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Release Notes 1/26/2017
kaiserin
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Circus Malvanum/Forum Malvanum
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Misc
- Added Rainbow Superjump travel power.
Circus Malvanum/Forum Malvanum
- Added Ironclad's Willpower mod as an additional drop to Forum Malvanum.
- Replaced the questionite reward in the alert to reward a questionite box over a flat amount.
- Added Second Wind consumable heal device as an additional drop to the later rounds of Forum Malvanum.
- Added Fighting emote + Belligerent title to the Circus Malvanum store.
- The event will start a little after maintenance ends.
Animations
- Fixed a bug where the worship emote caved in your head.
- Fixed a bug where jumping backwards with superjump improperly looped the rising animation.
- Fixed a bug where Antagonize used a walk animation while flying. Known issue: This still occurs when underwater when moving front-left or front-right.
Powers
- Fixed a bug where Lock N Load wasn't giving out proper damage bonuses.
- Cleaned up some heavy weapon tooltips to be a bit more clear on what the powers do.
Misc
- Fixed a bug where the Kitsune head's eyes vanished into the head.
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Hello Heavy Weapons Mod
Much appreciated.
First Flaw
I assume this the first of the new emote series that is bound on character
However, the Item Description does NOT mention it, and it will cause a lot of confusion to players who don't read forums
just a heads up, it should have stated that its BoC in the description
also I won't support those items, this goes without saying
Likewise, I'd like to implore that emote unlocks have a higher rarity, but unlock account-wide. I'd rather have to grind 800 Malvan tokens to unlock for all my dozens upon dozens of characters, rather than having to spend hours on characters I don't think are fit for the malvan content but could use the emote.
It feels terrible that I have to think which characters I might ever use an emote, not to mention the issue with having character ideas that could use the emote: now you have to grind event tokens on a lv6 so you can get that aura or emote that inspired them. Thankfully the aura box thing somewhat solves it, but I still find this whole scenario, on a game so powerful on letting the player make their multiple, original, characters with their own unique quirks and talents, ridiculous.
I know it's something extra and that if I feel this I way I "should just not get it", but there are better ways to make money than pissing off the majority of the players who enjoy having a multitude of characters. Besides, if we don't complain, next up costumes unlock only for a character, after all, auras were account-wide for more than a year, weren't they? (Exception being the free auras, of course, though also some specific few aura drops)
Though yes, I admit I am exagerating a little.
I read the notes, and I just kinda wanna put my input in.
I can totally agree with having lots of unlocks *Per Character* but, pending the answer to the question "Are these bound on Pick-up?", it does feel a slight bit petty to make an Emote per character. The aura makes a whole lot of sense because those are equippable items. But an emote seems more like a system unlock. If you can't purchase that emote off of someone, or at least trade it to a lowbie hero, then is it the intent that we only really be at or near maximum level to get the emote?
You can trade vehicles not awarded by events to other heroes on your account. You can trade special gear not awarded by events to others account-wide as well, so unless this emote is like the only one that will be like this (exclusive to Forum), I can't help but feel curious behind the motivation with such a restriction on just an emote.
On the other hand, if the emote is not bound on pickup, then I feel a lot better knowing that I might actually get to see the emote in action used by another, or possibly pick it up myself. It'd be a product that can generate activity in the Auction House. That'd be swell. I suppose time will tell.
EDIT: This isn't at all as bad as I was lead to believe. The prices are fair for the amount of cogs you get and the payout is sensible.
Thank you.
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I'm not saying it doesn't suck. I don't like it, but it's not as bad as I thought it would be.
When Auras started becoming BoE/BoP I could understand people being pissed, but did not share the feeling, since I think an Aura doesn't make or break a costume, but enhances it. It's the equivalent of a r9 mod vs a r7 mod.
But emotes? Come on people, let's be honest, how often do you use Emotes? Hell, outside of Caprice, how often do you use emotes other than Hello/Wave/Yes/No/Sit/Afk_Sit
Like how often do you see yourself using this particular emote? Most likely you will use it the first one or two weeks after acquiring it and then completely forget about it's existence. Of the 3 different Emotes available, the DeathReach is seldom used outside of the 20 feet radius around Defender, few people actually bought the Dance emotes from Zen store, and no one uses the ShaolinReady emote at all.
Emotes are not something that is constantly part of your character and do not enhance your gameplay experience outside of RPing.
I think this is more a case of complaining because the words "Bind on Pickup" fare attached to the item, rather than said item being coveted at all and genuinely feel boomed that it's grindy to get.
TL;DR I think the item in particular is not worth losing your heads over it being Bound to Character.
I don't RP and I have several emotes that I use almost every time I play.
So stop pretending you know what the community uses emotes for.
And how long do I plan to use these emotes? Well for my boxer I would have used it a lot.
But then, I don't have the slightest problem with this Bound to Character restriction. If I want it, I'll do what they want to get it. **shrugs** Gives me something to do (and really, at 150, this thing is cheap).
And that's the thing with emotes: it doesn't make sense from a player perspective to have them on one character but not others. If I want to /sit, I shouldn't need to ask "Did I unlock that action on this character?"
The only exception would be highly specialized emotes; a "juggle flaming chainsaws" or "shroud me in swirling shadows" emote, for example, I wouldn't care if it were character bound - because it would take a very special character for that to make sense as a thing they might actually do. On the other hand, a "fighting stance" or "lean against a wall" or the like? Those sorts of actions should be account-wide.
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Why not make one emote that's inexpensive but per character, or a bit more expensive, account-wide unlock, and make everyone happy?
