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What about players who do not have "mega judgement" (or even no I-powers at all)?
There are some of us out here - more than a few from reading these forums. Not everyone has been grinding thru the 2 trials. -
I have to agree with all the others here that shutting down servers will "help" the OP's problems.
And I also wanted to make the observation that this past weekend, I was playing a different MMO, starting a new character, finished the weekend at level 11. During that time, I came across 4 other player characters (IIRC) in the lowbie zones. The only chat I saw was either Guild chat (my husband bought me the account, and then added me to his Guild at level 1) or RMT spam in one of the hubs.
Going by the OP's observations, that game also clearly needed to close down servers - there was no one there to team with in the lowbie zones.
Of course, I'm sure many of you have guessed the game by now (sorry, guys, did I mention that my husband bought me the subscription?). It's rather on the large side, population-wise (subs in the millions, I have been told).
I guess my point is that MMOs try to spread people out, but good MMOs provide teaming tools - CoH has those, just use them.
Plus, I like soloing from time to time. OP's sentiment that "the more players on a team, the better." just isn't the case for all players. -
When I first started playing, I worried about catching civilians in the area effect of my powers (playing a blaster, of course) - so I would carefully try to aim in such a way as to avoid catching them in the blast.
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From Zwillinger in the City Life Forum:
Quote:Sp more to come. Everyone on Freedom in the same three hour window could have been EPIC! or it could have been a crash that would be EPIC! in its own way - but once players brought it up as a potential problem, thay are now reconsidering.I moved the thread back to our staging area.
Because the details of the awarding of the badge are likely to change by tomorrow at some point, it's better to just reset the conversation after we've had a chance internally to discuss the options.
Thanks for the immediate feedback all and we'll repost the announcement when we're ready to re-present it to you.
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You should probably shoot a PM to Avatea, Zwillinger or Beastyle (redname community folks) about the problem with your login name. Sometimes they read this forum, but it's really for players answering players.
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Quote:/thisOriginally Posted by Memphis_Bill
It doesn't take that long to build up a base, even as a smaller SG. I don't think the costs are the issue.
What WOULD help are some intermediate items - like something between the combo unit and the power generator.
That's the definite choke point when upgrading a base beyond a teleporter or two. -
Well, I guess it's a matter of my visualization being different from yours. The animations for Energy Blast work much in the same way I can picture Light Blasts looking.
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Quote:I agree with what others have said - doable, but I would rather they work on something other than making blasts come from weapons.Originally Posted by thgebull0425
How difficult would it be to have the current powers animations changed. For example, you could keep the old Energy blast, or could they develop new animations so that it reflects other types of energy, ie light, cosmic, or from other starting points like optic blasts, chest beams, wrist cannons and so on?
On a related note, how difficult would it be to have the animations be from weapons, like for example some of Life Mage animations, or the Nemesis staff. Is this doable and would the player base support something like this?
And for the highlighted part of the OP - I recolor blasts - bright gold/white for "light" blasts, various colors for "cosmic" (what color is cosmic BTW? how would it differ from either Light or Energy?), so part of your wish is already possible. -
I plan on being there - probably with Lady Veridian (in honor of the wedding, as she is veddy British) level 32 Ill/Kin Troller, but I do have alternatives (blaster or defender) who can sub if needed to improve the team make-up.
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Quote:You said it better than I did above - agreed completely.Originally Posted by Winterminal
I'm banking on this. From a business standpoint, they were wise to first release the content that would involve the most people at any one time. I can be patient as long as that patience will pay off in the end. As with many others, I simply don't want to be left in the dust. I don't mind if most of my characters are not Sons of Krypton, in fact, I prefer them to have certain flaws. I just hope that when the day comes that Tyrant gives himself to the Well (or some similar event involving Rularuu, the Rikti, etc.), that my characters will be able to provide more help than "civilian crowd control."
And I was aware that GG is usually correct about the future direction of the game - that's what has me so glum due to her posts about "needing 3+ level shifts" for the future.
