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Are people still getting invited to this? On Ustream, I thought they tested this with another group earlier. So how does one qualify to get into the pool to be selected? Is it random?
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Quote:I wouldn't say their perks but you get more chances to buy more stuff. I have no doubt in my mind that some things will require extra PPs.I'm looking at this as if I keep paying my monthly sub, NOTHING really changes for me and, in fact, I'll start getting more perks than I do under the current Veteran Rewards system. And if something happens where I run into a rough spot that forces me to stop paying a sub... I can still play the game... whereas under the current setup I could not.
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I know some have been talking on the boards. The post of "what do you think it will take to make CoX F2P was probably started by someone who got beta access.
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I finally downloaded the beta client. I did 4GB in about 25 minutes today. This was my fastest download with the ncsoft installer ever.
I have several questions about the beta server:
1. Why so many servers?
http://jumbofiles.com/s49zfnkxrdkl/betaserver.png.html
2. How long does it take to get access? I copied my characters over but I still couldn't logon. Is the character copy tool down again?
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Quote:Come terms with yourself over this fast!!!I love the idea that my friends that want to play the game but can't afford to can join the club....
The first work hard but the game has a history of making it easy to catch up for late bloomers. Remember Ramiel? New Alphas can now go straight to the trials to open the slot now. Remember...only sub 50 content with lots of bugs. Not a big deal. -
Quote:Talk more about the moral issues.Recently I've been hounded personally by a LOT of people telling me they are leaving the game based on moral standards. Well, maybe that is a big reason..
So, if that is in any tiny way true, then the cost won't help the game's quality...But the accessibility will change the nature of the game... If anyone doesn't think that having unlimited spammers can't change anything, then you aren't as savvy as the spammers.. Maybe unlimited /gignore and unlimited/smamage are needed for VIP accounts at teh least, but still spam is smarter than counter spam... It's a truism of the industry..
About the other stuff, the game will be busy for the July and August(summer break) but come fall the game will taper off unless this thing just "blows up = everyone loves and stays and converts."
I have played lots of other games recently and they can't touch this game. The last 6 months they have done things to make it easier to onboard people. Example, today I downloaded the beta server(4GB) client in 25 minutes with the installer.
This is what you not seeing. More people even if they play 1 hour a week will increase the fun. I'm on Freedom and I love it. I was on Union and I hated it. Why? because Freedom has a 24x7 huge base. I meet different people and play whenever I want and I make progress. Basically, I play this game whenever it's convenient to me.
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Just remember Madadh, if you go VIP it won't be F2P for you
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Madadh,
You stated your position with the title, "Not a pure fan of F2P." Some of your comments are careless though. Many people on the boards have wanted CoH to do this F2p thing for a very, very long time.
What specifically don't you like about this model? I think it's fair. Have you downloaded the beta client to even look at? I think the Hybrid model they are moving to will lift this game clearly above the rest and kill the competitors. I have many friends who love this game but don't play it enough to sub to it regularly. One of my friends is a vet from the beginning who brought me to the game and he never crafted recipes or even been inside Cimerora until we played together in Apr/May 2011. The new model allows people to work to paid at their own speed. They'll all go VIP sooner or later once they get invested enough. The F2P keeps them from searching another game because there is a ton of sub 50 stuff in this game. Also, the game needs more players to survive. They have to do this. More players will mean a better quality of gaming for all of us because we'll always have people to play with. -
Corporations do make decisions based on small sampling because it would cost too much to test too many people. Do you know what clinical trials are? But moving along, CoH again on Ustream said they used a small sampling as the basis to move to the new hybrid model.
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I think Impish Kat went a little too far but....
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Have you listened to the Ustreams (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/paragon-studios) this week? Paragon has had a beta for a special group since last year. I wish I would have gotten an invite but I didn't. But my point in mentioning this is that Paragon is not just "winging this," they have been planning this for a while.
I just wish I was better connected to this game because this seemed to have come out of the blue even though I read the boards daily.
I have downloaded the beta server today so in the future I will have access to Production, Test and Beta sites.
About the way this was done, if this was any other game besides CoH, I would be concerned. They have smart people here with 7 years + of experience. I don't give this move even a second thought. I now can have all of my friends come to this great game for nothing now.
