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Arielyn
Posts : 174 Join date : 2008-04-16
| Subject: Reports from Champions Online Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:20 pm | |
| Hey guys, how're you doing? I've been having a blast at Champions Online, a superhero game. One of the first things that will strike you is the character customization. This is my latest character, one that uses her fists and not much else. This is my highest level character, a vampire of the Toreador clan, for those familiar with White Wolf's Vampire: the Masquerade RPG. And this one is my tank-mage, a power armour superhero She is in what is called the Powerhouse, a place where you go to train new powers when you level. Here you can test out powers on training dummies before locking your them in. You'll have to do this as respec costs are through the roof, but more on that later. Here is my power armour hero pumping lead into the training dummies. I gotta go. I'll give another update later. But before that, here's a picture for Shiro. Freddy Mercury said "Hi". | |
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Gallowyn Officer
Posts : 1296 Join date : 2008-04-13
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:23 pm | |
| I see a trend in your toons ... | |
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shironeko
Posts : 519 Join date : 2008-04-15
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:10 pm | |
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Mayonnaise
Posts : 328 Join date : 2009-02-03 Location : Between 2 slices of lettuce, tomatoes and 2 grilled beef patties
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:11 pm | |
| we are the CHAMPIONS my friend~~!!!!
weeee will keep fighting to the end..... | |
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Symitri
Posts : 1342 Join date : 2009-01-02
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:37 pm | |
| Freddy Mercury superhero is win.
Thank you Arielyn. | |
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Arielyn
Posts : 174 Join date : 2008-04-16
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:58 pm | |
| - Gallowyn wrote:
- I see a trend in your toons ...
Males don't look good in hotpants and low cut dresses. Not that I've tried, of course. | |
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Symitri
Posts : 1342 Join date : 2009-01-02
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:11 pm | |
| Nor do they have gigantic breasts capable of turning even the most stalwart of playe- i mean criminals in their tracks eh? | |
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Boobsie Officer
Posts : 775 Join date : 2008-03-17
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:32 am | |
| Eh, funny, im on CO too hehehe. Im taking a undefiend hiatus from WOW, due to work commitment, and last leg of the year. I will post some of my pics here, later in the evening. | |
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Arielyn
Posts : 174 Join date : 2008-04-16
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:26 pm | |
| - Symitri wrote:
- Nor do they have gigantic breasts capable of turning even the most stalwart of playe- i mean criminals in their tracks eh?
The males have man-boobs | |
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Arielyn
Posts : 174 Join date : 2008-04-16
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:28 pm | |
| - Boobsie wrote:
- Eh, funny, im on CO too hehehe.
Im taking a undefiend hiatus from WOW, due to work commitment, and last leg of the year.
I will post some of my pics here, later in the evening. Heheh so, what powersets are you playing? | |
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Boobsie Officer
Posts : 775 Join date : 2008-03-17
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:58 pm | |
| - Arielyn wrote:
- Boobsie wrote:
- Eh, funny, im on CO too hehehe.
Im taking a undefiend hiatus from WOW, due to work commitment, and last leg of the year.
