Marvel Heroes Online

[Tpek]

Part II of the civil war.
More good stuff and freebies.

Check out the new codes:
http://orcz.com/Marvel_Heroes:_Promo_Codes

Already had Cap and Iron Man.  The Mystery Boxes contain anything interesting?

Yeah, costumes, more IM/CA hero tokens, buffs and various cards.

Mind you, you should still pick up the hero tokens even if you already have the heroes themselves.
Using the token will upgrade your ultimate power :) (up to level 20)

I thought you could only pick one of the four Civil War bonus codes, though?

2 actually.

One of the normal TEAMCAP / TEAMIRONMAN codes and one of those with the MB (mystery box).

It's possible you could pick the normal one for cap/im and then the mb for the other :P

[Nefaro]

2 actually.

One of the normal TEAMCAP / TEAMIRONMAN codes and one of those with the MB (mystery box).

It's possible you could pick the normal one for cap/im and then the mb for the other :P

Thanks.  Didn't know that.

I'd prefer to get extra Iron Man stuff, but I've never been happy with how he plays in MHO.  Feels rather slow and plodding.  On the other hand, Cap has more enjoyable skills.

[Tpek]

And just as the 3rd Anniversary month long event is slowly coming to an end, Ultron gets released as a playable character :)

[Nefaro]

Free Random Hero & Costume boxes for logging in this weekend.



Event:

A very special Operation OMEGA is happening this weekend. 200% XP Bonus plus Cosmic AND Omega Leveling right now! Here's all the great perks happening from this popular event, the rest of which start on Friday July 22nd:

    200% XP - 200% server-wide boost to XP... ALL Weekend!
    Faster Omega AND Cosmic Leveling - once again ALL Weekend!
    Daily Double Omega Orb Shared Quest - your 1st daily Shared Quest gives you double Omega Orbs!
    S.H.I.E.L.D. Omega Access Files - awarded for logging in and completing missions
    Operation Omega Exclusive Items & Artifacts - for enough Access Files, S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Dum Dum Dugan has these on hand
    Omega-Level Boosts Return - pair this with our server-wide boost for even greater returns.
    Agent Coulson Mission - Agent Coulson offers a mission during Operation Omega week. Each day, you can complete five or more waves in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Holo-Sim to receive a reward from him.


Also as a special treat log in at any point this weekend to receive a FREE Random Hero Box as well as a FREE Random Costume Box!

[acctingman]

Is this F2P?

I've watched a couple video and as much as I like comics, etc....kinda wondering why I haven't played this 

[Nefaro]

Is this F2P?

Yes, it's free to play. 

I started shortly after it began, about 3 years ago, so I'm not sure what all you start with these days.

I believe they give you a hero of your choice, to start, and then you get one or two more as you finish the campaign & such.   Then they occasionally have one of these freebie events with free randoms.  Plus you can unlock others, of your choice, with in-game loot drops (shards).

You can play all the content without purchasing anything.

I've watched a couple video and as much as I like comics, etc....kinda wondering why I haven't played this 

It's pretty much Diablo 2 in a Marvel MMO guise. 

Rampage through enemies, loot, and spec your character's trees to unlock & use various abilities.  Relaxing mass mayhem for me.

Instanced multi-player.  I've not done raids or anything yet, just do some solo stints and switch between heroes to smash stuff up.




Your hero's look doesn't change with your equipment, unlike many Diablo-style ARPGs.  The superhero outfits are true to various comic versions.  You can buy variant costumes through the cash shop, along with extra heroes and some other stuff you may want without grinding.  Remember that your costume item can have buffs added to it at the crafter, so donate looted stuff you're not using to him first (until he's levelled to 20).

When you start playing MHO, and using the looted Shards to buy new heroes & such, I highly suggest you get the Random Playable Hero option until you have well over half the available hero roster.  They are almost 1/3rd the cost (in Shards) as picking a specific hero.



Currently the easiest & most powerful heroes, ideal for beginners, includes:

Spider-man
Jean Grey
Scarlet Witch
Doctor Doom
Elektra
Captain America
Deadpool


Not sure which of those are available for a first pick.  If they all are, I would suggest possibly picking up one of the higher cost heroes (Deadpool, Doom, Spider-Man) but go with your favorites, in general.   Tpek may have some extra suggestions for that list.

Many of the other heroes are passable, but a few older ones have fallen behind the power curve at the moment.  I think The Hulk is a big no-no right now, for example, being pretty weak compared to most others.

[acctingman]

Thanks for all info Nefaro!!  O0

[Tpek]

Angela has just been released.

And the game has been undergoing a massive revamp.
The entire Avengers tower hub, the prologue chapter and chapter 1 have all been entirely redone.

