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Issue 11 tidbits from PAX

Dakieto

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<font class=post>Thanks to Mindripper from coh forums.

I just got back from PAX, I had a wonderful time. I met Positron and Lighthouse, among other fun things. Many thanks to Lighthouse for the Mako and Ghost Widow Hero Clix.
Both of these guys were really personable and nice and Lighthouse took some good natured ribbing with great grace. He doesn't want to meet my Inv/EM Tank in the Arena.
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I had a chance to ask Posi about a few things and was able to overhear other questions from other fans (Even though it was incredibley loud in side the expo hall it was hot too).

1. I asked him about future plans for the Shadow Shard and if it was going to go Co Op. Basically his answer was the the RWZ is what they wanted Co Op to be at this time, and that because of gameplay problems with the shard and how big it is that this wasn't something they intended on getting into the game anytime soon.

2. I asked him about Pocket D getting year round contacts for Co Op and he basically said that would be seasonal stuuf only. I quickly followed this up with are we getting Halloween agian this year. His response was Yes, with some new twists and some new badges. He didn't go into details.

3. I asked him if the 5th Column were comeing back. He said yes and left me under the impression that it would come in issue 11. That conjecture on my part though.

4. I asked him what he could tell me about I11, He said that there will be a number of new story lines introduced and plenty of things for level capped aka 50s to do.

5. Another fan asked about the new power sets, Posi said they will be Dual Blades and Willpower, and will be for all 4 of the Melee ATs in whate ever Combo makes sensce for them.

6. That Fan also asked about a lv cap increase. No.

7. I asked about after 50 rewards such as extra enhancement slots. His answer was that was something they had discussed in house but that the tech programming is time consumeing and that that was way on the back burner.

8. I asked about the SG limit and the whole 75 accounts in a sg deal. This is something he says they want to implement but they are haveing Data Base problems with it. He further said that they thought they had the problem licked 2 issues ago but the solution that they had come up with had the potential to massively corrupt the data in super groups through out the game.

9. Also my brother says that Lighthouse said that closed beta for i11 is right around the corner, its a matter of a few weeks. Keep in mind I didn't actually hear this but others in the group I was in confirmed thats what he said.


Thats all that I can remember off the top of my head.
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looks like no Epic ATs for vill but 2 new powersets for brutes and stalkers.
Will have new SF/TF involving 5th column and possible invsion like events?
 
there was another post mentioning http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouroboros&nbsp;symbol was in positron's shirt and posi hinted thats what i11 will be about. Maybe its hint towards a common epic AT? or&nbsp; more likely&nbsp;the return of 5th column. Supposed to be lot of content for lv 50s.

Anyway castle has confirmed the powersets...

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<span id=subject2>Re: Willpower and Dual Swords</span> [Re: james_joyce]
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Again, not sure if this ground has been covered, but Willpower is a resistance set featuring predominantly permenant powers, thus using very little endurance. However, your over all resists won't be as high as other sets, and fairly low to non-existent against Smashing and Lethal. Pretty sure someone asked about mez protection and he said "Yeah, really good mez protection."

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Correction here:
Willpower has 'decent' resists against Smashing/Lethal/Toxic/Psi damage. It has 'poor' resists but 'decent' defense against Fire/Cold/Energy/Negative Energy.

Someone earlier in the thread mentioned Taunt Auras. Brutes, Scrappers and Tankers all have a 'Taunt Aura' power called "Rise to the Challenge" that works similarly to Invincibility, but increases Regeneration rate rather than Defense.

As for the Dual Blades discussion:
1) Primarily Lethal damage (and, yes, I am very aware of the arguments against that.)
2) The animations are pretty darn cool looking. BAB has outdone himself here, I think.
3) As Posi said, the set is FAST. Not quick 'claws' speed, but fast nonetheless. For Tankers and Brutes, I imagine that'll be a nice change!
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Dakieto said:
looks like no Epic ATs for vill but 2 new powersets for brutes and stalkers.
Will have new SF/TF involving 5th column and possible invsion like events?

Okay I only read that once. But where did they confirm there will definitely not be any Villain EATs in Issue 11? As far as I can see there was no definitive answer on that.

Also, good use of that picture Hock
 
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