Daemodand

Even now this game is not a grind. If you think it's a grind, go play a hardcore Korean MMO and then come back and tell me this is a grind.

Barry White was asked about the XP curve in CoX. His response? "Smooth it baby, oh yeah!" He plays an Ice Tanker. What else?

Love the concept, love the costume even more, love the piece even more than that.

DA is silly. This is the internet, and they're protecting people from drawn boobies? Oh, silly, silly DA! ^_^

Gratz and remember, life is just starting at 50.

When a thread reaches this size people generally stop reading, but I'll just talk to the wall here and say:

I like that everyone is being given access to Villains. I hope it helps the redside population to increase. That everyone is being given access to Heroes is good too, though I imagine there were a lot more people out there sans Villains than sans Heroes.

And people who are objecting to this change are just being silly. How's having more people to play with a bad thing? It isn't. So you paid $50 for the game umpteen years ago, who cares? I got a brand new copy of CoH for $7 post-paid (got Villains Collector's Edition for the same price.) Paying next-to-nothing for the games these days is the norm, so just give it to people, no harm no foul.

And CoX now has its very own studio now with a larger Dev team to boot. That sounds great! It remians to be seen exactly what happens in the long run, but like many here I'm predicting the PvP in CoX will have a renaissance of development. NCSoft is a Korean company after all, and Koreans take PvP very seriously.

P.S. I'm a bit shocked and saddened at the low population numbers. This game has had some of the best content in its history added, yet the concurrent population is at its lowest point in 2 years? That's too bad, I was hoping those 30K subscribers were here to stay, but apparently they were just sight seeing.

I'd say at this point CoX's population has "matured", meaning it just isn't going to see a permanent increase in population. The good news is the core population is rock solid and isn't going anywhere.

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Ablating Strike

Vengeful Slice

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That's a great costume. Love it!

Twinkie Galore? I must be dreaming.

I don't know I'd call this version "energetic", it's actually very "chill". The original song is way overplayed (and too obvious) in other CoH vids, it's nice to see a unique arrangement of it for once. I liked it, it's a very nice video.

Another great post tpull, keep it up!

HeroClix is great! But when they say on the packaging that it's easy to learn? Yeah, right! Not easy at all, the rules are very complex.

My fave Clix were Patch (Flurry+Blades, Claws, Fangs damage? Yes, please!) Juggernaut (his Clix are way too weak! ) Rhino (almost always paired with Invisible Girl since his Defense is awful, but paired with IG, he rocks!) and Wolverine (did I mention Blades, Claws, Fangs damage is uber? ).

Some think it's for kids, but think about it. What child can afford those figures?

A few years ago I heard of a little game where you could be a Superhero and play alongside thousands of others. I though it interesting but shrugged my shoulders and forgot about it. But some time later I heard you could be a Villain, and I had the Mastermind Archetype described to me. That was it, CoV brought me to the CoX franchise (that and the collapse of Galaxies with the NGE debacle; that's right, I'm a SWG refugee).

I subsequently discovered blueside and found it a lot of fun too, but my heart belongs to Villains. I enjoy the look, the music and the Archetypes more, and it has the sentimental value of having been my introduction to CoX.

And I'm still not sick of Mercy, all these alts later.

Happy birthday Villains!

tpull's description of the "siren's call" of Defiance is spot on. I believe Defiance is part of why Blasters get so much more debt than other Archetypes. Playing a Blaster, Health almost gone, but dang it the Defiance bar is so phat! One last blast will kill that enemy and won't it be great? Then invariably you die and once again realize how Defiance has tricked you into sticking around in a hopeless situation.

Wow. Someone just praised the CoX Endurance system. And I agree, it's very forgiving compared to a lot of other MMOs.

I thought it was yet another tease, but instead of a tease I get the news of another episode on its way.

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a rightous rage or two can make up for any lack of buildup. But ahh... I may be talking out of my [censored] because I never PvP.


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I do PvP on occaision, and believe me a lack of a straight-up Buildup hurts the set in PvP. Inspirations are nice, but not always available where Buildup is. I'll still take Dual Blades into PvP, and I do encourage others to because I happen to like taking suboptimal sets in there. Also, I don't really mind losing. But yeah, Dual Blades will be in the same boat as Claws in PvP. I like Claws, too.

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From what I can see, the attacks are pretty damn quick >.> And the windmill move which is a long animation, seems to hit a ****load of times O.o So how would it be lackluster for PVP? It may end up being the faster of the sets >.>

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In a word, Buildup. In two words, no Buildup. In more words than that, you have to hit 2 or 3 times to get a Buildup, so good luck vs. Defense sets in their teir 9 (or even out of it). Plus, it's Damage Per Second, where in PvP burst is king.

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I seem to recall the name "Grubb" as relatively important in the role-playing world (Dungeons & Dragons). Any relation?


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Perhaps you are thinking of Jeff Grubb, who helped create the Dragonlance campaign setting among many other things D&D related.

Finally Castle can have a J-Lo-esque nickname: F-Gru!

The video is such great quality, too. Very nicely done. I11 promises to be the best yet!

Very well done! You have a knack for interesting dialogue.

You've commissioned some unbelievable art. I can only dream of seeing my characters drawn with such skill.

And I love what you did with Seaspawn. It's a shame Hide...hides.

Leave Positron alone! He's a human being! Leave Positron alone!!!!11ONE!

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On the UK page, there's a picture of a guy with a rather ornate katana in one hand, and a very short blade in the other.

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Why are the UKers always one step ahead of us? I mean, really!

Flashback: meh!
Everything else: ROCK ON!
Weapon Customization: I MAY NOW HAVE TO WET MYSELF IN EXCITEMENT!
Death of the Super Squirter: HAIL, HAIL, THE FUGLY IS DEAD!
Helping Recluse take over the Rogue Isles: NOW YOU'RE TALKING! TOO BAD VIGILANTES! LOL!

Maybe.

I do PvP every now and then (only in zones and only very casually) but the system as it stands now is the laughing stock of the MMO PvP world. With a bit of an overhaul, it could be very, very good.

Do I want dev posts or new game content/fixes? Yeah, I'll take the devs actually working on the game, if one must choose.

Darn it Jester, you got my hopes up!

More Stan & Lou!