After some thought, I realize that I don't use emotes so this doesn't really affect me. I know a lot of people have said the emotes are less expensive than they expected, but I was hoping they'd be cheaper. That way you could get the emotes with relatively little grind, and just wash your hands of it on that toon. Probably more in the 75 to 100 range, but 150 means doing the race until you diminish to attaining 1 token and then running FM a dozen or so times if you want to unlock it in a day. Not all characters are equipped for that.
I don't like this direction. Champs has a history of patting you on the back and then throwing salt in your eyes. I've played this game since 2010, I've seen it again and again. I took a few years off... but I'm not going to dwell on that. I do like that the emotes come with titles. I feel like that does make it more meaningful for the toons that unlock it and makes things a little more exciting. So my advice for people going forward would be, unlock the emote for the character whose personality it fits best. A Mind AT may not be the best fit for the emote and title this event released with, so dun du eet, unless your character has that sort of personality. Yes, I know, we shouldn't have to make that choice, but I don't think we can change the direction this is heading in so those of us who are staying may as well try and make the best of it and change the way we think about emotes.
I won't be leaving because of this decision. I can't. I bought LTS.
I say stuff and I say things, sometimes together but only when I'm feeling adventurous.
I'm @blu8 in game!
PoE has this same problem. All of the vanity items are account wide, but can only be used on one character at a time. Figuring out which toon has the weapon aura I want for my new character is aggravating. The difference is GGG is trying to make things better after realizing how much it sucks but Cryptic is actively making things irritating.
It's not just a character bound emote. It's another thing being made character bound that was account bound before. It's one more thing that makes having alts annoying. Which doesn't make sense considering in order to have more than two characters, real money has to be spent by someone.
[at]riviania Member since Aug 2009
...because that's how they get people to do stuff
It'll be like always. Bunch of people refusing to do stuff, but people will do it anyway. Huffy Pants Syndrome is mainly a forum activity.
My super cool CC build and how to use it.
As character-only, BoP, I will definitely not.
No big emotion here, just a shrug.
*shrug*
Whoever you are, be that person one hundred percent. Don't compromise on your identity.
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do bind to character auras/emotes bring in more revenue?
if the answer to these questions is "no" then whats the point?
[at]riviania Member since Aug 2009
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On the blue track, I mean.
Did everything right, made all the gates in plenty of time, got a failed race message anyway.
I do not much bother with the red track. There is a point on the red track that I go through a gate and do not see the next gate. I have no idea where I am supposed to be going because the red track has no path markers.
So I will usually find something else to do while I wait for the blue track to appear.
I do not understand the point of having one track with path markers and another that contains more elevation changes and sharp turns not having path markers.
The two tracks offer the same reward; There is no extra benefit for running the "hard" track more than just getting more rewards faster, but with diminishing returns I would have no problem capping myself just on the blue track if I wanted to. Moreover, I do not understand the point of having the race be timed but still failing people for not making a gate fast enough.
If I am able to "bank" time by getting through the first several gates fast enough, why shouldn't I be able to use that time later on?
As for whether the buff timers are too short.... yeah maybe.
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My super cool CC build and how to use it.
I mean, if I have to have buff 1 in order to get buff 2, and buff 2 in order to get buff 3, why not just give the buffs a 1 minute timer?
I would still have to move through the rings in proper order to get credit, I would still have to go through every ring within the race time, but people wouldn't be failed for taking a fraction of a second "too long" to locate the next gate on the course.
It would certainly make it easier to determine what the proper course is even if I do end up failing to complete the race in time.
I could simply look around to locate that next gate and check it to see if I got the proper gate credit/buff and move on to the next one.
Now I can learn the course, because by failing folks they will never know if that gate they see is supposed to be the next one or not.
As it is I can be in the lead over other racers and then fail the "race" because I didn't progress through a certain section fast enough?
That's not a race.
At best it's several races run back to back and you have to finish each and every one of them in order within a few seconds to get one reward.
I suspect, though, that those who are getting unexpected "fails" aren't getting this, but some glitchy bug of some sort.
You are allowed to get up and continue racing.
If they said "You have one minute to complete the course" or "only the top 5 will get a ribbon" or whatever then fine, but that still doesn't allow for the race organizers to disqualify people ahead of other competitors because they didn't move from hurdle "A" to hurdle "B" fast enough.
Let the people continue the race until the race is over.
If they beat the clock then they beat the clock.
It shouldn't matter that they might have been slow through one section of the race or not.
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Red track is awesome! It has tight turns, wide variations in altitude between rings, some alternate routes that some people use, others don't, and some hairy opportunities for slipping through bridge-windows and around building spires. But it doesn't hold your hand, either. No itty-bitty glowing balls to show you the route. You're on your own in how best to traverse the winding route, and there really is no correct way to race the game, apart from going through the rings in the right order. I had several races where I got lost, because I HAD to race ahead and not follow others. But once I learned the basic route, which took just a few races as well as a couple of non-race fly-throughs to look for the gates, it became a much more fun, and challenging race.
In this particular case, while I don't usually like the term, the phrase 'git gud' is actually appropriate here. At the end of the day, the best races are with crowds of bikes and jets and thrones and stuff all jockeying for position and whizzing through gates in a genuine desire to be at the top of that leader-board at the end. If the race bugs out on you, oh well, there's another one starting in another zone in less than five minutes. Enjoy the race for what it is, and have fun! Heck, I barely even register that there might be a goal anymore, I like the Circus so much!
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[at]riviania Member since Aug 2009