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Marvel Heroes: Live Forum Q&A With Gazillion's Jeff 'Doomsaw' Donais

Join us tomorrow at 4PM ET in our Marvel Heroes subforum for a live Q&A with Gazillion's Jeff 'Doomsaw' Donais. If you've got questions for Jeff on Marvel Heroes this is an event you won't want to miss!
Please keep in mind that tomorrow's Q&A is NOT a discussion thread. Simply submit your questions in the thread (or follow-up questions to any of Jeff's answers) and allow him a chance to answer.
Remember to be respectful and courteous with your questions. Disrespectful questions, comments, or outright trolling will be dealt with harshly by our moderation team.
If you have any questions about tomorrow's Q&A, feel free to drop 'em in the comments with in the link.

source: mmorpg.com

 

[TheCorpulent1]

That Asgard content sounds awesome, especially the Beta Ray Bill enhanced skin. I wonder what enhancements it'll have...

 

[zenith16]

Ok so there's a half and 22 minutes for the Q&A on mmorpg.com. Just letting you all know.

Ok so the Q&A should be up by now.

Marvel Heroes: Live Forum Q&A With Gazillion's Doomsaw -- BEGINS NOW! Marvel Heroes creative director Jeff 'Doomsaw' Donais (Doomsaw-Gazillion) is now taking questions live from the MMORPG.com community. Drop your questions in this thread and you may find yourself with an answer fr ... Read more...

ok this is what was said on controllers.

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OP 10/04/13 3:39:05 PM#26

Originally posted by Rabitepoo
Is controller support something that you guys are going to work on for the future? Marvel Heroes is one of the few games that i play regularly that forces me to use the old mouse / keyboard combination and i would love to sit on my couch and play this awesome game.
Are you guys excited about the Steam controller that Valve announced?
How much of your schedule is dictated by Marvel? Are you being rushed to have tie-in content to coincide with the movie releases or are they pretty relaxed about schedules?
Thank you for making a great game and for your time!
​

Our schedule is pretty much our own, but we do work extremely closely with Marvel for everything in the game. We have been working with Thor movie stuff for several months and we tend to work hand in hand with Marvel on movie-based stuff.
We have talked about controller support and I'll see what the status is - I know it's not coming for next patch.
Thank you sir!

from here.
http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/693/view/forums/thread/397535/page/2

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OP 10/04/13 4:02:50 PM#41

Originally posted by gorro187
Is there any hope a Hero like Puck from Alpha flight will ever see the light of day? Also Would it be feesible to add The villain Arcadia from the xmen with arcade style level? Are there plans to raise the level cap to 75 or 100 with more synergy tiers ever?​

Puck could exist one day, especially if Marvel pushes the Alpha Flight IP which has been rumored.
We discussed both an Arcadia and Mojoverse level, so that could happen.
We originally considered increasing the level cap, as you describe, but are much more likely to just add alternate methods of advancing your character so you don't feel like your efforts are wasted.

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OP 10/04/13 4:08:41 PM#44

Originally posted by tru32782
Can we get a time frame on trading and will uniques and legionaries be able to be traded at some point?​

Trading works on internal builds, but it needs at least a month of hard-core testing and iteration to make sure it's unbreakable. We do not want players to be scammed in any way.
Uniques and Legendaries will not be tradeable, they are going to stay "self-found" items. We did recently add Team Insignias which are tradeable and have many other tradeable items coming in the future.

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OP 10/04/13 4:12:01 PM#45

Originally posted by KelpPlankton
Playable villains. Everyone asks about them, but how far off are they really? 2014? 2015? I'm not necessarily talking a full on Marvel Villains game, just characters like Magneto or Venom who have been heroes in the past.

Also, what costumes does Squirrel Girl have? More than anyone else it seems like she doesn't have a lot of potential options.
​

Playable villians are not that far away. That's all I can possibly say at this time without a marketing person crying heavily.
For Squirrel Girl, we actually made up our own costume and pitched it to Marvel. We worked it out and it looks great. We plan to do this a lot more in the future and Marvel really likes that process.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/693/view/forums/thread/397535/page/3

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OP 10/04/13 5:56:04 PM#76

Originally posted by dakotaaoc08
Thank you Doomsaw for taking the time to answer our questions.
I am wondering if or when Silver Surfer is coming and if we will have a chance to battle Galactus when he arrives?
I am also wondering if there are plans in the future for relics to become unbindable in some sort of way?
With the success of MM are there any plans for more areas to be released with a similiar goal i.e. we just run around and destroy villians?
Can we expect to see bases at any point in the future?
At some point would will a subscription be offered for MoH that will offer some bonus to those that subscribe?
How do you personally deal with some of the negativity on the forums, does the meanness of some of the players ever get to you personally or are you able to just shrugg it off as extremely passionate gamers?

