Those going or are in CO

Eh, WoW used to be my go-to MMO. Played from Vanilla right up to Cata. Quit two months into that. Just wasn't the same. Tried the seven day free trial they gave me last week. Played for a day to test all the changes and that was all the care I could muster for it.

I'm trying to give Champions a chance, but the game is so far beating me. I don't like the art style and writing even at the best of times and the community - while overly very positive - just doesn't seem to move all that fast on the forums. Threads linger and discussion doesn't really catch on much.

As for Star Trek... I'd try it if it weren't Star Trek. Personally, I don't like the franchsie and the ship design. That said, I'm looking forward to Kinetic Void. It looks like it might do for space ship combat what City of Heroes did for super heroes, i.e. give me a dumping ground for my imagination. They had a much better, more comprehensive editor video before, but it basically looks like what Spore tried to do, without the "failed utterly" part.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.

It seems that in CO they are waiting for us
http://co-forum.perfectworld.com/sho...d.php?t=168521

Cats out of the bag..i'm there and I love it, sure it's not COH but i'm a noob there and everything is so new. The peeps in CO are very welcoming in both forums and in game. I created my own SG with the wife and help of others, (Need 5 members to create an SG, someone will always help to form one) and joined a CoX channel which helps the transition even better.

IMO
Pros:
-I was able to recreat my main toons with a slight twist to their powers
-I'm digging to have not spend millions on builds with fusion and Mods but your build is based on points
-the drops are actually useful
-I love the individual hideouts, (base)
-Freeform
-I can still customize my channels and even filter
-love the growing power, I have a huge chick that grows with a certain attack!


Cons:
-No Dominator/controller based powers...yet
-Need more options for the costume creator or maybe i've been spoiled by CoH

I have been playing CO for a while and have done most of my rp in that game while I played CoH mostly for the trials. Anyway I like the combat system over there, but there is a painful lack of endgame content hence why I was playing both games.

If anyone need help in CO feel free to contact me if I'm on, my global is @PzTnT

The male hair styles are stuck between either 'short' or 'roadie', everyone has the same face, you pretty much have to turn off the black outlines to prevent recurring facepalming, there's no redside, the writing had to have been outsourced to Bill Roper's old junior high school, and I'm almost positive the voice acting was too...

... and yet I've spent all weekend playing the game.

I had an old concept here of a fairy cowboy cop that I never could get to work quite right. i24 might've seen Death Wish Upon A Star as a DP/Martial/Sorcery blaster but, well, dual pistols. At CO, though, the renamed Foxfire's been flourishing. Outside of a lack of true fairy wings and it taking me a while to find the pointy ear slider, I'm quite happy with how her costume came out. Munitions is everything I had hoped for out of Dual Pistols, sprinkle in some Martial Arts, and eventually a bit of Radiant Sorcery too and she's off and fluttering like I always wanted. The active combat isn't too active for an old non-twitch gamer like myself and the myriad build options continue to blow my mind. Being able to potentially switch from blaster to scrapper to tank? You can do that? And that's not even going into all the RP options like hideouts and the odd publicly accessible building.

I'll miss the maturity that City of Heroes brought to the table, as well as fighting off hordes of mooks at x8. But if Cryptic can port the Foundry over once they get it rolling in NWN and STO, then I think they might be on to something here. At the least it'll give me my superheroics fix.

A longtime fan of the PnP game, I was in CO during the beta, got the lifetime sub (gold), played for maybe about 6-8 months, got one character to 20-ish and a few others into the teens, then went on hiatus and just got back into the game about a month ago.

It's definitely different from CoH in some significant aspects, some negative, but since I didn't play it for ~2 years, it feels new and fresh. Teaming is light, but I've been able to get help with a troublesome boss when I requested help, so there are helpful and friendly players. I'm in the CoX channel.

Global is @KnightOwl.

I tried CO but it just didn't click with me. Got one character to level 15 and another to level 10, but I'm not liking the customization options and the gameplay.

I might be playing GW2, although that isn't scratching my itch either. Until another game comes on the scene that pulls me in (Wildstar?) I don't think I'll be playing MMOs. Eh, I'm getting too old for them anyway.

I have a CO account (same global) but I can't see myself playing CO as it stands right now.

I went through the whole of the beta test for CO and gave my feedback as I was asked to do.

I pointed out that the combat system was tedious and should be reviewed ASAP.

I complained about the dorky looking avatars we had to use. The character creation system was great, but totally ruined by the avatars.

These 2 things made/make it impossible for me to play CO.

If those points were addressed, I would happily subscribe - if CoH does fold.

I could never get in to CO. The graphics and character models are a big turn-off for me. I also couldn't get used to the combat differences, trying to fit in the shift and z keys. I still haven't managed to get a character beyond level 11.

On the other hand, I've been playing Cryptic's sister game Star Trek Online since beta, and I have ten level 50 characters there. Interestingly, the CoX chat channel is shared between CO and STO, so CoX players can stay in touch between the two games. Fun to see Silverspar and other CO players in chat while I'm playing STO.

I am play CO now also. Joined the CoX channel. Made my main over there. I may do a subscription, dunno yet. The adjustment is going to be the hardest part for me, I like the enhancements from CoX, the mods, points, gear stuff is confusing right now for me. But I do like having like 10 or so missions at a time.

Before this, I was in WoW, (been there since beta). Still play a bit with some of my old guildmates. But I think CoH may have broken WoW's spell on me, because I've become less motivated to play it now.

CO? I tried it, but it just felt.....too different to me. I couldn't help but feel like I was on my own again in a big new world. Sure, the community there is great, but I couldn't help but feel....isolated. It is a weird feeling, and I didn't feel like continuing on. I play DCUO on my PS3 on occasion, and I like it in small doses. But I've already maxed out several characters (lvl 30 comes quick there lol) and the raid grind is getting old.

However, I have found an interesting alternative. A friend of mine recommended I try out Lord of the Rings Online, as she has been a player there since beta and loves it. So I am currently trying it out and so far, I love it. The community there is full of awesome people and I finally feel like I am a part of the community.

If there is anything I can take from my albeit brief time in CoH, it's a renewed hope and appreciation in the gaming community. And for opening my eyes.

Thanks, City of Heroes

Signed,
A traveling Warden in another world........

I was in ChO's beta and I liked the art style and the direction they were taking with combat, but any character I made that didn't have Regeneration felt a bit too fragile and weak. That problem became worse at launch, and I gave it a couple of months to get better, cancelling my sub when it did not.

The recent events with this game got me to reluctantly try out ChO again and I was quite surprised. If the game had been like this at launch I may have dropped CoH for it back then. I've got 6-7 months of sub there, currently. I just wish I could access their forums from work.

I bought a 3 month sub and started playing CO a couple of days ago. Man that game is super awesome. I love how campy and fun it is, and the environments and combat are very engaging to me. The free form build process is still a little over my head, but I'm sure I'll get used to it over time.