To each his own, play what you want to pay for.

AION - felt like another go into WoW just with great graphics.

Fallen Earth - Feels more like an Alpha Game to me, maybe Q3/Q4 2010 it will be more polished.

Champions Online - Currently enjoying, has it's bugs but having fun with my 40.

 In response to the OP.. what Operating System are you running?  If you are running Windows 7/Vista I may know your issue and it happened to me on a patch or two in beta.  

Originally posted by nickelpat

What he said is valid, the game lacks in content, I knew there'd be instances, but I didn't know I'd have to sit there and choose one each time I zoned, I'd rather be automatically placed in one, with ones with friends taking highest priority, then ones with supergroup mates, then highest to lowest. I don't think it'd be THAT hard to make a little set of options.

The game is good for a bit of fun, but it's not lasting. That's why I, too, am looking into FE. If you want to check MY post history, you'll see few posts about CO and I also rather enjoy Aion right now,

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You can disable instance selection, so that its automatic.  Its a check box right at the bottom of the selection window that pop's up.  If you are grouped it will put you in the same one, assuming its not filled up.

Originally posted by Vato26

Originally posted by markyturnip

Cryptic in one of their daily patches somehow broke the game for me - such that I can no longer see it on my PC, even though it claims it is running.

Anyway, after days of no responses, Steam passing the buck, I finally got a gobbledigook reply that suggested they had not even read my original ticket.

I gave up on this game. It is the only game in half a decade that I have not been able to run/play...

So, I got Fallen Earth instead, and it's turned out to be the best decision. FE is a really solid MMO, which really sucks you into a complex large world.

CO was fine for a few hours, but by comparison with FE really does not feel very MMOish. I enjoyed myself while I played - although the daily patches started getting irritating - but do not miss it in the slightest now it has been taken away from me.

By contrast, I find myself tincreasingly absorbed by FE.

Thanks to Cryptic breaking CO for me, I have stumbled across an amazing MMO experience I had previously had no intention of buying.

That's great you are soooooo "absorbed" into FE.  But, what exactly does this have to do with CO?  That's right... nothing.  Comparing Apples to Elephants.

Anyways, after briefly reviewing your posting history, I see exactly what you are doing here.  This "CO patch" stuff smells of falsehood.  I have yet to experience nor read any problems from others with the same issue.  Of course, I purchased my copy from D2D, which I find highly more reliable than how Steam does their stuff.

And, your post history has been nothing more than fanatically praising FE and fanatically bashing CO and Aion.  Yeah... sounds like you got an agenda.  Thus, makes me further believe that everything you've said about CO is false.

Just calling it how I see it.

It doesnt matter where you buy your client. Once it start having patches you have exactly the same as everyones else.

Originally posted by markyturnip

Cryptic in one of their daily patches somehow broke the game for me - such that I can no longer see it on my PC, even though it claims it is running.

Anyway, after days of no responses, Steam passing the buck, I finally got a gobbledigook reply that suggested they had not even read my original ticket.

I gave up on this game. It is the only game in half a decade that I have not been able to run/play...

So, I got Fallen Earth instead, and it's turned out to be the best decision. FE is a really solid MMO, which really sucks you into a complex large world.

CO was fine for a few hours, but by comparison with FE really does not feel very MMOish. I enjoyed myself while I played - although the daily patches started getting irritating - but do not miss it in the slightest now it has been taken away from me.

By contrast, I find myself tincreasingly absorbed by FE.

Thanks to Cryptic breaking CO for me, I have stumbled across an amazing MMO experience I had previously had no intention of buying.

lol seems I'm not the only one. I was looking at CO as a main MMO then decided it's better as a side. The lack of content and finishing that content in less than a month at a casual pace and running into the fact that once you start an alt and pick canada instead of the desert you have now done everything the game has to offer made me look elsewhere. I picked up fallen earth and turned out to be a fun side MMO and may become my main when it gets a bit of tlc.

In any case, if you like CO stick with it the point is to be entertained and if you still are with CO great just don't get bent out of shape that not everyone is still enjoying it. Those that this portion was meant for know who they are.

Basically,

FE, a lot more depth, complexity and more for the 'hardcore' player...

CO, a failgasm of mediocraty that the masses wil mindlessly accept as quality.  Not to say it doesn't have some fun in it, but it's mostly poo and not worth people's money.

Originally posted by alakram

Originally posted by Vato26

Originally posted by markyturnip

Cryptic in one of their daily patches somehow broke the game for me - such that I can no longer see it on my PC, even though it claims it is running.

