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This is one of my major complaints. Look, I am not looking for an exact date, but a little more info from the Dev's and such wouldnt hurt, it would be better than these Copy & Paste responses.

But they keep it dry, as if they said, "Should be on Test in a couple weeks" and it took a month, some one would be saying "YOU SAID A COUPLE OF WEEKS!", to which I would reply, "But, I said "SHOULD"".

Groovy. But I was on test when it was first released.

I am talking about now, he said they are making fixes and changes to it. I am wondering if they will say........

"Okay Heroes, we need your help on Test Server again to check out the new fixes to Global Chat. Please log-in and then give us feedback of problems, bugs, or difficulties, so that we may make Global Chat the best it can be".

Hey, a Hero can hope cant he?

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The Dev team is fixing a few things with Global Chat. Once the fixes are in place, QA will run through some tests to see if it's ready to go to the Test Server.

Be patient, it's coming.
Valdermic

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SUPER FANTASTIC!!!! We will get notification when it goes to test right, like CUPPA announcing an event to please try out Global Chat, and then voice complaints or bugs yes?

Cool. Just alot of people looking forward to this, and havent heard much about it.

Where?

Hello fellow Heroes and hopefully Dev's and Mod's,

With everything else being in game, I was wondering what the status of the Global Chat system is?

At first I was apprehensive to the idea, but after finding out how it worked and what it will do with making it easier to find friends, no matter what hero, or server they are playing, well, thats GREAT!!!

But where is it?
Will it be coming soon?
Or will it be pushed to Issue # 4?

I am not looking a gift-horse in the mouth mind you, I love the in game features of Issue # 3 and the Winter Event, and have had more fun over the past 3 days.

Just wondering if we might get an update.

Any of you heroes know anything from Test?

Thank you in advance!

It's a new mission, you have to recover the STROBE-LIGHTS from the Banished Patheons, who are using then to totally freak people out in Dark Astoria, hehe.

Seriously, thats weird, maybe that was a glitch/error, did you report it, they wouldnt leave the lights on from now on purposely, would they? hehe

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OH PLEASE NOT THIS< NOT THIS AT ALL!!!!

due to reasons that are beyond me as i was purchasing a new game for my xbox, i desided to find out when the pvp action woud statr on the server with the releace of cov, much to my dismay i was told that the releace date of cov is now somthing like SEPTEMBER 9. tell me how you feel, im still shocked for the fact that the last date i had heard was a jan/feb release.

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CoV isnt even in closed BETA yet. Just 50 friends, family and Dev's and GM's of Crytpic. So it has a long way to go yet. I have a store here in Chi-Town that lists it as November 1st, 2005.
Just stay cool my babies, everything will get ironed out, and until CoV, hey you got CoH, WOOT!!!!

****OH and PowerHawk, I agree with the American beers being crap, I like Irish and Candian beer, but come on man, HOCKEY is good FaShizzle!!!

We taken bets on which one he will grant?

I say either a GIANT ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN or SNOW. Hehe, we will see.

Very cool!!!

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I said it before, and I'll say it again since the old thread vanished.

Fill up those empty corridors and rooms! What good is having a huge base if only one or two people in your SG are online and you're rattling around in it like two pebbles in a 50 gallon oil drum?

I want to see my offline SG mates sparring in the training hall, lounging in the rec room, tinkering with the defensive cannons, monitoring the security cameras and/or the citywide comm network, arguing in the conference room, watching TV, playing poker, and maybe even cooking up a little dinner for their hardworking (online) compatriots. Heck, how cool would it be to see two of your own alts working together in the crime lab?

I want this a lot. Please?

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Well, I would settle for them just sitting at some table, looking over plans to destroy the world. Something simple. And when the person logs on, they kinda vanish, or in Star Trek fashion, they are like beamed to where the person last logged off.

Man this would be cool if they could impliment it.

5 STARS!!!

Heh, first day and already answering questions. I like this guy Bridger already.

"I tink you's guy's at Cryptic done a good job wit hiring dis guy, I see good tings in yer future."

Welcome Bridger!!!

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We all hope that the promotion has been better than sucktastic.

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LOL!!! Now thats funny.
Gaffer, that has to be the front runner for DEV QUOTE OF THE YEAR.

Hey States,

Can you answer me this.........

