StarseedWarrior
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I don't remember this pool from back in the day, can someone please explain how the Mystic flight and teleport compare to their "pure" versions from the original separate power pools?
Arcane bolt is amazing on my illusion/radiation controller, you get another type of control power with some umph with some dps.
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If we're playing that game, the faux-medieval european fantasy genre is dying in video games.
People hate Bethesda so much and have largely grown wise to how stagnant Bethesda is as a developer that they've turned TES VI into a scornful meme and TES VI is expected to finally break the trend of each TES game outselling the last by leaps and bounds, World of Warcraft has been withering for years and is down to only 1.6 million subscribers, dark souls is a concluded trilogy, CDPR is moving onto other things after the Witcher, and nobody is expecting good things out of Bioware for Dragon Age IV after so many disappointments in a row. The genre's not quite dead yet, but it's on life support and while Japanese fantasy series like the Legend of Zelda, Fire Emblem, and Final Fantasy are doing okay; the sword and sorcery RPG seems to have seen the sun set on it forever.
What is popular?
Stuff with guns, people love shooty shooty bang bang settings with dakka galore. Post-apocalyptia, scifi, technothrillers, space fantasy, modern fantasy etc; medieval fantasy is almost quaint and passe and the genre as a whole is often scornfully mocked as dated and goofy compared to the kinds of settings used in shooters. Even in the RPG genre; aesthetics that allowo for the usage of guns are increasingly crowding out swords and sorcery. CDPR is moving onto Cyberpunk, Bethesda's heavy into fallout and is moving into space with Starfield, Obsidian is going for the space western and so on so forth.
I expect swords and sorcery fantasy to largely disappear from the triple A space in the 2020s and most future RPGs to move onto shooter rather than melee focused gameplay to follow the zeitgeist.
I hate to break it to you but people are becoming more open minded to fantasy and evolving it into sci fi mixed with fantasy and etc, it seems to me you much prefer that yourself so your kind of expecting it to change partly from a bias, just as the entertainment industry as a whole has change so will the gaming popular genres, if anything there has been more paranormal/fantasy/fiction type of tv shows and movies lately then anything.
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Well I can tell you that in creative games like this there is usually more mature people and less drama on rp servers, everlast has awesome people so far.
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I will give it a go thanks!
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I have been using ma so far and it feels awkard and the animations are not fast enough for me to jump in and throw a few melee moves, but I do not want to give up anyone have experience with water?
I really could use advice no one ever seems to know in the builds discord channel.
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Everlasting being the "Unofficial RP Server" won't have much impact on your playing the game. It just means that sometimes you'll see some odd things said in local chat that you should just chalk up to role-playing and move on, or hide on a rooftop and listen to (some are funny to eavesdrop on). I've been on a few "RP Mission Teams" and most are... Just teams.
Not true at all, being on the rp server myself back in the day virtue, mostly due to a much friendlier community. It is elever how people are with rp with city of heroes, more then any other mmo I have seen, however cox has the edge due to multiple genre flexibility. I have personally viewed hilarious things on the rp server with emotes alone.
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I think we have about as many people now as we can expect to ever have. I don't think this game has much long-term appeal for new players, the landscape of MMOs has changed a lot and people's expectations have changed. Nowadays it's all about a pointless run up to max level where the "real" game begins, which is not what CoX is. CoX is about the journey, so my newer friends who blasted to max level inside a week stopped playing almost immediately afterwards. Meanwhile, I and my veteran friends are still playing and haven't actually gotten to max level yet. And even I realize my attitude is different now, either by playing other games in the last 7 years or just plain getting older.
Is the magic still there? Yes, and no. CoX is just as fun as it used to be, but the players have changed. Considering a big part of that magic *was* the players, we've lost something that most likely can't be replaced.
I think if certain things are updated it certainly will keep new players in, like old melee sets to feel as fast as the new ones and etc. They have released some good updates so far.
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So I have altits bad, but out of nowhere my plant storm snuck up on me, it's my first 50 tier 3 incarnate, and it's glorious. Are there any other trollers that capture that feel? I'm also allergic to soloing. Groups for me
Illusion/radiation is very unique and allot of fun.
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Lots of the melee sets need help really.
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As far as I know ff is not doing so hot right now maybe its different on controllers but if your going to pick illusion you need synergy like radiation to debuff enemies so it can indirectly buff phantom army for more dps.
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Yes the deeper team mechanics is one of the many reasons I love cox you are absolutely right.
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I never had much of an issue playing blasters, if you want something safer go ice.
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You have one group of people saying we can get in trouble for even playing and the other saying the opposite hmmmm.
It's quite possible, and not even improbable that NCSoft might pursue some form of legal action against the Homecoming team to shut down the server.
If history is any guide however, it's extremely unlikely that NCSoft would pursue the end users playing CoH on Homecoming. It would be hard to prove any damages came directly from the end users.
The User Agreement really says the following
1.) Homecoming will protect your IP address and Email
2.) You will abide by their Code of Conduct.. The worst Homecoming will do is ban you from the game if you breach it.
3.) You have to be 13 years or older to play the game. This has to do with compliance with Federal Law.
4.) An indemnity clause stating that you play at your own risk, and won't sue Homecoming for any experiences you have in the game.
The User Agreement is really about them protecting themselves from both the end users and the federal government. It does nothing to increase your own legal risk in the playing the game, which is already extremely unlikely for you in the first place.
TL;DR - Accept the Agreement, Have Fun, and don't get overly invested because NCSoft could shut it all down tomorrow...
Ok thank you.
