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Lilth

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Issue 12: Midnight Hour

The Midnight Squad is coming in Issue 12

here is the NEWS

lets chat and see what everyone thinks!!!!!!

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03/12/08 11:56

Phase_of_Echoes

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

This is freaking awesome! If they don't make any changes that is before release...

Villains can finally get there Epics, and the addition of content and upgrade to some of the older features are very encouraging. I can't wait.

Is it time yet?... How about now?... Now?... now?.....

What does everyone else think?

03/12/08 12:14

Str0ker

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

*Dances a jig*

And the peasants rejoiced!

This is awesome.

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03/12/08 12:14

Lilth

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

And here I was thinking about quiting for a few monthes.
My spouce is going to hate this LOL

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03/12/08 12:31

midnight guard

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

EDIT: Holy smokes these pictures are big.. re-sized.

QUOTE

Once you go down the Crab Spider path you will get the crab spider backpack.

-Babs

Sexy Jay confirmed we won't be getting the Statesman faceplate, but we will most likely get his over-shoulder cape (Which is way more awesome than the current. Damn thing clips with nothing)

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(Europe) - Defiant & Union - @Midnight Guard
Villains:
Midnight Guard - Level 50 Dark Melee / Dark Armor / Soul Mastery Brute. [Defiant]
Flammenklinge - Level 50 Fire Melee / Invulnerability / Mu Mastery Brute. [Defiant]
Zenodorus - Level 50 Crab Spider Soldier / Crab Spider Training / Mace Mastery Arachnos Soldier. [Union]
Battler - Level 41 Battle Axe / Willpower / Mace Mastery Brute. [Union]
Karokage - Level 36 Ninjas / Dark Miasma Mastermind. [Defiant]
Midnight Phantom - Level 35 Martial Arts / Ninjutsu Stalker. [Union]
Darkspire - Level 43 Dual Blades / Willpower Brute. [Defiant]

Heroes:
Choshu - Level 50 Katana / Super Reflexes / Body Mastery Scrapper. [Defiant]
Ex Nihilo - Level 50 Umbral Blast / Umbral Aura Warshade. [Union]
Chihaji - Level 42 Radiation Emission / Electric Blast / Psychic Mastery Defender. [Union]
Szakuri - Level 41 Claws / Regeneration / Body Mastery Scrapper. [Union]
Holly Good - Level 35 Empathy / Psychic Blast Defender. [Defiant]
Scintillatus - Level 33 Fire Blast / Mental Manipulation Blaster. [Union]
Otonashi - Level 32 Martial Arts / Regeneration Scrapper. [Union]

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03/12/08 12:48

RonJ73

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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JOIN THE MIDNIGHT SQUAD (LEVELS 10 - 20)
The clandestine organization of mystics, scholars and mages, known only as the Midnight Squad, seeks to rebuild its numbers since the devastating assault of the Rikti Invasion. The Midnighters hold a secret that could bring the alien assault to an end, but without the help of the Heroes of Paragon City™ it will remain Lost forever.

Granted, this is a hero side thing...but did anyone else notice the capital L in Lost. They'll be a key figure...finally.

City of Heroes/Villains
Onion - L50 - Katana/Super Reflexes/Body Mastery Scrapper
Scotch Bonnet Girl - L50 - Fire Aura/Fire Melee/Pyre Mastery Tanker
RonJ73 - L50 - Stone/Energy Aura Brute
Aurora Australis - L50 - Willpower/Energy Melee Tanker

03/12/08 13:57

midnight guard

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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Granted, this is a hero side thing...but did anyone else notice the capital L in Lost. They'll be a key figure...finally.

So Heroes get to work with the Midnight Squad, while we get our EATs.

Meh, I won't complain :P

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03/12/08 14:42

Fort05Nox

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

thank God finally our epics. cant say i am too surprised, but i am not gonna complain.

03/12/08 15:03

Commander Scar

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

im so happy. now im going to go all the way to 50 with my MM i cant wait to try these new Epics out. seem very interesting. and the roman uniforms are so cool. They at NC Soft are on top of there game. last issue rocked and this sounds to be just as good or better. Im one happy amper :)

03/12/08 15:09

Damion_mage

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

Anyone else notice how they did the cloths backwards on the screenshot? The guys are wearing the Blood Widows and the women the Wolf Spiders, hope this means you can do either as either. but will not complain either way.

I think this Episode will be great.

Heard that all AT’s are getting one new Primary and one new secondary –EXCEPT that the MM’s forfeited their Primary to the Bruts so they could get both Axe and Mace.

Honestly I just hope that the MM’s get Empathy, think it would be great.

Also kinda stoked bout the blue side changes too. I love my Plant/Psy dom. And have wanted a Plant/X troller for a long time.

HippocraticBot Lv:50 Emp/Rad Def Svr: Virtue
Lucious Fallenstar Lv:36 Nec/Poi MM Svr: Virtue
Amazing Lass Lv:7 DuB/Reg Scr Svr: Virtue
Umbral Cowboy Lv:8 Warshade Svr: Virtue

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03/12/08 15:11

Fort05Nox

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

the funniest part will be when you log on and see everyone playing as one of the epics for the first couple of weeks, just like when dual blades and will power came out.

