The Hectagons - Explanation

[Poison]

Some people indeed wondered where the hectagonal icons that you see above posts and next to threads are from. I posted they're CoH related, but that hint doesn't help much, so I thought I'd go ahead and explain.
What you see there, are the Skill icons of CoH. In Issue5 the so called SSOOCS (Super Secret Out Of Combat System) will be implemented, and you are looking at the power tray icons which I found by accident.
For more info about the SSOOCS go here (http://student.uncw.edu/cem8760/ssoocs.html).

So may I present to you the Skill inspirations:

Science: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/Inspiration_science_breakthru_Lvl_3.bmp
Detective: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/Inspiration_detective_breakthru_Lvl_3.bmp
Academia: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/Inspiration_academia_breakthru_Lvl_3.bmp

Here the Expert Skill icons:

Wisdom: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_wisdom_lg.bmp

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Chemistry: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_chemistry_lg.bmp Accuracy: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_accuracy_lg.bmp
Computers: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_computers_lg.bmp Engineer: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_engineer_lg.bmp

[Poison]

Forensic: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_forensics_lg.bmp History: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_history_lg.bmp
Idea: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_ideacost_lg.bmp Idea Regen: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_idearegen_lg.bmp

[Poison]

Language: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_language_lg.bmp Medicine: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_medicine_lg.bmp
Mysticism: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_mysticism_lg.bmp Recharge Rate: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_rechratedec_lg.bmp

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Security: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_security_lg.bmp Streetwise: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_streetwise_lg.bmp
Tracking: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_tracking_lg.bmp Underworld: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v663/CoHPoison/Issue5/skill_expert_underworld_lg.bmp

[suburbanhell]

Sooooooo cool, we are already ahead of the curve, go us! :D

[sheld0n]

Hah, thats interesting. :)
I was certain these are the old "specializations" (now known as enhancements). Must be the hexagon shape that got me.

Cool beans!

[Astartus]

Damn, I must have missed to look into the piggs when the last patch applied... shame on me...

I really like the Academic Inspiration, but not the Science one, that one has nearly the same color like the Break Frees. The Dev's either have to make all Science Inspies the color of the deleted Will Insies (they will get changed to Break Frees with Issue #4) or change the Break Free color again.

The Skill Icons look damn cool. can't wait to study engineering.

[Jade_Dragon]

Heheh, Streetwise and Tracking for Jade Dragon. Just for starters. (Forensic looks interesting, too)

But... Recharge Rate? Accuracy? Do we really need more Recharge Rate in this game? Or, does this apply to the Recharge Rate and Accuracy of Skills?

Idea and Idea Regen also look intriguing.

[Kinetix]

I think Engineering and Computers best fits Kin. Maybe Tracking and Underowlrd too.

[Lorash]

toooo schweeeeet...Oly's gonna get Mystiscism for sure, since he's into the whole far-eastern philosophy thing...Not sure what the second one would be...Streetwise, maybe?

[Tarberetta]

Neato! I see a couple that fit Tarby perfectly.

Although not sure exactly what idea regen is :confused:

[Astartus]

I just wonder what these two new badges will be, that I just found in the piggs (they haven't been there 3 hours before, so I think they are part of the newest patch):

http://www.astartus.de/badge_event_corsair.gif http://www.astartus.de/badge_event_spectral.gif

And what this strange thing may be:
http://www.astartus.de/sp_icon_meteor_01.gif

[Blue Bolt]

Possibly the new "Kill Skuls" badges?

[Joe Schmoe]

They both have Event in their name, the skulls, so I'm thinking new events?

[Blue Bolt]

The Skull and Crossbones brings pirates to mind. A new villian group maybe?

[Joe Schmoe]

http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=corsair Had Corsair in the name, I think you got it right! :)

[Poison]

I guess the new zone, Croatoa, has a pirate event.

A corsair is a Northafrican coast pirat. The zone has 2 city zones, Salamanca and New Connaught. Salamanca is in Spain, Connaught in Ireland. Salamanca was one of the most important cities of the Spanish armada, whereas a lass called Gráinne Ní Mháille (ca.c. 1530 to 1603) was also called "Pirate Queen of Connaught".

The other badge is called Spectral. I'd guess it is related to the Witches, but that's really a far guess.

[Blue Bolt]

Spectral sounds more like ghosts... pirate ghosts? :D
Arg, we be fightin' in Davie Jones' locker!

[Tsarmina]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggg! Then maybe perhaps there be some pirate-y additions to the costume selection??? :rock: :singdance :headbang: :buddies:

[Amoeba Man]

Spectral sounds more like ghosts... pirate ghosts? :D
Arg, we be fightin' in Davie Jones' locker!
Was that a South Park episode that had Korn driving in a van, al la Scooby Doo, and they encountered ghost pirates? Or was that pirate ghosts?:D

On another note. Does anyone else feel like issue 4 is the anime or ninja issue? That could mean that issue 5 might be the pirate issue with cool pirate garb and such. There be ninja and pirate battles to be fought in the arena yet.

[Poison]

True, AM. And Statesman already announced Egyptian pantheon based villains for a future issue (probably I6), so I guess they're momentarily weeding off the historical villains.
I don't mind pirate villains, as long as it doesn't get too fantasy game-like.