Mothers_Love

Good ole thinkgeek.com.

I would proudly display the Cloudcity desklamp (if it was detailed enough) and the Jabba beanbag would be my guilty pleasure hidden away for lounging in (lol).
When I think of the utter rubbish Lucas has greenlit in the past it beggers belief why these genius ideas where not seen through to fruition. I can only guess there were economic or technical problems with bringing them to mass market.

Urgh... scratch that!, Gameplays gone under too!.
Apparently it was a part of the parent group GAME too along with gamestation and gameplay. There goes my N7 pre-order!, I've had to resort to ebay prices.

*laughs*

Oh deary me!, I guess you'll be hoping our Lead Producer doesn't see this or else your toons might be amongst those "who will die". ^^

Not AFAIK, the only ones affected are GAME.co.uk and their stores. I read they are pretty much bust and were negotiating a merger deal with Gamestop.

It must be a different Gameplay you mention, but I ordered through Gameplay.co.uk, I got a reassuring email to my inbox and this is posted on their site;


...and on a CoH-related matter, I do believe that Gamestation Wycombe was where I did accidentally discover a certain 'City of Heroes' way back in 2005, so I have them to thank / blame [insert as appropriate].

So will I, Mass Effect 3 doesn't launch worldwide till the 9th!. ^^

Sorry yes, that is what was confusing me.
The offer on the bottom-right of the email is portrayed as if it is a limited-time offer, whereas the reality of it is the points are always 20% off as a bulk offer.

Its just the presentation that is designed to make you think you are likely to get more points over any other time if you take advantage of and click on the promotional email.

Better NPC crowd interaction (especially at places like street-cafes) could be better, talking to one-another on street corners and generally having the crowds move in a more natural way and not mass-conga lines, would improve the realistic feel of the city.
This is not solely CoH, this is something both superhero MMOs of note fall down on re: depicting a realistic city population.
NPC reactions to roaming gang behaviour other than the the 'running away with arms flailing' animation would be good. I would love to see gangs approach npcs, push them to the ground, (audio) screams/cries for help coming from (within earshot) alleyway muggings etc.

But back on topic, I'd go with Steel for a more Manhattan-feel with various architectual influences from your big Empire State first-gen skyscraper, to art-deco styles like the Chrysler building, but importantly try to shift the streetplan off of the original and strictly adhered-to grid-confined plan which has so little character at ground level.

I have spent thousands of hours on-duty in Eastgate, watching hundreds of heroes coming up through the ranks, so trust me when i say; alas, It was the ultra hard mobs (but more specifically their sheer numbers and placement, on the map) that made old skool Hollows what it was, a real hazard-zone.
Old skool Hollows taught you patience and persistance, and my goodness! - when you did eventually reach your destination after falling 10ft from the mission door time and again that felt like an accomplishment in itself!, you literally had Heroes congratulating their team-mates on making it on their arrival!.

Old skool Hollows taught you aggro distance (down to the Sq Ft), it taught you to look before you leap, and now sometimes it feels we have a whole generation of Heroes on-duty with less appreciation of and sense of aggro-distance.

Wouldn't happen back in my day!.
*mumbles away to herself*




Appreciate what was attempted with The Hollows redux, but in repositioning and thinning the mobs WarWitch did neuter the very element, the sadistic thrill, that made The Hollows so very much fun in the first place!.

Give it back it's sadistic thrill, upgrade the Igneous to use the earth powerset, redux the rewards and (enviroment-wise) the crater to make it a little more interesting and dangerous, but most importantly increase the mobs numbers again and their tricky placement - forcing Heroes to watch out or be caught out!, and I'm sure it would be fun again.