FC.31.20160210.25 - BUG FIXES/Power Chord Ultimate/Glider Vehicles

kaiserin · March 2016

Rocker Lockbox
Added Glider vehicles to the Drifter, PTS and Questionite stores.

New Vehicle Power: Sonic Boom
Deals Sonic Damage in a cone in front of you and Disorients enemies.

New Ultimate Power: Power Chord
This power has been added to the PTS store.
25ft pbaoe ranged damage sonic maintained attack.
Deals escalating sonic damage and stacks the Rocking Out buff on you, which increases your damage for 10 seconds.
When you stop maintaining knocks back all enemies and disorients them.
This power is available in Might shared and uses your heavy weapon.

Known issues: The sound on this power occasionally cuts out halfway through the maintain.
The cost of this power is set a bit high.

Costumes
Sparkle hair can now be set to glow.

Misc
Fixed a bug where Totemic Helmet was requiring the wrong Subzero Servant mission.
Added collector tickets to the PTS store.

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mijjestic · March 2016

*guitar solo*

squirrelloid · March 2016

Will the Rocker AT get Rocking Out instead of UR now?

Yay new sonic power. But 2 of the sonic powers are now ultimates, so you can't use both =(. Sadness.

heartstringsk3 · March 2016

Didn't see anyone mention it in the last patch notes, but

"Added new Warp items to: Fighting Dojo, Arcana Bookstore, Mutations Lab, Inventions Lab, Enchanted Foundry and MCPD Armory."

As far as I know, several of those were closed and aren't available to go into. Are they open again, then? Or are these teleporters the only way to get into them?

avianos · March 2016

kaizerin wrote: »

New Ultimate Power: Power Chord
This power has been added to the PTS store.
25ft pbaoe ranged damage sonic maintained attack.
Deals escalating sonic damage and stacks the Rocking Out buff on you, which increases your damage for 10 seconds.
When you stop maintaining knocks back all enemies and disorients them.
This power is available in Might shared and uses your heavy weapon.

This sounds incredible Sexy
Crescendo is getting complety revamped and gonna swap Unleashed Rage with it

heartstringsk3 wrote: »

Didn't see anyone mention it in the last patch notes, but

"Added new Warp items to: Fighting Dojo, Arcana Bookstore, Mutations Lab, Inventions Lab, Enchanted Foundry and MCPD Armory."

As far as I know, several of those were closed and aren't available to go into. Are they open again, then? Or are these teleporters the only way to get into them?

They have been added 3 weeks ago, but DEVs forgot to add them into the patch notes :P
You can visit them Live right now

aiqa · March 2016

Suggestion:
Make the Rocking Out buff (partly?) apply to other players in your team.

pantagruel01 · March 2016

aiqa said:
Suggestion:
Make the Rocking Out buff (partly?) apply to other players in your team.

Or add a 2p advantage to that effect. Or make it do so in Support role.

xrazamax · March 2016

@splosions did you make guitar noises while you made this?

xrazamax · March 2016

Please make the Glam Stereo Glider and the Rock Stereo Glider into hoverboard skins! Pleeeeaaaaasssse!

aiqa · March 2016

Having tested a bit, the 50% damage bonus from Rocking Out is a bit underwhelming on a dps build. Those tend to be far into DR already, so 50% damage bonus ends up just a few percent higher damage (3.75% to be exact for my lightning dps build). Maybe the damage bonus could be moved to the severity/offense layer, or some other thing. But what ever it does, I think it should do something meaningful.

Also I don't think a maintain is a good idea for an ultimate. In the higher difficulty content there are a huge number of knocks, stuns, or stuff you need to suddenly block. The click or charge ultimates (usually) just go on cooldown when they apply their full effect. But testing Power Chord against the event mobs I was able to fully maintain it about 10% of the time, the rest I was interupted by some knock or stun during the maintain.

crypticbuxom · March 2016

Can you remove Become Celestial from the Collector's Vendor?

Put it back in the Drifter Store as it was originally from there and was never meant to be in a lockbox.

Can you make it so that using powerscancelallactivations or blocking to interrupt the power use allow the animation and sound to be played throughout without putting the power on cooldown? Like how Unleashed Rage used to play without making it go off by blocking.

avianos · March 2016

xrazamax wrote: »

@splosions did you make guitar noises while you made this?

I think I'm in Love

https://youtu.be/gC_3SRzY9sA

DI MOLTO~!

