Mothers_Love

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That's 30 "definite" powersets then?

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If I was going to put money on it, I'd say if they are planning to better the costume creator then I very much doubt they will shy away from bettering the powers on offer.
On release anyway I'll be very surprised if they don't at least equal the power choices of their competitor, of course you can't call them power-sets per say as powers are assigned on a player-designed flexible custom framework instead of enforced sets that you subscribe to.

All i know is I can run COX with all the trimmings and bells and whistles on via my 4 year old Alienware rig (updated with extra RAM and graphics card) - yet Tsu's fairly recent Titan bash in Kings Row event had the zone grind to a halt with nigh on a hundred heroes at Kings Row Station standing around doing nothing.

There is something seriously wrong with the network infrastructure between here and the servers in Berlin.

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My only current problem with CO itself is a lack of powersets being displayed. All I've seen so far are energy swords and dual pistols. CoH has vastly more than that.


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Do you honestly think that CO only has energy swords and dual pistols?

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Indeed!, this is a list of powers on a suggestion thread that has been up for donkeys years on their boards -
(Yes I know its a suggestions thread but the Devs have been implementing quite a few of these already - I'll only highlight the ones I've either read about in interviews as Devs quotes as being definately in the release build or seen for my own eyes in videos as being content already in bold):

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Absorption / Elemental Absorbtion (absorb taken damage as a power-up)
Acid Control
Acrobatics
Air Blast / Control
Animal Control
Animal Mimicry / Animal Totems (take on the traits of an animal)
Animate Object (bring inanimate objects to life as pets)
Archery / Trick Arrows
Armor
Black Holes
Body Launching (ala Cannonball, Speedball, Human Bullet)
Bone Manipulation
Claw Attacks (actual fingertip claws)
Chainsaw
Chameleon
Charisma / Seduction / Confusion by Beauty
Claws
Curses / Hexes (debuffs, weakness, etc.)
Danger Sense / 6th Sense
Dual blades / Dual Katanas / Dual Knives
Duplication / Cloning / Dopplegangers
Earth Powers
Electrical Blast
Electrical Control
Electrical Melee
Elemental Weapons / Energy Weapons (flaming swords, etc.)
Empath (heals / buffs / debuffs enemies)
Environmental Changes
Exploding Cards (ala Gambit from X-Men)
Extra Limbs / Prehensile Tails (animated but cosmetic only presently)
Fire Powers
Flip / Throw melee
Force Fields
Gadgetry / Hyper-Invention / Munitions
Grapple / Crush melee
Gravity / Density Manipulation
Grenades (tear gas, glue grenades, etc.)
Hacking / Lockpicking
Hammers
Haste / Time Dilation
Heightened Senses / X-Ray Vision
Ice Powers
Ice Sliding (travel power)
Illusions
Induce Fear / Cause Insanity
Insect Control / Swarm Powers
Interrogation
Invisibility / Light Control
Invulnerability
Katana wielding
Leviathan Mastery / Shark Powers
Luck / Probability Manipulation
Machine Control / Technopathy
Magma Blast / Control
Magnetism / Metal Control
Matter Control (create object)
Mimicry
Mind Control / Telepathy / Mind Scan
Minion / Support Squads / Pets
Multi-form powers (Green Lantern's ring / Dr. Strange's magic)
Multiple Different Melee Styles (Punching, Kicking, etc.)
Multi-limb combat (having four arms, etc.)
Muscle Mimic (Blue Mage'esque)
Nature Control (kind of.. as part of supernatural powers/framework)
Nunchucks
Offensive Damage Shield / Damage Reflection
Phasing
Pistols & Dual Pistols
Plague / Disease Control
Plant Control / Plant Manipulation
Poison / Toxic Powers
Polymorph / Shape-Shifting / Alternate Forms (Animals, Plants, Minerals)
Portal / Dimensional Manipulation
Power Drain / Suppression / Stealing
Psi Melee (similar to Psylocke's psi-knife / psi-blade)
Radiation Melee
Radiation Blast
Rage / Frenzy
Rapier / Fencing Blade
Regeneration
Rifles
Robot Minions
Sand Blasts
Sand Control
Scythes
Shadow Control
Shields
Size Control (Growth, Shrinking)
Skateboard / Surfboard / Broomstick (travel power)
Sonic powers
Staff / Quarterstaff / Baton
Stealth
Street Fighting (dirty fighting / brawling)
Strength Drain
Stretching (Plastic Man / Mr. Fantastic)
Super-Speed (as a combat / non-travel power)
Super-Strength
Swinging / Grappling Hook (travel power)
Telekinesis
Teleportation (as a combat / non-travel power)
Tentacle Powers (sort of Omega Red or Dr. Octopus)
Throwing Blades / Boomerangs / Shuriken
Transformed Travel (turn into a group of bats to fly)
Tunneling
Two-Handed Melee Weapons (Sword, Hammer, Axe, etc.)
Walk Through Walls / Phasing
Wall Crawling / Wall Running (travel power)
Water Blast
Water Control
Weather Control
Web / Lasso powers
Whips / Chains / Grappling Hook
Wind Powers

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Its also worth downloading the CO fansite kit, as in the folders are some of the icons for what we'd call powersets that confirm some of the highlighted powers.

