Marvel Heroes 20xx
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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
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They posted this already:
Fucking patcher is slow as all fuck though for me. Also I still have trouble deciding what I want to play, there's still this weird "same-y" feeling from every hero, it feels like a lot of stuff plays more or less the same and it's kinda annoying. Maybe I'll just pick up my Scarlet Witch to see some of the new content until I figure out something better. Seems kinda too far behind to do any of this new limbo nonsense though.
We're working on fixes for the following things right now for a patch that would go live ASAP (likely in the AM):
Difficulty tuned far too high. @MichaelMayhem brought out a nerf bazooka on these creeps.
Not enough time for final boss wave. Increasing.
Removing Ultron & Spider-Clone from Follow-Up Missions.
Adding Remote Mission notifications for Follow-Up Missions.
Resolving issue where players lost their Follow-Up Mission due to livetuning.
Improving N'astirh's loot.
Orbs not giving bonus to summoners.
Allow players to queue solo. Use difficult scaling by party member.
We're also investigating:
Players entering incorrect versions of Limbo - I.E. half finished. Seems to be an older issue with the queue but we're seeing what we can find/fix.
Bosses occasionally not spawning.
Difficulty tuned far too high. @MichaelMayhem brought out a nerf bazooka on these creeps.
Not enough time for final boss wave. Increasing.
Removing Ultron & Spider-Clone from Follow-Up Missions.
Adding Remote Mission notifications for Follow-Up Missions.
Resolving issue where players lost their Follow-Up Mission due to livetuning.
Improving N'astirh's loot.
Orbs not giving bonus to summoners.
Allow players to queue solo. Use difficult scaling by party member.
We're also investigating:
Players entering incorrect versions of Limbo - I.E. half finished. Seems to be an older issue with the queue but we're seeing what we can find/fix.
Bosses occasionally not spawning.
Fucking patcher is slow as all fuck though for me. Also I still have trouble deciding what I want to play, there's still this weird "same-y" feeling from every hero, it feels like a lot of stuff plays more or less the same and it's kinda annoying. Maybe I'll just pick up my Scarlet Witch to see some of the new content until I figure out something better. Seems kinda too far behind to do any of this new limbo nonsense though.
Croetec
Lord Nagafen Raider
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It's clear their internal testing team is beyond retarded as every new event they come out with is basically worth doing for about an hour before you get tired of it. I'd say the main reason behind a lot of it is all the people that are now at or approaching omega cap, its hard to find motivation to grind for a currency to purchase items that are usually worse then hero specific uniques and the boss artifacts.
moonarchia
The Scientific Shitlord
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I am finding out new shit right and left as I play. Apparently there is a use for junk drops other than vendoring for gold, you can give them to the crafter so he/she/it levels up. Finding this out at 36 is funny, because I was starting to hate all the junk I was having to vendor.
Gavinmad
Mr. Poopybutthole
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Near as anyone has been able to tell, Gaz doesn't have a QA team. They rely entirely on the testing done by players on the test center to QA new stuff. Afaik nobody has ever seen Gaz advertise for QA positions. It's possible that they use a temp service to provide warm bodies for QA, or they may outsource their QA, but it seems most likely that they just don't have a QA department at all. Devs make sure that the basic functionality is intact in a new build, then they push it to test center and let the players do the QA for free.
Croetec
Lord Nagafen Raider
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Thought I remember one of the devs talking about Red Axis in an update post and said they were working on it with internal testing so their might be a temp service but regardless they need to add more things like their version of the hellfire amulet that's coming. Even a way of allowing players who are BiS to fine tune their gear with rerolling say one or two stats on an item so your max ranks / hp / crit rating unique with the worst possible crit damage can be fixed or at least improved.
Gavinmad
Mr. Poopybutthole
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I mean, they also do stupid as hell shit like making changes to Limbo then pushing it live without testing those changes. Or failing to take into account that the vast majority of their TC players are people with 95% BIS or better, which far exceeds the majority of the playerbase and might account for why Limbo seemed fine on test but was pretty nightmarish when it went live.
Kanglor
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Yeah, they do have some internal testing setup, but I think the way they schedule patches(rushed) really makes it hard on them. Thing is with these last couple events, it's not so much a QA issue, as it's piss poor decisions made by the dev(s) setting it up. Like the Armor event, on TC quite a few of us tried to tell them making the Drives only drop off the Buff was a bad idea, but they just dug in the heels until it got to Live and forums raged. This whole deal with the Limbo missions was only added in the patch late last night, otherwise it would have been called out by TC players earlier in the week.
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The one video I watched from Limbo was basically a full group in uniques and shit and then all of them were using the DPS test medal from TC which gives you the equivalent of a full set of gear(crappy gear) on one slot. So basically, everyone had like twice the stats they'd have overall, and surprise, they were clearing stuff in literally seconds. If that's what they used to determine balance, then yeah it's fucking problematic.
zombiewizardhawk
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Byr
Ahn'Qiraj Raider
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I had this conversation with a friend in game. His point of view is that Marvel Heroes is a game where you get to play your favorite hero from the comics and the focus isnt on being able to play unique playstyles. Thats why every hero has been getting boiled down to the same kit. 1-3 DoTs/Damage layers, One trigger skill to make your spender do more damage (a skill on cooldown, effected by this skill, boss, etc), and your primary spender that does % more damage against enemies when --
Gavinmad
Mr. Poopybutthole
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It's being tuned down. You should have no problem pugging it tomorrow, despite the fact that you're in a SG constantly advertising room in limbo groups and having no trouble completing the fights.
zombiewizardhawk
Potato del Grande
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We lost on the one I did with the SG on my spiderman =/. The later boss fights (especially the bird like the muspel boss, sister of magma or w/e it is) constantly end up with invisible aoe zones for me which is kind of frustrating too since i'll get 1-shot 5 times in a row (once and then 4 times as I run/blink back to the fight before I can even see the boss mob on my screen).
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Yeah that sounds about right, but it kinda makes it a bit boring to me. There's a few different playstyles but a lot of heroes follow these few playstyles so it's matter of finding the hero that does it the best/in the least annoying way.
Gavinmad
Mr. Poopybutthole
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I really really want Phoenix Force Magik, especially since I don't have Magik as it is. The only thing that horrifies me more than the idea of spending 35 dollars on a team up is the idea of spending 35 dollars and NOT getting the team up. I mean I shelled out for Future Fortune cards a couple months ago when they were on sale, but I was also getting a lot of boosts and getting the tokens to ensure that eventually I would get Doom.