Feycat

There's some evidence that GW2 was pushed into releasing before it was ready to do so. It fits with a lot of the launch issues, the crush of stress-tests right up until the days before launch, and the rushed shuttering of PS. NCSoft may be suffering from a more severe issue than we're aware. That may make them more likely to seize any reasonable offer for the game.


Oh really? Then what was this...

about? Because Smedley says Sony did NOT make a bid. So how about you stop with the cryptic hints and come out and say if you actually know anything?

According to your link, voting ended on August 31...

Only someone fairly clueless about the MMO market and GW2 in specific would say something like this so... /shrug.

I love COH - and in fact, loved it for two years longer than you, sir. I was here when I1 hit.

I mourn its passing and am actively trying to save it.

I love GW2 and I'm playing it.

You go ahead and don't play GW2. I'm glad to not have you there.

Me too. There were a ton of costumes, powersets and character slots that I purchased solely because of customization. Thanks to customization, I could have my "water blast" character long before that powerset came out, using Radiation. I could have a character using Pattern powers with blue-tinted Psychic powers. There were a LOT of things like that, that allowed me to make the character *I* wanted that the game's literal powersets didn't support.

So from me, thank you greatly, BaB. Here's one person it DID affect, who DID throw money at your feet for it

No, dude. The rest of your rant can stand, but this is BS.

The exploit WAS AN EXPLOIT. Hugely. And there was NO WAY to "accidentally" perform the actions that were causing people to be banned.

There was a vendor selling high-end weapons for 21 currency instead of 21,000. It was obvious and right there in the vendor. He went from 94,000, 74,000 and then 21. It was an obvious mistake.

People bought THOUSANDS of these weapons, and used an in-game item transmuter to roll the dice, creating THOUSANDS of super-rare items that were flooding the game market on its first week out the door, which would have completely destroyed balance and the game's economy.

And instead of just letting that stand, the way EVERY other MMO company that I've ever played under has done, leaving the people who play honestly in the dust of cheaters, Anet took action to protect the rest of us.

In addition, Anet is giving people a 72 hour ban for using hate speech in public channels, cursing people out, abusing them, calling things "gay" or "retard" in a derogatory way. Because they're PROTECTING their game and their customers in a way that NO other MMO company I've ever played under has EVER bothered to do, despite the code of conduct we all sign to be allowed into the games.

So no. That one doesn't get to stand. Anet DOES care about their customers. I for one have been protected by them in a number of ways - because the people they're banning are botters, RMT spammers, racist/homophobes and cheaters. And I'm ALL FOR those people getting thrown out on their *****.

Agreed and agreed.

Playing COH style in a modern game engine would be PHENOMINAL. Heck, running around GW2 I can't help but continually think how amazing it would be if the COH art and assets were updated and ported into this smooth engine.

The main distinctive parts of CoH that we all love - the missions, the walled cities, the powersets and the huge costume designer - all of those could be ported to this "Titan City" project without infringing on CoH.

I'd be there. With frelling bells on.

He called me a mister O.o

The only blame I'm parceling out to people is for their own words, Mr. Incoherence.

You're free to not buy it for any reason you want - though I disagree with your premise, GW1 was no more a terrible game than CoH was, like CoH, it was pretty unique as a game and catered to a small, loyal base who liked the style of the game and not all the WoW-clones that have come out since.

But seriously, shame on all you people hoping GW2 fails, closes down, crashes and burns, etc. Seriously.

Wishing death on someone else's game just because someone torched this one is crap. How about you have a little consideration for those of us who adored CoH and also adore GW2 and don't want EITHER of them ended. :-/

Stupid. That doesn't make your point at all.

GW2 isn't shutting down sales because it's run out of servers. They had TWICE this many servers running during beta. They HAVE servers. They released only a limited amount in an attempt to control and balance population, so you don't have what you usually have in an MMO release, which is several very crowded servers, and a bunch of ghost-town servers that get worse and worse as the initial rush wears off. Since WvWvW is actually a very important part of their game design, keeping the server populations roughly even is actually a very important QOL point for the game.

They're shutting down sales because they're having infrastructure problems and want the game to be stable for the people who ALREADY paid for the game before they let it ramp up any further. And it will, because it's a great game.

Also this.

No it isn't, Techbot. :-/ You're free not to want to play it, but don't spread outright untruths about it. I played WoW for 3 years, I've been playing GW2 for about 6 months (through betas) and it is FAR from "trying to be WoW." SWTOR was in fact closer to WoW than GW2 is.

I don't think I can.

I think I'll log in, take some fraps of my favorite places and characters (flying!!) but I just don't think I can PLAY.

And I don't think I can be there for the last day. I want to. I really do. But I just don't think I can. It'll be like standing there while something beautiful dies. I just can't.

God, when I think how excited we all were when they finally added CAPES into the game....

My husband and I have been completely bummed out all day. We started playing CoH together while we were dating in college. Well, actually, HE started playing, then convinced me to make a character on his account, I stole his account and he had to buy another one. Anyway. We've been moping all day. It feels like finding out a dear friend has terminal cancer.

I just can't.

So, knee-jerk emotion. Okay then.

And how have they done that? :P Except to the knee-jerk emotional?