SinergyX_EU

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Well to be fair I did give him some advice which he was very happy to listen to, I always try to help new players and I hope it will help him get more out of the game. It's just a level 50 tank who doesn't know what taunt is, perhaps that's a sign of the times. It took me weeks/months to get my tank to 50 and yes my taunt button needed replacing serveral times

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You never know how he got to 50.

Friend i met on the US was always lvling with his family, his dad being the 'big tank' and he was just around to wack mobs. I loved mace, wich is tank only, and played it as it was a scrapper.

Or, he could have been told certain tank sets done need taunt, like a ice/fire with such trashload of AoE's, little chance you need to go use taunt on fairly solid teams.

But most of the time its easier to link it to the 'big problem of the day'. I care little how he got there, why he dont know, i'm willing to help him if he needs some advice. But i play my toon, he plays his, if we team up we need to make the best of it.

So thats the who case? That you get put up with someone who doesnt know his class? He'll get over it.

That people dont play to your 'expectations' (heeeey thats the keyword again), aint really their problem. I love a challenge, i love my blaster on a team where a tank doesnt use taunt. Maximize my effort, dont die and survive, put a strain on the defender, troller needs fulltime locking and scrapper needs to use his defence at high pace. How i love my troller, from damage to control to buffing to healing, each team i never know what i must do, from minute to minute i and changing my 'job'.

Randomness creates chaos, chaos makes fun. What is more boring then a perfect working team, tanker 100% agro, blaster/scrapper does damage, troller locks, defender buffs.. BOOOORINGGGGGG.

And if i dont like it, i leave, surely the next team will be just as interesting.

Afaik the 'test play' was already nerfed, making all mobs grey (at least for me), next logical step is within reach.

On the other hand, does it really matter? Again, the impact on the EU servers may be alot bigger, but on the US i still do alot 'normal' missions.

I care little for it, in WoW i can do sort alike in probably the same ammount of hours to at least 60, without even touching a mob.

Added, for the 'time', dont forget that linked-characters that dont log in will get all their experience one they log in. This say, if you link 2 and use 1 to get him to 50, the other will be 50 in matter of minutes.

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The worst thing is that new players get sucked into this and thus missing out on the real content. Thinking what, no endgame? And leave.

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And thats good. Better to not have such shortminded people around, and only keep the quality stuff around.

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It gives me no greater joy than to hear you guys tell me you like something we've done right.

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You havent really read the forums lately isnt it?

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See, this is what Posi should have said! Nice one War Witch, they should make you official Spokesperson too!

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Would that have prevented all those 'i leave' topics?

Wait while i get my timemachine then.

Anyway, nice one War.
And remember, US may have the most players, we got windmills! HA, beat that.

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Us long term veterans are saying goodbye out of courtesy to the people we never see in game but chat to on the forum. Some we agree with, some we don't. some we love, some we hate with a passion. We are giving our reasons for going and try to do it in a constructive way rather than saying "this game sux".

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And it is that important to say 'bye' to those, to make an own topic?

Then go make the big 'i quit, cya kkthxbb' topic.

Added, dont start me making quotes of the posts of em, not always it was 'constructive' and 'friendly'.

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We're superheroes (or villains) people! Stop it with the shouting at one another, the bickering, the arguing. We're better than this. Stop with all the fighting because Paragon City is my home, and right now you're all yelling in my living room

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Ooooooh right.

Just because i happen to fail my attack against Positron, you think u suddenly own Paragon? Just wait, untill all my evil Masterminds are fully trained, lets see who's living room it will be then

Noted: I'm a Necro MM villain, my zombies cant hear that very well with their halfrotten ears.. so i shout.

I'm so getting fed up with this, i been since this game since beta bla bla veteran 50 bla bla, the game is great but bla bla bla, i want my friends to know bla bla bla.

For once, first think about it before you start such topic, it doesnt add anything usefull, it get derailed from reply #2 and nobody knows what its really about.


Serious... i hate attention whores
They love themselves and some way.. they are 'special'.

And you Alvan, are now one of them

I dont think leavers will even read this post, but still i will say:

Dissapointments are created by expectations.

I dont leave a game for another, i go play em both. I dont leave because they didnt add feature XXX, i adept, accept and find new ways.

Yesterday i was roaming the sewers in the US, when i found this lonely scrapper trying to find some sole mobs to wack. I gave him some buffs, along with the magic booster buff, the guy went totaly happy.

So i talked to him a while, he spent 2 hours just creating his character and i must say it was looking pretty nice. He was only playing for a week now, but he enjoyed every aspect of the game. I told him about some history of changes, the current event and the future. That guy hardly knew anything about it. He was happy as the game is, that made me think.

Back when i was lvl10, my first character, the friend who got me in CoH was already level14. She had the fly power. Overwhelmed by joy, FLYING!!! I didnt care about ED, bugs, lag, features, progress, boredom, or whatever devs announced to come soon (tm).

