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Seriously, the CoP , base raids and Items of Powers have been one of the biggest failure from the Dev team in this game. Just thinking that these features were showing on the CoV box when it first came in store makes me laugh alot.

I wonder if it will ever be fixed. With IOs available nowadays , Items of Powers seem pretty powerless. Theyd need to give a way better bonus so that players be willing to raid to get them.

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"Signs point to No"

Much as I've argued that bringing this policy back wasn't needed, at all, to get free names, I have no problem with this version of it.

Because honestly, any character below level six on an account inactive for 90days or more is probably not cared about much by the owner in the majority of cases.

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To celebrate the launch of Issue 10: Invasion for City of Heroes, we had the art department whip up some snazzy new Wallpaper. Thrill to the new images of the Rikti as they invade your desktop! (Too much? )

Check out the new Invasion Wallpaper here!

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Awesome, I was thinking recently that the wallpaper section needed an update. Since the last one was around I2 on the CoH Side I think.

An idea though, whip these up before the issue launches as promotional materials and distribute them to the news sites.

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<a href="/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=8755465&an=0&amp ;page=0#Post8755465" target="_blank">Meet & Greet Announcement!</a>

This thread is to discuss the the NCsoft summer player events.

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I'm not going, but I'm surprised you aren't holding one of these at PAX. I seem to remember reading that NCSoft will be there no?

Edit: I have not idea why that link turned into HTML in the quote. Since its not breaking the h-scroll, I'll leave it alone.

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Great - another issue with none of the content we asked for! Vehicles, no. Interplanetary travel, no. increased cap., no.

yeah... I'm sooo excited.

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Some of us have been asking for Level 35+ Content, Co-Op Content, and what appears to be a revamped Rikti Crash Site for a long time.

Or are you using "we" in the royal sense?

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Yeah, internet tough guy, you put me in my place. I am figuring out that the way that people show their wittiness and intelligence on the internet is by throwing in subtle personal attacks in their posts, hence causing the other person to flame them, and therefore look stupid and appear to be a hot-headed troll. I am not going to play that game. My only point here is that unless you're level 35, it doesn't seem like this Issue is going to do much for you. Issues seem to be getting smaller and smaller, with less and less content with each issue. I'd rather pay for a quality upgrade than get garbage like this every couple of months that does nothing but cause lag, crashes, and elation for about 5% of gamers.

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This. This is why no one takes anything you're saying in this thread seriously. The insane rants about something you may not even have tested causing crashes, or lag, or that it only benefits a small minority of the game. The description of past updates with content for every level range of the game as if they were only catering to one level range. The laughable assertion that only 5% of the playerbase has gotten mileage out of the last few updates.

Yes, its level limited content. For a content range that both CoV and CoH have needed new content for for a long time. This is a good thing. CoH has more sub 35 content than it knows what to do with. CoV could arguably need more, but CoH sure as hell doesn't it. You've got all the regular story arcs to do, plus Faultline, Striga and Croatoa.

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And, btw, I have toons from level 1 all the way to 30. I stopped playing with my 30 because of how boring it is. I guess I'll wait unti I435454545 for low level content not called "Mindless Radio Missions."

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Ah the "I'm making a choice not to experience the whole game, but am mad that all new content is not catering to my arbitrary decision" gambit.

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Actually, yes, they are in the minority. I guarantee that the breakdown would show my point. Level 1-10 would have the most, followed by 11-20, and so on. It's common sense. It's easy to see, like it or not. And yes, I read about the "costume pieces" aka the rare drops that will cost 50 million influence to buy the recipe for. Wow, that sure helps out the majority of players with low level toons. I am seriously starting to dislike this game. And yes, there is an option other than "Shut up or leave." I don't have to be a sheep and just love everything the devs say. I ask: Is there even 1 thing that a toon under lvl 35 can do? Because the way I see it, you can't even enter the new zones unless you're at lvl 35+.

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Does anything in the game update indicate that costume pieces are rare drops?

Come on, lets see if you can actually read. And your comments about the level range really do show how out to lunch you are.

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So what about new power sets...or costume pieces? Just keep stockpiling stuff for the higher level toons aka the Vocal Minority. Why should I be glad that nothing is being offered to me for the 3rd straight issue?

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If you think people with high level characters are a minority, you're out of your mind.The game has been out for a long time.

The new content starts at level 35. Thats not high level.And there are new costume pieces, as the update mentions.

Did you even read the update information?

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So this makes...3 issues straight where nothing appeals to me, and nothing is offered for any of my toons' level ranges. Keep giving more and more and more to the minority of players and nothing to the majority. Great. So any news on Issue 11 having something that the average gamer can, oh I don't know...actually use?

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Sounds like you should quit. They're targetting the level range that people have been requesting content for for years. There's also been new content for just about every level range in at least one of the previous issues, so, do you not actually have any characters or what?

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hmm, I10's update isn't including anything huge in it, so i'm guessing that it shouldn't be too long until it's released.

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Considering Closed Beta starts today, you might be right.

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This is only the teaser. I know everyone's going "no new powersets, no villian EATs, no PPP fixes, wutuf" but seriously- I'm hoping that there's more to this issue that they're holding out on. Hope springs eternal and I, for one, am stoked- this will be the most significant issue for Villains since the mixed blessing that was i7.

