I won’t be hopping on (though I see Margie playing with it, and she’s chortling with joy over bits and pieces thereof), but a few notes on what’s out.<\/p>\n
First Posi weighs in<\/a>:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Patron and Epic Power Pools:<\/strong> I’ve rarely been impressed with the EPPs (I’ve never gotten a Villain to the PPPs). If they’ve tweaked things, I just hope they’ve made them more interesting.<\/em> <\/p>\n Merit System:<\/strong> Ho-hum. One more “crafting” currency.<\/em> <\/p>\n Bases:<\/strong> Okay, on the other hand, it sounds like this is simplifying things, though it makes Invention Salvage all the more valuable for base goodies. Probably an overall gain.<\/em> <\/p>\n Leveling Pact:<\/strong> Margie says the Open Beta is having some technical problems with the right now, but I think it’s an exciting feature — and I look forward to their expanding the maximum entry level (I see no reason to have any limit on when you can enter, if the upper person is pulled down to the lower person’s level).<\/em> <\/p>\n PvP Changes:<\/strong> More focus on PvP? Bleah. Changing the code base so that tweaks to make PvP better don’t screw up PvE? Huzzah!<\/em> <\/p>\n Multi Builds:<\/strong> I don’t see this as something I’m very likely to use, but I think it’s a keen idea.<\/em> <\/p>\n Day Jobs<\/strong> Some nice bennies here. Margie notes that hanging out and Wentworths gives you a teleport power back to Wentworths … worth its weight in gold, that is.<\/em> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n But to get to the nitty-gritty, let’s look at the Patch Notes for the Open Beta<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n New Features<\/p>\n Midnight Squad Story Arcs<\/strong> (for Level 20-25 Heroes, Level 30-35 Villains)<\/p>\n The Midnight Squad has need of its members in recovering some stolen artifacts. Heroes and Villains should speak to Mercedes Sheldon who can be found inside the Midnighter Club in the side wing that leads to the Hero Zone Steel Canyon.<\/p>\n Cimerora Story Arcs<\/b> (for Level 35-50 Heroes and Level 35-50 Villains)<\/p>\n Players can journey through time back to the ancient land of the Roman Cimeroran peninsula where they can talk to Daedalus (for Heroes) or Sister Airlia (for Villains) to encounter new challenges.<\/p>\n The Merit Rewards System<\/b> <\/p>\n A new game system that allows players to earn tokens by completing Trials, Task Forces, Strike Forces, Story Arcs, defeating Giant Monsters, etc. The most challenging and time consuming tasks grant the most reward tokens, which can be redeemed throughout Hero and Villain zones for recipes, enhancements, salvage, costume pieces, badges, inspirations and other game items.<\/p>\n I’m glad that Story Arcs are included here, as that’s what I’m most likely to ever have a chance to do any time soon.<\/em> <\/p>\n Day Jobs<\/b> <\/p>\n For more information about Issue 13\u2019s Day Jobs feature, please visit the web article: Dev Diary: Designing Issue 13’s Day Jobs<\/a> <\/p>\n New Powersets<\/p>\n Shields<\/b> <\/p>\n Heft a Shield for Heroic or Villainous Ends! This new powerset brings a classic power to City of Heroes: Shields! Now, you can arm Tankers, Scrappers and Brutes with a powerful shield to protect themselves and their allies.<\/p>\n While this certainly allows for Captain America clones, this remains a niche power in most comic book universes. That said — I’ll almost certainly try it some time. \ud83d\ude42<\/em> <\/p>\n Pain Domination<\/b> <\/p>\n Villains can now bend the power of pain to serve their own ends! Those playing a Corruptor or Mastermind have access to this new powerset. The antithesis of the Hero healing powerset \u201cEmpathy,\u201d Pain Domination brings parity between Heroes and Villains with a distinctively evil flair.<\/p>\n I’m not doing much, Villiain-wise, but it’s an interesting idea.<\/em> <\/p>\n Multiple Builds<\/b> <\/p>\n Characters can create a second build with different power selections and enhancement slotting, and switch between builds by talking to any Trainer. Now you can have separate builds for soloing and grouping, or for PvP.<\/p>\n \u2022 The second build works like a respec, so you can change anything except your Primary and Secondary powersets. I find the separate enhancement slotting interesting. I’m not sure how they could have done it differently, but that means that you’re going to be spending twice as much for slotting powers on your multi as if you ddin’t have one.<\/em> <\/p>\n Villain Patron Powers Unlocked <\/b> <\/p>\n Now any Villain that has unlocked a Patron Power Pool can freely select another when respeccing or making Multiple Builds, offering the same flexibility that heroes are afforded with Ancillary Powers.<\/p>\n It makes less sense story-wise, but it’s probably a good thing.<\/em> <\/p>\n PVP Revamp<\/b> <\/p>\n PvP combat has been completely revamped in this issue, in an attempt to make it more fun for all ATs and builds. Please note that these changes only take effect in PvP situations; these changes have no effect on PvE. Here are a summary of the major changes:<\/p>\n \u2022 The damage of all attacks has been refigured. Basically, the longer the activation\/animation time of an attack power, the more damage the power is going to do. There are adjustments for recharge time and End cost, but the actual time the power takes up in an attack chain is the primary consideration. Wow. I have no idea how the PvPers will react, but it certainly sounds like they shook up all the puzzle pieces in the box to make a very new experience.