Paragon: Info thread (Game is dead, server go down in April)

[Wavergray]

Paragon is a third person MOBA made by Epic Games and it started its early access beta yesterday for the cost of $20, $60, or $100.

As someone who is a super casual when it comes to MOBAs (I've only played HOTS and a little bit of Smite) I will now give my First impressions of Paragon.

Visuals: It looks good, really good in fact. The only other MOBA that comes close to it in visual is BattleBorn.

Combat: It feels nice, but it's slow. When I first saw the game I thought the combat would be faster.

Characters: All of them feel unique, but some of them seem weaker then other. This is probably due to my inexperience with this game and MOBAs in general.

Pace: I guess the pace of each match is okay, each match takes around 25-45 minutes to finish. I'm pretty sure this is the normal pace of a MOBA. (I'm used to HOTS 15- 20 minutes matchs)

Cards/Item: The card system is cool, but there will be balance problems with it. The cards are your upgrades in the match and after your reach level 5 you can make your own deck. Cards are give to you in card packs that you get for leveling up characters and by buying them with in game money. Cards have the normal card rarity system (common, uncommon..etc) and they are all random so you can buy 10 packs and never get a rare card but someone else can buy two packs and both will have a rare card. This could cause balance problems based on how strong rare cards are.

All and all it an okay game right now and it has potential.

All of this has changed see the posts below to see have the game has changed in the last few months.
Here's a video about the baiscs of the game:

The latest Patch note video (patch .29)

Edited December 5, 2016 by soultaker655

[Daniel_Shadow170]

Which did you buy $20,$60, or $100? On the fence about trying it still.

[Wavergray]

Which did you buy $20,$60, or $100? On the fence about trying it still.

I bought the $20 pack, but then I upgraded to the $60 pack after a few matches. Edited March 19, 2016 by soultaker655

[Wavergray]

So I played the game some more and the card system has way more depth to it then I first thought. Only certain characters can use certain types of equipment cards and each type of equipment card can only use certain types of upgrade cards. For example a equipment card that boosts attack speed and physical damage can only use upgrade cards that also boost attack speed and physical damage.

I like how much variety this can add to each character, but I wish cards weren't tied to a RNG system. 

 

Here's a another video of gameplay:

Edited April 25, 2016 by S-Brawl3r

[Wavergray]

I guess I'll update this post with any changes that happen to the game until the beta is out in August.

 

The biggest thing that has been going on in the game is the deathball meta game. What is the deathball? It's a strategy that is currently dominating the game. To understand why the deathball is so strong right now you need to know a few things about how Paragon's gold/cxp and item/card system works. CXP (the gold of the game) is has a share radius so if someone near a teammate picks up cxp that teammate with also get the same amount of cxp. This radius currently works on cxp dropped by jungle camp monsters and player kills. Because of this share radius someone figured out that instead of laning at the start of the match all 5 players can just go into jungle and kill camp monsters to get a huge amount of cxp 3 minutes into the game. Because of this the team that is deathballing will have mid to late game cards/items about five minutes into the match. In most cases this leads to 10-15 minute blow out matches.

 

This deathball strategy has more or less shaped the way the game is played right now. 

 

This is more or less gone from the game now.

 

Besides that the only thing that's going on is just normal moba balance stuff and a new character.

Here's a video about the new character Sevarog

Edited July 1, 2016 by soultaker655

[Wavergray]

Info update:

 

Not much has changed in the past few weeks, just some UI updates and a few dev blog posts about the changes that are coming in the next few weeks.

 

They are too long to quote so here are the links to the blog posts if you want to read them:

CARD POWER SHARING AND "THE DEATHBALL"

STATE OF THE GAME - MONTH 1

AFKERS AND LEAVERS

 

There is also a new character coming out on Tuesday "IGGY & SCORCH"

[Wavergray]

Info update:

 

The last weeks patch made it so that co-op vs A.I. gives the same rewards as a PvP match, which is great for everyone. They also increased the overall movement speed of the game by 12.5%

The biggest news is that a Free Beta Weekend starts this Thursday. If you signed up for the beta a while back check you inbox on Thursday to see if you got in.

The first Free Beta Weekend will be on Thursday, April 28 through Sunday, May 1 and they will let 500,000 into the game.