Thank you for your time,
Boondoc
​

Silver Surfer and Galactus will make an appearance in Marvel Heroes during 2014.
We don't have current plans to make relics unbindable, but we will add several new relics in a future patch so you can spread them out to various heroes. We may also make an extremely costly unbinding method so players only do it if it's absolutely needed.
We have talked about giving players a subscription option that allows them to sign up for a year and get all the content at a deep discount, but haven't done any work on that.
Meanness of players is fine, but the forums need to be a place that is inviting and helpful for new players, that is the number one priority. There should be zero tolerance for intentional abuse of other human beings.

Thank you sir.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/693/view/forums/thread/397535/page/4

 

[Nathan]

I haven't played this in a while. Did hero drops increase? Did anyone have any luck?

 

[zenith16]

I was playing over the weekend I picked up a lot of the new artifacts and picked those team insignia's as for hero drop's I didn't pick that many. But not many people wanted to team up often. The most I teamed up with were two other people or I was in a duo. So that may have been a factor. But I did pick up a lot of Eternaty splintters and I was able to head to Adam warlock that has those in his vendor slots. Though I'm still sure you can earn them .



ok stuff I didn't put up from that Q&A

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OP 10/04/13 2:45:14 PM#4

Originally posted by ZephyrNic
Hi Doom, For clarity purposes can you give us the upcoming hero release schedule as much as allowed. Also, could you clarify when approximately when Squirrel Girl will hit test, and live. Thanks.
​

I can't say too much, but Gambit is coming after Squirrel Girl. Squirrel Girl will be in test center within 2 weeks and live once we are happy with her power level and fluidity.

Originally posted by tru32782
Hi Doom. I am in a stream with some of my friends. http://www.twitch.tv/ruminos we are going to be looking over your Q&A. Can you give us some information on Gambit, A future of Crafting and what to expect with the upcoming Raid. We would also like to know what gear progression will be like in the upcoming patches.
​

Maybe I'll hop on after I'm done!
Gambit is in full design process right now. He is very much a well-designed Hybrid hero. He has a fun ability called "52-card pickup" that basically kills everything on screen. He also has some very well-animated combat animations and combat systems. Other power names in development 5 feet away from me: Cheat Death, Rain of Pain. He has a Vagabond skill tree with some unique powers, including a power called "Sticky Fingers" that gives him a unique bonus to find orbs, credits and special items.
We have a raid coming with one of our Asgard patches. We'll do a preview of it in 6 weeks or so.
Gear progression has many plans. We are adding several new slots for items such as Legendary, Stark-Tech and a few unannounced stuff in progress. We have cosmic Medallions going in soon for bosses. Get your Cosmic Taskmaster medallion and just do whatever you please.
In November, we are improving the slots to allow you to select a pet to use and a costume to use, from anything in your stash.
Crafting also has a long list of recipes and new "types" of things to be added over the next few big patches. You will definitely be happy you leveled your crafter to 20.

from here.

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/693/view/forums/thread/397535/page/1

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OP 10/04/13 3:49:19 PM#33

Originally posted by diablo2123
Any eta on 4 artifact slots? When will huge overhalls on basic michanics start to settle down? There seems to be a lot of fluctuation in damage taken and dished out with every major patch. Legendy quest: are the blessings worth the effort for me to take 45 minutes of my day to recieve 1(2) marks a day?​

4 artifact slots will be coming with the Asgard patch, they are in engineering now. We will also include slots for pets, Stark-Tech items and Legendary items.
Basic mechanics are pretty much nailed down, it's now a matter of making sure individual attacks are appropriately difficult.
The Blessings are solid and are the only way to make your artifacts better. Odin Marks will also be used for a few other things once Asgard launches (still TBD, but Odin's Vault will be open for the most accomplished heroes).

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OP 10/04/13 4:34:37 PM#58

Originally posted by golanbendor
dear doomsaw
can you give us a descritpion of what the new items do? startech team items and legendry? thank you very much
​

Stark-Tech items have their own dedicated item slot in the new UI.
They are devices created by Stark Industries that can help any hero, in different ways. They are quite difficult to obtain, but can be crafted as well as found.
These items can be upgraded by using crafting ingredients from the game world.

Legendary Items are provided to the most accomplished heroes from Odin's Vault (through Odin Marks).
They also have their own item slot in the new UI coming with Asgard.
Legendary items are strong, but get much stronger as they gain experience. Whenever a player gains experience (even at level 60), the item will level up and unlocks new powers. Each Legendary item can rank up 5 times and unlock new abilities.
Example: The Ultimate Nullifier has a chance to wipe an enemy from existence (you still get the loot), as you rank it up through gaining experience, it improves your mental strength (spirit), your damage, and the ultimate rank 5 you will have a chance to devastate a boss on hit.

