible problem with game: inability to retcon (reset) "talent" points. O, yes, retcon is provided. But at i.e. lv. 15 one have legally gathered from quests (there are no ah, crafting does not make money) i.e. 1 G but full retcon at that time cost i.e. 30 do 40G. Obviously this is pure maddness and for sure I do not know what were they thinking? If one have to do retcon at i.e. lv. 12 the only way is to delete char and start again. Did few times as i wanted to experiment. Ok, near trainers there is "training room" ... but this has nothing to do with real combat outside. But once you are out of power house you must start to pay to retcon.
And yes, there is problem with mail. Workaround, at least working for me, is to logout, login and immediately use mail. If have to send 2 mails have to logout between.