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And if anyone could enlighten me what that core reason actually is I'd be very grateful!

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I'll throw in a suggestion; Its a remote possibility I know... but it could be possible that after being together for the best part of five years that we errr...... 'wuv each other to bits'?

Congratulations Rapthorn, you can now do this... just not this for another three years.

Enjoy your cake dear.

Ahh I see, no problem. - not that it would of been a problem should you of disagree'd with me anyway on the subject. *smiles*

*Puts away Tazer back inside cape*.

I thought AoC had killed itself already.

Just incase thats aimed at me, I'll reiterate my HOPE that NCsoft have their strategy in place for how they are going to weather the launch of rivals in the Superhero MMO marketplace. I really do.

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Hey, we can try. I have a few ideas to see if we can put some of the more interesting threads in front of appropriate people for comment. No guarantees, and be warned that if the devs do come over here we'll be *very* strict on the forum rules in relation to any dubious posts about staff. In light of which ... please take the time to think about your posts in this thread further before continuing the discussion on senses of humour .

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Please forgive my epic feat of necromancy... but I was just wondering, did anything actually happen with regards to answers to the questions posed?. I take it seven months is enough time for the Devs to scratch some answers together?.

If I have missed them somewhere please do link to the post in-question as curiosity abounds. Thanks muchly.

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Personally I do not think it will matter that much what Paragon Studios may release close to the release of Champions Online - people will still go and try the new shiny if they are interested in that type of game at all. What will matter for them will be what will be attracting players after the initial enthusiasm for a new game has died down a bit.

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Oh absolutely no doubt NCsoft (and through them Paragon Studios) have their strategy in place and know exactly what they are going to do, how they are going to weather expected losses and reposition if necessary already.
I agree with you, it is what they do after the marketplace has settled which will determine the future of the license.

Disruption is going to happen for certain twice with the launches of CO and DCUO. Whether or not Paragon is still here to compete with the third unsettling of the market when MUO launches a couple of years from now is anyones guess.

Well, like I've alluded to before, Its not so much the fact that Issue 14's MA feature is a take it or leave it game addition, - the fact is that here again is another game feature that has been misjudged to just how much upkeep it is going to need on an ongoing basis.

Constant PvP tinkering has been replaced as flavour of the month by what seems to be a whole new pandora's box of MA tinkering, and such ongoing commitments to these needy features are going to have a negative effect on the time and work needed to revamp the game before the two main competitors gather suffient pace and subscribers.

Happy Birthday Rapthorn! - have a great time!

So many Birthdays lately!, whatever did they put in the water all those years ago?.

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Oh my bad, as ML can't possibly find on an online translator what my reply to her means here is my translation.

Tesekkurler means "Thanks" in Turkish but as it uses many Turkish only letters you can't find it's exact meaning possibly.

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I got it straight away thanks Knightly - picked a decent translator i guess.

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Lets conspire . . . . . where has she gone . . . . . .

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Oooh!, ... where HAS she gone?

Iyi ki dogdun Knightly! - Sana guzel bir gun dilerim.

Some familiar faces in there! - great job everyone on the successful MoSTF!.

(and "Hi!" to Rooted Thermal again! - thanks for your help with that Quarry outside of Portal Corp last night!).

.o>

Happy Birthday to our very own Cameraman Extraordinaire!.

Many Happy Returns Coin! - Have a great day!

I think the pun-ishment should fit the crime - I'll slink off. Nightynight. .o/

I imagine it looks a little pedestrian.

Welcome Arda! - Welcome to Paragon City, welcome to the forums!.

*Savours fond memories of a week in Barcelona* - Such a beautiful city.

@Mother's Love if you need any help and advice.

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you know if it works now!
Just as my mum asks me to wash the pots...so enjoy you'r off topicness while im washing up

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Wash on / Wash off - Think of it as training in the Martial arts powerpool and time will fly by.

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And as the overrun ticks on it draws inexorably closer to that moment when I would have had to stop playing anyway...

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What?, you mean death?

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Well, as we all know the servers are run by hamsters running around on big wheels. They're probably feeding the hamsters.

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Ohh NoOooo !, not the rodent to server comparisons again!
*fights compulsion to post favourite video


... Fails miserably

Welcome to the forums Confuser!

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lol oh dear i see the direct relation and so do a lot of other ppl ive talked to who are all highly dissapointed with CO and near enough all of them have said the same thing its too samey to wow

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If they are disappointed thats fine, many were with CoH on release, but compare Issue 1 to what we have today!, MMOs projects grow in size and evolve in competance. You're talking as though any MMO released stays as they were on release in a static condition.

Re: the endurance/build-up game dynamic - I don't think taking inspiration from an MMO that pulls eleventy gajillion subscribers is that odd to be honest, I'll be judging the game on how it plays as a SuperHero MMO not dissecting it for its apparent plagerism.
To be honest if the system is similar to WoW (and I don't know if it is to be honest having never played it) but if it is then it could very well of been on purpose, A long-term WoW player may find it familiar and 'get' CO that bit more and decide to defect.