<\/em> <\/p>\n COMBINED NOTES<\/p>\n Powers<\/p>\n Toggle Power Change<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 All Player defensive Toggle Powers should now \u201csuppress\u201d when you are Held, Stunned or Slept instead of shutting off. The toggles have limited or no functionality when in this state. If you are held while flying, for instance, if the power which held you does not also have a -Fly function, you will remain in the air. Status protection powers still provide Hold, Sleep and Stun protection, even if suppressed. This is actually very nice. I hate having to restart toggles after being Held. This reduces the lethality of mezzing enemies.<\/em> <\/p>\n General<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Max status resistance cap for all ATs increased. This includes Holds, Stuns, Immobilizes, Sleeps, Terrorize, Fear, Confuse, Intangible, Untouchable Yay!<\/em> Tailor<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 New Day Job themed costume items added, including Police Officer and a variety of civilian suits. Yay!<\/em> Custom Shields <\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 The Talsorian Shield is unlocked by redeeming 100 Vanguard Merits at a Vanguard Merit station. Critter Changes<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Freedom Corps Sonic Grenades are no longer irresistible. Tasks<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 The Lost and Found story arc will now correctly award salvage for players that are significantly higher levels than the mission levels Bases<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 All Supergroup Base room prices and Prestige costs have been rebalanced. Removed all raiding related restrictions on placing items in a base. Specifically, items may now intersect and or completely block door to door paths or door to item paths. Supergroups<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Introduced a 3 second delay that prevents rapidly switching between costume mode and supergroup mode. This prevents an occasional crash caused by rapidly toggling back and forth.<\/p>\n User Interface<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Ctrl-C now copies whatever text is selected. Wow! We’ve reached Win3.1 level in the interface!<\/em> Badges<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Corrected the badge descriptions of taskforce\/strikeforce challenge badges that referred to stature level 1 as being 1-15 to be 1-14. Invention<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 ToHit Buffs\/DeBuff Common IOs should not state they buff or debuff Accuracy any longer. Added new IO Sets and new IO Set Categories:<\/p>\n PBAoE Damage Hold Universal Travel Recharge Intensive Pets Accurate Healing Accurate Defense Debuff Accurate To-Hit Debuff NPCs and Zones<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 New villain Respec Contact — Arbiter Sawyer in Port Oakes CITY of HEROES<\/p>\n Powers<\/p>\n Blasters<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Blaster Psychic Blast\/Psionic Dart: Changed short and long help description of this power from minor damage to moderate damage. Controllers<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Controller – Stone Mastery – Seismic Smash replacing hurl boulder. Reduced damage. Defenders<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Defender Archery\/Aimed Shot: Changed attack speed from 1.67 to 1 second. Peacebringers<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Peacebringers can now Activate Dwarf Form shape shifting while Held, Stunned, Slept or Terrorized.<\/p>\n Peacebringers damage adjusted \u2022 Peacebringers Luminous Blast\/Radiant Strike: This power\u2019s long help stated it dealt high damage; this was corrected to state that it deals Superior damage. Scrappers<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Scrapper – Body mastery – Focused Accuracy – Decreased to-hit buff, added accuracy buff. Provides same total bonus in PVE. Tankers<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Tanker – Energy Mastery – Focused Accuracy – Decreased to-hit buff, added Warshades<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Warshades can now Activate Dwarf Form shape shifting while Held, Stunned, Slept or Terrorized. Badges<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Heroes should now be able to earn the Gladiator Accolade. Emotes<\/b> CITY of VILLAINS<\/p>\n Powers<\/p>\n Arachnos Soldiers<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Tactical Training: Assault: Corrected long help for this power to state that it grants resistance to placate and taunt, not protection. Brutes<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Brute – Soul Mastery – Dark Blast replacing Gloom Corruptors<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Corruptor – Soul Mastery – Power Boost replacing Soul Drain Dominators<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Dominators – Soul Mastery – Oppressive Gloom replacing Dark Consumption. Masterminds<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Mastermind Ninjas\/Aimed Shot: Changed attack speed from 1.67 to 1 second. Stalkers<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Stalker – Soul Mastery – Shadow Meld – New power replacing pet, +30% def, 20 second duration, 90 second recharge) Widows<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Fortunata Training\/Psychic Wail: This power will now affect 16 maximum targets. Tasks<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 Alan Desslock now gives a better explanation why you cannot get his final mission from him.<\/p>\n Badges<\/b> <\/p>\n \u2022 The Bane of Danaan badge hint now displays correctly rather than showing up as ???<\/p>\n City Zones<\/b> <\/p>\n Overall? It’s nothing big and spectacular and game-changing — but a lot of nice Quality of Life changes that will make it a more pleasant game to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I won’t be hopping on (though I see Margie playing with it, and she’s chortling with joy over bits and pieces thereof), but a few notes on what’s out. First Posi weighs in: Patron and Epic Power Pools: First off, we’ve made some changes to the Villain Patron and Hero Epic Power Pools. 