Raptr Integration

I have wanted Raptr integration in COH for awhile. Is there a chance that it could be implemented, maybe as part of Going Rogue.

I will note that a competing Super hero MMO that shall remain nameless (http://blog.raptr.com/2009/09/01/cha...aptr/#more-901) has the integration, and I hope that the fact that someone else has it would not stop it from happening.

Thanks,

The Masked Ferret

I didn't even know what Raptr was until I clicked your link.

Is it really that big a deal? I don't see much use for it myself.

I just like the concept of being able to update my social network as to what I am doing. I *want* people in my social network to know what I am doing in game. I will admit, though, that how you handle the updates can be very important, because some people don't want to know what you have been up to in a game. They don't think the updates are important. But, they are to me.

Does that make more sense?

Isn't something like this (not the twitter/other junk integration) already part of some of the Titan Network programs? I, personally, don't see a need for this (hell, I wouldn't want CoH going anywhere near my 'social networking')... but I'm fairly certain that all of that functionality can be implemented using the HeroStats engine (since it monitors that type of stuff).

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

Yeah, I'm not... particularly sure what it does either, or why I'd want it to do it. I'm assuming it sends things like you levelled, finished an arc, got a badge, etc. to twitter or something, but since I don't use any of that - and anyone would particularly care that "Memphis Bill got to level 19 in City of Heroes!" is beyond me, frankly - well...

"Meh."

I mean, part of it sounds like steam's achivements, and IMHO that's already cluttered with "So-and-so bought this game!" and other generally useless info.

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Best I can tell, it'll send your status, screenshots, 'blog' (?), level ups, "perks", items, and "super group" stuff to twitter, facebook, and two other services.


All of which should be possible with a modified version of HeroStats's engine.

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

I think from the sounds of it it's a bit like what happens on XboxLive. As in, people can see your status, what your doing, if your teaming with people, etc.

So, sort of like an expanded global friends list.

Tbh, not really fussed about this. Just another thing to hassle over, when the game works perfectly fine without it.

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Don't people already HAVE twitter and such? ... I think this qualifies as "shiny but tmi".

Ahh yes... but all you naysayers are missing the point, which is to provide the RMT sellers with yet another excellent source of information on who plays what, at what times and how they can be reached so they can be spammed with more RMT mail. *

*To those who did not get it yet, this post is sarcasm incarnate!

Because everyone on my Facebook and Twitter needs to be updated constantly with every trivial detail of what I'm doing!

Oh wait. No they don't. That would be why I don't have any of those things.

"I am sick and tired of the entire Western world knowing how my kidneys are functioning."
-- Jim Lovell, Apollo 13

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Raptr is not online an updater to social networks, but it also integrates with every IM program on the net, and because it integrates with MSN, it works on XBL also. It's a cross-platform IM that lets friends easily chat with each other, regardless of the game they're playing at the time, to coordinate play times, groups etc. You also see which game your friend's currently plaing on Raptor's IM status window. You can also view games friends and other people have played, and can go to Amazon (AFAIR) to purchase a game that your friend has.

I know the guys over at W00t Studios have fallen in love with this, and I see its merits and flaws. For instance, the IM ability is great - if you and your friend are on two different MMOs you can still chat. You'll know what game they're playing through Raptr and can perhaps quit your current game and join your friend instead.

OTOH, I find the Twitter and Facebook updates a bit annoying. For example, every time Jester got another level on Champions online, I received another Tweet/ FB update. There are settings that will tell Raptr which updates to post - and you can ignore that feature altogether if you don't want to spam your friends - but it's up to that person to set those settings, which means your Twitter/ FB page could get bombarded with your friend's game status changes.

Another drawback is that the IM portion does not overlay on top of your current game like other programs such as XFire do. Instead, you have to Alt-Tab between your game and Raptr. Raptr's still in beta, so this may be added in the future.

So it has its good and bad points. I wouldn't mind integration, and really the only people it could harm are friends of followers of players who may have Raptr set to use annoying features. Also it would work better than the niche Titan Network - no offense, but only certain CoH members use TN; whereas a lot of people use AOLIM, MSN, or Google Chat. Heck, TN might be able to integrate Raptr into its own site for all I know.

Drawbacks aside, there are benefits to it, even for those who aren't into social networking. It's more of a cross-platform IM with real-time game status and (optional) social networking settings.

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So, in other words, it's basically just Pidgin marketed at gamers, with built in twitter and junk?

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

Mostly, but also with the added "Playing Now" feature which lets you know what game your friends are playing at a glance, so you can join them without even having to ask what they're playing. Works on the XBox and Mac too AFAIK, and maybe, one day, the PS3, if Sony ever opens up the PSN to the Internet.

Heck, I compared it to Trillian, but free to use. Wish I had known about Pidgin earlier