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BishopDon
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I'm feeling good about the new content so far. The new cave designs are very cool and spooky like. I also like the new Mayhem/Heist type missions along with the new bank designs. I especially like the concept of having to break out of jail once you are 'arrested' and then having the opportunity to finish robbing the same bank and cause mayhem in your wake.
on a scale of 1 - 10, I'll rate it about a 8.5 (i just don't like the new issue lag that comes along with it).
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| 06/07/06 11:25 |
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So far I have only created a new villain and ran around Port Oakes for a few missions, but I am already happy. I liked the new costume pieces, and loved the giant boomer boss. More goodness tonight. I only wished I had pushed my villain a bit harder. She is stuck at 36.
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| 06/07/06 11:38 |
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RonJ73
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Ruby is patiently awaiting tomorrow's respec before I start getting her closer to the 40 mark. I did a mission for the Rikti Ambassador guy with RonJ73, that's where I saw that evil Ascendant Archon guy. All in all, I like it. Although I haven't done a whole lot yet.
One of my other thoughts...XP for Exploration Badges...woot!
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| 06/07/06 12:16 |
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Fire-Ice
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I don't think paying costumers should be beta testers for buggy software. Did a patron power arc and did not get credit for the mission because of a bug. Scorpion Patron Power mission arc is bugged. Everyone I know is getting it from petitions not actual game play.
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| 06/07/06 12:19 |
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BishopDon
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| QUOTE | | I don't think paying costumers should be beta testers for buggy software. Did a patron power arc and did not get credit for the mission because of a bug. Scorpion Patron Power mission arc is bugged. Everyone I know is getting it from petitions not actual game play. |
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Issue 7 - Destiny Manifest
Combined (CoH and CoV)
Known Issues
Some base configurations that were valid in Issue 6 are no longer allowed in Issue 7. If your base is invalid, you will be able to delete or move objects to make it fit the new rules.
Recluse's Victory signature heroes and villains give debt when they defeat characters. This has been acting to discourage characters under level 50 from fighting them. The debt will be removed in a future patch, and the Temporal Point reward for defeating them will be increased.
There is a rare client crash that may occur if you minimize/restore the game.
Mastermind pets are not keeping names when defeated and re-summoned.
Gladiator arena matches end as soon as your pets spawn.
Mission "Destroy Chasers" from Black Scorpion cannot be completed
Ageia PhysX Hardware support is currently still in Beta. Because of this fact, players may experience less than optimal performance. We are working very closely with Ageia to provide our players the best experience possible. |
First off, Unwelcome to the site Fire-Ice!
Not sure what the glitch is with the arc, however, that was listed as one of the known issues of the Black Scorpion arc. It has listed that one mission was uncompletable, so the petition is a wise route to take to get the arc completed.
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| 06/07/06 12:27 |
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Fire-Ice
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Thanks for not welcoming me :)
Info on the bug:
The bugged mission is in Mecry at Widow's tower. Forgot the mission title but it's timed. Killed everything on the map and got nothing. So if anyone is going to be doing this one, kill everything, send a petition and then move on. Btw, you will get a mission failed when time runs out but there is nothing you can do about it. The bad thing is you can't do another mission until time does run out so work on getting a kill badge or something. Oh and after it fails, the contact will tell you to come back at level 45 so you can't really move on in the story arc if there are anymore to it.
On a side note: I really blame all the bugs in the software for coming out on 6-6-6.
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| 06/07/06 12:53 |
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IceMizer
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Created an electric Brute last night and didnt think I would get through all the costume changes or any electrical names that were still available. I am happy with the effects but since when is electricity red? Needless to say a new red themed electric brute will soon appear.
Also created a new Thug MM. Only made level 4 with him so not much to comment on there. They look nice and cant wait till my Thugs are ready to really do some damage. I still want the option of changing my thugs outfits added at some point. At least the ability to add a tattoo or mark so people can see they are in the same gang.
Graphically things were nicely improved over all. I did notice an increasing number of characters spawning in walls last night however. There was some lag but I take this as a result of the large volume of people jumping on and off and playing last night.
Took my level 36 Brute into Grandville and he was promptly killed by a level 42 Spider. Since I am a villain I went back to Grandville and managed to lurk around a bit. Very nice especially the sound of Lord Recluse giving his speech to the troops. A nice touch.
