shykyoichi
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Thanks for the answers! I remember seeing a 'lost' message. Thought that I need to find the said character in the previous map. Didn't know he was lost forever. Guess there's always a first time for everything.
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Class of Heroes 2 |OT| Our dungeons go to 11!
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DidntKnowJack
Member
Any further info on when the UMD's for this game ship?
Waiting for it to clear QA. Hopefully we'll have an update in the near future. I don't know if I mentioned it earlier in the thread, but in addition to the Alchemy Recipe fix, the mini-map will now have a pointer to show which direction you're facing in both the UMD and the online patched version.
Will the digital versions get all of the fixes the UMDs are getting?
Yes. The digital patch will have everything fixed and added. We held the UMD and remade it to re-submit because the Alchemy Recipe bug came to light after the PSN release and, while not game breaking, was big enough that I wouldn't feel comfortable knowingly shipping a physical UMD product with it.
foobarry81
Member
Makes the wait certainly worthwile imo.
So, I bought this a while ago but never actually started. Decided to go for it the last couple of days and I am completely lost, any tips for a newcomer?
I have my fair share of experience on dungeon crawlers but never played Class of Heroes. Is there anything I should know? Essential classes, etc?
I have my fair share of experience on dungeon crawlers but never played Class of Heroes. Is there anything I should know? Essential classes, etc?
There's a pretty good amout of discussion on the gaijinworks forums to help out new adventurers. www.gaijinworks.com/interact . (There are also maps, alchemy recipes, and a digital copy of the manual in the help section of gaijinworks.com)
KiTA
Member
If you've played Wizardry or any of the other Wizardry descendants (Elminage, for example) you should be right at home.
Sorcerer is Bishop without identification. There is no mage or cleric directly, the spellcaster gets both spells.
Ranger is Thief with more of a focus on ranged combat.
If you've played later Wizardry games, Puppeteer has the Bishop Magic Wall ability.
Monk is the same as Brawler in Elminage and other Xth Generation based Wizardry descendants -- high DPS, does fist damage.
Idol gets some buff magic, and can be played by all races, so it makes a good class if you plan on taking some races to a different class later on -- for example, getting a Dwarf Samurai that has a lot of mana, or a Khulaz with magic for Geomancer.
Novice is special. Novice can equip ANY item in the game, and gets good spells of all types (leading to them getting the best healing magic in the game around level 40). The downside is they get horrible MP growth until level 90, when they start gaining literally hundreds of MP a level.
You'll want a class that can open chests (Ranger, Gunner, Ninja) and a class that can heal (Sorcerer). Your front three should probably be melee -- Samura, Novice, Warrior, Monk, Ninja.
All races get a race specific class later on in the game:
Fairy: Sage (better Sorcerer)
Dwarf: Berserker (magic-less Samurai)
Felpur: Beast (magic-less Monk)
Celestian: Fallen Angel (Kinda a cross between Ninja and Samurai)
Bahamun: Dragon Knight (Lords from Wizardry with Dual wielding)
Gnome: Alchemist (status effect spells with bonuses to the game's crafting)
Human: Gunner (Ranger only with innate instant death)
Diablos: Necromancer (Spellcaster that focuses on doing damage to specific monster types)
Elf: Summoner (Summons a 7th party member, gender specific)
Khulaz: Geomancer (Elemental specific attacks, gets huge bonuses to farming XP / Money / Items)
Sorcerer is Bishop without identification. There is no mage or cleric directly, the spellcaster gets both spells.
Ranger is Thief with more of a focus on ranged combat.
If you've played later Wizardry games, Puppeteer has the Bishop Magic Wall ability.
Monk is the same as Brawler in Elminage and other Xth Generation based Wizardry descendants -- high DPS, does fist damage.
Idol gets some buff magic, and can be played by all races, so it makes a good class if you plan on taking some races to a different class later on -- for example, getting a Dwarf Samurai that has a lot of mana, or a Khulaz with magic for Geomancer.
Novice is special. Novice can equip ANY item in the game, and gets good spells of all types (leading to them getting the best healing magic in the game around level 40). The downside is they get horrible MP growth until level 90, when they start gaining literally hundreds of MP a level.
