Atilla_The_Pun

In his interview with 10 Ton Hammer, Matt "Positron" Miller stated why there will be no Nemesis system.

I hate having to go out of game for info I require in game.

I know that's not 100% practical, but things like which TF do I need for X Incarnate component would very nice if they were there.

I have recruited multiple people to CoX, some have stayed and some have not. I've gotten people to renew their subs.

I love this game, it is one of VERY few 3rd generation MMOs on the market today and I will be very unhappy if it goes away, or worse, becomes WoW in spandex.

All the new MMORPGs are dictated to by Suits who can only see WoW and "millions of subs" so the genre fails to advance. All we get is rehashed WoW (trifecta gameplay in fantasy settings) when there is sooooooooooo much more out there.

I posted a reply to this thread since part of what he's asking for is Ouroboros to be friendlier for Rogues/Vigilantes.

LOL and I thought I was eloquent.

You forgot:

Golden_Avariel,

I like most of your ideas. I pretty much resent that I can't get Alignment Merits as a Vig/Rogue, and that's in addition to the other restrictions.

I would alter your suggestions slightly:

Unique Vigilante/Rogue contacts:

Make any unique contact on either side available to the grey alignments. If you have Rogue contacts in IP, Bricks, and PI make them accessible to Vigilantes as well. Give them the same arcs but with different choices, similar to Alignment or Morality mishs.

I'd love to see A-Merits for the grey types as well, but I can live w/o it because I can always run that content on one of the pure types and simply email the IO to the grey alignments.

Ouroboros:

Only one Ouroboros, make the disk into an 8 or an oval. Villain/Rogue contacts on one side, Hero/Vigilante contacts on the other. Allow the grey types to team for opposite faction flashbacks.

This simplifies things for the devs a bit, they are simply merging 2 zones into one while leaving both portals intact. This also gives a 4th crossover point for the grey types. It is also in keeping with the devs intent of all new content being for both sides, even if it is fudging a bit by simply opening up old content to the grey types.

Not trying to be negative here, but what would this bring to the table that we don't already have?

Kinetic implies transfer of the energy of motion, i.e. knockback. Knockback is an effect that is despised by the overwhelming majority of people (largely because the won't learn to use it effectively, but that's a whole other can of worms). We already have a set devoted primarily to KB as a secondary effect, Energy Blast.

Having said that, I do like the concept of a Kinetic Blast set, and like some of the suggestions made such as the Aim/Build Up substitute. Unfortunately it is nothing more than a weaker substitute for Fulcrum Shift.

Two things I would like to see in a Kinetic Blast set:

1) It is substantially different from other Blast/Assault sets

2) It compliments the Kinetic buff set for those who like to make themed characters.

I'd much rather see a tablet optimized version for Android. At least there you can have a 10" touch screen, chatting would be a booger.

To the OP:

I would like to congratulate you on the worst idea posted on these boards in over 6 years.

Well done.

I'll gladly pay my $30 a month for my wife and I. We spend more hours online during the month than we do going out to dinner. Why? Because I can't take her someplace nice for $30. So we go out once a week for $50-$70 and spend an hour and a half together. Movies are $20 for 2 tickets, give or take a bit, and you don't talk with someone during a movie. Spending 4-8 hrs a week playing City and laughing about our, and our teammates, antics for only $15/month? Shoot yeah! I'll take that.

As I have said more times than I can recall (all on other boards to this point) $15 a month is an incredible value for the entertainment dollar. And I don't mind throwing down $10 4x a year for the (not lame) boosters either, I've seen where the money goes and get a huge return on THAT investment as well.

Make City F2P? CoH, one of the very few 3rd Gen MMORPGs out while other people are making WoW clones (2nd Gen), and you want it F2P? Begone! Back to Runequest or elsewhere. Shoo! Scat!

As for leveling speed, go run a monkey farm. I don't know why Posi gets his iron knickers in a twist over people PLing. It's not something I'm interested in, but as long as I'm not bombarded by tells asking me to farm, fill, bridge, etc. I'm a happy camper. I'll play my way and get my characters to 50 at my own pace, and happily let others do the same.

Well with Paragon Studios reducing headcount (we'll miss you, BABs) I don't guess they'll have much time for "out of game" development like web apps and connecting smartphones to them.

Makes me a sad panda.