03/12/08 15:12

Commander Scar

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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Powerset Proliferation

Using his newly built Resonance Manipulator, the Villain scientist known as Dr. Brainstorm™ has discovered a way to alter the energy strands which connect every Hero and Villain to their powers. This discovery has not only opened the door to new powers for his fellow Villains in the Rogue Isles™, but has also done the same for the Heroes of Paragon City ™! Specifically, new characters of almost every Hero and Villain archetype gain access to an additional primary and secondary powerset that they didn’t have access to previously. Details to come!
.

and by the way this looks very interesting. i dont know what they will do with it, but i cant wait to see.

03/12/08 15:12

Str0ker

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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Honestly I just hope that the MM’s get Empathy, think it would be great.

Kinetics, MM's need Kinetics. Just think Fulcrum shift.

http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/bookone.php

03/12/08 15:35

thedarkarsenal

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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Honestly I just hope that the MM’s get Empathy, think it would be great.

Kinetics, MM's need Kinetics. Just think Fulcrum shift.

I think I'd rather see Emp used in some form Villain side. To me, there's still a lack of a "healing" class. Now maybe the MM's won't get Empathy, but I could see it working as a Corruptor secondary.

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Guardian
CoH
Dark Arsenal- Level 50 Kat/Dark/DM Scrapper
Lunar Vigilante- Level 42 Emp/Eng Defender
Pyro Soul- Level 35 Fire/Fire Tanker
Adamant Arsenal- Level 31 DB/WP Scrapper
Justice Edge- Level 23 BS/Regen Scrapper
Umbral Arsenal- Level 20 Warshade
CoV
Netherworld Tech- Level 33 Necro/Dark Mastermind
Holy Armory- Level 30 NB/EA Stalker
An Introduction

03/12/08 16:06

midnight guard

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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the funniest part will be when you log on and see everyone playing as one of the epics for the first couple of weeks, just like when dual blades and will power came out.

Aye, however, it looks as if to me that the VEATs have six 'forms', three each. There's Wolf Spider, which has Crab Spider and Bane Spider, and then Blood Widow, which has Fortunata and Night Widow.
Either you could compare Wolf Spider and Blood Widow to Human form on Kheldians, and their secondary forms as Dwarf and Nova, but they have to choose. You can then switch back and forward from these two forms... or something.. hm.
OR, Wolf Spider and Blood Widow are 'rookie' VEATs, which you play until XX level, then pick either Crab or Bane Spider, and Fortunata or Night Widow.
Even though that there are only two VEATs, we'll see loads of different styled characters. Enough to fill a VG with VEATs only. :D

Also, I imagine Wolf Spiders are melee/tankerish, while Blood Widows are more hybrid/scrapping/caster?ish. A friend told me he'd read on the US boards that Bane Spiders and Night Widows are "ranged Stalkers". If that means Crab Spider is a multi-leggged gigantic armored monster of death, then it suits me juuuust fine

And as we all know, Fortunatas are psi-Blasters with a little Dominator7Controller thrown in.

QUOTE

I think I'd rather see Emp used in some form Villain side. To me, there's still a lack of a "healing" class. Now maybe the MM's won't get Empathy, but I could see it working as a Dom secondary.

Dominators with Empathy? Called a Controller, Dominators' secondaries are all offense.

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03/12/08 16:34

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

wild blue guess

CODE

Primary Secondary

Blasters Psi Blast ?

Controllers Plant Control ? Thorny Assault

Defenders ? Chemistry (poison) ? Ice blast

Scrappers ?energy melee ? ninjitsu

Tankers ?Electric armor ?electric melee

Brutes Axe, War Mace ?

Corruptors ? Storm Summoning

Dominators ? ?

Masterminds none ?Empathy

Stalkers ?Electric melee ?invulnerability

HippocraticBot Lv:50 Emp/Rad Def Svr: Virtue
Lucious Fallenstar Lv:36 Nec/Poi MM Svr: Virtue
Amazing Lass Lv:7 DuB/Reg Scr Svr: Virtue
Umbral Cowboy Lv:8 Warshade Svr: Virtue

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03/12/08 16:45

Hellmeister

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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wild blue guess

CODE

If i may atempt to buy a vowel or guess the gap, i'd say something along the lines of EARTH CONTROL!!! (whoop) for dominators

Electrical blasts (i hope) for corruptors (whoop)

Broad swords? for stalkers?

Controlers wont be getting thorny assult, its not in their nature (get that pun ;))

DANCE WITH DARKNESS!

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03/12/08 16:58

Fort05Nox

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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the funniest part will be when you log on and see everyone playing as one of the epics for the first couple of weeks, just like when dual blades and will power came out.

Touché :)

03/12/08 17:03

Krynus

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

that issue maybe better than fried chicken

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03/12/08 17:37

Mzzkc

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

/em grief

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03/12/08 17:40

Lilth

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

Here is another post from Positrion.

