Everyone knows AE killed CoH. But the devs wont do anything about it cause its one of there prised accomplishments. But if you just want normal mish lvling try Justice Vills 
So wait the majority of the players run AE...so thus its killing the game? not seeing the corelation here.
All AE did was take the need for an anchor, decrease the wait time between pl sessions and allow people to get to the missions easier. Your not missing out of playing with anyone you would have teamed up with prior to AE.
What killed CoH is the lack of creativity, innovations, and overall expansion of the game itself. Not blaming the devs because they can only do so much on a pay roll, however the game itself hasn't really expanded (yes new tfs but honestly its just the same missions with a different story).
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Everyone would be thrilled to be given tons of money without working for it, but it'd still be economically damaging in the long-term. When people are bypassing most of the game's content, they'll lose interest rather quickly.
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Originally Posted by Zetargos
So wait the majority of the players run AE...so thus its killing the game? not seeing the corelation here.
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So thus again the real problem isn't AE but the lack of NEW CONTENT. AE is the new shiny people are using it. Its the way things always go with the new shiny it gets played to death and people who want to play the old busted are sol...until something new comes along and causes people to leave the AE (going rogue) I don't see it slowing down anytime soon.
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Originally Posted by Merry_Mint
Everyone would be thrilled to be given tons of money without working for it, but it'd still be economically damaging in the long-term. When people are bypassing most of the game's content, they'll lose interest rather quickly.
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Originally Posted by Zetargos
So thus again the real problem isn't AE but the lack of NEW CONTENT. AE is the new shiny people are using it. Its the way things always go with the new shiny it gets played to death and people who want to play the old busted are sol...until something new comes along and causes people to leave the AE (going rogue) I don't see it slowing down anytime soon.
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All added content was stamped by the majority: been there, done that.
It takes ages for them to build something, been played twice and its over.
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AE aint wrong, aint bad, its the people that just pick the 'easy way' mode, cant blame em personaly. If i had a counter, to measure time i spend traveling to a mission, time i traveled to talk to a NPC, to click 5 stupid glowies or even visit a freaking place, it is WAY WAY more then actualy playing this game.
From day 1 i said devs should make a 'central spot' for people to play at. Be it in PI (to keep out lowbies perhaps) or sortlike, not the 'i have to travel more then i spend time in a mission'. The reward/effort was way out of control. Cross-zone teleporting would already solve alot of problems, that mac power thingie was a gift from heaven. If i get a invite while im in whatever zone and mission is in another zone, by the time i reach the place they freaking finished the mission already, whats the use of that?
It remains funny that everyone grabs their glass ball and predict the future of CoH, just like they did 4 years ago, during ED, during IO's, during i dont even care what might have changed.
I love AE, finaly i can pick things that _i_ like, sick and tired of stupid bugs due certain mobs (longbow and MM's.. freaking annoying). And because i like it here, i will stay in the game.
So go play happy your CO, we'll see if that game is a holy grail that CoH should have been, i myself highly doubt this.
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Getting to lvl 50 in 1 zone i think thats damaging the game. Whats the point of having other zones when all you need is atlas?
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Eh the going rogue comment was more a possibility than anything else. Not really sure what that expansion actually entails; however if it is the same standard then I would have to argue that its not really new content and that coh is pretty much at a stand still that it has been for 3 or more now.
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Originally Posted by SinergyX_EU
Totaly nonsence.
All added content was stamped by the majority: been there, done that. It takes ages for them to build something, been played twice and its over. |
I refer to the part 'lack of content'. You serious think, that a _paid_ expension suddenly moves everyone away? While the majority.. well actualy nobody even knows how exactly what this expension will be. The 100rds of people suddenly drop AE and their lvling just to cross faction? Or do some story archs and wack some stuff at the opposite side?
Content was always an argue, its not lack off.. but usability of.
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Tbh theres no way devs are gona stop AE so no reason argueing
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Same reason we had zones with so little population from over the years. Dark Astoria, Boomtown, Terra Volta, Perez Park...they are rarely ever used. However they are there for those who want to use them. |
Originally Posted by Blpup
Getting to lvl 50 in 1 zone i think thats damaging the game. Whats the point of having other zones when all you need is atlas?
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I do believe that if new content came out that the AE's would loose a large amount of people currently in them...however because AE can always change, adapt, and be remade new people would end up flocking back to them. I use the AE for my lvl 50's because I don't really care about having 100 alts but rather 1 or 2 that I really enjoy playing. AE allows me to do that.
leaving the game because of AE is m-o-r-o-n-i-c
if you really typed "the Devs aren't willing to do anything" then you must of been under a rock the past few months or partially illiterate.
one last thing, get this god forsaken crap thread out of my Infinity forums 
we see this stupid **** enough in other forums, don't need it here
now...lets have a bowl of...
