is it a different voice actor, and is he a dick?
yes and yes
is it a different voice actor, and is he a dick?
It's just a render so it might look different once it's in game. I hope they just don't go too far like they did with Moon Knight.
But for Strange it would make sense to have a ridiculous cloak. It's supposed to be. Have you seen art of it?
The little cape he has on the NPC model (and that datamined test server one) isn't a cloak. It's barely a cape. It's more like a child's blanket. It doesn't even reach his heels, nor does it cover his arms, let alone the entire body.
I'm a huge Dr. Strange nut. Of all things they could do wrong to him, making the Cloak of Levitation a blanket is one of the worst things they could do to him.
But for Strange it would make sense to have a ridiculous cloak. It's supposed to be. Have you seen art of it?
The little cape he has on the NPC model (and that datamined test server one) isn't a cloak. It's barely a cape. It's more like a child's blanket. It doesn't even reach his heels, nor does it cover his arms, let alone the entire body.
I'm a huge Dr. Strange nut. Of all things they could do wrong to him, making the Cloak of Levitation a blanket is one of the worst things they could do to him.
Quick Monday Morning Update:
Black Panther internal testing continues and iterations are being performed each day as we approach public testing. Expect public testing to begin March 24. The focus on his review is overall playability and smoothing out his weaknesses. He is a fun hero already, so we want be massively changing him, just making him even better.
As above, Black Widow continues to move along, but will be ready by end of April. Natasha's kit will have some nice quality of life improvements, along with an impactful ultimate and some improved animations and VFX where appropriate.
Wolverine's level 52 review will follow in May, roughly around the X-Men movie.
Other level 52 reviews are in various stages and keep chugging along. We are likely doing one every month and sometimes two if the timing works out. Many of the heroes don't need a ton of new powers, just a few surgical improvements and quality of life improvements.
Achievements system chugs along through the design, UI and engineering phases. The backend for the system will be completely new tech and will serve as a platform for new features for years to come.
Fortune Card Mark V is being finished up by Cosmic Cupcake and should be ready fairly soon. She'll give some more details soon.
Raid work is chugging along. Encounter 1 and 4 are the most complete, with other's following. The final main boss fight is going to visually and mechanically impressive.
Doctor Strange is in the pre-Alpha testing stages. Tuning and VFX/SFX are next up to be completed this week, likely with public testing next week. Early reports from internal testing is quite positive on his game mechanics and visuals. The VFX team really wanted him magic to appear impressive and crunched many hours making that come true.
The team continues to analyze every item in the game and review metrics on how often it's used and by whom. The item review pass should be complete in mid April. In the meantime, new artifacts and uniques are also being worked on to fill in the most popularly-requested "gaps" in itemization.
Team Ups are making their way through the pipeline, with a few surprise team ups in development for sometime after launch. Don't pay attention to the data mining if you want to be surprised. The first team up will be the classic Spider-Man (the star of the Marvel comics Team Up franchise), followed closely by the Winter Soldier version of Falcon. The model for Falcon is extremely solid and makes me want to make him a playable hero some day.
Recipes for duplicate uniques and new lifesteal core options should occur around the same time as the Captain America movie. More on those next week.
The team is focusing today on addressing any and every bug reported over the weekend in order to have a fix in this week's mini-patch build.
Very early work is chugging along on the new story chapter and continuation of the Marvel Heroes story, which will premier after Asgard and after Bronx Zoo, likely in late summer.
Between Asgard and the new story chapter, we will launch Bronx Zoo (which fits into chapter 2), along with a new terminal and new items to accompany the 2 new bosses in the zone.
Lots more stuff going on, but I must get back to work.
Quick notes:
Stark Tech is on hold until some new tech is created related to the achievement system. Will be worth it, it's like a completely new mini-item game related to it.
Team Ups will now have 3 modes: 30s duration with big impact on entrance, unlimited duration (great for solo and small group play) and "always off" - each with their own benefits and balance.
20 new inventory slots coming with Dr. Strange patch.
30 new inventory slots coming with Cap movie (from team ups).