You'll want a class that can open chests (Ranger, Gunner, Ninja) and a class that can heal (Sorcerer). Your front three should probably be melee -- Samura, Novice, Warrior, Monk, Ninja.
All races get a race specific class later on in the game:
Fairy: Sage (better Sorcerer)
Dwarf: Berserker (magic-less Samurai)
Felpur: Beast (magic-less Monk)
Celestian: Fallen Angel (Kinda a cross between Ninja and Samurai)
Bahamun: Dragon Knight (Lords from Wizardry with Dual wielding)
Gnome: Alchemist (status effect spells with bonuses to the game's crafting)
Human: Gunner (Ranger only with innate instant death)
Diablos: Necromancer (Spellcaster that focuses on doing damage to specific monster types)
Elf: Summoner (Summons a 7th party member, gender specific)
Khulaz: Geomancer (Elemental specific attacks, gets huge bonuses to farming XP / Money / Items)
Thanks a lot for the tip guys, decided to roll with a Monk Ninja Warrior on front, ranger sorcerer and... I forgot the last one on back.
Anyways cleared a couple of floors and having a lot of fun, not dying a lot =P.
Well, I just got back from a trip so now I might have even more time to play this
Anyways cleared a couple of floors and having a lot of fun, not dying a lot =P.
Well, I just got back from a trip so now I might have even more time to play this
foobarry81
Member
I'm wondering a tad too...?Vic?
From the Gaijinworks website:
Gaijinworks said:
A luxury Vic currently has, and for which I personally am grateful.
From the Gaijinworks website:
A luxury Vic currently has, and for which I personally am grateful.
Makes sense. Hopefully they patch the digital version as well.
Of course, they will. They also still have to give us the opening that was cut. Has there been any news how the opening will be handled?
foobarry81
Member
Vic has said on here that it wouldn't be on the UMD, but would be made available through a patch on PSN later on (ie when the licensing issues are resolved).
foobarry81
Member
I assume he didn't expect them to be solved by the time the UMDs were printed. And probably not even now that they are slightly delayed.
Elessartelrunya
Member
So...will the physical copy be shipping soon? We're almost into August...
foobarry81
Member
Vic posted below quote today on the Gaijnworks forum. He hasn't received the proof UMD discs yet from the manufacturer and wants to wait for them before posting an update apparently.
cj_iwakura
Member
Nope. Probably nothing that hasn't been localized, sadly.
DidntKnowJack
Member
So hey. Remember that time we paid to get the physical copies of these discs and were promised they were coming soon? Yeah that was cool.
It's not like I need the UMD to play the game, but I'm starting to get the feeling we're never going to be getting these. It'd be nice to know that we didn't pay extra for nothing.
It's not like I need the UMD to play the game, but I'm starting to get the feeling we're never going to be getting these. It'd be nice to know that we didn't pay extra for nothing.
http://www.gaijinworks.com/
08/01/2013 Class of Heroes 2 UMD update!
The good news is we got the manufactured sample UMDs this week and they passed Sony bug testing - except for a technical failure. And that's the bad news: the production ID on the disc had a technical failure, so we're remaking the image now and making 20 more manufacturing samples that will pass the check. Yes, it sucks, and we're tired of the wait, too.
Sooo, to take the sting of more waiting out a bit, we're going to share some of the secret we've kept that we wanted to surprise purchasers of the physical+digital set with when they opened their shipment. Every physical copy of Class of Heroes 2 will ship with a special certificate we made that also features a laser-etched, numbered holographic sticker. The sticker is in a box on a scored tab on the right side of the certificate. The numbered holographic sticker will exactly match another hologram on the back of each game package. We're going to keep the hologram itself under wraps, but here's what the 4" x 7" custom-made certificate will look like:
(The hologram goes in the box on the right side)
Thanks to all the physical+digital purchasers for their patience in this process. All digital codes were distributed on June 3rd. If you bought a physical+digital version and didn't get your digital code, email us and we'll re-send your PSN code. Once we receive the manufacture UMD samples for version 1.01 and have a timeline for the actual pressing of the production run, we'll post here and in the forum here. Thanks again for the patience. We hope you like this little extra - it's even better in person!
