Champions Online - Villain Profile: Rakshasa & State of the Game

A new villain profile is online at the Champions Online website.

He was born Palash Krisharan to a poor family, in a small village in India. Very early on his mutant talent for illusion became apparent. As did his ability to reshape his body. It terrified his family and the local community. They cast him out to fend for himself when he was just a boy. He drifted around the country, using his abilities to steal enough to survive. Eventually he came to enjoy it and set himself up as a very successful confidence man. By the time he ran into Dr. Destroyer, he was already quite happily ensconced in a very comfortable lifestyle.

His mistake was trying to con a bunch of Destroyer’s lackeys. The lackeys, realizing what was going on, captured Rakshasa . He nearly escaped them, first through illusion (and one of them is still half in love with the beautiful woman he made appear) and then by shifting his form so that he could slip out through a grate in the floor. Destroyer, however, was smarter than his lackeys. No surprise there. He sent out a minor blast, incapacitating Rakshasa.

And the info on the current state of the game shows us what is happening at Mythic.

Speaking on Defense

One of the things we're hearing is that people simply aren't aware of the significance of defensive powers. We're going to be doing more in-game to highlight this all-important aspect to building a well-rounded hero, including ensuring there is a defensive power in every single framework (some were being shared across similar disciplines, such as Martial Arts). In the meantime, we encourage our beta testers to get those defenses up.

The Lone Wolf

There was a BIG miscommunication in a recent interview where the writer made it sound like there wasn't enough content for solo players to get to the level cap. While we have been putting a greater emphasis on getting group content into the game, players can easily solo their way to the level cap if that's how they want to play. We hope this clears things up