Both of the above are free.
Deadpool Pulp and Hawkeye Fear Itself are in Fortune Card Mark V
We have a bunch of new modes, zones and terminals coming throughout the year, that's info for a big update when I have more time
Cosmic Doops are still in development, but should be ready in a matter of weeks.
Attributes rework slated for the same time as items review so both can be done in cooperation with each other (they actually have a huge impact on each other, particularly for items with +attributes that will get better or worse and therefore need to be handled carefully)
Legendary Quest sharing is still on the list to work out and requires a couple of tech changes in development.
hawkeye fear itself being a card costume makes me sad, I was going to buy it day 1 oh well, guess its Kate when I decide to get a cosutme for him
Quick question, which of these would you guys pick?
Unique has more defense obviously, but I'm not using those powers. Cosmic seems waaaay better benefit especially with the RIF/SIF and +1 to all powers and the +3 to Web Shield..
But am I missing something with the % chance stuff on the Unique? Are they worth it? Health bonus would be nice too of course...
The Unique.
And fwiw, you should be using at least web spray/constrictive at 1 point each.
The Unique.
And fwiw, you should be using at least web spray/constrictive at 1 point each.
im sorry, didnt mean to come off as a dick. I thought you had been playing longer, its easy to forget that we were also noobs once upon a time (or still are, who knows). Im probably not as big a fan of cosmics as most people are anyway, like I said, I would never use one over a unique (but then again Im not too fussed with mid maxing)
Naa all good man! I'm fine looking like a noob haha, enjoying the hell out of the game and investing a ton of time into it lately, so I'm sure I'll be asking plenty of dumb questions while I try out all the new characters I'm unlocking!
Appreciate the help/answers.
this was / is my Spidey spec when I killed superheroic loki without dying first try (which I always consider a feat >_>)
http://www.marvelbase.com/builds/generator/spider-man#vvMvv2K2K2q2Kv27K2vM/0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0
as you see, I usually prioritize defensive passives over offensive. this is my "melee with ranged" spells spec as I call it, as its mostly a ranged build but I fight in melee range, with web spray on the ground for the dot (or as aoe you just spray it everywhere and stuff melts like I said), stick around as a spirit spender and pummel as a filler when im out of spirit. oh and web shield on every cooldown obviously
Wow, yeah okay.
See at the moment, I'm basically running in with Amazing Smash, gathering them all up close, then hammering them with Stick Around which usually downs the Blues/Yellows with a few hits.
I've been using Web Shield (on your advice from the other day) and it definitely helps.
I've got a lot of points in Web Wrecking Ball though - now I've got Spirit Regen I can basically just cycle around in mobs and stuff without it stopping WWB.
Of course all this isn't as effective on bosses. It's been great on mobs though.
Also got about 15-16 points in Superior Agility too, probably too many wasted by the looks.
I'll definitely reroll and try your build tonight. Cheers.
im sorry, didnt mean to come off as a dick. I thought you had been playing longer, its easy to forget that we were also noobs once upon a time (or still are, who knows). Im probably not as big a fan of cosmics as most people are anyway, like I said, I would never use one over a unique (but then again Im not too fussed with mid maxing)
This is not a good tip. There are plenty of cases where a perfectly rolled Cosmic is better than a sub-par Unique, depending on character and build.
Thats true. Some Uniques are just annoying too - like Emmas pendant. I dont want a Cyclops following me around everywhere :/
Cosmics that have health regen, spirit and invulnerability are ones I will always consider equipping.
This is not a good tip. There are plenty of cases where a perfectly rolled Cosmic is better than a sub-par Unique, depending on character and build.
Thats true. Some Uniques are just annoying too - like Emmas pendant. I dont want a Cyclops following me around everywhere :/
Cosmics that have health regen, spirit and invulnerability are ones I will always consider equipping.
This is not a good tip. There are plenty of cases where a perfectly rolled Cosmic is better than a sub-par Unique, depending on character and build.
