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[zenith16]

Hello everybody. hope your week ends going well here's what went down this week and is happening this Labor day weekend










Marvel Heroes : UPDATE: Layoffs at Gazillion Entertainment Confirmed

Posted Sep 03, 2015 by Suzie Ford


UPDATE: We reached out to Gazillion Entertainment and a company representative has confirmed the layoffs:

Yesterday, as a result of company restructuring, we at Gazillion unfortunately parted ways with some truly excellent personnel. We wish them well in their future endeavors, and would recommend them to other employers in a heartbeat. To our players – the best community in gaming – rest assured that Gazillion remains very healthy, and we’re as dedicated as ever to continuing to deliver the stellar new content you’ve come to expect from us.

Michael Parks, currently with Kongregate, is reporting on his Twitter account that a round of layoffs has gone down at his former employer Gazillion Entertainment, developers of Marvel Heroes 2015. From his posts, it appears a significant number of employees are affected.

Super sad for all my friends at Gazillion looking for work today. Again, if anybody knows of anything in SF, speak up. They're good people.
— Michael Parks (@Cuthpaste) September 2, 2015

We have reached out to Gazillion for confirmation and will keep you posted.

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and here's what's out for this labor day weekend

It’s Labor Day weekend, which means you’ve got a little extra time to try out some new Heroes and Costumes – and most are on sale for 25% OFF! Now is your chance to grab those costumes that you’ve been eyeing or to add Cable (fresh off his design review) to your roster. This sale only lasts until Tuesday, September 8th at noon PDT, so don’t wait too long.(Learn More...)













Grabthis pack featuring some Heroes in their
day job outfits, available for a limited time.
(Buy Now...)

A new Squirrel Girl costume is now available!
She’s UNBEATABLE!
(More Info...)






Check out our new FortuneCards in celebration
of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s 50th Anniversary!
(More Info...)

The Operation OMEGA event is back.
Collect enough files forthat Agent Coulson Team-Up!
(More Info...)


source: MMORPG.com & Marvel Heroes 2015

 

[zenith16]

I have more details about the layoff's from tribal sage of which who is a face book buddy of mine for a while now he made a comment on massively over powered's face book page (formerly just massively which was apart of Joystiq ) .
I have as well I'll miss doom saw detail and spoilers of the game hope he'll still play the game wish him luck where ever he works my fellow Canadian and Montrealer.

I guess Ryolnir will be the creative director now and someone else be game design director

Tribal Sage commented on this.







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Gazillion shares more about the recent Marvel Heroes layoffs

The two employees among those who have parted ways are Creative Director Jeff “Doomsaw” Donais and Items Designer “Amthua.” Donais wrote a farewell post...
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[zenith16]

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Marvel Heroes 2015 Game Review
Marvel’s mighty Marvel Heroes has been reborn with loads of new characters in the new 2015 edition,
but just how heroic is it? Steve and Raju have the answer in their review.




Raju's score ( 6.0 fair See if you like if for your self)& Steve's Score ( 7.5 above Good) More details in the video above



And here's the full show below

EP Daily Full Show – September 15, 2015

Today on EP Daily, we examine the new Apple TV and all its games in the Rundown;
Jose has a closer look at Star Fox Zero on the Wii U;
Victor takes a look at the new features in NHL 16; we have reviews of Forza Motorsport 6 and Marvel Heroes 2015



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Marvel Heroics: Rating Squirrel Girl and Cyclops

September 16, 2015 12 Comments

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Like many kids who grew up in the 1980s, I developed a deep fondness for action figures, including G.I. Joe and Transformers. I’ll never forget the care that these companies put into the packaging of these toys, including little dossiers that delivered backstory, personality, and traits for each of the figures. I like how Marvel Heroes has done a great job replicating this approach in the game, with bios and verbal quotes and loading screen tidbits. Even though my knowledge of the Marvel universe is mostly limited to ’90s comics and the films, this game has gone a long way in filling in the gaps of my ignorance.

In the spirit of collectible dossiers, I thought I’d occasionally pen a column rating the different aspects of each of the characters that I’ve leveled up to 60. Today I’m going to tackle my first two: Squirrel Girl and Cyclops.
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[zenith16]

From Tribal sage thread


☆☆☆☆☆ MODES/ZONES GENERAL INFO ☆☆☆☆☆


☆☆☆☆☆ HITOWN PATROL ZONE ☆☆☆☆☆

Update 06/19/15 "The Hightown Patrol mode will launch with Secret Invasion. It actually has to - it's completely integrated into the story progression. It will tie into the end of the upcoming Secret Invasion story chapter." ETA: ???
05/28/15 "The Secret Invasion patrol is a new environment that in mechanics is fairly similar to the Midtown Patrol. The reason for this similarity is that we are trying something experimental with this, which is to integrate the story flow into a patrol map. In other words, going through the new upcoming chapter will push you into the new patrol map where there will be both regular story objectives and repeatable patrol objectives. There are, understandably, both technical and design implications to this, and we are taking some lessons we have learned from Midtown in particular and working that into the physical design of the map, the distribution and type of events, and so on. We're also taking the step of attempting to integrate treasure rooms into the map, something we have historically been cautious about, since there are some potential pitfalls to this. This patrol is actually quite far along, though we still have some work remaining to do before we can begin iterating internally on the actual end-user gameplay experience."
TribalSage Note: This at one point was called Secret Invasion Patrol Zone.





☆☆☆☆☆ SAVAGE LAND PATROL ZONE ☆☆☆☆☆

This patrol zone will function similar to tower defense where players will be able to setup towers to defend vs waves of enemies.

☆☆☆☆☆ ONE SHOTS ☆☆☆☆☆

03/23/15 Last year it was mentioned that Shadowland/Daredevil and the Hand would be one of the next 3 one shots added. He is the the update: "Shadowland was the prime example of the type of thing we could do with a One-Shot. We didn't lead with it because we wanted to tell the side story of Wakanda, then we really wanted to get the Bronx Zoo into the game (with all the fun new architecture and enemies) and then we wanted to tie into the AXIS Comic event. But, we have a lot of Daredevil fans in the office, so I'm sure it will come up eventually. (@Ryolnir may weigh in with more thoughts on that).
Last stated: Age of Ultron will not be a one shot, they have something bigger planned.
Last stated: There are plans for several new One Shots per year. Some will involve alt. dimensions, time travel and new zones. One shots will be included in the achievement system.
Last stated: Numerous "What If" one shots are coming.



we already saw our first one shot with Wanda the home to black panther which is in 2015 already since it's start.

☆☆☆☆☆ SECRET INVASION RAID ☆☆☆☆☆

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Thanos will be the raid boss for the 3rd raid.