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First off, we’ve made some changes to the Villain Patron and Hero Epic Power Pools. We know that these have been out of balance for a while, so in bringing Patron pools up to the same level as Hero pools, we’ve made a lot of changes to both side’s high level powers. We did extensive datamining on power choices, how they were being utilized, and damage outputs. In the end we tweaked several powers and removed some, replacing them with (what we think) are far more useful ones. We were very cautious in removing powers; it’s not something we ever do lightly. We only do it where there was a huge disparity in how often it is chosen over another power. That to us points to severe problems with that power even being in that pool to begin with.<\/p>\n
Next up, we have a new Merit System for playing through content in the game. Players will no longer need to “farm” particular missions or Task Forces for a specific IO. Now you can accumulate Merits and simply purchase that IO outright from the new Merit Vendors sprinkled throughout Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. Practically everything you do in the game earns you Merits now and the amount you earn is based on our datamines on how long particular things take to accomplish in our game. This means that really fast Task Forces or Trials will earn you fewer Merits than ones that take longer to complete. Merits don’t have a level associated with them either, so you can earn Merits in your low-level career, and save them up to purchase IOs that will be most useful when you are level 50. The choice is now in your hands, and out of the random drop tables these missions had previously.<\/p>\n
We’ve made some changes to the way players deal with bases. Overall things got a lot less expensive, Prestige-wise, in bases. This means that smaller SGs should be able to accomplish more with their bases now. If your SG wants to take advantage of the new, lower, prices, you’re going to have to do a little work in selling the older items, and buying the new, lower priced items. It’s an unfortunate artifact of the way the base system was designed that we can’t just refund your SG the difference straight away. We’ve also eliminated the need for Base Salvage. Now everything in bases can be built with Invention Salvage. You will even be able to convert all that extra Base Salvage into Invention Salvage to help get rid of the extraneous items your SG has probably accumulated. This change will help smaller SGs build cooler stuff faster, as well as give large SGs a benefit for all their hard work so far. Don’t worry, the storage containers in bases will now be able to hold a small amount of Invention Salvage as well now.<\/p>\n
We’re adding in a brand new feature for new characters and new players to get acclimated to the game with Leveling Pacts. Characters that are level 5 and under can form a permanent bond that will evenly split all XP they ever earn, keeping them in perfect level sync their entire careers (unless they decide to break the Pact). It’s superior to Sidekicking because the split happens even if one half of the duo isn’t on-line! They will be able to log in later and be treated to the XP they would have earned had they been on-line and playing with their partner anyway. This is the perfect way for a couple of close knit buddies to make sure they always have characters “in sync” even if one plays more often, or at different times, than the others. This feature will initially launch with the low-level limit on initiating Pacts, as well as only being able to Pact two characters together. It’s a brand new way of dealing with our reward system, so once we are happy with how things are working out, we can look into raising the maximum entry level on Pacting as well as the number of characters that can be Pacted together.<\/p>\n
We’ve also overhauled our PvP system in such a way that the changes do not affect PvE. We’ve ignored PvP as “good enough” for long enough. The previous systems were “ok” and have a very vocal and devoted fan-base, but we plan on incorporating more and more PvP features into City of Heroes and City of Villains. In order for us to do that we really need a solid foundation of the core PvP gameplay. We are trying to make PvP more accessible to new players, while giving experienced PvP’ers the advantage that comes with formulating tactics around the new systems we’re putting in place. PvP from now on will be on our priority list. If something isn’t working out, we’ll be in there tweaking it and making it work, for the entire future of the product, not just Issue 13.<\/p>\n
Be sure to check out the new “Multi-build” feature. You can access this feature by visiting any level-up Trainer in the game. Here you can make an alternate build, or switch between the builds that you have. We are initially launching this feature with only two builds available to work with, but the feature has the capability of dealing with more, should we ever find a need for third, fourth, or more, builds.<\/p>\n
Finally, I want to talk about Day Jobs<\/a>. These are rewards your character earns for logging out for extended periods in certain in-game locations. These rewards are varied, depending on the job your character was working on. I hope that you all find these as fun and exciting as we had in designing them. I look forward to the role-playing that players will do incorporating their “Day Job” into their crime fighting (or crime committing) regime.<\/p>\n
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\u2022 The second build is slotted with enhancements separately from your first build.