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So been playing a DP/time blaster lately and while at first it was fun, the whole stand safely at the back and hose the mob with DPS is getting old kinda fast. So I'm looking to find another Archetype that is a little more engaging and requires more thought than hit these 4 or 5 buttons in the most efficient way possible. I am thinking maybe a Corruptor or Defender, so I need to worry about keeping an eye on how my allies are fairing and managing buffs/debuffs. Also considering a Tanker, dont normally do melee but might be a nice change of pace and require some different thinking. Any thoughts or opinions?
Whaaat? I loved blaster back in the day just blap to.
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You have one group of people saying we can get in trouble for even playing and the other saying the opposite hmmmm.
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We do, in fact, read these boards. But we're a very small team compared to a full game development studio. We will miss suggestions sometimes, or have to put it on the backburner for more important issues. Situations like this, while it is something we'd take under advisement, isn't likely to be rectified on a quick timeframe. I do apologize about this, but, again, we only have so many hands to work on this.
You do not apologize most of us can clearly see how hard you guys are working.
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I told you they don't care at all.
Oh, I guess we're done here, then.
EVERYBODY OUT OF THE SUGGESTIONS & FEEDBACK BOARD, WE'RE SHUTTING IT DOWN. ELDRIYTH'S SUGGESTION FOR A TIME- AND RESOURCE-CONSUMING COSMETIC IMPROVEMENT WASN'T ADDED TO THE INCREDIBLY COMPLEX MMO BY THE VOLUNTEERS RUNNING THE FREE SERVERS WITHIN THE REQUIRED TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR TIME LIMIT, SO CLEARLY THEY'RE HORRIBLE, LAZY, UNCARING MONSTERS WHOSE ONLY JOY COMES FROM WATCHING US SUFFER.
There, that should get people to pay attention to you.
Lol well said.
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I disagree. Your defensive response and shot at me just helps prove my point. We're just like every other gaming community out there. We have our helpful people, arrogant ones, rude ones, gamergaters, awesome people, lame ones, etc. I know people in this community, so I like it the most of the ones I've been around, but my personal feelings and attachment doesn't change my initial statement.
I hang with MunkiLord on this one.
The percentages might be different, but that can be said about any MMO/game community.
How many people right on this forum can post about having been teleported to a high place launch by a troll?
Every small MMO thinks they have an outlier, best community. They look at things like WoW and EVE, and compare their little group to it, then proclaim their community best of all communities.
Reality is most MMOs have more decent people playing it than jerks. But the bigger the game gets, the more jerks there are even if the percentage of good people to jerks stays the same.
I've played tons of MMOs, pretty much since 1999 with everquest. And everyone thinks they found the secret happy MMO community. But they're all the same. Except second life... it needs to be nuked from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Reality is older mmos are known for better communities and in a game where you can pretend to be a super hero has a more mature community I know this from years of experience in mmos across many servers. I also know this by playing again this community still beats the others.
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Is there a lesser common support class that you wish you saw more around in later levels?
More people play corrupter s then defenders now I think, I hear thermal radiation is underrated and under played.
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Literally what the subject says, it doesn't much matter to most in this game if you're a veteran of the old game. A lot of us are, I'd even say most of us are, but it doesn't need saying as if it provides prestige or immunity to criticism. I don't think this is a really large issue, but I have noticed it preceding opinions as if it validates them at times.
The only thing I think one should take away from being a veteran to this game, is a desire to provide help to those that are not or are returning casual players. It should be a helping hand at most, and never a bludgeon.
You misunderstand why its important, the reason is because you knew how amazing the community was then and your helping bringing that back to mmos like this one, it has nothing to do with ego or being better and more to do with the communities like on the rp servers.
Man, I fully agree with this as a good reason to bring up being a veteran. Well said.
I just wish that were the way it is usually expressed.
Exactly.
Just so we are clear, because I hate feeling like I may have agreed partially to something and folks think I signed the whole thing: I think mentioning being a vet in terms of remembering that wonderful community is a fine and dandy thing to do. It was different during it's time, although we still had some of the same issues other communities did, and the current one is more an admixture of both. But I fully agree with Munkilord too, often when people bring up being a vet it's got a very ego-laden component. It's used to squash dissension, exert some type of privilege, and inform people that you are better or should be respected.
So it's not so much as I missed the point as you initially stated, I fully get that point. It's just not what people mean when they bring it up, on a practical level. I think both of you are right in what you say, and describing slightly different groups with some overlap.
Since I mentioned this is only due to a great community there really was no reason I know what you agree with and thats great.
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Brutes are over popular, scrappers are allot more fun due to crits to me.
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I enjoyed a Water/Storm Corrupter more, both for thematic reasons and those of synergy.
Water has synergy how so if you do not mind me asking?
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Literally what the subject says, it doesn't much matter to most in this game if you're a veteran of the old game. A lot of us are, I'd even say most of us are, but it doesn't need saying as if it provides prestige or immunity to criticism. I don't think this is a really large issue, but I have noticed it preceding opinions as if it validates them at times.
The only thing I think one should take away from being a veteran to this game, is a desire to provide help to those that are not or are returning casual players. It should be a helping hand at most, and never a bludgeon.
You misunderstand why its important, the reason is because you knew how amazing the community was then and your helping bringing that back to mmos like this one, it has nothing to do with ego or being better and more to do with the communities like on the rp servers.
Man, I fully agree with this as a good reason to bring up being a veteran. Well said.
I just wish that were the way it is usually expressed.
Exactly.
When you think someone is playing their AT "wrong" ...
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It is sad you had to edit this post to make things even clearer, when it was 100 percent transparent to begin with, maybe people assume way to much these days and automatically go to the defensive. Regardless this is a very good post to help filter out the over offended ones and trolls, but in the end they make us better and better at posting things like this don't they?