Anyway, after days of no responses, Steam passing the buck, I finally got a gobbledigook reply that suggested they had not even read my original ticket.

I gave up on this game. It is the only game in half a decade that I have not been able to run/play...

So, I got Fallen Earth instead, and it's turned out to be the best decision. FE is a really solid MMO, which really sucks you into a complex large world.

CO was fine for a few hours, but by comparison with FE really does not feel very MMOish. I enjoyed myself while I played - although the daily patches started getting irritating - but do not miss it in the slightest now it has been taken away from me.

By contrast, I find myself tincreasingly absorbed by FE.

Thanks to Cryptic breaking CO for me, I have stumbled across an amazing MMO experience I had previously had no intention of buying.

That's great you are soooooo "absorbed" into FE.  But, what exactly does this have to do with CO?  That's right... nothing.  Comparing Apples to Elephants.

Anyways, after briefly reviewing your posting history, I see exactly what you are doing here.  This "CO patch" stuff smells of falsehood.  I have yet to experience nor read any problems from others with the same issue.  Of course, I purchased my copy from D2D, which I find highly more reliable than how Steam does their stuff.

And, your post history has been nothing more than fanatically praising FE and fanatically bashing CO and Aion.  Yeah... sounds like you got an agenda.  Thus, makes me further believe that everything you've said about CO is false.

Just calling it how I see it.

 

It doesnt matter where you buy your client. Once it start having patches you have exactly the same as everyones else.

Yes it does.  Look to post #18 by the OP.

I really wanted to enjoy CO but the more i play the more i hate it, what a dumb game. Im crazy for a new MMO but i guess i would prefer an expansion to CoX than this crap. Not to mention that even AoC runs better on my comp i think, the game looks heavy and i didnt find the graphics great.

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Originally posted by Grenadier

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Originally posted by popinjay

 

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Originally posted by ethion
And ironically the next dungeon I forget the name but it is in canada up in the upper right corner.  Burning something I think.  Anyway it was one of the better dungeons because it has no instances within the instances.  So the first instance you do dr destroyer is without question to worst, telious is better, and burning is best.   Go figger didn't anyone ever explain to these guys about putting your best foot forward.
In any event that's all the dungeons I have done in the game and I won't be doing any more as I got fed up with the issues, and bad updates, and lack of content.  I quit a few days ago and deleted the game from my computer.
See this is par for the course.  This game is completely out of control...
Live Shard Down 09.28.09 7:30 P.M.
The Live Shard is currently down - September 28, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. PDT.* The expected downtime is one hour. You can expect the game to be playable by 8:30 p.m. PDT
 

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I haven't given up on it yet, I may sub this and AION at the same time but I'll probably be playing AION more as it's more polished. CO has a lot of things I do like but they sure weren't ready for release if you ask me. Probably in a few months will start to settle down.
 
But that instancing in Destroyer, lol...
 
Imagine driving down a street from one traffic light to another, but in between each light there is one STOP sign every 10 feet. Or like driving your car in a beach town near the shore where they have all those little stop signs the local-yokel cops put up every couple of stores and the posted limit is 5 mph.

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Those aren't really instances within the instances. They are part of the same instance. Even when you use a teleport within the same zone it will throw up a load screen while it gets the textures into memory. It typically takes about 3 seconds on my PC. I don't know what all the fuss is about. Its FAR from being one of the real problems with the game.

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They may not be instances, but when you have to go through four screens in very tiny areas like that, it shows some backwards thinking.

It's not the time that it takes to get the screen to load, which is fast on my screen too.

The fuss is about that you have to click things over and over when there really shouldn't be a need in that instance. No one said it's the "real problem", but when you pair it up with other things right now it's just one BIG problem that many don't like.

Really? I tried Fallen Earth and I felt it was awful. Too much like I had to make my own fun rather than enjoying content already there for me.

Same here ... only I stopped playing Aion as well as Champions , Fallen Earth has grabbed in a way that has'nt happened since Everquest 1 early days ! 

only sad thing is is that I may have wasted some money on Aion and Champions , but I guess  can always resub to either of them at a later date.

Originally posted by Blurr

Really? I tried Fallen Earth and I felt it was awful. Too much like I had to make my own fun rather than enjoying content already there for me.

Thats exactly what it is.. to a point.  What they have to offer is expansive and if you can find the game enjoyable at the start, it doesn't go away. The interesting thing that really got me in this game, is that as I progress it just gets better and easier to enjoy myself.  Whereas some games start out one way and by max level what was once fun has changed and is no longer fun, or you find yourself doing something different for end game that you weren't doing previously....in FE  the same things I found fun at the start are still fun (eventhough I'm nowhere near the end but still). 

