CoH Podcast » interview http://cohpodcast.com Information and tips about the game City of Heroes for the casual gamer Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:27:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2007-2009 http://feeds2.feedburner.com/cohpodcast cohpodcast@gmail.com (Chooch and Viv) cohpodcast@gmail.com (Chooch and Viv) games 1440 coh heroes chooch game cohpodcast City of Heroes Podcast Information and tips about the game City of Heroes for the casual gamer Chooch and Viv Chooch and Viv cohpodcast@gmail.com No no http://cohpodcast.com/files/COHPodcastLogo2_300.jpg CoH Podcast http://cohpodcast.com 144 144 Special Episode 12 – Talk with Positron http://cohpodcast.com/2010/special-episode-12-talk-with-positron http://cohpodcast.com/2010/special-episode-12-talk-with-positron#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:27:21 +0000 Chooch http://cohpodcast.com/?p=201 We were lucky enough to make it out to the first PAX East and while we missed the City of Heroes Panel, we were able to go to the meet & greet and get the highlights from Matt “Positron” Miller.

There isn’t a lot of detail, but here is an overview of what was presented at the CoH Panel:

  • The panel was centered around how to keep an MMO fresh and new
  • History of Paragon Studios
  • List of many things that went into the game since launch
  • Issue 17 release in April- open beta “very soon”
  • Ultra mode graphics
  • New story arcs
  • Revamp of Positron task force
    • split into two TFs (as was always intended)
    • fight at the dam
    • spruced up missions to give them a new feel
  • Going Rogue
    • New level 1-20 experience
    • The GR system itself
    • Praetoria
      • 4 Zones, showed some concept art
  • New power sets
    • Dual pistols
      • if you pre-purchase Going Rogue now, then you immediately get dual pistols
    • Demon summoning will be launched with i17
      • again if you pre-purchase you get it as soon as it hits servers
      • Demons are elemental based
        • Each Fire, Ice, and ?? will be launched in sequence, kind of like the medic coming out for mercenaries.
      • All new graphic models – they’re not just rehashed CoT stuff
  • Powersets debuted at PAX East 2010:
    • Electric Control (controllers and dominators)
    • Kinetic Melee (scrappers, tankers, brutes, stalkers)
  • The future
    • Issue 19 tentatively called “Incarnates”
      • End-game system that Matt has been working on for several months.
      • 10 Incarnate levels past 50 – first level will be in Going Rogue
      • Hopefully all will be released with i19 (perhaps not all at the same time, but as close as possible)
  • Matt was glad to finally make it to the east coast (woot!)
]]> http://cohpodcast.com/2010/special-episode-12-talk-with-positron/feed 6 14:43 We were lucky enough to make it out to the first PAX East and while we missed the City of Heroes Panel, we were able ... We were lucky enough to make it out to the first PAX East and while we missed the City of Heroes Panel, we were able to go to the meet #38; greet and get the highlights from Matt "Positron" Miller. There isn't a lot of detail, but here is an overview of what was presented at the CoH Panel: The panel was centered around how to keep an MMO fresh and new History of Paragon Studios List of many things that went into the game since launch Issue 17 release in April- open beta "very soon" Ultra mode graphics New story arcs Revamp of Positron task force split into two TFs (as was always intended) fight at the dam spruced up missions to give them a new feel Going Rogue New level 1-20 experience The GR system itself Praetoria 4 Zones, showed some concept art New power sets Dual pistols if you pre-purchase Going Rogue now, then you immediately get dual pistols Demon summoning will be launched with i17 again if you pre-purchase you get it as soon as it hits servers Demons are elemental based Each Fire, Ice, and ?? will be launched in sequence, kind of like the medic coming out for mercenaries. All new graphic models - they're not just rehashed CoT stuff Powersets debuted at PAX East 2010: Electric Control (controllers and dominators) Kinetic Melee (scrappers, tankers, brutes, stalkers) The future Issue 19 tentatively called "Incarnates" End-game system that Matt has been working on for several months. 10 Incarnate levels past 50 - first level will be in Going Rogue Hopefully all will be released with i19 (perhaps not all at the same time, but as close as possible) Matt was glad to finally make it to the east coast (woot!) Podcast Chooch and Viv no No Special Episode 10 – D*C Players http://cohpodcast.com/2009/special-episode-10-dc-players http://cohpodcast.com/2009/special-episode-10-dc-players#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:59:05 +0000 Chooch http://cohpodcast.com/?p=154 We grabbed a decent amount of audio from our time at DragonCon. Today’s special episode consists of some player interviews we did after the CoH Panel.

