Issue 16 Open Beta Release Notes

masterjedijared · Aug 26, 2009

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Welcome to the Beta for City of Heroes’ latest offering, Issue 16: Power Spectrum

You wanted more control over what your characters’ powers look like, and you are getting it! Issue 16: Power Spectrum takes City of Heroes’ unparalleled character creator to the next level by unveiling a kaleidoscope of colors for your characters’ powers. Become your own pyrotechnician as you select themes for your characters’ powers and color coordinate the hues of the power effects.

Issue 16: Power Spectrum has the following features:

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Powers Customization:

Hundreds of powers have been updated to allow new color selections and customization. Players can now pick new Themes for each powerset, adjusting colors, appearance, and even animations for some sets.<blockquote>Key Features:

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Thousands of Tintable particle and geometry effects for powers, such as Energy Blasts and Stone Mallet colors. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Customizable Primary and Secondary colors for powersets, with color choices themed to match the selected powerset. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Powerset Themes selectable for a complete set, or individual powers. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Powerset Themes selectable at character creation, as well as in the tailor screens. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Independant Theme selection for each character costume.

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New Theme selections:

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">New Themes for Spines and Thorny Assault available, including Themes of Thorns, Metal Spines, Crystal Spines, and Slate Spines. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">New Crystal and Lava Themes for Stone Melee, Stone Armor, Earth Control and Earth Assault. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">New animation Themes for Super Strength and Martial Arts. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Huge variety of color customizable powersets, including Cold Domination, Dark Armor, Dark Blast, Dark Melee, Dark Miasma, Devices, Earth Control, Stone Melee, Electric Armor, Electric Assault, Electric Blast, Electric Melee, Electricity Manipulation, Empathy, Energy Assault, Energy Aura, Energy Blast, Energy Manipulation, Energy Melee, Fiery Aura, Fire Assault, Fire Blast, Fire Control, Fire Manipulation, Fire Melee, Force Field, Gravity Control, Ice Armor, Ice Assault, Ice Blast, Ice Control, Ice Manipulation, Ice Melee, Illusion, Invulnerability, Kinetics, Mental Manipulation, Mind Control, Necromancy, Plant Control, Psionic Assault, Psychic Blast, Radiation Blast, Radiation Emission, Regeneration, Sonic Resonance, Sonic Blast, Spines, Stone Armor, Storm Summoning, Super Reflexes, Thermal Radiation, Thorny Assault, Traps, and Willpower.

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New Character Creator:

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">The Character creator and Tailor screen have been updated to be easier to use and even preview the animation and color choices for powers!

<blockquote>Key features:

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Tabbed Character Creator: Jump between Archetype, Power Sets, Costumes, and Character ID in any order without losing progress. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">New Powers Customization screen, for adjusting powers and previewing animations. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Select colors and themes for each individual power, or apply it to the entire power set! <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Preview live animations of all powers, showing the selected Theme and color choices. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Save and Load Theme settings for each powerset, saving colors and selections for all powers.

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Costume slots: Your active costume slot is stored when you log off will be the costume slot used when you log back in. It will also display that costume in the character selection screen.

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Powerset Proliferation: More power sets are now in the hands of Archetypes who couldn’t use them previously!

<blockquote>Archetype - Blasters

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Radiation Blast

Archetype - Brutes

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Claws

Archetype - Controllers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Cold Domination

Archetype - Corruptors

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Archery <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Trick Arrow

Archetype - Defenders

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Assault Rifle <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Traps

Archetype - Dominators

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Earth Assault

Archetype -Masterminds

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Thermal Radiation

Archetype -Scrappers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Electric Melee <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Electric Armor

Archetype -Tankers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Electric Melee <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Electric Armor

Archetype -Stalkers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Broadsword

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Enhanced Difficulty Options: The old notoriety system has been removed and replaced with a new difficulty system of independent settings. You can now fine-tune the difficulty levels of the missions you play by telling the game exactly how you want to be treated:

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Choose to fight monsters between a -1 to +4 level difference from the player's level. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Choose to set your personal team size (1-8). <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Choose if you want bosses to scale down to Lieutenants when soloing or not <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Choose to have AVs scale down to EBs.

The difficulty settings of the mission owner dictate how the mission is handled. Actual team size overrides any difficulty setting, so you will always get Arch-Villains if the team has 6 or more members. The difficulty setting is per task, so personal team member sizes do not add together.

You can change your difficulty settings at any Hero Corp.’s Representative in Paragon City or Fateweaver in the Rogue Isles.

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Sidekicking Changes: Super-Sidekicking! One player can now sidekick or exemplar the whole team, everyone can always player together!

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Each player in the group's level is set to the level of the owner of the active team task. If no team task is selected, everyone in the group's level will be set to the level of the team leader. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">When the team level changes, players will be notified via a dialog and have the option to quit the team or immediately accept. The dialog will time out after 30 seconds at which point acceptance is implied. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">While in the pending state, players cannot receive rewards and any critters they damage will be worth no experience. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Players can choose to auto-accept team level changes 0 to 50 levels above or below their current level. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Exemplars will now earn XP and retain access to powers up to 5 levels above their aspirant. A level capped person will get XP converted into influence like exemplars used to.

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New Badges: Last issue we announced our future plans and design direction for new badges. Here’s a list of the new badges that can be obtained in Issue 16:

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Master of Reichsman Strike Force <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Master of Reichsman Task Force <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Master of Imperious Task Force

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Epic/Patron Powers Pools: The balance between the Epic/Patron power pools has been revisited. Now all Epic power pools have 5 powers to choose from.

