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Quote:I understand the desire but they seem to be focusing on events that can include characters of all levels and can occur in different areas of the game, rather than limiting them to zone/level specific events. This hasn't always been successful. I'm looking at the Deadly Apocalypse which seems to never get any participation.Originally Posted by Jordan_Yen
Luv ya devs! Want more (that's all I'm saying) Again, smaller, but more frequent or more varied events is along the lines of what I'm suggesting. Asking for more/different is not a complaint against what has been done.
No Problem. It can be easy to misunderstand what people post sometimes.Quote:Definitely NOT what I was suggesting.
Roger. I'll try to be more clear next time.
I may say something that I think sounds obvious and another person can read it from a different perspective. Happens to all of us from time to time.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Jordan_Yen
Or more simply:
YOU: "Oh yeah! There it is.... Yup, it doesn't look like they've announced free transfers, but they might surprise us. We'll have to wait and see."
ME: "Ok, that's what I was thinking, but thanks for confirming that I didn't miss anything."
See? That wasn't hard. It even took like typing
I'm not posting from a cell phone so I have the freedom of making longer posts. That freedom allows me the luxury of excerising my verbiage and wax loquacious or garrulously in an excessively roundabout manner.
gnisirprus dna lausunu eb yam taht rennam a ni etirw ot esoohc neve dluoc I detanw I fi yhW -
Quote:And the devs have been adding things like that over the years when they can.Originally Posted by Jordan_Yen
I never said anything like this. Not even close. Instanced missions are fine, but some extra events here and there (not missions, just neat stuff) would be nice. Giant monsters are an example of what I'm talking about, but I'm suggesting smaller scale, but a lot more often, dispersed etc.
Arson fires in Skyway
Troll Raves
Rikti invasions
Zombie Apocalypses
The Protest (I19)
Syndicate Takedown (I19)
The Great Escape (I19)
Right here.Quote:Wait what? What did I say that made you think I wanted to have to travel more for missions?
To me that sounds like you'd like open world missions that takes you across several zones.Quote:Not everything should happen in instances. I would like a reason to sometimes take the long way or slow down and see the city now and then.
If you had said that I wouldn't have thought you were suggesting open world missions that cross other zones.Quote:I said it would be nice if there was something to see in corners and un-travelled areas; not that objectives must be there. Even when mission doors are in unusual places, that still doesn't give me any reason to appreciate the design and other things in the city. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Jordan_Yen
Welll that's certainly logical, but isn't this the announcement:
http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/eve...ter_event.html
Yes it looks like it is. And if you take the time to read it you'll learn everything they have planned for the event.
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Quote:I can't speak for anyone else but I would much rather see the devs add more levels to Praetoria so players can choose to contiue leveling up to 50 if they don't want to choose Hero or Villain.Originally Posted by Jordan_Yen
For a while at least, no more new zones. Remember what you did to Faultline? Magic!
The devs have stated that updating old zones requires the same amount of work as creating new zones. So they are doing the best they can within the limits of their schedules and budgets.Quote:I would like to see zones updated, but not necessarily redesigned like you did to Faultline. What about adding some details, or just changing a few things to keep it interesting.
They've been doing this with zone events, other than that no. If you want to play a game with open world missions then theres another game out there that tried that. People hated it so much that it was forced to go F2P after only 1 year. People are refusing to pay to play that type of game and they came here instead where we have instanced missions.Quote:What about randomly inserting specially highly localized events like special enemies that wander in dark corners and provide some kind of special reward if they're found or dealt with.
Not everything should happen in instances.
No. One of the biggest complaints people have is the stupid missions that have everyone scrambling off in all directions. People hate having to travel all over the place for no good reason and have been demanding that missions/TF's keep everything in the same zone they started in. The devs have heard our complaints and they are updating things to reflect those demands.Quote:I would like a reason to sometimes take the long way or slow down and see the city now and then. The first time through the Hollows is an adventure. The 100th is a chore.
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The players will know what's going to happen during the Winter Event as soon as the devs make an announcement.
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Quote:Heard of it but never had anything to do with it. I've always used my local cable company for an internet provider. Prior to subscribing to CoH the only computer I ever owned was a TRS-80 back in high school. I didn't buy my first PC until a year after I started playing CoH at my local gamestore. That was '06Originally Posted by nytflyr
seriously? ever hear of a thing called AOL? all of their traffic was funneled through their proxy servers (VA I believe) so it looked like you weren't in the location you were actually at, but coming from VA (which played havoc with people trying to see where hits to their website originated, as at the time it looked like 50% of their traffic was a bunch of Virginians). This has been a know problem forever, and for a company to not compensate for such incidents is just plain silly.
from here: http://www.mail-archive.com/analog-h.../msg13332.html
In particular, AOL's proxy servers
(AFAIK) are not geographically arranged, so a user in California and
one in Maine could be using the same proxy servers and appear with the
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Quote:Before we tell the Op how easy it is to earn money,we need to remember that we don't know his RL situation. I've personally seen parents that wouldn't let their kids get any kind of job till they were much older and I've also seen kids the same age as the OP whose parents set them up with Credit Cards.Originally Posted by Mandu
Also at 13 you can easily earn enough money to pay for the gameplay. Mow a lawn in spring and summer, in winter shovel a walkway. It doesn't take a whole lot of work to earn $15 from somebody in your neighborhood if you actually go out and look for little jobs that need doing.
