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When was the map sync bug at its worst? I know that certainly killed my will to log in.

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Just after the realase of I12.

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Can they not try better marketing, hardly see anything at all in magazines, or on TV. Have heard it before in a post not sure by whom, can't they sponsor "heroes"? Sure that would make more people aware of the game and possiblely increase the player base.

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Don't think the BBC explicitly takes sponsors for TV shows - so Heroes sponsorship in the UK would seem a non-starter.

I wonder quite what the best timing would be for a marketing campaign given the competition upon the horizon - whether it's better to try grabbing players before the competition lands or wait until after and hope to grab people who were attracted to a superpowered game by the oppositions marketing but then didn't like the game setting/mechanics/play etc...

Either way, I'd hope that we'd see something by way of marketing/advertising. And maybe a new boxset (around I15 if that's a big story issue?) and the resulting magazine reviews could help...

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Heroes is also shown on BBC3 on Sky digital,this station takes advertising and also shows Heroes a week in advance to BBC2.
So you probbly get all the superhero fans watching the BBC3 episodes to see what happens sooner,what better way to get this game out into the masses than to sponsor this show.
The reason I made my original post is to show how this game is sliding and needs a kick up the [censored].
I been playing nearly 4yrs now and still love the game,which is why I hate to see it go so quiet.
It's a multiplayer game for gods sake and for that you need players (plural not singular).
The delays with the issues hasnt helped matters either plus the launch of new games,other expansions,etc.
Maybe I need a lil break from this game just to see how much I will miss it,I have ordered Age of Conan just for giggles,time will tell.
Anyways tnx to all the intelligent posts made on this thread (the 3 above this) and I really hope NCsoft gets their [censored] in gear and start getting this game out into the masses.

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I totally agree. Some form of advertising needs to come out if this game is going to survive the realase of stuff like CO/DCUO.

I say 19th.

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i demand

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Stick yourself in a toilet for 48 hours before you think you can "demand" it. We don't know when it's being realased, the devs probably don't even know, and you are utterly rude to "demand" answers. If you want anwsers, you will ask for it kindly.

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We're doing ok - I13 will be good, as will I14 and especially I15

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But we could be doing great i13 sounds ok, looking forward to the badge QoL, but i14 sorry I am one of those thats not really in to the MA (but should be fun seeing what players come up with..) i15 ermm nothing been hinted at either way so not even thinking of it at moment.

So "doing ok is not great"

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Yeah, I13 is a mixed bag for me, but I14 I will immerse myself in, I just love creating story arcs!

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Its really funny that when people say about other games being competition, like WoW, people say "oh no, different type of game, not competition", but when it suits, suddenly it is

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Competition is so relative though - I wouldn't say Left 4 Dead is in direct competition with this game, but it's been consuming an awful lot of my time this past week.

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You know there will be a "Vazhilok" mod realased for L4D soon?

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You said you wouldn't wait until Issue 15 for a change. I was curious as to what you'd do if you DID have to wait that long.

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/em slap Positron until I15 is realased.

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Think you dropped this GG



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You're probably right

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Lol...

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the anti-DOOM brigade

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Wasn't that one of the enemy groups that didn't make the game launch, but might be inlcuded in the future sometime?

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They're actually the villian group before the 5th Column. They were removed due to being too overpowered, no nerf or issue could stop them...until the realase of the game.

It took me a year to get to 50, although as not as long as you I was frustrated for so long. As Wuffles said, just team and it should go fast. I spent waaaaaaay too much time badgehunting, I say just wait until 50 to do that

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or go do something else

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*throws a weighted net on GG*
I got her! I got her!

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Godmoding is not allowed

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Mums vajadzētu nogalināt šo nežēlīgu raganu, noņem viņas ieroču un pēc tam sadedzinātu viņas un izmantot pārējo viņas ķermeņa kā ēdienu, lai suņiem. Viņa nebūs die honourably, šo ļauno personu. Viņa mirs kā cūku nomirst, kad Homer izpaužas viņa acīm par vienu.

It's Latvian, translate it

There's a few bits and bobs that you probably won't come across. IMHO there should be more decroative stuff, base salvage was fine as it was, base repricing is a good change, but tbh I could say base > invention salvage was a case of "if it ain't broke, fix it till it is, then fix it again". But anyway if I discuss it more it will probably turn into a flame war...

