|
Title: More info on content patch from IGN... Post by: Xilren's Twin on June 11, 2004, 08:19:50 AM This article (http://pc.ign.com/articles/522/522416p1.html?fromint=1) got put up yesterday and while most of the info we already know, some of it was interesting tidbits and 2 screenshots...
Quote At one end of the zone lies a huge Rikti base ship that's still teeming with alien forces. The U.S. military has the Rikti pretty much bottled up in this one area, but there are constant skirmishes back and forth over bits of territory that change daily. While adventuring in the zone, it is commonplace to see a squad of Rikti teleport in and begin a firefight. And my favorite Quote The enhanced indoor missions add flavor to pre-existing sets. One example is the prisons; instead of re-appearing in a hospital, defeated heroes reappear in a jail cell. Players will need to blast through the door and escape detection to find their teammates (if they have any). Another enhanced room is the tech labs. If players destroy one of the experimental tech labs, they will be irradiated to receive a random buff or debuff to an attribute. So it's a good last gasp tactic to destroy one of the lab stations; you might get a much needed reprieve. Can't wait. Xilren Title: More info on content patch from IGN... Post by: HaemishM on June 11, 2004, 08:56:39 AM Awwww hell yeah.
Title: Re: More info on content patch from IGN... Post by: AOFanboi on June 11, 2004, 10:17:52 AM Quote Players will need to blast through the door and escape detection to find their teammates (if they have any). Is that "need to" as in "Teleport Ally won't work"? Sounds fishy if so. Title: Re: More info on content patch from IGN... Post by: schild on June 11, 2004, 10:25:21 AM Quote from: AOFanboi Quote Players will need to blast through the door and escape detection to find their teammates (if they have any). Is that "need to" as in "Teleport Ally won't work"? Sounds fishy if so. If this happens, you really shouldn't accrue debt. I mean, you literally have to make a run of some sort if teleporting is out of the question. Instead of debt it would be neat if they stripped you of some belongings, like enhancers or a % of your influence. Title: Re: More info on content patch from IGN... Post by: AOFanboi on June 11, 2004, 11:30:56 AM Quote from: schild If this happens, you really shouldn't accrue debt. Agreed. (And I misremembered the power's name, it's Recall Friend.) But I bet they will slap a debt on them anyway. Remember currently the debt is added at moment of unconsciousness; they don't know whether you'll be rezzed (by healer or inspiration) or want to go to cozy Hospital. However, I bet the prison cell stuff will quickly become quite boring, leading to cries of allowing Recall Friend to work (assuming it doesn't). We are not easy to please. Title: More info on content patch from IGN... Post by: SurfD on June 11, 2004, 01:40:43 PM my bet is that there is a good chance that the prizon cell might be in a different zone inside the prizon you are in. Ie, you wake up somewhere else, fight through a short map scaled to you, then get back into the map your friends are on.
problems with this could be that it would be a royal pain in the ass if the smaller map doesent scale to you, or if this throws you outside of effective sidekick range (it would suck if your mentor goes down and ends up in a cell block outside of range to effect you.) |