The second Free Beta Weekend will be on Thursday, May 5 through Sunday, May 8 and will let in everyone who signed up for the beta.

 

That's it for now.

[Guest]

This game looks amazing on PC. Though the Ps4 isn't bad.

[Wavergray]

Info update:

 

If you have signed up for the beta before yesterday you can now play in this week's Free Beta Weekend.

There were some balance changes over the pass few weeks that balanced tanks and Crit damage.

There were also some improvements to the UI and card system.

Plus two new characters GRIM.exe and Riktor.

 

Here's a video to show how the game looks right now:

[Wavergray]

Update: #gamechanger

 

So much game changing info for was just released today. The first is patch .27 it's so big epic made a video about it.

The clipnotes are:

• Draft Mode - Everyone chooses their character after everyone is in the lobby.
• CXP Sharing from Jungle minion is gone.
• Inhibitors no longer respawn
• Minion buff and nerf
• All hero passives are gone
• Auto attack now levels up with you
• All Abilities now can be leveled up to level 4

There is more go here to read all the changes: https://www.epicgames.com/paragon/blog/introducing-draft-mode-all-heroes-rebalanced-cp-distribution-changes

 

The second is that Open beta starts on August 16.

 

 

The third is what is in the works for the future of the game.

https://www.epicgames.com/paragon/blog/committing-to-change-the-future-of-our-meta 

 

 

 

There was also a new character revealed named Khaimera

 

 

We’d like to introduce you to the latest Hero. We call this melee fighter … Khaimera. He’s Paragon’s first duelist, a Hero who excels at isolating targets, and also happens to wield dual axes. Get your first look at Khaimera below. You’ll be able to play Khaimera as part of our update on Tuesday, June 21. The TL;DR on Khaimera is that he is a melee fighter who specializes in disrupting team fights with close-up encounters. His Pounce leaps to a target enemy Hero, briefly stunning that Hero and dealing Physical Damage around him. While he’s engaged in fights, his Spirit Regeneration stacks more health regen with each basic attack. His Ultimate, Cull, deals a large amount of damage, both rooting and isolating a target from allies.

 

 

 

That's all for now.

Edited August 11, 2016 by soultaker655

[Wavergray]

Update: 
First up is that the $20 Founder’s Pack will now be free for PS+ member starting next week (07/05/16)

On top of this there will be a month of in game events

Month of Events
July 5-11
Kill The Core

• Each player who is part of destroying a core will contribute to a total number. If players reach 2.5 million core kills during the week, everyone will win the Midnight Muriel skin!

July 12-18
Still-Secret Hero Race

• We haven’t announced our next Hero yet, but we’ll be setting a community goal for total Hero XP for this upcoming hero in a week. If players reach that goal, everyone will receive five card packs! More info soon.

July 19-25
All Hero “Race”

• Much like our Hero Races, we’re giving the community a giant total Hero XP goal for the week. Any Hero. Total XP earned by the community. Win an unannounced skin. More info soon.

July 26-August 1 
Double Everything

• We’re going all out with Double XP and Double Rep all week! We’re also challenging everyone to see how many Hero levels the community can achieve in a week. Get out there, try some new Heroes and you could win an unannounced skin. More info soon.

As always, we couldn’t do it without you. We’ll see you on the battlefield.

 

https://www.epicgames.com/paragon/blog/free-starter-pack-for-ps-members-in-july

 

The newest update for the game (v.28) has changed Travel Mode.
 

We recently announced our plans to remove Travel Mode, and with this week’s v.28 update we’ve replaced Travel Mode with Auto Sprint. With Auto Sprint you will naturally progress into a faster movement speed when you have been out of combat for 5 seconds. This is a step in the process as we continue to look at map traversal speed and adjust for the future. You can read more about Auto Sprint in THIS blog.
In order to improve match length, we have implemented some of the adjustments we outlined in our Match Length blog. Inhibitors now respawn if you bring the Prime Orb to your own capture point, and Super Minion strength and numbers have been adjusted. Towers have also been changed to allow for the capability of Heroes to tank the damage and dive.
But v.28 is bigger than that. We’ve added more ways to level up and progress with a fully revamped daily rewards system. We’ve also added weekly quests which will allow you to earn some sweet loot, like cards and skins, if you conquer some objectives for that week.
With v.28 we’ve also introduced a major UI overhaul to the game. The revamped homepage will now provide a place for you to check out all the latest Paragon news, stats and strats.
We’ve also made a host of other changes in this update including more viable starter decks, recommended builds in-game, adjustments to health and mana potions, and much more. Take a look below for all the v.28 changes.
Release Notes - .28
GENERAL CHANGES
CARDS

