Why do the devs hate COV?
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Acanous_Quietus,
Posted on: 2008-01-06 17:57 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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"the reason there are so many sarcastic pvpers is we already had a better version of pvp taken away from us to appease bad players. Back then we chuckled at how bad players came here and whined. If we knew that was the actual voice devs would listen to instead of informed, educated players we probably would have been bigger dicks back then." -ConFlict
CoH has a bigger population, who whine more, and whine louder than the CoV community. They hold forum population majority. CoV was made specifically to generate more econ to pump into CoH. The devs can save both time and funds simply by creating co-content that short-changes CoV but is specifically, for some reason, beneficial and useful to players of CoH. Any and all one-sided villain content is eventually transferred to CoH and given a buff. Content that was originally hero-side, will, with some reluctance, will be given to CoV. However, said content will be thouroughly re-worked, and it will be stated said content will be 'more powerful' than its hero counterpart, and it will turn out to be craptastic in comparison. Villain issues will be backburnered in favor of hero issues. There will never be any more villain-side only content, but expect more hero-side only content in the near future.
The Devs do not give a [censored] about CoV in the short run. They only care about it as long as it brings in money so they can fuel blue-side, which in turn, means they have to make a few mediocure attempts at improving the red-side content. They do so slowly, reluctantly, and poorly.
That turned into a rant. All of the above is OPINION, only SOME of it is necessarily fact.
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Just wondering. Seems alot of attention villains need, just is a no go. COH gets alot more attention. This goes for pve and pvp. Will 2008 actually bring some attention?
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Nope. The Devs hate CoV, that's why they created it and programmed it with better zones and graphics - just to tease people.
Sorry. 
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Just wondering. Seems alot of attention villains need, just is a no go. COH gets alot more attention. This goes for pve and pvp. Will 2008 actually bring some attention?
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I had no idea that the devs hated COV. They release pretty much as much stuff for COV as they did for COH this year. I think the only extra COH got was the revamped faultine.
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they hate it cuz I solo'd it.
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Why do the devs hate COV?
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Just to see how many people they can piss off. Pissing people off is awfully good money and it warms their cold, black little hearts thinking of the hate and discontent they generate on a continuous basis.
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Just wondering. Seems alot of attention villains need, just is a no go. COH gets alot more attention. This goes for pve and pvp. Will 2008 actually bring some attention?
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Your question presumes the Devs hate CoV. I do not agree with your presumption and therefore consider your question invalid. Have a nice day! 
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In order to make CoV better in 2008, it will gain some much-needed buffs that CoH currently has.
First off, missions within a story arc will be scattered across at least three zones at a minimum, and access to the contact's cell phone will not occur until far later in the contact's relationship.
Happy now?
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they hate it cuz I solo'd it.
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Why do the devs hate COV?
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Just to see how many people they can piss off. Pissing people off is awfully good money and it warms their cold, black little hearts thinking of the hate and discontent they generate on a continuous basis.
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Also it's because all parents secretly hate one of their children. Bad luck to you if you were an only child.
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In order to make CoV better in 2008, it will gain some much-needed buffs that CoH currently has.
First off, missions within a story arc will be scattered across at least three zones at a minimum, and access to the contact's cell phone will not occur until far later in the contact's relationship.
Happy now?
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Don't forget that at level 40+ you'll have to start in Grandville, run to Mercy Island, then port Oaks, then sharkhead then to Nerva all to do one mission, then run back to Grandville to turn it in.
Further to add parity to COV all contacts will now require 5 missions from you before giving you their cell phone number.
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Why do the devs hate COV?
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Just to [censored] you off, that's why.
Goodbye, I guess.
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CoH has a bigger population, who whine more, and whine louder than the CoV community. They hold forum population majority. CoV was made specifically to generate more econ to pump into CoH. The devs can save both time and funds simply by creating co-content that short-changes CoV but is specifically, for some reason, beneficial and useful to players of CoH. Any and all one-sided villain content is eventually transferred to CoH and given a buff. Content that was originally hero-side, will, with some reluctance, will be given to CoV. However, said content will be thouroughly re-worked, and it will be stated said content will be 'more powerful' than its hero counterpart, and it will turn out to be craptastic in comparison. Villain issues will be backburnered in favor of hero issues. There will never be any more villain-side only content, but expect more hero-side only content in the near future.
The Devs do not give a [censored] about CoV in the short run. They only care about it as long as it brings in money so they can fuel blue-side, which in turn, means they have to make a few mediocure attempts at improving the red-side content. They do so slowly, reluctantly, and poorly.
That turned into a rant. All of the above is OPINION, only SOME of it is necessarily fact.
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...Damnit. Anyone else ever go to click one star, and click the 5 instead? I disagree with this thread and made a hash of the attempt to be silent about it. Sorry.
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...Damnit. Anyone else ever go to click one star, and click the 5 instead? I disagree with this thread and made a hash of the attempt to be silent about it. Sorry.
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I one-starred it for you.
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CoH has a bigger population, who whine more, and whine louder than the CoV community. They hold forum population majority.
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SILENCE, FOOL! Everyone knows that all red-side players do is whine! People playing only CoH never whine, they post insightful commentary meant to stir the soul, like "LOL n00b, lrn to manipulate the market by buying low, selling high. LOL @ CoV in general, none of your stuff costs 25 million INF, YOU LOSE" or perhaps "LOL and die" - and other such uplifting statements.
Now you know, and I better not see you making this mistake again! Blue-side players do not whine, remember this!
Because CoV is still living in the Devs' basement, won't get a job, and doesn't pay rent. It's tough love. A mother bird pushes her young out of the nest in order for them to fly. Plus CoV won't shower.
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Now THAT's the way to reply to "cov whine posts".
+5 to everyone who took this route instead of flaming the OP.
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They devs don't have CoV. Brutes have Electric Melee. Obviously the devs love CoV. They hate CoH.
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CoH has a bigger population, who whine more, and whine louder than the CoV community. They hold forum population majority. CoV was made specifically to generate more econ to pump into CoH. The devs can save both time and funds simply by creating co-content that short-changes CoV but is specifically, for some reason, beneficial and useful to players of CoH. Any and all one-sided villain content is eventually transferred to CoH and given a buff. Content that was originally hero-side, will, with some reluctance, will be given to CoV. However, said content will be thouroughly re-worked, and it will be stated said content will be 'more powerful' than its hero counterpart, and it will turn out to be craptastic in comparison. Villain issues will be backburnered in favor of hero issues. There will never be any more villain-side only content, but expect more hero-side only content in the near future.
The Devs do not give a [censored] about CoV in the short run. They only care about it as long as it brings in money so they can fuel blue-side, which in turn, means they have to make a few mediocure attempts at improving the red-side content. They do so slowly, reluctantly, and poorly.
That turned into a rant. All of the above is OPINION, only SOME of it is necessarily fact.
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Seriously.
Here's a bright point, though: previously, the problem has largely been one of limited man power: they just didn't have the resources to do things they WANTED to do.
NC^2 is in the middle of a major hiring spree. IOW, the manpower resources available to "do things" is going to experience a dramatic upswing.
That says to me, starting in i13 and onward, we may see more parity of content in new issues ... maybe even a slight lean towards CoV (say, 55/45) for a while, so that both sides eventually come to a true 50/50 split between issues.
Just wondering. Seems alot of attention villains need, just is a no go. COH gets alot more attention. This goes for pve and pvp. Will 2008 actually bring some attention?