Originally posted by Vato26

 

That's great you are soooooo "absorbed" into FE.  But, what exactly does this have to do with CO?  That's right... nothing.  Comparing Apples to Elephants.

Anyways, after briefly reviewing your posting history, I see exactly what you are doing here.  This "CO patch" stuff smells of falsehood.  I have yet to experience nor read any problems from others with the same issue.  Of course, I purchased my copy from D2D, which I find highly more reliable than how Steam does their stuff.

And, your post history has been nothing more than fanatically praising FE and fanatically bashing CO and Aion.  Yeah... sounds like you got an agenda.  Thus, makes me further believe that everything you've said about CO is false.

Just calling it how I see it.

Someone has his Batman underoos in a bunch here.

Fact of the matter is CO is great at lower levels, but by the time you reach your mid 20's there is honestly not much left to look forward to. You have all the powers you will need or should want by that time. It turns into this constant grind and quest game witch in and of itself is ok if they offered you somthing to look forward too. No great powers or uber loot just more of the same is what CO has to offer.

Originally posted by banecrow

Originally posted by Vato26

 

That's great you are soooooo "absorbed" into FE.  But, what exactly does this have to do with CO?  That's right... nothing.  Comparing Apples to Elephants.

Anyways, after briefly reviewing your posting history, I see exactly what you are doing here.  This "CO patch" stuff smells of falsehood.  I have yet to experience nor read any problems from others with the same issue.  Of course, I purchased my copy from D2D, which I find highly more reliable than how Steam does their stuff.

And, your post history has been nothing more than fanatically praising FE and fanatically bashing CO and Aion.  Yeah... sounds like you got an agenda.  Thus, makes me further believe that everything you've said about CO is false.

Just calling it how I see it.

 
 

Someone has his Batman underoos in a bunch here.

Fact of the matter is CO is great at lower levels, but by the time you reach your mid 20's there is honestly not much left to look forward to. You have all the powers you will need or should want by that time. It turns into this constant grind and quest game witch in and of itself is ok if they offered you somthing to look forward too. No great powers or uber loot just more of the same is what CO has to offer.

Well, that is not really accurate banecrow. At your mid 20s you get your nemesis and start doing nemisis quests and gaining nemesis rewards. there are plently of fun missions up through the 30s. When you hit your 30s you go on the Monster Island Crisis (which is a blast) and start doing adventures in MI. A little later you are off to Lemuria and the crisis there. You still have plently of power options at that point, at least I have.

Once you close on max level you have Unilty missions as well though I have not gotten there yet.

There is a content gap in the 30s that forces you to grind some but they have started filling that up.

Overall, they need to keep infusing content but to say there is not much to do by the mid 20s is not what I have found at all.

Originally posted by markyturnip

Cryptic in one of their daily patches somehow broke the game for me - such that I can no longer see it on my PC, even though it claims it is running.

Anyway, after days of no responses, Steam passing the buck, I finally got a gobbledigook reply that suggested they had not even read my original ticket.

I gave up on this game. It is the only game in half a decade that I have not been able to run/play...

So, I got Fallen Earth instead, and it's turned out to be the best decision. FE is a really solid MMO, which really sucks you into a complex large world.

CO was fine for a few hours, but by comparison with FE really does not feel very MMOish. I enjoyed myself while I played - although the daily patches started getting irritating - but do not miss it in the slightest now it has been taken away from me.

By contrast, I find myself tincreasingly absorbed by FE.

Thanks to Cryptic breaking CO for me, I have stumbled across an amazing MMO experience I had previously had no intention of buying.

I still like CO but i bought Fallen Earth few days ago also, and im putting CO on the shelf for a few to see if they fix the issues. But on the other side as far as gmaing not running good sure its not your computer, im able to run CO totally maxed at 1680x1050 with 16xaf and 8xaa.

Originally posted by dougmysticey

Originally posted by banecrow

Originally posted by Vato26

 

That's great you are soooooo "absorbed" into FE.  But, what exactly does this have to do with CO?  That's right... nothing.  Comparing Apples to Elephants.

Anyways, after briefly reviewing your posting history, I see exactly what you are doing here.  This "CO patch" stuff smells of falsehood.  I have yet to experience nor read any problems from others with the same issue.  Of course, I purchased my copy from D2D, which I find highly more reliable than how Steam does their stuff.

And, your post history has been nothing more than fanatically praising FE and fanatically bashing CO and Aion.  Yeah... sounds like you got an agenda.  Thus, makes me further believe that everything you've said about CO is false.

