Night_Hornet

Lets get one thing clear here I'm not sure I'd agree with the EU servers being "on life support", however the small populations are dwindling slowly and as for empty zones this is sometimes a mis-conception due to the game instances.

The fact that we will not get a boxed edition of GR (lets not forget this is a major expansion) or maybe any advertising means that the chances of attracting new EU players are small. No doubt some players will return the see the new shinyness however I'd imagine without anything else to promote it this will be shortlived.

Where does that leave us, possibly becoming slowly extinct. I like to team, this is an online MMO after all and I always said I'd be the last on when they shut the servers, but without any team-mates...perhaps not.

Lol Coin nice.

Reminds me of the time I printed out one of my comics for my 5 year old son to look at. Atferwards I said "isn't Night Hornet great?", he replied "no he's rubbish, I like Hailstorm".

He then ran around the room pretending to fly saying "I'm Hailstorm, I'm Hailstorm"

Damn kids

I posted some stuff before, but I love this latest commission done for me by Rai

http://castortroy3497.deviantart.com/

To be fair, I get the above statement about Paragon Studios and NCSoft, however I still think that the treatment of this “minority market” is somewhat unfair.

As a customer I feel slightly ripped off in what I consider value for money compared to NA players. My subscription is the same of course.

For example as someone who loves alts, I have paid out around $60 to have extra slots. This is because I have only 2 English servers to choose from, where as NA players have 11. Imagine the position of the French and German players who only have one. Hardly fair is it?

NA gets boxed releases giving their community a chance to grow and develop, the EU has nothing on the shelves and therefore players like myself have to stand around and watch our servers slowly die without any real hope of any potential improvement. Also as someone said, not every EU resident has great broadband, so downloading the client (as we don’t have a boxed edition) can be a mammoth task, especially for a potential new player.

I love running teams but struggling to get a team together of more than 4 or 5 on many occasions (peak times) is disheartening (yes I use the popular channels). It’s all very well being able to have toons on 11 servers, meaning you are almost certain to find some action somewhere, imagine if you only had two or even one server to choose from!!

When the Brighton team was in full force we had player events/ meet and greets etc. now nada.

Now it seems that that pre-order bonuses with be US only, yes this is no bid deal – but it’s the principle.

The solution?

1)Work out the difficulties and merge the servers.
2)If this is not possible in the short term then reduce our subs until some sense of fairness/parity can be achieved.

Despite being the most passionate gaming community I’ve been involved with, it seems the EU community counts for nothing other than being fobbed off from time to time.

Yes no doubt some smart a*#e will tell me to quit and make a US account and stop moaning, but why should I give up all my stuff and what friends do remain in the game?

I wonder if the NA player-base was disadvantaged in someway, what the reaction would be.

So...

As subscribers we (the EU) are already disadvantaged by only having 2 English servers and therefore less slots.

There are no longer player events here.

There won't be a boxed edition of GR here and therefore not much hope of a big increase in the population because of that...Lets not forget they also had a boxed MA version too.

Now NA players can get pre-order items that we may not be able to obtain.


The result =

Perhaps we are guilty of caring more about the game than Paragon Studios care about the EU. Like some above, I grow bored by vague talk and no action and I feel slightly ripped off that I pay the same as our NA friends but seem to be getting less and less for my hard earned money.

In fact this thread seems to me to be an after thought, kinda like "Ooops what about the EU? Hmmm better make a quick thread".

I do love this game but fairness is a solid principle for any customer base. We are not asking for anything more, just an equal footing.

I liked the series and the finale, however I still maintain that the writers/producers just made it up as they went along with no clear idea of how to tie it all up.

For me the finale summed this up, I did enjoy it as it went back to what the show was about - the characters, however the finale brilliantly side-stepped giving most explanations while still being kind of satisfying.

As Jack is told "Everything that happened to you was real", we can presume the island was real and that the 815-ers did not die in the crash. So although we got a reunion at the end, they managed to avoid giving full explanations, which I don't think they actually have.

