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Re: [New Product] Champions Complete

Same artist...

okay you sold me then!

just checked google, first day of fall is sept 22. countdown is on!!!!!!

Re: [New Product] Champions Complete

As far as color goes, I think the cover art will be important to grab attention. Let's face it, the two books of 6E were not very inspiring on their covers, and I've heard them compared to textbooks.

 

Maybe the new book can prominently feature Saphire's assets on the cover art to attract attention from new players.

certainly. look, the cover to champs beyond was amazing. something like that with action and exploding sheot in the background but with the millenium city champs. that would be awesome

Re: [New Product] Champions Complete

Well' date=' Every FLGS store around here Sold Out some pretty good sized stacks, in a very bad economy. They went to get more and couldn't. Heard every excuse under the sun but they seemed to be able to get every book under the sun except HERO books, and the ones they could get weren't moving the product because they were supplemental to the product folks couldn't get. Hopefully this will change that. Either way, reservations aside looking forward to the books. Money is Waiting.[/quote']

 

well said. my FLGS has heaps of HERO books but i notice that none of them move. noticeably absent from the collection is 6E1.

 

got caught up in all this discussion. do we have a release date yet???

Re: [New Product] Champions Complete

this is a forum, we are GOING to voice our opinions. whether you like it or not. AND they all deserve to be heard.

okay with that out of the way, i agree a lot with what memorax is saying. with superhero movies all the rage now, the time is upon us to grab more HERO system players. they company needs to think about doing more than just a one book effort. yes it may be difficult but take some risk, set the goal high! ask yourself, what would a superhero do?????

Re: [New Product] Champions Complete

well i thought about this more and was originally a 'naysayer' so to speak, but now i realize the potential. I have come around to the 1 book idea, i see the reasoning for it now, however 240 pages seems short for HERO. I had never read M&M before but i picked up a copy and i was surprised at the quality. it has come along way from d20 and is barely recognizable from normal d20 stuff now. hells bells, looks like they stole some HERO concepts too... just look at the powers and points system. in my mind M&M is what HERO is competing against; they need to get some of that market share back.

so how do we do that? GREAT art and in-color, not B&W art. I understand it is cost prohibitive but this is a mistake as the competition has good art and in color. And the cover should be very superheroey! and hardcover would be preferable but not a deal killer as long as color and art were good.

if all this happens then the differentiator becomes the support books. M&M 3e is still new and doesn't have much support yet. They also seem to be stymied into supporting DC Adventures RPG so support will come slow. CC on the other hand will be compatible with 6E and even 5E will little to no conversion necessary. So HERO gets the win, but only if the book is color and arty!

So i really implore DOJ to look at a color book and getting quality art in there! C'mon, you guys can do it!!!!! please don't half-ass this up!!!

p.s. if these suggestions were incorporated, i would support a kickstarter!

Re: [New Product] Champions Complete

not super thrilled about this. would rather have a reprint of 6E1 so that i can have a real hardcopy. reading PDFs all the time gets tiring. looks like this will never happen now.

also, 'champions core' sounds like a more appropriate name for this version. 'complete' implies everything under the sun which is 6E1 + 6E2 + whatever else.

Re: Dark Champions

yeah, i hear ya. bummer. dark champs was one of my fav's. was really hoping for an update next year.

best of luck to Steve, Darren and Hero!

Re: Dark Champions

We'll get around to it at some point -- in fact, it's an easy enough re-do that we could put it on the schedule pretty much anytime (it wouldn't need to be the Big Summer Release). I've actually done a little work on it already, in fact. The biggest stumbling block is having to update the chapter on organized crime; that will take some work.

 

I'd say 2013 is probably a good bet right now. Ask me again after our February planning meeting and schedule announcement.

you should time it so that it comes out at the same time as the next Batman movie. heheh

Re: Champions Beyond

Is this a sourcebook, e.g. Champions? Or it it more a "universe" or setting book, e.g. Champions Universe?

Just wondering as I am not keen on the setting books (I do custom settings) but I like picking up the sourcebooks for the additional rules, powers, ideas, etc.

thx.

Re: God of the Machines

try checking out Exalted: Autochonia for an example of that world you describe,.,..,

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game

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Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game

do you need both CoH and CoV to play or can you play with just CoV???