Doomsaw Marvel Heroes - Ask Me Anything

Eversor1

As it currently stands, Marvel Heroes has a 5.6 rating here at MMORPG.com and its Metascore is 58. Obviously these do not reflect the current state of the game, but they are affecting the game's attractiveness in the eyes of potential new players. Are you planning on requesting re-reviews of the game and if so, when would be the right time?

ThatMoGuy

Hey there. Thanks for engaging the community like this - I really appreciate it when game companies are open with their communities.

Something small that kind of bothers me that I'd love to have explained: why do certain currencies, such as eternity splinters, cube shards, and pvp crowns take up inventory slots, where as other currencies, such as credits and odin marks, do not? Is this something that may be changed in the future?

Cajunfried

Doomsaw, uniques are amazing items and truly identify a character and allow you to use certain iconic moments from a character's history.  The completely randomness of the unique drop coupled with an inability to trade those items can be massively frustrating.

 

Is there a plan to allow a recipe combination similar to the existing costume combine to trade in 3 uniques for a unique that was not donated and for the hero to which you use the recipe?  Barring that, would it be possible to craft a particular unique item given sufficient materials and cost?

lyleshnub

I've got a few questions. Feel free to pick and choose or answer 'em all.

1. Do you all have any plans for increased supergroup/guild functionality or adding gameplay incentives to joining? If so, can you spill any details?
2. Is She-Hulk going to be playable at some point? If so, do you know when? If not, would it be possible to just make a She-Hulk enhanced costume for normal Hulk (akin to the Lady Deadpool costume)?
3. Is there an ideal time frame for when you all would like to get the achievement system implemented? Will it interact with any Steam achievements?

Thanks! Fingers crossed I win an Gambitman, too!

XeonRaikou

Hey There Doomsaw,

Is there any chance or a possible work in progress of more "Ultimate Universe" Costumes coming to the store maybe next year or so? Scarlet Witch and Deadpool are about the only ones I've seen thus far and I wanted to know if we would see more such as Miles Morales Spider-man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avengers etc etc

Also are there any plans to increase the amount of Relics to be equipped in your inventory

icelordasdf

Hey Doomsaw! Just have a few questions to ask.

 

1. How many characters and villains does the team plan on adding to the game? Will Black Cat become a hero?

2. Does the team plan on adding for zones and chapters? And if so, any idea of what they will be?

3. You mentioned adding more types of pvp. What would those types be like?

4. Are there any plans for more survival zones like midtown manhattan or x-defense?

5. And lastly do you guys plan on adding themed party quests?

 

Thanks for your time!

Akalis

Doomsaw, couple of Questions for you.

 

1. Will we ever see instanced open world sections like hells kitchen/the docks etc. where you wont see other *same* heroes as yourself cept those that may be in your party?

 

2. Will we ever see classic heroes such as Angel, Longshot and so forth?

 

Thanks for everything so far. i have been enjoying MH since beta. thank you for this!

hipsy123

I loved the fact that you needed a group for the purple challenges to succeed. I also was a fan of limbo. Are there any plans to add Wundagore and Limbo back into the game with updated loot? I really liked them  a lot.

CptSaveAHo

Regretfully I will be unable to view the Q&A (packing for a vacay :-p) but hopefully my questions make it through.

First off, I love that PvP has finally been released.  Without further ado:

1) Between the release of new and rework of existing Heroes and fine tuning of PvP, when can the MH community can expect a Marvel Heroes PvP tournament? Will the MH Gaz dev team be participating?  I for one would love to see MH PvP as an MLG eSport one day.  ;-)

2) Now that PvP has been released, what is ratio of game development focus i.e. 50% PvP, 50% PvE?

3) When can the community expect the next PvP mode to be released to the TC? 

4) We all know that people primarily PvP for the notoriety, glory, and all that jazz so when will MH officially be keeping and posting player PvP statistics?

5) What do you do outside of developing this awesome game?

6) Want anything from Disney World or Universal Studios (my vacay)? :-p

Thank you for your time and the Gaz team's efforts and hardwork. Happy (early) Thanksgiving!

Destrucko

@Doomsaw

1) With XDef out and PvP mode in beta, any new mode planned? (Capture the flag..etc)

2) Will there be another map similar to Midtown Manhattan?

Thank you for your time.

Keep up the good works 

 

PS: MMORPG.com should have an updated review of Marvel Heroes.

Valeriano

Is there any current plan to buff hulk? He feel okay at just about everything, but he is not great at anything, especially PvP!!

dennison89

A trade system, that is a question all on its own, lol.

eugenics

Any chance for sandbox open world pvp with upgradeable bases that can be captured by guilds? 

Doomsaw-Gazillion

Question: With the invention of prestige mode and the hero roster keep growing, chances of a raise in max level cap will steadily fall, since it will get harder from a developers Point of View to craft new skills (the more hero you got the more work you gotta do, so if we at one point have 100 heroes, upping the max level means you have to rework 100 heroes)

i m fairly certain that you guys have brainstormed and discussed that topic internally. also with prestige, having raised maxlevel, how are prestiged heroes being handled?

just curious if you guys found a solution for increasing the max level or could you give any insight about this topic?