The 3rd raid will be in space.
04/03/15 Gear upgrade to level 72 won't happen till raid 3.
ETA: It's still quite a ways out, and will definitely come out after almost everything else on the list(The list included Chapter 10, Unified Story mode, 2 Patrol Zones, Limbo, Danger Room). Keep in mind that our development cycle is up to a year for some types of content


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Michael Bitton : Thanos, Tower Defense, Leaderboards and More in ‘2016’ Relaunch

Posted Sep 16, 2015

I’m not a huge fan of ‘relaunching’ Marvel Heroes every year with a new title, but nevertheless, Gazillion’s got some exciting plans for the game in the ‘Marvel Heroes 2016’ update this fall.
Read more of Michael Bitton's Marvel Heroes: Thanos, Tower Defense, Leaderboards and More in ‘2016’ Relaunch.

Revealed in the October issue of Game Informer, Gazillion plans to add a new raid featuring Thanos, a tower defense mode set in the Savage Lands, leaderboards, and more. We don’t have a whole lot of details just yet, but let’s discuss what we do know so far.

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Thanos Raid
Simultaneously curious and exciting, players will be able to do battle against Thanos in an as yet unnamed new, upcoming raid encounter. I say curious because the red version of the existing AXIS raid still hasn’t come online yet, so introducing a brand new raid in the short to intermediate future seems a bit odd. Exciting, because, well, who doesn’t want to fight the mad titan himself? We don’t know anything except for this tidbit right now, but I’m eager to find out how this all pans out. Personally, I’m still chewing on Muspelheim at this point, so I’m likely a long way off from being tough enough to throw the Infinity Gauntlet down with Thanos.

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Tower Defense
I tend to be apprehensive about new modes in Marvel Heroes. There are plenty of undercooked existing modes that need revamps, such as X-Defense and Holo-sim. Heck, even Limbo, which recently got a rework, isn’t in such a great place. I’d like to see the team refocus on executing better on what the game has already. Still, Age of Ultron stands out as one of the better unique game modes in Marvel Heroes, so I do have some hope for Savage Land tower defense. I’m definitely a fan of tower defense, so if executed well, and fitted with compelling loot, I wouldn’t mind spending considerable time in this mode.

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Leaderboards
All we know so far is that Gaz plans to introduce friendlier leaderboards that won’t require you to play 24/7 throughout a season in order to compete. Instead, it sounds like Gaz will focus on shorter sessions with specific conditions and targeted activities.
Like Danger Room, I feel proper execution of leaderboards may be key to the continued success of Marvel Heroes. Games like Path of Exile and Diablo III keep players playing with maps and rifts (Danger Room) and through competitive leaderboards with exciting new and exclusive loot. Specifically, I’m hoping Gaz has some plans to work set items into the game here, even though it’s somewhat of an odd fit for Marvel Heroes. Set items introduced regularly through leaderboard seasons could add another layer of build diversity to the game to keep things exciting. With 50+ heroes in the game, however, this seems fairly unlikely.

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Visual Updates
I’ve been discussing the visual inconsistency in Marvel Heroes for a long time now, so I was incredibly glad to learn earlier this year that the studio would be focusing on bringing the older character models and costumes up to the same quality as the more recent stuff. However, I’m not exactly sure what Gaz’s plans are for the fall. Are we getting a huge dump of visual updates all at once? A small batch and a commitment to continue on a more regular basis? Personally, I’m betting we’re looking at the latter here, which is fine. I just hope they’ve prioritized some of the more egregious examples that really need a touch up. I do know Jean is coming, since we’ve already seen what that will look like, but hopefully characters like Storm, Black Widow, and Cyclops are at the very top of the queue.

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What’s your take on what’s been revealed so far for the Marvel Heroes 2016 update? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below!

Michael Bitton / Michael began his career at the WarCry Network in 2005 as the site manager for several different WarCry fansite portals. In 2008, Michael worked for the startup magazine Massive Gamer as a columnist and online news editor. In June of 2009, Michael joined MMORPG.com as the site's Community Manager.
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source: ★⊕ THE FUTURE OF MH ⊕★ The Secret Invasion Raid, Savage Land Patrol Zone n' more. Updated& MMORPG.com

 

[zenith16]

Hello everyone weekend one here's what's up this it's about blade scarlet witch and war machine. from taibal sage's
info thread and the main marvel heroes site it's self.







☯ BLADE ☯


09/17/15 He's got so many fun toys. Weird grenades, stake throwers, lots of bladed weapons. Expect to see a lot of variety in his kit, even if we did have to be smart about it to take into account that many of his coolest weapons are most effective on vampires. The one thing I can't wait to see are the animations, we really want to translate the power of blade that you see when he slams into the ground. Blade has weight. His hits have OOMPH




☯ SCARLET WITCH ☯
"Scarlet Witch" comic series costume - 09/16/15 In the works.

☯ WAR MACHINE ☯
Iron Patriot is currently in TC




From the main site it's self




Our 51st playable character, KittyPryde, otherwise known as Shadowcat, is coming soon to Marvel Heroes 2015 along with her longtime companion Lockheed! Preorder her Hero Pack now and receive 10% OFF the normal price once she is released.
(Buy Now...)













Rhodey can now suit up in his Iron Patriot armor,
inspired by Marvel's Iron Man3.
(Learn More...)



Odin’s Bounty Loot Rotation event is
back once again!
(More Info...)




Psylocke's House of M costume is now available,
straight from the Marvel mega-event in2004!
(More Info...)



Get War Machine immediately andpre-order the next two Heroes -
- Kitty Pryde and Blade -- for a discount!
(Buy Now...)








source:★⊕ THE FUTURE OF MH ⊕★ Costumes, Secret Invasion Raid, Savage Land Patrol n' more. Updated 09/17/15& Marvel Heroes 2015

 

[Havok83]

so theres a B1G1 sale right now so I went and bought Jean's New X-men costume. The free costume I got was Ms. Marvel's Binary costume. Not one I would have purchased but Im glad a random one was finally for a characterthat I actually own and use sometimes

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Shadowcat does not sound fun to play. The last character I'd expect them to make playable.

 

[zenith16]

Shadowcat does not sound fun to play. The last character I'd expect them to make playable.

well some times descriptions can only do so much and that's what the test centers for if she's not fun and your one of the people testing her out you should suggest ways to make her fun what do you thinks is need to make her better and improve her from A GAME game play stand point.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I'm just talking about her specific abilities. She's a skilled swordswoman and can become intangible. Add a Lockheed move or 2 in there and I can only think of like 7 or 8 possible moves for her. Unless the majority of her skills are passive/defensive.

