Hallowed

I'm not sure if this is throwing BaBs under the bus (again) or giving him credit...

WAS?!? 'Zis should not be!

It sounds dangerously like "giving the players what they asked for" or "making changes due to player feedback" and we all know that this never happens. The DOOM-criers have told us so... over and over...

I think she (?) and I are suggesting that someone should not make a "It was my idea and I TOLD YOU SO! Nyah nyah nah nah nyah! You all can bite me" post, when one's idea is not, in fact, original.

Did a ninja and Tarzan have a baby?

Because, clearly, all the same people are involved in those two completely different and separate projects/activities.

Sigh.

Will people ever get it?

And DCU beat them (at least as far as a public reveal goes).

Given that JDub touted some of the "virtues" of CO during the beta phase (IIRC, if not I'm wrong) he had to know about CO's acrobatics at a bare minimum.

That's why his statement struck me as a "I'm JDUB and I invented Windows 7" scenario.

Your understanding was incorrect.

Only "retail" boxes (real or virtual) such as the Architect Edition or Mac Edition, etc come with a free month. Another option to get a free month is the loyalty program (go to 6 mo billing get a free month, 12mo billing gives you 2 free months).

If not, make a macro that toggle between the two.

AFAIK
1) Yes.
2) No. It's a temp power.
3) Yes.
4) Sadly, yes. I'd expect/hope for that in GR

This pack is so [WARNING EXPLICIT LYRICS] awesome. Putting the videos in the NCStore was a stroke of brilliance that got me to buy it in a heartbeat.

Love /em bringit, the ninja leap costume change and, of course, the ninja run.

I see tremendeous potential for some of those costume pieces, especially if there are "metal/metalic" options for some of the hard surfaces.

In short (too late!) this might just be the best booster pack to date. Thank you devs!

Yeah, me too.

DOOOOOOOOOOOoM!!!

Then again, given that it's Jack Emmert, and he has a history of at the very minimum exaggerating, if not outright lying about things he's involved in, generally to make himself, or his product look better, it's just as likely not.

How did one lead to the other? They are unrelated issues (IMO). I'd be cery curious how you can back up that claim.

It's not at all like "paid expansion [major or otherwise], then close" which is what was claimed. So [WARNING EXPLICIT LYRICS] flag thrown (at Brad and his rant).

His premise is flawed, and thus the rant invalidated.

As to your article/blog/post, if you're not looking to give the impression that you're anti-CoH, you might want to review your writing style. Not a sermon (or flame) just a thought.

Source for claim?

Not saying you're wrong, as a matter of fact , I hope you're right, but I don't know of anything official being said about it.

So, essentially, you'd like to believe that NCSoft are a bunch of people without an iota of business sense.

They and every MMO operator, are not doing this for charity, nor out of their goodness of their hearts. Of course they will have minimum acceptable levels of revenue before they cut back on staff or outright can the game. Every company does.

And I'm sorry, the writing was on the wall for TR almost since the day it came out. It was a mess, over budget and poorly received. That's a recipe for getting shut down. Anyone who didn't see that one coming...

But again, you've claimedperviously that NCSoft shut down multiple games after paid expansions were issued. Examples please, or I'm gonna have to throw the [WARNING EXPLICIT LYRICS] flag.

"geesh"?

Ahahahahahahahaa... <gasp> hahahahahahahah...hah... heh... wooo... <snicker><chortle><wheeze>.

DR/Michelle/Sauraiko, would you care to address this one?

/headdesk

Ow.

I'm not sure what makes me head hurt more. The banging off of me desk or the reading of that statement.

If writing and creating content were that easy, why doesn't any MMO add 10-20 new missions/arcs per month, genius? C'mon. Think about it. I'll wait...


...


A long, long time, I'm sure.

Translation: Who cares if you (and others) enjoyed them? I didn't and that's all that matters, for I am The Decider of what is, and what is not, good content.

Because you're wrong.

Short answer: Reverse JRanger.
Longer answer: You're not setting the standard "so high" you're trying to set it solely to your own, personal taste, even when it's been shown that many people disagree with what you would like in the game. I never, ever, eeeeeeeeeeeever want this game conforming to your standards.

Other than some (occasionally pretty big, but no more so than before) mistakes, they have.

Let's examine that... what, exactly, was contained within issues 1-10? Hmmmm?

Give up?

How about two FULL boxed sets worth of content?!?

CoH has been out for 5.5 years. Of course players leave to try new MMOs. Heck, counting betas, I did it 3-4 times, twice in the last year. But I'm still here. And many who leave and up coming back after a while.

Yup. Me too. Especially Cimerora. I like how ER is now apparently the standard-setter for what is and is not "dev worthy" storytelling.

Also, assuming that there are at least 1000 MA arcs, and assuming ER's "99% crap" standard is actually applicable, that's at least 10 new story arcs just from the MA.

Given that I, personally, have played at least 2 dozen MA arcs that I enjoyed (and I haven't been able to play much in the last 6 mo), I'd say that number is far, far higher.

But again... ER doesn't play the game that the rest of us are playing.

Please name the "several" NCSoft run MMOs that had paid expansions added to them, and then got the plug pulled.

Also, what is the time-frame between them adding the expansion and the game dying?

If you're gonna make accusations, please bring definitive examples.

So yes, I guess there are further questions.

Silver bullets. /nod

Or, possibly, DCUO and/or Old Republic. If those two launch at nearly the same time, and are good, quality games (I have faith in you BioWare), then that combination might be enough to pull enough subs away long-term... maybe.

lol.

[gonna repeat myself here, buuut...]

Past 6 issues have been garbage?

Garbage.

Really?

REALLY?!?

You know, I've often said that you seem to play a different game than the rest of us. This pretty much seals it. The last 6 issues may not have been perfect (though to me, they were mostly, almost overwhelmingly, positive), but garbage?!?

You're either being a total drama-queen, or you're a glutton for punishment. I know that if any game I played put out 2-years worth of what I considered garbage, I'd have been long-gone.

So which is it?

GR is the reason that there hasn't been much new content. Where do you think the new content development is focused?

How well GR does has little-to-nothing to do with how (perceived or real) current issues are "cleared up". The success of GR will be solely determined by how much neat new stuff it brings, and how much that adds to the existing gameplay.

1) If you think Castle delivered (and that's a simplistic view anyway) "heavy handed nerfs", you need to talk to players of other MMOs and learn what "heavy handed nerfs" actually are.

2) The "cesspools of greed and corruption" (corruption?) are due to actions of players, not the devs. Also, the markets are just fine now.

3) You're gonna have to wait another 3-6months.

Which was never the intent of GR, nor promised.

Tough noogies. Sometimes you have to work a bit to get what you want. Also: WAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaah.

Blatant speculation. The only way this will happen (my blatant speculation now) is if side-switching is easily accomplished, in terms of time required.