Answer: We don’t have plans to raise the current level cap. It can be fun to do that, but it also makes people’s items obsolete, so it can be incredibly frustrating. Our focus right now is offering more and more end-game content and alternate means of advancing your character without making all your gear obsolete.

Some examples:

- Legendary items from Odin’s vault which take a long time to earn, but are a brand new item slot, so they are always upgrades.

- Ring slots which are rare enough that getting the perfect ring is not easy.

- Prestige mode for those who are interested in the cosmetic features it offers

- Synergy system for those interested in leveling various heroes or just min/maxxing their current hero with synergy bonuses

- Several new gear items that are

- A “Team Up” system is in the works that allows us to create heroes that may never have enough powers to be a full hero, but could make good sidekicks. This would be a new hero type and could be leveled up in some way to fight alongside your favorite hero (or for people who don’t want to run around with a sidekick, just provide some passive benefit)

- Achievements coming in early 2014

- Several new item types that can be advanced coming in the next couple of months

If we ever did increase the level cap, heroes with prestige would definitely keep it and not need to prestige again. However, it’s possible that we just never raise the cap and continue to add alternate advancement methods.

RiskyShizzle

Any plans to include Rom the Space Knight into MH?  He's always been one of my favorites!

TheShamrock

Hi Doomsaw,

Thanks for answering our questions today.

I know you guys have mentioned dual builds before, is there a time table on when we can expect that?

Also you said something about PvP gear in the livestream, and that it was a good idea is this something that we can expect to see possible with the release of future PvP modes?

 

Ruminos

Heya Doomsaw!

It's been a trend with Marvel Heroes having one new hero per month. Do you plan to follow this same trend heading into 2014? Also, any updates on the new Bronx Zoo zone?

jboku

@Doomsaw -- This game is changing so quickly and new characters are being added at a solid pace.  With this pace, it seems like some characters are getting left behind for a long time before they get "buffed" and become solid again.  How do you plan on speeding up this processes? 

QuickZero

Will there be any more events like the asgard event?  Also do you plan on adding more villians?  Do you plan on adding the rest of the original x men?  Will you be adding more playable zones?

thochaos

Hey Doomsaw!

 

I'm a big Age of Apocalypse fan so I'm wanting to know what further AoA content is planned for the game?  I love the Colossus costume, but what other ones are on the way?  Any specific AoA characters or scenarios that have been discussed in the office?

 

Thanks man, love the game!

synn

Organizing stash is very time consuming especially when trying to maximize your time if you are using boosts. Will there ever be a button to organize stash space?

resivk

1) Has there been any talk about bring content that puts us in place of famous Marvel storylines? Perhaps as raids?

Maximum Carnage, Dark Phoenix Saga... just thinking about them in a videogame makes my knees weak!

 

2) More than 1 Signature powers? For reworks of Emma/Jean for example, where they have two forms?

 

3) How are the plans going to update/change useless/extremely weak powers on some characters? 

 

rbwdorkish

is there any chance you can sync the large 1gb download files between test and live just downloaded over 2gb cpl days ago on test and i'm now downloading over 2gb on live at 240kbs takes about 4hours till i can play on live

Terr0r217

Hello DOOMSAW,

As an avid Marvel fan and player of Marvel Heroes I was wondering if you guys planned on releasing content throughout the coming years concurrent with film releases, as you did with Thor 2 and the Asgard release for the game, such as upcoming releases like Days of Future Past, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Amazing Spiderman 2, and Captain America 2(Winter Soldier), not to mention Avengers 2(Age of Ultron) and the rumored World War Hulk film? I understand most things have to be approved well in advance before things can happen I was just wondering if this is already the plan or just a happy coincidence.

           Thanks,

     Andrew Foster - Marvel Heroes Username= SuitableTerror

ZephyrNic

Greetings Again Doomsaw,

Firstly, many f2p models out there run an in-game currency sale, any word on the possibility of a G sale for MH?

Next, now that Gambit has released can you give us an break down of the official upcoming releases for characters? As well any teases on early 2014 releases?

Gambit was put up on test server during a massive player participation event in the live game, do you feel this may have negatively impacted his testing time as players were busy maintaining their scores in the live event and not testing this content?

On the official MH forums the developers requested feedback on 'Quality of Life' issues, are there any 'Must do' gems Gazillion received from the player feedback and could you spoil a few to us here? Also, any chance a 200-300% credit pickup radius increase is one of them?

Additionally with great cosmic scale villains like Galactus at your finger tips, any chance we are going to see server wide event boss threats in the future? Along this same line, with raids upcoming, and spoilers as to whom the first raid villain we might encounter will be?

Lastly, with account bound items have been, and being added to the game such as uniques and legendaries, is there chance these items may one day not be bind on equip as there is no possibility of trading?

Thanks for your time,

ZephyrNic