Demetrios Vasilikos

I would say considering how much has been added in the last 2 + years that clearly was done so to go head to head with its younger sibling made by they who shall not be named, that personal housing is very likely to happen.

It is in fact one of the few pay for features on that OTHER game that does what its meant to and isnt costing ridiculous amounts of cash for. The concept is simple and sound. An apartment building in each zone, similar to the AE buildings in that you can look out windows etc.

Each building has a certain pre fabricated lay out, with a series of adjustable options that allow for each player to have a decent semi custom personal space. It could include one free salvage bin as part of the cost to make it useful to non RPers as well, and allow it to be expanded for additional RL costs.

The player then picks a door number to be his, its not JUST his, simply a means of directing other players there, you focurse could only enter another perons home if you where teamed. Hence you wouldnt need any kind of list to pop up when you clicked a door, you just wouldnt have anything happen if you where not on a team.

Many things could be then done over time to develop this basic idea which I have little doubt would bring in ALOT more funds to the game. Id probably by one of each type eventually.

Well for starters I much like how walk detoggles everything. it lets me keep a power on auto and when I want to go RP mode at the D hitting walk lets me not worry over it.

2nd thing, the devs explained a LONG time ago about the length and difficulty of adding new animations, they also mentioned the ones they gave us for power customization and alternate attack animations will likely be the last. New sets will likely just incorporate some variation like in Street Justice to help avoid the same issue from cropping up again anytime soon. There was and never will be a good enough reason to warrant your suggestions as a viable use of thier resources in developing the game.

3rd it would make them very pay to win. If suddenly I could have among the fastest flights in the game without spending any powers or slots, that would be a big advantage, if i could then do it with other aspects like the coyote form then id be able to replace super speed and super jump as well. Because COX has pvp on any level, such things cant be allowed. As it is the way incarnate powers have impacted PVP and the fact you must sub to access them, is having a pretty negative impact on how this game is percieved by many newcomers who do try out pvp assuming it is another worthwile part of the game, only to find even witha decent 50 build without IOs and Incarnate powers they will be utterly outmatched.

Such things can be very frustrating to newer and more casual players. The current system is fairly well set up to allow you to support the company and enjoy COSMETIC perks, without offering an outright unfair power advantage.

The only reason I stomach Incarnate powers being a only for the subbers aspect is that few frewbs are deserving of the power I waited years for, and most casuals will be happy to sub again if the game gets thier interest and so dont really need thier full power when only logging on now and then mostly to socialize.

Not like I really have bothered to follow marvel in a decade, but ill toss in my 2 inf.

IT WILL SUCK!

Know Why?

X men have since team 2 gained so much popularity, and cyclops was forsaken by x fans as being to goody goody. When in fact he was the x equiv of Capt. America. Few these days even seem to recall how bad *** Scott was once portrayed as. But around the time they had him dump a pregnant wife to get back with the fake jean grey/Pheonix force clone thing, it was clear the writers were taking Scott on a road few would respect him after, and during all this the rise of Wolverine, a character who really never had enough power,or brains to be running in the cosmic classed crew he was on.

As for the evengers. I dont know if there is one left they havent already tainted. Iron Man...nope. Thor.....er uhm odin force...nuff said. Dare Devil...Admittedly cant recall any major DD dishonor in a long time. Oh wait I know in that BS punisher kill nick fury story, dare devil is actually fooled by robo fury. Yeah the single most super sensed hero who can identify people by a heart beat, or track a scent trail through a sewer, be tricked by a tin man.

So honestly I cant even see it being a good read. Last cross over event I recall reading with some interested was X-Men/WildC.A.T.S. which was sadly also wolverine centric for the x side. both the golden age, and the team x team 7 cross overs. Silver age was alot of fun seeing Grifter make out with Jean and it being the event that gave Mr Sinister the DNA of Jean to make madelyne Prior.

Take care and be well OP.

I just want to say thanks for posting this. I myself recall that first time I had to really quit gaming just to take control of the habit.

People often joke about thier gaming habit, thier addiction, but rarely appreciate how apt those words really are.

Fortunatly COX is a game that caters well to a casual style and in time once I had managed to screw my head on abit straighter and accept it was just a GAME, then spending some time on having FUN felt like a enjoyable hobby again, rather then the 2nd profession and alternate life it had become dangerously close to becoming.

