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Aeon_Thraen,
Posted on: 2005-08-04 09:22 in Developers' Corner
Hello devs... below is the corespondance I've had with game support... Could/would you guys make this happen?? Thanks
09/11/2005 12:57 PM
Hello,
I have a pretty large super group formed (and growing!). I want to stage super group hunts for my lower ranking members but have no way to e-mail them all about time and date. E-mailing them one by one is way to much! Star Wars Galaxies has a group e-mail feature for guild leaders and their captains. I have looked and I don't see that CoH has one. If I'm wrong please show me. If I'm not please make a group email system for at least super groups if not coalitions as well. Thanks a lot!
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For people with large super groups there is no way to e-mail all of them in-game. I can't stage super group hunts with no way to let my group know that I am having one. There needs to be a way for the leaders and captains to let their members know of super group events, changes in leadership, and/or corespondance about super group issues. CoH is a good game, but this lack of communication amongst supergroup members is a glaring pot-hole that needs to be filled ASAP! Supergroups tend to fall apart with no communication. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
I just want to thank the team for the new "Ask A Developer!" series. These questions are more hard-hitting, to the point, and relevent than any of the previous Q&A features so far. Nearly every question has been something I've really wanted to know about, and nearly every answer is frank, honest, and expansive.
Thank you guys, for taking the time for this. I love this feature, and hope it lasts a very long time.
PS. Headbreaker, have you considered having each member email you an out-of-game email address, so you can create a master SG list and use that out-of-game to send emails? Obviously, every CoH player has internet access. So email shouldn't be an issue. Heck, everyone could make a hotmail account by character name, even.
I'm not knocking your quality-of-life request, and I understand that having an in-game mass email system would make things more convenient for you, but I really don't see how necessary this feature would be, and can't imagine it is high on the priority list...
I have a question, i just got new satelite internet, DIRECway, how come i cannot acces city of heros now? When i select a server (champion, or others) is says lost connection to DBserver. How do i fix this?
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I have been playing for a while now and I have seen alot of changes. I remember when I first saw the game a was just blown away. You used to be able to make SUPER HEROES. Then it changed to HEROES. Now its like you can make a slightly advanced person that likes to die over and over again
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Huh. My characters are still Super Heroes, every bit as viable as they've been since issue 1.
I must be doing something wrong.
read the thread titled SATELLITE.....38 pages...sorry to dissappoint you
hey stonecold how do i get there i couldnt find it can u tell me how or poist the link
thanks
hiya devs i was wondering about cov will it ever be sunny at some of the zones or always that dark foggy kinda white sky ?
Oh! Oh! Me next! Me next!
OK here goes hope I dont srew it up. OK got it!
Why do you guys suck a.s.s so much?
Ok I have a question for the devs. Will CoH get base's
when CoV go's live? If I only have CoH and I dont have
CoV will I get the base's?
To answer your questions in order...Yes, and No.
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I have been playing for a while now and I have seen alot of changes. I remember when I first saw the game a was just blown away. You used to be able to make SUPER HEROES. Then it changed to HEROES. Now its like you can make a slightly advanced person that likes to die over and over again
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Huh. My characters are still Super Heroes, every bit as viable as they've been since issue 1.
I must be doing something wrong.
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No, you must be a fan boy.. explain to the 14000 posters who are pissed because there tank is a scrapper that can't kill after I5. Are you really some GOOb that they pay to be a half-[censored] troll? Man, please, don't try and admonish anyone by lying. There is no toon that is the same and/or as powerful as in I4, or any other issue for that matter. I really could care less what you think. I hardly ever post until I see some moronic, idiotic fan-boy who doesn't attempt to make the most powerful toon they can... They just accept everything and move on. You can lie and continue to believe all this B.S if you like, as for me. COME ON MARVEL!!! oh, and I really can't stand you.
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I have been playing for a while now and I have seen alot of changes. I remember when I first saw the game a was just blown away. You used to be able to make SUPER HEROES. Then it changed to HEROES. Now its like you can make a slightly advanced person that likes to die over and over again
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Huh. My characters are still Super Heroes, every bit as viable as they've been since issue 1.
I must be doing something wrong.
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its possibly cautious playstyle.
.:Brmstone's BLOG:.
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There is no toon that is the same and/or as powerful as in I4, or any other issue for that matter.
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Atomic Justice is more powerful in Issue 5 than he was in Issue 4. . .chiefly thanks to the hit point boost and the occasional glimmer of defiance that he gets.
Please be less extraordinarily rude in the future.
Can some one help me, my city of heroes keeps crashing apon load screen... it keeps giving me the same message... CoH has a problem and needs to close
I'm not sure where to post this, but I have gotten Pre-order COV, and i am still waiting for a beta invite. As advertised, the box mentions a spot in Beta. With the release date comming up so quickly, I don't see enough play time to help out at different levels of the game. I've heard about 12 monthers (1st), then 6+ monthers, now there's a File planet week-end? What about the loyal who have purchused the Preorder box with only 2 or less month play time??
