IceIX and devs, any hints for the future?

Dayv

So we got some hints about upcoming characters a while back, and since then all four characters have been introduced: Nick Fury, 3* Storm, Sentry, and She-Hulk.

I think we all know Iron Patriot is coming eventually, but other than that we don't have much in the way of tantalizing tidbits to look forward to.

Are there any hints or straight-up announcements you can make, such as story events, new play modes, upcoming characters, or buffs/new powers for existing characters?

With a lot of players feeling pretty down about healing changes (personally, I'm more happy about the faster recovery times than bothered by the temporary healing, but I'm fully in the 3* stage of the game), now would be a great time to get people excited about new stuff coming their way!

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IceIX wrote:

You're right, there is a definite Void in the goons Osborn has hired...

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Long time since Ares, maybe Iron Patriot a 2* since there is not 2* Iron Man model. Better yet, make Iron Patriot a 3* and demote IM40 to 2*.

If going to do more characters, need more villains just so can get more variety in the PVE nodes and eventually a DA version of Heroic PVE. Time for Osborn to become 4* Green Goblin and Secretary Trusk become 4* Red Skull.

Last hint of future...."aslo: money."

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IceIX wrote:

Nonce Equitaur 2 wrote:

when will the site get a favicon?

Just set that on my todo. It'll probably be a D3 logo.

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IceIX wrote:

Spoit wrote:

Is there any chance that there will be a sneak peak at the cmags changes before the covers from this current tournament expire?

His changes aren't off the drawing boards, so no. By that same token, that means he's safe for the near future.

(on May 29)

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I asked a similar question to IceIX during his Q&A:

IceIX wrote:

Toxicadam wrote:

Alliances and Seasons have been two pretty huge additions to the game, are there any other tentative plans for anything else equally monumental in the future?

Yep, we do! Nothing to announce right this second though. I do know of at least two other things that I would consider "Big Features" that are in the pipe at the moment.

Hopefully, True Healing wasn't one of these 'big features' he was alluding to.


I really hope they announce something before season 3 ends. Because it will probably be my last one as a 'serious' player if nothing is coming around the bend. I don't really have the will to grind up 800+ points in PvP tournaments that have rewards I don't need.

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IceIX wrote:

aflynn wrote:

what can be done about players exploiting OBW and other covers healing abilities in prologue to gain a higher pt total afterwards in PvP events

We've got an idea about that. It's currently in test at the moment. If it works out, you can expect rioting in the streets on the forums when we talk about what we're planning for a change. Mainly because Prologue healing has been status quo for so long that any change to that is going to make people HULK SMASH angry.

(he predicted that one right)

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IceIX wrote:

Kaden wrote:

Is there any update you can give us about the progress of X-Force Wolverine buff?

Still happening, just behind both Hawkeye (Modern) and Magneto (Classic) changes.

(on May 29)

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stephen43084 wrote:

Long time since Ares, maybe Iron Patriot a 2* since there is not 2* Iron Man model. Better yet, make Iron Patriot a 3* and demote IM40 to 2*.

If going to do more characters, need more villains just so can get more variety in the PVE nodes and eventually a DA version of Heroic PVE. Time for Osborn to become 4* Green Goblin and Secretary Trusk become 4* Red Skull.

Last hint of future...."aslo: money."

Hell no!! Don't demote IM40. He's a pretty good tank that feeds AP. He is IMO a very essential 3*.

Dayv

CoolB76 wrote:

stephen43084 wrote:

Long time since Ares, maybe Iron Patriot a 2* since there is not 2* Iron Man model. Better yet, make Iron Patriot a 3* and demote IM40 to 2*.

Hell no!! Don't demote IM40. He's a pretty good tank that feeds AP. He is IMO a very essential 3*.

It's kind of strange how this is turning into a thread of quotes from other threads, but I'll bite:

There's absolutely no need to demote 3* Iron Man to introduce a 3* Iron Patriot. Daken is Dark Avengers Wolverine, and he coexists at both 2* and 3* levels with his daddy (and his Marvel-standard daddy issues).

That said, 3* Iron Man could use a redesign. He has too many drawbacks compared to his strengths, while also having rather high AP costs. The drawbacks should justify low AP costs, or high AP costs should justify a lack of drawbacks, IMO.

Actually demoting any character would open a huge can of worms of player compensation, ISO loss, meta shakeup, and etc. Better to make them fit their * tier and balance them appropriately.

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You'll have to excuse me, I confused myself that Iron Patriot was Iron Man, but obviously he's War Machine, so would not be a conflict to have two 3*'s since Iron Patriot would not just be another model of IM40.

So, 3* IM40 and Iron Patriot fine. I don't guess 2* War Machine would aslo work then?

Nemek

stephen43084 wrote:

You'll have to excuse me, I confused myself that Iron Patriot was Iron Man, but obviously he's War Machine, so would not be a conflict to have two 3*'s since Iron Patriot would not just be another model of IM40.

So, 3* IM40 and Iron Patriot fine. I don't guess 2* War Machine would aslo work then?

In the context of Dark Reign, Iron Patriot is Norman Osborn, leader of the Dark Avengers. For that reason, I don't see him as being a 2* character.

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Ares is a god and he's 2*, so there.

Dayv

Nemek wrote:

stephen43084 wrote:

In the context of Dark Reign, Iron Patriot is Norman Osborn, leader of the Dark Avengers. For that reason, I don't see him as being a 2* character.

I have a suspicion he might be the next season reward, a 4* villain counterpart to Nick Fury.

Dayv

rowaasr13 wrote:

Ares is a god and he's 2*, so there.

Thor is a god, and he's 2.5*, on average.

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Speaking from 2* land, we could use a IM40 2* version. It would be a nice supporting character to feed AP to the team. Additionally, when I started, there were equal numbers of 2 and 3* characters, now there are twice as many 3*. I know it won't make money, but we could use 3 or 4 new 2* models. I'd gladly take lazy versions

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I didn't mean to turn this into an iron man thread...lol

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To quote Clubber Lang, "PAIN!"

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I just hope we won't be discovering the new character while opening the next PvE reward structure...

That means in about 8 days more or less.

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Expect to see these exciting characters coming soon!

Lazy Ares
Lazy DA Widow
Lazy Moonstone
Lazy Bullseye
Lazy Juggernaut
Lazy Venom

I'd kind of like to see bullseye, it'd be interesting to see how they jazz up his black.

Droc76

The future is bend over and smile about it.