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<span id="subject0">Now Testing - Issue 9: Breakthrough</span>
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<font class="post"><h4>Major Features</h4><p>Invention System: Heroes and villains can now usenew Invention Recipes and Salvage to build Invention Originenhancements, costume pieces and temporary powers.</p><p>Universities: Universities have opened throughoutParagon City and the Rogue Isles to teach players how to use the newInvention System and provide worktables to create their inventions.</p><p>Auction Houses: Wentworth's Fine Consignments hasopened branches throughout Paragon City, while the villains can dotheir bargaining at 'black market' trucks around the Rogue Isles. Theselocations allow players to buy and sell recipes, salvage andenhancements.</p><p>Statesman's Task Force: The leader of the FreedomPhalanx is looking for teams of the most powerful heroes to face anddefeat Paragon's greatest enemies! Completing this difficult challengewill earn some of the game's rarest rewards!</p><p> Hamidon Evolves: New tactics will be required todefeat the latest incarnation of the deadly Hamidon, which nowthreatens the Rogue Isles as well as Paragon City - offering villainsthe chance to face this deadly menace for the first time!</p><h4>Combined Notes (CoH and CoV)</h4>Invention System
The Invention System allows characters to earn and trade common,uncommon and rare Invention Salvage that, when combined according toRecipes, can create technological breakthroughs in the form of newenhancements, costume pieces and temp powers.
  • At level 10, characters can begin to use the Invention systemby undertaking a brief tutorial at the Universities in Steel Canyon(Heroes) and Cap Au Diablo (Villains).
  • Characters higher than level 10 can also use the Tutorial, if they have not done so earlier in their career.
The Invention System has many facets to it:
  • Invention Salvage:
    • Invention Salvage can be earned by defeating NPC opponents.
    • There are two classes of Invention Salvage - Science/Tech andMagic. Different enemy groups drop one or both types, depending on thenature of the group.
    • There are also three ranks of Invention Salvage - common, uncommon and rare.
    • Viewing the 'info' on any opponent will display what types of Salvage may be earned by defeating them.
  • Recipes:
    • Recipes are used to make Invention Origin Enhancements, Costume Pieces, or Temporary Powers.
    • Recipes can be dropped by defeated opponents or earned from missions, Trials, and Task/Strike Forces.
    • The basic types of Invented Origin Enhancement Recipes can also be purchased from Worktables.
    • Like Salvage, Recipes have three ranks - common, uncommon and rare.
    • To use a Recipe you need to find the Salvage ingredients on the Recipe list and be at a Worktable.
  • Worktables:
    • Worktables allow players to invent Enhancements, Costume Piecesor Temporary Powers, if they have the appropriate Recipe and requiredSalvage.
    • Players can invent any item that they have the materials for - they do not need to be able to use an item to create it.
    • Worktables are found inside Universities, and can also be placed inside a Supergroup Base.
    • Earning the new Field Crafter Accolade badge gives a characteraccess to a 'portable workbench', allowing them to invent anywhere.
  • Enhancement Sets:
    • Uncommon and Rare recipes can create enhancements that formEnhancement Sets. These sets grant special 'set bonuses' when slottedinto a single power.
    • Set Enhancements can only be slotted into specific powers that fall within the type of powers that set is for.
      • Examples include Melee and Ranged attacks, Holds, Pets, Flight, Teleport, etc.
    • Enhancement Set Recipes can be earned from:
      • Defeating opponents.
      • The Reward Choice tables at the end of Trials and Task/StrikeForces, which have an option to earn a random rare recipe from a selectpool of recipes.
      • Completing missions - there is a small chance of earning a randomrare recipe when completing any mission, including Newspaper and PoliceBand missions.
    • Set Bonuses are not tied specifically to the power that theInvention Enhancement Set is slotted into. Set Bonuses apply to theentire character, and any relevant powers they may have.
    • Set Bonuses can be temporarily disabled if a player exempts belowthe level that power in which the IO Set Bonuses are slotted into wasearned.
  • Inventories:
    • Characters have a limited Invention Salvage Inventory that grows as they gain levels.
    • You must have free Invention Inventory slots in order to receive more Invention Salvage rewards.
    • Characters also have a limited Recipe Inventory, which works the same way.
    • Characters can unlock Invention Salvage Inventory slots by earning badges.
    • Characters also have access to external storage areas known as Vaults (see Vault section below).
Inventory By Level<table><colgroup span="3" width="150"></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>Level</th><th>Invention Salvage Size</th><th>Recipe Slots</th></tr><tr><td>
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Universities
Universities have opened throughout Paragon City and the Rogue Isles toteach players how to use the new Invention System and provideworktables to create their inventions.