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Oh! Oh! Me next! Me next!
OK here goes hope I dont srew it up. OK got it!
Why do you guys suck a.s.s so much?
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wow... real mature. I have a question, why can't you keep rude comments to yourself?
Also, would it be possible to see some added effects to the sonic shield buffs? I find it harder then forcefields to find out if your team mates are out of buffs than it is with forcefields.
Lanori-Pher (50 Claw/regen)
Crimson Sin (50 Fire/FF)
Jurius (50 Fire/Energy)
Green Sun (50 Rad/Dark)
Pher-Lanori (50 Warshade)
December Ice (32 Ice/Device)
all Infinity
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You can still get to 50 in a couple days or less depending if you have a life or a job at that fact.
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No clue on that. But im sure it is pretty hard to do it in under 72 hours Unless you had many constants, which are what those real life money services on ebay offer. But the thing that you have to remember is those people are paying for like 6 accounts just to have them sit on the team and increase mission mobs. So i guess if you feel like buying 4-6 accounts besides your active one more power to you, but I would hate to meet the real life person who sits in the same place for 72 hours and Powerlevels someone, not to mention the person who is willing to either stay up with them or disclose personal information to them so they can keep their account up and do it for them. 
Lanori-Pher (50 Claw/regen)
Crimson Sin (50 Fire/FF)
Jurius (50 Fire/Energy)
Green Sun (50 Rad/Dark)
Pher-Lanori (50 Warshade)
December Ice (32 Ice/Device)
all Infinity
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There is no toon that is the same and/or as powerful as in I4, or any other issue for that matter.
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Atomic Justice is more powerful in Issue 5 than he was in Issue 4. . .chiefly thanks to the hit point boost and the occasional glimmer of defiance that he gets.
Please be less extraordinarily rude in the future.
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too bad you didn't make lvl 50 yet and have some real experience to state that...and have those hami as at 50% bonus. I5 toon has nowhere near the power capability of an pre hami nerf I4 in the long haul.
Are we less powerful? yes
Are the devs encouraging teams and tactics? yes
Is this Still the Best SuperHero game ever made? yes
Is defiance woth a tinker's damn? no
Are cutomizable power effects more interesting to me than my former power level? yes
Forest Lord lvl 50 Rad/Rad Defender
Nova Wind lvl 36 Fire/Energy Blaster
+hordes of others
I can understand heroes are less powerful now in order to encourage team play. My only concern is for the invul/ss tanker. I took every defense available and fully slotted with defense. I challenged a lvl 37 stone tanker and he did more damage to me then i did him. in fact his health bar never moved. A lvl 50 blaster cut right through my armor (as expected) but yet his health never moved even with a footstomp attack. he took damage but nothing worth bragging about. How is it the damage/defense ratios are so far off? in essence the invul/ss tanker is useless to any team since a scrapper can be buffed just as well and dish out a lot more damage. can this be resolved?
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There is no toon that is the same and/or as powerful as in I4
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Hmmm actually my blaster is more powerful than it was in I4.... I5 was a great thing... so dont genralize things like that.... Unless u have craeted EVER dif type of toon WITH EVERY difffernt power pool and Slotted in EVERY different way cause if u havent then u cant know... im not saying i have im just saying my build still rocks and is not just better so stop bit ching about the game, play it, like it, and have fun!
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From "Empathic": No, you must be a fan boy.. explain to the 14000 posters who are pissed because there tank is a scrapper that can't kill after I5. Are you really some GOOb that they pay to be a half-[censored] troll? Man, please, don't try and admonish anyone by lying. There is no toon that is the same and/or as powerful as in I4, or any other issue for that matter. I really could care less what you think. I hardly ever post until I see some moronic, idiotic fan-boy who doesn't attempt to make the most powerful toon they can... They just accept everything and move on. You can lie and continue to believe all this B.S if you like, as for me. COME ON MARVEL!!! oh, and I really can't stand you.
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For someone with a screen name of "Empathic", that was pretty much the least empathetic post I've ever read. I happen to agree that I5 took a lot away from us, but "I really can't stand you" is hardly a good way to express a good sense of community and shared ideas here, is it?
Ok I have a question for the dev's? How can u justify the implementation of ED when the server pops have drastically lowered since its announcement of its implimentation? I was in a 100 plus person SG all gone now. And yes it is a direct result. Dont try to pan it off as coincidence.
I'd really like to see both Boomtown and Fautline get a serious facelift...
Some ideas have been floated, and I'm wondering how likely they are to get any attention in the future?