Also Music Notes Aura WHEN!?

notyuu · March 2016

Bug: Holy water power unlock is not account wide.

as in i got it unlocked on one toon, they could use it fine and dandy, went to test it on another toon, they couldn't take the power nor buy the unlock for said power.

raighn · March 2016

I am so looking forward to updating Crescent, Nightbug, and Sonata when this goes live... and I have a fully functional computer again >.<

Need more sonic powers for Sonata...

avianos · March 2016

Please tell me that this Sudden interest in Sonic powers and with the Disoriented mechanic is a hint for an upcoming SONIC Powerframe! Please Please Please~

No im too obsessed with my character Crescendo to let this go
Maybe Sonatina and Vespers can take usage of them too

tigerofcachtice · March 2016

Everything is awesome with these new updates.

Suggestion: Music Notes Aura

avianos said:

Music Notes Aura WHEN!?

I would like to endorse this idea, because it leverages the developmental effort you already put into the graphics itself, while creating a new Zen Store product or value to subscriptions with minimal incremental investment. Moreover, you actually already created the demand with the addition of the hard-rocking Vehicles, Vehicle Mods, Powers and Ultimate Powers.

Hahahaha~ha, those are some fancy 5-dollar words, but srsly, this is a good suggestion, max impact for minimal investment.

Suggestion: All-American Glider

You probably had this idea since you're planning ahead, but a Red, White & Blue Glider for July 4th event pls.

xcelsior41 · March 2016

xrazamax said:
@splosions did you make guitar noises while you made this?

I...I MUST have for stereo..the ?, is it a free new ult or does it have to be through LB's

roughbearmattach · March 2016

OMG:

Power Chord + Imaginary Heavy Weapons = Ultimate Air Guitar!

xcelsior41 · March 2016

roughbearmattach said:
OMG:

Power Chord + Imaginary Heavy Weapons = Ultimate Air Guitar!

Where can I get imaginary weapons? I'd hate to have to have a guitar everytime I use the ult

avianos · March 2016

xcelsior41 wrote: »

Where can I get imaginary weapons? I'd hate to have to have a guitar everytime I use the ult

1st of April, Foxbatcon Event

soulforger · March 2016

xcelsior41 said:

xrazamax said:
@splosions did you make guitar noises while you made this?

I...I MUST have for stereo..the ?, is it a free new ult or does it have to be through LB's

Lockbox, everything to do with the rocker is in a lockbox. Except for Hyper Voice, thats free.

xrazamax · March 2016

Issue with the nightmare colossus fight: The 3 orbs you need to deactivate do not stay deactivated for long. I believe this is intentional so that 1 person cannot by themselves keep deactivating them all. However, there is a problem created by this. The effort it takes to deactivate the orbs outweighs the benefits (need someone to tank the mob, 2 people doing the orbs, maybe support). During testing, we found it was better just to out dps the healing rather than worry about the orbs. Maybe this was possible because Colossus was kited far away from the portal? I do not know if healing is relative to proximity to the portal. I envision people being told to ignore the orbs and just help out with damaging the Colossus.

Possible fix: Have the orbs give immunity, not healing. Or, make the deactivation time for each orb much longer so it is worth while to deactivate the orbs.

Additionally:
Suggestion: Please add a roar sound effect or something menacing to the nightmare colossus. I think Teleiosaurus' roar would work nicely.

There may already be a sound effect, but if so I didn't hear it.

notyuu · March 2016

xrazamax said:
Issue with the nightmare colossus fight: The 3 orbs you need to deactivate do not stay deactivated for long. I believe this is intentional so that 1 person cannot by themselves keep deactivating them all. However, there is a problem created by this. The effort it takes to deactivate the orbs outweighs the benefits (need someone to tank the mob, 2 people doing the orbs, maybe support). During testing, we found it was better just to out dps the healing rather than worry about the orbs. Maybe this was possible because Colossus was kited far away from the portal? I do not know if healing is relative to proximity to the portal. I envision people being told to ignore the orbs and just help out with damaging the Colossus.

Possible fix: Have the orbs give immunity, not healing. Or, make the deactivation time for each orb much longer so it is worth while to deactivate the orbs.

Additionally:
Suggestion: Please add a roar sound effect or something menacing to the nightmare colossus. I think Teleiosaurus' roar would work nicely.

There may already be a sound effect, but if so I didn't hear it.

what about if they made the orbs heal % based instead, as well as making their down-time longer?

xrazamax · March 2016

I think if the orbs heal % based, then you will have instances of getting the colossus' life down but then suddenly having a hard time with the orbs (some leaves, dies, no longer wants to be on "orb duty") and then very quickly you find yourself with a fully healed colossus.

