Liz Bathory
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If you want to pvp my idea is simple... remove all changes in a pvp zone aside of the excamplar/sidekick...
A defender shouldn't be able to take out a tank... etc.
Since when is the environment helping the hero become stronger to make something fair? If youre a defender and you have to take out a tank... you usually are in a team. Even though my defender has won 3 out of 3 from an invulnerable tank in arena.
And if you don't like to lose because that blaster can one-shot you... don't pvp!
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Fantastic Work
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I also prefer words
but please have the right words in it then. I like to know if the chance for an AV excists... They already told us the missions are like TF's... So if you enter and find an AV you can't get any help. -
hmm.. I am working on a plant/empath troller that will deff not be one-shotted as it will have a regen that will be unbelievable
But the created empath will be like a medic yes... its a npc unslotted... and of the level you play the mission. Be sure that if you play on relentless he/she will use more powers and heal more points. Will stil be squishy ofcourse. But you could try to add a travel power most npc's dont have.. like jump or superspeed. And make him harder to hit. -
Anyone can help us with the status of the City Vault! Or are we waiting till we are a year further? I like to see this live...
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A story line... Diversity... buildup... fun... and at least try to be original.
A story arc that you can see has more then an gour work in it. And yes.. I am not english origin but I will check all my text for spelling. -
And Dracula... and Baron Mordo...
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This is a challenge.. I am trying to get a s close as possible.. but it will still be an estimate...
City of Villains (Europe) 19,99
City of Heroes® (Europe) 9,99
City of Heroes® (Europe) Porto 5,00
City of Heroes® (Europe) Wedding Pack 8,99
City of Heroes® (Europe) Good vs. Evil Item Pack 8,99
City of Heroes® (Europe) Super Booster I: Cyborg 8,99
City of Heroes® (Europe) Mac Special Edition 14,99
CoX Character Transfer 8,99 (x8) 71,92
City of Heroes® (Europe) - 5 Character Slots 17,99 (x4) 71,96
City of Heroes® (Europe) [3 month subscription] 34,99 (x9) 314,91
CoX Character Rename 8,99 (x2) 17,98
City of Heroes® (Europe) [6 + 1 month subscription] 64,99 (x1) 64,99
City of Heroes® (Europe) [1 month subscription] 12,99 (x7) 90,93
709,63
Free Game-time from winning Creative Price Omega TF contest (90 days) 12,99 (x1,5) 19,49
690,14
Money well spend. Just check what one vacation will cost you. Over 3 years of gaming... Cab anyone calculate three years of World of Warcraft... and chech what a glossy computer magazine sub cost for over 3 years? -
Like I said in another thread (because I obviously missed this one)... If Champions Online hits the shops and COX is not there... the choice will be simple for every new super hero fan everywhere around the world.
As of players knowing about this game aside from the 4 months after release and winning awards..
WOW gamers I know.. none... unless I pointed them towards it
Shops... Hardly unless he/she was around in that same shop 5 years ago
Game centers.. not ONE runs COX!!! Not one I know. Most never even heard of it.
Comic fans.. never heard of it...
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I learned about COH while just kicking the habit of Ultima Online. Read an article in a magazine. It was brand new and already had won several awards.
But I had just spend 1,5 years on UO so I resisted the temptation. Also because you couldn't get capes for instance.
Then forgot about it until I saw a Marvel Comics advertizing for City of Villains... hook, line, sinker...
I went to the shop and baught COV... I installed... liked... and ordered COH over the net. -
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I totally agree, in the case of WoW, success has very much bred success. As the only mainstream MMO (I doubt I am being controversial callingit that), it has been able to attract customers normally outside of the MMO market. However my comment about subscriber level was merely a tongue-in-cheek response to a rhetorical question about which MMO "wins". My real answer has always been that neither one wins, both are good at different things and it is possible to play, enjoy and support both games.
Also, I believe that GR has stated that i14 will not be getting a boxed release in the EU. So the dire lack of marketing continues.
Edit: Beaten, damn j00 Neko!!
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Arrghh.. if so the marketing of COX is stupid beyond believe. WOW is being pushed to every gamer in the world. It is in shops.. on walls advertizing.. on television etc. COX isn't even buyable in the shops at the moment. Almost all boxes where sold out ages ago.
Not that I state that COX would win a competition. But it has been dead in every marketing option around the world.
COX will have to be available as box in every shop that will bring out CO... So that customers can choose between the wto. If not.. all will pick the brand-new CO. Without ever knowing COX excists. -
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Issue 14: Mission Architect will finally come with a new box on the shelves.
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GR said it's was a box for online order only in EU. And a very limited run in the US for stores.
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It is a shame that it is a bit late as Champions Onlinecomes out the same month.
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Huh? Champions is set for June release. While Issue 14 will come either in March or very early april.
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I clearly remember them saying it would come on the shelves. Will do my best finding that post again. But even then.. a limited distribution in the US is still 'out on the shelves'. i just hope they will bring it out worldwide as box. It is not good advertizing to see 4-6 different MMMO's in a shop and no COX.
If CO comes out later.. that can only be good. I read they are trying for the same month. But release dates on MMMO's are always speculation. We will see. -
ha.. but WOW is even slow in the normal walking... You will not reach a mission within 10 minutes even if they seem to be close.
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The Thug powerset is on the screens... So it will be in.
The powersets can be picked in impossible comboes... you can now make an Super Str/Regen tanker if you want... or a Manticore clone using Archery/Trick Arrow.
The system descides for you which powers the toon will use. Chance it that that will be influenced by the way you let the toon play. A ranged fight style will give dark blasts... a support fight style Fearsome Stare .. etc.