I agree with DJ mostly, however eloquent he put it...
The thing is for me, i'm tired of hearing people whine about how AE is "easy mode" or how it is ruining the game, or how the devs don't do ****, or oh my god, even the comment next to there name, "No AE play the game".
For ****'s sake, get over it, it hasn't ruined anything, people will find a way to easy mode in any game, any time, no matter what, because you know what, easy mode is...easy.
I've been playing since beta and i have used AE to get a few level characters up this past weekend, and you know what it did for me? Got some of my crap scrappers and blasters and controllers past the need for stamina and made me want to what? Play the game. If anything, AE got me back into the game, i love getting a team together and just doing random story arcs.
Also, here is my take on CO...utter crap, why? Graphics on that game are the worst, in my opinion, those that say otherwise obviously have your say but to me they are just awful, lol. I personally won't give it a go.
yeah, I guess you can say I've pretty much had my fill of these "doom" threads 
Just now i noticed this topic is in the infinity server forum. And i dont even play on that server 
Can i still have some popcorn?
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Haha, no, infinity popcorn stays at infinity.
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cause I'm a nice guy...*slides Sin some popcorn*
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Just now i noticed this topic is in the infinity server forum. And i dont even play on that server
Can i still have some popcorn? |
Yes i have obtained the holy Popcorn of Infinity!
Unlimited supply of popcorn, endless fun and happyness is upon me! All the years of searching and effort finaly paid off, i will conquer the world!
Wait.. a sec..
This is just normal popcorn is it?
So.. the Popcorn of Freedom wont get me out of jail either? Bummer
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*noms the entire bowl of popcorn*
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Oh wow... I'm thinking that this turned in to a rant... Oops.
I guess that what I meant by the post is that Sure, AE has its uses. You have the people who farm up to a certain level, like 20, just to make their charcter playable. I've done that, and honestly I can't see anything wrong with that. But then there are the people who don't even leave Atlas, and get their character to 50 in that building. I really just don't understand why you would want to do the same mission, over and over, killing the same things in the same order every time. I suppose you guys are right though, everyone can play the game as they want too. Heck, if anything, instead of leaving I would probably just be a little more inactive for awhile, wait for some new content.
Can I have infinity popcorn nowz?
I keep seeing complaints about AE in broadcast...I just don't understand why someone doesn't start to organize "actual content" through the global channels like IBS or the Hami channel...hell those channels seem the ideal place to start old content archs for those who are not happy with AE.
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Originally Posted by Agent_of_Kronos
I know I'm not the only one who has had an experience like this. I was flying around in Atlas trying to think of something to do,
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I'm currently parking one of my level 50's in City Hall for the day job badge and I get invites to AE farms all the time. It's a fact of life for AP.
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I hardly ever set foot in AE and I have ZERO problem find people to team with. I think the game is still great, I'm looking forward to the new stuff in the pipeline, and have no intention of going anywhere.
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You all have made your point. At the time I was really ticked off for a mix of reasons, and this didn't help, which is why I posted this rant. Uh... yeah. Sorry.
But you all do make a lot of sense, once something else new and shiny comes along everyone will do that over and over, and so forth.
Zetargos, your avatar is hypnotic.
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why I outtas...
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Originally Posted by Eran_
*noms the entire bowl of popcorn*
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I know I'm not the only one who has had an experience like this. I was flying around in Atlas trying to think of something to do, and I got a blind invite to a team. I rejected, and about 10 minutes later, I got a second invite from the same person. I rejected again, and looked the guy up. He was a level 28 in Atlas (I was playing a level 50 blaster at the time, was he hoping for free xp from a blaster?), doing an AE Farm. I messaged him and told him to stop inviting me and that he should go play the actual game. He then proceded to say "lmao noob go away."
Now normally flying around I would have gotten a ton of mission invites to help with story lines and other random missions. Now the only invites I EVER get are for AE farms or respec trials (they spend all there money on paying people to run the farm for them so they cant buy a respec.) For awhile, sure there were people who probably tryed to start a mission team, but gave up due to everyone AE farming.
Which of course leads me to my question, is the AE system being abused? Noone does normal teams any more, its always AE teams, trials, or TFs. And then when people get to 50, they start a new character and repeat.
So I guess in a different way of asking, Did the AE system kill City of Heroes? Maybe a content filter or something, like having devs check it to make sure its not a farm before being playable by others. Maybe even having some vet players do it. The whole AE thing seemed like a good idea at the time, sure, but it hasn't provided really anything helpful to the game at all the way it is now.
Just another reason to switch to Champions Online I guess.