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ok from the AMA from doom saw last prior to the video you see above showcasing psylocke and reworked to play better wolverine.
(Consolidated & fully updated) Doomsaw AMA on MMORPG.com (23/05/2014)
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Currently @Doomsaw is answering questions on MMORPG.com in his AMA (Ask Me Anything) out here: http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cfm/thread/413330/page/1
I've consolidated his answers topic-wise in this thread for easy reading. Post is now complete though Doomsaw did say he may return to answer some unanswered questions at a later date. Thanks Doomsaw for taking the time out once again to answer the barrage of questions from us!
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New Heroes
- The 2015 short list includes some obvious ones like Ice Man, War Machine, Spider Woman, Ant Man, She Hulk and some big surprises. Obviously a longer list than that.
- Mr. Fantastic- 11th Hero from the Advance pack. He is heavily underway and will be released in July. All of his animations and dialogue are complete and some of his powers are finished or close to finished. He will use a lot of stretching powers. He has two very unique-looking movement powers. He also uses a few impressive gadgets that are a notch above anything we've seen so far.
- Rogue- 12th Hero from the Advance Pack. Her release will be late 2014 or first one in 2015. Her initial design concept is pretty much solid, with trees related to her Ms. Marvel long-term storyline powers and 2 trees dedicated to the most popular powers she has stolen over the years. She will also have her signature power of stealing 1 power from existing enemies, which will be a TON of work, but worth it.
- Magneto- Most likely September 25th.
- Nova- They are still awaiting a significant event to occur before finalizing and releasing him. He is fairly close though.
- X-23- Still in development on the side. Research into her Trigger Scent also appears in the Omega System, as one of the nodes in the Neural Enhancement division of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Juggernaut- Initial design conception has already started.
- 95% chance to have Vision as a playable hero.
- LGBT characters- Wiccan is definitely planned as an enhanced costume for Scarlet Witch since they can technically share the same powerset. He would also make a very reasonable playable hero on his own, with the design goal of creating a significantly different mechanical play pattern compared to Scarlet Witch. Northstar is an NPC. Speedsters are challenging to make full heroes (at least for accurate travel powers), but Doomsaw could see him as a Team-Up. Mystique will also be a team-up at some point. They just added Ultimate Colossus, if you count that. Flatman is also reference on Squirrel Girl's Great Lakes Avengers t-shirt, as an obscure reference.
- Spider-Woman is definitely going to be a playable hero at some point, perhaps at the end of next year.
- 75% chance Black Cat is a playable hero some day.
- 75%+ chance Dazzler becomes playable some day.
- 38% chance for Jamie Madrox aka Multiple Man (not mentioned about whether as playable or a team up but I'm guessing he'll first be a team-up & then maybe playable in the future).
- Ant-Man will be Hank Pym in-game.
- Quicksilver is still TBD on what exactly we can do with him in the game.
- Phil Coulson- About 20% chance he is playable at some point, but he would be in line behind Nick Fury. He could have Maria Hill as his enhanced costume.
- Agent Venom will either be a highly enhanced suit for Venom or his own Hero. Doomsaw is 50/50 on what would be more fun.
- They will definitely be considering Sunfire as a future Japanese hero.
- Doomsaw says there could a chance for playable Thanos maybe 1 year or so down the line.
- They would love to do Fantomex as a team-up and he is on the list for the future.
- Polaris is someone they want to add as a full hero instead of just as an enhanced costume.
- (Arch)Angel- Playable in 2015 is a fairly safe bet, but not 100% yet. They have discussed design options, but haven't settled on the final answer yet.
- Kitty Pryde- There is a chance she will also be a fully playable hero, but she is a bit light on abilities, so she is not in the top 10 list for 2015.
Hero Reviews
New Villains
- Deadpool's review is planned for late summer, after the X-Men finish up and they complete Thor, Hulk and Thing. He is getting a single-target ranged spirit spender very soon (mini-gun) since he didn't get shipped with one.
- On bad response for Wolverine's review- "Very, very frequently with new heroes and with level 52 reviews people look at the first version on test center and make a snap judgment about power level or fun factor. We release stuff to test center knowing they need tons of iteration, and we are very dedicated to iterating until stuff is exceptional, so I have 100% confidence people will LOVE Wolverine's level 52 review once it's done and complete. This also means we won't stop iterating each week, however long it takes. This will be the same for every hero and level 52 review until the end of time. Keep going until it's great. We are a company that does stuff on a weekly basis, not a yearly basis, so we can be responsive and we are somewhat fearless in that respect."
- Similar to Wolverine's spirit being replaced by "Fury" in his review, Rage for Hulk and Odin Force for Thor have been discussed, but nothing is final yet. They won't change stuff away from Spirit unless it's extremely flavorful and they can do something interesting with it. There is a hero in the design pipeline right now who uses a different resource than Spirit.
- Q: When can we expect the Aerial Assault animation for Cap to be changed back to the old one? It is obvious from the forums that the players want the old animation back and the new one should be deleted or changed to Athletic Leap. A: We could definitely do this. It was a movie capture animation, but both have their pros and cons. BTW, there was just a change made that goes with the new animation that doesn't lock out shield powers, which is helpful.
Team Ups
- Mystique is will make her appearance in the game in 2015, but her exact role is still in design stages. There are many options.
- Spider-Woman team-up will definitely be this year, probably the second half of the year.
- Kitty Pryde will absolutely 100% be a Team-Up at some point.
- Phil Coulson will be a Team-Up Hero for sure.
- Mystique will be a team-up at some point.
- Black Cat for sure as Team Up.