The longer you 'have' something, the faster you get bored of it. The more often you play, the worse it get. So now i combine games, along with the 'mighty one', and playing that for a while at 80, i noticed CoH really aint that bad. Great people, fun parties, divertisy in your 'job', i regained alot of joy playing the game again.

Sometimes i dont play for a few weeks, going back i can stick there for weeks again. As long i can keep it up, i'll be staying with CoH. Me, SinergyX, and my 3 other accounts

What are non-bipedal rigs?

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This is EXACTLY the reason I'm so [censored]. It's entirely due to promises not kept, again and again and again and again.

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Isnt this your own fault already to believe every tiny 'promise' made?

I merely hope they will change things, if there isnt yet, i just live with it.

I wonder how Duke Nukem fans would feel by now, if they think alike.

I'm optimistic.

More boosterpacks!!

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Apart from the new TF/SF, MA fixes, nothing else is announced. Doesnt mean there will be more to come..

Why would they rename a entire company to Paragon Design, and only add some minor stuff to it?

(never knew this forum was flooded with such pessimism).

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Many people are just sick and tired of waiting. We're sick and tired of the ever present "Soon", which never actually arrives.

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The waiting is a mere excuse for your boredom of this game. Why do people want new sets? They got bored with the old ones. Why do people want new content? They got bored with the old stuff.

Whats the use of spamming around you lost faith in this game or its devs, that it aint is what it was, that you will go if they add only this?

Then go, go happy play another game, do whatever you please.. but keep spamming here will get you _no where_.

Every MMO has a vast content, in wich the players have to enjoy themselfs. The longer you are here, the less happy you get with additional stuff, the more you hope to get stuff, the bigger the dissapointment.

How i all mock those ex-wow players, AoC DAH BOMB, no more boring grind or [censored] content, UBER AOC!! (CoH vs CO). Oh oh oh, how i mocked those a year later, a [censored] 'the grass is always greener at the neighbours' popped my mind instantly.

Yes, i left this game several times, although i settled in the US server now, breaks for a few months help alot getting back fun into playing this game. Maybe you should do the same.

And for loyalty, i have 2 48+ accounts, 1 13months and a 9 months, i own every CE available from NCsoft, but even today, it was worth every single euro. The game may got less, the community may got less, but the friends i met will always counter that.

So to everone canceling their sub, can i have your st00f plx?!

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On the 5th. I really don't get why people like them so much. They're rebadged Council (or visa versa) and The Council are pretty average in most respects.

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They're god damn Nazis, man. Like the god damn Batman. Death metal skulls, awesome names. Who doesn't like beating up Nazis?

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They're COUNCIL! What the hell does it matter who they're meant to be? The 5th and the Council are exactly the same mob, just with a different skin. The one thing they most definitely are NOT, is NEW content.

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Apart from the new TF/SF, MA fixes, nothing else is announced. Doesnt mean there will be more to come..

Why would they rename a entire company to Paragon Design, and only add some minor stuff to it?

(never knew this forum was flooded with such pessimism).

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CoX free to play with 2 paid expansions a year. Would that really be so bad? Would it kill the game or would the game grow?

You tell me

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Would kill it.

Guildwars has always been designed to be a f2p game, the entire system is based on it (such as lower server costs since u only work with hubs) along with i must say a very very good anti-bot thing.

Now hold your horsies, they have bots i admit. But for a f2p game with no protection such as PB or GG, they do pretty good. Add the anti-farm code, they can beat down alot of f2p games regarding bots.

Now, what would happen if everyone could freely roam the worlds of CoH? For one, the farming/powerlvling/inf-selling will go CRAZY, there will be a flush on bots, auto-thingies and sortlike, why? because the system was never build for it.

Also, where would they get the money from? The 'stretch' is out of the game, you cant just ask 20-50 usd for a issue, if it aint that big as GW's faction, EotN or nightfall. So micro-transactions, but what on earth could u sell?

Basicly, this game isnt build for f2p, and probably never will. And without a UK office now, i dont think they could handle the overload of 'spam' on the servers all day long. (i dont know 1 EU f2p game that can do this).

They could give it a go, but my experience in f2p aint that great to want to see such good game going down the drain. Added, even with 1000 concurrent people lag already is going crazy, i dont wanna thing about 10 servers totaly full of it.

I luckely can choose between both, but i still pick US.

That is, as long Ghost widow will come, that is my only demand. So GR, persue me, get Ghost widow and i'll be on the EU side

Guys guys, he is talking about mercs.

Mercs are stupid, weak and lousy. They need buff

What a tanker has extra on defence, most of the sets* lack on offence. There are some set-combo's that can do nice damage, but they are not build to do so.

Solo wise they have some issues early game due either low attack or they cannot keep up their shields due low regen.

Most important, pick the set _you_ like, not wich one is 'considered best'. Each set is based on a playstyle, alot also on the IO's (invention origens). You like a superman style? Go Willpower or Invul along with superstrength. Rather being a 'thor' style? Sadly tankers have no electric armor (brute does), but u can have a nice slapping hammer!