A recap from last update: The UMD was pulled from production last month when some of the digital users found a problem with the Alchemy Recipe system that caused the wrong recipes to be unlocked. It did not affect the ability of players to complete the game, but it was annoying and affected about 200 or more recipes. Rather than deliver a UMD game we knew was buggy, we pulled it, fixed the Alchemy Recipe bug and a number of other bugs reported by players of the digital version, retested the game, and remade the master UMD image. The new build also adds a pointer to the mini-map screen showing which way your character is facing, a common fan request we were able to squeeze in to the fix.
foobarry81
Member
Is there a shipping date?
No, but I'm not expecting them to ship within the next 4 weeks either, so I'll be abroad till november and will probably be away :/
foobarry81
Member
Oh, ok, have a nice trip then. And feel free to PM me if you would travel to Belgium and need some travel advice. ;-)
My aunt lives in Bruxelles
but thanks for the offer (and my parents in Paris!)I'm supposed to spend a few days in Belgium actually
Elessartelrunya
Member
I'm moving to Canada at the end of September, I NEED this to ship before then...
foobarry81
Member
Thought this was worth posting on here:
Question: I think I read somewhere here that the opening sequence did make it into the UMD version? Did I read correct?
Source: http://www.gaijinworks.com/interact...f-Heroes-2-Physical-Version-UMD-Updates/page7
Question: I think I read somewhere here that the opening sequence did make it into the UMD version? Did I read correct?
Vic Ireland on Gaijin Outpost said:
Source: http://www.gaijinworks.com/interact...f-Heroes-2-Physical-Version-UMD-Updates/page7
Elessartelrunya
Member
So...ETA on when they will ship? Mid-September perhaps?
cj_iwakura
Member
Great news. So can the English version be made public now?
Kind of weird Vic stopped posting in this thread.
Kind of weird Vic stopped posting in this thread.
foobarry81
Member
Great news. So can the English version be made public now?
Kind of weird Vic stopped posting in this thread.
I think he just wants to centralize the discussion of the game to just one outlet, so that he doesn't have to double post. And clearly the GW forum is the most convenient for him.
foobarry81
Member
Some news! (Vic, hope you don't mind me copying and pasting your answers from the Gaijinworks forum here)
What does that mean for a possible release?
And what about a Euro PSN release, Vic?
Vic Ireland said:
What does that mean for a possible release?
Vic Ireland said:
And what about a Euro PSN release, Vic?
Vic Ireland said:
foobarry81
Member
For those interested, Vic posted a photo of a proof print of the manual and cover sheets on the GaijinWorks forum:
to the Gaijinworks forum
to the Gaijinworks forum
Might you be able to share the image link? Viewing it requires a membership on those forums.
foobarry81
Member
Yeah, the thing is, I'm not sure I'm allowed to that on here. (Could be considered scans, ...) Which is why I put up the link.
foobarry81
Member
I'll repost cyborg009's post in the other thread here:
Update from Vic on his site:
Now we might get the game before the end of the year it seems.
Update from Vic on his site:
Vic Ireland on Gaijinworks forum said:
Now we might get the game before the end of the year it seems.
Dead Prince
Banned
Got my email saying late Thursday early Friday for my LE to be shipped
And the new psn version will be out Oct 15 to match the Umad with fixes in alchemy bugs and such
And the new psn version will be out Oct 15 to match the Umad with fixes in alchemy bugs and such
cj_iwakura
Member
Got mine too! (Same address, thankfully.)
Hopefully CoH3 is close.
Hopefully CoH3 is close.
ramoisdead
Member
A friendly reminder that Class of Heroes II version 2.0 has been deployed. Just redownload the game from the CoH II's PS store page or through the Download History.
cj_iwakura
Member
A friendly reminder that Class of Heroes II version 2.0 has been deployed. Just redownload the game from the CoH II's PS store page or through the Download History.
Almost done with God Eaters Burst, then we in there.