Thats true. Some Uniques are just annoying too - like Emmas pendant. I dont want a Cyclops following me around everywhere :/
Cosmics that have health regen, spirit and invulnerability are ones I will always consider equipping.
I did say I didnt care about mid-maxing. Its the first game of this type in fact where I dont, and it also turns out to be the one I have the most fun in in a long time. the moment I (need) to start worrying about mid maxing or "correct builds" is probably the moment ill stop having fun and drop the game (so probably when raids come out lol)
I love uniques that have some extra flavour to them not found anywhere else. It actually makes them feel a bit Unique instead of like just another item with stats. Wolverine's belt that summons Sabertooth is awesome, Cyclops has a Visor that has a chance to shoot phoenix flame laz0rs, Ghost Rider has a Unique that sometimes summons a big infernal pool of fire. Gief more stuff like this!
Yeah. They are awesome. I also love all the newer any-hero uniques they put into the game. A lot of them have summons now, like summoning frost giant or sentinel--perfect for building my rocket raccoon army.
I did say I didnt care about mid-maxing. Its the first game of this type in fact where I dont, and it also turns out to be the one I have the most fun in in a long time. the moment I (need) to start worrying about mid maxing or "correct builds" is probably the moment ill stop having fun and drop the game (so probably when raids come out lol)
So how does this game work? Do I have to join a large gameworld or can I play co-op with a friend or solo like Path of Exile?
There are no servers so you'll just spawn in the world and see a bunch of other people there.
You can definitely play all of it solo or co-op. There are open public areas, and there are also instanced areas that you can enter by yourself, in a party or keep open so that random players can enter them with you.
There are no servers so you'll just spawn in the world and see a bunch of other people there.
You can definitely play all of it solo or co-op. There are open public areas, and there are also instanced areas that you can enter by yourself, in a party or keep open so that random players can enter them with you.
Is it easy to connect with a co-op partner (friend)? Done via steam or something?
From what you say it sounds like you go into the game world w/o others joining you, which is nice.
Is it easy to connect with a co-op partner (friend)? Done via steam or something?
Is it easy to connect with a co-op partner (friend)? Done via steam or something?
Bought Punisher yesterday and leveled him to 8. Enjoying him so far, love his Sniper and Flashbang. It's funny because I never use the evasive jump away/back and shoot powers that almost all heroes have, but I could really use one on Punisher and it seems he's one of the few that doesn't have it (unless I've just missed it).
Looking through his trees I can really feel the Pre-Review 52 in him; 4 Basic powers, 5 passives (2-3 of them pretty bad and could probably be merged into other powers), weird melee powers that really doesn't fit into his gameplay atm (from what I've seen and experienced on the test center), no cc-break and no signature-like HELL YEAH power. Seeing as he's a starter hero I really think they should get the level 52 Review for him going soon. I'm glad Wolverine and Panther is getting some love but I hope Punisher isn't far behind.
I don't like to min-max in MH either. But what if you get a Unique where it's completely geared toward one tree that you don't use whatsoever? I don't see the point in using an item like that.
I've almost got my IM to level 60 so I was testing some of my other characters I got from randoms. I have BW and Wolverine. Both of them aren't very exciting to me so far. Do they get better. Do you always have to use your base attack with Wolverine to build up fury?
Interestingly, there's a unique for the Punisher that gives your rockets launches a chance to become a nuclear device and basically torches everything on the screen. It's a pretty freaking sweet ability...but I really don't care for rockets at all. They have a much smaller area than deadly barrage and don't feel as good to me. That's a unique that is wasted on me, except for the stats.
I've almost got my IM to level 60 so I was testing some of my other characters I got from randoms. I have BW and Wolverine. Both of them aren't very exciting to me so far. Do they get better. Do you always have to use your base attack with Wolverine to build up fury?
I've almost got my IM to level 60 so I was testing some of my other characters I got from randoms. I have BW and Wolverine. Both of them aren't very exciting to me so far. Do they get better. Do you always have to use your base attack with Wolverine to build up fury?
Haha that sounds awesome. I actually use the Rockets in my build, but don't have that item... I'll have to try to get it!