• Weekly Card Pack
  • Offensive Maneuvers
    • Community Pick
  • Snakevine Mesh
  • Lesser Health
• Card Filters
  • Added rarity and owned filters.
  • You can now filter cards by multiple affinities at once.
• Updated all starter decks to include categories.
  • Updated new starter decks so that each fully upgraded card is worth 10 points.
• Added new Intermediate decks.
  • Intermediate decks unlock for all Heroes at account level 6.
  • Added three new cards for these decks:
    • Hand of Prophets (8 points of Energy Pen, 3 points of Health)
    • Fist of Kings (8 points of Physical Pen, 3 points of Health)
    • Touch of Thieves (8 points of lifesteal , 3 points of Health)
• Potions
  • Reduced Health Potion healing per second from 14 to 10.
  • Reduced Mana Potion mana per second from 5.3 to 3.8.
  • Starter Health and Mana potions now only have 2 charges (down from 3).
• Deck builder should now be able to copy starter decks as a base for a new deck.
• Deck names have more space and scroll.
• Added ability to open card shop in the field, but can’t purchase cards unless at base.

AGORA

• A number of match length reduction measures have been implemented.
  • Increasing economic separation of successful players.
    • Increased minion last-hit multiplier from 5 to 5.5
  • Super Minions
    • Increased super minion damage vs other minions.
    • Increased super minion damage vs structures.
    • Increased number of super minions by 1 per super wave.
  • Added the ability of players to tank towers.
    • Towers, Inhibitors, & Cores
      • Added 65 Physical and Energy Armor to tier 1 tower.
      • Reduced Tier 2 tower health from 3500 to 2500.
        • Added 65 Physical and Energy Armor to tier 2 tower.
      • Increased Tier 1 payout from 200 CP to 500 CP.
      • Increased Tier 2 payout from 370 CP to 650 CP.
      • Reduced Tier 1 team-wide payout from 200 to 100 CP.
      • Reduced Tier 2 team-wide payout from 375 to 100 CP.
      • Player’s last hitting towers result in amber to fly to the killer.
      • Flattened stacking tower damage debuff from 50% per hit (Max stack of 1), to 25% per hit (Max stack of 2).
      • Reduced Inhibitor health from 4000 to 3150.
        • Reduced Inhibitor health regen from 6.4 to 5.25.
        • Added 65 Physical and Energy armor to Inhibitors.
      • Reduced Core health from 8000 to 6300.
  • Prime Guardian
    • Increased team-wide payout from 800 to 1200 CP.
  • Reduced global passive drip rate from 1.4 to .7 CP per second.
• Jungle Updates
  • Jungle minions can now be stacked.
    • Every 2 minutes (6 minutes for buff camps), slain minion camps will respawn and living camps will level up.
    • The max level of all jungle minion camps is 5.
  • Black Buff
    • Rebalanced to match Red and Blue.
    • Black buff now spawns at six minutes and respawns or levels every six minutes.
    • Reduced initial health from 3500 to [1250, 1250, 1563, 1875, 2188, 2500].
    • Reduced initial XP payout from 66 to [30, 52,  75, 97, 120].
    • Reduced initial CXP payout from 50 CXP to [38.5, 60, 93.5, 121, 148.5].
    • Changed Base attack time is from 0.8 to 1.
    • Changed Base attack rating from 100 to [12, 17, 22, 27, 32].
  • Blue Buff
    • Spawns at 1 minute.
    • Increased health from 1012 to [1250, 1250, 1563, 1875, 2188, 2500].
    • Reduced initial XP payout from 54 to [30, 52,  75, 97, 120].
    • Reduced initial CXP payout from 60 CXP to [38.5, 60, 93.5, 121, 148.5].
    • Changed Base attack time is from 1.5 to 1.
    • Changed Base attack rating from 18 to [12, 17, 22, 27, 32].
       
