Slashman

Yeah, arrogance eventually leads to you eating a large helping of shut-up-because-you-look-stupid pie.

Here is your link!

You know they actually acknowledged that they sucked in a recent interview when they were talking about their new Neverwinter game.

This.

You will not be able to import your toons to a COH2. This would make no sense from a dev perspective. At the most you'd be able to import your character's look, and even that would depend on how close the the costume creators are in the two games. I suspect that they would be very different.

This was covered in another thread already with Arcanaville saying the same thing. If that was the case, it would not be COX 2...it would simply be an expansion of COX.

Also, if they are making a COX 2...they'd want a brand new playerbase anyway. Not that they would mind if you played both games...but they'd be looking to generate a new base of players.

Wait...did you have to add a winkie onto that? I mean what are you saying? 'Welcome back...but not really(I hope you go away again)?'

Where is the inside joke here?

Exactly.

In fact, I'd say the tenacity, and elasticity, of the human spirit allows us to live in some of the most horrible environments imaginable without much change.

If you look at some of the practices of certain ancient civilizations and tribes, you'd be surprised to see how much people tolerated because they thought it was perfectly OK.

The truth is that we have no idea how much humans can tolerate because it simply cannot be easily measured.

And you've had personal experience watching immortal dictators' reign almost forever?

Maybe this is the case, but I have no idea how I'm surviving the game so far when playing a stalker and a dominator then. Those should definitely not be able to take the punishment that Praetoria is dishing out.

What's really funny is how much of a hypocrite she actually is.

If she really believes all the crap she's spewing, then the fact that she praises the devs on their work and continues to monetarily support a game which makes it easier and easier to cross the line to gray areas and outright evil, means that she has about as much true conviction as a hamster. Guess who creates the evil content you hate so much!!

And even if she actually 'won', what would that mean? If we all up and followed her way of thinking then we happily leave half the content of the game unplayed and unexperienced(not a word)? Just because we made the 'right' choice in terms of playstyle?

How many great games would I not have been able to play if had that philosophy? Let's see...Prototype, Dungeon Keeper, Darksiders(coming out for PC soon!), no Warhammer 40K games at all! Far Cry 2, Jedi Outcast, Hitman, Overlord.

I mean, what is the overall point? I'm all for threads discussing how morality choices affect the gameplay experience, but I don't need each of those threads to be constantly hijacked by stupid one liners and winkies. If she actually had a point to make and discuss that would be one thing. But all the rest is just silly hot air.

I have to agree here.

I'll expand on this from my POV to say that maybe it's because I play such a wide variety of games from other genres, but I find myself more invested in the game experience than in my character exclusively. A lot of MMOs are not about crafting a compelling experience, they are instead about making you attached to one character and then adding more levels and things to do for the character in an infinite loop. You churn your way to max level and then wait for the 'fun' to start.

If any other game but an MMO were built this way, it would fail. It's precisely because COX does not work this way, that makes it such a gem to me. Despite all the talk of being useless until you get stamina and all the other cliche things you hear on the boards, the game gives a compelling experience from the get go in comparison to other MMOs. With GR, they have upped that to a whole other level.

I can enjoy the setting, story and immersion of an interesting new world, while still getting my fill of all the other stuff that I'm used to in COX. In that sense, it doesn't matter if I'm playing a max level character, the fun wouldn't be that much more enhanced if I were.

Now I understand that different aspects of a game appeal more strongly to different people, but there are so many MMOs out there that all offer the same thing, I don't think COX needs to follow them to the letter when it has demonstrated that it doesn't need to in order to be a great game.

If most people that play the game tend to fall into the altaholic category, then looking to expand that aspect first and foremost seems to be the smart thing to do, and then build from there.

You are so caught up in a weird, freakish fog of your own making that it's really quite nauseating.

Here's a news flash: People have different views. I know it must be tough to have to face the fact that, every day, you are in a world filled with other humans who don't give a whit about why you think your take on a given situation is the only way to look at things.

Could you please, for a single moment, stop trying to lead a moral crusade in a freaking video game? Do you realize how stupid and childish that actually is?

I mean seriously...winkies aside for once, get a grip!

None for me either. I'll continue to give ongoing reports as I level.

I have to say that considering that I'm playing one of the squishiest ATs in the game, and doing OK so far, I'm curious as to how fast the difficulty ramps up to experience things like folks here are talking about. It's got to be a significant spike.

Also...which mob group saps end? I'd like to be prepared.

Just a bit.

I personally thought it was hilarious. Even without the stuff the required inside knowledge.

You're really hopeful and I admire that. Considering how long this has been going on though...you think they are going to fix it?

What would need to happen is an entirely new method of delivering NPC dialogue in missions.

I honestly hate having to scroll through my chat logs to find dialogue that should have been helping to create a great moment for me in the game and then have to rearrange it in my head. I just don't think that an easy fix is forthcoming.

So far I really like being able to talk to an NPC and then have it turn hostile where appropriate. That works well in some of the Praetorian missions. Unfortunately it can't be applied to every situation.

Short of the game creating a 'pause state' every time you approach a dialogue-heavy spawn and then methodically having each mob say their piece before resuming normal game functions...I'm not sure how they could make it very much better. Even if they manage to get the order right each time, its still too much to process when a fight starts 3 seconds after it triggers.

Hmmm...I'll be able to give some more accurate feedback once I play my dom a bit more. I'm curious as to how hard things get.

Are we talking teaming or solo here where the biggest problems are?

I have a level 11 brute that teamed for most of his life and have not had a very bad time of things.

I suppose I'll let you know how my elec/elec dom works out once he gets a bit higher. And my ninja blade/ninjitsu stalker.

Although it may just be my playstyle. I approach each spawn on its own merit and consider who to hit first and the best way to take them down. I've always played like that. I never rush into anything...even when playing brutes, I carefully choose where to strike first.

The newbies have more info available now than when I started the game. And I started with a squishy elec/elec blaster and did a lot of soloing.

I'd say Praetoria is probably more forgiving than a lot of other MMOs are. Well except maybe for WoW...and I'm sure we'd all want the game to be more like that.

You want to know where I think they could improve things? Better descriptions of what mobs do when you click on the info link. Including some hints at what they are weak and strong against in terms of damage types and possibly what range they prefer to engage their targets at(oh wait...ALL mobs are now melee specialists...even those with practically no melee attacks).

Even if you want to hold info back until a player has engaged a few mobs and then update the descriptions, that would be nice. I like games that keep a 'bestiary' of sorts that I can consult to see what makes a particular type of enemy tick and what doesn't. It's time to have an updateable encyclopedia in the game that players can consult about lore and NPC groups.

Other than that, I'm not sure they need to make the starting game more trivial.

Seriously? The starting levels seem that hard? I just don't see it...