That being said, I found the finale emotional and the last 5 minutes were beautifully handled.

A Paragon Museum – a building that anyone could enter and look around, this could contain artefacts from COH lore and dev statues etc – you could even run a huge competition the feature a player or two in there.

A Paragon Art Gallery – similar to the Museum, again you could run a competition to feature some fan art in there.

More interesting billboards – perhaps with heroes advertising products, e.g. “Positron loves Arctic’s Ice Cream” or “Synapse says slow down when attempting to cross the road”

Newspaper HQ – something along the lines of Daily Planet/Bugle

A Zoo – busy with citizens with an occasional mob entering there could be fun

A high security prison in PI, this could house the most dangerous villains, not sure if it could be done but a game mechanic where an AV breaks out from time to time could be a lot of fun.

All the signature heroes are called to meeting by Statesman, as it begins they are all suddenly held helpless in a stasis field. Statesman “powers down”, what he’s a robot?!?!

Lord Recluse enters the room, takes off his mask and laughs manically – What? He is Statesman, we’ve been lied to all this time and now his plan is complete. The world will never be the same again.

The streets are empty the citizens have all fled the city in terror, dark clouds rumble overhead, only the lesser known heroes are left to tackle forces which they cannot hope to defeat…

…COH2!

The comrade hero piece is looking real good, can't wait to see it finished.

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Global warming....what global warming?

Another great issue!

Others have said this and I agree, I'm very jealous of your ability to produce these things so quickly, well done

More chest emblems would be nice.

It's a good idea for a piece and it could be very intersting, looking through your DA gallery there's some great pieces there, I love the kinda 1940s look some of them have.

I did ask this question several times to different Devs on Test last night.

Sadly the question was either ignored or I got "ask marketing" type replies.

Not wholly unexpected but disappointing never the less.

My favorite memory, was returning to the game after an enforced break. I had friends in my SG and I was one of the leaders. However due to my latest marriage break-up I went awol for about 3 months, with moving home etc etc.

When I finally returned it seemed like a big deal to people...boy that made me feel wanted!

Super Booster Pack Suggestions

I noticed that the in the Q&A the Devs mentioned welcoming Booster Pack suggestions which are non origin related.
So here a couple of basic ones from me.

Golden Age Super Booster Pack

For those who love golden age heroes

Costume Pieces

“V” high collar cape


Tri-Corner hat


Flag chest symbols or some approximations

1940s era clothing
Ideas/Examples:






1940s hairstyles




Rallying Cry

Activating this power gives a boost to you and your teams hit points and endurance for a short time.
Recharge very long
New animation and the Rallying Cry text can be player edited

Grenade!
You throw a Grenade, it’s a fake but it’s also enough to disorientate a mob for a short time
Recharge very long

Emote
Hands on hips with an over the top heroic pose

Costume Change Emotes
V for Victory
Over there! You point therefore distracting people while you quickly change.



SG/VG Super Booster Pack

If you love your SG/VG this is for you

Costume Pieces
A new fairly basic set, however top/bottom could have 3 colours applied to it to make it stand out. This is the costume of choice for all official SG/VG events

Base Items
Hall of fame board, buying this set will enable you to add your name to it
More items – perhaps swimming pools, CCTV security rooms etc.

Battle Drone
This power enables you to make a battle drone within your base (for your use only, drone will only last whilst you are in the base), the drone will deal damage but can also be damaged. No xp or inf is gained however you can gain pres and there is random chance of a recipe drop upon defeating the drone.

SG/VG veteran rewards
Buying this pack will grant you a rare recipe drop for every three months you are a member of your group, also the pres earned by you on that day will be doubled.
After 12 months a statue or bust of you can be displayed in the base (maybe not do-able?)

Initiation Mission
New recruits are able to take part in a initiation mission from the new recruits computer, a minimum of 3 SG members must take part.

Emote
Some kind of secret sign – perhaps touching your nose or something, signifying you are a member

I mailed in several questions on this subect on Friday as part of the CoH Developer Q&A session, sadly none were answered.