When (meaning what update) will we be experiencing a huge addition of options to the Hero Creator. As a CoH faithful, I could have rolled a couple lvl 50 heroes, but creating the 88 heroes I have over 2 accounts on several servers keeps me busy.
So, for the CoH Hero Creator Junkies like myself, when might we recieve new options to the Hero Creator?
[*]Issue # 4?[*]Issue # 5?[*]Not Until CoV releases?[*]A cool special $20.00 disc released sometime in the future to buy and download to give you more options fo the Creator? Heck, I would be no stranger to pay for it!!!

Thank you in advance sir!!!

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You should find that the Cape and other "protect object" missions are now completable, whereas last week a bug existed that made them FAR harder than intended.

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AWESOME, last week as a Level 21 Tanker I tried to do it, and I got my assests wiped clean!!!
Thank you Posi!!!

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1. We're going to be re-evaluating ALL the armor sets - not just changing their art. So EVERY issue involved with Ice, Dark, Stone, etc. is going to be looked at.

2. Fear changes are across the board. Any power with fear will change from "foe running away" to "foe cowering and not moving."

3. Mission Slider - Update 3.

4. Yes, I'm still worried about Super Reflexes being a tad gimped. We're watching it.

5. Yes, we'll do trenchcoats - not in Update 3, but soon after.

6. We're done with Blizzard - for the moment.

7. We are not looking at Flight or Energy Blast.

8. I do want to tweak Shadow Shard and Rikti Crash Site so that they're more user friendly - and worthwhile. I can't give a time table yet, but I want to squeeze in a couple of changes as soon as possible.

9. We will have a system to do missed lower level content - eventually.

10. The DVD special edition xtras will be available to current players - we haven't yet decided on how we're going to get it to them.

11. We aren't planning on adding more Pet Controls anytime soon, but they are definitely needed as we expand pets (remember what I said about adding a 10th power to every set....)

12. I'll note that people want the Friends list expanded.

13. I'll also note the auto decline for team invites.

14. Same with a better UI for buying several Enhancements.

15. Weather effects aren't scheduled any time soon.

16. Adding Tanker damage has become a little problematic. It makes the almost too powerful...but it's an ongoing issue internally. We are definitely adding more aggro control to the Tanker.

17. Mind Control - outside of Fear - there are not any more changes planned in the immediate future.

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CAN SOMEONE NAME ONE OTHER GAME, WHERE THE DEV's, DO THIS TYPE OF THING, AND INTERACT WITH THE CONSUMERS?


THANK YOU MR. STATESMAN, YOU DONT KNOW HOW APPRECIATED THESE TYPES OF THREADS ARE TO US.

*Sorry about the caps, but you all read it didnt you? Hehe.

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Allliance Chat - Update 3.

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WOOT!!!! Yes, this is what our Sg and others have been waiting for, HECK YES!!! Thank you States, d@mn fine job your doing!!!

Wow, I was content hearing Gaffer's response and left thsi thread alone, am surprised to see its still going.

Well, we wont have to pay for both, or $30.00 a month for both CoH and CoV. Maybe it will be nothing for us CoH faithfull, and maybe it will be $5.00 or something. We will have to wait and see now.

My main purpose was to try and get everyones feel for if they did charge $15 for BOTH, and we have that now too, and I am sure Statesman and Gaffer will relay the message of how we feel to NCSoft.

So fear not people, we are in good hands.
Thank you to all those who replied, especially the Dev's.

Dang, cannot find the post, but Statesman did say, that he saw no raise in the level cap for quite some time. They are still working on content and other issue's to make things more enjoyable and entetaining for the higher level characters as it is. Plus the Epic Arch-Type's are suppose to help this a little. Even though most arent excited about leveling up another hero, epic or not.

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Let's just hope I3 is tested a LOT more than I2 was before official release.

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Issue 3 is in internal test already. QA reports suggest that it is already better than sucktastic. Your mileage may vary.

-jg

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He he, can you say OWNED?

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So far, the goal for CoV is:

CoH alone: $15
CoV alone: $15
CoV and CoH both registered: $15

But since nothing is finite, this might chance (and I'm with you guys; if they start charging double, they'll probably lose half their subscribers anyways)

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I would be cool with this. But Gaffer has stated that it is something they are now in talks over, and I know how the Statesman feels about it from reading his responses to this issue. I believe they will fight for us, the comsumers, and now we will just have to wait and see.

