That's pretty much what happened to Brainiac right before Crisis on Infinite Earths. He went from being a green skinned pink shirt wearing android to a skeleton-like robot who rode around the galaxy conquering worlds in his skullship.
True but it would make for a nice piece of end game content. I think the PNP fight takes place at the Lemurian Cannon ... would be an excuse to create an epic lair there.
Thanks for all the information. :) I guess I couldn't find anything out because I was looking for Champions 3000 instead of "Galactic Champions." I hope the CO Devs will create some kind of Endgame event where our heroes prevent the Super Hero Apocalypse. :)
The Leaf Volunteer in the Crisis is on the far right side as you fax the downed plane near where your rescue people from the rubble and/or save people on the ice.
Thanks again for all the info, bulgarex. ;D So he could probably get away with defeating Talisman without endgangering his standing so long as he didn't do any permanent damage or otherwise discourage Talisman from returning back to the fold.
What's Talisman's standing with the Circle now? The bio that I read of her suggested that's she's gone rogue herself, learning from other sorcerers including DEMON to further her own power.
I'm actually wanting to avoid a standard "Good Guy" Council because I've got several magical characters like that. The idea of having the character do "heroic" things while still acting in their own self interest with ulterior motives is what makes the idea interesting to me. Seeing what sort of mental contortions I would…
Thanks, bulgarex. That's a lot of useful information. Do you have to be born in the Circle like Talisman and Witchcraft or will they accept anybody with sufficient magical talent and ambition? I'm toying with the idea of a Circle of the Scarlet Moon character, and from your description it seems like one could do heroic…
Well Mind Drain is a power that came up much later. Otherwise I assume he could be using that and some sort of PSI Immobilize, but I don't think they're going to change him now. :smile: Thanks very much for the info, bulgarex (and it's not often I say a name like "bulgarex" either.) :smile:
Probably not technically feasible at this point in time, but I wish that Travel Powers were in a separate retcon category so that you could easily swap one out if a more thematic-appropriate one became available later. (For instance if we ever get an electric-themed acrobatics I can think of several of my characters I'd…
Much as I like Lemuria, I did have a horrible time there with a character who used Might Attacks as I'd knock the baddie up... and he wouldn't come back down. :dizzy:
I think if they could use the Scary Monster tech (or whatever it's called where baddies scale to your level regardless of your level) on all instanced missions it would be a great way to add variety to the game. There's a lot of content that it's possible to outlevel which would probably be interesting or attractive to…
The Devs are definitely trying. I have not been a fan of everything they are doing, but I give them props for doing more with CO than anyone else has done in years. That being said, I think CO will have to make it to console if the game is ever going to get the investment needed to give us things like new zones, completely…
I wish Cryptic would consider extending the LTS sale to a full 30 days at some point. I have a LTS myself, but a lot of times when this sale comes up I'll have friends who say they would like to purchase the LTS but simply don't have the cash on hand to do it on such short notice. Either that, or maybe announce 30 days in…
I wish all the content in the game could be scaled to your character's level past a certain point. (Say 25?). It would certainly help with content if some of those missions in the Desert and Canada could be done closer to 40.
I've never tried to summon Kryptos anywhere but my hideout and in the Apocalypse. Doesn't he just despawn if there are other players about? How does that let you grief someone?
The Devs decide what's overpowered and underpowered using their own metrics and goals. They determine what they consider an acceptable rate of DPS, Healing, Recharge, etc and then adjust the game till they get the results they desire. There's nothing objective about that. The current Devs have decided that the game needs a…
Balance is a subjective thing. Balance for what? What are the Devs hoping to achieve with the changes they are making? Is this all being done to make it easier to create new content for the game? (Similar to how Enhancement Diversification in City of Heroes was a necessary thing before Invention Enhancements could come to…
If they want build diversity than they're going to need to buff up other powers. Sooner or later, people will discover whatever power is the nex Human nature being what it is, I think the 2GM spammers will move onto the next highest performing power and you'll soon see people complain that "Power X needs to be nerfed…
If they want build diversity they need to buff up other powers... and roles. The min-maxers will simply find whatever power performs the closest to old 2GM and swap to that. As long as DPS is king, people will gravitate towards whatever gives them the most DPS with the least amount of effort. Sure, you have your RPers, the…
If you're doing a themed pistol character you're going to have two choices for your non energy builder power. One of them is Burst Shot. The other is Holdout Shot. As a new player who has never touched the game how I am going to know that Burst Shot is so much better than Holdout Shot?
Sure. But if I'm a new player and don't know anything about the powers I'd have a less than favorable view of the game trying to do the Tutorial with Holdout Shot.
I finished resetting my build on Test and tested out. All I can say is that I would not want to try to do the tutorial with Holdout Shot. I'll keep 2GM on my toons where it fits thematically but the high energy cost is too aggravating as it is for me to enjoy using it.
I don't know at this point if this change will result in a significant change to my favorite character's damage, but I am starting to get "bug and balance" fatigue. And I'm not happy that-- even if I'm okay with the 2GM changes I have to retcon him because of its movement to Tier 3. (Which may not be a big deal to the rest…
The Unity Missions are a bit like the Newspaper/Radio missions from City of Heroes/Villains. You do several missions and then a "special" mission. Unfortunately at this point the Unity Missions don't have a reward that makes them a worthwhile time investment for 40s and non 40s can't run them. Maybe if they lowered the…
It depends on how many Freeform slots they are selling now. If they're selling like hotcakes then, yeah. The price would have to be quite a bit higher. If they aren't, then having them go for say, 60 bucks Zen spent would work out fine.
Here's an idea ... what if Zen purchases by Silvers earned points for a freeform slot? After they had purchased and applied $50.00 Zen to their accounts they get one freeform slot? (And by that, I mean what if points accumulated after each purchase ... so instead of having to kick out $50.00 at once maybe they buy 3 $20.00…
I'm all about options for my gameplay, and I don't really think there's a lot that's out of bounds for a super hero game. After all, you can have a heroic vampire, werewolf, demon, robot, sorcerer, dinosaur .... pretty much anything and everything has been envisioned as a super hero including Comet the Super Horse. (And an…
I'll play Champions Online as long as there is a Champions Online to play, but I have to admit if they have something-- ANYTHING planned for this year it should have been announced the same time as the price increase. At this point I'm not sure if Neverwinter going to the Xbox One will be a good thing for CO or not. I had…
Given how many keys I had to buy before I got the Clockwork Armor out of a lockbox I should start stockpiling keys now to sell on the AH 'cause I know the odds of getting what I really want from that box-- the Train and Skeleton Stuff-- will be next to impossible... Really wish the costume pieces and vehicles would hit the…
It's happening to me too for all Cryptic Games. I wonder if it's got something to do with the California Earthquake. Makes me glad that I got the XP boost on all my non 40 toons Friday night. :D (I do love how CO lets you use the buff later.) :D
Like others have said, I don't think you'll see a level cap increase unless CO were to get a lot more content than we're likely to see at any point in the near future. Personally, I'd be thrilled if the rumored stuff that's coming would be a new Adventure Pack. I think that a Foundry or Zone are just not in the cards for…
Traiturtle in the past has said that a new zone for CO isn't happening. I haven't read a Dev directly saying that the Foundry isn't possible for CO, but I've read channel comments to the effect that CO getting a Foundry would require resources it doesn't have.