[CO] State of the Game: 05/03/10

Nuevo y jugoso State of the Game.

As most of you know, we've been getting the Super Power Pack ready
for the last month. Your comments and testing on the power updates have
been fantastic. We've made a lot of changes based on your feedback and I
think the results are excellent. Thank you!



Super Power Pack



So, when is it coming? Tonight! (Technically, May 4, 2010, at 3:00
a.m. PDT) Though we had hoped to get it to you last Tuesday, we decided
to let the last couple changes soak on the test shard over the weekend.



The Super Power Pack's big ticket items:

• Melee update
  
• Supernatural update
  
• Weapons in the tailor
  
• Unity 2 missions
  
• Journal improvements for teaming
  
• and about a zillion other changes and fixes
  

The voluminous full patch notes can be found here later this evening:
http://www.champions-online.com/patch_notes.



In addition to the updates to melee and supernatural going live
tonight, there are more changes coming to Might that will go into a
patch very soon. We will also be updating the rewards given for Unity
missions to provide a bit more variety (at some lower prices).



Teaming



New in the Super Power Pack is a modified Mission Journal interface
to let you see all of your teammates' missions. When the team leader
selects a new primary mission, it automatically shares with everyone on
the team. We also made sidekicking easier by prompting players when they
add in to a team of a significantly different level.



We decided, though, to wait until the next update (Serpent Lantern)
to make changes to the reward structure. We want to get them on to PTS
with enough time to see the results and get your feedback before
committing to them Live.



Teaming remains a major focus of mine, so keep the feedback coming.



The Serpent Lantern (June)



Our next update is an Adventure Pack: The Serpent Lantern. An
Adventure Pack is a long story arc, with multiple missions, locations,
and bosses. Everything scales to the team's level and size, so everybody
(level 11 or higher) can play. The Serpent Lantern takes you from
Millennium City to the jungle, where you find VIPER hard at work. As
usual, they are up to no good. Something about a "Spirit Serpent" ...



In addition to the adventure itself, this update is scheduled to
include:

• VIPER upgrade
  
• Veteran rewards
  
• Difficulty slider
  
• Energy Builders review
  
• Bug fixes
  

"The Serpent Lantern" is slated to go Live in June. You'll be getting
more details in upcoming forum posts. It will be up on PTS in a couple
weeks.



Community



I'm happy to say that the Champs website will see an update soon.
That update will include a calendar of future updates as well as some
navigation and visual improvements. Yay!



Another Ask Cryptic is being worked on. Make
sure you visit the forums and put your question in.



Thanks to everyone who came out to play on Friday for the Dev Event!
We had a great time, so I hope you had fun too. The next one is slated
for Thursday, May 20, 2010 and will be oriented around early-tier PvP.
Mark your calendars and come beat us up! You have been double-dog dared!



Spread the Word



Since it's sort of hidden on our website, I wanted to remind you of
the Champs Referral
Program. The basic idea is that we send an email to your
friend/loved one/co-worker with a key. They get an unlimited trial for
ten days. If they play at all, then you both get action figures, plus
when you first play together you get XP and other bonuses. If they
subscribe, you get costume slots and other cool stuff. The more you
(successfully) recruit the more stuff you get, including free
subscription time and Cryptic points.



So, get those invites out! The place to start is here: http://champions-online.com/referral

That's it for this installment. Now I have to go convince the team to
make a Rainbow Bridge power! (Thanks, Boole.)

Link
to the forum post

Bueno, alguno que haya probado el parche nos deja algun comentario?
Yo entre que estaba con los partidos de la liga y que se tenia que bajar los 800Mb de parche no pude ni conectarme :(

JAda estaba echando flores de el anoche, a ver si se pasa y expone su punto de vista ^^

Hombre, estaba echando flores de las notas del parche, hasta ahora lo que he hecho ha sido redefinir los poderes de todos mis personajes y poco mas. Cuando haya podido jugarlso mas a fondo, ya podre hacer una critica

Pondré el parchacho a bajar en cuanto llegue a casa (16:30, dioxx mediante)

Y revisaré qué le han hecho al pobrecico Torrezno...con lo bien que tanqueaba él antes a ver qué hace ahora.