Here are some notes from the training room on the upcoming stellar Issue #9!!!

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Issue 9: Breakthrough

Known Issues:

1. Respecing deletes all salvage in your Personal Invention Storage
2. No salvage received from invention tutorial if invention salvage is full
3. Auction House teleport temp power is consumed if the power in interrupted while casting it.
4. Invention enhancements are sold for 0 influence when respecing
5. Opening up the stack window causes a player to be unable to move unless they click the chat window
6. Putting a ++ or + enhancement on the auction house removes its pluses
7. Base salvage no longer drops when Invention salvage inventory is full
8. Players do not receive rare recipe rewards for the Terra Volta Trial.

HEADLINES:

Invention System: The Invention System has come to Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. Players can now find and earn Recipes and Salvage to build Invention Origin Enhancements that can never be out-leveled, build Costume pieces or build Temporary Powers.

Universities: Universities have been spread throughout Paragon City and the Rogue Isles to teach players how to use the new Invention System and build their technological breakthroughs at Worktables.

Auction Houses: Where better to buy and sell all of these new items than in the new auction houses! Wentworth’s Fine Consignments have sprung up throughout Paragon City while the villains prefer to do their bidding alongside “black-market” trucks placed throughout the Rogue Isles

Statesman’s Task Force: Eight heroes team up in order to face and defeat Paragon’s greatest enemies! Completing this difficult challenge results in some of the game’s rarest rewards!

New Hamidon Encounter: Villains finally get their own end-game raid encounter with the “Hamidon” and the new experience is also brought to the Heroes side where players must use new tactics to bring down one of the “City of”s greatest threats.


COMBINED NOTES :

The Invention System

The Invention System is a new system coming to Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. Players will be able to earn and find common, uncommon and rare Invention Salvage drops that when combined according to Recipes to create technological breakthroughs that can be used to evolve your character.

• At level 10, characters can participate in the Invention system by undertaking a brief tutorial at Universities in Steel Canyon (for Heroes) and Cap Au Diablo (for Villains).
• If your character is higher than level 10 they can still participate in the Tutorial.

The Invention System has many facets to it:

• Invention Salvage :
  • There is a new class of Salvage called “Invention Salvage” that drops off of NPC enemies you fight on a daily basis.
  • There are two classes of Invention Salvage: Science/Tech and Magic Salvage that drop off of an appropriately themed villain group for the Salvage.
  • Common, uncommon and rare Invention Salvage can be acquired in the game.
  • You can click “Info” on any enemy and see what the possible Salvage reward is for defeating that enemy.
    
    
• Recipes :
  • Recipes are used to make Invention Origin Enhancements, Costume Pieces, or Temporary Powers
  • Recipes can be dropped as rewards from NPC enemies you fight, bought from University Worktables or earned from Trials, Task Forces and Strike Forces.
  • The most basic types of Invented Origin Enhancement Recipes can be purchased from Worktables.
  • Like Salvage, Recipes can be common, uncommon and rare.
  • To use a Recipe you need to find the Salvage ingredients on the Recipe list and go to a University and use a Worktable (aka Crafting Station).

• Worktables :
  • Worktables allow players to invent Enhancements, Costume Pieces or Temporary Powers if they have the appropriate Recipe and required Salvage.
  • Players can craft any item that they have a Recipe and ingredients for, and do not need to be able to slot a high-level Enhancement to create it.
  • Worktables are found inside Universities, and can also be placed inside a Supergroup Base.
  • Players are able to summon a “Portable Workbench” after earning a Field Crafter Accolade badge. This allows players to craft without having to return to a University or Supergroup Worktable.

• Enhancement Sets :
  • Uncommon and Rare recipes can form Enhancement Sets which grant special “set bonuses” when slotted into a single power.
  • Set Enhancements can only be slotted into specific powers that fall within the type of powers that set is for.
    • Examples include Melee and Ranged attacks, Holds, Pets, Flight, Teleport, etc.
  • Enhancement Set Recipes are found by :
    • Defeating NPC enemies
    • The Reward Choice tables for the end of Trials and Task Forces have an option of selecting a random rare recipe from a select pool of recipes.
    • There is a small chance you will get a “rare” recipe when you complete missions,
  • Set Bonuses are not tied specifically to the power that the Invention Enhancement Set is slotted into. Set Bonuses will always persist, and will boost other powers (i.e. Damage and Accuracy) that your character has.
  • Set Bonuses can be temporarily disabled if a player exempts below the level of when a power was gained (in which the IO Set Bonuses are slotted into.)
    
    
• Inventories :
  • Characters have a limited Invention Salvage Inventory which grows as they gain levels.
  • You must have free Invention Inventory slots in order to receive more Invention Salvage rewards.
  • Characters also have a limited Recipe Inventory which works the same way.
  • Characters can unlock Invention Salvage Inventory slots by earning badges.
  • Players have access to external storage areas known as Vaults. (see Vault section below)