Doughboy
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Thanks again for all of your hard work. You're the best community manager CoH ever had and one of the best CMs I've encountered in any game.
You have a bright future ahead!
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Thanks, Cuppa, for the years you spent herding us cats.
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Thank you, Andy. You were the best community manager this game ever had.
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This is a good idea, Tony. If it gets off the ground, I can provide some financial support.
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Quote:Yep. Me too.Originally Posted by Aisynia
I always figured she was a fat ugly man, but I guess I'll never know! -
Thanks so much to all of the great developers who worked on CoH. Your wonderful ideas and creations have kept me entertained for nearly nine years.
From the incredible character creator to the wild ideas behind the game's NPCs and backstory, from Task Forces to Invention Origin enhancements, from Atlas Park to the Shadow Shard; thank you for your creativity and dedication to this amazing game!
Good luck in the great things that I know you'll create in your next game.
Until we meet again,
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Glad to see there will be a way to earn the ATIOs in the game instead of only being able to buy them.
I don't have strong feelings about the costume pieces. From what I've seen, they look good and I would probably buy them, however I won't be buying the super packs. I don't spend money on uncertain outcomes (well, there is that whole stock market thing that I do with my retirement money, but that's a little different). -
Quote:Exactly. This is why I don't like enhancements being sold in the store. Especially when they scale better than what can be earned in the game.Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
If you eliminate the need to earn performance enhancing powers or enhancements, you eliminate the satisfaction that comes from playing the game.
It started with some common IOs. Now it's rare IOs, including the highly desired LotGs. How long until purples are for sale? Or incarnate salvage?Quote:The way to avoid something like this is to keep goals in game which take time and patience to meet as things that require said time and patience. Otherwise, you undermine the integrity of progression which will ultimately lead to the death of the game as a whole. This is not something I want to see- I really enjoy this game.
Look, I don't complain about these things being sold because I cannot afford them. I'm far from poor. Just a few months ago, I dropped a few thousand dollars to fly across the country with my wife, stay in a nice hotel and go to PAX. I'm blessed to have much more money in my life than I need. I'm happy to pay for content, to have new areas to play in the game, new things to do in the game. But, I don't like buying the game's rewards. To me, getting rewards and improving my character is one of the main reasons for playing the game. -
Quote:Oh, yeah. I forgot about that. Thanks!Originally Posted by TonyV
Honestly, if they do it like the past couple of years and hold off on billing you until your existing time runs out, you have nothing to lose by signing up for the deal unless your time runs out next month. If it runs out later, then you can always cancel before then. If you pass up the deal and change your mind later and decide to stay, though, it will be too late and you'll be out two free months you could have had.
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Thanks for the heads-up, Tony.
Personally, I subscribe a year at a time, but I don't think I'll be taking advantage of the bonuses this time around. I'm not feeling very confident in the game this days.
If others want to extend their sub and save some money, more power to 'em.
And, Commander, the extra time you purchase with these deals DOES get added to the end of your current subscription. -
Quote:Leveling up is optional. Doing task forces is optional. The incarnate system is optional. That doesn't justify anything.Originally Posted by Myrmydon
IOs are optional, not required to play his game and shouldn't be so tedious or time-consuming to get a hold of at this stage. If they're optional (as the Devs have said many times), then it does not matter if they sell them in the store, in fact, in a game this alt oriented, being able to buy them is just another character slotting option.
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Quote:The enhancements on the market are BETTER than what you can earn in the game. It's frustrating that players cannot earn the same level of power in the game.Originally Posted by bloodyboots
Isn't the whole point of a video game is that it's NOT life? If I want "life" l can step outside my door. At any rate, we are a long way from everything being purchasable on the market. But I still think that selling enhancements on the Paragon Market sets a bad precedent. Most of the stuff on the market I could care less about, but the invention system is a crucial pillar of the game system. If it becomes, more and more, an element of the Paragon store, I think the long-term impacts are going to negative, both for the community and the company. It has nothing to do with me "keeping up", and everything to do with wanting the game system to remain meaningful.