With invulnerability, you will just have a pause as if to say, "Hey, don't forget those orbs. Can't win without doing those". The downside maybe that you'll see a surge of everyone running from the Colossus to the orbs to the colossus to the orbs, ad infinitum. I don't know how that works performance wise to have 30 players doing that at once. However, it could just work out that you have a dedicated team focusing on the orbs.

raighn · March 2016

xrazamax said:
I think if the orbs heal % based, then you will have instances of getting the colossus' life down but then suddenly having a hard time with the orbs (some leaves, dies, no longer wants to be on "orb duty") and then very quickly you find yourself with a fully healed colossus.

With invulnerability, you will just have a pause as if to say, "Hey, don't forget those orbs. Can't win without doing those". The downside maybe that you'll see a surge of everyone running from the Colossus to the orbs to the colossus to the orbs, ad infinitum. I don't know how that works performance wise to have 30 players doing that at once. However, it could just work out that you have a dedicated team focusing on the orbs.

This reminds me a lot of the orb mechanic when fighting Shadow Destroyer in NemCon...

deadman20 · March 2016

kaizerin wrote: »

New Ultimate Power: Power Chord
This power has been added to the PTS store.
25ft pbaoe ranged damage sonic maintained attack.
Deals escalating sonic damage and stacks the Rocking Out buff on you, which increases your damage for 10 seconds.
When you stop maintaining knocks back all enemies and disorients them.
This power is available in Might shared and uses your heavy weapon.

Known issues: The sound on this power occasionally cuts out halfway through the maintain.
The cost of this power is set a bit high.

Suggestion: Can we have an Advantage which stacks the Rocking Out buff on allies in the area of effect? Maybe a 2 or 3 point one depending on how powerful the buff actually is.

avianos · March 2016

deadman20 wrote: »

Suggestion: Can we have an Advantage which stacks the Rocking Out buff on allies in the area of effect? Maybe a 2 or 3 point one depending on how powerful the buff actually is.

Turning the Ultimate into Optional Team Buff!
I like this suggestion +1

meeoeoowie · March 2016

Having played around with the ultimate with Aiqa/Lyn, the damage buff does seem miniscule enough for it to be a problem with the intended(?) mechanic and dynamic of the power. I propose to either give Power Chord a different kind of buff, whether that is a +stats bonus, which improves your damage, health, what have you in a more natural way, or... Some other creative means. As is I just struggle to see how that 50%/3.75% will do too much for anyone.

Also, previous suggestions have been similar, with giving Power Chord a bard-like advantage between 2-3 advantage points.
I personally like the sound of applying an "Inspired" buff to allies, making for a cute homage to bards in tabletop games. This could be a lesser version of whatever the finished Power Chord ends up with.

PS - this power looks sweeeeeeeet~!

circleofpsi · March 2016

Loveing the new power

crypticbuxom · March 2016

Can the power unlock be used to unlock an Air Guitar emote variant where you use your heavy weapon instead?

deadman20 wrote: »

Suggestion: Can we have an Advantage which stacks the Rocking Out buff on allies in the area of effect? Maybe a 2 or 3 point one depending on how powerful the buff actually is.

Its not that great a buff as its on par with increasing your total damage as if it was only one rank higher for the full ten stacks. It doesn't stack at all. So at best it could be 2 or maybe even worth 1 point.

pantagruel01 · March 2016

Pretty sure the point of hyper burst is damage and the buff is only incidental. It's actually a quite damaging power with its 0.3s tic. It's total damage is a bit lower than unleashed rage, but it's a better AoE and doesn't require you to stack enrage. Its dps is somewhat higher than lightning storm and a bunch higher than hurricane or epidemic.

Overall, it has atrocious synergy with Might, but it's a fine power in its own right.

xrazamax · March 2016

cryneting said:
I have to ask this qeastion, before I get kicked in the stomach again and almost be sick by a comment. Are the new tokens from the missions just a test, that it only gives you one per mission, where the costumes themselves cost 100 each? Cuz that seems stupid and a bit grindy.

Just my thoughts, anyone share the same, or care to point me to a comment I may of missed along the lines "PTS Only, its subject to change"

It has been stated a few times that the rewards have not been set. 1 token is a placeholder.

chaelk · March 2016

like the giant hoverboards
same stance, same steering, fly flat and you can fly backwards on them

BUG: Light streaks aura
you choose a colour and it uses the colour below that.

BUG: Rock crystal aura
you choose a colour and it does the one 3 up from it.

chaelk · March 2016

I do love that woodgrain one

raighn · March 2016

chaelk said:
like the giant hoverboards

same stance, same steering, fly flat and you can fly backwards on them

BUG: Light streaks aura

you choose a colour and it uses the colour below that.

