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Every quarter the offiical numbers are in NCSofts report to its shareholders.

Septembers numbers are out tomorrow, if you will bear with us for 24 hours, we can give you your answer.

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The game does seem like a ghost town now that everyone is split between CoH and CoV, plus the little add in hazard zones which occasionally see use.

I know that the server population bars don't show the same number of dots as they once did. Freedom used to be packed full, now it's rare to see another hero anywhere aside from a train station, gate, or a store in a zone.


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Upgraded servers. They show load, not population

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I don't even recall the last time someone got into an arguement with me over KS'ing. That was at one point fairly commonplace.

Care to comment on that Statesman?

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Street sweeping used to be the way, now missions are = less people on the street.

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Also - another comment on discounted games - currently, City of Heroes is $29.99. Certain stores can run sales - like Lineage 2 is free with a Guild Wars purchase at a local chain.

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Uh... Not at the largest retailer in the world, Wal-Mart... They have been selling CoH for $19.96 for many months now.

I dont really care much about this conversation, actually agree with Statesman on this, but to say that CoH retails at $29.99 and blatantly ignore Wal-Mart, is well... You be the judge.

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And not only that, but WoW and Guild Wars -still- sell for $49.99.

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How prophetic I was with this just a couple of hours ago

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And with the bundle some will cry Doom as XXXX is still selling at full price

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And with the bundle some will cry Doom as XXXX is still selling at full price, and NCSoft was forced to do this.

Wether the bundle is for next summer (for School vacations) or the next Holiday season, I know its coming in the next year or so, and I know it will bring more players in.
Its just marketing and retail strategy.

Ergo its a good thing, for those of us still here.

I'm paid up until March 06, and will be renewing the two accounts for the full year at that time. If could do so I'd pay that bill NOW as a vote of confidence in both Cryptic for the development and NCSoft for the infrastructure (server uptime etc).

Good find Togo.

What I love is when the unequivical quote from States (in my Sig) is dimisssed as spin.

Seems plenty busy in both cities to me.

BB was jumpin again tonight (triumph and Pinnacle)

<Edit> and again I state the subscirber numbers for Sept will be released on Friday.

Given State's attitude in this thread I doubt they are full of doom and gloom.

shhhsh free the inner scrapper.

If your health is red thats just an incentive to finish the job quickly.

If it is red and flashing that means finish him - NOW!

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Ding! We've got a winner!

We substantively increased the number of CPU's in our servers to account for new players....We've hit new highs in active concurrent in the past 24 hours.

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Can we quote you on that ???

(erm I guess I just did)

And its alos one in the eye for the conspiracy theroists who claim that releases are ALAWAYS timed to coincide with an NCsoft quarterly reporting cycle.

Sept will be reported on Friday.
Decemeber I guess early Feb.

States,
have you any insight (that you can share) on How NCsoft will be reporting Coh/CoV numbers. Logic as it is single billing would suggests a single combined number, but it would be nice to have my curiosity confirmed.

I can STILL scrap an even con boss solo.

Kncokdown even shte oddes beautifully.

AS if it misses the AS (Air Auperiorrty) with some recharge slotted = perma knockdown.
Gheoot hold em until AS is recharged, placate then drop em.

Guess I am going to have to bite the bullet and roll an alt for the circus then, and have one in each coalition member.

I AM going to claim the Syndicates first Hero Kill in Bloody Bay, Sunday during the Headstart. Boy it was hard work in BB in those first few hours.

The grpahs are fundamentally the same, its just harder to move up the axes.

The examples in the text are wrong and will be reworked, in the age old time of soon.

Im thinking November, but no guaruntee - I want to adress the scaling in the same update and haven't gotten that one cracked.

Now SF play fair.

Shockwaves knockback is the secondary effect.

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Other mobs can break my placate on another target. Or that a mob can attack while placate is animating, still be placated and I lose my chance for a crit.

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Any more detail on this so I can get QA to try and replicate it for me? Are there certain critters that do this, or is it a general case? Do any special circumstances need to be met?


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What I have seen is it is a timing issue.

Mob begins action during the placate animation.
Placte fires.
Mob attack lands and breaks the hidden state.

Note the placte is holding, as the mob is not aggroed, I have just been unhidden so dont get the critical.

Its kinda hard to bug on the fly, but I have seen it a few times.
The timing has to be 'just so'

I will try to bug it, or catch on a demorecord if I can.

Good to know swipe is being looked at, would any adjiustments carry over into scrappers ?

/em bows down

Wonderful summary of them all.

(one edit that I noticed the Elite Boss in Positron is Cortex - not Coralax)

but the day ends at midnight too.

Its why we call it noon and midnight, neither are strictly am or pm, but the transition point from one to the other.

Stupid Brit question

is the American way
12am = noon
or
12am = midnight ?

*blames Evilgeko*

what for ?

Anythign and everything.

and noooo Cuppa hasn't forgotten you padding to 5K in AASQ let me assure you....

No Sireee she hasn't (well wont have when ever I go on about it endlessly)

/em Hands Nomad a 2 by 4.

Just whack Anti-Cat when he steps out of line
Or when he is hovering over the line. (Slower now due to ED )

Heck just whack him anyway, a bit of discipline wouldn't go amiss.

Never, ever under any cirumstances accept gifts of cookies from him.

Nah its put out to a poll weighted by forum posts

Issue 7 : Hamster, Hamster, Hamster

And that is why we need to do testing, gather data and present arguments in a calm manner.

We are REGENS
We will take this on the chin
We will adapt
We we still make EVERYONE bow down with awe.

Why?

Because my friends we are regens.

More to the point wheres my [censored] comic ?

(I know they are late this month but Cat is getting restless)

NERF Statesman

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The do tend to 1) scatter and 2 ) stay at range.

Makes it fun for melee only types.

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Now all they need to do is apply that logic to all primarily ranged mobs in the game. A man with a rocket launcher should not run in and punch you at first oppertunity. He should stand back and shoot rockets at you.

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I have actually noticed it creeping in a little (or am I goin mad(der)).

Give it time, AI changes are happening and more will happen.

Acting on a tip off

Leaps on Artic_Sun amnd pulls off mask reaveling none other than
*JACKSON TURNER*

who as he is being led away is heard to say
And I would have gotten away with it too if it wasnt for those meddling forum posters.