March 28th, 2008

Champions Online Dev Blog: Ask Cryptic

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The team at Cryptic Studios answers some player questions in their latest dev blog entry for their upcoming superhero MMO, Champions Online. The company previously developed the CoX (City of Heroes/Villains) series.

To summarize, powers will be customizable as you progress through the game, allowing you to tweak various characteristics such as damage types, chance of criticals and special condition-based abilities, among other things. A new feature that was missing from the original CoX franchise is having your appearance evolve over time with new costume and armor pieces as you acquire them throughout the game, along with upgraded glows and effects that your character illuminates. You’ll also be able to set your own colors for each power effect.

Furthermore, the team is focusing a lot on persistent environments where players will be required to cooperate on a large-scale in order to defeat giant monsters, alien invaders, super-powerful villains, etc.

There’s plenty of more information to gather from the Q&A.