As it is stated on the US forums you can also make AV's... it is highly likely that on creating AV's AV regen and ress will be implemented. If you check the paragonwiki you can see what Bosses, Elite Bosses and Arch Villains have for powers. -
It's not only the game that keeps the 11 mill subscribers in. When you really look at it and you would only play it for the game. The subs would transfer to a more modern clone like Lord of the Rings... a game that has the same interface as WOW but with better graphics and faster movement and a better community/chat interface.
No... Players generate new players. The community keeps the game going. It is also what keeps the older versions going. WOW is basically a clone of Ultima Online. That is 2D and is still being played. An MMMO on its basic level is just a chat room with something else to do aside of chatting.
When you have 100.000 subs you can't really affort losing 1000. I am sure that Blizzard will not even blink about losing 1000 subs. The main prob is advertizing here... Issue 14: Mission Architect will finally come with a new box on the shelves. That will influence subs on COX. It is a shame that it is a bit late as Champions Onlinecomes out the same month. CO will be the only super hero game aside of the long-time leader in this field COX. It is brand-new with better graphics and engine. And will for sure draw subs away from COX. Let's hope Issue 14 can withstand some of that.
Just my 2 cents... I have played a WOW trial and was hating the movement speed and the graphics. I have also played Ultima Online for a long time and tried a bit of Lord of the Rings. I have been in COX for over 2 years now.. and planning to stay unless Champions Online is awesome beyond believe. -
The Dev's choice will only be the best of the best and the popularity of a creator will not effect it that much. This comes because the rating system is also global.
If youre an incredible popular player/creator on UNION... you will not get enough ratings to get into the list even if you get all sub's on UNION voting 5 stars for you. This means you need to get the votes from the other servers too. As they never heard of you will get a better rating. Getting into the high ranks will NOT be easy.
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Research of the screenshots show..
You create a boss..
You create a costume (you can load from previously saved)
You pick a primary power set
You pick a secondary power set
You pick a travel power (Like: Cabal can fly)
You pick how the boss reacts in battle (Likes Melee or ranged or...)
You can pick how the boss reacts when the battle goes wrong (fight or run to safe himself)
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Mine mentioned below are made in html..
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Err... there is 1 French and 1 German server. Nothing to merge them with...
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Both are almost empty if you havent noticed yet. Also the support for either is non excisting atm.
I say start them over in the us... pick some low used us servers for that... There has to be a fresh look at the server layout where we end up all on the same server list and physical in a reliable location. -
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Out of curiosity how many of the people who have had rubberbanding, mapserver disconnects, power lag etc have bugged them it may seem pointless and yes its dam tedious going thru all the pre set questions but it will help identify problems.
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Been there, done that got the T-shirt that says "I visited City of Heroes and all I got was this lousy ISP blame"
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Same.. all I got last time I reported was 'test youre line to see where the prob is.'... But the whole team had problems...?
When are they accepting its a different problem.
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it's something that's been going on for such a long time surely someone would have considered moving the damn servers to a less crappily routed location?
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I'm sure they are considering it, but have you considered what is actually involved in such a move?
1) You load the servers onto the back of a van and drive them to the new location. The servers are closed completly for about a week, by which time all your customers have left.
2) You buy new servers at the new location and copy the data across. the only problem is NCSoft can't afford to buy new paperclips at the moment, and the banks sure aint lending.
And how do you decide where to move them to? Most of the Internet in Europe is on the brink of collapse due to a lack of investment.
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No money for new servers...? Then I would pick the two emtiest / dead us servers and merge them with others. Do the same for the french and german servers.. and place Union and Defiant on the two freed up servers by cloning them.
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If they try to move players to the US without character transfer, then I don't think it will be just most of the EU players they will loose. I wouldn't be suprised if quite a few US players also quit in protest, possibly even a dev or two. Not to mention the numbe of people who would swear never to play another NCSoft game.
I think it's an unlikely scenario though.
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But why cant they simply manage the EU servers and player base from the USA?
This is the internet after all.
In what way does it matter where the staff are based?
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None... only that there is a connection problem towards Germany... And that often the conn towards the US is better.
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We are all concerned ... which is normal as we love this game ..
Let's reflect back on the pure facts we have now...
- Most of the staff in Brighton is layed of... But there are people remaining. So its not closed (yet)
- People that are remaining are GM's... so support for the EU will stay (remember time zones) ... ergo ... They respect and support the EU subs still.
- I14 goes into Beta. So new developing goes on schedule.
- There wheren't lay-off's of this magnitude in the US
- The servers of the EU are in a server parc in Germany
- Communication towards the sub's is restricted
These are the only real facts I got out of reading all the posts here. We can add a few facts in reply...
- If a server merge / move to us of the eu playerbase goes bad they will lose a good part of all eu sub's
- Although COX is still the best superhero game out there, alternatives are really close now
Personal idea's...
- One location / one list of servers and one account server is the best thing to to. It saves money and is easiest to administer. This means a loss/change of global name for EU users if they start doing this. Personally I would generate all EU account names and add them to the account server in the us. Then I would use a script so all generated names could remake/rename their accounts. This way you keep vet rewards, bought bonus packs etc.
- Cloning the 4 servers towards servers in the us server parc would be my choice though. Then run a script to change the shortcuts of the EU users and have all servers in one list under one account server (see point 1). If they also trie and add scripts and bonusses that pushes the users into spreading over the servers in an (almost) even amound it will be perfect. The game will get better for it. Which means it will be good for us.
- It is also technical possible to not change anything and keep administering the servers in Germany from the GM's in the UK and from the US
- I would then also merge the forums and the website... It doesn't make sense marketing wise to have those seperated.
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I would be interested in coming over