City of Heroes

[Belsameth]

I was wondering who else is planning to play this gem of a game (www.coh.com) and if there was interest in a Freddyshouse band of spandax clad heroes....(I can just picture the horrid green uniform )

 

[Sigurd]

Thought this had been and gone

Anyway, in my personal opinion... MMORPGs only really work in a fantasy setting (although historical would be interesting, if anyone would do it) by fantasy I mean swords and sorcery, dungeons and dragons etc... sci-fi just don't crack it, as shooting a gun can only feel remotely realistic in a shoot-em up. Planetside just seemed to lack... well anything really. This one may be more of a mixture of both, but still... I personally won't be expecting great things of it. Warhammer Online does however look great, I think it'll be competing with WoW and DAoC as best MMORPG in the forseeable future.

 

[Belsameth]

a minor bump

and ignore Sigurds rambling about mmog's only working in a fantasy setting...that's plain rubbish...(no offense Sigurd....I think )

 

[Conchabar]

i some how agree with sig.. although would like to try it out might be fun:>

 

[Ardrias]

Sigurd is of great correctness.

 

[Sissyfoo]

I am quite tempted to try it out when its released. Looking forward to Warhammer more though.

 

[Cyfr]

Planetside worked well and I still play it .
Oh and ardrias is of poo.

 

[Ala]

Warhammer! Warhammer! Warhammer! Warhammer!



gah....better be good after all that spamming


Couldn't check out that link atm tho...slow connection or whatever :/ I wanna see it!

 

[Sarum]

Nobody seems to quite match your enthusiasm Bels...

I might be willing to give it a go, but I hardly have time for MMOG's these days.

 

[BlitheringIdiot]

Nobody seems to quite match your enthusiasm Bels...

I might be willing to give it a go, but I hardly have time for MMOG's these days.

As far as I know Trog, Sissy and myself, possibly sharma(?) are all definitely playing (as well as bels of course). I might be wrong though.

Bels which company did you pre-order from?

 

[Sissyfoo]

Urr...pre-order? As far as I could tell it wasn't even in beta yet. :/

 

[BlitheringIdiot]

Urr...pre-order? As far as I could tell it wasn't even in beta yet. :/

Closed Beta.

"Pre-Order today and get into Beta!"

 

[Sissyfoo]

Ahh...didn't see that bit. Actually, didn't see most of the bits. I'm too consumed with the thought of adding myself to the 100,000,000 Wolverine clones that will be running around. :|

I wonder if I can dress up as a pirate?

"Up there!! Its...its...the amazing Captain Sissyfoo!! We're dooooooooomed!!"

Mmmm...been fantacyz...fantitz...err, dreaming about people screaming this all day!

...until I read we can only be good guys.

 

[Belsameth]

but good guys can be evil in their doo-goodie ways as well
(spawn, Cloak and Dagger)

go on, you know you want to!

BI: I pre-ordered from Outpost, but they're currently out of stock (for the pre-order cd, and beta invite key thingie)

 

[Sharma]

As far as I know Trog, Sissy and myself, possibly sharma(?) are all definitely playing (as well as bels of course). I might be wrong though.

Meh if you want me to ill buy it and come be the gimpiest one of you all! mwahahha!

 

[cHodAX]

The more I read about it the more I want to play, it looks like it could be a damn good laugh which is something DAoC lost not long into retail.

 

[Belsameth]

That's exactly what I thought too.
especially early on, when everything is still new for most.
plus it seems totally different from any other mmog out there and in developement, which also helps heaps...

Sharma: that's settled then

 

[Garnet]

mommy finally got bored of fishing ; ;

 

[Sissyfoo]

$75 from gamestop!!

 

[Archeon]

It might be somthing I pickup one day if I have some loose cash and want a little fun, but I really can't see myself playing it in the same way I play DAoC. Probably because of the whole 'super-hero' idea actually, its got to take away some of the fun when there are X other super hero's with exactly the same powerset as you, as even less when there are XX other super heros. Could you imagine the arguments?

