Much obliged on the info, thanks. I may be stopping by Best Buy tonight.
Pre-ordering from Best Buy also gets you an in-game Action Figure (basically a pet ala WoW) and a special damage resistance item when the game launches.
Allright. Closed beta and open beta have convinced me that this is a very fun game. I am excited to get to actually making a character that lasts. Game is a straight up blast and designing/ choosing powers for my character adds crazy desire to play right now ! I just got to wait for the launch so I start up some lasting heroes.
Since there are no servers (in the traditional sense associated with MMOs), who plans on playing ? Might be fun to team up with some people here from CHUD (as few of my friends play MMOs). Maybe post up your characters names and such could make this easy. Also I am interested in anyones opinions on various powers and builds.
It was fun getting boosted up to level 40 and getting to go to town on some mega-powered giant robots for the end of beta event. Not only was it a fun event for the players, but it was a nice tease on the part of Cryptic – “See, check out the cool powers you’ll get if you stick around to the level cap.”
I wasn’t able to hit Best Buy last night, so I won’t be able to participate until it actually gets released. Based upon what I’ve heard from you guys, I will probably pick this up. If you want to start a JUSTICE LEAGUE OF CHUD, I’ll join in.
I’m probably going to get this next week or the week after, I might be up for some.
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| Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post It was fun getting boosted up to level 40 and getting to go to town on some mega-powered giant robots for the end of beta event. Not only was it a fun event for the players, but it was a nice tease on the part of Cryptic – “See, check out the cool powers you’ll get if you stick around to the level cap.” |
The end of beta event for City of Heroes convinced me to buy the game, and ultimately nothing in the game was nearly as close to as fun as the end of beta event which is why I quickly cancelled my subscription. I’m not convinced those events are a good idea in the long run, but every one of them is handled differently.
You can still get on the beta servers (or at least I could when I tried during lunch). I saw a note that they were leaving the servers up until Thursday while they adjust and tweak things, so there’s still time to play before the official release.
And I think they just shut the beta down. No cataclysmic event, just got booted to the login screen.
Here’s a pic of one of my toons, Gibraltar, posing in Millennium City:
That’s on max graphics settings on my rig, which ain’t top of the line but is still decent enough.
I really wish this game would have come out a couple of months ago. With all the huge console releases coming up I don’t think I’ll have any time for computer games, let alone a MMO. The couple of days i spent with it were really fun and I want more.
They re-opened up the lifetime and 6 month subscriptions. Basically a ton of people who probably had no intention of buying these whined and whined, so they brought them back. Which is something good coming out of internet whiners, which is a rare thing. They do come with some costume pieces and Star Trek closed beta access, so on second thought I nabbed one. Hey it is only money !
I did have a blast in the end of beta event, but avoided playing to much afterwards. I didn’t want ti invest time in a character that would be wiped. Still trying to decide what type of character I want when it launches.
As of 5:17 pm PST, servers are up again for a little while.
Yeah. they’re doing some last-minute stress testing on a new build. Servers go live for the head start tomorrow at 1:00pm EDT.
So wait, you design your own superhero, then go to the Guild of Calamitous Intent and pick your own supervillain? An MMO without the tedious “you hit them, they hit you” combat? This sounds awesome.
I think you have to get to level 25 before you create your nemesis and their minions. I did it during the beta when they bumped everybody up to 40 and it’s pretty awesome. You select the form of their minions, give them a few powers, then design your nemesis pretty much how you’d design your hero. Wasn’t five minutes after I was done when three minions jumped me out of nowhere.
Yeah, I’m sold on giving it a try next week. I love the comic-book look of the game, and the reviews for it seem pretty solid.
Quick question: is this going to be server based, or will everyone be playing in the same common zones (like in ‘Guild Wars’). It would be fun to join up with some of you guys to kick some ass.
I assume it will be server based.
It’s one big server with multiple instances, but it’s very easy to change instances, and when entering the game, it shows you which instances anyone from your friends list is in, so it’s pretty simple to meet up.
Perfect, it’s just like ‘Guild Wars’ then.
Last question: was there enough content in beta? I want to be able to level via quests and not repetitve grinding. That lack of content (along with memory leaks) almost killed AoC at launch, and I don’t want to go through that again.
You seem to get a lot more experience for quest completion than grinding. While most quests involve fighting or destroying things, I recall one quest in the ghost town where I had to exorcise a haunted well. The mechanics weren’t anything special, just go to the well with the incantation and “activate” it, then wait a few seconds for it to take effect (during which time you could be attacked and interrupted). So, nothing groundbreaking as far as I could tell. For the most part you’ll be beating things up, but what did you expect?
I also recall an short escort mission, where I had to heal a wounded soldier and then escort him to safety.