 

[Nathan]

Just played one of the new Missions. Probably old to the rest of you, but... hubba hubba.

 

[Rocanrol]

Hey Zenith, havn't played the game in months. Did they fix the drop rate to the items that unlock new heroes? It's easier at least?

 

[Nathan]

You mean the Eternity Splinters? I read that the drops were really low, like 4 Splinters in an hour. But that must have been a while ago. Because I got like 10 around an hour or less.

 

[zenith16]

Yeah the drop rate for Eternaty splinter's is better and so are some certain drops like for leveling as I said I didn't pick up any hero drops over the weekend but I think they're still there. I'll know when I do a longer session. Oh wait NY Comic con is this weekend and the unveiling Asgard and may be few other surprise's. Well we'll see what happens

 

[Rocanrol]

Thx! I really want to try out this game and even invest in it, but the convertion rate of the currency of my country is murdering my wallet concerning of the exchange with USD.

 

[zenith16]

Sorry to hear that. Well i hope you enjoy all the new stuff that was added more new stuff is coming. I'll try and see if I can add what they show at the NYC comic con here.

But just letting you know it'll be of the live stuff cause they don't always show everything on YouTube as they should. Which is a shame .

 

[Rocanrol]

(y)

 

[zenith16]

I don't know they just skipped some stuff with the SDCC event this year for youtube but a lot of people saw the stuff on the live stream of that event and thought it was all cool . But that's marvel .com for ya. They're weird like that.

 

[Nathan]

45 hours played and still not a single Hero drop.

 

[Tanin]

When is this hitting consoles? I see it's not in the PC section so it must be soon.

 

[zenith16]

When is this hitting consoles? I see it's not in the PC section so it must be soon.

Yeah, the reason it's in the multiplatform section is cause a lot of people from twitter and every other social section marvel heroes has, ask them that. Especially about controller support and as you see up there from the Q& A from mmorpg.com the controller support that asked just as often, has been pushed up thanks to the "steam machines" announcement. Which I put up on this page of this thread from one of the head dev's in charge to a poster from the Q&A.

There's still no announcement date yet though. They are doing the Mac version first which is supposed be done by q1 next year as they said on the video. And they have a lot of other stuff to put out content wise before that this year.

 

[zenith16]

Speaking of which they mentioned some thing about Halloween in that Q&A




Special Halloween Costume Available!

October 11th, 2013
This week we're excited to bring you the first of our special Halloween costumes. Wolverine Brood is available in the store until November 1st!



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source: Marvel Heroes.Com

Ok, this is for tomorrow

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12

Marvel Video Games
We saved the best Marvel Games announcements of the year for New York Comic Con! Get ready for fun and surprises as we premiere never-before-seen content and games. Hear the latest on all upcoming Marvel video games including the highly anticipated "LEGO MARVEL Super Heroes"and upcoming mobile titles like "X-Men: Battle of the Atom," "Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World - The Official Game," plus new title announcements! Find out what’s next for "Marvel Avengers Alliance," "Marvel Heroes," "Marvel Pinball," and "Marvel War of Heroes." This is definitely a panel that you don’t want to miss.
12:15 p.m. EDT
Room 1E





It can be watched/read here
Upcoming Liveblogs
Marvel Games Panel - NYCC 2013

Here's link to the over all live stream page as well http://marvel.com/news/story/21309/experience_marvel_live_from_nycc_2013 or http://marvel.com/nycc2013
On their live stream. So I hope you all see it, cause the likely hood of it (I mean everything like all of it recorded wise ) being put up on YouTube by them isn't high.

You can set an alert to your e-mails from there to let you know when it starts

 

[Tanin]

I like the game but my PC couldn't handle it very well. Getting a new one next week. I hope to have better luck with it.

 

[zenith16]

I hope it works out for you as well.

 

[zenith16]

The live blog for the panel's starting up.

 

[Nathan]

I hope they announced that they have plans to offer more purchasable goods in exchange for Eternity Splinters. I'm not paying 15 bucks to get Spider-Man, so I'm sure as hell not paying the same amount to get a different skin.

 

[zenith16]

some times the best way to make sure that happens is to suggest it.

 

[Nathan]

I'm sure that has already been done.

 

[zenith16]

We'll see I was reading what's on the blog from other right now. it's more welcomes etc . so far.

last thing's they said which was about marvel heroes were these

2. Marvel Entertainment ‏@Marvel 1h
   Travel to new locations in #MarvelHeroes such as the Bronx Zoo and #Asgard! http://bit.ly/18UUdQk
   
   #MarvelNYCC
   
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[URL="https://***********/Marvel"] Marvel Entertainment &#8207;@Marvel [/URL] 1h #MarvelHeroes will include the Dark Elves and a Beta Ray Bill costume for #Thor! http://bit.ly/18UUdQk

#MarvelNYCC


and lastly
Marvel Heroes@MMMSociety

Heads up: The Marvel Heroes Test Center is now open! Squirrel Girl and the Spider-Man rework are there for the testing.

