Nomolos

Ah the good old chestnut on merging server lists…….YES PLEASE

Having stuck a month’s subs on to have a look at the nice new shineys and pickup that yearly badge, I am still struck by the complete stubbornness of NC to allow the server lists to be merged.
Cryptic seem to have managed to achieve a world sever and payments for subs, as one half of the original COX development team they do seem to have robbed every idea that we the players were asking for over the years, wrapped them up in a shiny new game, and proudly sold it to the world as champions!
A quick look at it seems to go like

1. One uniform server…..check
2. Power effect customisation…..check
3. Larger and seemingly unrestricted zones…..check
4. The ability to build the fabled Mage Tank…sadly check

I could go on but I won’t, NC has a bloody good game hear, but “and there is always a but” don’t seem to want to pay attention to what the paying public would like to have and seem to pay the price for it.

Having come back for a month’s poke, despite the nice new effects, stuff that for me has been there for years is still there, micro lag where things seem to have a slight shudder and a seemingly ghost like state of play with a lack of players.

Now go play on the US severs and despite the quite bizarre restrictions placed on the trial accounts, there are people seemingly everywhere at all levels bouncing, flying and running round no lag at all or none that I can personally see, and an awful lot of free alt slots to play with.

If I could drag my sorry collection of alts with me and have access to the US servers my subs would be back for a good while, I like some of the subtle changes that have been done, little boosts to powers, or a more considerate placement of a hospital in the hollows, little things that overall make one impressive thing.

BUT “its still there”

I won’t be subbing up as things stand. I feel rightly or wrongly that the US severs have a more pleasant play experience, and I would prefer to play there, I would happily buy a US game pack if I could drag my stuff over there, but there is no way that as things stand I will want to use the euro zone!

Its way way past time that NC should be looking at this, it’s been asked for as long as I have been playing, same as a merged forum was impossible to do, now it seems it’s not, its time NC extended its merged state to the server lists as well and advertise the fact as well make it an advantage, it would work for both sides of the pond US would gain 4 extra servers as well!

Come on NC wake up and smell the cash

as i seem to have a free weeks access i too would say well done and best of luck in whatever venture goes your way

Facts are like busses there is one along every 5 minutes and they may or may not go where you want them too.

It made me when you were looking at slightly more populated games, I believe that WoW is still the largest MMO currently?

If and I do mean if the servers get merged or moved it wont necessarily mean doom for the company or the game, there are as many people who would welcome the extra room for alts and the extra player numbers… I know I would I have enjoyed my visits to the American servers on the odd trial hear and there.

COX needs a kick in the bum its moved along in the same vain for far far to long.

Power sets have changed beyond all recognition from there original versions but to see a rationalisation of servers as a toll of doom seems a tad odd, with the recent redundancy’s, I cant believe that server costs wont be examined as well and if a good saving can be made that’s worth while having I would expect them to make the change.

After all if they are prepared to let well liked staff go how can an inanimate lump of metal stand a chance against the accountants?


Anyway will be back when Warhammer gets tarnished and pickup where I have left off again

hope it works out where ever you end up!


/salute

You do realize where you are G ?

“avoid any further completely irrelevant tangents”

Is that not the life blood of this forum

In answer to your question the system works just fine as it is.

For my 2 pennies “if it isn’t broke don’t try to fix it”

Hope all you chaps and chapets find whatever you need to find over the next few weeks, losing a job is a major pain in the backside.

Hope you wash-up on some nice opportunities in the near future it seems no industry’s safe in these crappy times.

Em/salute

Best of luck

Congratulations on an excellent idea, a pity there is seemingly no input from the powers that be

Perhaps a small US/EU flag at start-up to indicate what you’re attempting to install?

A picture says a 1000 words after all

And you do kind of get that with the login screen with the US/Euro web pages!

If you know what to look for

Shame moving this post hear

If you don’t play PVP then you would not necessarily come into the PVP area and so would miss this post completely!

Considering how much debate it was generating were it was…..

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Interesting discussion. Will be even more interesting seeing where all these characters end up living in the future .

