MPQ At Marvel.com: Ghost Rider Incoming!

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  • TazFTW
    TazFTW Posts: 695 Critical Contributor
    IceIX wrote:
    TazFTW wrote:
    Oh, goody. A story involving Wolverine.
    Our next story after this will *not* involve Wolverine. Not sure it even involves any X-Men, come to think of it...

    Assuming the next new story is for Totally Awesome Hulk, my guess is it will revolve around his first arc which is supposed to involve She-Hulk and Spider-Man (Spidey-buff! JK, the devs will never buff Spidey).
  • Xenoberyll
    Xenoberyll Posts: 647 Critical Contributor
    I'm really happy you chose to make the Johnny Blaze Ghost Rider and not bring the new and stupid muscle car version. Not so happy with the set of abilities though.
  • DAC169
    DAC169 Posts: 122 Tile Toppler
    So the new event, which gives a new 4*, starts on Thanksgiving?
    Devs confirmed for hating family and retail & food service employees.
    Seriously, only PvE events that should run Thanksgiving weekend are Gauntlet or maybe one of those Heroic Modes that everybody hates.
  • D4Ni13
    D4Ni13 Posts: 745 Critical Contributor
    Nice to finally see Ghost Rider in MPQ.

    I really like his red. Hellfire is awesome. His green is nice too. And his black sounds fun, but don't think it's going to be reliable.
    For me the best strategy is to avoid as many damage as possible, so Penance Stare won't help me to much. And even if you tank and heal and then deal damage, that won't be a good strategy, because Penance Stare is single target ability. I rather use Black Panther's black for the same cost and damage everybody. I'm not saying it isn't a good skill. But you have to take a lot of damage to be effective. It is a great skill in an event as Balance of Power, where you would take a lot of damage no matter who and how you play with, but not for every event out there.

    Even in Balance of Power, I would rather deal 6000+ damage to all enemies with a 270 Black Panther than dealing 10000 damage to a single enemy with Penance Stare. But hey, that's just my playstyle and a personal opinion icon_e_smile.gif.

    Maybe it will be a good skill against 5 stars, because they tend to have more life? I don't know... have to wait and see the meta.


    Thanks D3. Please bring GAMBIT now! icon_e_smile.gif
  • Kevin61
    Kevin61 Posts: 256 Mover and Shaker
    So now all we need is either Dr. Strange or Morbius to round out the Midnight Sons team!!!!!
  • CNash
    CNash Posts: 952 Critical Contributor
    With Punisher featuring in this new story, any chance of rebalancing him a little in the near future? He's one of the 3*s in desperate need of a buff, as he's fallen somewhat behind the power curve. I won't go into detail here as there are literally dozens of posts with suggested improvements out there.

    Obviously it's not going to happen in time for this story's debut, but any future reruns could benefit from an improved Punisher.
  • stryke
    stryke Posts: 107 Tile Toppler
    Cheers for releasing on a US exclusive holiday to give the the rest of us out there a better chance at the new shiny!
  • jffdougan
    jffdougan Posts: 733 Critical Contributor
    Now that Ghost Rider and the new Story Event are " in the open", will the Upcoming thread get updated?
  • Der_Lex
    Der_Lex Posts: 1,035 Chairperson of the Boards
    By the way, generally the in-game art of Ghost Rider is pretty good again, with one glaring (pun intended) exception: Penance Stare. That wide open, slightly crooked mouth makes him look goofy rather than menacing. I think even a slight adjustment would fix this.
  • BlackSheep101
    BlackSheep101 Posts: 2,025 Chairperson of the Boards
    IceIX wrote:
    You can definitely expect more Villains to be released. Our last was Red Hulk, and Carnage before him. I'd fully expect more in the future. And yes, all the NPC bosses are Villains. Doesn't mean we couldn't do a Hero boss down the line, but the current ones are definitely baddies.
    Do goons of the appropriate type count as villains too? Speculating: maggia, hammer, hand, iso8, doombots
    Also: Ultron sentries?
  • STOPTHIS
    STOPTHIS Posts: 781 Critical Contributor
    Marc Spector wrote:
    IceIX wrote:
    You can definitely expect more Villains to be released. Our last was Red Hulk, and Carnage before him. I'd fully expect more in the future. And yes, all the NPC bosses are Villains. Doesn't mean we couldn't do a Hero boss down the line, but the current ones are definitely baddies.

    Hi IceIX, aka Red Leader! I'm VERY excited for Ghost Rider and the upcoming new story.

