I'm playing City of Heroes Thursday nights only for a while for my Rikti mothership raids. I've been having too much fun playing Champions Online, although I'm sure that will get old after a while.
There was a level 40 character spotted on Sunday night. I'm sure it was played by multiple people taking turns, and will be sold on eBay.
I haven't had any problems teaming since the open beta started. A large part of that is because most of my friends that have long since stopped playing City of Heroes are playing Champions Online now, but even then, I've teamed up several times with people I've never met before to do some missions.
I agree that the lack of an ability to see other team members' missions is a bit of a downside, but that really isn't a problem in the first two zones as everyone has the same missions, and after that, you can share most missions as long as everyone on your team is near you and they don't already have it or have already completed it.
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As always I am playing more then one game 
Feel free to look me up over there . . . .
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Still here. Just getting started.
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Welcome.
Current favs: Champ: Frau Schmeterling-22 MM 50s: NOTW-Blaster, Cat-Girl Commando-corr, Queen of the Dawn-PB, NOTW-Def, Peterbilt-Brute, IcedTNA-Tank, Archilies-scrap, Mann Eater-stalk, Redemptive Soul-toller, Mt Fuji of A-Team-Tank, Hot Stuff Vale-Dom
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Originally Posted by WittyLibrarian
I've tried leaving. Didn't take. >:-)
If you're referring to The Other Game, I am amazed anyone who was here between Issues 5 and 6 would go anywhere near a game worked on by Statesman. Guy was a deceiving nerfbat wielder of the highest order. So obsessed with BALANCE that he lost track of this little thing called FUN. I don't care if The Other Game comes with a free lifetime supply of bacon pizza burgers, I ain't going near it. |
Bacon pizza burgers! There was never ONCE a mention of those. Guess I should have read their emails more closely. ah-well, too late now.
Current favs: Champ: Frau Schmeterling-22 MM 50s: NOTW-Blaster, Cat-Girl Commando-corr, Queen of the Dawn-PB, NOTW-Def, Peterbilt-Brute, IcedTNA-Tank, Archilies-scrap, Mann Eater-stalk, Redemptive Soul-toller, Mt Fuji of A-Team-Tank, Hot Stuff Vale-Dom
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I always thought you played like a 12 year old girl.|
Originally Posted by Ashcraft
I left for This game.
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I promised a few people I'd try CO, but I never did say when.
I'll let it go through some patches before I dip my toe in.
I'll give it a month or 2 before I try.
Member - Pingus, & Legendaries
Angry Sysop 50 BRUTE - Angry Woodsman 50 TANK - Angry Florist 21 CONTROLLER
"Did your Phantom Army just take the Elevator? Imaginary People riding Elevators? *facepalm*
I'm still here, I played beta on that game, and just hated it.
Here-ish. College has started back up again so thats taking up the majority of my time.
Champion-
Flaming Intern/Tanker(main)
The Ice Albatross/Blaster
Apollonius/Controller
Valtrix/Defender
All the tank sets in the Intern variety
Burning Intern/Brute(CoV Main)
And the list goes on...
I am splitting my time between the two, well actually three games. I spend time in CoH and and a little in CoH-I16. I still do CoH for my regular gatherings like SG night and my static group. I am playing CO more, because its the new shiney, but CoH is my home universe. A balance will struck soon with a focus on CoH.
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Pillars of Might
Darc Ranger [Blas] / Darc Nebula [Cont]
The Bikini Patrol
Darc Lighter:51-[Blas] / Darc Lady:50-[Tank]
The Panty Raiders
Aegis Magnus [MM] / Atomic Spector [Cor] / Dominar Sefus [Dom]
MEGAFORCE
-Darc Ranger [Def]
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Mondays nerf was geared to fix that (literally), you're weaker+need help=more teaming.|
Originally Posted by Dinah Might
It's hard to get teams going in that game.... No... Hard isn't the word.... friggin impossible is the best description!
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I've been tooling around BFHeroes over the summer on a 22 gunner, plenty of noobs to pwn, much fun 2b had.