 

[zenith16]

Hello every one. Here's what I got for you this week. We have video's of shadow cat those of that have been trying her out on the test center I hope you giving your feed back and there's a video on the team up of sunspot as well which be the model for his playable version in the future some details on some characters and pet that have yet to be seen what's going down this week

☯ SHADOWCAT ☯
ETA: October
She will cost 400 ES


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☯ HULK ☯
Hulkpool - In 2014 it was stated it will be coming in the future.
Nul - In 2014 it was stated there is a chance we will see it.
Red Hulk - On 04/27/15 it was added to a poll along with 4 other costumes that the community will vote on to determine what is the next Enhanced costume would be.






☯ IRON MAN ☯
Superior Iron Man Enhanced - On 02/18/15 It's probably coming the 2nd half of the year.
Rescue - On 01/29/15 It was stated there won't be a Rescue costume as it has no offensive capabilities.
Thorbuster - In 2014 it was stated that it will be coming.
Classic Space Suit - In 2014 it was stated that it will be coming.
Hydro Armor - In 2014 it was stated that it will be coming.
Young Avengers - In 2014 it was stated that it's possibly coming.




☯ EMMA FROST ☯
Dark X-Men - It's been stated this will be coming in the future.






☯ GHOST RIDER ☯
Ghost Rider on a fiery horse - In 2014 it was stated it will be his next costume. Comments from this year: Ghost Rider on fiery horse is a massive, massive undertaking and will take a lot longer. It's the most enhanced costume we've ever done by a long shot.
Phantom Rider - In 2014 it was stated there were no plans for him since he has different powers.
☯ MAGNETO ☯
Xorn - In 2014 it was stated that it's possibly coming.






☯ MR. FANTASTIC ☯
03/22/15 When Ryolnir was asked about a new costume he stated "not sure, have some ideas. I like the evil FF look with the helmet.






☯ NIGHTCRAWLER ☯
04/28/15 The next costume ETA: Quarter 3 2015.






☯ NOVA ☯
06/19/15 The next costume will be for Sam Alexander.






☯ PSYLOCKE ☯
Outback - In 2014 it was stated it is coming.
New Exiles - In 2014 it was stated that it's possibly coming.






☯SILVER SURFER☯
Keeper - It will probably be the one after Exiles.




☆☆☆☆☆ TUNING CHANGES ☆☆☆☆☆

☯ SPIDER MAN ☯

08/26/15 Changes coming in the next few months which consist of powers and other things.

He will be getting a QoL soon as well as what's listed above down the road.







☯ CAPTAIN AMERICA ☯

World World 2 Era Motorcycle - On 05/26/14 Ryolnir mentioned he wanted to see it in game one day.







☯ HAWKEYE ☯
Sky Cycle - It's been stated several times that it will be coming one day.




☆☆☆☆☆ TEAM UPS ☆☆☆☆☆




☯ SUNSPOT ☯

ETA: October. He be the next Team up from the team up pack.
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☯ "DOUBLE AGENT" ☯

A recent datamine has shown images of a Hydra and SHIELD double agent. The Hydra one will be in a new card and the SHIELD one will be given out to everyone for free along with an introduction to Team Ups.


☯RESCUE☯

08/29/15 ETA: Possibly 2 months away.

05/11/15 It will be the first healing team up.







☯ FRANKENCASTLE ☯
Update 06/03/15 That one was pretty epic and I hope will come along when the great pumpkin arrives.




☆☆☆☆☆ OTHER CHARACTERS MENTIONED ☆☆☆☆☆
NOTE: This section is not limited to playables only.




☯ CLOAK AND DAGGER ☯

05/28/15 Mr B stated that they have a plan for Cloak and Dagger and that they would be a single character.
04/03/15 Doomsaw stated that they were on the top of his list for playable. It was also shown on the forums that they were also on the top of the list for playable by another dev.
☯ HOWARD THE DUCK ☯

Team Up - He will be an achievement reward in the new ARMOR event.

Playable - 04/25/15 "So, Howard the Duck was going to be an Aprils Fools Day, but we started - we were like, "Oh, if we do that we would fall behind on this little thing called Age of Ultron." So I'm sorry. But we still, we definitely still want to do that, we actually already have a voice actor for him, does that make it somewhat better?"
04/20/15 Howard the Duck is on our list now that Marvel had him in the GOTG movie and more people are excited for him.





☯ MODOK ☯

MODOK was one of 10-20 heroes on their short list at one time or another.







☯ DR DOOM ☯
06/15 "There will be a non-FF Doom Team-Up at some point."





☯ MYSTERIO ☯
05/28/15 Will he be apart of a new patrol zone: "No Mysterio this time, though his name has definitely come up, and I hope we're able to add him at some point."






☯ WONDER MAN ☯

05/20/15 "Beast & Wanda need him as a Team-Up at the very least."







☯ SENTRY ☯

Updated 05/20/15 Ryolnir stated he would love to make him.







☯ HYPERION ☯

Updated 05/20/15 Ryolnir stated he would love to make him.







☯ SANDMAN ☯
04/19/15 Is Sandman is coming? "It's been talked about, though the VFX considerations given his powers would make him expensive to do. I do hope we're able to put him in at some point, though."





☯ NEXT WAVE ☯
On 04/25/15 when asked about Nextwave characters Rylonir said "That is my dream" "I guess we need some Nextwave content".




☯ PYRO ☯

Stated in 2014: Top of the list for possible 2016 playable.







☯ CAPTAIN BRITAIN ☯
Stated in 2014: Top of the list for possible 2016 playable.


☯ HERCULES ☯

03/17/15 Playable at some point.







☯ ADAM WARLOCK ☯
03/17/15 Ryolnir mentioned he doesn't see any reason he won't make it into the game as a playable at some point.






☯ MISTY KNIGHT ☯
02/04/15 High chance we will see her in the future.






☯ VALKYRIE ☯

2014: Chance for playable.




☯ KAINE PARKER ☯

2014: If they do decide to do him he will be his own character most likely.







☯ CARNAGE ☯

2014: He'll be a boss/mini-boss, but not in the near future.







☯ THE COLLECTOR ☯

03/23/15 He may be a villain someday but not on the foreseeable future.







☯ GALACTUS ☯
2014: Chance we'll see him in the future




☯ BLIZZARD ☯

Voice Actor - Michael Benyaer







☯ ARES ☯

2014: In game at some point.







☯ STEPFORD CUCKOOS ☯
2014: In game at some point.

☯ CRYSTAL ☯
2014: Playable eventually.















Marvel Heroes 2015 ‏@MarvelHeroes


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From the Marvel heroes site it's self

BOGO is back! Purchase almost any individual Hero or Costume from our in-game store and receive a bonus random Hero or Costume for free! Don’t wait, this sale ends at 11:59 PM Wednesday September 30th Pacific time!
(Learn More...)









The newHydra Fortune Card gives you the chance at alts
for Wolverine and Venom plus more!
(Learn More...)

Mystic Mayhem and Limbo return once again!
Team up with Magik to take down N’astirh.
(More Info...)