BUG: Rock crystal aura

you choose a colour and it does the one 3 up from it.

This same issue has affected various powers on live for years now as well... such as pretty much everything in the sorcery power set (and the legacy sorcery auras)

chaelk · March 2016

Bone spikes short are listed as Chest layer but they are on the back.
BOne spikes long are on chest and back

Nocturne aura- another burnt toast aura. You need light colours for it to show, Is there meant to be any aura around the person or just on the costume?
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soulforger · March 2016

chaelk said:
Bone spikes short are listed as Chest layer but they are on the back.

BOne spikes long are on chest and back

Nocturne aura- another burnt toast aura. You need light colours for it to show, Is there meant to be any aura around the person or just on the costume?

Either your graphics card can't handle the Nocturne Aura, or your graphics are low, or something, for it looks different on my end.

chaelk · March 2016

that looks like a light coloured top and outside in the light. That's what i get on a white costume, yellow as well
notice your black tshirt shows no change
red it shows on, blue up to medium.

rafahil893 · March 2016

That 'psychodelic' glider is no where psychodelic. Please, change it into something like:

chaelk · March 2016

oh man, number 3 please. across the top and unerneath

circleofpsi · March 2016

I have to ask this qeastion, before I get kicked in the stomach again and almost be sick by a winey and hurtful comment coz of "Grind".

Are the new tokens from the missions just a test, that it only gives you one per mission, where the costumes themselves cost 100 each? Cuz to me that seems a little bit steep for players who are unable to cope with "Grind"

Just my thoughts, but does anyone else but me and "someone else" share the same feelings, about this kind of grind?

Also chuold someone care to point me to a comment I may of missed along the lines "PTS Only, its subject to change"

Thank You

pantagruel01 · March 2016

cryneting said:

Also chuold someone care to point me to a comment I may of missed along the lines "PTS Only, its subject to change"

I hate trying to link with these forums, but there's an answer here (you probably have to scroll).

roughbearmattach · March 2016

BUG:

Sonic Boom weapons on gliders cause your character to animate as if using a breath attack. The Sonic Boom is coming from the vehicle, not the character.

This will be really off-putting for non-sonic, non-rocker heroes that use these vehicles.

magpieuk2014 · March 2016

roughbearmattach said:

BUG:

Sonic Boom weapons on gliders cause your character to animate as if using a breath attack. The Sonic Boom is coming from the vehicle, not the character.

This will be really off-putting for non-sonic, non-rocker heroes that use these vehicles.

Isn't it supposed to be amplified singing? Those things on the side of the gliders are speaker stacks, aren't they?

soulforger · March 2016

chaelk said:
that looks like a light coloured top and outside in the light. That's what i get on a white costume, yellow as well

notice your black tshirt shows no change

red it shows on, blue up to medium.

Ah, than the pictures you provided did not show that at all. Where are you for the pictures?

aiqa · March 2016

The Light Tendrils isn't emanation is not your character model, so animations can make it looks a bit weird. This is most obvious when flying:

theravenforce · March 2016

Urgh, if you guys put out any more sonic powers I'm going to be forced to create one of my toons nemesis' as a playable character and revive an old concept!

theravenforce · March 2016

Without having used the ability yet, and having read the feedback on Power Chord...

Suggestion #1: Innately allow this ability's maintain to apply perpetual interrupts (perhaps per tick of damage?) to the following rank of targets Henchmen, Villain, Enforcer, Master Villain & Player Rank, within range. This would allow a player to maintain the power without fear of being knocked or CC'd during the maintain.

OR

Suggestion #2: Force this ability to go into cooldown once it has been FULLY maintained by the player. Perhaps make it a forced maintain?

ALTERNATIVELY

Suggestion #3: Turn this Ultimate into a TOGGLE which works in a similar fashion to Power Armor slots, so that whilst it locks out everything else, if you are knocked it will still function/fire off.

If those aren't good enough...

Suggestion #4: Grant this ability the Fury of the Dragon treatment and make it immune to Crowd Control for the duration of the maintain. Extend this immunity to Knocks as well.

roughbearmattach · March 2016

magpieuk2014 said:
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Isn't it supposed to be amplified singing? Those things on the side of the gliders are speaker stacks, aren't they?

Yeah, I guess they are.
What happens if this weapon ends up on another vehicle?

theravenforce · March 2016

Request: Please consider creating a Guitar Heavy Weapons skin for Hoverboard, which can be customized in tailor like other Hoverboard skins. If possible allow music notes to trail out of the back of this specific hoverboard skin.

FC.31.20160210.25 - BUG FIXES/Power Chord Ultimate/Glider Vehicles

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