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Exact billing is still TBD (COV is a while off). However, it will -not- be $15 a month for COH and another $15 for COV if you're playing both.

It'd be nice to charge a bit more per month for the COH+COV combo (like the $15+$5 mentioned above) but in practice, if you can only play one character (regardless of it being a hero or villlain) online at a time...but it'd be tough to justify. Our bandwidth or support costs wouldn't go up as long as it's still one player with both games enabled...though it'd be nice to financially support the extra content development needed to be increasing the content of both COH and COV. And we like money. The question is, would we not really just be incentivizing most players to turn off whatever game they were not playing for most of the month...which would be a) annoying to users and b) not make us more money - not exactly win-win.

However, the exact model is TBD - or, if it's decided, I haven't heard the final decision. Thoughts welcome.

-jg

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Thank you GAFFER, I totally appreciate you and Lord Recluse throwing in some comments about this. I know this topic existed before, and I am glad this is a big topic and being discussed. Hopefully you all can come to an agreement that will be mutually satisfying to all parties invloved, Cryptic, NCSoft, and of course, WE, the comsumers.
Thank you sir, we look forward in the future to how this plays out.

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I really hope that this is a rumor, why would they anger, not just the forum people, but EVERYONE who wants cov too. I can see $15 if you don't play CoH already though. Since we've already played coh for so long $30 (I think?) for the software isn't bad, as long as we don't have to pay another fee. LR didn't say either way specifically though, he just said they are aware...well EQ is aware they rip people off too.

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Well its not a rumor, but there is no conformation either. Just like the Lord Recluse reply on this thread had stated, Jack or Statesman does not want to charge us more, but it is in NCSoft's hands.
Alot of speculation is that they will cut us a deal, and if we have an active CoH account, havng both would only cost about $5.00 more or around $20.00 a month.
They are hopefully relaying our concerns to NCSoft and I am sure this debate between Cryptic and NCSoft will not be a short one. I am sure the costs involved to bring a whole nother game to fruition will be costly, but we will have to wait and see what happens. I just hope this thread is used to show some of the concerns when they start talking about this, as I am sure with CoV Beta happening soon, it cant be far off from discussion, and more than likely in discussions now.

We will see.

Well it would be logical to maybe offer a deal of some sorts for both CoH and CoV like $20.00 a month. That would be cool.
I mean how many people would support this? I would do this. But only to one of my accounts. If the wifey or kids want to play CoV, they can do it on the same account.

My original intent was to make a thread where people would /yes or /no their support on if CoV was an additional $15.00 a month, and how many people would pay that kinda double fee to experience being a Villain is all.

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To try to lay this thread to rest (again), here's what can be currently said.

1. CoH is not required to play CoV. You can buy CoH and play it, buy CoV and play it, or have both.

2. Pricing is something NCSoft will announce. They have not made any announcement yet. Please rest assured, they are very aware of your opinions and concerns.

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Thank you sir, I appreciate the response. I just hope what you say is true, and the people at NCSoft who are sitting behind a desk somewhere, actually do see/hear/read our concerns, as I am not sure they are surfing these forums like yourself or other Dev's, Mod's, etc.

I just know with some of the responses here, some people would either quit CoH just to play CoV, or just continue to play CoH if they actually charge more.
Statesman did have a couple quotes, and I have read them, and I know how he feels and I know he will represent the community and the game fairly and state our case.
Thank you for your response.

Well thanx LivingHellfire.

See this was my point. To see what other people would or would not do.

Now, some people say dont worry about it cuz CoV is not in BETA yet. Are you sure? Do you think Cryptic made the recent statements about how the prioity system will work for CoV because they are 6 months out from starting CoV Beta? NOT!! CoV BETA is upon us people.

So my basic querry is just a simple yes and no. Would you pay $15.00 a month for CoV, plus the $15.00 a month your already paying for CoH if NCSoft decides to charge CoV as a seperate game and account?

I have no problems with buying the game, hell thats moot point, but if they tag us with more money, I dunno, not sure I will be playing CoV then.

Was just intrested what the masses (I.E.>YOU) thought about this? Maybe we will get lucky and Jack will drop a tasty bit of table scrap from Cryptic.