In the past, I bought a few of the sets market previously released just because they're better than other versions, but I won't make that mistake again. It seems to have encouraged the company to sell items that are even more powerful.
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The way to improve super packs is to gut them.
- Take all of the rewards exclusive to super packs and give players a way to earn them in-game, without spending real money.
- Make the same rewards available in the Paragon Market to be purchased a la carte.
- Keep the price of the random roll super packs very low. Maybe a dollar for one pack.
With these changes, people can play the game and earn the same rewards by spending their time instead of their money; they can purchase the items outright in the real money store; or they can gamble in an attempt to get the items at a cheaper price.
We were told CoH Freedom would be about choice. This gives players a choice instead of making them feel like walking wallets. - Take all of the rewards exclusive to super packs and give players a way to earn them in-game, without spending real money.
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Quote:Agreed. Random rewards for spending real money is like gambling. I don't gamble because I don't like to lose money.Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
Randomization of available items on the Paragon Market is such a jaw-droppingly bad idea I'm still trying to comprehend how the devs thought it would be acceptable to the playerbase. I'll post later about the psychology behind the lottery syndrome and the problems it presents in gaming.
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Quote:Yep. I said the same thing in freedom beta. These scaling IOs are more powerful than what is otherwise available in the game.Originally Posted by Liquid
There is a very, very important aspect of these store-bought enhancements that is not mentioned here: their set bonuses do not shut off when you exemplar, unless you exemplar 3 levels below the minimum level of the enhancement. This means that purchased Mako's Bite, for example, functions like level 50 IOs at level 50, and level 30 IOs at level 30 with respect to set bonuses.
This is superior to the functionality of in-game level 50 IOs (whose set bonuses shut off at 46) or level 30 IOs (whose enhancement values stay at the level 30 value when at level 50). Though there are level ranges and exemplar levels where the in-game ones are slightly better enhancement-wise, these IOs are almost always superior to in-game IOs with respect to set bonuses.
I'd love to see all IOs function this way. I've bought some of the resistance IOs. They work great. However, I don't like these being available only through the store. -
Quote:Sorry, but no way is this worth five dollars.Originally Posted by ShadowNate
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Quote:It's not an entitlement issue to want to get the most for your money. Businesses want to make money, customers want to get the biggest bang for their buck. That's how capitalism works. It's a push-and-pull situation.Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
Some people have entitlement issues.
Personally, I like being able to buy more things, but I do want to make sure I don't get less for my subscription cost. So far, it's been fine. I expect that to continue, but I will be paying attention. -
I've run through SSA missions several times since Tuesday's patch and was able to choose Alignment Merits.
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It's now on the Known Issues list.
Quote:It's pretty frustrating. I spent $5.00 on new costume pieces and couldn't use them until I came to the forums to find a workaround. I'm sure it'll be fixed soon (again), but geeze, it's annoying.Tailor issues for characters with weapon based power sets New!
An issue with the Tailor makes it impossible to change the costume of characters who have weapon based power sets equipped.
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So much for the workaround. Doesn't work on my DP/traps corrupter.
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1) SS/WP brute
2) Elec/Kin corruptor
Both have nice AOE and are very fun to play. -
I noticed this today. Pretty neat.
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Quote:I use a Logitech G330 headset. It's only about $30 and has a decent mic you can use for ventrillo.Originally Posted by Rowdy
Yeah, headphones makes a world of difference. Which ones are you using? They aren't your average Ipod ones are they?
I hear all kinds of neat sound effects in the game with my headphones that I never hear through my speakers. -
I am loving Street Justice, even more than I thought I would. I was surprised to discover that this IS the set I've been asking for since beta.
My new StJ character is only level 24ish, but I'm very happy with the animations and the sound effects. However, I wear headphones most of the time that I'm playing so I might hear things a little differently that people listening through speakers. -
Quote:Done. Again.Originally Posted by sXerra
Yeah, i could swear I changed that, sorry for that, If You could please answer the questionnaire one more time, that would be awesome.
Guess I shouldnt do them all on one day next time :S
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Done.
You might want to fix the available responses to question 14.