How "Alive" is the game's population on here anyway?
OP, If you find yourself too invested in a toon on server X, you can always entertain the option of transferring that toon elsewhere. The process is pretty seamless (for a charge, of course), and I use that for my main when I want to visit a server population for the holidays.
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Most of the population is not out in the world. City utilizes instancing very heavily, so the game world does not have the hordes of people running around kill-stealing and camping and such that a lot of other games suffer from.
The subscription numbers hover around 130k, give or take 10k, and that is extremely healthy for a fairly 'niche' MMO. |
Ironically the game used to be buzzing with outside baddie hunting, but that was way way back when the game came out. The bonus rewards on mission completion were so low and combined with travel time made door missions unattractive. They dramatically increased the completion bonuses, nerfed the level-50-PLing-level-1-using-outside-hunts exploits and viola door missions increased and the outside huntin activity descreased.
There are good points and bad points to this setup. On the good side:
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When I tried CO? "Rescue whatsisface the speedster!" OK. I'll join the line of people also rescuing him. Both boring and immersion breaking.
Aion? "Defeat so-and-so who's guarding the vortex!" OK. I just have to wait for him to respawn, since that Gladiator just defeated him... It really breaks me out of a game world to have to wait on a timer to get "the one" big bad guy... again... after watching another line of people do the same thing.
Wow, looking at all of these responses, I see the community in this game is very tight knit. Every time i play this game I get more and more compelled to buy this game. Ok, so to enjoy this game, I should try to find teams? Ok, I guess I'll give it go when I get on next time!
Wow, looking at all of these responses, I see the community in this game is very tight knit. Every time i play this game I get more and more compelled to buy this game. Ok, so to enjoy this game, I should try to find teams? Ok, I guess I'll give it go when I get on next time!
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Also, if you tell us which server you're on, a number of vets may be willing to join you and show you some awesome stuff.
Teams can be loads of fun, but another thing to like about this game is that for 95%+ of the content, you can solo (maybe very slowly for some ATs, but it can be done).
I'm not saying don't try teaming, just saying don't forget that soloing is just as valid an option.
With the free transfers just announced, I expect to see lots of activity as people try out new servers (why not? If it doesn't work out, just transfer back!) so none of the servers will have their "typical" load.
And don't forget the Winter Event! There will be more folks out & about than usual opening presents and trying to spawn Winter Lord. Or for crowds, head over to the Ski Lodge just off Pocket D.
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"You gave us a world where we could fly. I can't thank you enough for that."
Right now i'm playing on Virtue server
Global @radubadu
Usually playing one of the following toons blueside on Virtue:
Cadler 50 WP/SS tanker
Radubadu 46 Fire/Fire blaster
Hell Runner 35 Fire/Fire brute
I can't speak much about other MMOs, but this game is very team oriented. Meaning that I think many people play CoX because of it's teaming sensibility That's not to say you can't play exclusively solo, you definitely can.
I just started the City of Heroes trial today, and after playing for an hour or two, I started realzing somthing. There seems to be nobody on, at all. Maybe i just picked a dead server, but, how many people can i expect if i get on the "popular" server? I've been thinking about buying this game, I don't want to if all the servers are going to be generally empty
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Believe me. I'm still alive.
I feel fantastic and I'm still alive.
I'm doing science and I'm still alive...
... and im all out of cake
Are you still there?
Wow, looking at all of these responses, I see the community in this game is very tight knit. Every time i play this game I get more and more compelled to buy this game. Ok, so to enjoy this game, I should try to find teams? Ok, I guess I'll give it go when I get on next time!
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EDIT: There's also an awesome new expansion coming out in about 5-6 months too - so the game's going to get even better.
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City of Heroes comics and artwork
Wow, looking at all of these responses, I see the community in this game is very tight knit. Every time i play this game I get more and more compelled to buy this game. Ok, so to enjoy this game, I should try to find teams? Ok, I guess I'll give it go when I get on next time!
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The real benefit of teaming with people is that it helps you find and hopefully identify people who share your interests in playing this game. If you add them as friends (per character, no permission needed) or global friends (know when they're on with any character, permission required), you can grow a support network of people who share your interests.
You can play solo many character types very well in this game, but some fun content is intended for teams, some rewards are most efficiently gained by teams, and generally, at least chatting with people while you play (teamed or not) is a whole lot more interesting. Take it from me... I solo a lot.
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Blue
American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
Red
Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA
Definitely try teaming. Once you settle on a server (nothing wrong with Virtue), check out that server's part of the forums and ask about global channels for server events, team finding, etc. These are your best way to find teams. Looking for a team in broadcast (the default way) just isn't that effective any more because most people don't loiter in the open zones.