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Steam is not the best experience for CoH. If you persist you will have challenges. Your first month is free and you won't be billed for 30 days. Choose Freedom for your server when you create a character but you have to start in Praetoria with your first character. Welcome to the game.
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Quote:It's funny to hear you say this, this game has so much content, why bother/criticize these nowhere missions. So many other fun things to do after 3 years. I have visited some other games recently and I download the game clients and then cancel because the games are Soooooo lame.I bet this has been done many times, but coming back after 3 years away I was kind of surprised to see some familiar bugs still there. Doesn't NCSoft have some junior / new guy that can hunt these down while the seasoned old guys are doing the fun stuff?
- Enhancement and Inspiration trays showing on top of each other when you log in;
- "run" or "jump" acting like you are holding down the button when you are not;
And then some content, which is probably much easier to fix:
- That Striga mission about "Wolf's Throat", which is impossible to find without the vidiot map pack, because the little yellow arrow takes you to the middle of the swamp, and points underground. Either change the arrow to point to the entrance, or have the contact give the players a hint, like "the entrance is a concrete bunker east of the marker on the map".
- Or the guy who gives you "defeat 15 council in boomtown" mission. The only council left in boomtown are immediately killed by 5th Column the minute you get within 100 feet of them. It makes it kind of silly when the premise is that the council is out of control and need to be smacked-down a little. Why not change it to "defeat 15 fifth-column in boomtown"???
If you focus on these small problems, you are very, very shortsighted. I have my days with this game(mapservering/QoS) but when I get tired of this, I sub a new game and immediately reaffirm why I keep my CoH sub. Frankly, I can come on Freedom anytime of the day and make progress with total strangers. Sadly, I measure every MMO to this game. I'm about to top out my characters and I don't know what I'll do then but this has been the best gaming/entertainment investment I have made in recent memory. The COH team is working really hard here and the last 7 months, we have gotten things that make the game better(GSM, Ncsoft Installer that works through firewalls so I can keep it updated easily from anywhere). They're missing some things but it's not because their lazy.
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Get to work people. Clean up your stuff so we can play it! Maybe we can get a AE arc of Month added to the WST
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Quote:They respond. If they don't, your issue isn't that serious(warning) so you can go about your business.Dunno, I'm fine with deleting the entire thread if that's how it is. That's not my issue though. Nor do I feel compelled to share my issue with you.
Thanks to Zombie Man for the answer.
One last question, just a shot in the dark... are the mods, at least the generic Moderator_x ones, trained to not respond to e-mails? -
Quote:Scarlett J. is the next Einstein :-) Sounds credible to me.So, just so that we're clear on this:
You think Scarlett Johansson is dumb because she's young and female? Because... all young females are dumb?
I just want to make sure that we're perfectly clear on your position, here.
Just for my own curiosity's sake - how old does a female have to be before she's no longer young and dumb? Because, clearly, 26 is too young (that being Ms. Johansson's current age). -
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For those of you new to living, it takes time to acquire personal wisdom and knowledge.
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Quote:Did I say S. was dumb?So, just so that we're clear on this:
You think Scarlett Johansson is dumb because she's young and female? Because... all young females are dumb?
I just want to make sure that we're perfectly clear on your position, here.
Just for my own curiosity's sake - how old does a female have to be before she's no longer young and dumb? Because, clearly, 26 is too young (that being Ms. Johansson's current age).I believe I said couldn't keep her attention...
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Quote:I saw Dr.G during APex week and he blew me off and said, " I don't really pay attention to the boards"I've teamed with Gemini lots of times, and he's a solid team leader. He makes teams happen which is pretty important, and apart from that one time where he ragequit on us in an STF(still not letting that go
) he knows what he's doing.
Yes sometimes I prefer things to go faster, but I get over it.
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Quote:Yeah, if being able to keep Scarlett Johannson as your devoted sex kitten is the definition of 'not pathetic', I'd hate to see his idea of 'doing okay'.
My point is that he couldn't even keep the attention of a young woman which isn't that hard. Can we/should expect something paranormal in GL?
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So the beta and testserver as the same for EU and North America even in the past? I know their the same now. To manage the loads they don't bring everyone on the server at the same time, right?