Anti_Proton

Originally Posted by Venture

People read novels, watch television, go to the movies and even play traditional board games without "rewards" other than the entertainment they find intrinsic to the experience. No matter what pot of gold you put at the end of your MMO rainbow, if your MMO lacks that quality eventually the dissonance will win out and people will quit.

Originally Posted by Merry_Mayhem

If the only reason people will run something is it's the only way to get a reward, you make that to rethink how you are doing them. If they were fun, people would do them anyway.

This is what I think is wrong with most raid systems, honestly, doing them are not really fun.

Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU

I see WP as being inspired more by movie heroes than comic books: Indiana Jones, John McClane, James Bond etc. Basically any hero without special powers who just won't die, despite ridiculous levels of punishment he is put through.

Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane

Captain America is peak human strength. He can lift the maximum limit for his size that a human can do and still be considered 'normal'. He's like an Olympic Class weight lifter.

Spider-Man is super humanly strong. He can tear a steel door off its hinges. He can throw a small car, with effort. But that doesn't qualify as even "low tier" super strength in the Marvel universe.

Luke Cage, he's low tier. New Avengers establishes he's stronger than Spidey. Iron Man's basic armor is probably around this level.

Ben Grimm, Colossus, they're stronger. They're around mid level.

Thor and Hulk are around the top level, typically.

Beyond them, you get guys in the cosmic class of power where it's really not about muscle strength anymore. Guys like Gladiator, Thanos and such.


Where does our game lay?

In my opinion, the damage indicates around Spider-Man's level of strength for Tankers, and getting close to mid level for Brutes.

Some of SS's attacks TRY for a mid-high tier feel like Foot Stomp and Hand Clap, but the damage just isn't there to support it. Look at how much effort it takes just to destroy a car. Or when you can't even knock over a Malta boss, who's just a normal guy in a blue cowboy hat. Or how much damage you deal compared to a teammate brandishing a wooden baseball bat. And when's the last time you knocked someone through a wall? Or picked up a truck?





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Originally Posted by Sevenpenny

the question is this.....if this guy has come up with a prototype warp engine....what will stop him from being tossed out the craft when it stops? Has he come up with enertial dampners too???

Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow

I find this to be a profoundly disappointing position to take, Johnny. You're essentially suggesting that we don't bother doing anything interesting with the old game until the new game comes out, when you know full well that a new one may (and probably will) never come, and that even if it did, not everyone will want it. I'm not sure I will, for one. You're essentially damning everyone who likes the game he's currently playing because you don't, for the sake of chasing after what may never be.

Personally, I feel that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. I firmly believe that we should focus on making THIS game great first and foremost, and if another one comes out, we'll worry about it then. I certainly don't want to neglect City of Heroes because there's no point. There's still point. Yes, it's a seven-year-old game. It still has some of the best, most diverse art styles of any game out today, and I'm including all competition. City of Heroes is still a very viable MMO, and I want the best for it. Not "maintenance mode," but the best.

The graphics aren't that bad, and the places where they are can be fixed.

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Personally, I don't want a City of Heroes 2. A lot of what's cool about this game is the legacy of unexpected design consequences. Our ability to solo AT ALL is a direct result of Geko's miscalculation that allowed SO-stocked characters to reach greatly unexpected levels of power. This wasn't intended, but once it was a fact, even Jack Emmert's powerful vision couldn't shift the players off what they wanted to do. I have no reason to believe that a brand new game with a brand new combat system (and they won't make a new one with the old system, I can promise you that) won't patch up all of the loopholes that allow us to make the game too easy.

City of Heroes already has seven years worth of content and customization items. A new game with a new graphical engine won't be able to use those, so I'm almost positive it would end up with rather a lot fewer pieces to go around. It'd be like going from City of Heroes to Champions Online - better graphics, more customizable characters, complete lack of costumes and content. No, thank you.

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If City of Heroes 2 is to be released, then it will be released. I don't want to bother my brain worrying about it until that happens. What I want right now is to make City of Heroes: Freedom the best game it can be, regardless of what sequels it may or may not get. Because I think the game has the potential for it, and because I feel the game deserves it. I don't want to play another game, be it a sequel or a competitor. I want to play THIS game. It's what I bought, it's what I want, it's what I intend to keep paying for.

Originally Posted by DarkGob

Looks pretty white to me...

EDIT: Just checked in-game. Not sure what universe you're living in, but the tights shown here are distinctly different from skin tone (unless you're the Joker).

Originally Posted by Nos482

Where are the Thornified Rikti?

Good question, also where are the Devoured Rikti and Rikti Ghosts?

Originally Posted by Tenzhi

I'd like to see this just as I'd like to see masks that aren't just painted on to the head (particularly annoying with those that are supposed to cover the ears).

Originally Posted by Noble Savage

Plus every glove texture in the game. This topic comes up from time to time, and we'd certainly love to do it. But I think it's going to take some kind of tech wizardry to make an undertaking like this feasible. If attempted right now, this one task would cost thousands of man-hours and nullify all other animation and character projects for months. Given the dozens and dozens of other cool things we could make for you instead during the same amount of time, you can see why it's not the best investment.

Then again, Ultramode happened, so it wouldn't be the first time we did a large-scale cosmetic upgrade. Never say never, I suppose.