<blockquote>Force Mastery (Blaster)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Personal Force Field <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Repulsion Field <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Temporary Invulnerability <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Force of Nature

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Repulsion Bomb - Ranged (Targeted AoE), Moderate Damage(Smash/Energy), Foe Knockdown

Flame Mastery (Blaster)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Bonfire <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Char <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Fire Shield <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Rise of the Phoenix

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Melt Armor - Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe -Res, -Def

Fire Mastery (Controller)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Fire Blast <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Fire Ball <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Fire Shield <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Consume

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Rise of the phoenix - Self Rez, Special

Psionic Mastery (Controller)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Mental Blast <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Indomitable Will <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Mind Over Body <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Psionic Tornado

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">World of Confusion - PBAoE, Minor DoT(Psionic), Foe Confuse

Dark Mastery (Defender)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Oppressive Gloom <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Dark Consumption <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Dark Embrace <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Soul Drain

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Soul Transfer - Self Rez, Special

Power Mastery (Defender)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Conserve Power <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Power Build Up <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Temp Invulnerability <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Total Focus

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Force of Nature - +Res(All but Psionics)

Blaze Mastery (Scrapper) NEW
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">None

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Ring of Fire - Ranged, Moderate DoT(Fire), Foe Immobilize <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Char - Ranged, Minor DoT(Fire), Foe Hold <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Fire Blast - Ranged, Moderate DMG(Fire) <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Melt Armor - Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe -Res, -DEF <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Fire Ball - Ranged (Targeted AoE), Moderate DMG(Fire/Smash)

Body Mastery (Scrapper)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Conserve Power <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Focused Accuracy <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Laser Beam Eyes <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Energy Torrent

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Physical Perfection - Auto, +Regen, +Recovery (50% of the values offered by Stamina and Health)

Darkness Mastery (Scrapper)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Torrent <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Petrifying Gaze <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Dark Blast <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Tenebrous Tentacles

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Nightfall - Ranged (Cone), Moderate DMG(Negative), Foe –To Hit.

Energy Mastery (Tanker)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Conserve Power <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Focused Accuracy <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Laser Beam Eyes <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Energy Torrent

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Physical Perfection - Auto, +Regen, +Recovery (50% of the values offered by Stamina and Health.

Soul Mastery (VEAT)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Gloom <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Soul Tentacles <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Darkest Night <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Dark Obliteration <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Summon Widow

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Darkest Night - Toggle: Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe -DMG -To Hit

Leviathan Mastery (VEAT)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Spirit Shark <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">School of Sharks <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Bile Spray <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Summon Guardian

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Arctic Breath - Ranged (Cone), Minor DoT(Cold), Foe -Speed, -Recharge, -DEF -Res, knock down

Mace Mastery (VEAT)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Mace Blast <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Web Envelop <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Disruptor Blast <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Summon Blaster

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Focused Accuracy - Toggle: Self +To Hit, +ACC, +Perception, Res(DeBuff To Hit)

Mu Mastery (VEAT)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Mu Lightning <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Electrifying Fences <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Ball Lightning <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Summon Striker

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Static Discharge - Ranged (Cone), Moderate DMG(Energy), -END

Mu Mastery (Brute)
Existing Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Mu Lightning <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Electrifying Fences <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Ball Lightning <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Summon Striker

New Powers

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Static Discharge - Ranged (Cone), Moderate DMG(Energy), -END

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Mission Architect: Check out the improvements made to the Mission Architect:

Custom Critter XP Scaling

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Custom Critters with Custom powers now reward XP proportional to the number of powers added to the critter. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Critters with no powers are allowed, but they are worth no XP. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Standard and hard critters are worth less than extreme critters.

Mission Browser Improvements

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Author Hyperlink: Author names are now hyperlinked and will underline on mouseover. Clicking on the name of the author in the Mission Browser will do a search for all the other arcs that author has also published.

Mission Creation Improvements

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Runaway Boss Dialog: The boss now has dialog when he runs away. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Health Dialog on Allies: Allies and Escorts can be set to say things as they lose health. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Betrayal Options: Allies and Escorts can now be set to betray on any normal objective. They can also say something when they betray. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Drag & Drop Mission Goals: Goals in Architect missions can now be dragged and dropped to change their order. <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">Objective Counts: A count is listed on each detail creation button of the number of details that can still be placed.

Custom Villain Groups

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">If a player has all three basic critter types in their CVG, they will receive full rewards for the mission. If one critter type is missing they will receive 50% rewards. If two critter types are missing they will receive 25% rewards, and if none of the core critter types are in the CVG, there are no rewards.
- <li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">This applies only to critters auto-spawned by the mission, not specific bosses called for by objectives

XP Curve Adjustment

<li style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ;">To go along with our new changes to sidekicking and exemplaring, we've made some adjustments to the experience awarded from minions, lieutenants and bosses in the level 5 to 24 range. In short these enemies are on average receiving a 20% experience and influence increase. This will slightly speed up the pace at which heroes and villains advance through the 5 to 24 range

.SPiNE · Aug 27, 2009

Sidekicking Changes: Super-Sidekicking! One player can now sidekick or exemplar the whole team, everyone can always player together!<div>
</div><div>wtf.</div>

Claymore Frost · Aug 27, 2009

A lot of really nice changes here... No more looking for people to SK others. Everyone can just play together. I messed around with the diff settings last night, was fun running around with team size set to 6 and lvl 54 NPC's.

OH!!! MASTER OF ITF!!! Why couldn't they add that like a year ago? That will be such a bitch to get most of the time with how hard everything hits on that TF. It will take a really well built team that works really well together to get that.

FA for VEAT's... Interesting... Some of the other new power additions for epic pools are interesting. Self-rez for defenders and trollers...

Must roll claws brute!

masterjedijared · Aug 27, 2009

Clawz 4 brootz!!!

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