Waiting for i16 and GR beta to take me out of one of many dormant coh periods since 04.
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So wait, something was nerfed the day before the official release?|
Originally Posted by Acemace
Mondays nerf was geared to fix that (literally), you're weaker+need help=more teaming.
I've been tooling around BFHeroes over the summer on a 22 gunner, plenty of noobs to pwn, much fun 2b had. Waiting for i16 and GR beta to take me out of one of many dormant coh periods since 04. |
That has to be a record.
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For Jack Emmert, it's just another day.|
Originally Posted by Stray Kitten
So wait, something was nerfed the day before the official release?
That has to be a record. |
Nerf isn't what he does, it's who he is.
Member - Pingus, & Legendaries
Angry Sysop 50 BRUTE - Angry Woodsman 50 TANK - Angry Florist 21 CONTROLLER
"Did your Phantom Army just take the Elevator? Imaginary People riding Elevators? *facepalm*
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So wait, something was nerfed the day before the official release?
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Basically the way the game played from alpha (sept 08) on up to Sunday, was altered (fairly sweeping reductions to various powers and defenses) by an untested patch on the games launch day, along with a stealth xp reduction.
A few people made some comments about it over there. lol ;]
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Personally I like the changes that were made . . . .well minus the XP reduction but I'm used to those.
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Originally Posted by Acemace
Basically the way the game played from alpha (sept 08) on up to Sunday, was altered (fairly sweeping reductions to various powers and defenses) by an untested patch on the games launch day, along with a stealth xp reduction.
A few people made some comments about it over there. lol ;] |
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Originally Posted by Infernal_Jester
Personally I like the changes that were made . . . .well minus the XP reduction but I'm used to those.
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Yea there are people who like it, I think most question why you wouldn't test such a large change before live.
Some have referred to it as a bait and switch.
But hey it's not my game, so que sera sera.
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Whether or not I'm in agreement with the changes I can't say (I quit playing it after about 1 week in the beta) but that is pretty much a textbook bait-and-switch tactic from what I can see.|
Originally Posted by Acemace
...Some have referred to it as a bait and switch...
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1) Have game a certain way all through beta, particularly open beta.
2) Make a change to the game after open beta has ended, but before the official launch
3) People buy one thing, expecting another. Still the same "product" but different from what they were shown just a few days before.
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Except those who did not try the beta. Anyways, still here, haven't tried "The Other Game".
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Originally Posted by Stray Kitten
Whether or not I'm in agreement with the changes I can't say (I quit playing it after about 1 week in the beta) but that is pretty much a textbook bait-and-switch tactic from what I can see.
1) Have game a certain way all through beta, particularly open beta. 2) Make a change to the game after open beta has ended, but before the official launch 3) People buy one thing, expecting another. Still the same "product" but different from what they were shown just a few days before. |
So, a friend of mine pre-ordered the other game, and he was telling me about it... sounded cool. So I bought myself a lifetime subscription. I thought, yeah, even if the game only lasts a year, I've got my moneys worth. My mate says, you know you probably have to buy the game aswell ...
I go back to the site, read through everything. At the bottom, there's a little * saying that a retail code is required to play the other game... I look back up at the offers, neither of the offers have that little star next to them, or any of the sublisted features. So sweet, i'm good.
About half way through the download, my mate keeps insisting that I'll need to buy a retail copy of the game. Thinking to myself, I just forked out $200 for a lifetime subscription, then i'll have to shell out another $50 for the game on top, which includes a month of play that's completely useless to me...
So I ring the other game's company. Ask the guy when I receive my retail code... He says that I have to purchase it from a store. I then ask him where on the site it says that either of the two offers say that. He points me to the little section down the bottom where the * is... and the second sentence in that paragraph that those offers are for the subscription part of the game. So I ask again, where does that paragraph point to either of those offers.