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I'm another one who hasn't tried to gut through innumerable repetitions of the 2 trials to get the level shifts. I am also one of those hoping that the epicness of the Coming Storm won't be gated behind multiple level shifts, unlike GG and some others.
I've never really understood the attraction of extra-large teams running chaotic fast-paced trials or raids (not going to touch the argument between M_B & Z_M on the difference). I guess I'm not a true-blue gamer, because I really don't want end game that looks like this. That makes me a bit sad, because I've had a lot of fun playing solo or small teams, with the occasional 8-person TF or PuG. The game seems to be changing, I'm going to try to change with it, but right now, the new stuff isn't for me.
I guess I was feeling like a super hero before the Incarnate stuff was added, but I guess I was wrong. I was obviously somehow lacking, which doesn't seem likely to change unless I grit my teeth in order to qualify for the addition of new content in the future.
Before anyone jumps down my throat in defense of Incarnatism and Level Shifts and "this is what so many people have been wanting for ages and ages" - I understand that there have always been people looking for epic End Game Raiding. I just wasn't one of them, so the idea that the really kewl stuff that might be added, like the Coming Storm, is gated behind activity that I really don't like is disheartening.
So when I see things like this from GG:
Quote:and thisI think the Coming Storm will be designed with at least 3 level shifts in mind - posisbly even more, depending on how many more shifts the next 5 slots give us.
Even the conent for those next 5 slots will probably be designed with a couple of level shifts in mind, maybe even all 3 of the current shifts avilable to us.
It seems like my preferred style of gaming is going to be abandoned by City, assuming GG is correct. Is she?Quote:So it'd be logical for the multiverse threatening event that we're getting all this power to fight will involve a threat level where we won't need that power? -
Quote:Then a Blaster, of course!Originally Posted by Ironblade
I recommend a can of whupass.
Seriously, I might bring a debuffing defender - to multiply the whuppin'. -
I should be able to make it this Saturday.
No idea what I'm bringing yet, though. -
I think having a lower level TF as next week's WST is a very good idea.
With so many folks playing their 50(+1)s in the Incarnate trials, having something for lowbie alts to work on is a good way to put at least a little focus on alts. Changing it to Kahn would just emphasize that the game seems to be shifting to a focus on max level end game stuffs.
Besides, if your concern is getting Shards, as Chaos Creator stated, those will drop for characters who can use them. If it's that the TF takes too long, so a shorter one should be substituted - well, at least for my lowbie alts, a longer TF that gets them more XP is better anyway. -
Quote:Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
But raid content requires large communities of players who can coordinate with each other. CoH is full of casual players. We live on PUGs. This new content is disaster for PUGs and thus inaccessible to casual players.
To make things worse, they helpfully gave us a queue to form PUGs for the trials, which is the same as helpfully building a chute to show cattle the route into the slaughterhouse. You'd think that if you were given a system to randomly group people together for content, the content would be the sort that random people could handle. But...no.
This is just stunningly bad design.I just picked these two to sum up my feelings about I20. I participated in a couple of open beta run nights - we never even came close to succeeding with PuGs, although I kept seeing reports from people who had been playing through with a regular team (or a team recruited from "known quality" players) reporting their successful runs.Quote:Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Want to highlight this.
When I run the ITF (for instance) for the third or fourth time, it's because I felt like "Hey, I'd like to do so." Yes, I get some people like grinding it over and over for badges or whatnot, but there's nothing about the ITF that, in and of itself, is designed around that grind. There's no "You must repeat the ITF (and have a good chance at failing) to be able to deal with the ITF with a chance of success." And there's no hint that "Finish the ITF successfully and build up your power, because future content will need you to be a successful, built-up ITF Runner!"
Repeat because it's fun, repeating on an "as I feel like it" basis? Great.
Repeat to get gear to repeat and do better to get required gear to repeat to do better? Not fun.
