Tyger42

Well, people differ on opinions. Some are fine with it, some saw it as a nuisance - and one they couldn't avoid due to mission doors being placed in there. The atmosphere it gives tot he zone is cool, I'll give you that. But not enough to be worth the hassle of trying to travel through the zone, IMO.

Eh... More like "Let's go to New Orleans...but we removed the smell of puke and urine".

And in another 5 minutes, they'll have a new account. Getting them banned hasn't ever solved the problem in any game, CoH isn't any exception. There's no point in "rushing" the report. That's not to say don't "ignore spammer", which files an auto report. But, really, all sending a petition on top of that is doing is clogging up the works for a totally ineffective "solution".

Well, that settles it, then. i22 NOW!

Still more than there is of general non-TF/Trial stuff for 50+...

Welcome to internet forums! People are a LOT more apt to complain than praise in a gaming forum. Those who want change are vocal for change. Those who are fine with how things are generally are enjoying the game because...well, they're fine with how things are.

You're aware that it's very likely that most of the people participating in that little argument were over 18, right?

Yeah, the ideal PvP is dramatic battles that are entertaining to watch. The reality is that MMO PvP ends up being griefers ganking lowbies all day, foul-mouthed bickering, and just an overall unpleasant game. There is plenty of good about MMO PvP. Sadly, it is far overshadowed by the bad, even if the bad is the lesser part.

No one is saying that it does mean that. Nor are those who prefer to solo being ignored.

Then...don't do it. Not everyone feels the same as you about it, though.

Well, either you're lying to us or the citizens of this country are far better informed than our military intelligence.... I'm not going to outright call you a liar, as the latter case is sadly possible in some cases. Just point out that it's rather convenient that you happen to be in the field you feel most qualified to discount his statements. Then again, you've already displayed lack of honor to a degree where the former is very likely.

Trust me, "I am deployed to warzones for 12+ months at a time" won't win you any sympathy for supporting criminals ( And, though the law is fuzzy on it, potentially being one yourself ).

Oh, sorry, I forgot. Being in the military totally makes ignoring fair play, copyright laws, and contracts totally acceptable! Frankly, it doesn't take a lot of play to earn the funds for IOs, so that excuse doesn't fly. I have nothing but respect for soldiers, especially those who fight for us in the wars. In general. That respect for an individual soldier will fall considerably when he starts using it to excuse dishonorable and/or illegal behavior.

Hell, run the SSA once a week, buy a good rare IO every couple weeks with the A-Merits, and sell it on the market ( Or craft then sell for higher profits in some cases ). No problem! Or, you know, realize that IO sets aren't necessary to play the game just fine and work around your limitations like the rest of us.

Well, that's why I say "practically nobody". There are still people who consider "crap" to be profanity...

You realize that practically nobody considers "damn" to be profanity anymore, right? Hasn't been for 25 years at least. Not even network TV censors, and we all know what prudes they are. It's also not filtered on the forum or in-game, so it's clear here.

You could easily make the same argument that "loot" is "level progression by another name". After all "loot" is no less "level progression" than Incarnates. Both are simply a means of further advancing a character's power. Myself, I'd say that the Incarnate system is more IOs by another name: Combining dropped "salvage" into power bonuses.

Actually, I'd say most are doing it because it's -fast- xp and grants 4 nice buffs for a lowbie to hold you over til SOs.

Oof. Shrink that down a little, could ya? Not everyone uses widescreen monitors.

In teams. Rather than running the lowbie missions solo. So, yes, it is still dramatically reducing lowbie the instances.

Why is it a bad argument to make? We all did just fine before it existed. None of the previously existing content has changed to the point where we won't still do just fine without it now. Just like with IOs, honestly.

Yes, it does matter. But, as I said, I'm not opposed to letting people try it with smaller groups. However, you can bet you'd see just as many complaints about it being too hard for smaller groups if they were allowed to try it as you do now about smaller groups not being allowed to try it.

Special events aren't really "existing" content. Even if it's an annual event, that sort of stuff does often get modified from year to year, so it can't really be pigeon-holed into the "existing content" category. "Existing content" would be the permanent content.

Did they "just slap a raid label" on it or did they actually make changes to it that make it more difficult? Don't think I've actually seen that answered yet, but I could be mistaken.

Oh, maybe I'm just hallucinating the subject line that he wrong that states "FORCED TEAMING MAKES ME SAD"..... I wouldn't be opposed to removing the minimum entry requirement, but you'd still have people complaining that it requires a team to successfully complete it. Hell, you get those same complaints in that "other" MMO, too.

And there is no forced teaming. The content in which teams are required is completely optional. But, all MMOs have large team content. CoH mostly lacked this for a long time. There was a lot of clamor for it to be added. Now it's being added, but none of it is required. So, they're STILL being extremely solo-friendly.

But..they're...not.... I don't get why adding some team-required content = "discouraging they way you've played the game for seven years". It's not discouraging anything.

Well, to be fair, that is a fairly recent change. And given that GMs don't necessarily play the game, it's understandable that this was a change that slipped his mind.

If the thing I'm not happy with is an MMO being an MMO, then I'd say I'm the problem here, not the MMO.