 

[zenith16]

Ok brace your self's a trailer of what's coming to MH
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> @Doomsaw said:
> Hello all,
>
> We have a significant hero powers improvement to announce that will roll out with the release of Squirrel Girl and the Spider-Man design review.
>
> With our recent design reviews, including several in progress, we&#8217;ve identified several systematic improvements that are fairly obvious can be made in a reasonable amount of time.
>
>
> **1. We Want to Add New Powers**
>
> During each design review, we find ourselves wanting to add a few new powers for each hero; usually to create more build options and to give heroes tools to deal with tougher situations.
>
> The game has evolved a lot since launch and heroes should also evolve. We have a list of powers that may not have existed at launch, but we are eager to add to the game.
>
> **2. We Want More Powers Like Ultimates, But Usable More Frequently**
>
> We like the idea of Ultimate powers. Big, impactful powers are fun. However, we would like to offer powers that fit that description, but have a shorter cooldown so they can be used more often on the battlefield.
>
>
>
> **Summary of Goals**
>
> - Offer heroes more powers to unlock as they receive their design reviews.
>
> - Give heroes a power that is similar to an Ultimate Power, but with a shorter cooldown.
>
>
> With this in mind, the hero design team is in process of implementing that strategy:
>
> (a) Every new hero and every hero who goes through a design review will receive the following at least one additional build option added or buffed by modifying existing powers or adding more powers.
>
> (b) All heroes will have power progression up to level 52. This can include a combination of new powers or reworked powers that are more capable of dealing with higher-level challenges.
>
> (c) The existing level 30 Ultimate powers will be adjusted or replaced with a &#8220;**Signature Power**&#8221; with a much shorter cooldown.
>
> - For some heroes the signature power will just be their current Ultimate with a much shorter cooldown, (3 minutes or less).
>
> - For other heroes, this may be a brand new power or an existing power that&#8217;s been buffed and given the &#8220;Signature Power&#8221; treatment.
>
>
> **Summary of Implementation**
>
> Level 30 Ultimate replaced with a &#8220;Signature Power&#8221; with a cooldown of 3 minutes or less.
>
> A power unlocked at levels 32, 37, 42 and 47. These could be a brand-new powers or a modification of existing powers.
>
> An Ultimate Power unlocked at level 52, geared more towards tougher end-game content. This could be the hero&#8217;s existing Ultimate (likely with buffs) or a new design.
>
> _As a bonus:_ Any levels in a players Ultimate Power will also buff the damage of a hero&#8217;s Signature Power, making Ultimate Upgrades buff two powers instead of one. Note that all Ultimate levels will be retained when this system is implemented for each hero.
>
>
> We&#8217;ve worked these changes into the Spider-Man design review, as you&#8217;ll see in a few days on test center. All new heroes released will have this feature built-in, including Squirrel Girl. As we review each hero, we&#8217;ll work these changes into the hero revisions, likely two per month until all heroes eventually heave this feature.
>
>
> **Spider-Man Example:**
>
> For Spider-Man&#8217;s rework, his previous Ultimate &#8220;Amazing Smash&#8221; has been reworked to web all enemies on screen, pull them into a pile and smash them all at once. The cooldown was reduced to 3 minutes and is now considered his &#8220;**Signature Power**&#8221;, available at level 30.
>
> In addition, Spider-Man gets a new Ultimate at level 52 called **Maximum Spider** which will be quite useful for tougher end-game content.
>

https://forums.marvelheroes.com/discussion/33924/new-signature-power-system#latest

@Doomsaw said:
> Odin's Vault is full of powerful legendary items from across the universe.
>
> Perhaps those with Odin's favor could be charged with using those artifacts in the defense of Asgard, Earth and other worlds.
>
>
> M'Kraan Crystal
>
> Norn Stones
>
> Quantum Bands
>
> The Orb of Agamotto
>
> Nega Bands
>
> Excalibur
>
> The Golden Mace of Hercules
>
> Infinity Gauntlet
>
> Ultimate Nullifier
>
> The Eternal Flame of Destruction
>
> Pheonix Blade
>
> The Warlock's Eye
>
> The Trident of Lucifer
>
> and of course, Odinsword and Gungnir.
>
>
> Which of these Legendary Items will you be worthy of?

https://forums.marvelheroes.com/discussion/29318/odin-s-vault#latest




Source: Marvel heroes forums.