For the immediate future, however, I am pleased to announce “Issue 12: Midnight Hour” for City of Heroes, which will be going into closed beta testing soon. “Midnight Hour” brings with it a slew of exciting new features including the long anticipated Villain Epic Archetypes, which will be available to anyone who achieves level 50 in City of Villains. The current Hero and Villain Archetypes will benefit from Powerset Proliferation, where we took over twenty existing powersets and gave them to Archetypes that didn’t have access to them before. If you ever wanted to play a Controller with the powerset of Plant Control, now is your chance! Psychic Blasters are now a reality, as well as Axe and Mace wielding Brutes. With Powerset Proliferation players now have even more character combinations to choose from.

We’ve overhauled the difficulty of the Hollows, one of the first additional zones that was ever published for City of Heroes. Gone are the days of players skipping the zone because it was simply too hard for them to get around in, as they will find the enemies are much more manageable while soloing or in small groups. We have even added a bunch of repeatable missions for characters to play in this newly configured zone.

Additionally, there is the Midnight Squad. This organization has always been in the lore of City of Heroes, but never realized in the game itself. The Midnight Squad takes the limelight in Issue 12 with missions that explore the origins of superpowers, as well as using Ouroboros (the time-travel organization introduced last Issue) to pop back to the Cimeroran peninsula of the ancient Romans. There players will uncover a mystery that has been festering for over two millennia, as well as unlock the awesome Roman Armor costume set for their characters.

Finally, I should note that Issue 12 also includes a number of quality of life and gameplay additions for our players. We built upon the recently added “Real Numbers” feature by adding in the ability to see the numbers behind your powers. We’ve also improved the User Interface by adding new power trays that can be placed anywhere on the screen. There are several more of these cool additions that you can read about on our Issue 12: Midnight Hour Game Update page.

Issue 12 is shaping up to be a great issue but that’s just the start of things to come. Issue 13 and beyond are going to be huge additions to City of Heroes, introducing new systems as well as a ton of new content for all levels of play. We couldn’t be more excited about the journey ahead for City of Heroes and I look forward to giving you more details this year!

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03/12/08 17:42

Poolio

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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I hope the MM'S get Empathy as well, but I don't know..there's just something a little farfetched about that. As for Plant control on Heroes, I don't think they deserve it :P, they already have two control sets that the Villains don't have (Earth control and Illusion Control). If it must occur, I want illusion on villains heheh (or an entirely new set as a surprise).

I am not expecting anything, i'm just going to sit back and wait. I'll appreciate anything.

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03/12/08 17:49

Lilth

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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For the immediate future, however, I am pleased to announce “ The current Hero and Villain Archetypes will benefit from Powerset Proliferation, where we took over twenty existing powersets and gave them to Archetypes that didn’t have access to them before. If you ever wanted to play a Controller with the powerset of Plant Control, now is your chance! Psychic Blasters are now a reality, as well as Axe and Mace wielding Brutes. With Powerset Proliferation players now have even more character combinations to choose from.

DB/Dark!!!!

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03/12/08 17:57

Fort05Nox

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

i would to have empathy on my mm, screw the concept, i would love slapping fortitude on my bruiser, along with all the Ra's.

03/12/08 17:58

Epsilon Unit

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

Truthfully >><< psiblast on blasters * puts his invul brute in the oven* i hope no EM for scrappers if so im throwing every pvp toon i have in the oven with my brute then once theyve turned into popcorn i'll watch as scrappers and blasters absolutely without question take over every aspect of pvp >.<

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Winters-Fury 50 Ice/Kinetics Corruptor
EpsiIon Assassin 43 EM/Nin Stalker
Shivering Fire 41 Fire/Cold Corruptor
Sneaky Lightning XX Elec/Nin Stalker

R.I.P. Stalkers in PvP
R.I.P. Villains in PvP
R.I.P. CoX Zone PvP

Hamidon Green Mitos with Spammable Absorb Pain with no HP drain, Yellow Mitos with spammable Rad Debuffs, Blue Mitos with Spammable Thunderous Blasts, Hamidon with Spammable Inferno and Dull Pain.

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03/13/08 00:11

D-Vastation

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

Sounds like a blast (literally). Having new powers brings great possibilities, but little space left for new villains.

But do we get to run with the Midnight as well or is that just for heroes?

Ehh, maybe I'll remake my Ele/Ele blaster into a corruptor.

There are few things in life worth fighting for..

If you find one, don't let go of it

03/13/08 01:39

jaffah

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

Well i was quite disappointed to see the epics the villains are getting, until I see the power sets for them Ill curb my "enthusiasm" to jump all over them.

Power proliferation again Ill hold my opinion until I see whats been mixed and matched after all I got my hopes up with the villain epics only to see this fall way short of expectation.

Until I12 fellow villains.

03/13/08 04:24

midnight guard

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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DB/Dark!!!!

Uh.. since when has that not been possible? >_>

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03/13/08 06:38

Str0ker

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

What if scrappers got the Blasters Energy Melee? That way they only get one extreme.

http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/bookone.php

03/13/08 11:07

Lilth

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RE: Issue 12: Midnight Hour

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DB/Dark!!!!

Uh.. since when has that not been possible? >_>

Sorry DB/DM

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03/13/08 11:08

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