Now in the town where I used to live we had a Hobby shop where the owner new that some of the kids had parents that either couldn't afford an allowance or wouldn't let their kids get part time jobs, and without their parents knowing he gave the kids things to do in the store for credit they could use to buy games or computer time. Stocking shelves, taking out the trash, sweeping. Even giving them credit for getting good grades on their report cards. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Battlerock_X
We have the Vault services, but I was wondering if that couldn't be remade to serve as an all-purpose "drop box" service for multiple characters that would be outside of the supergroup features.
Here's how it could work... you set up your Vault account with a list of registered characters that would have access to the account. You then drop off enchancements, recipes, inventions, that would be accessable to others in your list.
This would be a little more elaborate than the in-game email attachments and it would give people a reason to use the Vault again.
Here's the only problem I have with this idea. Right now each character can have up to 50 odd slots in the Vault for salvage.
Now I have 80+ characters and most of those characters are between levels 5-35 so they each have 30 slots in their vault for storage. So I can store at least 2,400 pieces of salvage in my various character vaults.
If the devs turn the vault into a global storage we are going to lose all that storage. They won't let the amount of storage the vault can hold keep increasing with every new character.
I'm sorry but I'm not willing to sacrifice my current ability to store large numbers of salvage for the minor convienence of not having to email stuff to myself. -
Quote:Some good advice there and I hope the OP is able to come up with a way to continue playing.Originally Posted by Major Deej
Ah. Now I understand some of this.
Again, don't take this the wrong way. Suggestions are just that; suggestions. Not everyone is going to agree with you on them, and, as such, these forumites here have a strong opinion in their responses.
F2P is what I consider a 'flavor of the year', just like, IMHO, 3D TV is. It's a cool idea, may have merits in some respects, but in all reality, will cost the game its current playerbase due to such a severe change in how the game is played. Another superhero MMO game is trying this method, with highly mixed results. Business-wise, it is a huge risk.
My two sons that still play this game after 4 years and are now in college, were in the same situation you are in. They didn't have jobs, and needed to figure out how they were going to pay the $15/month (or other desired expenses). You can ask your parents for helping with the monthly fee costs, booster packs, etc, by asking for these things as birthday presents, Christmas presents (6 or 12 month subscription is a nice present), rewards for doing chores around the house, cleaning out the garage, mowing/snow shoveling the neighbors yard, etc.
There's options out there for you, and since you like this game, I'm sure it'd be worth the extra effort. As I tell my sons and students, 'there's ALWAYS a solution'.
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Quote:Okay now that sucks.Originally Posted by Leandro
Doesn't work for me. PayPal *used* to work, but for the last couple of months it says that the transaction "did not past risk assesment", and that's that. No game time for me. My account expires the 27th and it'll likely remain expired until I manage to hunt down a time card again. Took two weeks to get one last time, and trying to buy them on other websites resulted in various un-fun things, such as this one. So come December 27th, no COH for me for a while.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Mr_Right
I think he means the last three slots from leveling to 50, when he says "meager 3 last slots".
With that said, I don't really get behind making 50 "special". I don't really find there to be a need for it, though I'm always open to reviewing new ideas for interesting points or ideas. Unfortunately, I don't really see anything worthy within this idea.
Yeah I guess it's possible that he's referring to that but I still think it's ignoring the 4 slots we are either getting for free with the Fitness pool on non fitness builds or the 4 slots that are freed up on builds that had Fitness previously chosen.
Kind of like telling us to ignore the 4 slots over here and just look at the last 3 slots we get at level 50. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Shadowclone
Yes but perhaps it would be best if the Mods DID come down on this thread. Crush it, burn it, bury it, then ship the piece of earth its buried in into the sun. Then burn the sun in the unquenchable fires of hell. That should do it.
I'm willing to cut a new player some slack. We have no idea if he knew people have strong opinions on this.
So let's give him the benefit of doubt and not discourage him from posting. His next idea may be awesome.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Damn, I only wish mine were this good, but I am ECSTATIC to see that the calibre of vids has jumped to this level!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfPgQ5oDYBc
Can we please get more like these?
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
They sure did a great job but they still aren't as good as yours.
You're still the best.
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Quote:Right. These are the OP's words.Originally Posted by seebs
The third party is not the one "making it look like your IP address is different".