I have been playing for a while now and I have seen alot of changes. I remember when I first saw the game a was just blown away. You used to be able to make SUPER HEROES. Then it changed to HEROES. Now its like you can make a slightly advanced person that likes to die over and over again because what you thought was a power that could resist/def/heal/debuff would work as intended or did work as intended doesnt now. I have a good number of toons and I just dont see any balance in the game as is. I would have to say it is more unbalanced than ever. I would like a responce to the following problems. If balancing is the goal then why is it that.....
(1.) Regens only regen at 33% of the rate it used and only for moments at a time with 60% of your slots used to do this. You get to feel every attack at full force that comes at you even from enemies that are 4 levels below you and can die from just a few attacks for a ranged even level boss.
(2.) Dark Amor is now 4x better than Invuln be cause it can get twice the res at half the slots by using half the numbers of powers to due so. Also having res to two things that Invuln doesnt.
(3.)Defenders plain out suck in PvP or alone. They need to be able to buff them selves at least to make up for lack of and damage output.
(4.) Travel powers have supression. [censored]!. Does the flash stop to hit his target and slowly walk away? SuperSpeed should be able to hit and run all day long aswell as having a high def bonus while it is on. Mabye a higher end cost with it. I dont even think you should have to stop to hit you enemy. Basicly supression make all travel powers not worth slotting at all other than flight due to it is slow as @#$%. Teleport is in its own game. Super jump should be a little slower than Super Speed. Flight should be just as fast as SS. Why is it these powers are not near balanced?
(5.)Some controller single target mez powers recharge faster and hold longer than others. (Example gravity single target hold last for 15 seconds and recharges in 8 seconds as Fire single target holds last for 10 secs with a 8 second recharge. I dont even want to get in to Dps of the holds and Acc of them.
(6.) Radiation blast is not a choice for blasters and why does it suck so much. Do you dev's not like radiation blast? You cant even see the effects of the defdebuff ingame as in being able to hit the enemy unless you hit the same enemy 5 times. In thta case it should be dead, but isnt since radiation does not damage at all. The only two attacks that do reasonable damage and that are usefull in combat are long recharge and/or have other purposes than damage. All of the AoE powers use way to much End.
(7.) Defiance just doesnt help at all. I think a rubber chicken would be more useful than this " passive power". Those quotations get a hand motion with them. It is a greta idea and all, but it needs ALOT of work to have to useful and not being able to be exploited at the same time.
(8.) Some controllers have almost twice the DPS as Blasters now and ithers dont even have a aoe for damage. IF they do have one , it doesnt do any real damage.
(9.) The best over all best tank primary is now the worst. Invul. Now a fire tanker can out tank a Inv? or even a Ice? What is going on. How is it fair that one AT gets 3 or 4 res/def in one power. So they only have to get 2 powers to max out there potential. On the other hand another AT has to take 5 powers and not even get close to the same def/res. The slot count is outragous.
(10.) Tank secondarys are all over the place in usefulness and Dps. I can see that some have more crowd control than others but it cant compensate the difference. (Example) Energy Transfer is still the strongest single target attack in the game. Why does a tank get that power? Shouldnt that be in a blaster 2nd power set?
(11.) Controller pet attack rate and dps not even.
(12.) Dark Servant and Voltiac Sentinel pets attack rate and dps suck. (Example) Voltaic Sentinel doest stay out long enough and doesnt do crap for damage. It aslo draws more agro to you not it since it cannot be targeted. Shouldnt it just be like a decoy or do much more damage. Dark Servant pets are just worthless against other pets. They get owned in every way. In the discription of the Dark Servants it says " The summoned entity is not a willing servant, and it is only your power that binds it in this realm.". Well in that case shouldnt you be able to tell it what to do. So you can at least make it useful. Other pets have either loads of damage, loads of holds, or both and fire them off faster than the average hero can. These two pets have none of this.
This list is the things that bother me the most. They have for along time and are some of the main reasons alot of people have left for better games that do not change so much and have a overall better funfactor. I play now just to help my buddies that really love the game and still want to be able to play with out thinking about what they have to slot things just to be able to get by. I have seen hundreds of exploits in the game. There are still so many. You can still get to 50 in a couple days or less depending if you have a life or a job at that fact. I dont see why people cant do it, but I understand why people shouldnt. I do not agree with using exploits to make money in real life off of this. I beleive that just be looked into more than it is. Even the selling of a account on ebay should be looked into. I know my post number is low but that doesnt make me a noob. I have been battling with NC for over a year to get my forum account back.
These are my beliefs and I stand by them. Everyone is is entitled to they're own opinion. If you dont want to post the responce on the board just PM me or send it to my email. This may not be the right place to post this but I cannot keep up with the threads here. Mabye a dev may pick this up and some how trickle its way to them. And just mabye I could get some feedback after over a year of not being able to post.