  • Red Buff
    • Spawns at 1 minute.
    • Increased health from 1012 to [1250, 1250, 1563, 1875, 2188, 2500].
    • Reduced initial XP payout from 54 to [30, 52,  75, 97, 120].
    • Reduced initial CXP payout from 60 CXP to [38.5, 60, 93.5, 121, 148.5].
    • Changed Base attack time is from 2.2 to 1.
    • Changed Base attack rating from 25 to [12, 17, 22, 27, 32].
  • White Camps
    • Spawn time has been changed to 60 seconds to coincide with the minion wave timing.
    • Increased health from 345 to [475, 594, 713, 831, 950].
    • Reduced initial XP payout from 36 to [26, 45.5, 65, 84.5, 104].
    • Reduced initial CXP payout from 10 CXP to [16.5, 27.5, 49.5, 60.5].
    • Changed Base attack time is from 1.5 to 1.
    • Changed Base attack rating from 10.6 to [5, 7, 9, 11, 13].
  • Prime Guardian & Orb
    • The Prime Guardian now does not level up. It has the same stats at every level. It spawns at 6 minutes and respawns after 10.
    • Improved and updated Prime Guardian attack effects.
    • Prime Orb Defensive Capture Feature.
      • Respawns downed friendly Inhibitors.
  • Wards
    • Enemies should no longer see that a ward has been placed when they can’t see you.
  • Removed eyeball indicator over your head if you were in a Shadow Pad and were seen.
    • Kallari’s Shadow Walk and Death Sentence will be the only things that show eyeballs when seen.

AI

• Bots should no longer try to heal allies while in spawn area.

REPLAY

• Added a “Jump to Time” text box on the replay timeline to jump to a specific time in a replay while viewing it.
• Added ability to pause replay recording while keeping the current replay open.

MATCHMAKING

• Draft Lobby dodge penalty no longer applies for Custom Matches.
• No longer penalize players for someone in their party leaving a Draft Lobby.
• Added Oceania servers.

HUD & UI

• Team Comms:
  • Re-arranged team comms and added deeper layers of communication in each category.
    • Attack
      • Attack Left / Right / Middle / [buff]
        • Attack Red / Blue / Black / Prime Buff
    • Alert
      • Enemies Missing / Help / Retreat / [On My Way]
        • On My Way / Left / Right / Middle
    • Defend
      • Defend Left / Right / Middle / [Care]
        • Careful Left / Right / Middle / Jungle
    • Notify
      • Ultimate Ready / Group Up / Be Right Back / [Other]
        • Good Job / Sorry / We Need Wards / Don’t Chase
  • Added a “cancel team comms” prompt with button indicator to the team comms widget.
  • Changed “MIA” to “Enemies Missing” to increase clarity.
  • Rate limiter to reduce “spammy” team comms.
  • Turned the gesture drawing line red so it is clear when it is in gesture mode.
  • If you draw a straight line, you now get the deepest option in that direction.
• Directional damage indicators now louder.
• Added “Show Basic Attack Range Indicator” option to settings.
• Added PlayStation 4 controller shortcuts to a large number of functions.
• Added force feedback on melee hit and melee miss.
• Added force feedback on shots fired for shooters.
• Added friendly team card purchase / complete / discard messages to chat.
• When a Hero’s health regen goes up, the health regen text now temporarily scales up.
• Health pips now correctly oriented for enemy minions.
  • Minion health clarity improved.
• Improved sequencing of CP/XP floating numbers and CP/XP meters responding to numbers.
• Chat window is slightly larger.
• Radial Select Enabled.
  • Allows usage of items with right-stick on PS4 controller.
• Replaced starting splash screen and loading screen.
• Replaced the old minion icon.
• Status Icons added to profile overview screen.
• Focusing chat window when initiating a chat from the party bar.
  • Also changed “whisper” to “chat” in the menu.
• Several early level-up rewards have changed.
  • Below are tables of the upcoming rewards structure. Players will retroactively receive rewards for the days/levels they have achieved.

