Since _Castle_ has started doing this balancing act for powers and such, I'm getting an inkling of hope.
It may not all be great or immediate changes, but something is happening at least.
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Since _Castle_ has started doing this balancing act for powers and such, I'm getting an inkling of hope.
It may not all be great or immediate changes, but something is happening at least.
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I see that as a glimmer of hope as well. It's also good to know you're still around man. 
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This is a bit out of date. Since this thread still exists I'll add that Star Trek Online, Marvel, and DC all seem to have been canceled. Cryptic is now developing Champions which will have pvp options.
AoC is right now in a strong launch. Warhammer is currently expected to be out in October 2008 as something very pvp centric. WOW is adding more pvp options with its next expansion due in November.
Many of the old pvpers from this game still hope that a better red team versus blue team balance will come to this game as well. May we one day reach a point that everybody's characters will have the chance to have fun in COX's PVP.
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Honestly WoW and its spawn of clones (AoC, WAR) don't interest me at all. Anyways even if they did its PvP in the same old fantasy setting as always, which is way different from CoX so I can't really see any competition except for PvP. The deep PvP game I'm waiting for is Darkfall Online which I don't think is to far away now, probably closer than WAR at least.
Champions is still a far way off from knowing how well PvP will actually be there, and farther still from actually playing it. But since CoX's revamp and fresh meat to the Dev team I'm hoping to see more introduced and rebalanced within its PvP ecosystem a least. I definately look forward to them completing the powerset proliferation and then perhaps some fine detail power adjustments.
I wondered who necroed this post. Sheesh.
PVP rules..that is all
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San Dimas High School football rules!
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This is a bit out of date. Since this thread still exists I'll add that Star Trek Online, Marvel, and DC all seem to have been canceled. Cryptic is now developing Champions which will have pvp options.
AoC is right now in a strong launch. Warhammer is currently expected to be out in October 2008 as something very pvp centric. WOW is adding more pvp options with its next expansion due in November.
Many of the old pvpers from this game still hope that a better red team versus blue team balance will come to this game as well. May we one day reach a point that everybody's characters will have the chance to have fun in COX's PVP.
/keep hope alive
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Honestly WoW and its spawn of clones (AoC, WAR) don't interest me at all. Anyways even if they did its PvP in the same old fantasy setting as always, which is way different from CoX so I can't really see any competition except for PvP. The deep PvP game I'm waiting for is Darkfall Online which I don't think is to far away now, probably closer than WAR at least.
Champions is still a far way off from knowing how well PvP will actually be there, and farther still from actually playing it. But since CoX's revamp and fresh meat to the Dev team I'm hoping to see more introduced and rebalanced within its PvP ecosystem a least. I definately look forward to them completing the powerset proliferation and then perhaps some fine detail power adjustments.
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I think most people are sick of the fantasy only aspect to most MMORPGs. Vanguard went down fast for a reason.
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PVP rules..that is all
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Word, Rift.
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This is a bit out of date. Since this thread still exists I'll add that Star Trek Online, Marvel, and DC all seem to have been canceled. Cryptic is now developing Champions which will have pvp options.
AoC is right now in a strong launch. Warhammer is currently expected to be out in October 2008 as something very pvp centric. WOW is adding more pvp options with its next expansion due in November.
Many of the old pvpers from this game still hope that a better red team versus blue team balance will come to this game as well. May we one day reach a point that everybody's characters will have the chance to have fun in COX's PVP.
/keep hope alive
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Honestly WoW and its spawn of clones (AoC, WAR) don't interest me at all. Anyways even if they did its PvP in the same old fantasy setting as always, which is way different from CoX so I can't really see any competition except for PvP. The deep PvP game I'm waiting for is Darkfall Online which I don't think is to far away now, probably closer than WAR at least.
Champions is still a far way off from knowing how well PvP will actually be there, and farther still from actually playing it. But since CoX's revamp and fresh meat to the Dev team I'm hoping to see more introduced and rebalanced within its PvP ecosystem a least. I definately look forward to them completing the powerset proliferation and then perhaps some fine detail power adjustments.
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LOL. NOTHING I've seen posted tells me that Darkfall is any closer than its ever been.
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SHUT UP!!! Yall are all throwing up stats and meaningless banter about something you CANNOT know the number and stats for unless your a dev. Everyone here is talking like they work for the company and know all aspects of the game when all yall know is opinions and rumors and gossip that you have read or heard from everywhere else. Bottom line, PvP is good content, I don't like it b/c I go to Warbug to farm the missions there. And Me being solo with my lowbie....I alone keep being attacked by 4 or 5 and somtimes 8 toons all at once. They need to give us an option to be in PVP mode or not while we are under there.