Super-Bloke: foadirl noob, i'm camping Dr. Squids hideout today
Kitten-Girl: stfu dick, I was here first!!
<Super-Bloke picks up a lamp-post and wtfpwns Kitten-Gil>
<Kitten-Girl uses super agility to evade and kicks Super-Bloke>
Destructoconitonimegasuperhyper-d00d: 0|< N00BS F0 T1M3 F0R M3 T0 PWN!
Super-Bloke: FO MY CAMPED HQ FFS!!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO MINE DICK!!!!!
Super-Bloke: GONNA GET YOUR ACCOUNT BANNED BITCH, REPORTING YOU
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Kitten-Girl: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!!
Super-Bloke: NO I'M REPORTING YOU!!!!!
Super-Bloke: gtg my mums calling
Kitten-Girl: mine too, we'll meet again noob!
Super-Bloke: foadirl!
Kitten-Girl: NO YOU!
Super-Bloke: NO YOU!!
Kitten-Girl: YOU!
Super-BLoke: YOU!
Kitten-Girl: YOU!
Super-BLoke: YOU!
Kitten-Girl: YOU!
Super-BLoke: YOU!
Kitten-Girl: YOU!
Super-BLoke: YOU!
Kitten-Girl: YOU!
Super-BLoke: YOU!

...you know now that I think about it, it might actually be worth playiing

 

[Sissyfoo]

As far as I can see the only difference between CoH and DAoC is that there is no Dr. Squid in the Dark Ages...yet.

 

[cHodAX]

As far as I can see the only difference between CoH and DAoC is that there is no Dr. Squid in the Dark Ages...yet.

We have squid in ToA, only a matter of time before one of them graduates from University and becomes a doctor...

 

[Archeon]

We have squid in ToA, only a matter of time before one of them graduates from University and becomes a doctor...

Ahhh... but will he be evil (and more to the point, go ph4rm DF for enough cash to buy a lair?)

 

[tRoG]

I'm in the beta!

The game really, really, rocks - It'll be getting preordered the second I can find some spare cash.

 

[Belsameth]

actually they removed all forms of camps in the game, also the powers and archetypes are so loose it's highly unlikely you'll ever meet 2 exactly the same hero's. both in looks and in powers

 

[tRoG]

Since you can really pick and choose with your primary and secondary powersets, and you have a huge range to choose from in the common pool set, it is hard to have two people exactly the same, although at this moment there are a few 'cookie cutter' templates.

Oh, and CoH features the best character creation system I have seen - ever.

The game feels very free - You can wonder the streets, zapping the thugs who seem to always be mugging someone, or accept a mission and go trawl through a warehouse somewhere.

The teaming system rocks. It's quick, easy, and fun

FFXI can bugger off. I have a new plaything.

 

[Cyfr]

tRoG - are they only picking people who signed up to the forums before Nov 2003, for beta?

If they are picking new members too, do I just need to register or fill out a beta aplication of somesort too? (can't find anything like that on the site )

 

[Driwen]

actually they removed all forms of camps in the game

So its possible for a lvl 40 villain to pop in an area where lowbies are or do you mean its similar to how FFXI is, where the mobs who spawn is dependent per zone, but not so much bound to a location as in DAoC. Anyway in FFXI people can still camp mobs (atleast named ones and if with several groups its possible to make a part of a zone overcamped).
So unless CoH doesnt have any kind of rare spawn villain, makes the rare spawn villain spawn over a really large area or doesnt make it worth spending the time needed to find him and claim+kill him before someone else does it, than I do think there will be camping of mobs.

 

[Archeon]

actually they removed all forms of camps in the game

That sucks, I WANT TO CAMP DR. SQUIDS EVIL LAIR!!!!!!!

 

[Belsameth]

As far as I can tell it, the high level encounters aren't actual camps but missions requiring a group or even guild to complete, so there won't really be Sidi like dungeons...tho there are very high level "Trial" zones

Cyfr: sorry, betá is only for those that registered before Nov. 2003