\u2022 You can swap builds once every 15 minutes.
\u2022 All powers fully recharge when switching builds<\/p>\n
\u2022 In general, the base damage of all ATs has been increased. The Containment bonus for Controllers has been reduced because of their higher base damage.
\u2022 Being hit by an attack triggers movement suppression, just as making an attack does. Suppression for being hit by an attack is always the same duration.
\u2022 The greater the base range of an attack, the longer the suppression for the attacker.
\u2022 Resistance and defense powers have greater diminishing returns when stacked than in PvE, and lower caps. \u2022 If more than one enemy is targeting a character in PvP, there will be a penalty to the accuracy of all attacks against them that increases with each additional enemy.
\u2022 Hit point regeneration is reduced when suppressed in PvP areas.
\u2022 Healing powers suffer from diminishing returns when several are used in a short period of time.
\u2022 All ATs except Tankers and Masterminds have some default resistances to all attacks in PVP.
\u2022 Unlike in PvE, defensive toggles do not suppress when you are held\/stunned.
\u2022 Melee classes gain extra resistances to all debuffs and to movement slows. These bonuses are linked to the power in each set that gives status protection (Unyielding Stance, Wet Ice, Plasma Shield, etc.).
\u2022 \u201cBuffing\u201d ATs (Defenders, Controllers, Corruptors, Dominators and Masterminds) have less ability to benefit from all buffing powers than other ATs (the powers have less effect on them, and their caps are lower).
\u2022 Melee ATs gain more benefit from buffing powers than other ATs (the powers have greater effect on them, and their caps are higher).
\u2022 Defeating enemies in PvP can award Influence\/Infamy, Inspirations, and rarely Salvage, but no XP.
\u2022 There is no such thing as Status Protection in PvP, only Resistance. The base durations of status effects are greatly reduced in PvP (generally 4 seconds for Controllers and Dominators, 2 seconds for all other ATs).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Offensive Toggles (Like Radiation Infection or Icicles or Rise to the Challenge) will still detoggle as before.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The most any powers range can be debuffed has been altered. Minimum Range is now 25% of normal range of the power. In other words, if the power has an 80\u2019 range base, it cannot be debuffed lower than 20\u2019. I didn’t know ranges could be debuffed.<\/em>
\u2022 Removed duplicate visual FX from Holiday Rocket Pack Temporary Power.
\u2022 The sound effect for Energy Manipulation – Power Thrust was inadvertently changed and has been reverted to its original sound
\u2022 The Warburg Nuke Chemical Burn power now correctly states that it reduces the target\u2019s defense and not accuracy in its long help.
\u2022 Temporary Powers\/Power Analyzer Mk I, II and III: These temporary powers should no longer aggro enemies.
\u2022 The \u201cNo Phase\u201d state (the period of time after leaving a \u2018phased\u2019 state of invulnerability before you can enter it again) been changed to allow you to phase\/hibernate for 30 seconds, then disallow such powers for 90 seconds.
\u2022 Invulnerability\/Unyielding: This power\u2019s activation text should no longer state it reduces the user\u2019s defense.
\u2022 Powers granted by the 54 month veteran badge no longer gain a bonus to damage dependent upon the character’s origin.
