{"id":917,"date":"2007-08-28T09:45:01","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T15:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp\/2007\/08\/i11-tidbits-dual-swords-and-willpower\/"},"modified":"2007-08-28T09:45:01","modified_gmt":"2007-08-28T15:45:01","slug":"i11-tidbits-dual-swords-and-willpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/2007\/08\/i11-tidbits-dual-swords-and-willpower.html","title":{"rendered":"I11 tidbits – Dual Swords and Willpower"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Mindripper,” who was at PAX, noted some tidbits about I11 that Positron dropped there<\/a> (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n

1. I asked him about future plans for the Shadow Shard and if it was going to go Co Op. Basically his answer was the the RWZ is what they wanted Co Op to be at this time, and that because of gameplay problems with the shard and how big it is that this wasn’t something they intended on getting into the game anytime soon.<\/p>\n

2. I asked him about Pocket D getting year round contacts for Co Op and he basically said that would be seasonal stuuf only. I quickly followed this up with are we getting Halloween agian this year. His response was Yes, with some new twists and some new badges. He didn’t go into details.<\/p>\n

3. I asked him if the 5th Column <\/strong>were comeing back. He said yes and left me under the impression that it would come in issue 11. That conjecture on my part though.<\/p>\n

4. I asked him what he could tell me about I11, He said that there will be a number of new story lines <\/strong>introduced and plenty of things for level capped aka 50s to do<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

5. Another fan asked about the new power sets, Posi said they will be Dual Blades and Willpower<\/strong>, and will be for all 4 of the Melee ATs in whate ever Combo makes sensce for them.<\/p>\n

6. That Fan also asked about a lv cap increase. No.<\/p>\n

7. I asked about after 50 rewards such as extra enhancement slots. His answer was that was something they had discussed in house but that the tech programming is time consumeing and that that was way on the back burner.<\/p>\n

8. I asked about the SG limit and the whole 75 accounts in a sg deal. This is something he says they want to implement but they are haveing Data Base problems with it. He further said that they thought they had the problem licked 2 issues ago but the solution that they had come up with had the potential to massively corrupt the data in super groups through out the game.<\/p>\n

9. Also my brother says that Lighthouse said that closed beta for i11 is right around the corner<\/strong>, its a matter of a few weeks. Keep in mind I didn’t actually hear this but others in the group I was in confirmed thats what he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This has led to much other discussion about, in particular, the melee powers.<\/p>\n

On Dual Blades<\/strong>, Castle says<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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1) Primarily Lethal damage (and, yes, I am very aware of the arguments against that.)
2) The animations are pretty darn cool looking. BAB has outdone himself here, I think.
3) As Posi said, the set is FAST. Not quick ‘claws’ speed, but fast nonetheless. For Tankers and Brutes, I imagine that’ll be a nice change!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

BackAlleyBrawler added<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Dual Blades are currently fast. Really fast. So fast, probably going to have to slow them down before we go into testing. They are also going to have a few extra gimmicks that are going to make them a very interesting set to play. This set is currently being designed for Stalkers, Scrappers, Brutes, and Tanks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Willpower <\/strong>is designed as a Resistance set, mostly perma-powers.  Castle says<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Willpower has ‘decent’ resists against Smashing\/Lethal\/Toxic\/Psi damage. It has ‘poor’ resists but ‘decent’ defense against Fire\/Cold\/Energy\/Negative Energy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

BackAlleyBrawler noted<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Willpower is our attempt to give the players a powerset that can fulfill the ‘tough guy’ concept and we’re trying to hit a very minimal FX look to it. We have to have some kind of visual effects for the various toggles and clicks just so players will know what’s on and what’s not on, but overall it’s going to be a much less glowy\/sparkly than any of the the other ‘defensive’ powersets. We’ll see if that survives our initial closed beta testing or if players will just feel it’s lackluster because of the subdued FX.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Castle also said<\/a> (about Willpower? Or more broadly?):<\/p>\n

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned Taunt Auras. Brutes, Scrappers and Tankers all have a ‘Taunt Aura’ power called “Rise to the Challenge” that works similarly to Invincibility, but increases Regeneration rate rather than Defense.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n

Very cool.  Now I’ll have to free up some character slots to play with them.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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