The problem the OP is having is caused by the satellite internet provider, and if they won't or can't fix the problem the OP has a simple alternative solution of using PayPal.Quote:I have satellite internet. This makes it look like I'm in Kentucky when, I am in fact in Virgina. Its just like using a proxy except I have no choice in the matter.
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Quote:The impression I got from the post I quoted was that you felt that trading merits was the step that needed to be done since that was the topic of the thread. It never occured to me you thought people were trivialising the leveling process because I know from my own experience of being an altoholic how easy and quickly I can get a character to level 10 without using the AE. (when I get in the mood I can get 3 character to 10 in an hour soloing) And while I choose not to use the AE I know for a fact that some of my friends ingame who do use it have had brand new characters rocket past mine in levels using the AE.Originally Posted by Mr_Right
I'm sorry, but I think you've completely misunderstood what I said. I've never made an opinion either way on this subject, let alone expressed a leaning to either side on what "needs" to be done besides being level 10 to send in game E-mails. I merely stated that one must level to 10 to be able to send in game E-mails, and that the step was left out of the process.
And my comment regarding trivializing something, was people trivializing the leveling process, not someone's opinion because they disagreed with me (see above for how someone can disagree with an unexpressed opinion). And I'm not really sure why you're sassing me over this.
So I'm sorry if I got the wrong impression from the post I quoted. -
Quote:Yeah, it's hard to discuss this particular topic because forum rules require that we talk in generalities. The Mods will come down on any mention of specific games.Originally Posted by Sharker_Quint
^^This. If I say anymore it might be to much.
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I wouldn't use the term "loved" but I agree with you.
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Quote:Just because it's something "you" want doesn't automatically make it something that "needs" to be done.Originally Posted by Mr_Right
No I didn't. It's still a step that needs to be taken, even if some people can trivialize it.
And it's funny watching you casually trivialize other peoples opinions by claiming that anyone who disagrees with you is doing the same thing. Pot meet Kettle.
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Not only No, but HELL NO!
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/jranger
/jpowerranger
First off sub based games only go F2P as a last ditch attempt to stop the game from going under.
Secondly F2P games end up being more expensive for players to play because they spend more money on microtransactions in the game than they did on their subscription fee. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Triplash
My first response to your answer was to think, 100 enhancements per bin makes that sound a little wonky. But then I remembered respec recipes. So yeah... sensible enough. Thanks How's this for wonky. We used to be able to store 2500 pieces of salvage in our salvage bins until Issue 13 when they reduced our invention storage capacity to 30.
So while I don't think you'll find anyone that wouldn't want more storage I regret saying it looks like a uphill battle from previous dev posts and storage reductions.
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You keep saying 3 slots. How do you arrive at that number? We got 4 powers when Fitness went inherent and each one came with a slot.
Swift - 1 slot
Hurdle - 1 slot
Health - 1 slot
Stamina - 1 slot
1+1+1+1=4
Or are you just saying
Quote:because it makes it look like we're getting screwed.I was thinking about how we now have 4 new powers that we all get for free, and the meager 3 last slots seems a little... lacking.
The truth is that when Fitness went inherent, 4 additional slots were added to our builds. The slots just happen to be preassigned to the Fitness powers. That means that anyone that used to use Fitness now has 4 slots from their original builds that they can assign to other powers.
And what does this mean to the people that weren't using Fitness in their builds? Why they got 4 free powers and slots which makes those characters that much more powerful.
It's kind of funny to watch you twist being given 4 free powers and slots into something inadequate.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bronze Knight
I have satellite internet. This makes it look like I'm in Kentucky when, I am in fact in Virgina. Its just like using a proxy except I have no choice in the matter.
So a third party (whoever is providing you with satellite internet) is making it look like your IP address is different from where you actually live, and you choose to blame NCSoft for their actions . . . Never occured to you to go after the jerks at the satellite internet provider that are causing the problem. -
Glad to hear the good news.
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Quote:/signedOriginally Posted by Basilisk
So I started my Incarnate missions on my Earth controller this afternoon, and I did the first mission with no difficulties (unsurprisingly). I got to the second mission, however, and realized that everything was in huge spawns and about +3 to me. Last time I played the character, I must've been on a steamrolling team.
"No biggie," I says to myself, "I'll just set down the difficulty and start again."
So I go talk to the Hero Corps jerk, fix my difficulty, and then run up to Ramiel. I get "Ask about this Contact" and "Ask about the store."
Seriously? I have to log out and log back in to change my difficulty? Especially on characters that in large part have been ignored for up to a year?
So, all I'd like is the option to abandon the mission. I don't care if that means I have to talk to Statesman again when I take it, I would rather the 5 minute runaround dealing with that than the logout process, especially since when I go to the "Switch character" option, it booted me to the log in, and I wasn't able to reconnect to the dbserver until I restarted.
Please note I am talking about abandoning the mission, not autocompleting it, since I know there's going to be someone who will get the two confused and rag on me about the EB fight or something. I just want to be able to drop it so I can pick it up again.
Let us abandon the mission if we want.