City of Heroes just went Free to Play. - Page 3

Archbio · 09-29-2011, 09:14 PM

The relatively recent improvement that made City of Heroes massively more fun to play (for me) than it was before was the flexible difficulty system.

Which makes it possible to have an actual challenge without having to go to stupid lenghts to get it.

DarkDrgon · 09-29-2011, 10:06 PM

Just jumped in to give it a go, but I don't think I get the combat. Is there no way to just hit someone, or do I always have to wait for my powers to cool down?

Yrcrazypa · 09-30-2011, 12:27 AM

You have to wait for powers to cool down. It's slow at first, but fairly early on, you start chaining abilities non-stop anyway.

Amake · 09-30-2011, 12:38 AM

You have to wait, but Brawl should just about cool down between any attack animations. If you want auto-attacks a la World of Warcraft, you can set powers to go off automatically whenever they can, I think by ctrl-clicking them. You see a green ring around them. Also, it's suggested for any character to get the cooldown reducing power from the superspeed pool power set and fill it with cooldown reducing enhancements as fast as possible to get it always-on.

So, what server are we on again? I've got a whole bunch of toons on Defiance which is a European server, so that's right out. Not that I'm sure I can access US servers.

Also, as of this writing, my install has failed because apparently my client version doesn't match the current version. You'd think since those MMOs get patched all the time would have patcher programs to get the current client when it finds an old one installed.

Viridis · 09-30-2011, 01:44 AM

I think all my characters were on Triumph.

Steel Shadow · 09-30-2011, 02:05 AM

Geeze, it's been over half a decade since I last played this. I don't even remember my password... Hm, I'll see about digging it up and joining you guys though.

Amake · 09-30-2011, 02:10 AM

That bad install wasn't as bad as it seemed. Man, my copy of the game comes on two CDs; it must be ancient.

But anyway, reading up on the free to play caveats, I've got to bitch a bit. Free players are going to be one expansion behind VIPs forever; that's fine. Free players get 0 real-money-store points per months while VIPs get 400; that's stupid. You want free players to have access to the whole game. The difference should be how fast they get it. Give them fifty points, or ten, or one, just never zero. Maybe 400 points isn't useful and you're looking to create three tiers of players - free, subscribers and those who pay extra - but it's still the wrong way to do that. You want people to pay for convenience and comfort, not content. Same thing with those final dungeons only available to VIP customers; free players can get one dungeon per week or month or year, just as long as you give them a chance. This shouldn't be hard to figure out.

Viridis · 09-30-2011, 02:40 AM

What's the difference between "Free to Play" and "People who gave us money at some point in the past"? I know the latter group gets SOMETHING extra, but not as much as the VIPs, the people who are still giving them money.

Stefan told us in the first post and I am an idiot.

Shyria Dracnoir · 09-30-2011, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Mauve Mage

I still play CO occasionally, and was actually considering creating a new free account with the sole puropse of starting a super group where all members are required to have one of the MST3K Space Mutiny names. We would be the mighty Space Mutineers, starring Slab Bulkhead, Thick McRunFast, Blast Hardcheese, Big McLargeHuge, et al. Now maybe this will happen in CoH instead.

I want this to happen so bad now.

Ecks · 09-30-2011, 05:20 AM

Ugh, I started a character on Triumph... but my fears were correct and totally spot on: framerate is a clusterfuck. So I won't be enjoying this game until I get a new machine.

...why has my life gone to hell the last three months? Can't even play awesome games with awesome people from the internet anymore. Unless you count XBL, and I don't even own any Multiplayer games for my Xbox. :/

09-29-2011, 09:14 PM	#21
Archbio Data is Turned On Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,980	The relatively recent improvement that made City of Heroes massively more fun to play (for me) than it was before was the flexible difficulty system. Which makes it possible to have an actual challenge without having to go to stupid lenghts to get it. __________________ 6201 Reasons to Support Electoral Reform.

09-29-2011, 10:06 PM	#22
DarkDrgon Always Trick Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 978	Just jumped in to give it a go, but I don't think I get the combat. Is there no way to just hit someone, or do I always have to wait for my powers to cool down? __________________ [color=red] Kneel before the Lord Drgon, or you will be knelt.

09-30-2011, 12:27 AM	#23
Yrcrazypa Not your babies daddy Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 491	You have to wait for powers to cool down. It's slow at first, but fairly early on, you start chaining abilities non-stop anyway. __________________ Killer of threads.

09-30-2011, 12:38 AM	#24
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	You have to wait, but Brawl should just about cool down between any attack animations. If you want auto-attacks a la World of Warcraft, you can set powers to go off automatically whenever they can, I think by ctrl-clicking them. You see a green ring around them. Also, it's suggested for any character to get the cooldown reducing power from the superspeed pool power set and fill it with cooldown reducing enhancements as fast as possible to get it always-on. So, what server are we on again? I've got a whole bunch of toons on Defiance which is a European server, so that's right out. Not that I'm sure I can access US servers. Also, as of this writing, my install has failed because apparently my client version doesn't match the current version. You'd think since those MMOs get patched all the time would have patcher programs to get the current client when it finds an old one installed. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed Last edited by Amake; 09-30-2011 at 12:40 AM.

09-30-2011, 02:05 AM	#26
Steel Shadow Mild Psychosis Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Aroundabouts thereish. Posts: 1,246	Geeze, it's been over half a decade since I last played this. I don't even remember my password... Hm, I'll see about digging it up and joining you guys though. __________________ Yeah, I'm understating. I do that sometimes.

09-30-2011, 02:10 AM	#27
Amake Keeper of the new Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: A place without judgment Posts: 4,506	That bad install wasn't as bad as it seemed. Man, my copy of the game comes on two CDs; it must be ancient. But anyway, reading up on the free to play caveats, I've got to bitch a bit. Free players are going to be one expansion behind VIPs forever; that's fine. Free players get 0 real-money-store points per months while VIPs get 400; that's stupid. You want free players to have access to the whole game. The difference should be how fast they get it. Give them fifty points, or ten, or one, just never zero. Maybe 400 points isn't useful and you're looking to create three tiers of players - free, subscribers and those who pay extra - but it's still the wrong way to do that. You want people to pay for convenience and comfort, not content. Same thing with those final dungeons only available to VIP customers; free players can get one dungeon per week or month or year, just as long as you give them a chance. This shouldn't be hard to figure out. __________________ Hope insistent, trust implicit, love inherent, life immersed