\u2022 The Goldbricker Rocket Pack will no longer function in areas or missions where temporary powers are disabled.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Added the ability to save and load player-designed costume configurations to a file saved on the player’s computer. What?! That’s fabulous! If I read it correctly, it means you can save a particular costume configuration and use it for another character (or save it to revert to at a later time). Excellent!<\/em>
\u2022 The Cyborg Pack Combat Auras will now be available at all levels for all players that purchased them.
\u2022 Many costume auras have been optimized for performance. There are also a lot of new combinations for auras that didn\u2019t previously exist. Nice. Auras are spiffy.<\/em>
\u2022 Major changes to the supergroup costume color system. Most notably, each costume now has its own set of supergroup colors. We can bid a fond farewell to the days when changing your costume required entry to the supergroup color picker to repair the damage. Additionally, the supergroup color picker has been merged with the tailor screen, solving the problems associated with applying supergroup colors to wings. This sounds like a positive thing, a very nice QoL feature. Though not many folks I know of get all tied to the SG costume modes.<\/em>
\u2022 In the Tailor shop, you can check out how your costume looks when in Supergroup mode. Please note, you cannot load or save a costume when the tailor screen is in SG color picker mode. Also a good thing.<\/em>
\u2022 Fixed a cosmetic issue with the Cyborg ACCAHUD aura<\/p>\n
\u2022 Roman Shields should be unlockable by earning the Centurion badge.
\u2022 The Romulus shield is unlocked by defeating Romulus Nictus once.
\u2022 The Romulus Nictus shield is unlocked by defeating Romulus Nictus 5 times.
\u2022 The Rularuu Shield is unlocked by earning the Visionary badge or earning souvenirs from shadow shard task forces and story arcs.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Circle of Thorns Cold Thorn Mage Reflections should now use their offensive powers once again.
\u2022 Banished Pantheon Masks now range in level from 20-30.
\u2022 Infected level range now extends to level 10.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Players can no longer drop Mayhem and Safeguard missions That’s interesting. I’ve had some cases with solo characters where I’ve taken the Safeguard mission but eventually dropped it because I’d outleveled it in other PuG play. I wonder why they’ve done this?<\/em> <\/p>\n
\u2022 Removed all base salvage from base item recipes. Base Salvage should only be needed in recipes that convert base salvage to invention salvage.
\u2022 Base raiding is currently being redesigned, and will be in that state for some time. For the duration, all base raiding, including instant raids, will be disabled. Ho-hum.<\/em>
\u2022 Added Teleporter Beacon for Pocket D. Nice!<\/em>
\u2022 Added SG badge to access Pocket D beacon.
\u2022 Robo-Surgery can be attached to the Basic Reclaimator
\u2022 Sprit Signal can be attached to Resurrection Rings
\u2022 Base Salvage racks can now hold a limited amount of invention salvage.<\/p>\n
\u2022 This change will allow much greater freedom in placing objects in your base.
\u2022 When raids are enabled again, players will be able to choose whether their base will abide by the new raiding-related restrictions.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Fixed the bug where pasting text into the system was being handled differently than typing that same text directly.
\u2022 Fixed the problem where re-ordering characters on one server would cause the character order data for other servers to be corrupted. Okay, that’s a good thing. The character ordering code has been seriously whacky, which is highly irksome.<\/em>
\u2022 Badge tracking UI window updated to allow sorting by category Badges now have a lot more categories (including a “Recent” category), per Margie. Very nice.<\/em>
\u2022 Contacts that are unlocked (through getting a badge or reaching a certain level, e.g.) automatically give you a pop-up box letting you know they\u2019ve been unlocked and are added to your active contact list. Great. I hate getting contacts who won’t actually give me anything yet. Nice to know that at least now they’ll let me know when they’ll talk to me.<\/em> <\/p>\n
\u2022 All badges, other than invention badges, have had their hint text filled in with a greater amount of detail. All badges will explain how many foes need to be defeated and Accolades will explain which badges are needed to obtain them. Meters have been added to all badges where appropriate and badges that track more than 1 kill, event, etc. should now have help text. Thank you.<\/em>
\u2022 Reduced the amount of healing required to obtain the Empath badge from 1,000,000,000 to 100,000,000
\u2022 The Artisan, Master Artisan, Craftsman, Master Craftsman and Fabricator badges should now correctly have their status meter update when the character crafts enhancements.
\u2022 Defeating Contaminated will now fill your progress bar for the Isolator
\nbadge, which appears after the 15th Contaminated defeated.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Force Feedback: Chance for +Recharge was not marked as irresistible, which meant your slow resistance powers decreased its benefit. This has been corrected and is now marked properly.