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hummm how about a Moon Base?

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*settles in to read document* ooooo, shiny!

Can't wait to read your reactions .

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Ah ha so it’s the new moon base then!
With its “shiny” solar panels and the sun all “shiny” and all……


Worth a try

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Nope but they require players skills, "real" one.

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And there’s the rub!!

Skill is sadly of much lower importance over actual alt type.

I personally like PVP (looking forward to Warhammer);
I have been a hard core battle field player all versions and the Desert Combat mod for it as well and loved it all.

COX PVP however is not so skill based I feel but more alt based and as such unbalanced on a one too one bases.

For example In most other PVP games if a chap jumps into a tank and kills you, you have the option to respawn as anti tank man and blast his sorry tank to kingdom come, if he jumps into a plane you can jump into an anti aircraft gun and have at him, he spawns as a heavy infantry you can jump in a tank…. Do you see the pattern?

You can in effect change your build depending on the alt you wish to attack on the fly so to speak in COX its locked solid into what ever build you have at that moment

COX is more like Rock, Scissors, Stone than skill “If” there was an option to have a PVP slanted build and a PVE build with the PVP build being able to respect repeatable then I might be tempted back in and try again, but the main problem for me when PVP was first shoved into the game was a complete lack of viable builds on any of the alts I was running at the time.

I went through more respecs trying to get something that was half way PVP decent but gave up as I ran out of respecs and was fed up with the situation and a gimped PVE build.

Yes I had fun in the PVP zones when there was a larger and I do stress that “larger team” organised where the alts can work in a PVE way with buffers, de-buffers etc but as soon as the teams shrink so does the fun element at least for me.

If the alts were more like there original inception I feel personally that PVP would work better.

If I play a Blaster and shoot a tank I want to see a dam good drop on his hit points, on the flip side the blaster should be able to be taken down with a mere waft of a hand as the blaster should be squishy so it’s a hit and run tactic involved so “skill” starts to creep in.

I don’t think my blaster ever had a one shot kill against any alt ever in PVP and that was in the good old days with 6 slot damage …ah happy days.

There has been too much equalisation of alts making them all very similar in some respects due mostly to player requests and exploitations of plays being stopped,

Personally I miss seeing a fire tank sweeping a map and having a huge mob around them slowly dropping like fly’s

As PVP has been a bit of a half hearted addition then yes its not as polished as it could have been, I am pretty certain that some players after reading this tread absolutely love the current PVP and good luck to them I say.

I wish I could join in but cant be bothered anymore myself, as for people bemoaning entering a PVP zone for a badge I must say once you enter the area your fair game for the other side, if its marked PVP and you enter then you’re a target its as simple as that.

If you want what the zone has to offer you then you have to accept the fact the zone will be more hostile than normal, if you find it an issue try doing your thing late at night on a weekend chances are no one else will be there then…but you never know

Anyway that my 2 inf worth for what its worth.

/salute

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I thought you were discussing Vin Densel?

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new film looks good

Well for my 2inf worth, I thank god that I no longer get loads of spam globally and in game mails.

The level cap does seem a tad harsh and I have said that on previous posts but thinking now about the TF trials and drops it does indeed now make sense.

After all if there is a loophole it will be exploited “there’s is gold in them there holes”

Perhaps the ability to chat and respond to a tell could be looked at and the upgrade bug fixed other than that it looks good to me, keeps my enjoyment uninterrupted and allows others to test before purchase that’s a win win in my tatty book.

At the end of the day we the forumites were pretty much howling for blood, now there is a blissful silence in Atlas there are again moans about the very things that gave us our uninterrupted play!

And they say women can be fickle


Disclaimer Note
“All women who play COX are by definition not classed as fickle as defined in the OED”

Odd first post did not post….


Anyhow second time round.


I find it odd that a post regarding PVP Abuse or the lack of it is in turn reduced to well abuse?

Seems a tad counter productive to me!

There has apparently been created a new costume piece specifically for you by our good friends and saviours at PlayNC.

It’s called the Perambulator

There is a speed bonus of 100% over all your current speeds.

