Sidekicking and mentoring were among the best and most-used features in City of Heroes, but will one of its spiritual successors take a cue from these systems? On Valiance Online’s forums, the team is asking for fan feedback about a hypothetical system that would allow players of different levels to enjoy the game together. Maybe it’s nothing, but there’s a chance this could be a hint that the Valiance team is working on its own system behind the scenes.
Speaking of the project’s progress, the team posted its weekly development roadmap, now with a new column specifically for the task of tracking the game’s movement toward a private alpha. According to the chart, both systems and content for the alpha are complete, while coding, art, and QA are still in the works.
“The latest Unity update has made major changes to the handling of the user interface,” the team reported. “Instead of waiting on Unity to release an update to support old setups, we’re recording the affected parts in game.”
