So when does the new stuff for COH go live?

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Does anyone know when the new costume stuff, the body shaping and the arena
will actually be released?

Clem Clambake

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Clem Clambake wrote:
> Does anyone know when the new costume stuff, the body shaping and the
arena
> will actually be released?

In the year 2525, if man is still alive...

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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:18:09 GMT, Matt Frisch
<matuse73@yahoo.spam.me.not.com> wrote:

>On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 04:12:40 GMT, "Clem Clambake" <clemclambake@yahoo.coma>
>scribed into the ether:
>
>>Does anyone know when the new costume stuff, the body shaping and the arena
>>will actually be released?
>
>Given the borked status of the internal test server, the horrific nerfs
>that resulted from tests made on the horrifically borked internal server,
>that those nerfs have not been undone, and many of the powers are still in
>testing, and the arena is a hopeless mess...
>
>3-4 weeks at the earliest, is my guess.

Actually, the data they based making the nerfs in the first place from
was BEFORE the bug got introduced into the internal test servers.
Really, the only thing that bug effected was the test runs to
illustrate the power that regen had. And the regen nerfs are far from
"horrific". It's -STILL- the top scrapper secondary or very close to
it. (Actually, they've run a new set of tests on the debugged internal
test server. invul came out slightly ABOVE regen as it is now on
public test with the rest of the secondaries falling well behind.
-all- the builds were non min-maxed, though.)

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On 28 Apr 2005 00:09:10 -0700, "The Black Guardian" <blakgard@aol.com>
wrote:

>Clem Clambake wrote:
>> Does anyone know when the new costume stuff, the body shaping and the
>arena
>> will actually be released?
>
>In the year 2525, if man is still alive...

*applause*

Charles Riggs --

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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:48:12 -0400, Xocyll <Xocyll@kingston.net> wrote:

> I mean honestly, with CoV on the horizon for real PVP, WTF is the point
> of half-assed PVP in CoH?

Presumably, giving the PVP system a thorough testing so it can be
whole-assed when CoV comes out.

I do agree with you in general, though. More and more these days when
I think about CoH, I'm reminded of this line from The Last Unicorn:

| "You are losing my interest," the rustling voice interrupted him
| again, "and that is very dangerous. In a moment I will have
| forgotten you quite entirely, and will never be able to remember
| just what I did with you. What I forget not only ceases to exist,
| but never really existed in the first place."

--
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Robotech_Master |
robotech@eyrie.org | Earn a free iPod and a free Mac Mini!
| http://www.terrania.us/conga.html

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Clem Clambake wrote:
> Does anyone know when the new costume stuff, the body shaping and the arena
> will actually be released?

On the basis that I4 now contains a badge called 'Celebrant' which is
given to all characters who log in during the month of May...

It'll be going Live far too soon, unless they put that badge Live without
the rest of the junk.

--
John Parkinson

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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 01:07:48 -0700, Dark Tyger <darktiger@somewhere.net>
scribed into the ether:

>On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 07:18:09 GMT, Matt Frisch
><matuse73@yahoo.spam.me.not.com> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 04:12:40 GMT, "Clem Clambake" <clemclambake@yahoo.coma>
>>scribed into the ether:
>>
>>>Does anyone know when the new costume stuff, the body shaping and the arena
>>>will actually be released?
>>
>>Given the borked status of the internal test server, the horrific nerfs
>>that resulted from tests made on the horrifically borked internal server,
>>that those nerfs have not been undone, and many of the powers are still in
>>testing, and the arena is a hopeless mess...
>>
>>3-4 weeks at the earliest, is my guess.
>
>Actually, the data they based making the nerfs in the first place from
>was BEFORE the bug got introduced into the internal test servers.
>Really, the only thing that bug effected was the test runs to
>illustrate the power that regen had. And the regen nerfs are far from
>"horrific". It's -STILL- the top scrapper secondary or very close to
>it. (Actually, they've run a new set of tests on the debugged internal
>test server. invul came out slightly ABOVE regen as it is now on
>public test with the rest of the secondaries falling well behind.
>-all- the builds were non min-maxed, though.)

Those were some pretty screwed up tests, IMO. The prescence of a half a
tray of inspirations alone is enough to almost completely invalidate it.

The choice of primary was also extremely odd, and leads to strange results
particularly in the minion killing field. The slowing effect from various
Spines abilities is *greatly* to the benefit of Regen over the other types,
so Regen comes off looking comparitively much better than it should.

Slotting was also wierd, with 6-slotted heals in Instant Healing, which
should realistically have 1 or 2 endredux. The luxury of being able to burn
a half tray of inspirations (likely including a couple of CaBs) distorts
that aspect of it too, giving the impression that Regen heals better than
it does in the "real world".

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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 21:30:12 GMT, Matt Frisch
<matuse73@yahoo.spam.me.not.com> wrote:

>Those were some pretty screwed up tests, IMO. The prescence of a half a
>tray of inspirations alone is enough to almost completely invalidate it.
>
>The choice of primary was also extremely odd, and leads to strange results
>particularly in the minion killing field. The slowing effect from various
>Spines abilities is *greatly* to the benefit of Regen over the other types,
>so Regen comes off looking comparitively much better than it should.
>
>Slotting was also wierd, with 6-slotted heals in Instant Healing, which
>should realistically have 1 or 2 endredux. The luxury of being able to burn
>a half tray of inspirations (likely including a couple of CaBs) distorts
>that aspect of it too, giving the impression that Regen heals better than
>it does in the "real world".

How does the presence of half a tray of inspirations invalidate the
results? The situation and build were actually BELOW what a scrapper
would normally face in live play. I rarely, if EVER, have below half a
tray of inspirations going into a large fight. The build wasn't just
odd, it was -weak-. The slotting of the secondaries was weaker than
the average player would have. The test was to show that even
sub-optimal builds were performing well above what their intention
placed them at.

The biggest difference was probably play style. Most players, as I've
seen it on live, solo by jumping into a pack of mobs, fighting where
they stand, and only moving to chase runners. I'm sure the devs used
actual (heaven forbid!) tactics in their fights, which is something
that the average player could stand to learn. Scrappers have gotten
too comfortable with "Stand in its face and whack while its friends
beat on you as well".

--
Dark Tyger

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On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:13:56 GMT, J Anlee <JanLee@ameritech.net>
wrote:

>Charles Riggs <chriggs@éircom.net> wrote in
>news:lhe171ti7nfm49nuq3vut6op7242ssa1m2@4ax.com:

Restoring the attributions:

>>On 28 Apr 2005 00:09:10 -0700, "The Black Guardian" <blakgard@aol.com> wrote:

>Clem Clambake wrote:
>> Does anyone know when the new costume stuff, the body shaping and the
>arena
>> will actually be released?
>
>>>In the year 2525, if man is still alive...
>>
>> *applause*

>Zager & Evans one big hit.

My applause was for the remark, obviously enough, not the song, great
as it was.

Charles Riggs--

There are no accented letters in my email address.