Originally posted by nightbird305

 I just want to clear up that I don't hate CO, I love the character customization. I just feel that the guys behind CO made some poor choices such as the giant movement limiting bubbles.

Also with my spcs Corei7 950 3.0ghz and 295 gtx nvidia card, the game engine allows me to run the game at 20 FPS with max settings and 55 fps  with lowest. I mean, wtf?!

There's a lot more but because of this (and because of the connection that myself and many other europeans are experiencing) Aion > CO  IMO.  

I standby my statement of trying the game again in a year where hopefully they've fixed all these issues. 

There's something wrong with your system, then. I run a core i7 920 with a GF GTS 250 with max settings in CO and I average 70 FPS. How much ram do you have? I have 6 gigs, so maybe that's the difference?

Originally posted by Regnevanz

That new website - A game with bugger all bugs?

I can't think of any other game this polished with such good community functions at launch?

What are you smoking and would you please share? The game hasn't officially launched, for one, and two - the 5 hour queues and server crashes hardly constitute a smooth sudo-launch. CoH had a much better launch by far, and so did LotRO. I like Aion, but this headstart launch (which is what it actually is) was pretty much handled incredibly poorly.

Originally posted by phup

You can defend it all you want, but there is no way, absolutely NO WAY, that bringing down their main public facing site for what is now more than an hour immediately prior to launch was part of their original plan.  I guarantee it is an indication of either problems or piss poor planning.  I hope that whatever motivated this is isolated to the website and does not encompass some shared database with the actual game servers as you imply.  Because if something goes wrong while they are doing whatever they are doing, this really isn't the best time to be trouble shooting problems.  If this is "normal" as the apologists seem to think, it should have been done in the middle of the night last night or any time last week.

I think your tinfoil hat is wound too tight on your pointy little head.

Nothing. I just cancelled again after re-upping a month ago and I just can't bring myself to play WoW anymore. I think I'm just way too burned out on it. In fact, I pretty much burned out on all fantasy MMORPGs. I'm looking forward to all the upcoming allternatives.

Originally posted by Czzarre

EvE may not be an MMO for everyone, but it is a solid game. Ive long considered it one of the best games most players dont play. If you're sick of the standard MMO framework and need to break away, give it a good look

Indeed, it is the prettiest spreadsheet I've ever played.

Originally posted by abyss610

Originally posted by Puuk

Originally posted by twiggly

"Going Elyos because everyone says they're going Asmo"

 

That seems to be a popular view.

 

So, it seems everyone is going Elyos, so I'll be going Asmo on that argument atm.

Ironic since everyone in this thread, except two people, are going Asmo.

 

actually it seemed like every english speaker on the chinese servers played Elyos for some reason. have  to see at launch to see how it goes tho.i was asmo orginially played 3 classes to mid 20s deleted and rerolled Elyos  becaus ethere wasn't any asmo to interact with.

i will be playing Asmodian tho, Elyos armor just looks too plain and shitty.

I actually prefer the look and area of the Asmo, but I can't bring myself to play on the most popular faction. To tell the truth, though, I didn't see a difference in population between asmo or elyos when I was in the beta and played both sides, so who knows? Maybe I'll just stick with Asmo. ...I'm so conflicted...

Originally posted by twiggly

"Going Elyos because everyone says they're going Asmo"

 

That seems to be a popular view.

 

So, it seems everyone is going Elyos, so I'll be going Asmo on that argument atm.

Ironic since everyone in this thread, except two people, are going Asmo.

There's no such thing as a WoW-killer. Never will be. Any company that has its main goal to develop a WoW killer is doomed to fail. Make the game fun and people will come - that should be the main goal. It looks like CO will be fun, and judging from the relative success of CoH, CO should do at least as well, if not better. I do think because of WoW's success, people looking for their second MMO will be more apt to try out CO if it's getting good buzz post-release. But I highly doubt CO will ever threaten WoW's numbers.

Since most people will probably go Asmo, I'll probably go Elyos. I tried both last beta and couldn't really pick one over the other based on visuals and quest layouts - both had equal strengths and weaknesses to me. I did get the impression that there were more people on the Asmo side, so since I like to go with the underdog, I'll try Elyos first.

I think any CE is a complete waist of money and I don't shell out the extra dough for them (no matter how much I'm into said game), but I guess if you're a HUGE fan and have the extra dough, then it's obviously relative and worth it to the fan. In other words, you be your own judge in this case.

I hope you're kidding.That's be complete BS if people (like me = sap) who got the pre-order and haven't gotten a beta invite. *sniff* *sniff* I think I smell a Roper...

Originally posted by Nickless_man

No point in debating, both are still in Beta.

WINNER!

i don't even know if it was good footage since all I could see from that aweful video was the ass of the player avatar. Seriously, if a web-rag is going to post a video, at least show the whole screen that is being filmed and not just the bottom 2/3. The guy that filmed that  = FAIL!

A Shadowrun MMORPG. An MMORPG based on the Underworld universe would be cool to me, as well.

I think we all know that Nemisis will become a reality. I'm sure pre-production has already started on it and prototypes using the current CO engine are already made. My concern is that the mighty Emmert Nerf Maul will be wielded early and often to balance PvP over PvE, as what happened to CoH. We'll see. At least DCUO will ship with the villain side with PvP being a major part of the game. Again, we'll see how it goes.

Considering we don't know what the monthly cost will be, it's too soon to start belly-aching about MTs. If it's $15/month and the ability to purchase all the best gear to make your character uber with working for it, then that would be a problem, I think. But until that announcement is made, I'll wait and see.

Yes, what they said above.

Maybe wait until either Chapions or DCUO comes out. Both give you the option of playing villains. As to which will be better is anyone's guess.

Excellent, thank you!

Originally posted by Greenie

Originally posted by cukimunga

Have the best gear made by crafting.....  If you solo you can make the best gear, if your a hardcore raider you can also make the best gear.    Nobody bitches and everyone is happy, FIN.

 

I agree 100%. Make crafting viable again. There are a lot of players who enjoy crafting out there who would appreciate a game that catered to their desires for a change.

There are other rewards that can be given for doing large raids which do not involve loot drops.

I actually used to agree with this a few years ago, but I don't now. I believe gear should represent a player's accomplishments in the game. Maybe the crafted gear can be epic if the ingredients needed can only be found in epic quests, either grouped or solo'd. But not everyone likes crafting (personally, I can't stand it), so just making all the best gear only attainable through crafting just caters to one type of player, and that would kill an MMO.