GrinningSpade

Having had to install this game again from scratch two days ago. I happily approve of this idea! Would save me a few hours at least.

I also use Mozilla Firefox now (its to easy to get malware using IE) and it works fine for me. Did you change anything since the last time it did work?

Whenever I think about buying/joining a game/mmorpg I check out the forums. Doooommmm messages and the I quit messages are a factor then for my decisions.

So I am not to fond of either of those. The first thing you don't want new players seeing are Dooom and Bye bye threads. The reason why many of those are not allowed in a lot of mmorpg's.

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My complaint isn't that it's too Fantasy, it's not.

It's that other than Assault Rifle, they're all melee weapons! Since when did we use them anymore with any regularity? Where's my oversized, compensating for something, Rocket Pods / Rocket Launcher / Harkonnen set?

Or my ray gun / crazy tech device set? It freezes, it heats, it spews acid, it reverses gravity and dislocates them from reality! Truly a weapon of kings.

Or a throwing weapons set? Bolas, knives, boomerangs, nets, grenades, shurikens, javelins and chakram hooo!

And if you say pistols are too short range for the setting, it's worth pointing out that the normal blasts have a range of 80ft which is well within effective range and this isn't even counting in the fact that gun slinging heroes are likely using guns that are better than average.

If we're getting realistic then it's more that rifles and bows have a ridiculously short range in the game!

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Those sets do exist. All on Red side though. You got MM's with rayguns and dual pistols. Then you got the Veats Using either the Mace which shoots rays and can be used to bash things or the spider backpack with tons of fun zaps. Of course there is a shattering of AR's and SMG's to.

I agree that it would be lovely to have some sets like that on blue side as well.

Edit: About Dual Pistols for a ranged set.
You could see it as a combination of a scrapper/blaster. Short range but with GunFu moves for shorter range. So no things as grenades, sniper or flamethrower. But buffalooning (bashing), pointblank shooting, rapidly spinning around spraying bullets and that sort of stuff. Sounds like a fun set to me.

Well I ended up reinstalling the whole shebang. It seems to work now. Took me the whole evening but there you go.

Well as I am busy installing the game anew as well. I concur with the slowness of the process. Would be great if it could be speeded up.

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Rather curious about this but how many people would prefer that the dev's forgo an issue for an entire graphics overhaul? or even a new paid expansion?

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Lets expand on that:
Would people PAY for an entire graphic overhaul? Say the amount a new game would cost? If the gameplay would not be altered but the graphics got a big boost?

I think that most people would like to see more modern versions of the weapons. They have done that with the mace. You can use a lead pipe a nightsick or even a shovel. The axes got some modern equivalent as well. And lets be honest, a katana is still considered a modern weapon thanks to numerous movies. Dual blades got modern choices like fencing blades. The only category that seems to be feeling true fanatasy is the broadsword. Perhaps they could give us more modern but not high tech choices there. Things like machettes or wickedly long knifes.

Personally I would love to see the chainsaw

Since the new patch I cannot start the game.The moment I hit the button to play the game. My system freezes and I must reset my computer the hard way. I checked my firewall and made sure coh got full access to do anything it likes. But to no avail.

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If we go with that it's going to end up with the guards just handing over the prisoner and asking the heroes to take care of them because "there's some new guys just come in from the Secret Death Camp and they... well, they just aren't our sort of villain... y'know?"

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Heheh. Great idea btw. Might make a nice architect mission as well.

Council soldier: "Yeah just give me a good punch or two to make it look more convincing."
"Ow not the nose not the nose!!"

For the record. Pug Ugly????

I couldn't disagree more. This game looks fine. In fact I don't even know exactly how fine because my graphics can't even deal with the full graphics on mode.

Sure, there are games which look even better. So what, I can't play those anyway. I dare say I am not the only one here.

This is extraordinary generous of you sir.

I tip my hat to you.
(although in my profession, portrtaits are not a good thing)

I never seen him foul mouthing people instead he keeps civil despite everything. He is willing to defend his views. He hardly ever just says something without arguments.

I wish we had more posters like him. You might dislike the message but that is not a good reason to shoot the messenger.

So please, prove that we are a good community and stay civil. Argue about what he is saying dont argue about the person saying it.

No reason to start getting personal here.

If you dislike what he has to say don't read it or give some arguements why what he says is wrong.

Just like most people don't see the interior of the base. Does that make decorating your base redundant?

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I like to team. Even with a stalker or a MM i rarely play those toons solo.

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Yes, I know that feeling and share your pain in this. The main reason i play heroes is just for the teaming experience. As Villain you have to solo most of the time unfortunately.

It might lure a few non PvP'ers into trying out PvP. I wonder if it is worth the time developing this though. Speaking for myself I don't think it would make me want to PvP more.

I love the new shinyness i13 brought. I understand that this is not my graphic card but actually changes in the game graphics. I like them especially when the sun is setting.

I like the small improvements in the QoL. The introduction of new contacts, the way badges are arranged. I like the idea that i can start improving my SG bases i have inherrited.

I havent tried out the new missions yet but working on that. Currently i am trying some shield wielders. New AT's are always fun to try out a bit.

I don't like the merrit system. I prefered the random goodie in the end more. But people seem more interested in running the less popular TF's so i guess it might work out.

Day jobs are interesting. To bad though that almost all of my toons seem to have tons of unwanted on Patrol stuff.

The thing that seem to be missing though is a reason to dust off my old toons and start enjoying new content. That is a big miss in my book.

Yeah the servers have been chokfull of people. Including those who dont have a clue what they are doing

Plenty of fun indeed!

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Eh, it's not really Ninjitsu anymore when changed this much.

And, well, Ninjas already has a matching secondary.

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Perhaps they do but I dont like the ninja powerset because the mm is nothing like a ninja himself. This idea might remedy that feeling a bit.

Ah Fusionette, our very own Penelope Pitstop.

Still a help help from the hostages would be a nice thing. I must say that I would like to have a sound or something for objects to be destroyed as well. Those to can be very annoying to find no and then.

Try joining a few channels. It really helps getting the feel that the server is not empty. For Union I advise: Salsbadgehunters (probably spelled it wrong though). The channel is about hunting badges and doing all kind of TF's. Most people there are willing to do villain stuff as well. And even if you dont feel like doing a TF. The endless chatter will convince you that you are not alone out there.

And yes, perhaps the server merge should be inserted in the common suggestions. I am in full favour for it but it has been discussed often enough now.

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WarHammer Online gets the ball rolling with Player Statues.

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Ooohhhh. Wanna have!!! Ours will be bigger!!!

The reason the population is low?

More players leaving then new players enter the game.
Simple as that.

How to remedy this?
1. Make sure less people leave. They are trying to do this by giving us new and interesting stuff to do. Tweaking stuff that is broken and make our gaming experience better.

2. Making sure more people get involved in the game. Advertising, interviews, going to places where lots of players hang out, making the game available to other platforms. Tweaking the game engine to make the game better so people who try hang around longer.

As far as i can see they are doing a lot of things to keep us happy and lurk new players to the game as well. Not everything will work. Remember you cant win the battle. Every game has its lifespan. But imo CoX is not past its days yet.

I am queen/king of typos. It's not just you Sal.