Leveling and numbers in newest Ask Cryptic

The most recent installment of Ask Cryptic starts off on the topic of levels and how player characters will progress through them. While no exact count of how many levels we can expect to see in the game was given, (though our guess would be somewhere around 50) we are told how characters will generally progress in the superpowers department. If you've played City of Heroes, then you probably have a semi-good idea of where you'll start off in Champions Online. Cryptic says they want to start players with a few starting powers and gain both more powers and customization options as they level. This is of course all part-in-parcel with the whole "MMORPG thing" anyhow, so nobody should be surprised by the revelation.

Another good question was whether or not Champions Online would allow players to see hard numbers on their abilities, something that min-maxers are the biggest proponents for seeing. The short answer is yes, so any of you hoping for that can rest easily while the rest of us wonder just how much we'll get to accessorize our superheroes.