HOPEFULLY bases will get more love than we've seen here in I13.

Wrath of the Lemon Cake King is unleashed...

You cannot stop the Lemon Cake King's fans.

Got a lvl 3 Kat/Inv and lvl 22 Kat/SR...both seem quite weak compared to the the Claws/MA I've played over time. But it seems Katana isn't all doom and gloom...now these "Katana sucks" people are out of their jobs

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hey, i think we should see alot more game masters in game like the statesman or other lore heros, ive never seen any of them come to atlas at talk to some players answer some private messages and do an event with us all, on other mmo's ive been on game masters regularly pop by and chat with players and start off an event, yet in the 15 months ive played its been left to the local sg's which i think is poor. i defently want to see more game master's around city of heros

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Well they do i guess you must have just missed the events they have been to, they dont do this kind of thing on the live servers only on test.

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And that's why there should be GM events on the live servers.

Maybe even a visit from a dev like BAB or War Witch. Most of us couldn't attend Omega Sektor MiniCon and so we missed War Witch.

I found this quote from nowhere:

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Almost 25% of CoX EU players attended the Omega Sektor MiniCon event.

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O RLY?

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While I would obviously love a lower subscription fee, I am not willing to pay for that with fewer, lower quality updates. I believe, Phantoms, your view of the market to be wrong. If people aren't willing to pay the rate it's at, they probably aren't willing to pay for a subscription-based game.

Also, since you did it to me about IOs: give me a reference for those people saying they thought it was too expensive.

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I remember a few experenices in-game and on the forums people complaining, although Search here sucks, you just gotta trust me on this one mate.

And also that's a fair point, but even if they took £1 off I would be pleased. Even if it's just a little change.

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P.S Traitors!!

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11 million people cant be wrong can they?

Cox could learn a few tricks from wow if you ask me, i mean wow launch a new paid for update thats just so huge that people will wait in the street at 1 in the morning for it to come out.

Cox yet to launch i13 and the players argue about the small content and huge changes to a core aspect of the game that they dont even like.

Who has it wrong?

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WoW has it wrong - everything about it is wrong, wrong wrong
CoH has it's own style, which is a big part of the appeal - trying to copy WoW or any other game would dilute the things that makes CoH special.

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Despite her post count which is all full of often useless posts (sorry GG), I have to agree. WoW is a fantasy game, CoH is a superhero game, they dont go well together. Everything about WoW is completly wrong in my eyes and if they dared copy anything from that game I would <edit by moderator: removed inappropriate comment>.

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No, it doesn't. What's wrong with it?

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It's over-long, not at all exciting and very hard with a large, inexperienced team - all in all not a very good introduction to TFs for people new to the game.

Red names have admitted it could use a look at (it's actually two TFs they welded together when they found the early game's mission system couldn't support follow-on TFs), but as with many things it's a question of finding the time.

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I spoke to a member of the NC team in Omega from March 08, and they said they devs are planning/working on a revamped posi, whether this is still going ahead or not is another question, but if it is id have a guess at a live update for it around i15 possibly i16 - dont quote me on that though

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I will not wait that long.

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I'm curious as to what you'll do which will actually have an impact, other than registering your displeasure?

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It's a bit hard to understand your message tbh...but "registering your displeasure"? Yes I am. And is there anything wrong with that? I am asking for these systems to be fixed/redesigned, just like any suggestion.

As this game gets older, it becomes more and more "worse for vaule" because there is better games for equal or even lower prices. So, now it's time to make a start. I've seen that the one thing that put people off is the price. Paying over £100 a year is definetely not on, for lots of people. There needs to be a drop in sub price if NC wants more people into the game.

Anyway, comment, sign, unsign, whatever

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No, it doesn't. What's wrong with it?

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It's over-long, not at all exciting and very hard with a large, inexperienced team - all in all not a very good introduction to TFs for people new to the game.

Red names have admitted it could use a look at (it's actually two TFs they welded together when they found the early game's mission system couldn't support follow-on TFs), but as with many things it's a question of finding the time.