  • Heroes can use the Universities located in Steel Canyon, Croatoa and Founder's Falls.
  • Villains can use the University in Cap au Diable.
  • The Invention Tutorial can be accessed in Steel Canyon (for Heroes) and Cap Au Diable (for Villains).
Auction Houses
In Atlas Park, King's Row, SteelCanyon, and Talos Island there is a Wentworth's Consignment House(marked on the minimap with a W icon). This is an 'Auction House' whereheroes can buy, sell, and trade items including Invention Salvage,Recipes, and Enhancements.Villains have a similar 'Auction House' in the form of the Black Markettrucks located in Mercy Isle, Cap au Diable, Sharkhead, and St. Martial(marked with a dark grey $ on the minimap).
  • The Auction Houses use a 'Secret Bid' system. Buyers cannotsee what price the seller has set for an item. Sellers cannot see whatbuyers are willing to pay. This is intentional to make sure thatsellers get what they deserve, and buyers pay what they feel isappropriate.
    • Characters can buy or sell Enhancements, Inspirations, Salvage and Recipes.
    • Characters cannot buy or sell Temporary Powers or Costume Piecesthrough the Auction system. Note that they can buy or sell recipesand/or salvage required to invent these types of items, however.
    • A seller sets the price of the item they are selling. This is the minimum that they will accept for that item.
    • A buyer bids whatever they are willing to pay for an item. If thatbid meets or exceeds the seller's price, the buyer 'wins' the item forthe amount that they bid.
    • The seller then receives what the buyer bid, minus the TransactionFees appropriate to the sale. Due to the secret bid system, this couldbe any amount equal to or more than his asking price. For example, aseller could put a recipe up for 1,000 Inf, and a buyer bids 250,000Inf for it. The seller would sell that recipe to that buyer, and earn250,000 Inf (minus the transaction fee).
    • If you really want to move your product quickly, set low prices onit - if more than one item is for sale and a bid is made, the item withthe lowest price below the bid will be sold first. However, you run therisk of someone bidding low, and you being the only qualifying price.
    • If you really want to make sure you get an item that is for sale,bid as much as you are willing to spend on that item. Ask yourself howmuch is it really worth to you, because what you bid will literally bewhat you spend.
  • Auction House Teleporter:
    • For convenience, all Auction Houses sell a single-useTeleporter temp power that will allow a character to teleportthemselves instantly to Wentworth's or the Black Market.
  • Drag and Drop User Interface:
    • To do anything with the Consignment House/Black Market, youjust need to drag and drop the items in question between yourcharacter's inventories and your transaction inventory slots.
    • If you are moving a stack of things, you will see a slider askinghow much you want to move. Only Recipes and Salvage can be bought orsold in stacks.
  • Transaction Inventory:
    • Characters have a limited number of Transaction Inventory Slotsthat grows as the character levels up. These inventory slots can beused for the following:
      • Selling an item or stack:
        • You set the minimum price you will accept for an item or foreach item in a stack. This price will be hidden from buyers, but if anybuyers bid your price or more and you are the lowestqualifying seller, your item will sell to that character for the pricethe buyer offered (minus any transaction fees).
      • Buying an item:
        • You can bid on any item that can possibly be listed for sale.
        • If your bid meets the minimum price of at least one item, then you will automatically buy that item.
        • If your bid fails to meet the minimum price of all items being sold(or if no units of that item are for sale), you will create a 'BuyOrder' instead.
        • If someone puts the item you are looking for at up for sale at yourBuy Order price or less, you will immediately buy it, even if you arenot online at the time.
      • Storing an item:
        • You can simply store items in your Transaction inventory slots, without placing them for sale, if you wish.
        • A single stack of Recipes or Salvage will take only one Transaction Slot.
Transaction Slots By Level<table><colgroup span="3" width="150"></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>Level</th><th>Transaction Slots</th></tr><tr><td>
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Vault Reserve
Characters can now store a limited amount of Invention Salvage at theVault Reserve. These independent shops are set up near Wentworth's andthe Black Markets. There is also a branch inside Pocket D.
  • These areas allow you to access a personal storage locker to store more Invention Salvage.
  • Base Salvage, Inspirations and Enhancements cannot be put into the Vault Reserve.
  • Supergroups can place a Personal Storage item in their base that allows characters to access their Vault Reserve from the base.