I don't know about you, but when there is some sort of indicator, such as a *, or ^ or any other symbol, it points to a particular item on the page. There was no such particular indicator on either item. So anyway, I just asked for a refund, as I wasn't going to shell out $200 for a lifetime subscription, that doesn't include the game, then have to fork out another $50 which includes a months play thats useless. He was happy to oblige, took 3 days for the refund to get back to me, but I did get it back. As a result of this incident, I have no intention of playing this game anymore.
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Well, since they never previewed it before they bought it, then they really aren't logically target for a bait-and-switch since there would be no way to bait someone who bought a product without "seeing" it first. >.>
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Originally Posted by ChillieBlitz
Except those who did not try the beta.
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Originally Posted by Marut
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I am pretty much still here though, I guess.
I mean, if I didn't have third world internets, I would probably try the game.
But, from images and videos, I can't really say I was drawn to it in the slightest. I'm pretty nonchalant about ****, though.
I still leap on City, mostly to chat and lightly marketeer for a bit, unless I am invited to something that will take approximately twenty minutes and I've got Conan still for PvP purposes. I feel complete with my MMO needs.
"I do it better than anybody you've ever seen do it.
The screams from the haters, it's got a nice ring to it.
I guess every super hero needs his theme music .."
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Was I the only one thinking, "Well, guess you're not a big money hustler .."|
Originally Posted by BigMoneyHustla
So, a friend of mine pre-ordered the other game, and he was telling me about it... sounded cool. So I bought myself a lifetime subscription. I thought, yeah, even if the game only lasts a year, I've got my moneys worth. My mate says, you know you probably have to buy the game aswell ...
I go back to the site, read through everything. At the bottom, there's a little * saying that a retail code is required to play the other game... I look back up at the offers, neither of the offers have that little star next to them, or any of the sublisted features. So sweet, i'm good. About half way through the download, my mate keeps insisting that I'll need to buy a retail copy of the game. Thinking to myself, I just forked out $200 for a lifetime subscription, then i'll have to shell out another $50 for the game on top, which includes a month of play that's completely useless to me... So I ring the other game's company. Ask the guy when I receive my retail code... He says that I have to purchase it from a store. I then ask him where on the site it says that either of the two offers say that. He points me to the little section down the bottom where the * is... and the second sentence in that paragraph that those offers are for the subscription part of the game. So I ask again, where does that paragraph point to either of those offers. I don't know about you, but when there is some sort of indicator, such as a *, or ^ or any other symbol, it points to a particular item on the page. There was no such particular indicator on either item. So anyway, I just asked for a refund, as I wasn't going to shell out $200 for a lifetime subscription, that doesn't include the game, then have to fork out another $50 which includes a months play thats useless. He was happy to oblige, took 3 days for the refund to get back to me, but I did get it back. As a result of this incident, I have no intention of playing this game anymore. |
In all seriousness though, I completely agree with how you went about it.
Lifetime sub should basically include the game.
Then again, I am wary of anything that offers a lifetime sub to begin with.
"I do it better than anybody you've ever seen do it.
The screams from the haters, it's got a nice ring to it.
I guess every super hero needs his theme music .."
Just cause i'm cheap, doesn't mean i'm not a big money hustla :P
As i said, if the game only lasted a year, I would've got my moneys worth.
But eh, thems the breaks ... They had my money, and then lost it. As it is, I don't see that game lasting very long.
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LOL.
I came back on September 1st, to even the exodus out. I'm worth 100 CO deserters!
Kinda...maybe in terms of noise level...*shrug*
The Widow's Dark Hand - leader of Faux Pas
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Tee Hee!
I'm level 14ish in CO. It's hard to get teams going in that game.... No... Hard isn't the word.... friggin impossible is the best description!
Not only is the community in CO non-existent (thank God for old CoH friends playing the game), the game mechanics to allow for teaming was designed by a retard.
When you try to "share" a mission in that game that are so many excuses why you can't.
- Sorry, That person already has this mission.
- Sorry, That person is too far.
- Sorry, that person is wearing purple.
I thank God this game has a navigation screen were I can pick a mission from any of my team member and set it in the Nav for all to see. CO's teaming mechanics is beyond frustrating.