When is the next major update?

[eldriyth]

As the subject title, and are we going to get some new power sets and different mastermind pets?

[jubakumbi]

As the subject title, and are we going to get some new power sets and different mastermind pets?

 

If we want new stuff, we have to make it.

 

The ball is in all of our hands.

 

If someone makes new things that work, the server runners that like those things can add them, the HC team has shown they will do that already.

 

So the real answer is, 'when we create something new'.

 

Not the royal 'we', the real 'we' as in all of us, the people that love the game.

 

There is no single entity controlling the addition of new things now.

[JusticeBowler]

But there's no toolset for people to create anything. I suppose someone could make a story arc in AE that was really good and perhaps that could get imported into the game, but nothing like an ITF, new Zone, or other major additions. We don't even know how to edit an image file to offer it up as a "better" texture for an old costume piece, much less make something new.

 

Until dev tools or guides come out, we are just passengers on this train.

[Shinobu]

 

If you check the Beta section of these forums, it'll tell you what's likely in the next update. 

 

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,4275.0.html

 

Which is largely focused on making Instasnipe an automatic thing when you're in combat.  It sounds somewhat similar to how a Stalker's Assassin's Strike works, but there's no Hide to trigger the fast version to the slow version, rather it's based on whether you're involved in combat or have been out of combat long enough.

 

Most of that has been ready to go live for a month but they're reworking Dominator Assault sets, since they were adversely affected by the sniper changes.

 

That's basically it.  Don't expect major updates, ever.  Can you expect new Task Forces?  Maybe -- SCORE added one in about six years.  Can you expect new ATs?  SCORE also added one in six years.  Can you expect new powers or power sets?  Much more likely -- they have to be able to create new animations, but I believe they can do this now, and they are very likely wanting to fill out the other new pool powers and the Wind Control set that had been proposed/in the works at the time the game shut down.  But when can you expect those  things?  Don't know, but if it took a year or more I wouldn't be surprised.

 

Things that are very likely to be added in the next year:  new badges, perhaps explore badges for Kallisti Wharf or accolades for PvP zones; many more items to add to bases (base love is one of the easiest things to add to the game it seems); minor changes such as how powers work, what gives what rewards, the sort of things that are easy to change with a line or two of code and might be a good idea for balance reasons or whatever.

 

There will, of course, be updates to turn on events like the Halloween event, or the Winter event.

 

Things  that you will likely see... eventually:  The aforementioned Wind Control and power pool sets, I think.  Probably new costume options also.

 

Things that could take a couple of years at least:  New missions or task forces, new ATs.  In particular Captain Powerhouse has spoken about a proposed AT that was being looked at before sunset called a Striker.  https://forums.homecomingservers.com/index.php/topic,6105.0.html  I'm not suggesting any new AT is being worked on at present, but of all the proposals I've seen, this one is something that existed pre-sunset, and

 

There has been a lot of thought put over the years on making Strikers a thing. There are a lot of priorities that need to be taken care of before any work is done on the AT, but...

 

So in terms of a new AT coming along, that might be your best bet.  But like I said, it's not something that you're going to see soon.  And it's always possible that someone else comes along and does all of the hard work to get their own particular idea working, and you'll see that instead.  People having the knowledge of how to read and update the game code and having time to work on things, and being able to work with the SCORE team, those are the big three things that are required to get anything done.  If you have all three of those, then in theory anything is possible, but time is probably the biggest piece of the puzzle.

[THEDarkTyger]

As the subject title, and are we going to get some new power sets and different mastermind pets?

 

Why do you think it's likely we'll get one? You are aware that this is a fan-maintained private server of a game that hasn't been actively developed for nearly a decade, right? That none of the original devs are maintaining this. I won't say it's impossible, but I certainly wouldn't be acting like it's a given.

[justicebeliever]

But there's no toolset for people to create anything. I suppose someone could make a story arc in AE that was really good and perhaps that could get imported into the game, but nothing like an ITF, new Zone, or other major additions. We don't even know how to edit an image file to offer it up as a "better" texture for an old costume piece, much less make something new.

 

Until dev tools or guides come out, we are just passengers on this train.

 

There is literally a whole section devoted to asking for volunteers...if you have the talent, I'm sure they can get you plugged in.

 

I am a talentless hack, but I don't ask for much either.