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SHUT UP!!! Yall are all throwing up stats and meaningless banter about something you CANNOT know the number and stats for unless your a dev. Everyone here is talking like they work for the company and know all aspects of the game when all yall know is opinions and rumors and gossip that you have read or heard from everywhere else. Bottom line, PvP is good content, I don't like it b/c I go to Warbug to farm the missions there. And Me being solo with my lowbie....I alone keep being attacked by 4 or 5 and somtimes 8 toons all at once. They need to give us an option to be in PVP mode or not while we are under there.
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There is an option. Don't enter the zone. There is nothing in the zone that REQUIRES you to go there. You don't need the badges to keep playing the game. You don't need the nukes to keep playing the game.
You ask for an option to turn off PvP in a zone that was designed for that specific purpose. When that happens, I expect an option to turn on PvP in Steel Canyon or IP.
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LOL. NOTHING I've seen posted tells me that Darkfall is any closer than its ever been.
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y u gotz 2 hate? 
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SHUT UP!!! Yall are all throwing up stats and meaningless banter about something you CANNOT know the number and stats for unless your a dev. Everyone here is talking like they work for the company and know all aspects of the game when all yall know is opinions and rumors and gossip that you have read or heard from everywhere else. Bottom line, PvP is good content, I don't like it b/c I go to Warbug to farm the missions there. And Me being solo with my lowbie....I alone keep being attacked by 4 or 5 and somtimes 8 toons all at once. They need to give us an option to be in PVP mode or not while we are under there.
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They need to give you the option to [censored]
Here you come with a stupid name like Fixer - brutalkillz_
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SHUT UP!!! Yall are all throwing up stats and meaningless banter about something you CANNOT know the number and stats for unless your a dev. Everyone here is talking like they work for the company and know all aspects of the game when all yall know is opinions and rumors and gossip that you have read or heard from everywhere else. Bottom line, PvP is good content, I don't like it b/c I go to Warbug to farm the missions there. And Me being solo with my lowbie....I alone keep being attacked by 4 or 5 and somtimes 8 toons all at once. They need to give us an option to be in PVP mode or not while we are under there.
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That's like going to a suishi bar and whining that you got served raw fish.
Mmmmh, Sushi.
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That's like going to a suishi bar and whining that you got served raw fish.
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no it's not, that saying i go to pvp zones to pvp but don't wanna pvp......i go there for the missions there and only that reason. i can farm the missions there and get mission xp....and get the same mission over and over again. As I said, pvp is good content, but i just don't do it.
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That's like going to a suishi bar and whining that you got served raw fish.
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no it's not, that saying i go to pvp zones to pvp but don't wanna pvp......i go there for the missions there and only that reason. i can farm the missions there and get mission xp....and get the same mission over and over again. As I said, pvp is good content, but i just don't do it.
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Then gtfo
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That's like going to a suishi bar and whining that you got served raw fish.
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no it's not, that saying i go to pvp zones to pvp but don't wanna pvp......i go there for the missions there and only that reason. i can farm the missions there and get mission xp....and get the same mission over and over again. As I said, pvp is good content, but i just don't do it.
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Then gtfo
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SHUT UP!!! Yall are all throwing up stats and meaningless banter about something you CANNOT know the number and stats for unless your a dev. Everyone here is talking like they work for the company and know all aspects of the game when all yall know is opinions and rumors and gossip that you have read or heard from everywhere else. Bottom line, PvP is good content, I don't like it b/c I go to Warbug to farm the missions there. And Me being solo with my lowbie....I alone keep being attacked by 4 or 5 and somtimes 8 toons all at once. They need to give us an option to be in PVP mode or not while we are under there.
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That's like going to a suishi bar and whining that you got served raw fish.
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I'm surprised you were able to read that.
Since this post was dug up, I figured I'd respond.
I'm nearing my 12th month of subscription time. I both pve and pvp. If it wasn't for pvp, I would have left much much sooner - Why?
Because programmed behavior is predictable.
I've got several 50s, and pvewise, the content is hardly fresh (aside from an occasional issue). My current main has over a billion invested in her, while the rest are all below 300 million each. One of the cheapest had a Master of Statesman's Task Force badge on her second run. My main has run well over 20, and while comming close here and there, has yet to be successful facing untimely teammate deaths.
