I posted on this a day or two ago, but who knows. I would assume/hope so. Any Dev respone would be nice on this one.
Take a dash of Illuminati, add a sprinkle of Mafia and just a touch of Omnipresnce and a healthy helping of mob violence...
Pinnacle @Valmith
MOVE.... ALONG....
Acually it's been mentioned in the gamespy article Here That the upgrades will come to CoH eventually, but will be exclusive to CoV for the first while.
COH/CoV - Virtue
8 Ball - Lev 50 Kin/Energy Defender
The Canadian Fist - Lev 50 Ice/EM Blaster
Omega Ghost - Lev 50 Robo/Dark MM
Ghostfall - Lev 50 Arachnos Crab Soldier
Valmith, your avatar is so.....wow 
I mean....WOW Where did you get it ?
S.Cold.
Level 53: Arrows/Devices/Munitions Blaster
....and hopeless Science-Natzi.
I like his sig, too.
[ QUOTE ]
Acually it's been mentioned in the gamespy article Here That the upgrades will come to CoH eventually, but will be exclusive to CoV for the first while.
[/ QUOTE ]
Hmm, so is CoH going to turn into the red headed step child of CoV then? 
New power fx's, costumes, powers, and who knows what else all for CoV but not CoH? *sigh*
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Acually it's been mentioned in the gamespy article Here That the upgrades will come to CoH eventually, but will be exclusive to CoV for the first while.
[/ QUOTE ]
Hmm, so is CoH going to turn into the red headed step child of CoV then? New power fx's, costumes, powers, and who knows what else all for CoV but not CoH? *sigh*
[/ QUOTE ]
Oh, CoH will get them, but not until sufficient time has passed so that people have incentive to buy CoV to get the new shiny things.
If that were the case, they'd just make it so purchasing CoV upgraded your CoH to its graphical standards, as well. The way they're making it sound, it's like they can't do that at all at the moment. I doubt wanting you to purchase CoV is the reasoning behind CoH not seeing the upgrade immediately.
If you buy CoV, does CoH get the boosts or... hm. Probably not.
PERC Supporter
La Pucelle (BS/SR)
Miseria Bella (Sonic/Dark)
Wrangler Annie (SS/Elec)
Coldsmoke (Ice/Dark)
Saber Maid (BS/Regen)
and others...
I'm guessing the lack of response means they haven't decided yet.
Either that or they haven't seen it yet....
In the Arena of Logic, I fight unarmed.
Uhm.. CoH and CoV will be completely different games. CoV will not be a patch on CoH. It'll be completely seperate.
So if you have CoH installed, then you'll also have to install CoV into it's own dir. They won't share any files on your computer. A patch for CoH will not work on CoV and vice versa.
2 Completely seperate games.
[ QUOTE ]
Uhm.. CoH and CoV will be completely different games. CoV will not be a patch on CoH. It'll be completely seperate.
So if you have CoH installed, then you'll also have to install CoV into it's own dir. They won't share any files on your computer. A patch for CoH will not work on CoV and vice versa.
2 Completely seperate games.
[/ QUOTE ]
How exactly would heroes be able to raid villains' bases if they were completely separate games? This is an established feature and I've seen nothing to suggest that you could create heroes in CoV. Maybe you can, I dunno.
[ QUOTE ]
So City of Villians is going to have shinier graphics. Does this mean that City of Heroes will get a face lift when it comes out?
[/ QUOTE ]
Not right away. A lot of the art has to be redone to take advantage of the new features, and we only have so many monkeys here. I mean artists!
[ QUOTE ]
Not right away. A lot of the art has to be redone to take advantage of the new features, and we only have so many monkeys here. I mean artists!
[/ QUOTE ]
So is that a yes or a no. lol
Gar all this cloak and dagger crap.
"You're the sun and the moon to me..."
My Antiquated Earth/Storm Controller Guide!
@KokopelliJoe
It's a "yes" with a "when we have time" attached.
[ QUOTE ]
It's a "yes" with a "when we have time" attached.