Just calling it how I see it.

 
 

Someone has his Batman underoos in a bunch here.

Fact of the matter is CO is great at lower levels, but by the time you reach your mid 20's there is honestly not much left to look forward to. You have all the powers you will need or should want by that time. It turns into this constant grind and quest game witch in and of itself is ok if they offered you somthing to look forward too. No great powers or uber loot just more of the same is what CO has to offer.

 

Well, that is not really accurate banecrow. At your mid 20s you get your nemesis and start doing nemisis quests and gaining nemesis rewards. there are plently of fun missions up through the 30s. When you hit your 30s you go on the Monster Island Crisis (which is a blast) and start doing adventures in MI. A little later you are off to Lemuria and the crisis there. You still have plently of power options at that point, at least I have.

Once you close on max level you have Unilty missions as well though I have not gotten there yet.

There is a content gap in the 30s that forces you to grind some but they have started filling that up.

Overall, they need to keep infusing content but to say there is not much to do by the mid 20s is not what I have found at all.

Dont get me wrong I did have fun but it just got old fast. I did do Monster Island and lemuria both are fun you are right. As for the Nemisis stuff yeah it is a interesting concept but what I was talking about is character growth, in many games you are always looking forward to that upgrade of a spell or special ability that comes in a few more levels. Well that honestly stoped around lv 26 in Champions. Yes there are a LOT of power options but unless you want ANOTHER different attack power you get real limited. You honestly do not need many attack powers in this game, you want your energy builder, a main single target power, AE power and maybe a close combat AE. After those you look at some defencive abilities and utility. well you can only ever have 1 defencive ability active so that limits what you need to get there. It comes down to the fact that yes you do get a bunch of options to buy powers but do you really need them? You already have your attack powers by this point and unless you want to have electric dd power in addition to your fire dd (or some other combo of your choice) it is pointless you will only ever be using one of them in a fight unless you are just wanting to mess around for kicks and giggles. That is my big complaint about there not being anything to look forward to I want to have a reason for leveling all the way up to 40, give me some power or option to look forward to. Its kindof like playing a game in god mode, you get bored fast.

Originally posted by banecrow

Its kindof like playing a game in god mode, you get bored fast.

This made me think of two things.
 

Imagine how bored people would have gotten if the never made that launch day difficulty change.

Also, I bet being a real superhero would get boring as well. No challenges left in life. Already at the top of the charts.

Originally posted by Aganazer

Originally posted by banecrow

Its kindof like playing a game in god mode, you get bored fast.

 

This made me think of two things.
 

Imagine how bored people would have gotten if the never made that launch day difficulty change.

Also, I bet being a real superhero would get boring as well. No challenges left in life. Already at the top of the charts.

Lex Luthor, a normal human, still poses a challenge to Superman

The Joker, a lunatic with no supernatural powers or formal training in anything, still poses a challenge to Batman

The Xmens greatest challenge is gaining the trust of normal human beings.

See what I'm getting at?

Originally posted by Legato89

Originally posted by Aganazer

Originally posted by banecrow

Its kindof like playing a game in god mode, you get bored fast.

 

This made me think of two things.
 

Imagine how bored people would have gotten if the never made that launch day difficulty change.

Also, I bet being a real superhero would get boring as well. No challenges left in life. Already at the top of the charts.

 

Lex Luthor, a normal human, still poses a challenge to Superman

The Joker, a lunatic with no supernatural powers or formal training in anything, still poses a challenge to Batman

The Xmens greatest challenge is gaining the trust of normal human beings.

See what I'm getting at?

normal humans are the bane of super heroes an must be exterminated?

Jokers not normal .his intelect acording to some comic writesrs an bios is off the charts an may be one of the resons for his insanity.www.comicvine.com/joker/29-1702/ has a good write up on him.

Lex is up their in iq as well .www.comicvine.com/lex-luthor/29-41952/ hes not normal either.hes had his brain transplanted into a clone body even.

Originally posted by Axeion

normal humans are the bane of super heroes an must be exterminated?

Jokers not normal .his intelect acording to some comic writesrs an bios is off the charts an may be one of the resons for his insanity.www.comicvine.com/joker/29-1702/ has a good write up on him.

Lex is up their in iq as well .www.comicvine.com/lex-luthor/29-41952/ hes not normal either.hes had his brain transplanted into a clone body even.

The funny thing is that either one of them would still die if they got shot in the head, just like batman and countless other superheroes. I think  a lot of people forget that and think that every superhero should be played in god-mode just because some of them are so powerful.