What's the point? One doesn't need the best gear to accomplish one of the most difficult tasks this game has to offer. With that said, why put the time and effort getting it if its unnecessary?
Without a PvP aspect, there would be no justification for spending so much time and effort getting the best gear possible. In regards to pvp, you want the best edge possible and thus I was able to put the effort towards building my main to my ultimate design. Countless NPCs have fallen by my hand. After hitting 50, all you can really do is repeat the same content in the same game. Why repeat it after the hundredth, two-hundredth time (etc)
Where is the reward to making yourself as strong, as fast, as improved as possible when you're simply doing what you had already been doing? PvP.
Don't get me wrong, a majority of players can enjoy a game a long time purely focusing on pve. However, to really have a thriving economy, pvp is necessary as pvp-focused players have an irreplaceable role. They put in the time and effort casual gamers simply will not do or cannot afford.
As far as the Diablo 2 references, after hitting the level cap, the only reason to play was to get better gear, almost always for pvp purposes. Otherwise it was just rolling another character or variation, but effectively the exact same gameplay.
All in all, I would have to say PvP is in-fact essential to any Large MMO. Pve only goes so far without people to team with. Eliminate PvP, and you're losing subscribers faster than you can replenish them.
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Since this post was dug up, I figured I'd respond.
I'm nearing my 12th month of subscription time. I both pve and pvp. If it wasn't for pvp, I would have left much much sooner - Why?
Because programmed behavior is predictable.
I've got several 50s, and pvewise, the content is hardly fresh (aside from an occasional issue). My current main has over a billion invested in her, while the rest are all below 300 million each. One of the cheapest had a Master of Statesman's Task Force badge on her second run. My main has run well over 20, and while comming close here and there, has yet to be successful facing untimely teammate deaths.
What's the point? One doesn't need the best gear to accomplish one of the most difficult tasks this game has to offer. With that said, why put the time and effort getting it if its unnecessary?
Without a PvP aspect, there would be no justification for spending so much time and effort getting the best gear possible. In regards to pvp, you want the best edge possible and thus I was able to put the effort towards building my main to my ultimate design. Countless NPCs have fallen by my hand. After hitting 50, all you can really do is repeat the same content in the same game. Why repeat it after the hundredth, two-hundredth time (etc)
Where is the reward to making yourself as strong, as fast, as improved as possible when you're simply doing what you had already been doing? PvP.
Don't get me wrong, a majority of players can enjoy a game a long time purely focusing on pve. However, to really have a thriving economy, pvp is necessary as pvp-focused players have an irreplaceable role. They put in the time and effort casual gamers simply will not do or cannot afford.
As far as the Diablo 2 references, after hitting the level cap, the only reason to play was to get better gear, almost always for pvp purposes. Otherwise it was just rolling another character or variation, but effectively the exact same gameplay.
All in all, I would have to say PvP is in-fact essential to any Large MMO. Pve only goes so far without people to team with. Eliminate PvP, and you're losing subscribers faster than you can replenish them.
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I completely agree.
I don't mind that you *have* to spend time in a PvP zone to get the badges and accolades redside, I do mind that you can get them whilst afk in base or whilst dead. I'm all for more forced participation to encourage teaming and improving redside activity, it's so frustrating getting ganked by groups of "heroes" and being told to "lern2team". More PvP, less AfK.
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Sign the petition to save CoH please.
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SHUT UP!!! Yall are all throwing up stats and meaningless banter about something you CANNOT know the number and stats for unless your a dev. Everyone here is talking like they work for the company and know all aspects of the game when all yall know is opinions and rumors and gossip that you have read or heard from everywhere else. Bottom line, PvP is good content, I don't like it b/c I go to Warbug to farm the missions there. And Me being solo with my lowbie....I alone keep being attacked by 4 or 5 and somtimes 8 toons all at once. They need to give us an option to be in PVP mode or not while we are under there.
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Obvious troll is obvious. /killo off
Do not feed the trolls.
This is a bit out of date. Since this thread still exists I'll add that Star Trek Online, Marvel, and DC all seem to have been canceled. Cryptic is now developing Champions which will have pvp options.
AoC is right now in a strong launch. Warhammer is currently expected to be out in October 2008 as something very pvp centric. WOW is adding more pvp options with its next expansion due in November.
Many of the old pvpers from this game still hope that a better red team versus blue team balance will come to this game as well. May we one day reach a point that everybody's characters will have the chance to have fun in COX's PVP.
/keep hope alive