[/ QUOTE ]
That usually means no around here, lol. After all, when will they ever have time 
"You're the sun and the moon to me..."
My Antiquated Earth/Storm Controller Guide!
@KokopelliJoe
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Not right away. A lot of the art has to be redone to take advantage of the new features, and we only have so many monkeys here. I mean artists!
[/ QUOTE ]
So is that a yes or a no. lol
Gar all this cloak and dagger crap.
[/ QUOTE ]
its a yes, the first sentence says "not right away".
No... it does not mean "no", it means: have patience.
CatMan - some form on every server
Always here, there, and there again.
I wanna be a monkey!!!
Nah, on second thought, I'd hate having it be my job, where someone can bug me about it. I much prefer doing it as a proffitless hobby, with noone to complain, but me.
Edit: Wait, can I be a Rikti Money? a vicious one?
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
So City of Villians is going to have shinier graphics. Does this mean that City of Heroes will get a face lift when it comes out?
[/ QUOTE ]
Not right away. A lot of the art has to be redone to take advantage of the new features, and we only have so many monkeys here. I mean artists!
[/ QUOTE ]
But you're done with CoV... right? And you don't work on that anymore, right? Come on, just a few zones... a couple here... couple there... The monk...I mean... artists would love a change of pace. Really they would...
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Not right away. A lot of the art has to be redone to take advantage of the new features, and we only have so many monkeys here. I mean artists!
[/ QUOTE ]
So is that a yes or a no. lol
Gar all this cloak and dagger crap.
[/ QUOTE ]
It's not cloak and dagger. It's just like explained above: they will when they have time.
Programming speed is a function of manhours. Either they need more (wo)men or they need more hours in order to do more things quicker.
Since there are only so many business hours in the day, you can't really speed things up much even when turning an 8-hour workday into a 10-hour, as that's only a 25% increase. Then you start having to worry even more about employee burnout, too, which will just slow you down again.
Hiring more people means more training is needed, which takes away time from existing personnel and actually slows you down before it starts speeding you up. Also, hiring more people costs more money and corporate bean-counters are loathe to do that unless they can be convinced that paying more wages will earn them more money in the long run.
THEN there's the time spent chasing after bugs and higher-priority issues. Game-breaking problems usually have to be resolved before new bells & whistles can be added.
Then the Quality Assurance department needs to run their tests on any new things. The more changes that are made, the more work they have, and likewise the more manhours they need to get things done correctly.
Lastly, the bigger and more complex that a system gets, the harder and harder it is to modify it without creating new problems. Look at the U.S. Constitution (the charter, not the battleship).
So, with all that in mind, you probably can realize that when a developer says "We'll do it as soon as we get the chance," it's not because they're sitting around drinking beer and playing frisbee in their cubicles.
Live in the now. Eat what's on your plate, or don't. The next course is being cooked as fast as it can.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
So City of Villians is going to have shinier graphics. Does this mean that City of Heroes will get a face lift when it comes out?
[/ QUOTE ]
Not right away. A lot of the art has to be redone to take advantage of the new features, and we only have so many monkeys here. I mean artists!
[/ QUOTE ]
IMHO, the art in the game is one of the best things about CoH. It is not too 'shiny' or 'real' looking - and it shouldn't be. The artists for the game have done an excellent job of making the entire environment look very comic-bookish. Kudos to them.
[ QUOTE ]
So City of Villians is going to have shinier graphics. Does this mean that City of Heroes will get a face lift when [City of Villains] comes out?
[/ QUOTE ]
No. Bold mine. The COH graphics update will come later, according to bruce's post above.
Seems pretty clear cut to me, folks.
[ QUOTE ]
Not right away. A lot of the art has to be redone to take advantage of the new features, and we only have so many monkeys here. I mean artists!
[/ QUOTE ]
I hope they arenn't letting the monkeys out at night.... best to keep them busy! 
So City of Villians is going to have shinier graphics. Does this mean that City of Heroes will get a face lift when it comes out?