Ship of Heroes

The Ship of Heroes site has been updated with a list of things that are already well into the development pipeline and are already live in the current build of the game. This includes powers, emotes, character creation and augments. In addition, plans are underway to get more players into the game and some information is provided about solo and casual play.

The Ship of Heroes team has released a new video called Leveling & Training that takes a peek at the progression system throughout the game. The video begins with a level one character and reveals "what happens to her powers and stats" as she progresses through two levels.

The Ship of Heroes team has taken to the game's forum in response to a query from a poster wondering when the next "invite test" for the Character Creator Beta would be held. Though the hope is for the July 4th weekend, it may be too much of a stretch for that, but should come sometime shortly after. The team is hard at work on a number of features before the next test, hence the ambiguous date.

The Ship of Heroes team has published a new weekend update that provides background lore for one of the game's major NPCs, Sword Blossom. According to the post, Sword Blossom is one of five signature heroes who are "the top authorities on fighting the main threats to the ship".

According to the Ship of Heroes team, when the game launches, it will come with "the best UI in the galaxy". To showcase progress towards that lofty goal, a new blog has been posted to show the how players can customize every element of the UI in one of two ways: Through a slider for global resizing or each element can be resized and moved on its own.

The Ship of Heroes team has posted a brief response on the game's official forums in response to yesterday's news of a City of Heroes "secret" server that has been in operation for years. The Ship of Heroes team wants fans to know that it is in full blown development and on track for an end of the year beta where "the WHOLE community can be involved". In addition, the post says that SoH "is the next step in superhero gaming".

Over the weekend, the Ship of Heroes team laid out the first details about the Mission System in the game and the mechanics behind them. In an interesting twist, devs revealed that players will be able to slightly scale difficulty for "most missions". A level 20 player may, for instance, scale up the mission difficulty for enemies to be level 21 or scale down the mission for enemies to be level 19.

The Ship of Heroes forum has a new post from the development team that provides the community with an update on what is in the current pipeline. Most notably, the team is taking a hard look at the level-up process. "You might think this is easy -- just a flash of light and some text on the screen saying you leveled up...but it is actually a fundamental system," the post reads.

The Ship of Heroes site has been updated with a post to take a look back at the development accomplishments during 2018 and to provide the community with a peek ahead at 2019. Players can look forward to upcoming events including one featuring the upgraded character creator and a possible raid test later in the year.

After last week's Ship of Heroes log in event, the company's CEO Casey McGeever has deemed it a success. Most notably, the FPS remained high and, as the primary goal of the event, developers are pleased with the result. Backers "showed up and seemed to have a good time". Players were decked out in a variety of costumes that "looked good" and developers received compliments.

The Ship of Heroes team is inviting backers of $25+ levels to register for a special login event that will take place this Saturday, December 18th from approximately 7:00 am Pacific / 10:00 am Eastern. During the event, players will literally login without character creation and stand around in a small area to check on recent technical improvements designed to boost FPS. However, players will be able to see a wide array of customization options nonetheless as every character will be unique.

The Ship of Heroes site has been updated with a very technical article about how the team is working hard behind the scenes to ensure that FPS in the game is kept under control when there are large numbers of players on screen simultaneously. To do so, a number of tools have been developed to mitigate FPS loss as a result.

The Ship of Heroes site has been updated with a new blog post to show off the most recent works by the team, particularly with regard to NPCs and how the team is invested in providing a "living" city for its players. Besides adding a vibrant NPC population, complete with vehicular travel, developers are also cognizant of keeping a "reasonable FPS for our new MMORPG". The goal is to "strike a good balance between immersion and FPS".

The Ship of Heroes forum has a pair of extensive posts that lay out in great detail the things that the team has been working on over the past several months. The list includes a long list of technical and coding improvements that have led to a number of big things being added to the current build including the day/night cycle and much more.

The Ship of Heroes site has been updated with a new blog post that introduces one of the games heroes, this time the half-human Meltdown. Born of a human mother and a Vais father, Meltdown has built a commercial empire and "he frequently offered philanthropic assistance to the Justice in the form of rare resources, connections & loans". Let's not forget that he, too, has good fighting abilities and, as a result of all of the above, he's quite a popular fellow.