Pre-order our KittyPryde's Hero Pack
for 10% off the regular price now!
(More Info...)

Last chance! Our Bonus G sale ends 11:59 PM
Wednesday September 30th Pacific time!

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Source: ★⊕ THE FUTURE OF MH ⊕★ Costumes, Secret Invasion Raid, Savage Land Patrol n' more. Updated 09/17/15, MarvelHeroes Twitter & Marvel Heroes 2015

 

[zenith16]

As the video of kitty pryde /shadow's skill three's shows above that blade is in the "test center" as well so i hope peep are helping with the feed back to make him great.

Here's and article about him













Marvel Heroes : Win a Blade Pre-Sale Pack in our Create-a-Guide Contest

Posted Oct 01, 2015


Do you know Marvel Heroes inside and out? Are you excited for the release of Blade later this month? Well, here's your chance to put your Marvel Heroes knowledge to use and possibly snag yourself a Blade pre-sale pack in the process!

Throughout the month of October, MMORPG.com users who create Marvel Heroes guides on our forums will be automatically entered to win one of 10 Blade pre-sale packs. At the end of the month, we'll select our 10 favorite guides and award winners their Blade pre-sale packs as soon as they become available to us. Multiple entries are allowed, so create as many guides as you want, but be sure to focus on quality, not quantity!
All you have to do to enter is head over to our Marvel Heroes guide subforums and put together a guide on anything Marvel Heroes. Hero guides, system guides, event guides, and content guides are all great ways to enter to win. Entries will be accepted through October 25, 2015.

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[zenith16]

Helloevery body . here's what new this week I picked up in my news letter in my e-mail both kitty Shodow cat pryde and Sunspotare now available

Katherine "Kitty" Pryde has phased into Marvel Heroes 2015 as our 51st playable Hero, and is joined by her long time fire-breathing pet alien dragon, Lockheed! In addition to her phasing abilities, Kitty Pryde also possesses masterful knowledge of Japanese martial arts and comes equipped with a dangerous katana. Add her to your roster of Heroes today!
(Learn More...)




Sunspot, our newest Team-Up is nowavailable!
Add him to your roster now!
(More Info...)


Pre-Order our next Team-Up now to get a
few extra boosts at a discount!
(More Info...)

Source: Marvel Heroes 2015

 

[Havok83]

Sneak peak at All-New, All-Different Marvel coming to the game this Friday

 

[zenith16]

ok keep it lock for tomorrow Blade voice actor and more will be announced

 

[zenith16]

Hello every one there's info on the game today two well know voice actor's will be playing blade and iron fist and more below .


☆☆☆☆☆ GENERAL AND HINTED EVENT INFO ☆☆☆☆☆


X-Giving event scheduled for around Thanksgiving.


☯ BLADE ☯
ETA: Halloween 2015.
David Fennoy will be the voice of Blade. Blade may have a few movie references in his dialogue. Ryolnir is pushing for an "iceskate uphill" line.

☯ IRON FIST ☯
ETA: May be him or Magik after Blade.

01/23/15 Instead of Spirit, he is getting kool Chi mechanics. Iron Fist spoilers should start rolling out this spring. There are very good design docs for him.
Johnny Yong Bosch will be his voice. He will have 5 stances that adjust his skills and their affixes (i.e. Tiger stance adds bleeds to all his moves). You can play him with just one stance or use more than one. They are trying not to bloat the skill bar with him. Will have Shou Lou incorporated somehow.
This will be his default costume.

☯ IRON FIST ☯

Classic - It will be his alt costume on launch.

Third costume - Still undecided. Possibility may be shirtless with wrapped hands.







☯ MAGIK ☯

ETA: May be her or Iron Fist after Blade.

☆☆☆☆☆ 2016 Heroes ☆☆☆☆☆
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Gaz wants to do an AP3 however it might not make the most financial sense so instead they may just make three, four packs to sell throughout 2016 and only a few heroes to be revealed at a time instead of all upfront. Nothing is decided yet.



☆☆☆☆☆ COSTUMES ☆☆☆☆☆



Costume Item Slots - 08/19/15 "Yep, we are going to rip these out eventually and move them to their own slot, 100%. This will let you freely change costumes and we may even reintroduce the costume "dressing room" so they don't take up space. (That's a stretch goal). Just a matter of time and carefully setting up the tech. EDIT: Changed "locker" to "dressing room" to be more clear. Costumes would no longer take up space or be physical things, in the ideal world."


☯ BLACK CAT ☯

Marvel Now - Possibly her default. Pic below.

☯ BLADE ☯

Blade's Original costume, pic below.










☯ CAPTAIN AMERICA ☯

Original Costume Visual Update, pics below. ETA:??





American Dream - Will likely likely be released this year as an enhanced Cap costume. On 04/27/15 it was added to a poll along with 4 other costumes that the community will vote on to determine what is the next Enhanced costume would be.
Young Avengers - In 2014 it was hinted that it may be coming.

☯ GHOST RIDER ☯

Ghost Rider on a fiery horse - In 2014 it was stated it will be his next costume. Comments from this year: Ghost Rider on fiery horse is a massive, massive undertaking and will take a lot longer. It's the most enhanced costume we've ever done by a long shot.

Secret Wars - ETA: ??


Phantom Rider - In 2014 it was stated there were no plans for him since he has different powers.


☯ ROGUE ☯

1602 - Will be her next costume. Pic below.. need to find a better pic.

☯ PUNISHER ☯

Dead Winter - ETA: ??

 

[zenith16]

☯ SHADOW CAT ☯

AoA costume - It will have overrides so that she uses claws instead of the swords.



☯ TASKMASTER ☯

Avengers World - ETA: ??

☯BOB, AGENT OF HYDRA☯

10/10/15 Hydra Bob "should be his own character, his attacks should be funny"

2014: Hinted he will be a team-up.





☯ AGENT VENOM ☯

Either him or Rescue will be last in the Team Up AP2






☯ ARCHANGEL (X-FORCE) ☯

Updated 06/10/15 "Archangel will be later in the year."









☯RESCUE☯

Either her or Agent Venom will be last in the Team Up AP2

08/29/15 ETA: Possibly 2 months away.

05/11/15 It will be the first healing team up.




☯ FRANKEN-CASTLE ☯

Update 06/03/15 That one was pretty epic and I hope will come along when the great pumpkin arrives.

Finally an image I can actually post!

http://s8.postimg.org/nhjn1huol/image.jpg




☆☆☆☆☆ GAME MECHANICS ☆☆☆☆☆

Dedicated Movement Button - 10/10/15 There will be a dedicated button for movement without cost that will be for each character. example, Wolverine has the motorcycle, Storm has flight..."points will only need to be spent on moves that do damage"


☆☆☆☆☆ MODES/ZONES GENERAL INFO ☆☆☆☆☆

02/15/14 Mojo World is something we have talked about and I believe Marvel has even suggested. We have other stuff coming out this year, but it's a safe bet it will eventually make it's way through the pipeline.
03/14/15 Perhaps a new form of Terminal with some advanced features will be coming.

