Executive Producer, Rob Overmeyer, has written the latest State of the Game for the month of June for Cryptic Studios' Champions Online. Rob takes a look at things to come for the game and what we can expect to see in the coming weeks as the game continues forward.

It’s starting to get hotter, the days are a little longer, and Champions Online is doing great! Let’s take a look at where we are now and what’s in the near future.

Our summer of big updates is in full swing. Aftershock has been a lot of fun and has delivered a new and exciting type of content to Champs. We kicked Costume Sets and Sidekicks up a notch and Hideouts are just around the corner. Along with this we are back on Steam and welcome all the new heroes that have joined the fight against villainy.

Read the whole address at the Official Champions Online Website.

So will there be new ATs cause only worth playing is the ice one,and i want tempest >,<

I hope they continue to spruce things up - I may have to check it out again later in the summer. My poor cancer-ridden 8-year-old hero (Chemo Kate) and her aresenal of weaponry probably miss me.

If I turned my old "gold" character I made when the game first came out, and change it to "silver". Do I lose my costume settings? Cause that would piss me off. 

Originally posted by Nivisiru

If I turned my old "gold" character I made when the game first came out, and change it to "silver". Do I lose my costume settings? Cause that would piss me off. 

From what I saw, you can't access your old characters without gold. Kind of sucks since I paid full price for the game when it came out - F2P shouldn't keep me from characters I made pre-F2P.

f2p CoH vs f2p CO is what Iam looking forward to.

I'm pretty interested in trying out the hideouts - pretty nice addition.

Originally posted by n00bit

Originally posted by Nivisiru

If I turned my old "gold" character I made when the game first came out, and change it to "silver". Do I lose my costume settings? Cause that would piss me off. 

From what I saw, you can't access your old characters without gold. Kind of sucks since I paid full price for the game when it came out - F2P shouldn't keep me from characters I made pre-F2P.

 

You can turn your old character to a silver model. You need to choose a new Arquetype and lose the Freeform style.

Originally posted by ironraptor

f2p CoH vs f2p CO is what Iam looking forward to.

CoH was a better product.. and.. probably a lot healthier subs wise.. but your not wrong.. in the genre of Super Hero MMO's CoH is probably the best of the bunch.. the only question is which is second best.. CO or DCUO.. my guess is probably CO..

Originally posted by Phry

Originally posted by ironraptor

f2p CoH vs f2p CO is what Iam looking forward to.

CoH was a better product.. and.. probably a lot healthier subs wise.. but your not wrong.. in the genre of Super Hero MMO's CoH is probably the best of the bunch.. the only question is which is second best.. CO or DCUO.. my guess is probably CO..

 

I would have stuck with DCUO if it wasn't for the annoying targetting system.

I've been back to CoX a few times but it just doesn't grab me as much as CO does, ofc there is more to do in CoX, but I enjoy the better graphics and the more comic book style of CO over CoX, it certainly feels more like a superhero game than CoX does, but thats just me.

Originally posted by Urzanik

Originally posted by n00bit

Originally posted by Nivisiru

If I turned my old "gold" character I made when the game first came out, and change it to "silver". Do I lose my costume settings? Cause that would piss me off. 

From what I saw, you can't access your old characters without gold. Kind of sucks since I paid full price for the game when it came out - F2P shouldn't keep me from characters I made pre-F2P.

 

You can turn your old character to a silver model. You need to choose a new Arquetype and lose the Freeform style.

Thanks both of you. Still what I asked was about my costume settings. Do I lose that as well?

Originally posted by Nivisiru

Originally posted by Urzanik

Originally posted by n00bit

Originally posted by Nivisiru

If I turned my old "gold" character I made when the game first came out, and change it to "silver". Do I lose my costume settings? Cause that would piss me off. 

From what I saw, you can't access your old characters without gold. Kind of sucks since I paid full price for the game when it came out - F2P shouldn't keep me from characters I made pre-F2P.

 

You can turn your old character to a silver model. You need to choose a new Arquetype and lose the Freeform style.

Thanks both of you. Still what I asked was about my costume settings. Do I lose that as well?

 

if you are using pieces that are free for gold but not for silver, you will need to replace them. However, anything you have unlocked and/or bought you still should be able to use it.

Don't let Atari or Cryptic fool you.  This game is just as terrible as the day it came out.  Sure, those of us testers and pre-release Champions fans had high hopes.  We pre-paid for a game that they changed over night the morning before release, making it nearly a completey different game entirely.

Atari has a poor business plan of regurgitating out a new MMO every 6 months or so till they hit that lucky break.  Cryptic has an ear to the ground for some complaints, for sure, but their hands are tied when they are run by a low quality, high rate of fire company like Atari. 

It looks nice and plays smoothly.  But by the time you hit around level 18, you've experienced pretty much the entirety of what you have to look forward to.  One or two powers worth using while the rest become obsolete.  Get used to it if you plan on sticking it out.