\u2022 Set bonuses that state they increase \u201cMovement Speed\u201d will now boost the base movement of the character instead of enhancing movement speed boosting powers.
\u2022 Knockback Sets now improve Knockdown and Knock Up powers, instead of only Knockdown.
\u2022 Universal Travel Power enhancement sets can no longer be slotted into Sprint powers.
\u2022 Invention Origin enhancement sets that decrease the recharge time on a power should now correctly state +rech instead of \u2013rech<\/p>\n
\u2022 Eradication, Level 10-30
\u2022 Obliteration, Level 30-50<\/p>\n
\u2022 Basilisk’s Gaze, Level 10-30
\u2022 Lockdown, Level 30-50<\/p>\n
\u2022 Blessing of the Zephyr, Level 10-50<\/p>\n
\u2022 Call to Arms, Level 10-30
\u2022 Expedient Reinforcement, Level 30-50<\/p>\n
\u2022 Theft of Essence, Level 10-30
\u2022 Touch of the Nictus, Level 30-50<\/p>\n
\u2022 Shield Breaker, Level 10-30
\u2022 Analyze Weakness, Level 30-50<\/p>\n
\u2022 Cloud Senses, Level 10-30
\u2022 Siphon Insight, Level 30-50<\/p>\n
\u2022 Linda Summers, Kings Row contact is no longer on the far side of Kings Row by Galaxy, now she is over by Blue Steel. Paula Dempsey also got moved to the plaza at the Yellow Line ramp. Thank heavens. Jogging over to those folks was somewhat dangerous but always a drag.<\/em>
\u2022 Two basic stores added in Striga Isle. Smuggler Jimmie is on the docks in Port Noble and Smuggler Freddie is near Ernesto Hess. Both will sell basic inspirations and buy back enhancements, recipes, and salvage. Huzzah! Stores in Striga! Makes Striga work much more attractive.<\/em>
\u2022 Added elevator markers to Grandville in similar fashion to Faultline
\u2022 There is a Reconnaissance Officer at the entrance to or just inside most hazard zones: Firebase Zulu; just inside the Hollows; at the Steel Canyon gate in Perez Park; in the Hive; Boomtown; in the Sewers; the RWZ base by the portal to the zone. The Recon Officers give you a rundown of the zone including history, known hostiles, and amenities (hospital, trainers, etc\u2026) A very interesting idea.<\/em>
\u2022 There’s also a jetpack temp power vendor in all the Shard zones and in Grandville. Oh, my a most excellent idea. No more “Oops, I took Superspeed, so I’m screwed in the Shard” or “Huh, let’s see if I can Superjump my way over there …” <\/em>
\u2022 Port Oakes got itself a Black Market. Yay for more Black Markets!<\/em>
\u2022 There is are new \u2018Abandoned Labs\u2019 (rows of Invention crafting stations) in Port Oakes and St. Martial. Yay for more Invention areas in CoV!<\/em>
\u2022 RWZ now has Invention crafting tables off to the side of Lady Grey (for villains and heroes). Also a fine add.<\/em>
\u2022 A base portal has been added to Pocket D. Trina the Seamstress (a tailor) is now in Pocket D’s VIP Lounge. Wow, more reasons go to go Pocket D!<\/em> <\/p>\n
\u2022 Blaster Psychic Blast\/Mental Blast Changed short and long help descriptions of this power from moderate to high damage.
\u2022 Blaster – Cold Mastery – Hoarfrost replacing Flash Freeze, reduced HP bonus
\u2022 Blaster – Electrical Mastery – Conserve Power replacing shocking bolt
\u2022 Blaster – Electrical Mastery – Power Surge replacing EM pulse, identical to force of nature
\u2022 Blaster – Munitions Mastery – Surveillance replacing Sleep grenade
\u2022 Surge of power – text description no longer claims to prevent status effects.
\u2022 Normalized Projectile Speeds for Psionic\/Psychic blast powers (generally faster). Yay!<\/em> <\/p>\n
\u2022 Controller – Ice Mastery – Frost Breath replacing ice storm
\u2022 Controller – Primal Forces Mastery – Energy Torrent Replacing power blast, knockdown version
\u2022 Plant Control\/Entangle: This power will now correctly knock flying targets out of the air only if they are close to the ground.
\u2022 Plant Control\/Roots: This power will now correctly knock flying targets out of the air only if they are close to the ground.
\u2022 Ice Mastery – Frost breath: Reduced Endurance Cost.
