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Maintenance, August 31

trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
edited August 2012 in Champions Online Discussion
Maintenance tomorrow will be at the normal time, and will introduce the Nighthawk event and the Hawkwing prototype vehicles to go with it.

Maintenance begins 7 AM PDT, August 31.
Maintenance should be over by 10 AM PDT, August 31.


Want patch notes? Here's the forum post and here's the blog post.
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  • bwdaresbwdares Posts: 1,517 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Thanks for the heads up, and I take it the vehicles are still in Device form until they get the full release?
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  • gerberatetragerberatetra Posts: 821 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Yea in mentions in the patch post that;
    -Please note that while these are wildly fun to play with, they are prototypes and are not the final vehicle system that Champions will implement later. The final version will be even better

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    Some may come and some may stay
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  • sorceror01sorceror01 Posts: 210 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Wait.... "daily chance to get a Hawkwing Jet of your own"? It's not a mission reward? You have to redo the mission to get one, and even then, it's only a one-in-three chance it's the one you actually want? Am I interpreting that correctly?
    I'd really like some clarification here: Do we get a Jet as a mission reward item, and then subsequently have the chance to earn another jet randomly, or do we only have a random chance to earn any jet, period?
  • ktm1ktm1 Posts: 148 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    sorceror01 wrote: »
    Wait.... "daily chance to get a Hawkwing Jet of your own"? It's not a mission reward? You have to redo the mission to get one, and even then, it's only a one-in-three chance it's the one you actually want? Am I interpreting that correctly?
    I'd really like some clarification here: Do we get a Jet as a mission reward item, and then subsequently have the chance to earn another jet randomly, or do we only have a random chance to earn any jet, period?

    they never said that the jet was an automatic drop/reward. they always said "potential" and "chance"... this particular jet(s) from the nightwing mish are become devices that drop randomly. probably similar to darkspeed/ darkaura.

    remember though there is an actual vehicle system in the works where you get the vehicle that you want... although im not sure how its gonna work
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  • sorceror01sorceror01 Posts: 210 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    ktm1 wrote: »
    they never said that the jet was an automatic drop/reward. they always said "potential" and "chance"... this particular jet(s) from the nightwing mish are become devices that drop randomly. probably similar to darkspeed/ darkaura.

    remember though there is an actual vehicle system in the works where you get the vehicle that you want... although im not sure how its gonna work

    Actually, to my recollection, this is the first time it's ever been insinuated that the jets are a chanced reward. To date, it's only been basically mentioned that one can earn the jet during the Nighthawk missions, with no real specifics put forth. The words "potential" and "chance" have very different meanings when used in this context, with "potential" implying that you can potentially choose one of the vehicles from a selection of rewards; and "chance" implying that you have the chance of randomly earning one, with no control over the decision.
    Granted, even this mention is somewhat confounding in its wording, but is more concrete than what we've had before.
    Whether I'm misremembering things or not is besides the point, really. I personally feel it's kind of, I dunno, disingenuous of them to put the jets up as chanced rewards. Considering how hard they have been plugging the things, only to suddenly attach this caveat at the near-last moment, is rather off-putting.
    And for the record, I know how the prototype jets work so far; I have been testing them on the PTS since they first came out. I've even tossed up my two cents for how the finished system will work in the Fall release, for what it's worth.
  • trailturtletrailturtle Posts: 5,496 Perfect World Employee
    edited August 2012
    Maintenance is now complete, and the shard is unlocked.
  • gregbgregb Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Aww no cape glide :(
  • ussnighthawkussnighthawk Posts: 31 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    sorceror01 wrote: »
    Wait.... "daily chance to get a Hawkwing Jet of your own"? It's not a mission reward? You have to redo the mission to get one, and even then, it's only a one-in-three chance it's the one you actually want? Am I interpreting that correctly?
    I'd really like some clarification here: Do we get a Jet as a mission reward item, and then subsequently have the chance to earn another jet randomly, or do we only have a random chance to earn any jet, period?

    Reading this part of the release note:
    -Confront a super-villain in the first-ever vehicle dogfight, using the new Hawkwing fighter jet.

    I would've assumed the same thing. However, I guess it's more like when the Odyssey-class came to STO; everyone got to take it for a test drive (though in that instance, you still got it as a mission reward, but it was locked until you reached Vice Admiral rank).
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  • jonesing4jonesing4 Posts: 800 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    gregb wrote: »
    Aww no cape glide :(

    Haha me too! That's seriously the only thing I was hoping for today. Nerts.
  • gregbgregb Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    yeah was hoping that was gonna be added to the z-store, have a character parked in powerhouse mostly retconned to use cape glide on, guess he will have to stay in their a little longer lol
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