Kytsune
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Quote:Heh, I think that while it's good not to complain about things we don't know will happen -- it is still a reflection of what we expect. If too much of CoH's playerbase exists only a rehash and they want to enjoy new content that's a sign.Originally Posted by fallenz
Sorry. Had a little too much fun NYE this year in RL.
MMOs suffer under the burden of marketing strategy when they look at their players. Especially free-to-play, and right now we're only barely scratching the surface of what is to be a subscription-based-gone-free-to-play MMO as City of Heroes and DCUO are our best recent examples. Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online seem to be doing fairly decently with whatever they're doing so perhaps we can look to their models to see what we might expect CoH to do.
Free-to-play doesn't need to mean a drop in quality, but we can probably expect CoH to be a little bit rocky for a short time while they attempt to pin down content strategies.
Like I said above, I'd love to see more open-world based content that brings players together on the maps to cooperate and enjoy each other's company.
All speculation, I know, but with the Winter Holiday Event on the outset, it's about time for me to start dreaming of 2012.
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Quote:It's nice to hear that the LFG is working well to bring people to the Winter Lord event and Lady Winter. I recall adoring the LFG system for running door missions and just experiencing team play.Originally Posted by fallenz
It just an re hash of the last few years with a few little thing to buy with candy canes. Oh yeah and the use of LFG tool for attacking Lord Winter..which work as well as some folks point out. Not well.
The focus of the content team seems to be on more paid content and the Itrials now. Not updating fun special events to keep them updated.
Just not a fun holiday this year in Paragon. *sigh*
I'm sad to hear that they've only rehashed the event from years past, although if Lady Winter is 2010 content at least we're only a year out and now it's free-to-play.
I wonder if the development team has thought about adding extra open-world content to whet the appetite of would-be customers who would then buy more items (especially costume) from the shop. After all, it seems to me that in-game marketing of items might work better than simply announcing them on the website. CoH now free-to-play does need to spend time on getting people to buy into the virtual item shop after all. -
Quote:I wish I had enough time this year to experience Lady Winter! I missed out on so much CoH because I ran out of money (and time) but with Lady Winter is new content and now that it's free-to-play and I have space on my computer, I'm back again for a while.Originally Posted by peterpeter
I rescued baby new year a time or two and defeated the winter lady a few times. Those are fun and easy to get into. I bought a few things with candy canes, and opened a few presents.
I haven't defeated the Winter Lord yet. I spent some time in the team-up teleporter queue one evening, but despite a listed wait time of 5 minutes no event ever started. I gave up after an hour or so, once I was done with the ski slopes and other non-instanced activities.
I suppose I could try harder, using global channels and so on, but it's not like I've never defeated him before. I was hoping the team-up teleporter would be a quick and easy way to get into the event, and that turned out not to be the case.
I noticed that the Ski Chalet was ... nearly a ghost town. Of course, I recollecting 2004-2005 when I and half the server went there and Pocket D became the center of attention during the NYE countdown in the states.
Wow, I totally forgot to include that, I'll put it in my notes for next year. People gathering at Pocket D for the NYE countdown and all using the /dance emote happened to be one of the most amusing things in the game for me. Although certainly 12mid happens about six times across US timezones meant that there was a lot of churn going on and a great deal of dancing people in the crowded club on Champion.
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Since we're coming onto the outset of the Winter Holiday Event, I figured that I'd give a short foray for my nice audience of anthropologists with a video about it and thought I'd share it with you:
City of Heroes Winter Event Impressions 2011 [VIDEO]
The essay I wrote on the subject featured, if a little bit, how when the Winter Lord boss-monsters were introduced they had a huge experience bonus when defeated and how that created quite a stir in the community. It's a long winded thing but it only crosses the scrim of how the event affects the players "City of Heroes Winter Holiday Event: Christmas, New YearÂ’s Eve, and the Winter 'Level' Lord" so I'm wondering how everyone has enjoyed the event themselves.
The event has looked relatively the same for the past few years, with the exception of additional aesthetic items.
Have you taken part in the mission against the Red Caps to save Baby New Year this year? Using candy canes or shop tokens to buy Christmasy winter gear? Let me know how you've spent the winter holiday in game this year.
I'm curious.