Filed under: Super-hero , Patches , Opinion , Champions Online , Behind the Mask It’s a little irony that pets have already been the focus of another column this week on Massively. Still, the “pet patch” is coming very soon for Champions and I’d like to go over what I think should happen to pets and what probably will happen to them.
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Behind the Mask: I’d like to catch some of them
There’s a pattern that seems to repeat itself every time Cryptic adds new items to Star Trek Online ’s C-Store — or at least, a sequence of events wherein players are at first excited, then angry or annoyed when the prices are revealed. A bunch of new items have been added to the store: two additional costume slots (not on the website at the moment), two additional ship slots, and two additional bridge officer spots. The trouble arises with the handling of the upgrades, particularly with the new costume slots, as they’re counted on a per-character basis.
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Star Trek Online adds more C-Store options and controversy [Update]
Last week, I teased that this week’s column would discuss Champions Online ’s energy mechanics. That, however, is only half of it. This week, we’re going to discuss energy mechanics in general, player perception of resources, and the core central idea key to all video games: pushing buttons is fun .
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Behind the Mask: Pushing buttons is fun
Filed under: Super-hero , Game mechanics , News items , Champions Online Sometimes it’s very helpful to hear what you’re not getting. It’s never particularly pleasant, of course — we usually like to hear about the cool things coming right around the bend — but it’s also useful to be told what isn’t coming for your favorite game
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Champions Online tells players what not to expect
It’s tough being an exploiter, especially in a game like Champions Online . It carries a certain social stigma, somewhere above catgirls but below most other castes of players. I feel like the exploiters have a bad rep, because other players misunderstand and misrepresent us.
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Behind the Mask: The exploiter’s dilemma
Last Sunday, I got to meet up with some of our awesome readerbase and try out the Serpent Lantern adventure pack with them. We also made the Massively supergroup, originally named “That One Massively SG.” If you’d like to join, send a message in the Massively chat channel (titled Massively); everyone in the SG has invite privileges.
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Behind the Mask: The plight of a healer
Last week , I talked about survivability in Champions Online . I mainly talked about passive defenses and stats — things you can plan for.
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Behind the Mask: Some things experience points can’t buy
Filed under: Super-hero , News items , Champions Online Not to be outdone by the recent launch of the Serpent Lantern adventure pack, Shannon “poz” Posniewski released a new State of the Game , outlining the final tweaks to the Serpent Lantern launch and what is in store for Champions Online over the summer months. The first thing on the discussion list is some big tweaks to supergroup functions, including a place to put news, a roster, and an interactive guild calendar that officers can post events on and players can leave feedback for.
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Shannon Posniewski talks about CO’s plans for the summer
Cryptic Studios has officially launched the first Adventure Pack, entitled The Serpent Lantern , for their superhero-themed Champions Online MMORPG. What exactly is an Adventure Pack? Well we’re glad you asked.
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Champions Online’s Serpent Lantern goes live
Filed under: Culture , Events, real-world , MMO industry After a busy month of shortlist voting , the 2010 People’s Gaming Awards — otherwise known as the Golden Joystick Awards — has finalized the ballot and opened the polls to the gaming public.
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MMOs campaign for a Golden Joystick