Ive seen gaming addiction do far worse. Ive seen it suck friends into a life where they drop everything RL to make a raid or guild meeting.( curse you WarCrack)

There are still scars on my gaming mentality, the overtones of arrogence that once you have been a hardcore gamer never leaves you, the absolute certainty of being right in every discussion without the need for charts or stats because I have been there and done that or better in days when the challenge would break a newbs will like Blue Steel did to a psionically gifted boy's body once upon a time.

Fortunatly with those scars also came understanding, as guised under elitism as it may sound, that I still favor working more often with casuals,LoreRPers, and even good natured new players interested in learning the game rather then trying to force the game to bend to thier knee.

Hopefully in time the OP to can get a firm grasp on his life, so that one day the game can become that again for him, and he can return to have fun with the rest of us.

As some mention it really comes down to a certain preference for how you interact with the game.

If you like to be kept very active, and need to feel occupied to stay into the game, then I would suggest Regen.

If you are more interested in just focussing on attacking with little concern to how well you are enduring the damage then I suggest WP.

Is either the best? on thier own hardly. Each has certain primaries that can be coupled with them to achieve a level of meta most only will dream of.

For me my BS/Regen has few real equals and he isnt even Purpled out. My claw/WP on the other hand is down right dull to play at times because once I put on the toggles all I have to do is target hit kill repeat endlessly with no real concern for my own safety.

That doesnt mean regen isnt just as safe, it just means you have to be ready to click your heals.

Id say it largely should be about the character you want to create and portray. If you dont have a clear picture of that, it likely will matter little what power sets you take as you will always struggle trying to find a build within it that fits. Most forum cookie cutter builds rarely perform well for new players.

an emphatic NO,NOT SIGNED!

I for one as an avid RPer among the ranks of the midnighters enjoy having a gate on the door, as annoying as it may seem to the riff raff.

As an avid TF leader, when I do bother to run an ITF I definatly want people who know where the zone is, and some of the lore surounding it, if they dont care about lore they can play another game as far as I am concerned.

If people cant be bothered to run through the unlocking arc, they certainly cant be relied upon to bother running through a whole TF, which unless speed ran will take a lot longer then that quick and easy unlock arc.

The arc helps weed out the inferior type of personality tha doesnt belong in our game. if you cant easily solo that arc in 30 min or less your character or play style have HUGE flaws you need to improve. Or play a different game.

Its really just like the incarnate unlocking arc. I dont personally think anyone who cant easily solo Trapdoor has any business touching any of the incarnate content.

If you think your on a team running an ITF, and being useful, when you couldnt even unlock the arc on your own, then you can be sure your presence on that team is equally meaningless.

And thats the real crux right there, far to little in game education will only breed more players who come to the forums QQing that things are to hard when compared to content challenge in year one, they have 0 clue of what hard could be. Remember the old TV respec trial? It was once a true challenge, true fun, and had a real chance of failure. Now its a joke we run to kill time for some easy merits. Except when you have a passel of newbs or eccentric old timers who refuse to adapt to the current game. Those types only ever equal filling a body slot to get a tf started, they never equal being a useful part of the team, and those players rarely last long enough to bother becoming contributing citizens of paragon.

So thank you OP but no I would rather drink tea in my private little club with those I know and can count upon, rather then let it become a noisy, over crowded social zone for newbs who think harry potter is cooler then harry dresden. Let alone a better source of inspiration for a magical hero in paragon.

First the OP is WRONG, a group of 8 still gets it done TOGETHER, they only fixed the exploit at the end that let people bypass the arc completely which was clearly never WAI.

A few points, the ITF is not a fun TF and those who say otherwise are borderline delusional to say its among the best TF without saying IMO after it. See for me its not opinion but fact as I run ALOT of TFs and have no few on my global list who got there because they like to run them with me. ITF only EVER gets run during a wst phase because otherwise it is not ever worth the time vs reward as far as merits go unless you go for all out speed. Speed runs can be fun, but I am to old to really run for that thrill alone that once was enough in the era of games like mario and sonic when beating it faster was all I could think of.

Let me put it thise way most I run with rather enjoy doing the old TFs needed for the TF commander accolade, hell we still prefer running old posi via flashback more then the new one often. Beating an ITF in 30 min sure its cool, beating a sister psyche in under an hour, thats priceless fun.

I love all the QQ from wannbe RPers that complain about the game not fitting THIER character rather then trying to create a character that fits the WORLD.