\u2022 Primal Forces – Energy Torrent: Reduced Endurance Cost.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Defender – Dark Mastery – Oppressive Gloom \u2013 Increased Radius
\u2022 Defender – Dark Mastery – Soul Drain – Increased buff off of first target. Minor decrease in overall buff.
\u2022 Defender – Psychic Mastery – World of Confusion replacing Telekinesis
\u2022 Defender – Electricity Mastery – Shocking bolt replacing Electric fence
\u2022 Defender Vigilance will no longer increase the Defenders endurance costs when grouped with team mates with greater than normal Health values.
\u2022 Normalized Projectile Speeds for Psionic\/Psychic blast powers (generally faster).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Increased Melee Damage to 0.85 from 0.75
\u2022 Increased Range Damage to 0.8 from 0.625
\u2022 Increased Melee SSDamage to 1.0 from 0.85<\/p>\n
\u2022 White Dwarf form Taunt powers now have a Range Debuff component. This will have the effect of forcing ranged attackers to move closer to the Taunter. Cool.<\/em>
\u2022 Cosmic Balance now grants 10% Recharge Slow Resistance per Peacebringer, Warshade, Arachnos Widow or Arachnos Soldier on their team.
\u2022 Cosmic Balance bonus now applies in shapeshifted forms.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Scrapper – Weapon Mastery – Targeting Drone (Modified to work like focus accuracy)
\u2022 Scrapper – Martial Arts\/Dragon’s Tail: Corrected the critical hit portion of this power so that it is equal to the power\u2019s normal damage.
\u2022 Scrapper Taunt powers now have a Range Debuff component. This will have the effect of forcing ranged attackers to move closer to the Taunter. Nice.<\/em>
\u2022 Claws – Corrected the Damage and Endurance cost on Shockwave (damage went up from 1.04 to 1.05 scale, while endurance cost is fixed at 11.56.
\u2022 Claws -Reduced Animation time of Slash from 1.5 to 1.33 resulting in a damage scale reduction from 1.4 to 1.32
\u2022 Dark Melee -> Siphon Life recharge time reduced and damage increased
\u2022 All Taunt Powers primary powersets now include a -75% range debuff to the target.
\u2022 Dark Melee\/Midnight Grasp initial damage increased and DoT duration shortened.<\/p>\n
\naccuracy buff. Provides same total bonus in PVE.
\u2022 Tanker – Pyre Mastery – Melt Armor replacing ring of fire. Reduced debuff effect
\u2022 Tanker – Arctic Mastery – Shiver replacing chilblain
\u2022 Tanker – Arctic Mastery – Freezing Rain replacing Ice storm, reduced debuff effect
\u2022 Tanker – Earth Mastery – Quicksand Replacing stone prison, reduced debuff effect
\u2022 Tanker – Earth Mastery – Conserve Power replacing Salt Crystals
\u2022 Dark Melee -> Siphon Life recharge time reduced and damage increased.
\u2022 Dark Melee\/Midnight Grasp initial damage increased and DoT duration shortened.
\u2022 All Taunt Powers in secondary powersets now include a -75% range debuff to the target. I think the general change to Taunt powers to include a range debuff is an excellent idea.<\/em> <\/p>\n
\u2022 Warshades damage adjusted
\u2022 increased Melee Damage to 0.85 from 0.75
\u2022 Increased Range Damage to 0.8 from 0.625
\u2022 Increased Melee SSDamage to 1.0 from 0.85
\u2022 Black Dwarf form Taunt powers now have a Range Debuff component. This will have the effect of forcing ranged attackers to move closer to the Taunter.
\u2022 Dark Sustenance now grants 10% Recharge Slow Resistance per Peacebringer, Warshade, Arachnos Widow or Arachnos Soldier on their team.
\u2022 Dark Sustenance bonus now applies in shapeshifted forms.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Heroes owning the Fire Marshal, Bomb Squad, PPD Deputy, Security Expert, Interceptor and Villain Disruptor badges should now award the Force of Justice Accolade. The Force of Justice Accolade does not grant a power.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Kheldians in Dwarf form will now be able to use the emotes from the Wedding Pack and Cyborg Pack<\/p>\n
\u2022 Arachnos Soldier pets will now be usable when completing story arcs in Ouroboros where only the use of Archetype powers has been selected.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Brute – Soul Mastery – Darkest Night replacing summon widow, reduced debuff effect
\u2022 Brute – Mace Mastery – Focused Accuracy – Decreased to-hit buff, added accuracy buff. Provides same total bonus in PVE.
