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Originally posted by Yamota

Originally posted by Wikkedbowtie

 

SO you say there is no end game that someone can't blow through in a couple weeks? How is that different then other games? 

 Uhm, not sure what games you have played but Ive played plenty of games with months of end game content. AC 1 on PvP server had an excellent PvP end game content and since that game has a soft cap rather than a hard cap like this game you could always keep improving yourself. Also in most MMORPGS such as EQ 1&2, AC, DAoC, SWG and Eve there is always the hunt for more and better items to improve your character and be more useful in raids. And the hard cap in those games are usually raised from time to time.

In CoX they stubbornly refuse to raise it, there arent much items to hunt for except some enhancements which are pointless anyway since there is nothing to do at higher levels hence no point in marginally improve your powers. Also the PvP is probably the worst Ive ever seen, completely and utterly pointless, not to mentioned instanced missions where you can escape from PvP in a PvP zone, man talk about a contradiction.

LAst I saw they were pushing 200K subscribers. Also, they have had a pretty healthy population for the last year, so you couldn't have been on 6 months ago, unless you were on guardian server. I'll try to find the financial report for NCSoft and post it on here.

As for unlimited power, no thanks. All that would do is incourage more farming and powerleveling and completely screw up pvp even worse then it is now.

I was responding to the statement that you said that Superhero games arent made for long leveling/farming compared to fantasy games. Since Super Heroes,  by definition, has much more potential to become powerful I would rather say that the opposite is true.

Encourage farming and powerleveling? MMORPGS are 75 % about leveling and farming, take those two away and you have a glorified FPS game.

edit: Found the 3rd quarter report and I stand corrected. Could have sworn they were pushing 200K, but they are actually at 135K. We'll wait and see what they report for 4th quarter.

 And it will go down. Simple fact that if you dont cater to high level people then they will start leaving and since CoX is getting more and more outdated the influx of new people will decline. The key to holding your player base is to keep your current playerbase busy as well as making it easy for new players to join. CoX has the latter but not the former and right now it is surviving solely because there is no competition in the Superhero MMORPG market. But that will change once Marvel and DC release theirs...

P.S. Micheal Moore is an idiot. Thats all I am saying about him.

This is not a politicial forum so all I will say is that he is a genious and got the balls to go against the republicans (and associates) and their self destructive policies.

 

Tell me Yamota, if the game was on its last leg, why would NCSoft have been willing to invest so much money into it? Buying Cryptics share of the IP, new studio, 19 more staff people. Seems like a huge expense for a game perched on the edge of failure.

answers for ya.

1. You can take Super Speed and Super Jump on the same character. But, it will not make you move faster while mid-jump.

2. Yeah it does have day and night. I believe it changes every 45 mintues or so, not positive about the exact time, but it is fairly short.

3. Origin decides what dual-origin or single origin enhancements you can use.

4. Trenchcoat is the three month vet reward. Just stay with the game 3 months and you get it.

5. Reputation is the difficulty setting, the money is called Influence. In CoV its Infamy.

6. Sometimes yes, just make sure you join a good super group. Good being one that is active and shares your veiws of the game.

7. Teaming seems to be the main way to go. While teamed you get more xp and will make more freinds, maybe even find a good super group.

8. yeah, any AT can solo in the game, if built right and you take your time to learn the ins and outs of the powersets.

Originally posted by Yamota

Please tell me what level 50 content there is that wont take a couple of weeks for an average player to finish. Also where is your source saying that CoH is passing 200k subscribers, I strongly doubt this game is gaining subscribers as it was a ghost game when I stopped playing 6 months ago. Even if that would be a fact then having only 200k subscribers for the only Super Hero MMORPG on the market is weak. Once Marvel and DC release their MMORPGs then this game is done for.

And superhero games doesnt have to cater to a casual play style. You are supposed to be a SUPER hero, meaning there is virtually no limit on how powerful you could become. Galactus, Beyonder and Phoenix remind you of anything? Not to mention Super Man who was at some stages omnipotent. To reach that kind of power would give alot of room for advancement/raiding but nope, the devs for this game has decided that it is casual players only. Their loss...

SO you say there is no end game that someone can't blow through in a couple weeks? How is that different then other games? 

LAst I saw they were pushing 200K subscribers. Also, they have had a pretty healthy population for the last year, so you couldn't have been on 6 months ago, unless you were on guardian server. I'll try to find the financial report for NCSoft and post it on here.

As for unlimited power, no thanks. All that would do is incourage more farming and powerleveling and completely screw up pvp even worse then it is now.

edit: Found the 3rd quarter report and I stand corrected. Could have sworn they were pushing 200K, but they are actually at 135K. We'll wait and see what they report for 4th quarter.

P.S. Micheal Moore is an idiot. Thats all I am saying about him.

Originally posted by so2404

yeah, on coh side its tanks-tank

scrapper-mellee dps

blaster-ranged

controller- controls

defenders-heals

cov side is more or less the same  the names on cov just differ but the roles are kinda the same

And defenders are not healers. There is one defender set that has 4 heals out of nine powers and a a full secondary powerset of blasts. Four heal powers, most not being that great, out of 18 does not make a healer in my opinion.

Freedom has the highest population followed by virtue. RP is not real big on freedom, but is the norm on virtue.

