The Last CoV Primer - How's This Gonna Work?
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40Thieves,
Posted on: 2005-06-02 17:38 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
It's both a stand alone game if you just want CoV and do not want CoH or expansion if you already have CoH because if you have both you get things that you can't get with just one. As for account if you have CoH already you don't have to create another account and they stated that the fee for having both will be around 1-5 dollars. Hope that helps. 
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It's both a stand alone game if you just want CoV and do not want CoH or expansion if you already have CoH because if you have both you get things that you can't get with just one. As for account if you have CoH already you don't have to create another account and they stated that the fee for having both will be around 1-5 dollars. Hope that helps.
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Well, not to be picky, but they (the devs) have stated that they would like the fee increase to be between $1-$5 if you have both. However, no decision has been made on that. In addition, the decision will most likely come from NCSoft, not Cryptic.
What if I am only interested in creatng a base for my hero and NOT play CoV in addition to CoH? (I have a life after all, kind of 
... can't dedicate my time to more than one, or maybe one-and-a-half, mmorpgs... )
Since CoV isn't truly an expansion in the normal sense, I believe I won't be able to do that unless I agree to pay (the so far hypothetical) addl' fee... I'm cool with that.
Then let me approach this from another angle: are there any plans to publish an actual expansion exclusive to CoH? One that seriously updates CoH and CoH *only*? Or will it be something in the form of a "CoH 2nd Edition" instead with new game engine, skins, etc., instead (I'm thinking hypothetical "far" future here)?
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What if I am only interested in creatng a base for my hero and NOT play CoV in addition to CoH? (I have a life after all, kind of ... can't dedicate my time to more than one, or maybe one-and-a-half, mmorpgs... )
Since CoV isn't truly an expansion in the normal sense, I believe I won't be able to do that unless I agree to pay (the so far hypothetical) addl' fee... I'm cool with that.
Then let me approach this from another angle: are there any plans to publish an actual expansion exclusive to CoH? One that seriously updates CoH and CoH *only*? Or will it be something in the form of a "CoH 2nd Edition" instead with new game engine, skins, etc., instead (I'm thinking hypothetical "far" future here)?
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I think any update to CoH will be through the expansions we already get every couple of months. We're not even sure if buying CoV is a requirement for building a base yet because CoV hasn't been released yet. We cannot see far into the future, we barely even know what is going on this month: Issue 5 is supposed to go live some time and CoV beta might start.
I seem to recall somewhere that you will have to have CoV to build bases, but you should only have to have it attached to your account, not active.
Anyone can go into a base though.
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Never got a chance to say this, but this thread is awesome, thanks Clintonian
5 stars for the thread
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This may have been covered all ready and im just missing it if so i apologize in advance.
The FAQ on the CoV website states some thing along the lines of......If hero's wish to have a base or partake of out of arena PVP they must purchase CoV.
Now i plan on buying the prerelease no question about that. My question then is..... I have 2 CoH accounts will CoV and the base option then be available for BOTH my CoH accounts or will i have to purchase 2 CoV accounts to tie into both my exsisting CoH accounts? I already plan on geting a second acount after the main release and the price drops again as my wife enjoys the bulk of the second account and i primarily purchased it for her. If it only ties into 1 CoH account will i be able to choose wich one or will it be attached to the first account?
Either way win loose or draw im gonna be terrorizing Paragon with a delightfully sadistic fervor! 
I imagine that's still being worked out Cobra_Tal
Fight your way through Paragon City?
WHAT ABOUT THOSE POLICE DRONES?!?! ZAP!
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Fight your way through Paragon City?
WHAT ABOUT THOSE POLICE DRONES?!?! ZAP!
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Well - wouldn't it be possibly the BEST EVER event if the police drone network was sabotaged and we get a day of full-on free-for-all?
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Fight your way through Paragon City?
WHAT ABOUT THOSE POLICE DRONES?!?! ZAP!
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Well - wouldn't it be possibly the BEST EVER event if the police drone network was sabotaged and we get a day of full-on free-for-all?
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If you ignore the hundreds of level 50 heroes ready to take us down 
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Fight your way through Paragon City?
WHAT ABOUT THOSE POLICE DRONES?!?! ZAP!
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Well - wouldn't it be possibly the BEST EVER event if the police drone network was sabotaged and we get a day of full-on free-for-all?
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If you ignore the hundreds of level 50 heroes ready to take us down
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Depending on the day, the level 10 heroes would be ready to take the villains down. 
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
Just dump my villain in outbreak and i'll be a happy bunny >
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Fight your way through Paragon City?
WHAT ABOUT THOSE POLICE DRONES?!?! ZAP!
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Y'know--what's cool is, you CAN overload the drones by sending a wave of villains ahead of you. I've fought many a bad guy inside the gate, with the guards watching, picking their teeth...
Rich
hmm...who would volunteer to be the guy training 50 mobs to the PDs...or who would volunteer to be the cannon fodder :-p
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hmm...who would volunteer to be the guy training 50 mobs to the PDs...or who would volunteer to be the cannon fodder :-p
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Probably a level 50 tank...
total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
So the question is still out there (or maybe already been answered but I haven't found it yet)....
What, if any, additional monthly fee can we expect for playing CoV & CoH.. Will it be $14.95 still?
AHHH protect the kittens!
here's a hint, check the first page of this thread.
It still hasn't been announced yet. Keep checking the 'Dev Digest' stickied thread in the 'Developer's Corner' section of the forum for futher updates.
Haven't seen anything on this yet, but will villains be allowed to use the same names as heroes? In other words... if I am Professor Pyro on CoH, will someone be able to make a Professor Pyro on CoV and vice versa? Sort of like a nemesis type thing? I have some names on CoH that I would like to make into villains but have not seen anything on how the names will all work... (and yes, instead of moving a high level toon from CoH to CoV, I would delete the CoH version and start the CoV version to be able to do all the content from low level on up, one thing that would REALLY annoy me is if I lost all my badges...
If they allow us to change a hero to a villain, I would really like to see the option of reducing to level 1 or staying a high level... anyway, enough blabber...
So, I understand in the CoV Collectors Edition you get all heroclix figures including the 7th which is Lord Recluse. To my understanding in the CoH Collectors Edition, you got cool stuff like the "glide/sprint" thing but also I believe some kind of book with art in it. Are we getting goodies like that with the CoV Collectors Edition or just the hero clix?
I'm guessing its more than just the clix most collectors editions have more, however most collectors editions cost about $130.
OK, I am sure this has been answered somewhere but I cannot find it. As a loyal player I have been playing Coh since day 1 (well actually I was in closed beta so even longer but I know that doesn't help). Anyway, do I have to do anything other than make sure my account is current and email valid to apply to the COV beta or will I just get the email if I am picked. I have looked for a way to apply but I cannot find an application link.
Thanks
No. You should be fine. Now get back into CoH, hero!
Ok what i want to know is this gonna be an expansion pack or a download and are we gonna have to pay for COV to or just Play it with our COH account. Basicly im trying to ask if if i buy COV do i have to set up another account and pay for it and COH at the same time or is it just gonna be on my other account and still pay the 15 a month for both...