Between the trip and other stuff, my CoX play (and CoX board reading) has been pretty limited. Rectified both today.
First off, it appears the wraps are off on I9 in Test. Which means I can reveal that Margie was (huzzah!) one of the closed beta testers. She seemed to enjoy it. Yay.
Two QoL enhancements, one she showed me and one that I just read on the boards: To wit, a store in Kings Row and a trainer in PI. Nice. Never made any sense not to have them there.
No more ice-skating hunchback roving patrols! Now they (presumably) just run along like normal. People are already complaining as bitterly as they did when the bug appeared Way Back When.
Because there’s a new Stealth IO, escort hostages will now follow you while you are Stealthed (yay). The presence of a hostage will debuff the Stealth however (boo).
Lots of stuff about Salvage and Drops and Inventions (Oh My!). I am possessed by terrific yawning.Note: The purpose of this change is to allow players to not be penalized by new Stealth Invented Enhancement.
- The perception bonus has been affected, however any defense buff associated with a stealth power is still maintained.
- You can now pick up escort hostages while stealthed or when you have a Stealth Invention Origin Enhancement slotted. Everyone around the hostage will receive a stealth debuff when it is acquired. The debuff to stealth powers will remove when you exit the mission map.
- Note: The purpose of this change is to allow players to not be penalized by new Stealth Invented Enhancement.
- The perception bonus has been affected, however any defense buff associated with a stealth power is still maintained.
Aw, I liked the Roaming dudes. I thought they were cool.
Anyhoos, everything I’ve read about I9 seems to be positive. Certianly less DOOOMMM ™ than I expected.
It sounds like they are doing some things Very Right. For those who like crafting and an invention system, the feedback seems pretty positive (Margie seemed to be pleased).
Me? A *huge* yawn. More on that later …
“Me? A *huge* yawn.”
Me too. One of the reasons I enjoy COH is the LACK of crafting or needing it to keep up. Luckily, I don’t feel the need to keep up since I don’t do PVP and usually only roll with friends. But inventory management is one of the things that pushed me away from traditional MMOs. Ugh.