All Posts by Romse

I think everyone can pretty much make the same point...

CoX has the player base it decided to cater to and lost the clientele it did not care for... (or did too little for)

Although I feel it leaves me out... they are probably right to stick to the player base they have. At this point going after things like PvP end game content or crafting stuff will only serve to entertain their current subscribers so they should give them exactly what they want... they will not attract new markets not anymore ...not with Champions and DCUO around the corner.

I can still come back to check out the new content when it comes out, reconnect with old faces... but in all likeliness I will not find anything in these "issues" to make me return to being a full time subscriber.

HOWEVER

This latest thing about "careers" is just stupid. I use to say that what CoX does it does it well... but this logging off crap is just dumb. Don't tell me the player base had this in mind... they're just being played when they are handed crap like this... it's not even half baked... the dough is frozen solid.

Cimerora was a great move... they need to expend it like crazy.
They need more places like that...

But ultimately... I'm a one toon guy. Starting over and over is just not for me.
I want levels 50-60, more cool powers, space, epic fights I can fight on my own.

And frankly I really don't understand what is so complicated about bringing Electricity to tankers and scrappers.

Originally posted by LordDraekon

Originally posted by ssnautilus

Hmm.. now that they have milked us for money on both sides - they decide to finally merge. Who wins in the end? Did they even consider rewarding the people who had paid for both expansions independently when they decided to merge?

 

Sure! You get all those nifty Pre-Order and Collector's Edition extras as Veteran Rewards. It looks to me like the COH team is running out of steam. I guess that's what happens when you're really not pushed to come up with anything new for so long. I've got a stack of NCSoft timecards I could use, but I'm not even interested anymore.

Actually they started giving those Preorder perks as vet rewards... they're OUT OF JUICE... they're canibalising their reward content.

Might be a cultural thing... maybe I'm too old (33)... but I'm just not hip to any of these asian games... they never seem to make sense to me and I have a real hard time finding any immersion because I don't really get the worlds they create... like elves with 1 feet ears and big blunt swords twice their size with electronics on em... and maybe they transform from male to female at will... also that is 1 of 3 characters you can play and you get to pick the color of your hat... if you pay extra.

Huxley is not as bad as some of the others but most look like they were made to run on an OLPC.

I wish they would have inspired themselves from the original IP rather than try to make things up... I'm just not getting Huxley (figuratively and literally)

Bah... the count down to E3 is started... we're gonna see more and more developers trying to grab a bit of spotlight so that they get extra coverage during E3... I'm sure this press conference is not unrelated to the AoC launch but really... these guys are a few months away from release... there's nothing unnatural about trying to make some waves here.

And frankly I've seen much more pathetic attempts at attention grabbing from developers in the past... Like when NCSoft decided that they were going to "unveil" 2 Tabula Rasa logos per week up until release... seriously that was really sad. I've seen plenty of "3 screenshot releases" from AoC too... not as pathetic but still a little lame.

All in all for anyone following developement on WAR... you really cannot complain about the shortage of info coming out of EA Mythic... all the newsletters are filled with 50+ screenshots and concept art (which truely looks awsome) and Paul does a good job of sharing info on features, whether you like his style of delivery or not (I do). It was very surprising for me to see them release so many screenshots of stuff that is still in developement... without any lighting effects or fog or environmental shading... generally big companies like EA are way more secretive.

AoC looks like a really good game and the innovative combat system with mounted combat is very exciting. The crew at Funcom however are pretty bad on the marketing side of things. The staff sent to public events often comes off as overgrown 14 year olds with very giddyish attitudes towards their M rated content. Their main PR guy is ridiculous... he said in an interview when asked about nudity (paraphrasing) "Actually many female journalists come to tell me they're excited about the prospect of playing a sexy character"... yeah right lol... AoC looks good but even if I get a kick out of em, I still think Funcom's PR generally does the game a disservice...