First, enjoy and learn the game. Once u know alot, you can make a final choice what you like best. Maybe a scrapper is better afterwards, or even a controller or blaster.

set: The selection of your primairy and secondairy powers.

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Personally i don't count it as being an MMO at all, since the world where actual gameplay happens is instanced and capped at 8 players (or 48 in the largest PVP arenas, of which there are still only 2 i believe). It's much more like Diablo 2 than Everquest. That said, it's relatively easy to get into, it looks nice, and it's got a great word-of-mouth advertising going, even if just for the "free" thing.

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Then funny enough CoH isnt a MMO either. Missions you can only do with your party, not with anyone else. Only the 'main hubs' you can see and interact with eachother, happen that CoH has some mobs there also. And CoH got even worse in that, apart from the US sewer hunts, 'streetwise' CoH is plain dead.

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6 million boxes... would that be Prophecies, or all the boxes combined? Because in my case, I own Nightfall, Factions, Prophecies and will be getting Eye of the North soon.

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Everything being a 'retail box'. Thus for your case, 3. Not sure if EotN is counted as seperate, as you need at least 1 of the first 3 to be able to play.

The new update of Guildwars is great, zaishen quests, your personal pet-place, i love it.

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Carnival_of_Shadows

I think this sum up quite a story, they manipulate the mind of people, to eventualy get their soul consumed by Giovanna (in form of Vanessa). To the outside word they are happy acting clowns.

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Superheroes ARE popular. If they weren't you can bet that Jack Schi... um Emmert wouldn't be trying to launch CO, or DCU bringing their universe to the MMO table. GW on the other hand is simply another fantasy MMO with a low level cap and an accent on PVP.

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Yet widely accepted as 1 of the better MMO's (not technicaly an MMO, but still), with a whole new level (and still unique) of skill-system, rather being stuck with a dozen of powers u can pick over 500 different ones. No other game thus far has done the same. The high-paced PvP action broke the 'gear matters' by making skills win the match, not what you are wearing.

Right moment, right system (f2p) and inline with their LA1/2 it didnt need much advertising as it was majorly done by the crowd (like the epic trailer, specialy the Faction one).

CoH now is a missed chance, with a widerange of advertising it could have gained way more players, but in the past 4 years i never seen a single advertisement about this game. By now it 'looks' outdated, specialy the scenery if you have to compare it with later TR, or even the free asian MMO's.

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Would it have been too hard to finish writing the US announcement a day earlier, then keep it under wraps until the localisations had been done and everything could go live at once?

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Not too hard for any English company, no. But you're still operating under the impression that NC actually give a stuff about the EU community. If they did, then things would happen as you suggest.

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Both cases, it will be bad due timezone.

Even if there was only 1 server (US) there still be serious timezone issues. GM-events will be US-time based, open/closure will be US based, everything will be US based.

Unlike now, we at least get our own timing, suiting our timezone.

So either way, it has a loose/loose and a win/win part.

What is this nonstop whinage about farming PL'ing?

"oohhh but a lvl1 boosted to 50 is a noob, he doesnt know the game"
Yeah right, lke this game is so freaking difficult. 90% of those 50's you will never meet, 8% you will have in party but never notice, 1% you will see but by the time you do, he's already veteran. Leaves u with 1% of 'noobies' to take care off... cry me a river.

"FARMING IS DOOOOOMMMMMM"
Replace Farming by anything and it already has been said.

"Devs should make farm channel - i hate spam!"
Ya, and if u cant whipe your own butt, they should do it for you? Thats a community issue, not a game issue.

The irony, they whine about the broadcast, but if u ask them with whom they party.. its their friends and SG. Then why on earth u even have broadcast enabled? Then turn it off if everything ouside SG/friends dont matter.

Like the defiant/union is that crowded u cant /ignore that handfull of lvl1's asking for a farm?

EU side is going more and more into a group of old grumpy men whining about every tiny aspect they can find. Sigh.

wooo bump

Today packs for GW are released, along with a free storage tab wich u need to active fromout the store. Except heavy usage again on the store.

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Personally I find the boxed versions, with their fragile, scratchable DVDs and stupid losable Manuals with the Product Key on them to be more annoying than just logging onto Steam and saying "I want that. Come to me" and just letting it automatically download and install for me.


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That says more about how you store your retail boxes then how 'convinent' this is for the consumer. Steam isnt anything more then the current cohupdater does, except u need to have steam running. Added that it doesnt add any value to already subscribed people.

If, for once, they would release another CE edition (if there ever was one) of CoH, i could at least complete my collection.

Very interesting indeed. Not shortly ago Steam decided to put all USD prices back to Euro, not with the proper conversion rate but plain 40 USD -> 40 EUR. If they do the same with CoH, sorry to say.. but screw em.

Aion chinese beta is going atm, there seems already a english client going around. Big guesses go US being first, then at the end of the year it'll be our turn.