    As an aside though, I personally would've absolutely not expected Red Hulk to be classified as a "villain" in this game (for the sake of GR's Penance Stare). Sure, he was a violent wildcard in his debut series, but he eventually joined the Avengers for some time at Steve Rogers' request, and later led his own team of antiheroes in Thunderbolts v2.

    I challenge anyone in this thread to come up with a particularly nefarious/villainous Red Hulk moment beyond this one:
    http://ifanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2 ... atcher.jpg

    To be fair, in his very first appearance as Red Hulk, he's shot and killed the Abomination. Having said that, I've largely considered him an anti-hero. Even when he was just Thunderbolt Ross, you could argue most things he did was attempt to protect the normal person of the MU from the Hulk, who has destroyed cities (and I don't care what they say, he's had to kill someone at some point).
  • The Bob The
    The Bob The Posts: 743 Critical Contributor
    D4Ni13 wrote:
    his black sounds fun, but don't think it's going to be reliable.

    I can see that argument, but I like it. I'm a sucker for abilities that feel really appropriate to the character (like Mischief or Diabolical Plot), and that's exactly what Penance Stare does. If a character has done no "wrong," he's less of a threat to them. In game terms, that's not gonna be 100% effective, but it sounds exactly what Penance Stare is. Plus, the balance is that "Oh god, skip it" characters like boosted Juggernaut or Ares suddenly have a very real threat specific to them.
  • slidecage
    slidecage Posts: 3,521 Chairperson of the Boards
    stryke wrote:
    Cheers for releasing on a US exclusive holiday to give the the rest of us out there a better chance at the new shiny!


    nah it just gives people a weapon on shopping on black friday... Try to take my Tv i wack you with my IPAD icon_e_smile.gif at least it gives people something to do while sitting outside for 10 hours
  • TheRealJRad
    TheRealJRad Posts: 309 Mover and Shaker
    IceIX wrote:
    slidecage wrote:
    IceIX wrote:
    TazFTW wrote:
    Oh, goody. A story involving Wolverine.
    Our next story after this will *not* involve Wolverine. Not sure it even involves any X-Men, come to think of it...

    any new info on when the new gameplay will come
    As in the next new feature past Command Points? Possibly December, more likely January due to that whole Thanksgiving/holiday break thing really messing with dev timings. It's a biggie, so we want to make sure we have adequate test time on it before release.

    Next new story past Hearts of Darkness? We'll be announcing that soon. Not too long after this one.

    Sure as kitty doesn't bother them for releases, though icon_mrgreen.gif
  • Crowl
    Crowl Posts: 1,581 Chairperson of the Boards
    DAC169 wrote:
    So the new event, which gives a new 4*, starts on Thanksgiving?
    Devs confirmed for hating family and retail & food service employees.
    Seriously, only PvE events that should run Thanksgiving weekend are Gauntlet or maybe one of those Heroic Modes that everybody hates.

    Have the devs ever mentioned the global demographics of mpq, it is only thanksgiving in the states after all.
  • Willis
    Willis Posts: 49
    Wonder if this means Dormammu will make an appearance in a similar vein to Gorgon?
  • Marvelfamily
    Marvelfamily Posts: 208
    OMG totally awesome. Yay! Can't await to see him in action.
  • Mercurywolf
    Mercurywolf Posts: 60
    Willis wrote:
    Wonder if this means Dormammu will make an appearance in a similar vein to Gorgon?

    Probably not as in-person boss, like Gorgon is, but maybe in the story scenes.

    After all, in the comics, Dormammu was at one point the source of The Hood's Power, and did possess him at times. (Other notable sources include one of the Infinity Gems, and The Norn Stones.)
  • IceIX
    IceIX ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 4,328 Site Admin
    jffdougan wrote:
    Now that Ghost Rider and the new Story Event are " in the open", will the Upcoming thread get updated?
    Yep, that'll happen today.
  • Mawtful
    Mawtful Posts: 1,646 Chairperson of the Boards
    Still some unanswered questions about the way Hellfire works.

    What happens if there is an equal number of Heroes and Villains? I presume no bonus, since the ability uses "more than".

    Are unconscious characters counted?

    How does it work in a survival node, are characters yet to enter the fight counted?

    How are you going to display the Hero/Villain information in-game? As expected, MN Magneto is a Hero and Classic Magneto is a villain, even though Uncanny Cyclops is a Hero. If we're talking about specific incarnations, it's interesting to note that killing your mentor and leading a revolution against your old comrades is perfectly Heroic.

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