Anyways... I'm sure both games will be succesful. AoC is more innovative while WAR seems more reliable in terms of providing content and stable and proven game mechanics (and I can't say no to leveling though PvP).

Originally posted by Nightbringe1

 

Originally posted by Romse

So no electricity for Tankers (or Scrappers) yet?

Someone seriously dropped the ball here.

 

I think the brutes were a lot more upset about not getting Ice / Ice

Ice / Ice is self defeating for a Brute in terms of mechanics. Slowing in the incoming damage and powers like Hibernate just totally work against them. Radiation Brutes or Weapon Brutes are in a much higher demand than Ice Brutes.

Electricity needs some adaptations to make it to a Tanker or Scrapper set because of the Conserve Energy... which needs to be replaced by something else... however it is within reach...

Tankers get Dark/Dark... I've never seen this requested even once. Mechanically it will work well... Tanks will self-heal and seeing as they aren't great for damage... they will get great debuffs which will help them and make them more useful to teams... but It's not a very "heroic" power.

What Tankers wanted the whole Shazam thing.

Brutes have been asking for big sticks for a long time and now they will get to go about a clobber people with Pipe-wrenches and Baseball bats... it's a great addition.

So no electricity for Tankers (or Scrappers) yet?

Someone seriously dropped the ball here.

I think we can officially say CoX has gone into maintenance mode or milking mode... which ever you prefer.

With Champions Online just announced, they're not even in a position to make announcements about issue 12 to keep the player base interested.

Great game... it's getting a little dated though.

They look fine... for starting characters.
the bottom of the pic says Jaffa Male Base.

Like it was said before... this has got to be the basic, armor-less look...

We should be able to wear the helmet from the deity we serve and get some decent armor...

This game is gonna rock!

It'll be the most open ended MMORPG ever in terms of character creation!

What CoX did for costumes they will repeat and be as flexible in terms of powers!

It's probably the class people will pick to PvP... and that everyone else will complain about.

Originally posted by Sharajat

If the game has an awful, bug filled launch, well honestly I can argue that Anarchy Online NEVER recovered.  Ever. 

That is so true.

AO is the reason I'm leaning more towards WAR than Conan cause both Conan and WAR look good... (excpt in WAR you can level with PvP, Conan should do that)
But if you compared AO and DAoC... the best game would be DAoC hands down...

The lesson here is track record counts (ask SOE or on the flipside ask Blizzard or Bioware) and Funcom cannot afford another botched launch... if they do it again they will forever be known as a company that can't get it together.

Once is an exception, twice is a habit.

Originally posted by Sathonys

pre order has been canceled..  Something just plain and simply seems wrong..

 

guess I will wait 5 months then see how the game is recieved something feels Vanguardish..

Maybe they're just gonna come out with better packages ... or more inciting ones seeing as they will be closer to the WAR release date...

Seriously though... Cryptic Studios are starting to be overdue for some sort of announcement as to what the hell is going on over there.

They've been claiming to be working on MUO and 2 other projects for like a year and a half...
-When asked if MUO is cancelled they won't answer
-They still have not disclose anything concerning the 2 other projects
-And now they're remaining silent about the STO license

You're not working on CoX... so what the heck are you working on?
Love what you've done with CoH and even more with CoV...
I generally like you as a company and how you were very communicative with the userbase...
Time to reconnect with that communicative side of yours Cryptic!

Originally posted by Vrazule

Even before the changes, CoH was boring after a couple months of play, thanks to their extremely repetitive mission system and complete lack of world exploration.  Cryptic hasn't proven to me that they can make a fully functional MMO that has all of the sandbox style content that we expect from a AAA game.  What they have proven is that they are good at making niche games that have narrow appeal.

I absolutely agree that repetitive content was a problem.
The only real flaw to the game is enough varied content to keep you leveling all the way up.
That's has a lot to do with financing really... give them Microsoft money or just 1/10th of the money WoW rakes in for a year and it would have been a different story.

I honestly think STO is in good hands.