Tonight is for some Mayhem.
Issue 7 so far an 8 out of 10.
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| 06/07/06 12:57 |
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BishopDon
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| QUOTE | | Very nice especially the sound of Lord Recluse giving his speech to the troops. A nice touch. |
I am glad you mentioned this. I thought I was going crazy and just hearing things. I knew I heard someone talking in the background as I was lagging through Grandville, just wasn't paying that close attention as to who it could have been. **whew, wipes brow** I am still sane!
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| 06/07/06 13:02 |
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Electro
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Overall, pretty nice. Lots of lag, slow loading and stuff. I had to turn my graphics settings down a bit.
Grandville was very nice. Going to have to use my freespec tomorrow to exchange superspeed for something a little more vertical if I want any hope of traveling around that zone. (Flight seems like a wise choice). I still have my sky raiders jet pack from about 20 levels ago but I have only about 10 minutes of use left and I'd rather keep it as a souvenir.
I really like the new QoL features such as telling you how much longer your temp powers will last, blinking mini-icons telling you when buffs and insprations are about to expire, etc.
Does anyone else think they raised the mission difficulty a bit? I ran on the highest setting from about 30 on up to 40, but had to turn my difficulty down a bit last night? Anyone else notice this or am I just a bit rusty?
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| 06/07/06 13:06 |
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DocVengeance
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I agree about the beta comment, but there are still bugs from COV beta out there. Already had comp lock up once since i7 (yesterday) and yes same thing i bugged on test. Lockup during placing items in salvage shelf.
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| 06/07/06 13:49 |
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Fire-Ice
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Well in life i'm a QA engineer and all I do is test software for bugs so this is nothing new. Finding bugs is always gonna happen. I just don't allow a release of software if a new feature is still bugged and the patron power is a new feature, critical one at that too.
But aside from the bugs and lag (which was expected) I like being able to use my 40 again. Haven't tried the mayhem missions yet but that should be fun. Looking forward to the new pvp zone too. Can not stand being nerfed down in sirens. Trying to use a power when it's not available gets you killed. fast. And now with patrols coming out of doors, keeps you on your toes when you wait for your teammates.
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| 06/07/06 14:08 |
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Ran two missions set on the hardest setting and breezed thru them yesterday. Next mission, same type of bad guys, and we got our butts handed to us five times in a row.
So, as far as the mission difficulty being higher, I say yes/no.
Anyone else notice this?
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| 06/07/06 16:15 |
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Mayheim missions run smoother solo are with people with stealth. Was on a team of 8 and did one and we all got are butts handed to us and we were set on villainous. I can live with bugs because that is inevitable with any new issue for the first couple of weeks. Just glad I can level again with my first toon who is also my favorite.
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| 06/07/06 16:50 |
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| QUOTE | Ran two missions set on the hardest setting and breezed thru them yesterday. Next mission, same type of bad guys, and we got our butts handed to us five times in a row.
So, as far as the mission difficulty being higher, I say yes/no.
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On my 'normal' missions I ran last night on "Relentless", I've never healed my zombies that little before...they seemed to hold up soooo much better. I think this has to do with the accuracy/tohit changes they made, so that was a big bonus.
I ran my first Mayhem mission (which was a total blast!), and did well until a hero 2-shotted me...lol.
I would tend to say that things are easier so far for my MM, but I'll have to try the highest difficulty. I usually run 1 lower so my bottom-tier minions have a chance to actually hit the +4 bosses...maybe they can handle it better now.
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| 06/07/06 17:29 |
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Im happy with I7 so far. I forgot how awesome Villainess is lol was good to get her out again. I love the new costume parts. Gonna make a Thug next I really like the one I made on the test server.
Thanks to Death Fetish for this cool "siggy"
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| 06/07/06 17:41 |
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Heads up, if you didnt find out the hard way (like i did) newspaper mission can now have ambushes OUCH.. didnt see that coming. Also Grandville can be a "challenge" with SS.