We’ll be releasing the full panel audio soon, as well as a regular episode with news and patch note highlights from the launch of i16.

No promos or news in this one, but that’s coming soon. Promise :)

]]> http://cohpodcast.com/2009/special-episode-10-dc-players/feed 8 23:12 We grabbed a decent amount of audio from our time at DragonCon. Today's special episode consists of some player interviews we did after the CoH ... We grabbed a decent amount of audio from our time at DragonCon. Today's special episode consists of some player interviews we did after the CoH Panel. We'll be releasing the full panel audio soon, as well as a regular episode with news and patch note highlights from the launch of i16. No promos or news in this one, but that's coming soon. Promise :) Podcast Chooch and Viv no No Hero 1 Interview Shrinky Dink http://cohpodcast.com/2008/hero-1-interview-shrinky-dink http://cohpodcast.com/2008/hero-1-interview-shrinky-dink#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 11:45:20 +0000 Chooch http://cohpodcast.com/2008/05/12/hero-1-interview-shrinky-dink Last post about the interview, I promise :)

We’ve noticed that some people with spotty Internet connections are having a difficult time downloading the episode. To try and alleviate this, I just exported the show at a lower bitrate. This means that the sound quality won’t be as good, but the file will be much smaller. Also, I’ve split the file into two parts to further shrink the size.

You can download the pieces with these links:
Part 1 of 2
Part 2 of 2

As a last resort you can read the transcript from the official forums.

Cheers!
-Chooch

]]> http://cohpodcast.com/2008/hero-1-interview-shrinky-dink/feed 1 Hero 1 Interview Transcript http://cohpodcast.com/2008/hero-1-interview-transcript http://cohpodcast.com/2008/hero-1-interview-transcript#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 23:18:14 +0000 Chooch http://cohpodcast.com/2008/05/10/hero-1-interview-transcript Just wanted to let everybody know that there is now a transcript of the interview available on the official site. Viv toiled away to transcribe the whole interview so that any deaf or non-native-English speakers could get the content.

In addition, we’re told that there will be translations into other languages made available for EU players!

]]> http://cohpodcast.com/2008/hero-1-interview-transcript/feed 1 Special Episode 03 – Hero 1 Interview http://cohpodcast.com/2008/special-episode-03-hero-1-interview http://cohpodcast.com/2008/special-episode-03-hero-1-interview#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 06:02:32 +0000 Chooch http://cohpodcast.com/2008/05/06/special-episode-03-hero-1-interview As you can tell from our previous comments, we were quite excited to get on the phone with Joe! So I’m hastily posting the episode, and will take the time to write proper show notes over the next few days :)

Of course we talk about some i11 stuff, i12, lots about NCSoft and writing. I know we mention Playing For Keeps and Paragon Wiki, but can’t remember beyond that.

Oh and don’t forget, open beta starts Tuesday, May 6!

Enjoy!

]]> http://cohpodcast.com/2008/special-episode-03-hero-1-interview/feed 24 82:15 As you can tell from our previous comments, we were quite excited to get on the phone with Joe! So I'm hastily posting the episode, ... As you can tell from our previous comments, we were quite excited to get on the phone with Joe! So I'm hastily posting the episode, and will take the time to write proper show notes over the next few days :) Of course we talk about some i11 stuff, i12, lots about NCSoft and writing. I know we mention Playing For Keeps and Paragon Wiki, but can't remember beyond that. Oh and don't forget, open beta starts Tuesday, May 6! Enjoy! Podcast Chooch and Viv no No Special Episode 02 – Announcements http://cohpodcast.com/2008/special-episode-02-announcements http://cohpodcast.com/2008/special-episode-02-announcements#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 11:36:49 +0000 Chooch http://cohpodcast.com/2008/05/01/special-episode-02-announcements We have two very special announcements to make:

]]> http://cohpodcast.com/2008/special-episode-02-announcements/feed 5 7:50 We have two very special announcements to make: We will be interviewing Joe "Hero 1" Morrissey, Lead Writer of the CoH Development Team!! Read Joe's Developer ... We have two very special announcements to make: We will be interviewing Joe "Hero 1" Morrissey, Lead Writer of the CoH Development Team!! Read Joe's Developer Diary at mmorpg.com Post your questions in the Official Forums for the interview There is an excellent review of our show at Massively.com Podcast Chooch and Viv no No