This issue is pretty much a non-issue for me. But I'm also afraid that if I don't push at least one of my alts through it, I will not be getting much out of future issues. I'm going back to low level alts for now, waiting to see if the next 2-3 issues have something non-Incarnate for me to do that's new - but I'm not holding my breath expecting it to happen. -
Quote:Nope. Especially since there are so many others out there, in boosters or added with Issues.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Yes but would you quit playing a game for the sole reason that the costume piece you like was a vet reward and you had to wait to unlock it?
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I use someVet Reward costume parts more than others.
I prefer the Demon wings (15 mo) when making a demonic character to any of the recipe wings.
I use the Boxing belt (39 mo) when I need a really over-sized flashy belt (all my characters are female BTW) because of the gap between chest peices and bottom pieces. I despise the rest of the pieces in the set though.
I use the sleek armor (27 mo) on a few costumes, sometimes combined with pieces of other armor sets.
I like the Desire (9 mo) chest piece and have used it pretty often, as well as the belly shirts from that same VR.
I use the Vindicators stylized "V" logo (30 mo) on one character (Violet Psyche) because the curlicues that are part of the logo fit her.
I have 4 characters with a trenchcoat (3 mo) as one of their alternate costumes.
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So if you want a Dominator in Paragon City, and you are finding soloing in Preatoria too hard, laggy, etc., - go ahead and create the new Dominator in the Isles, rush through the 1-20 content and then side switch. If Praetoria is really that slow, then you should be able to get to Paragon City faster by the old fashioned CoV stuff until you switch.
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So sorry I can't be on the TFs for the next few weeks - April and May have very busy weekends, I'm out of town every weekend except Easter (I think).
I really wanted to level up a couple of alts with the Saturday group.
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Quote:This is how I'm playing right now - I'm running lowbies - new powersets in GR, loving my newish Electric Controller, and I finally started a couple of VEATs.Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum
Its the journey for me... but sometimes I get caught up in finding out "what I'm missing" and feel obligated to force myself to do things that don't work well for me-- large group events that make the weaker PC struggle, Task Forces where I risk having to leave midway because of being on-call... archvillain fights that just seem the antithesis of my interests. I forget about the journey at those moments and generally find the game less fun because of it.
That's what happened when I19 was announced... and I had so many of my characters stabled in their 40's (what was the sense of getting to 50 when the high-level game mechanics become less interesting to me?). I felt like I HAD to have characters ready to experience the new 50's journey, so I focused my time on getting those characters to 50 to be ready. The destination became the sole focus.
Then, I19 came out and so many of my level 50's had more to do. It felt more frustrating than fun-- I thought they'd already reached their destination, now there's more to do. Granted, I didn't bother with the highest tiers-- just enough to get a level shift then shelve them again. I still haven't even done THAT on most of my 50's, and I only have a little over a half dozen.
Then, I20 preview came and I saw what was to come, and in a good way, it kinda threw me out of the "destination" funk again. I stopped playing my 50's and stopped caring about getting them ready for Incarnate stuff at all. I'm on my long-neglected lowbies again and rediscovering the joy of just playing without thinking of where things eventually go. Some will likely be stabled in their 30's, some in their 40's, and occasionally, I'll break out a 50 just to see what's going on in the incarnate world, but I don't feel compelled to keep up with the latest and greatest to remain at the ever-shifting destination anymore.
I play one of my higher level alts once or twice a week - if the WST is level 50 content, it will be one of my level 50s, if not, I will use it to gain levels on a lowbie in range and get the shiny double merits. But this is with the same TF group that meets on Saturdays I've been TFing with for a couple of years - so it's a social event.
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Quote:I thought you had chosen it from "Men in Black II" - that version goes pretty well with your forum avatar!Originally Posted by Zerlina
Nope, I randomly picked it out of a baby name book and for a while never heard of it used anywhere and now I'm finding references to it everywhere
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Quote:To expand on this (because I agree with it completely)Originally Posted by JKCarrier
I don't like PvP because it's too much pressure. Gritted teeth and frenzied button-mashing are not on my agenda. I keep my difficulty set low and my pace leisurely. I'm here to lower my stress, not raise it.
