Rochlin

Part if it is advertizing. It was the first MMO I knew about.

Ive played several MMOs since and have only played 3 past the first month: WoW, Eve online and CoX(second time around).

I think WoW does a lot of things right:

The size makes the world seem like a world. Anyone that has traveled around in it has seen how massive it really is. Massive use of instancing seperates a lot of people, and makes places seem isolated. Walls seperating everything also makes things seem boxed in.

Variety is also something WoW does a lot of. There has been times there where I have days without doing a single quest or instance. Spending 4 hours on a quiet Sunday morning fishing has got to be one of the most relaxing times I have had in a video game.

Blizzard has worked hard to make questing not equal " go (gather/kill) (number) (Object/mob)", and have stopped making you travel long distances for a short task or having to return.

They have greatly streamlined getting groups for most anything. I read a lot about how the grouping interface in CoX is great, WoWs is 10x greater. The fact I can pick what instance I want to do, select role and hit enter, then have it put all required people in group and put me into instance is great.

The ability to customize my UI and put things where I like them and personalize the look, is a something I really enjoy.

All that said, CoX is a great game, but needs some improvement. I like being able to not have to worry about wearing ugly clothes to be able to play effectively.

The variety you have in AT, while confusing to a newer player, is quite enjoyable. It make your char feel more like your own and not a cloned copy of someone else's.

I think the setting and genre is something people can more relate to while still having a fantasy element to it. Travel powers are great and something I really enjoy over a more standard mount style travel.

The community has to be by far the strongest thing going for it. I am amazed that I have not been in a bad PUG yet, and have not ran into extremely rude people.

I first tried CoX a few years ago and stayed about a week. My impression was that it was a lot like one of those free Korean MMO grindfests. After 11 whole levels, I was tired of doing what felt like the same mission again.

IMO, to improve CoX, I would make it lest instanced dependent and open up the world a bit. I would add variety to missions and other side activites, like badges, to persue.

Play on the games strong points. Super heroes seem to be a big thing in the past few years, the box office sales seem to show people like super heroes. If people can stay interested long enough to start interacting with the community, Im sure they will want to stay.

Advertizing must be done as well. CoX seems to be the best kept secret. I heard of WoW and EvE online through advertizing and people talking about it. Both of those games have good qualities to make you want to hang around and play. I've played other MMOs that had some good buzz, but really had nothing to offer but a gimmic or two. Nothing worth sticking around over. But CoX I heard from word of mouth from a friend's husband that played. I am suprized with how great this game is for how little is heard about it.

I guess the real question is: Do we really want CoX to be the top MMO? I don't, it attracts a bad community(for proof look at the WoW forums, more trolls and snide coments than any actual help). I think CoX would be perfect if it were polished a bit more and advertized some, get some more players in.


Wow, longer than I expected, I'm going to stop rambling now.

I would love to see the responce from a GM to a complaint of being griefed because they were killed in PvP, doing PvE things.

Wow, love the artwork. It's all very well done.

As someone that doesn't like to PvP, I don't think the persons request was not reasonable. If the game rules were followed, then why should one person hold back on their preferred game play in the zone set aside for it?

Most people know there is a risk to going to a PvP zone and should be willing to accept it. If they can't, then they shouldn't be there in the first place.

Maybe the devs put it in a PvP zone to enhance the difficulty. Making it harder to get or requiring a bigger group. If I were going there for that reason, I know I would take more people to stand guard duty. I would never dream of asking them to stop, I would rather just come back, or go without.

I could see someone not attacking if it were a required mission to advance in the game.

Then again, I might just be used to other games where PvP is a risk you have to take, even as a strict PvEer. But it sure does add some exitement.

It's all about risk vs reward. Seems risk won this one.

I think anything with Tsoo in it is evil. I hate those guys.

I was wondering the same thing. Great info.