Champions Online: Ask Cryptic

The latest edition of "Ask Cryptic" is now live at the Champions Online site. Questions cover a plethora of topics taken from the official forums. Check it out!

Will travel powers be usable in PvP? If so, what is done to ensure a fair level of balance between the different travel powers? (Sspider)

We're attempting to make, as far as possible, all of the powers balance against each other purely on their own merits; control vs. velocity, for example. We will also be adding an energy build penalty to all of the travel powers (not explicitly a cost, simply slowing down the rate at which you can build or recover energy) which will vary between the powers based on their utility. Finally, we are also adding more travel - power disabling effects to the game, particularly to "pick up and throw" type powers, to further help "even the odds".

Will instanced missions be on designed maps (that is, maps created especially for the mission, as in WoW or LotRO), or on generic maps (as in CoX)? (JonboyDC)

A little of both. The maps for missions that are part of directed story arcs are all created specifically for these missions by a designer. In response to beta players' feedback that they wanted to see more instanced content, we added over 80 new patrol mission maps to Millennium City. Patrol missions are missions your hero can get from well-meaning citizens while out cleaning up the city's streets. The maps for these missions were generated from themed kits like sewer, office, high tech lab, and so on. Each patrol mission got its own unique map--you won't see the same map layout being used over and over for multiple missions. We will be adding more of these maps to other areas of the game as we move closer to launch.

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