Playing cooperatively makes my pretendy fun time game easier for me to accomplish the goal - whatever the mission or TF or zone event sets.
Playing PvP does not make accomplishing the goal - which is to beat the other guy - easier.
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I kinda found this assertion offensive. One should always be careful about making generalizations attributing motivations to others - especially in stating they are not "honest".Quote:My argument was that people are seldom honest about why they won't do PVP(not MMO PVP...PVP period). -
Quote:Other than the limitation you placed on yourself that you cannot play a character you like solo, but can only play it in a levelling pact with your wife - wouldn;t it be just as easy to re-roll that level 10 or level 20 alt than it would be to run a "total respec" trial. Current respecs are at least some investment in time (I know, nowadays, it's because of those interminable waits between waves in the reactor heroside) or somewhat challenging (some folks find "treespecs" difficult). A more expansive respec would logically involve more investment of time or challenge - and in your suggestion, it would happen at a level when the alt doesn't really very many tools to deal with it.Originally Posted by Cptn_Courageous
Dismissive posters aside (as in being dismissed)...
I don't really see a problem with doing a primary or secondary power respec as a concept under the following rules.
1. You get one primary or secondary power respect in your character's life.
2. You can get the respec at level 10 or level 20 by doing a trial. You can do it once, and never again.
3. You can't change your AT.
Why? Because
1) by the time you get to 10 or 20 you know whether or not you hate the powerset you're stuck with.
My wife gets to level 8-10 and knows whether she's going to love or hate her character based on how the powers play (can't convince her that things will get better later). Ok so we're always in a leveling pact... all the time, every character pair (this is a husband-wife thing--part of having a wife who loves playing COH with me.). So when she hits level 10... and I've got a character that I'm really getting into, and she hates hers... Well, there we go... we sell off everything mail the INF to ourselves and start over. A little frustrating sometimes--but happy wife, happy life... If she could just change that one powerset, and it's usually the primary or the secondary and not both or the AT... well things would be a lot easier for both of us. So I've had to restart umpteen characters because of this.
2) By 10 to 20 nobody's had a chance to level to the 'Good' bits of their character development, avoid the hard stuff, and exploit the system.
3) There's still plenty of time to learn your new powerset before you hit 50 so you don't act like a newb with it on a TF.
I read all the previous posts so you can save any comments intended for my edification on why it's not going to happen.
Seriously, just re-roll at level 10 or 20. It will take about as long to get up to level 10 running missions or sewers, even if level-pacted, as it would to run any meaningful type of trial. -
I'm so pleased by this announcement - I can hardly wait.
I actually want to check out the EU servers - I hear that there's a great community on Defiant & Union, plus I can lurk and try out my very rusty French skills on Vigilance!
Are they there yet?
How about now?
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From Announcements, per Avatea:
Quote:The thread got bumped down the page a bit...On Wednesday, March 9 2011, NCsoft Account Services will be brought down for maintenance. All NCsoft Account services will be unavailable at that time.
Planned Start: 4:00 a.m. PST / 7:00 a.m. EST / 12:00 p.m. GMT / 13:00 CET
Planned Finish: 9:00 a.m. PST / 12:00 p.m. EST / 5:00 p.m. GMT / 18:00 CET
You will be unable to access the following areas during the maintenance:
The NCsoft Store (to purchase items like the Booster packs for instance);
The City of Heroes Ingame Store (to purchase services or items like character transfers, renames, character slots or Respec tokens);
The NCsoft Account Management System (to manage, create, upgrade or re-activate your account for instance);
The creation of new Forum accounts (the use of existing Forum accounts will not however be affected).
Looks like it *should* be done by now (by a lot), but maybe they ran into problems.