The most basic superhero stories are pretty simple -- a villain is attacking the city and the hero has to go stop him or her. That's the spirit behind the new SMASH Alerts coming to the Champions Online test realm, quick instances that pit players against signature villains in a straight-up brawl. The villain may or may not have any minions, but the real test is to see if the heroes can knock out the villain within the time limit.
Players will notice that the new Alert system also has gained a new minimap icon and improved queue functionality, allowing you to sign up for a quick and dirty brawl with your nemesis of choice from anywhere. There are also new team-up GRAB Alerts available for testing against paired villains, which should give every hero a chance to pop in and beat the living daylights out of a villain up to no good. And, really, isn't that all you can ask from a superhero game?
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Posted: Feb 23rd 2012 9:11PM Daeths said
just hope it doesn't punish non-dps heros because of their reduced killing speed.
Posted: Feb 23rd 2012 10:25PM (Unverified) said
This is week 3 with no Behind The Mask. Is the column dead?
Posted: Feb 24th 2012 6:27PM Brianna Royce said
@(Unverified) You guys are good! Yeah, I'm sorry, but we've retired the column. The good news, though, is that its writer, Patrick Mackey, is now heading up our League of Legends column. Sorry guys, I know there were some stalwart fans out there, but it had sorta become the weakest link, and we wanted to try Patrick on something fresh. ;)
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Posted: Feb 24th 2012 12:20AM iseeit said
The best feature from DCUO. It's so good these guys didn't even bother changing the name.
Posted: Feb 24th 2012 10:52AM (Unverified) said
Looking forward to the changes. I hope to see more progress with this game this year.