Paragon Level New Additional Reward* Level 7 Brand of the Iron Eater, Lesser Drain, Drain Level 8  Magna-Lens, Minor Shock, Shock Level 9 Thirstfang, Lesser Drain, Drain Level 10 Elysian Diamond, Basic Spark, Spark Level 11 Flashfire Piston Level 12 Overflowing Gifts Level 13 Traitor's Touch Level 14 Offensive Maneuvers Level 15 Ring of Domina
 
Daily Reward (victory Chest) New Additonal Reward Day 1 100 Coins Day 2 100 Coins, 3 day XP boost, Card Pack Day 3 100 Coins, 3 day Rep Boost, Card Pack Day 4  100 Coins, 3 Win XP Boost Day 5 150 Coins Day 6  Random Fury Card Day 7 Random Order card Day 8  Random Intelligence Card Day 9  Random Growth Card Day 10 Random Corruption Card Day 11 Random Universal Card Day 12 Random Fury Card, Random Order Card, Random Intelligence Card, Random Growth Card, Random Coruption Card
*These rewards are all in addition to the Card Packs, Reputation, and other rewards you would previously receive.

• Added first-time event tips for several actions.
• Added build order guide to card shop.
• Post-match screen received major revamp.
• Home page screen received major revamp.
• Added a Card Shop tutorial for the first time you open it.
• Changed the main font for the UI.
• Overhead health indicator now on by default and has improved visuals.
• Tower indicators are more prominent when player is under tower.
• Minion count on tower now flashes red when entering a dangerously low state.
• Added tutorial quest when playing Solo vs. AI guide the player to important tasks.
• Reliquary renamed to Loot Crate.
• Added language support for Arabic, Polish, and Brazilian-Portuguese.

AUDIO

• Directional attenuation settings on enemies and teammates adjusted to that attacks can be heard if you are standing directly behind shooting player.
• Fixing up the Audio Settings menu
  • Added Master, Music, Sound Effects and Voice Sliders.
  • Changed the label of the “Other” volume slider to “Sound Effects”
  • Defaulted the volumes to 0.7 instead of 1.0
  • Fixed an issue where the volumes would go to 0 if you changed the window mode.

ALL HEROES

• Reduced Basic Attack card scaling of casters from 0.7 to 0.4.
• Player Bounties
  • Changed killing spree so that it starts on 3 kills instead of 6.
  • Increased Player Bounty from 570 CP to 860 CP.
  • Increased Player kill streak multipliers for 2, 3, 4, 5, kills and beyond from [1.15x, 1.3x, 1.45x, 1.6x] to [1.3x, 1.6x, 1.85x, 2.25x].
  • Heroes now receive damage resistance vs structures (towers, inhibitors and the core) when buying any kind of armor.
    • This calculation uses the sum of the Hero’s armor.
      • Values under 170 total armor result in less than 6%
      • 200 provides ~10%
      • 290 provides ~20%
      • 300 provides ~22.5%
      • 350 provides ~30%
      • 440 provides ~40%
      • Values over 450 rapidly diminish to 45%

• Stasis Bomb
  • Reduced AOE from 300 to 180.
  • Reduced stun duration from [1, 1.4, 1.8, 2.2] to  [0.5, 0.8, 1.1, 1.5].
• Containment Fence
  • Increased cooldown from 100 to 180 at all levels.

• Polish/Bug Fixing:
  • Updated tooltip of Primary Ability.

• Tesla Dome
  • No longer occasionally does an extra tick of damage.
• Seek & Destroy
  • No longer disappears if Gadget is silenced after casting it.
  • Corrected an issue that could cause the amount of damage dealt to be less than intended.
• Polish/Bug Fixing:
  • Limited Gadget Speed Gate damage sound to 1 .

• Black Hole
  • No longer receives CC immunity during ultimate.
  • No longer applies shield.

• G.T.F.O
  • Reduced card scaling from [1, 1.5, 2] to 1 at all levels.

• Warlord’s Challenge
  • Bleed is now applied correctly to weapons even if silenced or stunned after ulting.
  • Grux’s basic attacks now correctly do full damage instead of being reduced slightly during the ability.

• Slow Grenades
  • Now correctly refreshes the slow duration when an enemy hero hits multiple grenades over time.
  • No longer disappears if Howitzer is silenced after casting.
• Polish/Bug Fixing:
  • Updated tooltip of some abilities.
  • Added Howitzer suit start-up sound.
  • Audio adjustments on Make it Rain sounds to be louder on explosion, quieter on shot.

