City of Heroes: Issue 10 Info

Stradden

The folks over at NCsoft and Crpyic Studios have released a fact sheet and historical background on the upcoming Issue 10: Invasion that sees the alien Rikti return to Earth. While this is not a feature that is exclusive to MMORPG.com, we felt that the information was worth getting out, so enjoy!

The skies over Paragon City are filled with dark grey thunderheads. It is the same in the Rogue Isles, Europe, and across the globe. Small ships dart through the heavy weather ... and there are so very many of them.

The Rikti have returned.

RIKTI WORLD INVASION

Issue 10 begins with a World Event that spans across numerous zones in both Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, as the Rikti return in devastating waves. They are armed with new, brutal weapons and seek to establish a beachhead on Earth, presumably to save their lost brethren and to finish what they started the first time ... the destruction of Earth!

Get the whole scoop here.

Anofalye

Neat

 

Will have to try it but...

 

No Villain epic AT yet?   I sure hope them to be neat and not just a copy/paste kheldians with all the waiting!  (Even in I10, the waiting is LOOOOONG, I11+ = insanely long)

damian7

like someone else said earlier, maybe it's too early to say what will/won't be in the issue.



i think it's a bad PR idea to not let everyone know there will be (if there will be) villain epic ATs, new power-sets, etc; but then again, they're not known for makin great PR moves.



i'd hope they'd also fix broken items -- like say oooo placate being broken since for ever and even having a sticky on the stalker forum about it; but somehow the devs don't seem to give a shit or "don't understand".  whatever.  i'm just glad there's more and more choices for games out there.

smartkidz

Sounds like a cool world event. Invention system last time was good to me.

Jarlo

I just restarted playing recently so only have a lvl 20 and many alts.  Anyone know the timeframe on I10? Wondering if I should make an effort to get up to 35 or just keep goofing off like I am now.

Anofalye

Originally posted by Jarlo

I just restarted playing recently so only have a lvl 20 and many alts.  Anyone know the timeframe on I10? Wondering if I should make an effort to get up to 35 or just keep goofing off like I am now.

Rough estimate would be before X-mas. 

 

I can be wrong, it can be faster (or later?).  But, usually, they bring 2 issues per year and this is the intended goal.  We just got I9, so 5 months or so for I10...

 

But...that is a guess.

DrowNoble

Well first off about the Villain epic AT.... we don't know if the Invasion is all of I10.  Besides, they did say they are working on it but want to make sure they are not just "evil warshades".  That is a good thing as I really wouldn't want to just essentially replay my warshade in Rogue Isles.

Since they said the Invasion is a world event, with screens in Atlas, I would guess that any hero/villain would get some participation.  Probably just need to be 35+ to get the event-specific missions.  If it is done similar to the Council's takeover of the Fifth Column, we will see mobs fighting in the streets all over for a few weeks.

Who knows if the portals have been opened to the Rikti Homeworld, that could hint at a possible venue for I11?

Jpizzle

Originally posted by Anofalye

Originally posted by Jarlo

I just restarted playing recently so only have a lvl 20 and many alts.  Anyone know the timeframe on I10? Wondering if I should make an effort to get up to 35 or just keep goofing off like I am now.

Rough estimate would be before X-mas. 

 

I can be wrong, it can be faster (or later?).  But, usually, they bring 2 issues per year and this is the intended goal.  We just got I9, so 5 months or so for I10...

 

But...that is a guess.

 

Actually, no. They told us about it yesterday AND started closed beta for it yesterday. Closed test server, 3-5 weeks +Open test server, 2-3 weeks = 5-8 weeks for I10. Thats a realistic outlook of its realease.

 

This is them starting on their "new issue every 3 months" they told us about before. I11 will come out around Oct/Nov. That's not to long ofr EATs and new powersets (which is speculated what I11 will be).

Anofalye

Originally posted by Jpizzle  
Actually, no. They told us about it yesterday AND started closed beta for it yesterday. Closed test server, 3-5 weeks +Open test server, 2-3 weeks = 5-8 weeks for I10. Thats a realistic outlook of its realease.
 
This is them starting on their "new issue every 3 months" they told us about before. I11 will come out around Oct/Nov. That's not to long ofr EATs and new powersets (which is speculated what I11 will be).

Thanks for the clarification.

 

Do you know if they will add character slots when the epic villain comes live...or will I need to play it on Triumph (instead of Liberty) with my extra characters (and my PB)?

Jpizzle

I haven't heard anything, but I doubt they'll be adding any slots to servers.

Zoba

Originally posted by Anofalye

Originally posted by Jarlo

I just restarted playing recently so only have a lvl 20 and many alts.  Anyone know the timeframe on I10? Wondering if I should make an effort to get up to 35 or just keep goofing off like I am now.

Rough estimate would be before X-mas. 

 

I can be wrong, it can be faster (or later?).  But, usually, they bring 2 issues per year and this is the intended goal.  We just got I9, so 5 months or so for I10...

 

But...that is a guess.

CoH/V gets 3 updates a year.  So pretty much 2 months from now Issue 10 should be live.

rahzzin

wooooow...awesome!  For those who don't know (by the comments, I am guessing that is most), the Rikti Invasion - Round 1 was the capper for Beta back in the day...it was friggin awesome!  It took place in basically every zone at all times and just had mobs and mobs and mobs...everyone died, ran back, died some more, but groups just pounded everything they could.  Many high level mobs ranged through the streets with the fodder, decimating any lowbie heroes that came their way, but man was it cool!  Buildings, of course, did not have Rikti in them, and those areas (like around the hospitals) were rallying points.

So yeah, there will probably be a whole lot of fun for people under 35, just not the big missions and the salvage drops.

KinslayerX

Originally posted by Jpizzle


I haven't heard anything, but I doubt they'll be adding any slots to servers.

Bridger confirmed at a recent EU player meet that they are looking into adding new slots you can purchase for a one off fee along with the server transfer service

DrowNoble

More slots would be nice but I don't really see it happening.

Course my own fault really.  I have heroes on Infinity, so I should of picked another server for my villains.  Oh well, what can  ya do?

TehWarsmith

Well, !10 /is/ on the test server. Can't be terribly long. Damnation this is going to be awesome. I can just imagine my RP SG. There's a rumbling, and it does't sound like thunder, so we go outside of our base .... the skies are black with Rikti warships and green fire rains froms the air.... FRIG. To arms, to arms!



It's about time the Rikti Crash Site got some attention, too. The Co-op TF is going to be crazy fun, but probably imbalanced. Masterminds and Defenders... yeah. Brutes and scrappers?



Still much fun tho.

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DrowNoble

The 3 months per Issue comes from pre CoV days.  Before that they averaged about every 3 months.  Once CoV hit the patches were fewer, of course that was due to CoV itself which added a lot of content.  They said in 2007 they wanted to get back to about every 3 month a new Issue, so expect  Issue 11 before christmas. 

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DrowNoble

I too will be giving Age of Conan a try but I doubt i will completely give up CoX.  Ever since 2004, it has remained constant on my hard drive while other games came and went.  Besides, I need a break from magic & elves every once in a while.

KinslayerX

RIP CoH