Although Shiva, Devouring Earth, and Coralax would all make sense in this zone (maybe even a Coralax contact- Barracuda's Strike Force, anyone?) simply because all three of those factions have their own plans for the earth.
Also, I hope the Circle of Thorns plays a role- according to the offical bio, they formed the impromptu fifth column against the initial Rikti invasion. Whatever the "dark secret" that the teaser hints at, I bet you dollars to doughnuts in involves them.

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Generally, the first teaser highlights all major features. All following teasers will focus on the major features. Such as a teaser about the new zone, another teaser about the TF, and a 3rd one about the new invention stuff. And that will be it.

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Thats exactly how its done. Anyone expecting there to be a surprise announcement of new powersets or ATs for I10 now is deluding themselves.

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So the is this going to be a new zone? Or is Rikti crash site going to be changed to be co-op?

Wouldnt it be cool that once the zone (TF Complete) is saved the heros and villains can begin to disagree again and begin to fight each other? At least until the zone reverses back into Rikti control.

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I think its pretty much a given that this is a revamped Rikti Crash Site. Its the only place in the game with a crashed mothership in it.

Oh, and we're finally getting those pilons that shoot energy up into the air in there explained I guess. Thats cool.

Important information for those who weren't around for the first invasion:

How To Survive A UFO Attack.

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Did the mother ships zip during the first invasion? I remember them hanging in the air ominously but I don't remember them moving at all.... probably too busy getting my butt handed to my first level character after I made the mistake of deleting all my beta test characters too eary. Still it was good fun!

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I recall them moving around a bit in the sky, which created a lot of anticipation about when they'd come down and disgorge their hordes of Rikti, Hydra and Krakens.

Edit: I should see if I can find the old End of Beta video around on the web somewhere. It was fifteen minutes or so of pure awesome.

Looks awesome. The Rikti Invasion at the end of Beta was great, and I hope we'll see those motherships zipping around the sky again.

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I guess it would come down to how many of our subscribers have multiple subscriptions? The subscription number is what cannot be represented properly because one individual can own as many accounts as they wish, they still only count as one individual in the community.


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Surely NCSoft's Billing/Accounting people could tell you how many people are registering multiple accounts, assuming they're using their real names, or paying with the same credit card, for example.

Last count from NCSoft's report to stockholders was 143,127 subscribers North America+Euro combined. Of those, I would imagine 5-10% at most have multiple accounts just as a guess.

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So think it is time to go ahead and call the CoP yet another dev failure?

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Its been a failure for long time. Statesman more or less admitted as much quite some time ago.

Of course, that admission hasn't been followed by the delivery of a working version of the CoP in the intervening months, so its lost a lot of its luster.

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Wasnt this one of the big sells for even having a base? The idea was SG members would get a buff of some sort from having one of those IOPs. Im sure it is somewhere in the bowels of the forums, but I wonder what is stopping the implimentation?

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Time and a fairly problematic exploit last I heard.

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Well, and conscious choice at Cryptic to prioritize other things ahead of fixing one of the advertised selling points of City of Villains.

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Question -- is the double XP going to happen on the test server before they turn it on for the Live servers?

I bet there are more than a few people with Test Server only characters that would love that.

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Do they ever have double XP on Test?

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They tested the double XP event on the test server at least once, but I don't recall if it stayed on test when double XP was live.

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Sorry to come off snipish and sour but I have to get it off my chest.

Why does it have to be with such a short notice?
Why cant we have at least 1 month notice when this happens?
It´s cool for those taht has a easy time of rotating their duties or has none. But for some of us planning takes a little more than 2 weeks.

The first DB. XP weeknd I had to visit relatives abroad, and was unable to change it.
The second time, I had double shift saterday and sunday.
And this time I have double shift saterday and sunday as well.

Some of us has real lives and real jobs and simply cant change it on a whim.

As a Prison guard my work schedule is planned a month in advance, and simply cant be changed with such a short notice.



Sorry to come off all EMO and sour but it´s damn annoying to be left with the feeling that the double XP weekends is only being catered to those in school and people who can change their schedule with a moments (as 2 weeks is in real life time) notice.

*sigh*

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Two weeks is plenty of notice for an in-game event. Its unfortunate for you that it doesn't work out with your work schedule, but for the vast majority of people, two weeks is more than enough notice.

You're coming off really poorly here.

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Dare I ask, are drop rates doubled along with XP and Inf?

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In the UK, they recently had a double XP weekend. Drop rates were doubled as well.

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*Snap* Nice catch.

Dare I ask, are drop rates doubled along with XP and Inf?

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There was probably a thread on this I missed because of weak search-fu, but whatever happened to distributing the 'new powerset for every AT' that was once advertised for the since-cancelled new box edition, among Issues 9-12?

If I9 and I10 come out with no powersets, and the devs are only considering new sets for at most 4 ATs in I11 or I12, what happened to the rest?

Not to bash this efforts, scrappers and tankers need the love first, but is there a long term plan for the rest?

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We did plan out Power Sets for the retail box, but we've gone the route of free updates instead (woohoo!). Yep, we had some planned...and we thought about just putting those into updates as schedule permitted...

but then we thought it'd be cool if we polled the players what they wanted first. Not all of these power sets are of equal difficulty - some are tougher than others - but they are all possible. I can't promise exactly when it'll get in, but please know that we've heard loudly and clearly that players want new power sets.

BTW...Ball and Chain was my little addition last minute. It would be just be SO cool!

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States, a while ago, I thought you said Growth would be an impossible feat, why is it all of a sudden in here?

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Market Research for MUO.

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Electric Hammer

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Is it just me, or does this seem strangely specific?

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Yes. As in, Thor specific.