• Flame Turret
  • Turret fuel/fire time adjusted from [10, 11.5, 13, 14.5] to 12 at all levels.
• Polish/Bug Fixing:
  • Increased audio volume of Flame Belch.

• Added Red Death Kallari Skin.
• Shadow Walk
  • Activating Shadow Walk while on a Shadow Pad will no longer take you out of stealth before putting you back into stealth.
• Death Sentence
  • Fixed an issue where a partial cooldown was triggered if Kallari died during the channel, but full cooldown if cancelled.
• Polish/Bug Fixing:
  • Updated tooltip for Shadow Walk.
  • Fix foot sliding around while stunned.

• Unleash
  • Khaimera can no longer be silenced or CC’ed out of Unleash once it’s active.
• Spirit Regeneration
  • Health Regen stacks now shown on the HUD.
• Cull
  • Unlocked movement (but not rotation) before the animation is complete.
  • Target’s root increased from .5 seconds to 1 second.
• Polish/Bug Fixing:
  • Added Splash FX for landing in the water with Ambush.
  • Updated tooltip of abilities.
  • Tweaks to the effects on Cull.
  • Fixed persistent glow on the moon emblem.

• Polish/Bug Fixing
  • Updated audio for footsteps and some abilities.
  • Updated Devastating Blast tooltip to reflect that it ignores energy armor and has unlimited range.

• Polish/Bug Fixing
  • Minor updates to Muriel’s animations.

• Boulder Throw
  • Rampage can now throw boulders during Enraged.
  • Enraged Boulders throw instantly with a faster animation.
  • Adjusted Boulder Throw animation during Enraged.
• Polish/Bug Fixing:
  • Updated some ability tooltips.
  • Adjustments to his Enraged camera mode.

• Riplash
  • Reduced mobility and camera lock when Riplash misses or the target dies.
• Electrocute
  • No longer turns off if silenced after the activation.
• Polish/Bug Fixing:
  • The Riplash ability tooltip should now list card scaling correctly.

• Subjugate
  • Fixed an issue where Subjugate could be interrupted after it was already cast complete.
• Colossal Blow
  • Fixed an issue where the cooldown wouldn’t always apply full duration when successfully cast
  • Fixed an issue which would prevent other abilities being activated during the recovery animation.
• Polish/Bug Fixing:
  • Fixed a bug that was allowing ability FX to be shown for Siphon and Colossal Blow even if it was interrupted before damage done.

• Bow Shot
  • Projectile speed should now be consistent with all other projectile speeds.
• Piercing Shot
  • No longer disappears if Sparrow is silenced or stunned after cast.
• Relentless
  • Increased duration of stacks from 3 seconds to 5 seconds.
• Polish/Bug Fixing:
  • Added sound to Sparrow emote, victory, respawn, match start, and select screens.

• Added Diesel Steel Skin

• Barrage
  • This ability can now critically strike.
• Polish/Bug Fixing
  • Fixed an issue where Twinblast wasn’t getting the full value of crit.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed an issue where you couldn't shop while dead.
• Fixed some HUD issues with Cooldown Reduction on Card abilities.
• Fixed occasional crash after clicking “Rate Players.”

https://www.epicgames.com/paragon/blog/travel-mode-changes-match-length-and-ui-improvements

 

 

 Also here's a video about the basics of the game:

 

 

That's all for now.

Edited June 30, 2016 by soultaker655

[Wavergray]

Update:

Patch .28 Release Notes video

[Wavergray]

As soon as the psn store updates Paragon Early Access will be free for PS+ members.

[Wavergray]

Update:

Paragon is now free for PS+ members.

 

And the Kill the Core community event has started.

Greetings Paragon community,

Today marks the beginning of our first community event during the month of July. Kill The Core, which runs from July 5 through July 11.

You’ll have to work together as a team and a community to kill the 2.5 million cores. Each player on a winning team will contribute to the total amount during the next week. If this goal is reached, then everyone will be granted the Midnight Muriel skin.

Be sure to check the new in-game homepage to track the community’s progress as we work toward this goal.

