Posted by Rekhan
Greetings, Fellow Champions!
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.)
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