 

[zenith16]

☆☆☆☆☆ THE DANGER ROOM ☆☆☆☆☆

10/10/15 TC ETA: Next Week-ish



10/10/15 Danger Room will need a token each time and they will be available for purchase.

Very good chance Danger Room will be out before new story chapter as it is playable currently and they are still working out the details with the chapter 10 story.

HOW DO I ENTER DANGER ROOM?
A brand-new hub has been created specific for the Danger Room, featuring Danger herself (as voiced by Mary Elizabeth McGlynn). This hub features a new crafter, vendor, and has powers enabled, much like the Training Room. It is created unique for each party, so you won’t see other players unless you invite them to your group.




☆☆☆☆☆ STORY MODE/MISSIONS ☆☆☆☆☆

Stated in 2014: Atlantis will be coming eventually. May not be in story.. not sure where to put this so it landed here.
Talk Of Chapter 10

ETA: It is intended to be apart of the Marvel Heroes 2016 Rebranding.





Super Skrull will be the last boss in Chapter 10.

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Talk Of The Unified Story Mode.

Update 06/01/15 Story Content Refit in stages over the rest of this year and possibly into early next year as well; this will involve fleshing out a lot of the existing zones, cleaning up legacy issues, and overall trying to make it a reasonable choice reward-wise for a player's time

They are intending on adding more experiences. They are trying to make story mod a competitive option vs other modes. The don't plan on adding new bosses to the story mod however they may move some existing ones around or adding some to various places. They intend on having level 60 boss versions of what we currently have in the story mode. The intention is that it should be viable farming any area with a level 60 character. The scaling would be dynamic rather than by level brackets; the main point of this is you could have a level 60 with their level 15 friend in the same mode with both having fun gameplay.

02/12/15 Ryolnir stated that he would like to give Loki some unique rewards with the upcoming story changes.


☆☆☆☆☆ SAVAGE LAND PATROL ZONE ☆☆☆☆☆


Updated 06/01/15 The new patrol mode (in addition to Secret Invasion chapter one aka Hitown) with a lot of new art, a couple of new bosses, and new mob pathing tech that will let this patrol have some dramatically new gameplay mechanics.

05/28/15 "The stand-alone patrol following(Hitown Patrol) that is also a new environment, albeit one based on one of our existing tilesets. This new patrol - which we are just finishing up on the prototype for the first scenario - represents something that is mechanically at the opposite extreme from the Midtown Patrol. Where the Midtown Patrol is a sprawling, loosely-defined, and has only very generic objectives (i.e., "Defeat the supervillains"), this new patrol experiments with some new tech that we've wanted to do (and been asked to do) for a while now - namely, mob pathing as part of an event. While we're not (yet) ready to talk about the specifics of what we're doing with this, I'm quite certain you guys will grok the potential of this, some of which dates back to ideas proposed by the community way back when X-Defense was first released. Oh, and did I mention we're planning on at least a couple of completely new bosses for this? This second upcoming patrol has already gone through some very promising early playtests internally with a lot of positive feedback, and I am very much looking forward to seeing what we can do with it. While our initial implementation of this will be somewhat specific, if all goes well it offers the possibility of translating this kind of mob pathing tech to other game modes, and possibly even the main story as well."

☆☆☆☆☆ SECRET INVASION RAID ☆☆☆☆☆
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Thanos will be the raid boss for the 3rd raid.



The 3rd raid will be in space.

04/03/15 Gear upgrade to level 72 won't happen till raid 3.
Last ETA: It's still quite a ways out, and will definitely come out after almost everything else on the list(The list included Chapter 10, Unified Story mode, 2 Patrol Zones, Limbo, Danger Room). Keep in mind that our development cycle is up to a year for some types of content

source: ★⊕ THE FUTURE OF MH ⊕★ Info on Iron Fist, Black Cat, Costumes, Team Ups, n' more. Updated 10/11/15

 

[Nathan]

Oh, that new Taskmaster skin looks neat.

 

[Havok83]

I finally got up to 300 days of service to get my free random hero unlock. I opened it and ended up getting Taskmaster. Man I always get characters I dont care for or duplicates.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Oh, that new Taskmaster skin looks neat.

Hell yeah it does.

 

[zenith16]

Marvel Heroes 2016 launches December, and brings Secret Invasion with it Read more



11 hours ago
Earlier this year we learnt that Gazillion were updating Marvel Heroes once again, transitioning from 2015 to Marvel Heroes 2016. At New York...
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source: PCGamesN

 

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Marvel Heroes : "Ask Me Anything" with Ryolnir & Lord -- TOMORROW!

Posted Oct 14, 2015 by Michael Bitton


Join us tomorrow at 7PM ET in our Marvel Heroes subforum for an "Ask Me Anything" Q&A event with Gazillion's Ryan 'Ryolnir' Collins and Chris 'Lord' Frenton.
If you've got questions for Ryan and Chris on anything Marvel Heroes, this is an event you wont wan't 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 the team's answers) and allow them 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.
The below comments thread is NOT the Q&A thread. Again, the thread will be posted tomorrow in our Marvel Heroes subforum.
Anyone who submits a question tomorrow will automatically be entered to win 1 of 10 Jane Foster as Thor packs. These packs include the character Thor, the enhanced Jane Foster as Thor costume, a Thor stash tab, one of each Fortune Card (MK1-6), and a two hour experience boost. Winners will be announced and codes distributed shortly after the conclusion of the event.

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further on this fromthe same place.

Michael Bitton : An All-New, All-Different Marvel Heroes 2016

Posted Oct 14, 2015



We’ve been learning about the future of Marvel Heroes in bits and pieces over the last few weeks and this year’s New York Comic-Con was no different. At the show, the Gazillion team was on hand for a panel discussing their plans for the Marvel Heroes 2016 re-brand, but new details were somewhat scant.
Read more of Michael Bitton's
Marvel Heroes: An All-New, All-Different Marvel Heroes 2016.

I’m not sure if the timing of recent events just isn’t lining up with the state of what the team has planned, but I was hoping to see something more substantial at this year’s panel.

Since we’ve already covered a good deal of what’s on the way, we’re going to focus today on the new tidbits and previously covered announcements that may have been a bit more fleshed out at the panel.
An All-New, All-Different Focus
Marvel Heroes 2016 will kick off a new focus on Marvel’s recently launched All-New, All-Different initiative, but Gazillion got started a bit earlier than December’s scheduled rebranding by releasing a slate of new ANAD costumes late last week. Last Friday brought with it the release of Spider-Gwen as a team-up (and enhanced costume for Spider-Man), Jane Foster as Thor, and ANAD themed costumes for X-23 and Scarlet Witch. The team reassured folks in attendance that while they’re looking to incorporate more current events and themes, they won’t be abandoning the classic and iconic Marvel elements we all love and know.

