Traegus

they hit the 6 mil mark?????? wow, very excited about that! last i checked they were barely over a mil and i was pessimistic about their chances. it will be awhile before this sees the light of day, but something to look forward to is always nice.

as a replacement for CoX, i could see some folks not liking it. but i think that's them taking the wrong approach. i have the game on PS3, free account, the game is perfect for that. less MMO and more MASSIVE ACTION RPG. art is nice, costumes are a little limited, and i dont like having to grind for costume pieces, and i'm not OVERLY thrilled with the power/weapon system. sometimes it's great, other times it's just meh. that being said, having it on console is a pretty nice option to have, i would recommend having both CO and DCUO, CO pay the $10 month gold fee, the extras are worth it, just for the freeform slots alone. DCUO on console with freebie account, great compromise between PC based MMO and mindless console button masher, perfect for those days you just want to smash a bit and not really chat with other folks.

I'm having a BLAST in CO, i'm @traegusprime over there (really???? who took traegus? that's just not right) forum name photonhammer. i don't mind the slightly campy/goofy feel, i can appreciate that as much as the darker, more 90's style CoX. i LOVE the freeform concept, it may not have every option you want in it (they could definitely use more power sets.... ALWAYS MORE POWERSETS) but the freedom of building a toon like that is intoxicating. CO isn't perfect, by any stretch of the imagination, but it definitely scratches that itch that the lack of CoX will cause.

i recommend CO, i really do. but like has been previously stated, it's its own thing, don't go in comparing the two, just enjoy it for what it is. and i love the fact that everything is NEW, controls, game mechanics, fighting style, etc... it is the only piece of CoX you could never get back no matter what they added to the game, the newness of when you first started playing and everything was amazing. enjoy that for CO while you can, and appreciate the unique qualities of the game, i am and have no regrets.


and MOST IMPORTANTLY PEOPLE... the one and only Mr. Playskool posted on the first page of this thread.... THE MR. PLAYSKOOL, what the fracken heck is fracken wrong with you people????? if he is playing CO why has no one asked the obvious????? this is almost unforgivable. so, Mr. Playskool, over in CO, what's Strong and Pretty?
(i love the freeform stuff, but i started an AT as i my first toon, an Impulse, the Impulse is truly strong and pretty imho, i recommend it highly).

ARE. YOU. *******. KIDDING. ME????????

of course i clicked on the link, so i can't ***** much, but...

the last one is pure evil, fake ladybug spider? i blame NCSoft for that too!

OMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!!!!! don't hide behind me, i think i may have wet my pants.





life's funny, grew up in the ghetto, my sport/hobby growing up was getting punched in the face (and punching other people in the face), not scared of ANYTHING!!!! 'cept spiders... reduce me to a sniveling, squealing, little child who wants his mommy. not fair i tell you.

well that's just an affront to all comicdom

DEVS, this is unacceptable...

SON OF A ......

EVAC EVAC EVAC, fallback to secondary positions in the closet MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!!!!

that's a little harsh seeing as how the targeted poster has a whopping 31 posts and only been here a year. lighten up...

FIRST! ALL spiders are venomous, whether or not they are deadly to humans has no bearing on that, the venom is how they hunt. you can't trick us into coming to your deathrap of a country just to be eaten by your horrifying spider overlords.

SECOND! so much disinformation in this thread.... the spiders are EVIL, i know it, you know it, if you are saying otherwise you are on their side and just trying to get us killed! how's it feel to have sold your soul to the evil spider overlords???? traitors!


i'm gettin all heebie jeebie like.... creepy crawlies all up and down my spine.... better get the shotgun and huddle in the bathtub till this thread blows over and the spiders go away

grats man!

early next year sounds great to me

not fair, i am neither the oldest nor the crotchetiest (it's a word cuz i used it in a sentence, so there) of the folks that showed up, i was just the one with the most unsolicited sombrero.

and yes, another get together soon would be awesome.... i owe Turg

I think the above is probably the most important part of this. if the "free" model followed, say, what Netflix did, and changed things without providing an immediate benefit i think it would have failed. a couple of freebie players, and a bunch of pissed subs that decided it wasn't worth it. i personally EXPECTED it to go down the tubes, and the best i could hope for was a quick death so i could avoid the lingering cancerous death of my favorite game.

they surprised me, they were seriously on top of ramping up new "stuff" to get the ball rolling on micro transactions, their turnout rate has been good, as long as it's an improvement over the previous pace it shows that they are actually following the path that was laid out to us when it was announced.

i was happy with the change, i leveraged my free monthly points better than i thought i could, and haven't missed anything i wanted yet. i haven't purchased anything extra YET, but seeing as how i just filled my tier8 slots i may buy points to get some tokens, and they BETTER bring the first tier 9 armor set back..... (that is a not so veiled threat there devs).

all in all, i think it went better than expected, for players at least, and hopefully it either continues to follow course or improves. if it does, i'm in it for the duration.

AG, 2 things, first you are confusing "relaying facts" or Journalism, with "story telling" or novelist. two different things, just because they both put words to page doesn't mean they can be compared or should be judged in the same manner. a truck driver and race car driver both drive for a living... the similarities end there.

second, you seem dead set on NOT liking it BEFORE you read it. yet you asked for help in obtaining it in a stated effort to like it. this seems argumentative to me.



Dug, the candy descriptions had me rolling, especially the PB cup.


and in general, Lovecraft/Lovecraftian horror has always been one of my favorites, at least in concept, if i look to my right i am eye level with the shelf on one of my bookcases that has about 5 anthologies of lovecraft/lovecraftian stories. good stuff, heck GREAT stuff, but it has never given me any bad dreams. i can get wrapped up in a good book as well as anyone, but to have a horror novel carry over into "real life" emotional state is... i'll let you fill in the blank so's i don't offend anyone.

is this true? the difference that is? i always loved def's, and corr's too, the mix of powers really kinda nails what a superhero is for me, but i always thought there was a significant damage benefit for the corr. this is not based on any real numbers, just my, admittedly flawed, perception. if so then i can justify rolling another def

meh, who needs justification, i'm a PROUD altoholic!!

budget is ok, maybe 700mil to 1bil, i would think that S/L would be easier because of the shields S/L bonus is the highest (i think). and yes as a kin (and as a mostly melee player) i end up in melee range ALOT. and the hover is less for functionality and more for concept, but i figured the bonus is interchangeable with CJ so could be substituted at will.

/thread!

sometimes "so strong" is enough by itself
i LOVE WM, had a WM/FA for years, wayyyy before the tweaks that made WM great. (actually it's a FA/WM tank). my only issue with WM is it got the short end of the stick with the different weapon options, sooooo underwhelming
i really really want to play him again, or maybe reroll him as a brute, but i NEED a WM skins pack. actually i think it's something the devs should do in general, just put out a pack for weapon options, a mix of new weapon options for the weapons sets, that's it, just new weapon skins. should be relatively fast and easy to do, and i think most of the player base would fall all over themselves trying to buy it as fast as they could, but that's only IMHO.