The good stuff you've forgotten
By
Adelie,
Posted on: 2010-05-19 13:34 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
City Of Heroes.
"while some people would say fish, cow, ambush!"-Ice9
Tram stop in Founders Falls
Respecs
Difficulty settings
Radio/Newspaper missions
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Heck, I don't even think we had wakies when I first started playing, though I might be remembering wrong, as I'm not really sure about it. We definitely couldn't combine insps though.
| Break frees. When squishies no longer were out of luck once mezzed, and they hadn't eaten their mez prevention candy. |
Making sure to sell DOs and SOs to the right vendor in order to maximize profit (otherwise I might not be able to afford my next round of enhancements in a few levels!).
"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
Orange inspirations. When you're SR, there's only so much help you can get from more defense. +Res goes a long way.
@Quasadu
"We must prepare for DOOM and hope for FREEM." - SirFrederick
Yes, doing away with the "power 10" enhancements was a sweet update. I remember level 27s hanging around the stores in FF and Bricks, waiting for someone who had it unlocked to come along to buy their end mod and travel SOs for them.
Eva Destruction AR/Fire/Munitions Blaster
Darkfire Avenger DM/SD/Body Scrapper
Arc ID#161629 Freaks, Geeks, and Men in Black
Arc ID#431270 Until the End of the World
Stacking armours- Tanks only being able to run one armour at a time really sucked.
For that matter, the change from "Unyielding Stance" to "Unyielding" was also a really nice change. Forced immobilize to use your status protection, not so fun.
Also, the Sonic (blast and buff) and Archery (Archery/Trick Arrow) sets. They're so established by now I sometimes forget they weren't available at launch.
My story arcs: #2370- Noah Reborn, #18672- The Clockwork War, #31490- Easy Money
Sartre once said, "Hell is other people." What does that make an MMO?
Combining enhancements. What did I do before it?
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TO THE END!Villains are those who dedicate their lives to causing mayhem. Villians are people from the planet Villia!
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I can't even remember the last time I used combining enhancements (beyond incidentally when I slot a new enhancement over an existing one).
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Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer
Combining enhancements. What did I do before it?
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"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
Doors that open in missions.
Autoexemping for TFs. Since eclipsed by the SSK system. (It used to be that anyone who had out-leveled a task force had to exemplar into the TF level range and would be kicked from the TF the second they unexemped. If either of the exemplared pair lost connection the exemplar would be ended. *boot*)
Instanced outdoor missions.
The graphical upgrade that accompanied City of Villains. (Since eclipsed by Ultra Mode, but it was still a nice improvement at the time.)
Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...
May not "count" since they came in when I did, but Khelds.
Sonic and Trick Arrow.
Not getting kicked off TFs for losing an exemp. 
SG bases
Global chat
Having the stores show up on the zone maps. It used not to be the case.
Tram stop in Croatoa.
Inventions
Dark Armor being able to toggle on more than just one armor at a time. There was a time where the developers thought it was a good idea that Dark Armor was supposed to switch armors depending on the situation they were in.
Playstation 3 - XBox 360 - Wii - PSP
Remember kids, crack is whack!
Samuel_Tow: Your avatar is... I think I like it
Ragdoll Physics
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Oops! Was NOT thinking when I posted that comment! I meant combining Inspirations!
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Originally Posted by DarkGob
I can't even remember the last time I used combining enhancements (beyond incidentally when I slot a new enhancement over an existing one).
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This. So many times. More enjoyment has come out of "arrested" enemies potentially neutering themselves than anything else I can think of.
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Originally Posted by Adelie
Ragdoll Physics
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Originally Posted by Adelie
Ragdoll Physics
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Originally Posted by Warkupo
This. So many times. More enjoyment has come out of "arrested" enemies potentially neutering themselves than anything else I can think of.
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Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...
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the armors and mezz protection back in the day did stink, when they did multi stacking armors(and also made stone armors look really cool when stacked) it was a major thing. i still remember having to off frozen armor to put on wet ice, and then getting pounded because all of a sudden my s/l defense was lousy.
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Originally Posted by Basilisk
Stacking armours- Tanks only being able to run one armour at a time really sucked.
For that matter, the change from "Unyielding Stance" to "Unyielding" was also a really nice change. Forced immobilize to use your status protection, not so fun. Also, the Sonic (blast and buff) and Archery (Archery/Trick Arrow) sets. They're so established by now I sometimes forget they weren't available at launch. |
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I never cared for the ragdoll physics. If anything, it seemed to increase the problems with enemies getting stuck in walls and such.
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Originally Posted by Schismatrix
i really forgot about that as well. Ragdoll physics was incredible when it went live. And, unlike another super MMO, it worked on the first try. Ragdoll is still hilarious to this day.
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
Love the ragdoll physics.
Being able to see my current lvl in the xp bar.
Being able to see my teammates and/or hostages on my map. (Although this is an intermittent bug since i17 was released).
Capes
Auras
The old Boomtown map. Death to Superspeeders.
Did I mention Ragdoll Physics?
And oh so many more. This game has improved tremendously over the years.
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
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Originally Posted by Adelie
Ragdoll Physics
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Admittedly some of the ways they land now - ouch - but still.
The thread started as Good Stuff Forgotten and its now changed to "Memorable Changes" so here's mine:
Ragdol
The Dreck Timer (Death to Farmers, Then MA reared its well though but poorly implemented head)
The MA (Even considering above, its still good)
Grandville wasn't even IN CoV when it launched
Too much to think of to list it all.
A dark servant that follows you. Originally, dark servant was rooted/stationary.
--NT
They all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
But I showed them, and nobody's laughing at me now!
If I became a red name, I would be all "and what would you mere mortals like to entertain me with today, mu hu ha ha ha!" ~Arcanaville
There was a recent thread about top 5 improvements to the game, and it made me think back of all the updates. More specifically, the additions to this game. It took a sec for me to realize that "Oh yeah! That wasn't always here!" That there have been some really smart updates to the game experience that I pretty much forgot they were introduced; they're second nature in the game now.
My list:
What stuff has been introduced that you forget is/was 'new?'