New Costumes, Team Ups, and Visual Updates
Previously revealed Agent Venom and Archangel team ups were highlighted again, though no real details were discussed. Howard the Duck as a team up will be unlocked via an achievement. He’ll have his Quack Fu, and we’re assured his VO will be as amusing as you would expect. Frankencastle will be returning for this year’s Holiday festivities, but in a new form as a team up.
A number of new costumes were shown as well. Highlights include an obscure (but amazing) Taskmaster Avengers World costume for everyone’s favorite mimic, Kitty Pryde’s Age of Apocalypse outfit (with animation switches for her claws), and a pacifist costume for Deadpool (set to arrive with his design review). An enhanced Symbiote Wolverine (complete with animated tongue) is also set for release with this month’s Halloween festivities.
Finally, we got a look at a brand new visual update for Captain America. We were shown Cap’s visually updated default and original (badge shield) costume, but it wasn’t clear if any other Cap costumes were set to be updated. Personally, I just want a Winter Soldier variant without the helmet. Just putting that out there!

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Blade & Iron Fist
Gazillion’s Anthony Gallegos gave us a taste of how Marvel’s most badass vampire hunter would play in Marvel Heroes. Anthony emphasized that Blade always looks like he’s having fun, putting some style into his moves. We’ll see this style in his regular moveset, but it sounds like he’s going to really dial it up for his signature and ultimate. Blade’s signature will have him throw a bunch of stakes at his enemies and finish off by tossing a final stake into the air that he’ll leap up and kick into his opponent. It sounds a heck of a lot like the “ice skate” scene from the original Blade film, and that works just fine for me. For his ultimate, Blade will toss his shades into the air, do some work on his enemies, and then catch and put his shades back on. It definitely sounds like Gaz is trying to capture the cool Snipes exuded as Blade in the films. Blade will also have his bouncing glaive attack and make use of a stacking bleed mechanic that will deal more damage as you continually bleed your opponents, but at the cost of your own health, representing Blade’s struggle with his vampiric thirst.
Blade will launch with his modern and original costumes and it looks like Gaz is working on his All-New, All-Different costume as well, so stay tuned for that!
Gallegos also briefly gave us a peek into how Iron Fist will work. There weren’t too many details, but players can expect to do a good deal of stance dancing to modify their attacks with different effects.

Controller Support
As far as we can tell, controller support will be coming with the Marvel Heroes 2016 rebrand in December, and we were given some additional clarity on how it all may play out. The control scheme sounds similar to Marvel Ultimate Alliance or FFXIV: A Realm Reborn’s controller support in that you’ll make use of modifiers on the shoulder buttons in order to expand your selection of abilities to hit. The right stick will also let you snap into mouse mode as a catch all for cases where you feel like having access to a mouse pointer would be more intuitive.

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Chapter 10: Secret Invasion
The Skrull invasion will be the theme of Marvel Heroes’ chapter 10 content. We got to see a couple of slides (with amusing narration from the panel) from the chapter 10 cinematics, as well as some renders of the Skrull bosses we’ll get to fight, including a War Skrull mini boss, and even Kl’rt, the Super Skrull, himself!

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All in all, there were some decent nuggets of information, but nothing mind blowing shown at the panel. I was expecting something significant on Danger Room and the Savage Land content, but we were only shown a couple of screenshots of each and a short clip we’ve seen previously for the Danger Room. That’s OK, though! We’ll be hosting a Marvel Heroes “Ask Me Anything” Q&A event tomorrow (at 7PM EST) right here on our Marvel Heroes subforums, so if you’ve got any questions for the team, be sure to check back then!
CORRECTION: Looks like I may have heard wrong on the glaive dissolving vampires, as Mr. Gallegos has clarified that this will not be the case. Our apologies for the confusion!
Michael Bitton / Michael began his career at the WarCry Network in 2005 as the site manager for several different WarCry fansite portals. In 2008, Michael worked for the startup magazine Massive Gamer as a columnist and online news editor. In June of 2009, Michael joined MMORPG.com as the site's Community Manager.
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[zenith16]

☯ BLADE ☯


Blade’s signature will have him throw a bunch of stakes at his enemies and finish off by tossing a final stake into the air that he’ll leap up and kick into his opponent. Blade's Ultimate will have Blade toss his shades into the air, do some work on his enemies, and then catch and put his shades back on. Blade will also have his bouncing glaive attack and make use of a stacking bleed mechanic that will deal more damage as you continually bleed your opponents, but at the cost of your own health, representing Blade’s struggle with his vampiric thirst.

☯ IRON FIST ☯




As said will be played by

Johnny Yong Bosch

He will have 5 stances that adjust his skills and their affixes (i.e. Tiger stance adds bleeds to all his moves). You can play him with just one stance or use more than one. They are trying not to bloat the skill bar with him. Will have Shou Lou incorporated somehow.





☯ TASKMASTER ☯

Avengers World - ETA: ??


☆☆☆☆☆ TUNING CHANGES ☆☆☆☆☆

☯ SPIDER MAN ☯

Currently on Test Center.

08/26/15 Changes coming in the next few months which consist of powers and other things.




FRANKEN-CASTLE ☯

Update 06/03/15 That one was pretty epic and I hope will come along when the great pumpkin arrives.
Finally an image I can actually post!


☆☆☆☆☆ OTHER STUFF ☆☆☆☆☆



Talk of Hero Roster Avatars

The costumes your character wears in game will soon be reflected on your hero roster list. ETA: ??





Talk of MH on Consoles and Controller Support

Controller Support ETA: December or later

The control scheme sounds similar to Marvel Ultimate Alliance or FFXIV: A Realm Reborn’s controller support in that you’ll make use of modifiers on the shoulder buttons in order to expand your selection of abilities to hit. The right stick will also let you snap into mouse mode as a catch all for cases where you feel like having access to a mouse pointer would be more intuitive.

Talk of Leaderboards

ETA: December or later. Tournaments and Seasons will grow out of this.





Talk of Steam Achievements

ETA: December or later.

There will be nearly 100 of them.

source: ★⊕ THE FUTURE OF MH ⊕★ Info on Controller Support, Blade, Story, Defense, n' more. Updated 10/15/15

 

[zenith16]

AMA answers



original thread here, it's like 15 pages long though so...
Pics of all answers care of nullrage
Q: Are there any plans to rework the white 90's Storm costume? (dear god say yes!)

• A: Yes

Q: I predict mounts are coming next year, am i right?!

• A: No specific plans right now. Nice try.