Plus there's the new highly controversial difficulty system that scales the enemies to be on par with you (according to level and equipment and such), and is pretty much the reason I barely touch the game these days.

[Nefaro]

Angela has just been released.

And the game has been undergoing a massive revamp.
The entire Avengers tower hub, the prologue chapter and chapter 1 have all been entirely redone.

AGAIN?! 

What the ever-living fuque?

Why do these jackanapes keep spending time dicking with the earliest parts of the game, where people go once.. for 10 minutes? 

The last time they changed the prologue, it became far more confusing for beginners IMO.  Hell, I had problems figuring out where I needed to go, and I had been playing most of the game's lifetime!  Wonder how bad they'll jack it up this time.   ::)

They need to stop fuquing with the first tiny noobie part, and start adding to the middle and end.

Plus there's the new highly controversial difficulty system that scales the enemies to be on par with you (according to level and equipment and such), and is pretty much the reason I barely touch the game these days.

I've not played in months, so I don't know what's been cooking. 

They should never have changed the old difficulty options, anyway.  Being able to manually raise the difficulty level, and re-do the main story Diablo-style numerous times, offered the perfect option.  Then they just bunched it all together and forced people to grind in a very specific way by taking away their difficulty options.  ::)  Sounds like they're doing more of the same.

Even if a difficulty system like this was wanted or needed, it's gotta be pretty obvious that it will have issues and growing pains for a long time.  What one person, or developer in this case, thinks is difficult, another person will not.  That's aside from problems caused by transferring such views into the game's mechanics, which always takes constant tweaking in MMOs.

....



Once again, a developer commits it's effort & man-hours to things that don't really need to be fixed, but ignores adding what keeps MMO players coming back:  more content to experience with their characters.

<facepalm>

<rant over>

[Tpek]

I absolutely loathe their decision to have that crappy difficulty scaling thing.
I'm really holding myself from bursting into a long diatribe about the demerits of such a sordid system.

[Nefaro]

I absolutely loathe their decision to have that crappy difficulty scaling thing.
I'm really holding myself from bursting into a long diatribe about the demerits of such a sordid system.

I assume it probably even makes the poor survivability of certain under-powered characters even more painful, too?

The difference between good survivable heroes, and the weaker ones, is already quite a stretch.  Their hero reviews are slow as old people fookeen, and the power creep has left a fair number of the heroes weak and uninteresting.  They need to concentrate on getting those up to speed, faster, too.

[Nefaro]

.. log in Saturday, November 5, to unlock playable Doctor Strange for FREE!

I've not played MHO in awhile.  Been waiting for the desperately needed game overhaul that's supposed to be out sometime soon.  Looks like it will address many of my complaints, and some of the needless bloat it has accumulated.  When it's done.

[acctingman]

Me being a HUGE comic book/movie geek...I tried to like this game, but after playing for an hour (as the Hulk) I logged off and uninstalled  :(

[Nefaro]

Me being a HUGE comic book/movie geek...I tried to like this game, but after playing for an hour (as the Hulk) I logged off and uninstalled  :(

Hulk has been one of the perpetually broke characters in the game.  I don't have him, but he's reportedly been exceptionally weak for quite awhile.

That's a good metaphor for how screwed up the game has been, in general, over the past couple years.  Seemed like the devs were adding needless junk while their new hero releases were continually providing "power creep" that would make the older heroes wimpy and obsolete at a fast pace. 

They were doing hero "reviews", and updating them with revised powers and such, but it was happening more slowly than their new hero releases.  It was a glacial pace.  So by the time an older hero got an update, they'd end up dropping behind again after a time.  Some heroes didn't get a review, or a very good one when they did.  I think Hulk was one of those that got shafted.  He was actually pretty strong, early on after the game first released, so maybe that's why he never really hit the "to do list".


The dev lead left earlier this year (iirc).  It has showed because the new boss must've been the one to fix all the bloated or unbalanced crap with these big game overhauls having been announced not long after the torch was passed.  Wish this transition would've happened a bit earlier. 

I guess the old ex-lead just wasn't into doing much with MHO anymore and it started showing in the gameplay design.  I'll be happy once everything is trimmed and updated under the new management.  This has been one of my go-to casual hack & slash online games, when I don't feel like doing single-player, but also don't want any competitive MP stress.  Chillaxe'in but still wreckin' NPCs.  :)

[Nefaro]

Log in on Black Friday (tomorrow) and you get Black Cat for free.



They also have a big bonus weekend(?) going right now, but I don't plan on playing until they get the big game overhaul updates in and running.  Always been pretty casual in playing anyway.

Figured I'd at least update today and log in for the freebies tomorrow.