GLHF!

https://www.epicgames.com/paragon/blog/kill-the-core-event-is-here Edited July 6, 2016 by soultaker655

[Wavergray]

Update:

New character

 

We’d like to introduce you to the latest Hero. We call this fighter … Greystone. He’s a noble force who leads his team into battle. Get your first look at Greystone below. You’ll be able to play Greystone as part of our update on Tuesday, July 12.

The TL;DR on Greystone is that he is a fighter who thrives in team fights and excels on the front lines. Using “Assault the Gates” to close the gap on high-priority targets, Greystone then activates “Make Way” dealing damage in an area around him. He doesn’t mind taking a few blows since his “Stoic” ability grants him passive bonus resistances. When Greystone’s opponents think they've bested him, he turns to stone and is respawned through his ultimate ability, “Reforged.” With his spirit crashing down from above, Greystone returns from the dead with a portion of his HP and  full Mana while damaging and knocking up enemies around him.

As always, all Heroes in Paragon are free, so if you're in Early Access you'll be able to jump in as Greystone on Tuesday.

And if you're not in Early Access yet, you can pick up a Starter or Founder's Pack now to get into the action.

https://www.epicgames.com/paragon/blog/new-hero-reveal-greystone Edited July 7, 2016 by soultaker655

[xZoneHunter]

Guess i'll try it out later tonight seeing as it's free with PS+.

[Wavergray]

Update:

Greystone Overview video

 

Character Lore Update: The developers are working on character lore and have let it slip that Greystone is Sparrow's uncle.

[Wavergray]

Update:

New patch (v.29)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGCI-cal8Eo

https://www.epicgames.com/paragon/blog/hero-balance-changes-new-skins-and-card-adjustments

New event: Double Everything All Week

This week’s community event is a double whammy. First off, we’re offering Double Rep AND Double XP starting tomorrow (July 26) running through Monday, August 1. As part of that, we’re doing what we call the Hero Level Event.

We’re tracking how many Hero levels everyone gains this week. If the community hits 850,000 Hero levels this week, everyone who participates will receive the Monarch Dekker skin.

Since you can make the most progress with Heroes you’ve never played … mix it up, try some new Heroes and get some free stuff.

See you on the battlefield!

Note: The boost from the event stacks additively with boosts bought from the in-game store. You can have up to a 300% boost to exp and rep this week. Edited July 26, 2016 by soultaker655

[Wavergray]

Update: New character

We’d like to introduce you to the latest Hero. We call this Support Caster  … The Fey. She’s an entity who channels nature’s power in Agora. Get your first look at The Fey below. You’ll be able to play The Fey as part of our update on Tuesday, August 2.

The TL;DR on The Fey is that she is a Support Caster (Energy Damage; Growth, Intellect) who uses nature’s power in Agora to specialize in crowd control and harasses you in lane. Her Untamed Growth ability throws out a explosive plant that does AOE damage over time. Her Bramble Patch creates a line of thorny brambles that can slow multiple Heroes. Harvest Nettles refunds mana on successful hit while her Ultimate, Fly Trap, summons a gargantuan plant that drags you in and applies serious damage. 
As always, all Heroes in Paragon are free, so if you're in Early Access you'll be able to jump in as The Fey on Tuesday. If you're not in Early Access yet, you can pick up a Starter Pack to get into the action prior to Free Open Beta on August 16. PlayStation Plus members can even pick up a free Starter Pack through Monday, August 1.

https://www.epicgames.com/paragon/blog/new-hero-reveal-the-fey

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Update:

Open beta starts next week.

 

New patch: .30 (the open beta patch)

https://www.epicgames.com/paragon/blog/v30-release-notes

 

Character lore:

With the new patch came some lore for each character

 

Dekker:

• Holds the record for most entries in the Exotic Locales Codex.
• Respected by all, feared by many, and loved by two.
• Has a secret obsession with low-cost holovids.

Feng Mao:

• Once ransacked an entire village searching for his pipe.
• Has never worshipped the Jambakka, despite the pleas of his parents.
• Denies the rumor tha the "lost" three apprentices in a single day.

Gadget:

• Has a not-so-secret gambling addiction.
• Enjoys the company of machines more than people. Undecided about androids.
• Joined the Mechanica at fifteen. Left it at sixteen.