Vault Reserve By Level<table><colgroup span="3" width="150"></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>Level</th><th>Off-Character Storage Size</th></tr><tr><td>
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Badges
Issue #9 brings with it over 60 new badges, most of which are Invention or Consignment House/Black Market related.
  • Some badges have rewards, such as increased Inventory sizes for the various Invention related Inventories.
  • Other badges allow you to 'memorize' recipes so that you no longerneed a copy of the recipe in order to make those Enhancements.
  • An Invention Accolade badge exists that allows you to summon a worktable anywhere.
Statesman's Task Force
Marcus Cole himself now stands aboard a Freedom Corps ship inIndependence Port. Teams of 8 level 45-50 Heroes can speak to him tostart the Statesman Task Force and undertake a mission that is of vitalimportance to the fate of the entire planet.
  • Your reward for this can be either a Synthesized HamidonEnhancement (courtesy of Positron) or a random rare Recipe for use inthe Invention system.
  • Each of these rewards can be earned by a single character only once every 24 hours.
Hamidon Evolves
The Hamidon has grown and changed into a new and even more dangerousincarnation, and started to attack the Rogue Isles as well as ParagonCity.
  • New tactics are called for requiring better team coordination and fewer raiders.
  • Hamidon himself is now spawned via player actions and is no longer on a timer.
  • The Hamidon has invaded the Rogue Isles in a zone known only as 'The Abyss', which can be accessed through Grandville.
  • Heroes in Paragon City will encounter the revamped Hamidon in the Hive zone.
  • A new instance of The Abyss or Hive will be created when 50 playershave entered it. This means that 50 is now the maximum size for asingle raid. However, multiple raids can be going on at the same time.
  • Defeating Hamidon will earn a Hamidon Enhancement or a rare Recipefor use in the Invention System. Each of these rewards can be earned bya single character only once every 24 hours.
Powers - Players
  • You can now 'pick up' escort hostages while stealthed or whenyou have a Stealth Invention Origin Enhancement slotted. Everyonearound the hostage will receive a stealth debuff when it is acquired.The debuff to stealth powers will be removed when you exit the missionmap.
  • The purpose of this change is to avoid players being penalised by the new Stealth Invented Enhancements.
  • Any defense buff associated with a stealth power will be unaffected- this debuff only affects the perception aspects of stealth powers.
  • Many powers with regeneration debuff effects are now resistible by non-player entities. Powers effected are:
    • Radiation Emission - Lingering Radiation and EM Pulse
    • Poisons - Envenom
    • Robotics Assault Bot - Plasma Blast and Dual Plasma Blast
    • Electric Armor - Power Surge
    • Trick Arrow - EMP Arrow
    • Electrical Mastery - EM Pulse
  • Controller: Fixed an issue with Stone Cages that caused its activation time to be longer than intended.
  • Poison Trap can now only be used while in contact with the ground.
  • The Undead Slaying Axe temp power now uses a different attack animation.
  • Spines/Throw Spines animation will no longer pitch to target
Powers - Critters
  • Archvillain and Giant Monster class entities have had theirglobal debuff resistances reduced. This should offset the changes madeto -Regen powers and lead to more diverse team composition for certainencounters.
Emotes
  • New Emotes added:
    • /emote Barf
    • /emote Binoculars
    • /emote Cellphone
    • /emote Clipboard
    • /emote Camera
    • /emote Fishing
    • /emote FlashlightUp
    • /emote FlashlightDown
    • /emote FlippingCoin
    • /emote Howl
    • /emote ReadBook
    • /emote Talk
    • /emote Waiting
    • /emote Wounded
  • Emotes should more reliably interrupt certain animation cycles,particularly post-attack cycles and combat ready cycles (triggered bysome toggles, such as Tough).
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This topic was moved from forum Members Only (CoV) to forum General Discussion on 4/3/2007 8:45 AM by Lord Tryden.
 
"[*]Radiation Emission - Lingering Radiation and EM Pulse [*]Poisons - Envenom [*]Robotics Assault Bot - Plasma Blast and Dual Plasma Blast [*]Electric Armor - Power Surge [*]Trick Arrow - EMP Arrow [*]Electrical Mastery - EM Pulse"<p>Hmm&nbsp;power surge has -regen effects&nbsp;
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that does not make any sense. Anyway nice to see its on dont have test anymore so cant get any screnshots of anything,</p>
 
Is anyone gonna be on test that can take screen shots? I'd like to post up some screen shots of Issue 9, especially the Abyss, in our images section.&nbsp;
 
*skims list*
*sees no EAT's*
*doesnt waste the poo to take a dump on his copy of CoX*
*plays Guitar Hero 2 on 360*
 
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