Originally posted by Kravis

 

 

Well said, but I can't help but feel the creative vision for this game left when Cryptic walked out the door.

You can totally tell that CoX is just a prototype for Champions. I really dont think that Cryptic ever had any intentions to running this game through its lifespan. Imo Cryptic used CoX to create and perfect the technologies they invisioned for Champions. And they also used CoX to get the funding for Champions and STO. Cryptic is one of the best MMO developers in the business. Maybe only rivaled by Blizzard. ,  I just really dont think NC NoCal has what it takes to save CoX and make them survive in the future with all the big time compatition comming like a freight train  with no brakes and no mercy. And in a month and a half we will really see what CoX is made of.

For a 5+ year old game, CoX is still looking pretty good.  So if they do any graphic upgrades, I wouldn't do too much.  We don't need EQ2/AoC quality here, especially on strikeforces with a bunch of masterminds.   My dern PC would probably melt with 30 or so pets running amok.

 A graphics-upgrade would be most welcome-and,CoH still Rocks ! WooT :)

If they made a fresh server to go with Going Rogue I would play CoX again.

It just offers so much more then CO in terms of gameplay and content.

I honestly dont understand how some of you guys are havign problems running CoX at max graphics on the machines you have. My old x1800xt ran the game perfectly at max settings back in the day. Since then i've played it on various cards ranging from 8800GTX to GTX295 and always the same result... smooth as silk.

Originally posted by InvaderGUI

Originally posted by Kravis

 

 

Well said, but I can't help but feel the creative vision for this game left when Cryptic walked out the door.

 

You can totally tell that CoX is just a prototype for Champions. I really dont think that Cryptic ever had any intentions to running this game through its lifespan. Imo Cryptic used CoX to create and perfect the technologies they invisioned for Champions. And they also used CoX to get the funding for Champions and STO. Cryptic is one of the best MMO developers in the business. Maybe only rivaled by Blizzard. ,  I just really dont think NC NoCal has what it takes to save CoX and make them survive in the future with all the big time compatition comming like a freight train  with no brakes and no mercy. And in a month and a half we will really see what CoX is made of.

 

The only thing cryptic is good at is being dirty (who infiltrates their previous games forum in ana ttempt to steal customers?). Jack Emmert can't "envision" his way out of a walk-in closet. Anyone who has played CoH both before and after cryptic's departure can attest to the fact the game is  light-years better without them. Paragon Studios (because that's their name not NCNC) has managed to get things done or on the way that Jack Emmert straight up lied to our faces about time and time again.

Anyways, moving on to the topic at hand.

I think the upgrade won't be so much "bells and whistles" and more "optimize for better performance + a few new textures".

Also to the people in this thread, that complained about performance and are using an ATI GPU, it is a semi-well known fact that Cryptic did not optimize their code for compatibility with ATI cards and the result was underperforming cards. A problem which they (cryptic) refused to fix and which might be getting fixed in this graphics update.