Bells
04-19-2012, 06:38 AM
In the looong forgotten age of about a year ago i made This Thread (http://www.nuklearforums.com/showthread.php?t=39589&highlight=CHampions+Online) telling about the birth and first adventures of Captain Manhood the manliest hero to ever step on the face of the universe.
Then, i had to take a break... work, life... the usual stuff that gets in the way of my Vidjamagames.
Since lately i was sniffing about looking for new online game to keep around (BTW, League of Legends and Blacklight Retribution ) i decided to bet once again in this game.
And Captain Manhood was reborn!!! Now as a Lvl 21 Bag of Man meat.
The main thing that brough me back was this huge overhaul they did with the game, they changed (for better) a ton of stuff, made the game much more dynamic and fun to pick and play.
Just to cover the basics pretty quickly:
Now you can Sidekick up or down a character. That means, if i'm level 20 and you are level 10, and i become your sidekick, i play as a lvl 10. Istill retain all my gear, powers and bonus, but stats gets rolled down. Allows for older players to play alike with newer players.
Likewise, if i'm Level 20 and you're 10 and i Sidekick you up, you play as lvl 20. Same deal, but you can equip gear of a higher level and stats go up.
The completely tosses away the entire crafting system and remade the whole loot and gear part of the game. 100% new drops (better balanced and varied) and a Upgrade system, so instead of farming and grinding for gear you earn upgrades by simply playing and get to customize the gear you want, in the way you want it.
New Alert stance missions... at any time, with a simple click of a button, you can jump into an "Alert" mission, these quick missions (2 to 10 minutes at most) are team based and usually are just a big brawl against a wave of powered up enemies. All levels are rounded up by the team, and it's really not all that easy... but it's a great way to suck in XP, Cash and Upgrades at any time... just click and go! It's the sort of thing you can do to break the pace between missions (and there are a TON of missions on the map...) or even do one while you're traveling from one place of the map to another.
New perks and a completely new Specialization system, so you can tweak your character even further (all old players got a full retcon free, and you can buy retcons too)
New Frameworks for power and new travel powers galore (but those costs real cash) and now you unlock new costume parts MUCh easier by simply beating bad guys, i'm tripping balls on random costume parts and it's just been 2 days!!
there is a huge wave of new players, so things are fresh... maps are multiple instanced so you can hop to a differente stance of the same map with less people in it if you want to be around just your friends or to avoid global lag.
All that while still have a super fun gameplay, open world missions, tons of quests and different maps in a game that never feels like grinding, where you always feel like you're progressing and that you can actually play Solo some parts and keep others for you and friends without having to lock yourself out of anything...
And Captain Manhood is enjoying the new Community and Social features like the Club that is reserved for RP, the theater where people do Costume contests and of course, the PVP scene.
So now, let's take a look!
http://i42.tinypic.com/34s5oaq.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/asf4n.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/11jr6nt.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2093qk0.jpg
And to round it up, just a few sample costumes i made to play around with the character creator (BTW you can change between costumes at will)
http://i40.tinypic.com/2sbqz9w.jpghttp://i41.tinypic.com/2h5ldsw.jpghttp://i41.tinypic.com/2z70dmx.jpghttp://i43.tinypic.com/174mf7.jpg
Then, i had to take a break... work, life... the usual stuff that gets in the way of my Vidjamagames.
Since lately i was sniffing about looking for new online game to keep around (BTW, League of Legends and Blacklight Retribution ) i decided to bet once again in this game.
And Captain Manhood was reborn!!! Now as a Lvl 21 Bag of Man meat.
The main thing that brough me back was this huge overhaul they did with the game, they changed (for better) a ton of stuff, made the game much more dynamic and fun to pick and play.
Just to cover the basics pretty quickly:
Now you can Sidekick up or down a character. That means, if i'm level 20 and you are level 10, and i become your sidekick, i play as a lvl 10. Istill retain all my gear, powers and bonus, but stats gets rolled down. Allows for older players to play alike with newer players.
Likewise, if i'm Level 20 and you're 10 and i Sidekick you up, you play as lvl 20. Same deal, but you can equip gear of a higher level and stats go up.
The completely tosses away the entire crafting system and remade the whole loot and gear part of the game. 100% new drops (better balanced and varied) and a Upgrade system, so instead of farming and grinding for gear you earn upgrades by simply playing and get to customize the gear you want, in the way you want it.
New Alert stance missions... at any time, with a simple click of a button, you can jump into an "Alert" mission, these quick missions (2 to 10 minutes at most) are team based and usually are just a big brawl against a wave of powered up enemies. All levels are rounded up by the team, and it's really not all that easy... but it's a great way to suck in XP, Cash and Upgrades at any time... just click and go! It's the sort of thing you can do to break the pace between missions (and there are a TON of missions on the map...) or even do one while you're traveling from one place of the map to another.
New perks and a completely new Specialization system, so you can tweak your character even further (all old players got a full retcon free, and you can buy retcons too)
New Frameworks for power and new travel powers galore (but those costs real cash) and now you unlock new costume parts MUCh easier by simply beating bad guys, i'm tripping balls on random costume parts and it's just been 2 days!!
there is a huge wave of new players, so things are fresh... maps are multiple instanced so you can hop to a differente stance of the same map with less people in it if you want to be around just your friends or to avoid global lag.
All that while still have a super fun gameplay, open world missions, tons of quests and different maps in a game that never feels like grinding, where you always feel like you're progressing and that you can actually play Solo some parts and keep others for you and friends without having to lock yourself out of anything...
And Captain Manhood is enjoying the new Community and Social features like the Club that is reserved for RP, the theater where people do Costume contests and of course, the PVP scene.
So now, let's take a look!
http://i42.tinypic.com/34s5oaq.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/asf4n.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/11jr6nt.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2093qk0.jpg
And to round it up, just a few sample costumes i made to play around with the character creator (BTW you can change between costumes at will)
http://i40.tinypic.com/2sbqz9w.jpghttp://i41.tinypic.com/2h5ldsw.jpghttp://i41.tinypic.com/2z70dmx.jpghttp://i43.tinypic.com/174mf7.jpg