Steam Wallet support?
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Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2011-07-12 14:26 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Given the effort they've put into ignoring those of us who purchased the game via Steam, I wouldn't hold your breath, sadly.
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Hi Sermon,
This is an interesting suggestion. I'll take a look, and see if I can find out anything more for you.
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Well given that Steam recently made a big deal about now supporting F2P games via the wallet it would seem like a good idea to me.
The next step is then to get Valve to do a TF2/City of Heroes Hat promotion as part of the Freedom launch 
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EDIT: I'm actually semi-serious about the hat thing, it would be awesome to do a cross-over where Valve releases some CoH themed hats in TF2 and CoH implements some TF2 themed costume items in CoH. Being able to wear Stateman's or Recluse's Masks on TF2 characters would be very cool and there are a couple of TF2 costume parts that could be remade in CoH (the obvious ones being the Soldier's signature helmet down over the eyes look or the medics backpack). Of course I guess there are a lot of legal implications to doing it so I doubt we'll see it but it would be cool
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Do Steam and Playspan get along in... let's say... other places?
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I know some Hybrid model and Free-to-Play games allow their users to purchase store points with funds from their Steam Wallet. Is there any possibility of this being supported for Freedom? It seems like it might be a worthwhile option to consider.
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As far as hat simulators go, CoH could give TF2 a run for its money.|
Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
EDIT: I'm actually semi-serious about the hat thing, it would be awesome to do a cross-over where Valve releases some CoH themed hats in TF2 and CoH implements some TF2 themed costume items in CoH. Being able to wear Stateman's or Recluse's Masks on TF2 characters would be very cool and there are a couple of TF2 costume parts that could be remade in CoH (the obvious ones being the Soldier's signature helmet down over the eyes look or the medics backpack). Of course I guess there are a lot of legal implications to doing it so I doubt we'll see it but it would be cool |
Here is a link to Steam's FAQ on their support of a few free to play games.
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Given the effort they've put into ignoring those of us who purchased the game via Steam, I wouldn't hold your breath, sadly.
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Hi Sermon,
This is an interesting suggestion. I'll take a look, and see if I can find out anything more for you. Best, ~Freitag |
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Well they are very different genres. TF2 is a War-Themed Hat simulator and CoH is a Superhero-Themed Clothing Simulator.
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Originally Posted by Sermon
As far as hat simulators go, CoH could give TF2 a run for its money.
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Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
TF2 is a War-Themed Hat simulator and CoH is a Superhero-Themed Clothing Simulator.
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I mean, you go look at the Hats section of the TF2 wiki and most of the hats there are things you'd expect to see in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. Not that I'd mind seeing more headwear in CoH, just that a lot of it might not quite fit the theme the devs have for costume parts. Maybe not 'theme', but can't think of the right word. Basically most of the TF2 hats are VERY silly and as we all know, being a super hero/villain is srs bsns.
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Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Well given that Steam recently made a big deal about now supporting F2P games via the wallet it would seem like a good idea to me.
The next step is then to get Valve to do a TF2/City of Heroes Hat promotion as part of the Freedom launch .EDIT: I'm actually semi-serious about the hat thing, it would be awesome to do a cross-over where Valve releases some CoH themed hats in TF2 and CoH implements some TF2 themed costume items in CoH. Being able to wear Stateman's or Recluse's Masks on TF2 characters would be very cool and there are a couple of TF2 costume parts that could be remade in CoH (the obvious ones being the Soldier's signature helmet down over the eyes look or the medics backpack). Of course I guess there are a lot of legal implications to doing it so I doubt we'll see it but it would be cool |
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I would seriously love this as both a TF2 and CoH enthusiast. I do hope that they at least push CoH on Steam's F2P "channel". It would get the game a LOT of attention.
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But what would poor Pyro get?
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Statesman's Faceplate for Soldier Scirocco's Dreadlocks for the Demoman Back Alley Brawler's Gloves for Heavy (Fists of Steel reskin) Positron's Helmet for Engineer? Manticore's Cowl for Sniper The Dark Watcher's Wide-Brimmed Hat for Spy I would seriously love this as both a TF2 and CoH enthusiast. I do hope that they at least push CoH on Steam's F2P "channel". It would get the game a LOT of attention. |
i also agree with the tf2/coh mixing, would be pretty awesome lol
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For as much as I love Pyro, I can't think of any notable CoH fire, axe, hammer-based, or gender-ambiguous characters/items to draw inspiration from.
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But what would poor Pyro get?
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maybe the pyro can get posi hat and give the engineer something else, maybe something citadel or luminary related
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What about the mallet used by the Carnival Strongmen?
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For as much as I love Pyro, I can't think of any notable CoH fire, axe, hammer-based, or gender-ambiguous characters/items to draw inspiration from.
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Or Infernal's Axe? |
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What about the mallet used by the Carnival Strongmen?
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Why not Infernal's helmet and/or axe that's on fire?
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For as much as I love Pyro, I can't think of any notable CoH fire, axe, hammer-based, or gender-ambiguous characters/items to draw inspiration from.
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TF2 hats are not to be underestimated.
People preorder games and never play them just to get a hat in that game. It's pretty insane. Valve seems to love working with other developers-- especially the smaller ones. I think trying to tie CoH with TF2 would do wonders. A lot of people are playing RIFT now because of the TF2 crossover, and they would have never even heard of RIFT without it.
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TF2 hats are not to be underestimated.
People preorder games and never play them just to get a hat in that game. It's pretty insane. Valve seems to love working with other developers-- especially the smaller ones. I think trying to tie CoH with TF2 would do wonders. A lot of people are playing RIFT now because of the TF2 crossover, and they would have never even heard of RIFT without it. |
People buy games just to get a hat or weapon for their favorite TF2 class. I don't believe there's a cape available for any of the classes, though. You know, in case you wanted to know.
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Or Infernal's Axe?
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Why not Infernal's helmet and/or axe that's on fire?
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I know some Hybrid model and Free-to-Play games allow their users to purchase store points with funds from their Steam Wallet. Is there any possibility of this being supported for Freedom? It seems like it might be a worthwhile option to consider.
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