Hercules

Originally Posted by RemusShepherd

The problems with CO are not the game mechanics. The game mechanics are fine, if a little uninspired.

The problem with CO is the attitude. The graphics, all the mission content, and it seems the entire world exists to parody the superhero genre. Almost every mission contains a winking joke about how lame everything is. "Ha, hah, isn't this lame? Everything you accomplish, it's so lame. Isn't it hilarious how lame you are?" It's like playing a pen-and-paper game with an annoying sarcastic hipster as your Game Master. The makers of CO are jaded and resentful of the superhero genre, and it shows.

An occasional joke at the genre's expense is okay. But CO is just overladen with them. If you're not going to take your genre seriously, pick a different one. (Maybe they did, with Star Trek Online. I don't know, I haven't tried it yet. Did they take space opera seriously?)

I have no idea how they thought that attitude was a good idea. It certainly doesn't encourage players. The players that kind of vicious sarcasm *does* attract...well, that's another problem.

Originally Posted by That_Ninja

Not sure what it got from DAoC or CoH.

Originally Posted by Positivity

For those of you that still don't seem to realize this even now- VIRTUE IS STILL ACTIVE! If you want to actually play with other people, than you need to come here. We run constant TFs, and there's always multiple teams advertising for tips, papers, etc.

There's a reason why Virtue's population eventually exceeded Freedom's. PUGs on Freedumb are a nightmare of immature players that play poorly. By comparison, Virtue is PUG heaven. We tend to be friendly, mature and intelligent. You will have fun here. Transfer today.

Originally Posted by Interface

Just to throw this out, here's how I would have handled the Architect:

Have the basics be as it is; you write an arc first as a text file locally, then publish it when done. However, basic published arcs have a significantly reduced XP/INF rate, and drop nothing but inspirations. The rate should be high enough so that players don't feel that they're wasting their time, but still low enough that even the most lucrative farm earns less than running radio/paper missions. As a pulled-out-of-my-rear estimate, 50-60%.

However, players who feel that they have created a gem of an arc can pay a small fee, maybe $5-$10 worth of Paragon Points, to have their arc looked at. First, a GM or low level Paragon employee spends five minutes looking over the arc, to make sure that;

1) The author spent more than ten minutes on it; it works properly and is not riddled with spelling errors.
2) It's not a farm.
3) It's not horrible. ("Mynx's Furry R.ape Adventure")

Then, some player volunteers play through it, with the author's name removed to prevent favoritism. Arcs that tell a good story and/or pose a worthy challenge are given a "Paragon Stamp of Approval": they are listed separately from the bulk of arcs, and yield full XP and drops.

And, 3-4 times a year, the devs go through the top rated arcs and choose one or two that they really like. These become part of main CoH lore, like the SSA, and the author gets some sort of reward.

Opinions?

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

There are only 2 ATs in CoH - Scrappers, and Scrapper Support.