The developers were able to achieve some pretty impressive things over the lifespan of this game. What was once thought as impossible came in the form Inventions, Mission Architect, Power Customization, raids, Going Rogue, and much more. We know they were already working on the LUA scripting API (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knCvNsPERlQ) for Mission Architech, Psionic Melee (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Psionic_Melee), Radiation Melee (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Radiation_Melee), Savage Melee (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Savage_Melee), Staff Fighting (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Staff_Fighting), Wind Control (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Wind_Control), Bio Armor (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Bio_Armor), Radiation Armor (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Radiation_Armor), Martial Combat (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Martial_Combat), Advanced tiers of the Incarnate System (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Incarnate_System), new power pools and a 5th power for every existing pool (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Power_Pools), and probably more that I'm missing.
If City of Heroes were still going today, what kind of new powers, mechanics, and technology do you think we would see today?
Here's a list of things planned with i24's release:
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Issue_24
Was looking forward to the Blaster changes the most. I think Staff Fighting came out in i22. Genesis, Stance, Vitae and Omega Incarnate powers. The Battalion story arc starting in i25. Read some notes about the "Coming Storm" and read/watch "The Immortal Game" by Arcanaville:
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/The_Coming_Storm
http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,6445.0.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKp2lZ4QCm4
http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,6709.0.html
I guess I was really looking forward to the Battalion invasion story line, both for the content and the new incarnate powers.
Quote from: TheSonicBlade on August 25, 2015, 02:08:22 PM
If City of Heroes were still going today, what kind of new powers, mechanics, and technology do you think we would see today?
I'm assuming they would have over-reached and thrown a few stink-bombs in there power wise. They probably would have also finished all the incarnate abilities, and maybe added more end-game content.
At this point, I'd be 100% happy with a working i23 server.
Check out the Lore AMA for lots of info on future plans: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Lore_AMA
Quote from: syntaxerror37 on August 25, 2015, 04:40:19 PM
I guess I was really looking forward to the Battalion invasion story line, both for the content and the new incarnate powers.
I was looking forward to that too. I really wanted to see what they looked like too; I was imagining some kind of futuristic Greco-Roman space invaders.
Quote from: Mistress Bloodwrath on August 26, 2015, 09:43:55 PM
I was looking forward to that too. I really wanted to see what they looked like too; I was imagining some kind of futuristic Greco-Roman space invaders.
According to the Lore AMA # 222 (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Lore_AMA/Sorted#222):
Quote from: Positron's AnswerQ) Were the Battalion going to look like humans, or something different? (@BigAngry)
Follow Up: Eldritch Abomination-ish, a la Great Old Ones? (Cymmetri)
A) They would be humanoid, natch (limits of the engine), but would have had a sort of bio-organic armor "theme". Since they are a collaboration of thousands of alien races, we could then take that theme and swap in different heads, hands, legs, tails, etc to make the different races and viola! Bad guys for years! (Matt)
Not sure how tongue-in-cheek the answer was, but I buy it. Plus, we'll never see their true forms, according to #3 (
http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Lore_AMA/Sorted#3). So they can still be whatever you want them to be.
Quote from: Positron's AnswerCan you show us any images of what the Battalion were going to look like?
MM: Sorry, art unreleased has to stay unreleased due to our contracts.