How do you make the most out of your $15?

justice_electric · 06-08-2011 06:14 AM

This week we are going to be talking about how players can make the most out of their CoH/CoV experience! Whether solo specialists or trial teamers, everyone seems to enjoy a different part of the game.

So this week we are asking: How do you make the most out of your $15?

For me, it's because of the ease of having Alts. I am, and always will be, an Alt-o-holic. I always have so many ideas, combinations I want to try, and even concept characters I like to play around with. Over the past several years, I beleive I have rolled more then 200 characters. of which only one has lived to see 50. I can't count how many times I've gotten a toon to around 30-45 only to delete it because it seemed "off".

And you know what? City of Heroes is the only game I have played where I didn't feel the dread of starting over again.

Navy Spider · 06-08-2011 06:27 AM

I only pay $14.99.

As long as I still get a good amount of fun & satisfaction out of CoH, it's money well spent.

TrueGentleman · 06-08-2011 10:01 AM

Since my COH subscription is a flat fee, I'm able to relax and explore the game instead of, say, having to justify the purchase of additional content, grind gaming time to maintain my status, or ponder how to allot this month's membership points. Without the pressure to "optimize" my subscription dollar, I get a lot more fun out of the game.

At any rate, these days I'm rambling around different servers on new alts, especially the European ones, and getting to know their different communities. At a certain point, I'm going to get back into the new endgame content.

Lycantropus · 06-08-2011 11:23 AM

I make the most of it simply by playing the game. I used to burn through console games in a week/week and a half, then I'd be back at the game store seeing if there was anything interesting on the previously played rack. If nothing else, playing City of * has saved me a TON of money.

I love exploring zones, used to go around taking screenshots of storefronts, business signs, and bilboards I hadn't seen before (like that new 'super' energy drink one in Galaxy I saw last week- when did they put that one up?!). I've occasionally thought about writing up reviews of the places/products/shows being advertized, but just haven't had the time.

It's really easy to let little details of these beautiful zones slip by when you're just running from mission to mission. Take a stroll in the woods of Perez sometime (when you're high enough level to ignore the mobs) or check out some of the details on the skyscrapers in Steel (there's some really neat screenshot opportunites out there), and I love wandering around St. Martial at night around the casinos. The graveyard in Dark Astoria's really neat too. I gained a level on my main waaay back in the day just exploring that while I was in that level range.

I have alt-itis too, and have probably played every powerset to at least level 20something at one point or another. Understanding the sets can help you learn better play habits too, expecially how the different AT's work.

Try everything at least once or twice, regardless of how you initially feel about it or what others say. Who knows, you might like PvP, Base Building, making AE stories, and who cares what folks say about the Hollows, it's a neat storyline. Try it out! There's a lot of players out there who will tell new players 'avoid this' or 'that zone sucks' etc. having not enjoyed it themselves, or sick of it from the umpteenth millionth time running through it. New players that heed that advice will never have the opportunity to be sick of it, or enjoy it, themselves.

In that vein, Oroborous is your friend. I use that a lot. Leveling up a character and teaming has you miss out on a lot of storylines just jumping from one mission to the other, often times cycling through differnt teammate's missions. When nobody's on and I'm in the mood, I run Oroborous arcs. That gives me the advantage of seeing a story from beginning to end at my own pace, and build up merits for stuff I want. It's like having your own mini-TF's! There's a lot of old missions that hint and lead into stuff that has been added to the game, like the Midnighters, and the Path of the Dark.

Last, but not least, have different goals for different characters.

I have one character that runs only tip missions and moralities, another that I solo and have been slowly following all the storylines with.

One hero, villainside, that I run newspaper missions with and design story arcs based on what missions I take (He's trying to take back the Rogue Isles. I keep a journal for him).

I have a couple characters that I just built crazy to see what I can do with them. I have a Controller I play like a Scrapper, for example. He has Acrobatics, Fighting and Super Speed, and I plan on getting either Leadership or Presence depending on how endurance works out.

Or it could be just as simple as one character I have. I will stop to help any NPC in need on that character. For him, it's not about what the reward is, it's about doing the right thing. Sometimes it takes him a while to get across a zone to his missions

Characters like the Scraptroller or the Do-gooder above I solo. I'm not going to inflict those idiosyncrasies on anyone else. I just mentioned them as things I do to keep myself interested and entertained.

Hope these help!

"I play characters. I have to have a very strong visual appearance, backstory, name, etc. to get involved with a character, otherwise I simply won't play it very long. I'm not an RPer by any stretch of the imagination, but character concept is very important for me."- Back Alley Brawler
I couldn't agree more.

Indiramourning · 06-08-2011 12:50 PM

My play style has changed over the years. I started off a primarily solo and only-team-with-friends type player. But over the last few years I've made a transition to PuG's for all kinds of things. I find PuG's terrific over 90% of the time and look forward to meeting and fighting along side new people. And now and then I spend a lot of time soloing, as the mood suits me. I keep an eye on the different TF and LFG channels and jump on TF teams on a whim. Lots of fun!