Q: How come Squirrel Girls new costumes don't come with new squirrel skins?

• A: Good question. @GazLord? Why no cute squirrels?
• A2: Time. I would love to have unique squirrels for each but sometimes we just can't fit in the work. That being said, if there is a Squirrel that comes along that cant be ignored we will do our best to make time for it.

Q: Can you spoil ONE hero (not Anegla) that is officially coming next year?

• A: New heroes. Not yet.

Q: Crafting Revamp with 2016?

• A: Some of the more important changes, yes.

Q: When is the Red Axis Raid going to be released?

• A: When it's ready. (trollface) No, but really. When we feel that hero damage and survivability is closer. We're definitely much much closer than we were before. We know it's not going to be perfect, but we are getting to a point where it makes sense to release a new piece of very difficult group content without having to worry about 50% or more of the roster.

Q: With the rebrand, could we expect danger room, red genosha raid, next story chapter and cosmic ultron? Or will it be some, not all. In other words, a slower roll out rather than all at once.

• A: Danger Room comes before 2016. Red Raid if we feel heroes are ready, Cosmic Ultron same. Story chapter, yes, it will be coming with 2016 release!

Q: With the Spidey rework, can we expect other heroes to get scaling damage based on defensive stats? For instance, Colossus getting %damage for stacking armor?

• A: If it suits them, definitely. But if they already have another form of it, like Colossus does, unlikely.

Q: On a much smaller scale, all the work you guys have done on Gambit it awesome and I feel kinda guilty for asking, but, is there any chance of an area tag update for Gambit on street sweep and 52 pick up?

• A: I'll ask. Glad you're enjoying him!

Q: Is magik gonna have a power to transform into her darkchylde form or to summon the multi-headed hydra (Uncanny X Men 19)

• A: I think there might be some Demon-ing in there.

Q: Are there plans for literal seasonal changes to Midtown Manhattan, like the winter version?

• A: We are talking about that, yes. Not sure what the scope is yet but people really liked the winter scene so we definitely want to continue doing things along that line. There might be a little something like that this coming winter...

Q: Hardcore Mode it has been talked about this from the beta and all other ARPG's have this mode and Diablo2 had it. Are there any plans or is it in development?

• A: There are plans, yes. I would go so far as to say it's just beyond the planning phase, even.

Q: Would you mind sharing with us what the way forward is in terms of Itemization, customization and diversity of Heroes? Right now we have like hero specific Uniques as BIS Items and every other gear being made absolute, will there be any changes or are there any plans on this?

• A: Yes there will be. There is a new system that we were planning to launch with Danger Room, but we decided to hold it back so that we could expand on it even more. This system will allow you to customize your Uniques similar to StarkTech with Artifacts, but will have multiple slots and will have more than just +1 to a power. Certain types of uniques will be able to use different types of enhancements, for instance, Any Hero Uniques have more slots than Hero Specific Uniques so that you can take a favorite Any Hero Unique and add ranks to your best skills. There's more to the system than just power ranks, but that's an aspect I really like about it since it lets me have a use for all of those Any Hero Uniques in my S.T.A.S.H. More to come!

Q: What are the plans on implementing more single player and more difficult content for players who like to play alone?

• A: If Danger Room doesn't scratch that itch, give us feedback once it's on TC to help us make it scratch that itch for you.

Q: What is happening regarding pvp

• A: We're investigating a new PVP mode with some fancy new tech that we could leverage to tie back into the original PVP mode. The design is pending estimation and approval. I'd like to start a poll on the forums soon about what people want for the future of PVP, as I don't know that the current form will ever be as fun as we want it to be.

Q: What are the plans regarding crafting and when can we expect some changes to this cumbersome game feature?

• A: Reducing tiers is a go. Also looking at ways to just make overall much less clicking.

Q: Some comments made it seem like all Launch Heroes would have a costume visually updated, I'm guessing not all just some?

• A: At least all the ones that where available on release. Ones after that I will make a judgement call.

Q: Is Emma Frost getting also a visual updated costume?

• A: Yes, it is planned to Give Emma a Visual Update.

Q: Can we get more insight in creating a costume and new heroes? Like a video diary making them from scratch?

• A: Video might be kind of hard since none of the modelers really like their image captured. They might actually be Vampires now that I think about it. They hate light too. I could probably do some sort of thing on our Forums though. Good idea.

Q: What factors determine whether a character is above or below TTR?

• A: We run all kinds of tests with internal tools that give us a more accurate measure of true DPS and burst DPS. As you know, the training dummy isn't ideal so we don't really use that at all except for a sanity check (if someone is exploding the training dummy in 4 second or 5 minutes, we obviously have a problem).

Nowadays, we have some pretty snazzy metrics that have let us more intelligently target who needs to be brought up and how. It's not a fast process, as we give data time to soak so that we have a control to weed out variables, but it's definitely working.
I know tuning isn't perfect, but I think we've definitely gotten better at hitting the mark (and not over tuning wildly, either).
Q: When is Emma Frost getting updated? And does that come with an ult that makes sense for the character?

• A: We're mostly focused on the content and reviews already scheduled for this year as far as sizable updates go, but any character who is not in a good place tuning wise is possible over the next few months.

Q: Can you spoil anything about Magik's playstyle?

• A: She's a mixed bag as you might hope, teleporting, sword play, demon summoning. There's a lot to digest.

Q: Are there plans to update the less than popular any-hero uniques?

• A: Yes, definitely.

Q: What is your single most desired piece of content that you would add to the game if possible?

• A: The Immortal Weapons. (But Only After Playable Misty Knight)

Q: I am going to hit the 7500 Omega cap tonight! Any news on when the cap will be increased? When new Omega tabs will be released? When the Omega review is coming?

• A: We're shooting for all of these things to happen at the same time. Sometime on or around the MH2016 release depending on how December goes. The next tab is "The Space One" (I always forget the name) to go with Secret Invasion.

Q: With 52 reviews ending with Deadpool in a month, what will be the next focus for that team? I know that we have small QoL improvements almost every 2 weeks, but I was thinking of something on a larger scale.

• A: As you can tell, our pace with 52 Reviews has slowed down as their quality has increased, but also as the amount of stuff we actually do has increased. As such, they're spread out over a few months, so they don't eat some insane amount of time in a month and push out a more important release. After Deadpool, we'll be shifting to some new game modes (such as Savage Land Patrol) where there are new bosses, and of course we'll be doing some post-52 reviews (similar to what Spider-Man is getting tomorrow).

I'm hoping to sneak in some new bosses for various zones that are already in the game if @Lord will let me...
Q: any chance we could see the characters from Agents of Shield anytime soon?

• A: No plans right now! Thanks for joining us!

Q: Does the % of players participating in raids match the amount of time spent developing them?

• A: No it doesn't, but it never really does as far as %-wise for ANY game (it's always a very small number, even for the biggest MMOs in the business).