Gideon:

• Believes limits are for the meek.
• On his sixth birthday, witnessed the death of a star. Fell in love.
• Dekker suspects "Gideon" is not his true name.

Greystone:

• Ran from every fight, until he lost it all, and stood up.
• Has imprisoned Sparrow many times.
• Keeps a lock of black hair in his boot, but no one knows why.

Grim.EXE:

• Grim won EXE in a crooked game of Bone Dice. Instructions were not included.
• EXE is able to extrpolate 73.2% of Grim's speech.
• Since he acquired EXE, all of Grim's debts have been forgiven.

Grux:

• Has crushed the skull of every challenger in his tribe.
• Still cannot defeat his grandmother in single combat.
• Seeks the forgiveness of his gods.

Howitzer:

• Published an article on grenades: theory, practice, and aesthetics.
• Charged with destruction, mayhem, and defacing public property.
• Installed a humidor in his mech.

Iggy and Scorch:

• Both were cast-out as runts. Suits them just fine.
• Scorch once ate all the molotovs, passed out, and burned down an orphanage.
• Iggy thinks he's a dinosaur. Scorch disagrees.

Kallari:

• Some believe she kills for pleasure.
• Some believe she kills because she must.
• Some believe neither of these is true.

Khaimera:

• Dwelled in the jungle, alone, since the age of thirteen.
• Has been worshipped as a vengeful nature god.
• Does not speak. Unless he must.

Murdock:

• Hasn't worked with a partner since the "incident."
• Never mention his wife.
• Once suspended by Lt. Bélica for hiding stun traps in the lavatory.

Muriel:

• Long ago requested that her personality module be rewritten, but no longer knows why.
• Has had many jokes explained to her, and has diligently noted that they were humorous.
• Can see infrared and ultraviolet, but not full human spectrum.

Rampagé:

• Prefers a raw diet.
• Enjoys camping in the wilderness.
• A gifted storyteller.

Riktor:

• Inmates learn to listen for the sound of the chains.
• Enjoys soft music during long torture sessions.
• Has a true passion for the detention industry.

Sevarog:

• Waits in the dark with timeless patience.
• Does not sleep.
• Looks forward to the signs that herald his end.

Sparrow:

• As a child, practiced the bow until her fingers bled, then practiced some more.
• Has been imprisoned many times.
• Loves the hunt more than the kill.

Steel:

• Understands the concept of mercy, just not as it applies to him.
• First memory is the bay doors opening in low orbit.
• Though many follow, denies being a leader.

The Fey:

• Believes that the purpose of all living things is to die, and feed the land.
• More curious than the other Fey, thus she was chosen.
• Loves all her "children".

TwinBlast:

• Denies any affiliation with the Ying Mei Cartel, but drinks on their tab.
• Has talked his way out of at least five executions.
• Is pretty sure that he's a father.

Edited August 11, 2016 by soultaker655

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Update:

Paragon is now in open beta and is playable to everyone for free.

 

To celebrate the game being in open beta Epic is doing a live stream all day.

https://www.twitch.tv/playparagon

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It's been a while since I posted anything in here so let's go over what has changed since open beta started.

 

New characters:

 

There have been 5 new characters added and one major character rework since open beta started.

Narbash: The first and only healer in the game right now

 

Lt. Belica: The first MP drainer

 

Kwang: An initiating Fighter

 

Countess: A melee Burst Caster

 

Crunch: A combo based Fighter

 

Twinblast rework:

New Map:

Starting tomorrow a new smaller map called Monolith will take the place of the old big map. With this new map in place the need of travel mode will gone and so travel mode be removed. 

 

Also some aesthetic changes have been made to the game like the new home menu and the weekly quest system.

 

Besides that Paragon is still a third person moba.

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On the 25th of January Epic announced that paragon will be shutting down on April 26.

The two perceived reasons for the shutdown is because of the dev not knowing what to do with the game and so they can just focus on fortnite battle royal.

Epic also said that they will give a full refund on all paragon purchases if a player requests it.
https://www.epicgames.com/paragon/en-US/news/paragon-to-close-on-april-26

 

Really sad to see to the game go out like this.

The game is closing without ranked matchmaking, getting trophies, or before leaving beta.