Angry_Citizen
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fapporn!
(wtf is fparn and why would any sane person use it)
This is a cool story. But I gotta ask - you were in marketing. Didn't you just twiddle your thumbs all day and occasionally eat the heart of a kitten to break up the monotony of doing nothing? :P -
Quote:I have missed being an annoying git for the sake of thought provocation.Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man
Angry_Citizen, I will miss your hyperbole. ;_; -
It is so not wrong to cry, man.
Hey, I remember you, you fixed my computer once I think.
/you've probably been told that a million times
... I seriously just did the slash thing purely subconsciously, I'd forgotten you used to do that. -
So we've established that you folks don't actually care about the developers of the game - it really comes down to you getting your CoH fix. Evidence: My question elicited responses of "ONOZ THEY MIGHT CHANGE THINGS", not "That'd be freakin' BS! Those poor devs!"
So much for the sense of community. -
Here's a question to ponder:
If SOE gets their hands on the game, but decides to ditch every single developer that has worked on the game - do we still consider this a good thing? -
Quote:*gets garlic*Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
Yeah, seriously AC (hi, btw)... it's a long painful story, but the previous summaries are pretty good. Just to give a little bit more info... There were around 33 different professions (each with 17 skill boxes made of 4 branches and one mastery skill box... some novice professions and some branches - and some combinations of those with others - led to more elite professions... and you could combine those professions into a great assortment of things [and it wasn't really that unbalanced considering!]).
And combat was not the only thing with equal footing in the game. Full craftsman or entertainers could have their very own worth and game sessions without a single bit of combat, if they wished)... plus you could combine combat and noncombat professions and very successfully dip in all fields...
So, 33 professions (approx. 3.5 professions on one character)... plus you could drop skills and learn others any time back and forth as much as you wished/changed your mind...
And they announced, two weeks ahead of time, directly after another paid expansion for the game... That it'd be chopped down into just 9 simple professions (really classes) with zero options of different skills within those classes (minor options were added later on, but nothing major).
Whole professions were removed. Including a profession that had a bunch of new features added with the new paid for expansion!
I just like spelling out some of the numbers so there's no confusion.
This was not some overreaction of "They changed the game and RUINED it!"... This was not simply ED.
They took away chess and made it only checkers.
Anyway... regardless of my own boycott of them, they may not be all bad these days...
A part of me would rather see CoH die than have its memory mangled. Death with dignity and all that. -
Quote:And we're excited about these vampires sinking their venom-laden fangs into the soft flesh of our vibrant little flower of a game?Originally Posted by Zombie Man
They went from this: hardly anyone can play a Jedi and those that make it never knew exactly how (most likely required a random roll to keep total numbers low); to this: everyone is a Jedi. Both horrible systems, but, the first system, in absence of Jedis, had a very deep skills, crafting, and role-playing environment which got trampled in the transition. And since they upset the role-playing base for a new system that wasn't any better... pandemonium. Subs dropped dramatically and the game closed down.
The most perfect example of not listening to the players you can find. -
What happened at SWG that has everyone so turned against Sony, anyway?
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Quote:Yes, but in this economy, I'm afraid they may have a lot of waiting to do :|Originally Posted by Mad_Cow_Milk
I know, but at this point anything but EA might be better than nothing.
IF SOE bought CoH then this would probably include reforming of Paragon Studios too. The problem with that is time. They are already looking for new jobs. -
I actually will. I always thought the blue caves were pretty cool looking, even though functionally they were a nightmare. Certainly better than the drab brown caves everywhere else, spacious though they were.
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Quote:That's not a comparative study on other MMOs. You have one data point - us. How can you make a judgment on whether MMOs would or would not do the same thing we're doing?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Take a look at the forums.
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Quote:SEE! And people said I was crazy when I said they were nickle-and-diming us when the first booster packs came out!Originally Posted by TheShattered
"Paragon Studios is switching to a hybrid business model to give us .. more money! I want to fill my pockets with cash, and that cash is yours!"
See, if they just said this to me at the start, i'd have been sold instantly
Everybody laughed then, but who's laughing now?!! That's right - MOI!
Also, this video was awesomesauceness. -
Quote:Weren't Avilians nixed because they couldn't figure out how to make wings?Originally Posted by Draugadan
Yep, I remember that. It is the story part I was wondering about. It was one of the suggested Epic ATs along with the Avilians. There was a third I think that I don't remember.