Originally posted by Thecensored

I tried, but I can't look away from that chicks' cleavage.

MMMMMMMMM........cleavage..........

None of that made any sense and the afformentioned cleavage was pretty much the only even remotly interesting part of the video.

Do some searching, I remember about a year or so ago a guy modified his eliptical machine so he could exercise while playing. He had a pretty nice set up.

I was just saying that there are still individual trial keys out there. So, it is possible to have a trial key for one or the other only. The only way to upgrade said trial is with the GvsE box, so you will end up with both if you decide to stay with the game.

Honestly, I don't care if you think its one game or two games. It makes no difference to me. Just remember that anything you acheive on one side has absolutly no bearing on the other side. Epic Archtypes are unlocked with a level 50 (villian epics should be out shortly). But, a 50 villian will not unlock hero epics and vice versa. I see that as 2 games, but whatever you wanna call it is fine.

I can understand what they are trying to do. But, I wouldn't have bought the game if this had went through before I started my trial. I had 5 freinds start playing with me and it was a real pain not to be able to group with them because we were on trial accounts.

That was only a one time gift for the people that only had coh or cov before the NCSoft buyout. If you had an account for one or the other prior to November 17 you were given access to the other side on that date. The  only way that I know of to get access to both is with a Good vs Evil access key.

Originally posted by wolf73

all depends on what key you have if its a villians key then yes you can access both but if it is a heros key then possible be only able to play/create a hero

If its a CoH key they can only access heroes. If its a CoV key they can only access villians. The only way to get access to both is with either a CoH and CoV key or a Good vs Evil key.

Originally posted by Shohadaku

 

Originally posted by Ben1778

My experience wasn't frustrating or anything, just palm-to-the-forehead kind of thing.

 

I stealthed to a quest objective, killed a couple people in the immediate area, grabbed the objective, and my quest didn't complete.   I then proceeded to kill everything in that whole instance but no completion.  So I logged onto another character for the night.  The next day I went back and did the whole mission over (killing everyone again) and the mission still would not complete.

I sent in a ticket and told them that despite killing all mobs my quest didn't complete with two attempts over two days.   I followed with, "I've just started playing the game and don't know all the rules yet.  Is there a problem with me interacting with quest objectives while "hidden"?

 

The answer was: "I don't know, that's a good question."     

Me:  "Is there anywhere I can read up to find out?"      

Answer: "I don't know, that's a good question."

Me:  "Okay, can someone maybe re-set it for me so I can try again?  I haven't opened up any other contacts yet and can't take on another mission until this one completes.  (my auto-finish a quest option was used earlier for the same issue on a different quest so I didn't have that choice)

Answer: "I don't think I can do that."

Me:  "Okay what do you reccomend I do, either now, or in the future if this happens again?"

After 2 minutes of silence: "Could you please describe the problem you are having?"

Me:  "I'm confused, I thought we just did that.  My quest won't complete."

Answer:   I can't remember the exact quote but it was along the lines of  "... we are closing this ticket until you are able to provide a more detailed description of the problem.  Please contact us again if the problem persists."

 

At least the contacted me within 30 minutes of submitting the ticket and I was online to talk with them.

Wierd. I havn't played in months but whenever I needed in game help it was quick, and satisfying.

 

They would come in game take care of whatever issue my mission had and always end with "Is there anything else you need help with?". Not sure if things have changed since I been gone, but whoever was talking to you was breaking what I know as procedure. They can easily reset missions and complete stuck missions.

 

As for the billing issues this thread started from- I advise to have the cardholder contact NCsoft about your account. This is the ONLY way they will even remotely believe your story.

The cardholder must settle this.

Seems like every so often the in game CSRs have a bring your kids to work day and let the kids run things. I've seen similar stories, but they are rare.

Well, some of those might hang around for a while. But, the truth is, Cryptic is no longer in any way affiliated with CoH/V. They announced it on the official forums and explained that NCSoft is now the full owner of the IP and the developers, sans Jack Emmert head of Cryptic, have accepted jobs at NCSofts new studio. Not sure how much more officila you want. Taking the Cryptic logo off the splash screen and a billboard in PI is not very important unless Cryptic asks them to.

Since the begining of summer? You've missed one, maybe two issues then. New Rikti Warzone and Flashback system.

Actually it will take you to the default log in screen, which is the blue CoH one. Just click "create a character" and it will give you the option of hero or villian.

Downloaded the trial, started playing. So far, its not too bad. Sadly I can only afford one MMO at a time and will not be giving up my CoH/V to stay in WoW.

Actually freedom and virtue are the only ones that ever seem to go yellow. Justice does sometimes, but most stay green unless there is a Double xp weekend. I have never seen the others yellow, or red for that matter, without some kind of event going on.

Originally posted by Amarsir

 

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Originally posted by ImEricW
retail job,   I don't think so, I make as much playing poker in one night as you make in a week.

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Hear that gurgling sound? That's the support you had draining away.

 

He only had about three people on here giving him suppor t to begin with.

There is no difference in the hardware on any of the servers. Freedom and Virtue just seem to draw more people.

Suckered??? You need it if you want to get the first combo available.

EDIT: Try again. the only power not needed for the weaken combo is Nimble Strike and even it is needed for, I believe, the sweep combo. Every attack power in the Dual Blade set is used in a combo, you just have to decide what combos you want to be able to do.