Let me break it down, if this was a table top RPG like saying beloved D&D, then although sure you got some pretty large control over the character you want to play, there are limits, pre set definations of various aspects of the multi verse of the game you choose to play in.

With the above in mind, there is NO way for anyone to survive the release of the Rularuu. Think multi dimensional Galactus for those not into the LORE of it all. NOTHING can actually match its power directly and the only reason even the mightiest incarnates can last there is thanks to the Kind One known as Faathim, the single aspect of Rularuu that possesses a feeling we can expect aid from.

This game is not mature rated, so frankly be thankful they give even the watered down evil options. Especially when you look at the sheer lack of activity Red Side.

I run alot of TFs on virtue, never have any issue filling them up timely, I go red side, and I cant even count on most on my global friends list as very few didnt go all the way blue to persue hero merits while enjoying the more active population of paragon. I myself am rogue or vig on nearly every character but sadly few are.

Devs can see the stats concerning server population and activity and no doubt have been aware for some time how little interest a game originally titled as a game of heroes managed to really attract with thier red side addition.

Sure many love the ATs, they where designed with the more current game we have then the hero ATs, frequently the vil ATs are the better choice for solo or pvp orientated play. Simply put there is little real reason for them to work on making red side more villainous, when most red siders turn blue at the first oppurtunity. And now few even bother to start red side at all.

Dont get me wrong, I am glad we have it, the option, the ability to play rogue or VIG, all are great aspects that expand our games world and make the younger kid that is champion online tremble in awe at our intimidating vastness.

But most of the people asking here, mainly from what seems an RP perspective, are not trying to be good RPers rather they are trying to treat this game like a single player RPG with the ability to pick and choose what mods should be added. In an MMO your just a small part of a much bigger world. Sure you can try to become mighty enough to yell at the sky and make it hear you, but certainly dont expect it to.

I just wish they did a better job letting us know stuff like this was going on I didnt hear nothing about a burial service in advance

I am a long time fan of the kheldian ATs. Funny enough I also have long been in RP an Anti Kheldian advocate. decrying the vile parasites that steal human bodies for thier own use. Due to that it should come as no surprise that when I play either, I only play them using thier human form.

This ofcourse has important and viable logic behind my disgust with the forms.

Nova: Sure early on it can be pretty useful, those 4 blasts are decent, and being a fast flyer popping away can let you street sweep like a top gun fighter ace. But by around lvl 20 or so compared to even a half decent aoe build in any other AT, Nova loses its oomph, and is so far below the mark that we call squishy as to make them laughable.

It ofcourse compounds when you encounter Q bosses who tend to send less experianced khelds in Nova fleeing in pants wetting terror.

When you compare a nova at 20+ to any halfway competent blaster, let alone a master blaster, then Nova goes from pointless to actually being a liability on the team not worth the space they take up.

Then there is Dwarf. Dwarf is in fact even more laughable then Nova, because there is no real level range where it has ANY use. A well put together human form PB or WS is going to outsurvive a dwarf always. The DMG output from a dwarf is non existant. In an age where well made tanks can do significant damage the dwarf is just another waste of a spot.

A human form Kheldian, made well, and played well will be equal to a blaster and tanker, needs only a few good IOs to cut down on mez effects, a tray full of breakfrees, and at 50 the same oh so popular clarion incarnate power so many are flocking to.

And lets not forget the whole power of being on a team. When I am on my PB I have a single ideal team set up. Defenders as many as I can get. Be they offender, pure support, even a pure archer. Its in fact perfect because I view PB as the ideal AT for superman and iron man style power builds. With the right mix of defenders you can have your green arrow, green lantern, red tornado, raven, booster gold, and well many others you get the idea I am sure. The PB backed by 7 defenders goes into a level of power few in the game can appreciate.

WS well lol a human form WS well made and played is like a dark blaster,defender,controller, and tank in one. Just scary. I find a WS on my team going nova or dwarf they are kicked and ignored simply because they are a threat to the very existance of my sanity. its like WHYYYYY!!!!!!

thats my two inf.

sum it up by saying just drop the forms, give us toggles that when active give those forms buffs and powers as an addition to our human powers with no silly shape changing.

I think Id go with the Incarnate Barriar with the raise dead aspect. Extreme self defense and the ability to bring back the fallen methinks would equal being the messiah of a new religion