Cobra_Man

Same here.

Looks broken to me.

I can't seem to log in at the server selection screen.

Is Defiant broken right now, or is it just me with the problem?

A dedicated AE zone isn't a bad idea at all.

My main criticism of AE has always been its 'virtual reality entertainment' aspect. I would have far preferred the concept to have been based either on alternate reality portal technology or linked to Orobouros.

I do believe that the AE building needs to be removed from Atlas Park. Its mere presence fundamentally alters AP as a starting zone - for the worse IMHO.

So .. Yes to a dedicated AE zone.

On the subject of farming and PL, some people really are getting confused about this. Farming missions for inf/XP/tickets and PL'ing characters for personal gain is absolutely fine. Personally I enjoy certain 'farming' type maps purely for the higher difficulty settings that can be programmed in. Actually the more I think about it the term 'farming' here is very misleading. I may play missions that are set in farm type maps but the mobs are always as tough as nails and set to 53/54. Hardly easy kills.

Try doing a Dreck map with custom 53/54 all Boss mobs and you'll see what I mean. You need to know how to play the game well - and know how to get the best out of your characters to enjoy/survive the experience.

Yes it does give a tremendous amount of XP and inf but I (and my friends) do it more for the higher difficulty than anything else. We regularly play various level 50 characters on a map of this type - for fun. The higher inf rate is purely a bonus.

If I want to bump up a new character to travel powers at level 14, using an AE mission then I'll do it - again purely for personal gain. I already have multiple non PL'd level 50's from before AE existed, so I feel no guilt in using AE missions in this manner.

If anything it's made the game a lot more fun for me - and my friends - because we can bypass lower levels if we choose to. Don't get me wrong here. I still very much enjoy doing a Hollows or Kings/Steel run on a lowbie character but AE allows me the freedom of choice in the matter.

'Gold farmers' in CoX are a totally different matter, and these should be persecuted by the devs. This type of farming is purely commercial in nature and should have no place in the game.

Enjoy your break ML.

I took a break for a month some time ago and it worked wonders for me. I can only imagine what it'll do for you

I love the challenge of using a Blaster in a large team.

I think I have 5 Blasters at 50 and I've taken aid self on all of them, plus PFF on 3 of them.

I find that this helps to allow your Blaster to stay on its feet for the duration of each fight and deal out massive damage.

Knowing when to come into melee range, and more importantly when not to, is crucial as well. I tend to pop in and out of melee, which keeps the mobs guessing what I'm going to do next.

Oddly enough, I've always found that Blasting gets to be a lot easier in the 40's. Part of this will be due to the epic pool powers, but it's more likely down to the fact that other AT's are fully kitted out to do what they do best by that time - which takes a lot of heat off of the Blasters.

My aim is to have a full set of Blasters at 50, although I'm in no particular hurry to do so right now

Can't you simply report the account as being inaccessible to you, due to the reasons that you've given, and request that the password is reset - to one that is known only by you?

It's your master account. You do have full rights to all accounts on your master account, or am I missing something here?

That's a tough question, as I have a few that I like a lot.

I'd have to go with my Fire/Fire Tanker ... Hell Machine. He's a combination of robot and demon, but with a human soul trapped inside.

I just disabled my rep meter.

I think it's just a matter of time before it gets the boot anyway.

Well done MA

Well I have to say it's nice to be here.

New World Order indeed ....

I'm unique as well it seems, although with my name that's hardly a surprise

I'm happy as well

I wonder if there's a US Cobra Man?


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Looks like I'm unique ... for now

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So, without being an NDA buster, would you say it's the graphics, the gameplay or the content that needs the most work?

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I really can't say GG. I do know that the CO devs are hard at work on certain aspects of the game though.

What I will say is that graphically the game is excellent - with outlining disabled.

Still remaining off topic, I think CO would benefit greatly from a delay in its proposed September launch.

I say this only from the viewpoint that the CO devs use that time wisely....

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let's just say that, if CO is to my liking, COX is no more.
i got enough to pay for and currently i have to see how things go in the CCS, if the CCS of CO is even worse then COX then i stay with COX.
if it's way better, then i have to say bye bye COX.

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CCS?

I was of the same mind about CoX vs CO.

I'll be sticking with CoX.

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I go both ways...

But having recently been in conversation with an old time CoH player (@Big_Bear) who says that if it is released in its current state (about a month from launch) it will fail as it needs a huge amount of work. I'll wait until free trials happen unless it does bomb... then I won't.

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Maybe you should edit your friends name out Ninja?

Wouldn't want him to possibly get booted for NDA stuff.

The other way to look at it is that farms - done a certain way - offer up more of a challenge for experienced teams than something like a radio mission on invincible.

Personally I couldn't give a hoot about more XP or influence. What I want is more of a challenge - or at least a balanced mission that requires the team to be on it's toes to avoid getting wiped.

I had great fun a few nights ago in a MA farm. The mobs were all level 52 bosses.

Killer Bunny Bosses, to be precise.

It took all we had to avoid getting swamped by those vicious, adorable, maniac Bunnies from Hell. Everyone on the mission agreed that it was excellent fun, and I'll do it again sometime soon.

The fact that the XP rate was phenomenal was purely incidental. It was the challenge that made it so much fun.

Only thing is, I now have disturbing dreams of fluffy, savage Bunnies that want to slaughter me

I wouldn't describe myself as a farmer - by any stretch of the imagination.

I don't care about higher XP or influence, and indeed I often do so called MA farm missions on a level 50 character and then give away millions of influnce after it.

I do certain farms purely for the challenge alone, and I'm sure I'm not alone in this thinking.

Welcome back

I also had a look at CO.....

I'm looking forward to many more years - with CoX

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Have people never gone back and played old games on things like the PS1, gameboy, that sorta thing?
Graphics, when it relaly, really comes down to it, doesnt matter. A game is defined by the gameplay. We have a lot of games that come out these days that have 'cutting edge' graphics...but someone kinda forgot about the gameplay.

I still have to play CoX on minimum settings. I've never seen the game at full potential. And I still like it, because it plays well.

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Excellent post, which really hits the mark.

You do owe it to yourself to upgrade your PC though. I played this game with an average PC for years, and recently got myself a high spec one with a 22 inch widescreen monitor.

I now run everything on full. The difference is truly amazing

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fi they do it tactical, they release it before CO hit's the stores.
they can try and take the chance when CO is released, but i think that i16 will look like nothing after they tasted CO.
it's a 50/50 guess, but it's best to show it before CO.

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I'm treading very carefully here, but looks are not everything.

Games these days have to be innovative in gameplay as well. If it's the same old systems rehashed, then any new game released - that is like that - runs the risk of failure.

I don't expect there to be any new superhero MMO release in 2009.

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Are you implying CO may not be the WoW killer we all assumed it was going to be?

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I'm saying that the game has potential.

However ... potential remains just that, if nothing changes - regardless of what it is.