\u2022 Brute – Leviathan Mastery – Arctic Breath replacing Bile spray – cone power similar to Freezing rain.
\u2022 Brute Super Reflexes\/Evasion: The brute version of this power will no longer have its defense affected by attacker\u2019s level.
\u2022 Brute Taunt powers now have a Range Debuff component. This will have the effect of forcing ranged attackers to move closer to the Taunter.
\u2022 Modified Energy Aura\u2019s Energy Drain heal aspect to have some healing ability. The heal is roughly 3% of your health per target hit.
\u2022 All Taunt Powers in primary powersets now include a -75% range debuff to the target.
\u2022 Dark Melee\/Midnight Grasp initial damage increased and DoT duration shortened.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Corruptor – Mace Mastery – Focused Accuracy replacing pet – Decreased to-hit buff, added accuracy buff. Provides same total bonus in PVE.
\u2022 Corruptor – Mu Mastery – Conserve Power replacing electric shackles<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dominators – Soul Mastery – Soul Drain Replacing dark Obliteration, adjusted buff effect
\u2022 Dominators – Mace Mastery – Personal Force Field replacing Disruptor Blast
\u2022 Dominators – Leviathan Mastery – Water Spout – Eliminated knockback and fear effect, reduced chance of knockup and stun.
\u2022 Dominators – Leviathan Mastery – Hibernate replacing Chum spray
\u2022 Dominators – Mu Mastery – Power Surge Replacing Ball Lightning – Identical to Force of Nature
\u2022 Plant Control\/Entangle: This power will now correctly knock flying targets out of the air only if they are close to the ground.
\u2022 Plant Control\/Roots: This power will now correctly knock flying targets out of the air only if they are close to the ground.
\u2022 Normalized Projectile Speeds for Psionic\/Psychic blast powers (generally faster).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Mastermind – Soul Mastery – Oppressive Gloom replacing Night Fall. Increased radius
\u2022 Mastermind – Mace Mastery – Power Boost replacing Mace Beam Volley
\u2022 Mastermind – Leviathan Mastery – Knockout Blow replacing Chum spray
\u2022 Mastermind – Mu Mastery – Thunderstrike (AOE version) replacing static discharge
\u2022 Mastermind Robotics\/Pulse Rifle Blast: This power can no longer be slotted with knockback enhancements as it doesn\u2019t have a knockback component.
\u2022 Mastermind Necromancy Liches Torrent power should now only do Knockdown, unless slotted with Knockback Enhancements, or otherwise buffed.
\u2022 The Ouroboros Portal will now have a description in its info if selected by a mastermind.
\u2022 Mastermind Upgrade powers will now affect all henchmen within 30\u2019 of the target henchman. Endurance cost for Upgrade Powers has been increased. It now takes approximately 45 endurance (reducible by enhancements) per upgrade power used.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Stalker – Mace Mastery – Disruptor Blast replacing pet
\u2022 Stalker – Leviathan Mastery – Water Spout – Eliminated knockback and fear effect, reduced chance of knockup and stun.
\u2022 Stalker – Leviathan Mastery – Hibernate replacing pet
\u2022 Stalker – Mu Mastery – Ball Lightning replacing Zapp
\u2022 Stalker – Mu Mastery – Conserve Power replacing pet
\u2022 Claws – Corrected the Damage and Endurance cost on Shockwave (damage went up from 1.04 to 1.05 scale, while endurance cost is fixed at 11.56.)
\u2022 Claws -Reduced Animation time of Slash from 1.5 to 1.33 resulting in a damage scale reduction from 1.4 to 1.32
\u2022 Claws – applied the 20% recharge and endurance discount to Build Up. (Someone was kind enough to point out to me that this should really always have been there.)
\u2022 Claws – Eviscerate is no longer a Cone attack. This means it has a 100% Crit from Hide chance and its damage scale increases from 1.99 to 2.23.
\u2022 Modified Energy Aura\u2019s Energy Drain heal aspect to have some healing ability. The heal is roughly 3% of your health per target hit.
\u2022 Claws\/Eviscerate: This power will now only accept single target melee IO enhancements.
\u2022 Dark Melee\/Midnight Grasp initial damage increased and DoT duration shortened.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Normalized Projectile Speeds for Psionic\/Psychic blast powers (generally faster).<\/p>\n
\u2022 Breakout: Changed \u201cEscaped Convicts\u201d text to read \u201cZig Combatants\u201d for the Breakout Tutorial<\/p>\n
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