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Offline Caradir

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Champions Beta
« on: May 28, 2009, 10:21:07 AM »
Guess whos just been invited onto the Champions online beta :)
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2009, 11:42:48 AM »
Quote from: Caradir on May 28, 2009, 10:21:07 AM
Guess whos just been invited onto the Champions online beta :)

You swine!

When did you sign up for it? I only signed up this morning, so I doubt I'll get in.

Post screenies and info plx.
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #2 on: May 28, 2009, 12:40:10 PM »
Didnt even know there was one :(

Where plx?
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #3 on: May 28, 2009, 03:46:16 PM »
Quote from: Kurtt on May 28, 2009, 11:42:48 AM
Quote from: Caradir on May 28, 2009, 10:21:07 AM
Guess whos just been invited onto the Champions online beta :)

You swine!

When did you sign up for it? I only signed up this morning, so I doubt I'll get in.

Post screenies and info plx.

i signed up an age ago as soon as cryptic sold COH to NCsoft to start developing. its still limited at the mo to mon/wed/fri for now

Quote from: Mangala on May 28, 2009, 12:40:10 PM
Didnt even know there was one :(

Where plx?

http://champions-online.com/
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2009, 08:25:26 PM »
Just a teaser for Kurtt ;)

heres one of my toons on Beta, Power Armour power set :) ill post more this week for ya as soon as i grab some decent screenies to  show off:)

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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2009, 10:43:58 AM »
and another :)

Dark power set :D



next playtest is wednesday so ill grab some more screenies and give my thoughts on the game.
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2009, 12:55:45 PM »
Are these graphics final? Looks like a step down even from wow-graphics.  :-[
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2009, 02:26:24 PM »
these are just avatar images not in game ;)
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2009, 03:28:26 PM »
Quote from: Caradir on July 12, 2009, 08:25:26 PM
Just a teaser for Kurtt ;)

heres one of my toons on Beta, Power Armour power set :) ill post more this week for ya as soon as i grab some decent screenies to  show off:)



Looks like a loladin set :)
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2009, 06:24:39 PM »
Quote from: Mangala on July 13, 2009, 03:28:26 PM
Quote from: Caradir on July 12, 2009, 08:25:26 PM
Just a teaser for Kurtt ;)

heres one of my toons on Beta, Power Armour power set :) ill post more this week for ya as soon as i grab some decent screenies to  show off:)



Looks like a loladin set :)

With the lvl 60 MC epic warrior Helm  :D
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2009, 09:38:00 PM »
ok so heres some info totally breaching the NDA but as they are basically adding that final layer of polish and swatting the last bugs i see no harm ;)

A comment on the graphics before i post anything they are using cell shading that gives them a nice comic book look, also makes them a bit blurry on occasion but trust me in game they look fit for the genre.

Firstly Frameworks, these are your power sets or as you can see you can mix and match to create your own custom powerset, plus point of sticking to the 1 set is faster access to the higher tier powers but eventually any character can choose any power.


The character creation is pretty similar to COH's well why change what is pretty damn perfect ;)

As well as damaging/defensive/ CC powers etc you get Travel powers , those in COH will know what they are about although some of the old favourites are slightly different, as well as their being newer ones.

So as well as Flight, Super speed, Jumping, Teleportation (which is totally different to the way COH handles it) you get Fire flight (Human torch), Ice Sliding (Iceman), Hover Disc, Swingin (not seen that one so cant comment ;)  ) , Jet boots, and others that they seem to be adding on a weekly basis.

heres Hover Disc (looks better now they reskinned it, used to look like a flying Manhole cover hehe ) (and i wont mention the week they set its traction to 0 that was a fun week for testing :) stop.stop .stop .....feck im 1 mile away from where i wanted to be :D  )



Another difference from COH is the introduction of Nemesis, at level 25 YOU design and create your own Super Adversary, your Nemesis, that is then used in a variety of misssions and gains in power as you do :) (not quite there yet so no screenies at the mo)

PVP is handled in an arena environment, the Hero Games as they are called are quite fun ( Melee orientated characters do suffer somewhat) and a fun break to missioning. Queing is simple and can be done anywhere to access games in your tier.

Instances are handled the same way ,in fact the same button allows both. So getting teams together is easy.

ok back in game to grab more screenies and decide what else to leak ;)
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2009, 09:51:34 PM »
Awesome stuff chap. Images are dead for me though :(

I will definatley be moving over to CO when it comes out. CoH but newer and shinier!
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2009, 10:45:21 AM »
fixing images directly linking to my private folder doesnt work :) nub me.
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2009, 11:02:14 AM »
ok didnt get anymore screenies last night seems they fed the hamsters elastic bands and it caused all sorts of shenanigans :) and i shant mention the mini beasts seems they let loose a shrinking ray on someof the none humanoid critters :D

Roles is another new addition from COH you unlock various roles by completing perks, some of the early ones are Defense (take 5000 damage), Offense (do 5000 damage). These allow you to equip powers that function as a type of buff, for instance Power Armour gets a power (name eludes me at the mo) which increases damage resists (51% at level 3)and has another power than can be purchased that allows it to add a  short term damage absorb as well, but can only be equipped in defense roles. Others get powers for Offense and support.

Crafting is also there as you do have equipment (of sorts) an Offense piece a defense piece and a utility piece each with 2 secondaries for 9 in all (these are your stat boosters), and 5 slots for items (things like summoning tomes. grenades, prototype guns that have limited life etc that add another strategy or use in missions). Crafting comes in 3 flavours Science, Arms, and Mystical allowing crafting of bags and various pieces of kit.

As i said they are pretty much polishing the game getting ready for release i see the smoothest release in a long time for an MMO and i have ordered my copy as i loves it :)
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Re: Champions Beta
« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2009, 11:07:45 AM »
p.s. my favourite power so far is the Gadgeteering power "prototype Blaster" has a "1% chance to inflict effect Teddy on target" bloody hilarious to watch a huge villain turn into a soft teddy and start wailing on you :D
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