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I spoke to a member of the NC team in Omega from March 08, and they said they devs are planning/working on a revamped posi, whether this is still going ahead or not is another question, but if it is id have a guess at a live update for it around i15 possibly i16 - dont quote me on that though

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I will not wait that long. Someone fix Posi and fix it now. Fix SSTF now. In fact, fix all the boring TFs, theyre like the lvl 1-5 arcs, they are abseoultly boring and annoying.

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when i found this thread, the first thing i was thinking of was HOM(hall of monument), something GW has.
it's just a room that has all your achievements and shows special things you did, like trophies for finishing a chapter.
i think that if COX has this, we could show our badges.
have a place where we can display our favorite costumes and use that to save them for later use, and a place where we can show our veteran rewards.
this is character based and you can only show it when you have the star, but it might be a fun thing to have.

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Don't show for badges and veteran rewards. Badges mean nothing but something shiny, and veteran rewards mean nothing if that player has only PLed his way to 50 all the time.

Calling "PL dude" or "badge dude" a legend would be so very wrong.

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you could say the same about a lot of GW characters, most of them are just the rich bastards that get titles by buying everything they need.
that would be called "rich dude" or "grind dude", since a lot of them can only be done while grinding.
and about lvling, i have seen ppl in droknar, and that's a high-end city only for lvl 20.
but guess what, it's still there, because the casual player that doesn't PL doesn't have to suffer from the things PL ppl do.

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Then don't do it! Just because GW does it means we should do it. Stop comparing everything to GW, it's a lot better looking and PvP orinatated and it's a fantasy/sorcery/swords game.

I liked GW for a while but it then lost its shine.

Also, are your comments supposted to be against me? Because I don't see anything that really makes me want to disagree, well, except for the comparing to GW bit.

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@IM: No.

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Care to explain why?

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Mmmmmm... bendy carrots...

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Just like Chessestrings.

Account Storage Vault - The creators of the Vault Reserve are proud to present their latest creation...the Account Storage Vault! Transfer all your items across your characters on your current server - and others! Leave your items in the Accont Storage Vault and pick it up with another character, even on different servers!

Graphics Update - The City of Heroes/Villians graphics are getting a update and becoming more realistic!

'The Moon' Zone - An unlikely force, the Igneous have now bred themselves on the Moon, and are planning a strike on Earth! But this time, the Heroes and Villians aren't working together - they're taking down the Igneous for personal reasons...

'Freedom Phalanx' Goes Online! - The video game 'Freedom Phalanx' goes online in a update - but remember, you going to have to acsess online on your ParagonConsole™ to play all the modes including Capture the Flag, Skul Hunt, Survival, Stealth Assault, and others!

PvP Changes - PvP is getting a massive overhaul, bigger than Issue 13. The whole PvP system will be redesigned to make it fairer and more enjoyable.

Base Changes - Once again, Bases are getting changes. The change to Invention Salvage for crafting is scrapped and replaced with Base Salvage again, and a new SuperGroup Task/Strike Force called "Save the Base" is introduced - where your base is at risk from Enemy Groups, and you have to save it from destruction! (note: if you fail it, it does not destroy your base)

UI Update - The UI has been updated to make it more user-friendly and enjoyable to use.

That's all for now. I imagine some of the changes are a little far, but I imagine these could be implemented.

Tbh I don't really agree with Posi and TTH on I11 and I12 being "big", I13 is large yes but I11 and I12? Not so much.

Other than that, it seems to be a OK interview. Nothing much in there other than some hinting...well, all info is good, right?

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Whilst it may sound like a good idea, I'm with Phantoms on this one. Given the transient nature of test toons, in that they are eventually deleted, I understand wanting to keep a toon that you've built up on test. However, it is tantamount to cheating and open to exploitation. Imagine you had a character whose costume invited deletion, you could effectively store that toon on test, and if it was deleted on live it could be retransfered from test. Plus there's a whole bunch of other potentially game breaking stuff involved.

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Obviously, because if a Issue was in beta and you transferred, youd basically be the only person to have the new powersets that are supposted to be coming in I13. Someone gets more than you because they actually took 5 mins to download it! And I'm serious on that last one.

There's simply too many exploits in the system.