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Quote:Such nonsense. Why have a ******* F2P option if you're not supposed to be freely playing. You really think most of those people would still have played without the F2P option?Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Good idea, I was just about to point out that it wasn't ONE person not paying to play the game that caused these problems but HUNDREDS at least, more likely THOUSANDS that weren't paying to play. And again I'm not including the Prems that supported the game thru the store. Just the deadbeat freeloaders that weren't spending a dime.
It's like movie/game/music piracy. Most of the people who download would not have purchased anyway. The industry loses nothing, yet they still get the blame for financial collapse. -
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unlike you i shop wisely and make bulk purchases of inexpensive food items that last for months. orly tharQuote:nope the only person being disingenuous is you for making assumptions. -
There's also the fellow in Cap au Diable, Peter Themari I think his name was? Poor Pyriss..
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Quote:Says he who thinks people owe money to a game they're not playing - a game that's even free-to-play! Full of myself, indeed.Originally Posted by Paladiamors
My god, you get more and more full of yourself, and more and more loaded with absolute crap. Do us all a favor and just shut up already.
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Quote:No excuses here. When you've walked a mile in my shoes, maybe you'll understand my reasoning for cancelling. Honestly, you make it sound like I, a business exec, withheld a tithe from my bonus money that could've saved your damn Grandma. In reality, I, a diabetic college student with thousands in medical bills who needs constant insulin in order to survive, cannot and could not afford to pay for a game that I would not have been playing anyway due to time constraints.Originally Posted by Paladiamors
How about not making excuses for not supporting the game? Thats all you are doing, even when I have said, repeatedly, that I doubt thats the reason. Get over yourself kid, and grow up.
Guess I'll be happy I killed your game too. ENJOY WOW BUDDY BOY -
Quote:To be fair, if it were really as we see it, then they wouldn't have made the decision. There is some other factor - perhaps the "investment-to-return ratio" mentioned previously. That, I think, is the most plausible of the "money"-type theories.Originally Posted by Ultimate Wrath
Exactly - that's the origin of the (quite strong) argument that NCSoft has definitely "done goof'd".
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Quote:They're not engineering students, I'll tell you that.
I know plenty of college students working multiple jobs while attending college full time, maintaining high grades and supporting a family to boot and maintaining their video game habits.
You would live on one packet of Ramen noodles per day? Freakin' stupid people.Quote:Edit: Oh and that $15 bucks is 72 packs of Ramen noodles or 72 meals. That $15 bucks buys me food for almost 2 1/2 months.
Also, I'm type-1 diabetic, I have dietary needs that can't be met by a Ramen-a-day diet. Admittedly, no human being on Earth could survive on one Ramen per day, so I think you're being pretty damn disingenuous for the purpose of argumentation.
On the plus side, if indeed I and others like me "killed the game", I'll at least be depriving you of your source of enjoyment. Judging from your posts, that seems like a pretty worthy goal in and of itself. -
Quote:On what do you base this?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
City of Heroes isn't just another game.
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Quote:You know what fifteen bucks is to me? A week's worth of food. I'm a college student. I have to pay in thousands and thousands and even more thousands to rent, tuition, books, my medical bills, and other expenses. No whiny excuses here. If I'd sustained my subscription, I would literally not be here right now. It came down to me having about a hundred dollars in the bank when I moved down here to Austin, and that's only because a friend gave me five hundred. So in short, just because you have a "fixed income" doesn't mean you were at the bottom of the rung. I was - because I had no income.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Yeah? I've been living on a fixed income for years and I never once allowed my sub to lapse. I've done whatever it took to scrounge up $15 bucks each month.
Whiny excuses don't fly. -
THANKS FOR THE SPOILERS...
I keed, I keed. But seriously, if I hadn't already watched it, I would've been mighty angry. -
How do you know "many" didn't? Premium accounts sucked. They were flat out, unadulterated crap compared to a VIP. I highly doubt many people were long-term premium subscribers. And frankly, if the "deadbeats" were really "deadbeats", then they didn't require an ounce of development time because they would never have purchased any of the new sets. They were warm bodies on your teams, and that is invaluable.
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Quote:Why a church? My heroes are all atheists. Maybe my villains..Originally Posted by Vyver
Everyone meets in a church
and we all say goodbye