I do like the new MMs the storage racks and the new base decore among other things
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| 06/07/06 18:33 |
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I helped kick Posi's and Valkyri's arse. My first accolade ever has a demon residing within me. I am getting a reasonable ammount of debt that will go towards my deathless badge which wil go toward my High Pain Threshold Badge. I have a shotgun I pilfered from the nemesis army during a May'M mish whith which I dealt 178 damage to Posi, 5 times (With rages of course but it's still the highest damage I've ever done myself). I have seen friends 'Sneak Attacked' (Thats what the mobs AS power is called) out of nowhere. I slapped Recluse accross the face several times then told him to '/em getsome'. I killed a longtime rival in PvP with my now uberlicious PvP ninja skills. My ninjas can do double Super Leap. Everyone is lagging more than I am. The new base is amazing. I helped kick Posi's and Valkyri's arse. Ghost Widow is my contact. I am happy.
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| 06/07/06 21:43 |
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first thing i noticed upon arriving in Grandville is Arachnos on the big screen doing his monologue which was a neat addition. Really adds to the environment.
I picked GW (ghost widow) as my patron though i was really wanting Mako however RP wise i doubt it'd fit my toon. Anyway I got to kick Numina's beehind which was kewl.
So far i like the story arc/mission themes.
However i'm not a big fan of the bad lag. You would think by now all the problems would be fixed as long as it took.
Global is still jacked up and so are my pet names and i had really great pet names. Now they're back to such and such1, 2, and 3.
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| 06/08/06 08:05 |
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| QUOTE | I'm feeling good about the new content so far. The new cave designs are very cool and spooky like. I also like the new Mayhem/Heist type missions along with the new bank designs. I especially like the concept of having to break out of jail once you are 'arrested' and then having the opportunity to finish robbing the same bank and cause mayhem in your wake.
on a scale of 1 - 10, I'll rate it about a 8.5 (i just don't like the new issue lag that comes along with it). |
For all of that waiting we could have gotten APPs.
Grandville sucks for SS, and all my toons have SS but one.
Lag Sucks. . .Updater Sucks.
New Mishes are a nice spin on the same old crap.
Mayhem is decent, but unfun without a full team.
Getting off the Ferry to Grandville is cool. I have been tempted to stand there and listen to recluse's speech. Although it is a bunch of malarkey.
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| 06/08/06 14:24 |
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I like everything so far, not so sure about Grandville, cause i have not been there yet.
But the one thing i think about Mayhem missions is that they are WAY TOO SHORT! I mean i did my lvl 18 Mayhem Mission, and i only got 15 minutes to do it. Not to mention its my first mayhem mission, so i was trying to get the feel of it. Nope didn;'t happen.
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| 06/08/06 16:30 |
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DocVengeance
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Okay after a little more play I'm not a big fan of the new issue. Aside from lag and bugs (at least one of which is major and locks up game) I do not like grandville. As mentioned earlier it sucks for ss. Took me about 5 minutes to get back to a mission that was only 400 yards falling and trying to get back up and falling more repeat until frustrated. I also notice my SS stealth seems to be less effective. Other than snipers and such there are more enemies that see through the "stealth". Also I'm noticing that enemies that dont see through stealth seem to see me at a further range, by that I mean where I used to get (for example) 10 scale feet away and aim my alpha with no problem at 10 feet they now see me and I have to stay 15 feet back (was fatal a few times when the mob could see me). Teammates have had similar problems on SS and stealth. anyone else have this happen?
I like mayhem missions but on high dif if you go to jail you cant get out, kinda like the COT jails. way too many enemies to solo had a group of 8 guys including 2 +2 bosses waiting outside the cell, and with the SS "issue" its even tougher. guess when you die on high dif team needs to rescue you.
Also as someone mentioned all this new content open the paper and 3 COT missions SIGH. I know the ferry trick but how bout putting some of the new stuff in paper.
On a positive there are new Aracnos base rooms, course one appears to be a jail room, sigh.
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| 06/09/06 06:47 |
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Its cool that there has been a graphics vamp, but its annoying because my pc can't run CoV now :'(
Still I played on my friends pc, the one who introducued me to the beautiful game (no not football, though its the next best thing) and the new pvp my god its amazing!
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| 06/09/06 09:56 |
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Fire-Ice
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After COH, I found SS may be fast but when you have high walls in your way, it doesn't help. I've always taken flight and when I heard about Grandville, figured I made the right choice. After seeing Grandville, I had no doubt that I made the right choice. It's a shame that a few powers will lose out just because of one map.
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