I will post some of my pics here, later in the evening. Heheh so, what powersets are you playing? IM alt crazy, i create then delete, i found mix and match is the most fun, instead of going cutter, but was told it will be weak at end game (wat end game? ) | |
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Boobsie Officer
Posts : 775 Join date : 2008-03-17
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 5:58 pm | |
| Power Boots Flying on my Power Armor set | |
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Boobsie Officer
Posts : 775 Join date : 2008-03-17
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:04 pm | |
| Power Armor set going at sonic speed | |
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Arielyn
Posts : 174 Join date : 2008-04-16
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:05 pm | |
| To continue from where I left off; I shall start with the quest system. This aspect of the game is the most like WoW. Quest-givers have "!" over their heads and when you're done, they have the "?". Many of the quests send you out into the world that is shared with other players. Quests include defeating X number of Y; collecting X number of Y, escort quests, interacting with items and so on. One improvement over WoW's system is that when you need to defeat a quest mob, even if someone is already there fighting it, you don't have to wait for him to finish, and then wait for the respawn; or secretly hope that he'll die so that the mob will reset and you can have your go right away. Here, you can just join in the fight even if you didn't start it. As long as you do enough damage to it, you'll get the credit. If you need it to drop a quest item, all parties will get it too. The quest drops are usually 100% with a few exceptions, and the kill-number requirements are mostly low, with the highest I've seen so far being 30 while the others are usually 10-15. Considering that the game is balanced around each hero taking on 3 henchmen and a villain at once, you'd complete the 30 in less than 10 mins. While there is a shortage of quest content at the mid 30s, prior to that, you should have no need to grind mobs. One very interesting feature of the game is the Nemesis. He is your arch-enemy, like Lex Luthor to Superman, Dr. Octopus to Spiderman, or the Joker to Batman. There are quests that feature your arch-nemesis and you have to stop his schemes. He would also ambush you sometimes when you're fighting a tough mob. My vampire toon's nemesis is a hunter in the vein of White Wolf's Hunter: the Reckoning RPG. She's a self-righteous vampire hunter like the demon-hunter monk Fa Hai in Bai She Zhuan. She's a gun-toting badass. Here's a pic of the cat-fight between the two: | |
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Boobsie Officer
Posts : 775 Join date : 2008-03-17
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:06 pm | |
| This is from another character, my engineer, my highest level at the moment. Standing with my twin rattling guns. A tribute to Team Fortress 2, as they transform from robots to gatling guns. | |
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Boobsie Officer
Posts : 775 Join date : 2008-03-17
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:08 pm | |
| OK last post of my many toons, dont wanna hijack arielyns post, seem that arielyn want to post more report Dual Blades wielding, Dual Pistols and Martial Artist - aka Deadpool or deathstroke Rambo lookalike with Chain Gun. | |
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Arielyn
Posts : 174 Join date : 2008-04-16
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:21 pm | |
| Nice-looking toon you got there, Zie!
Mix and match will definitely be stronger than sticking to one framework, and it will remain so unless something changes.
To illustrate on this point to those who have not tried the game, the old dichotomy of durable warrior needing to get into melee range to do devastating attacks vs the squishy ranged damage dealer is blown apart in this game. The power-armour framework is a an example. Zie's armoured hero can shoot missiles from his back, spew lead from an armour piercing machine-gun from his left shoulder and energy attacks from his wrists ALL AT THE SAME TIME and still have high hp, defences, and even a shield-wall type power. All these without leaving the Power Armour framework. For even greater survivability, he can take a self-heal power or the power to summon two flying pets that heal you from two other frameworks.
So you can create, in WoW terms, an ice mage that can rain death from range to multiple mobs, hold enemies so they can't move while you beat them up, have a warrior's HP and defences and shield wall power and cast a HoT om yourself. | |
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Arielyn
Posts : 174 Join date : 2008-04-16
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:30 pm | |
| Oh not at all, feel free to post more pics and comments here, Zie!
You can also find me at @passerby in-game. | |
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Boobsie Officer
Posts : 775 Join date : 2008-03-17
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:47 pm | |
| - Arielyn wrote:
- Oh not at all, feel free to post more pics and comments here, Zie!
You can also find me at @passerby in-game. Im @phasor, good thing about CO is the versatility of the heroes u can create. This is my White Angel darkness set, turning all black after casting self buff, on a earth slide travel power(aka cloud when u cast it on air). | |
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Boobsie Officer
Posts : 775 Join date : 2008-03-17
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 6:57 pm | |
| Casting an AOE After AOE is cast, the 5 pillars (2 shown in picture) detonate when a mob comes too close proximity triggered | |
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Boobsie Officer
Posts : 775 Join date : 2008-03-17
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:59 pm | |
| Last but not least, reason behind Arielyns' fondness to the game... hehehe | |
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Valdr Officer
Posts : 1105 Join date : 2008-03-14
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:41 pm | |
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Arielyn
Posts : 174 Join date : 2008-04-16
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:57 pm | |
| - Valdr wrote:
- I see TWO reasons.
Yes, the twin pistols at her hips are indeed impressive. Right? | |
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gellon
Posts : 117 Join date : 2008-07-16
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:42 am | |
| Did your mother catch you wearing her dress when you were a kid!! | |
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imzra Officer
Posts : 437 Join date : 2008-04-14 Location : batcave
| Subject: Re: Reports from Champions Online Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:19 am | |
| im in !!
my toon is gonna be like what ive always dreamt a super hero should look like !!
bruno-ish !!
my tag line will be 'IM 19!!!!' | |
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