Q: My opinion is that I'd rather see that time spent on something other than raids. I'm just not a fan of weekly lockout timers in an ARPG. D3 feels more rewarding and there are no limitations other than time.

• A: I think the best use of the raid content is to make 5-man versions that can be enjoyed by all. I think raiding is a good thing to have in a game in terms of creating challenging content that promotes group play, but I don't think using the content for only ten people is necessarily.

Q: I'm worried that developers have lost connection with the player base and are still making the game they want to play even if it's not the one the players want. Namely too much MMO and not enough ARPG.

• A: I think that going forward, making raids and then making 5-man group versions is the best bang for our buck, however we achieve that. It lets us make big, awesome sprawling content that's very aspirational, but it also lets anybody experience it. I don't have time to raid as much as I'd like to, so I'd use the 5-man version much more, personally. I know I'm not the only one.

Q: Someone in the forums posted that you said at the Barcade meetup that Mr. Fantastic is the least used hero in the game by far. What will Gaz do to encourage players to play lesser used heroes like Reed, but more specifically him? Is there any chance we will get his "Maker" costume next year? All of his costumes have the same model and face. Only what he's wearing is changed with his costumes.

• A: Regarding Mr. Fantastic's visuals. It is a goal of mine to keep the same face as much as possible. I want the idea that it is the same person in that costume. Not a completely different person. There are always exceptions but expect to see the same face (that face will be different then the ones on the older models) on each costume. Mr. Fantastic is especially tricky because he stretches. We have to be very careful what costume he has so that the textures still look good in all forms.

Q: As far back as the release of Vision, the development team at Gazillion conveyed that the strategy for newly released and newly reviewed heroes would be to release them undertuned then buff them after a few weeks of live data. However, with the release of War Machine and Cable's review the gap between release and tuning has grown with War Machine's tuning still needing to be done. Has the aforementioned strategy changed? Have the priorities shifted towards other things? And finally, does the development team have any plans in place to help manage the expectations of the community in regard to new (and newly reviewed) hero tuning?

• A: I know it's tough to wait on tuning or to feel like we're ignoring you, and I'm sorry to War Machine players if you feel that way. I know War Machine is in general incredibly tanky and has pretty good damage, but do note that Cable just finally got another bit of tuning, so the book is never closed. I'll talk with the tuning team next week about his numbers and get back to the WM community at large. As far as new tuning, I think we should definitely make a statement on what to expect, but I don't know that we'll ever give a true "baseline" on what to expect as there are a lot of things that go into hero tuning, and not every combination of powers for every hero will be equal in every situation (including against a dummy). What's important to us is that all heroes feel strong enough to do any piece of content, and we won't stop tuning until we get there. As I said before, I think we're closer.

Q: Doctor Doom Team Up has been locked in a Pay wall for over a year now. Are we going to get a Doom TU variant that can be bought with Gs or Splinters soon?

• A: Yes. Or a reward.

 

[zenith16]

Q: Any plans to tone down the visual noise of the game? Between all the spells, explosions, particles, character models, boss models, their attacks, Doombots, Iceman summons...the game is too chaotic to look at. Anything being done here?

• A: We are constantly trying to balance "IN YOUR FACE EPICNESS" (Thats what I call it right now) with uh, visual clarity I guess. There are various settings we implemented to help maintain this balance but I am constantly trying to find that perfect balance without settings.

Q: What do you feel like are the most important steps for growth both in the game and company?

• A: Working towards what we want to do as developers and what our players want. It's a tough balance, but there's too many issues that have gone unsolved. There are so many aspects of the game we'd like to change and we know you'd like changed, and I'm rallying as often as possible to get them changed.

Q: Do you view Brevik as a mentor or strictly professional, and if as a mentor, does he take a personal interest in his employees, e.g. trying to make them grow.

• A: I consider Dave a friend. We play board games. He's taught me a lot and he's awesome to work with. I worked most closely with Doomsaw who taught me an insane amount of game design-fu as well as just common sense.

Q: What is your single most desired piece of content that you would add to the game if possible?

• A: Anything with Stilt-Man. Seriously...

Q: What is your stance on older heroes that are boring or very flat/one dimensional now that heroes like cable and kitty pryde are out?

• A: I think there is a place for "boring heroes" in that some people REALLY hate complex heroes, but in general, everybody should have more interesting options.

Q: Would you ever do an interview with a community member, like for instance, if i made a list of questions i would like to ask, both on a personal note and how that feeds into working/developing the game, would you be willing to do that?

• A: I answer questions like that via PM all the time, but if it's a long list, not usually. I am a very busy dude.

Q: How do you feel about community suggestions for things like heroea reviews/mechanics?

• A: I read them literally every day. Even weekends. So much good stuff we've taken inspiration from. Helps you grow as a designer knowing what fans want and reading their awesome ideas.

Q: Who are the top 5 heroes you want completely redone?

• A: I don't have a good answer for that so I'll say Deadpool! Since he's getting redone soon. And Luke Cage.

Q: on a scale from 23 to 24 how many hours a day do you spend working on jeans hair?

• A: 26

Q: There was recently a discussion regarding brutal strike percentage vs. bosses as compared to normal enemies, as well as, the effectiveness of the "always deals a critical hit" mechanic. What, if anything, have you guys discovered as a reason for the discrepancies we were finding in the numbers?

• A: We have been focused on getting Danger Room prepped for TC & this week's patch out the door, but it's a top priority issue to investigate what might be creating the discrepancy.

Q: So, any ETA on Deadpool review?

• A: The best I can say is "when he's good and ready." He's a long time coming, I know.

Q: Is the Mr. Knight variant soon?

• A: We try to space out costumes and their variants by a matter of months so there's no "but I just bought this..." like we had in the past.

Q: Will we ever see Ares?

• A: Ares is a favorite of mine. He suits our game, to be sure.

Q: When is Danger Room due to be tested?

• A: Possibly this weekend if Merit System + Rewards are ready.

Q: Will Magik have a good no-summon build?

• A: Yes she will. I don't play summoners, but I'm super excited for Magik.

Q: Will we ever see User Generated Content in MH?

• A: I don't think so, no. Not supported by our game and would be a slippery slope as far as using licensed content.

Q: When will Spidey get a visual update? Is it possible that his default will be replaced with the ANAD costume is a similar procedure to what happened with Ms. Marvel?

• A: Not sure when but I really want to update him. @Ryolnir can speak more about the other stuff but I can say we talk about Spidey often.

Q: Any more ultimate xmen costumes this year?

• A: None this year as of now.

Q: when can we get some new terms? Even some copy and paste of existing assets like you did with jugg term. These new artifacts need a place to farm.

• A: We're going to be focused strictly on the announced new content, but yes, that is something we need to do.