The real benefit of teaming with people is that it helps you find and hopefully identify people who share your interests in playing this game. If you add them as friends (per character, no permission needed) or global friends (know when they're on with any character, permission required), you can grow a support network of people who share your interests. You can play solo many character types very well in this game, but some fun content is intended for teams, some rewards are most efficiently gained by teams, and generally, at least chatting with people while you play (teamed or not) is a whole lot more interesting. Take it from me... I solo a lot. ![]() |
Also, as someone else already pointed out... go ahead and buy the game... for $20 you get full access and the first month free so you can really dig in and find out if it's for you or not. Most $60 console games don't give you that and even if they do the amount of replay value is crap relatively speaking... you've got some people that have been playing this game for 5 years and I'm sure still log in daily lol.
Global @radubadu
Usually playing one of the following toons blueside on Virtue:
Cadler 50 WP/SS tanker
Radubadu 46 Fire/Fire blaster
Hell Runner 35 Fire/Fire brute
you've got some people that have been playing this game for 5 years and I'm sure still log in daily lol.
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I dont know what you mean...
To the OP, a belated welcome to the game.
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Only five years? *yawn*
There are no words for what this community, and the friends I have made here mean to me. Please know that I care for all of you, yes, even you. If you Twitter, I'm MrThan. If you're Unleashed, I'm dumps. I'll try and get registered on the Titan Forums as well. Peace, and thanks for the best nine years anyone could ever ask for.
Those are damn expensive tickets! O_O
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My "local" matinee is $6-7.25 depending on which direction I drive 20 miles in.
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For my favorite movies I will do midnight shows with assigned seating so that's going to cost me from $12-14 bucks and that's at The Bridge then if you want to go to Arclight, well that's about 14-16 bucks. I saw Watchmen at the Arclight, awesome experience.
http://www.thebridgecinema.com
http://www.arclightcinemas.com
I haven't seen those prices you both have for a few years.
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To kinda add to this... always remember what the 2nd M in MMO stands for. This and all MMOs are designed to be played with other people. You can solo any AT (some more effectively than others) but it will never be as fun as running around with a group destroying everything you see.
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Welcome to the game. I have been here 5 years now and still login almost every day.
I find I like solo play as well as teaming. Teaming is usualy more fun and certain characters come alive with teams becoming vertitable force multipliers.
Pinnacle
Arch light L50 INV/SS
Psiberia L50 Kin/Psi
Screaming Mentallica L50 Sonic/MM
Infinity
Arc Voltinator L50 SS/Elec
Mind Fire Kinesis L50 Fire/Kin
Flaming Screamer L50 Fire/Sonic
Welcome to the game. I have been here 5 years now and still login almost every day.
I find I like solo play as well as teaming. Teaming is usualy more fun and certain characters come alive with teams becoming vertitable force multipliers. |
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All kidding aside those players really are few and far between; that's why they're so memorable. In the case above the rest of us were actually starting to get a kick out of seeing just what kind of trouble Sir Blastsalot would bring next; we were generally perfectly capable of handling his, um, exuberance.
COH has just been murdered by NCSoft. http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...city-of-heroes
Divider? Hah. As General Macarthur [allegedly] said: "Drive them all back to Moscow and nuke them in one place. "
Mini-guides: Force Field Defenders, Blasters, Market Self-Defense, Frankenslotting.
So you think you're a hero, huh.
@Boltcutter in game.
There are places where you can find congregations of other players, however. The markets (Wentworths in Atlas Park, Kings Row, Steel Canyon, and Talos Island, and the Black Market in Mercy, Port Oakes, Cap au Diable, Sharkhead and St. Martial) often have many people standing around. There are occasionally people to be found inside the Aeon Entertainment building between missions. Depending on the server, there are sometimes people gathered in the Portal Corp courtyard in Peregrine Island.
You can get a rough idea of the number of people on the server by using the search window to do a blank search. It will tell you how many matches there were, and cut the number displayed down to somewhere around 50. That won't include anyone who is hidden or members of the opposite faction (villains/heroes).
Finally, one huge advantage that City of Heroes has is Supersidekicking. Level doesn't really matter much anymore. When you're on a mission, everyone is raised to one level less than the mission holder, or lowered to the mission holder's level. Everyone still gets XP. Once you get a travel power (which can be as early as level four or five), you can go almost anywhere in the world (except PvP zones), and team with anyone of your faction of any level. You can even team with the opposing faction in certain zones. Some specific missions (task forces/strike forces) are still limited by level, however.
It's sometimes hard for level 5 characters to keep up with level 50s, but once you hit level 20 or 25 you can pull your own weight on most any team.