The only disadvantage mentioned is, both your hands are occupied while holding onto the device.

And your movement looks a little shuffle like as you move this fabulous device forward and then walk up behind it…..

Only to move it forward again and repeat.

I would think that after a bit of practise you should be fine with it.






Now all I need to do is open a time portal and stick my witty comment back a day

Happy Yesterday Birthday you Old ( &8%4£@~) hope the candles did not remove any hair?


You can’t afford to lose anymore

Well lets just hope it’s not some other producer looking to “borrow” ideas from the COX forums and incorporate them into there game!

I mean it’s not like that’s ever happened before.

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+1 to Steelrat for bringing back childhood memories of when I was reading my brother's comics lying in the sun outside

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What’s more disturbing?

The fact that a respected forum moderator reply’s?

Or the avatar?

Actually I did read all of the posts before posting, it’s a strange thing to admit but I do tend to try and understand a thread before stepping in with size 10s.

As I have said keeping this alive is not a healthy thing to do you have vented your spleen it’s been done to death now.
As for being advised to post this hear, it’s a good idea it brings the subject out into the open for discussion but I have not seen much of that actually going on only a lot of “woe is me” anything constructive was lost round page 6/7

I agree this is a paid for service, not trying to agree or disagree with what’s happened to yourself but if the other player IS role playing a villain then is he not then following your own maxim?
I personally don’t actually see you as being abused only having another player not play the way you would prefer them to play!
And as he is also paying for the game he is playing the way he wants to play it.

As for allowing or not allowing people access to your SG bins your call as I said you never really know who a player is until you group with them over time, if you’re lucky you find a band of likeminded individuals and enjoy their company of an evening if not then it adds spice to the game after all what’s the point of playing if there is no surprises.

If the permissions are redefined that does not actually change the problem you have experienced as if a player wants to do anything with the base they will always need good access, and with that comes the option for abuse.

Mind if you have played with this chap for 12 hour days for a month you may also want to consider going outside into the real world and have a break. Let this drop anything mildly constructive is being buried in the endless return arguments you are constructing.

It really is simple now

You gave him a level that allowed him to remove items!

He the removed the items.

That may not be what you wanted him to do, but it is what he wanted to do and he did.


Learn the lesson and move along, really don’t look back keep moving forward.

And to join the general consensus at the end I to will bow out from hear it’s become a very pointless post now and needs to drop gracefully away.

Regards

Nom

There comes a time when you need to put things down and walk away, this is one of them.

You have been “suckered” by a fellow player?

Ok don’t be taken again, learn from what’s happened and move on.

As annoying as it is to have what you see as a trust broken why make things worse by trolling it over and over again hear on the boards?

Will things change? Nope I can’t see that happening.

Will you get the stuff back? Again no can’t see that happening.

Does venting and gnashing your teeth make you feel better? Yes it would seem so!

Was the chap role playing? Whatever deities you worship only knows that!

At the end of the day its, and I know this may shock some players…..a game!!

This chaps playing the game the way he wants as a villain, for better or worse that’s what he or she wants to do, if you want to play with him/her and allow the potential for this to happen so be it, if you don’t then don’t play with new players or get to know them better first, even then the EVE case is a dam good one, there are people who love to play the dark side and there is no way to know whos, who

If the persons a bit of a fool then this very post will be puffing his/her chest up no end, some people playing the game will also look on this and think it’s funny or cool or any other number of things, in the end keeping your rant alive is only doing them a favor not you!

It’s time to put the pitch fork down and let the torch go out, yes your annoyed and hurt but there is not a blessed thing you can do about it, and any other on line game will be the same, you have been played good and proper try not to repeat it again and go on.

To cancel a sub seems excessive for this, at the end of the day you have lost some of your on line time, if you had 20 level 50s and someone had hacked your account and deleted the lot selling everything you have and leaving you with a blank logon screen then things may go differently!

But it’s not thank goodness

It is after all meant to be fun as games should be not life and death, and thank your stars it’s not WoW

hope you work it out

/salute

there are a few chuckles in there