is this game Dead or Alive or what?

zer303606 · October 2013

what happened to it?
it used to be a fun costume creator superhero game. now in the hands of evil overlords it turned into a big buy cryptic points and open those lockboxes game.
will it ever recover or will ppl seek other sorts of enjoyment?
-well heres hoping.

i know know. its been said before like a slapped dead horsie.
but still. i come back once and while. but no new powers and no new costumes. just the ones thats in lockboxes.

where is the love cryptic?

kenpojujitsu3 · October 2013

No new powers? When did you leave and when did you come back?

zer303606 · October 2013

i been on and off as there is no other good superhero games.
you mean the powerswords? well it was acctully there allready.

beldin · October 2013

Last new costume set was Nighthawk i think and that was around July ? last year.

The new Lasersword and Gadgeteer Powers i remember were also at that time, and the last complete powersets Wind and Earth were release December 2011 i think.

kenpojujitsu3 · October 2013

http://co.perfectworld.com/news/?p=906591

Along with new power in Force and Fire and more are being worked on right now.

jonsills · October 2013

I'm pretty sure the Wizards costume set came out after Nighthawk, although I may be mistaken...

decorumfriends · October 2013

zer303606 wanted to know:

is this game Dead or Alive or what?

No, this is Dead or Alive.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

roughbearmattach · October 2013

There is the new Telepathy mini-power set. Five powers for that one, I think.

Also, the game is Alive.

zahinder · October 2013

The game is horribly underutilized and not doing very well at all.

But they've been steadily putting a noticeable amount of developer time into the game for several years. Not nearly as much as they SHOULD, but... CO is a far cry from languishing in pure maintenance mode.

scorpagor · October 2013

Lockboxes are not only the future of Champs, but of the entire MMO market (and it's bleeding into other game genres as well).

A gambling system gets your game more revenue than offering your products up front.

It's the sad truth, we just have to deal with it.

spinnytop · October 2013

No, you're thinking of this game:

Not sure how you mixed the two up... we don't have jiggle physics.

klitty · October 2013

I will go with the or what... It's like they can't decide either to axe it or to improve it.

decorumfriends wrote: »

No, this is Dead or Alive.

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Can't resist, I must dance!

gavinruneblade · October 2013

beldin wrote: »

Last new costume set was Nighthawk i think and that was around July ? last year.

The new Lasersword and Gadgeteer Powers i remember were also at that time, and the last complete powersets Wind and Earth were release December 2011 i think.

I've been playing since CoX shut down, (and I'm pretty happy here for the record, just using that to give my start date).

In that time I've seen:

powers:
Nighthawk AT
Telepathy revamp
Powerswords

Alerts and mini-missions:
Nighthawk was running when I logged in on my first character.
Until Sky command
Harbinger aka Lemurian Invasion
Forum Malvanum
Cybermind
Dr. Destroyer's Return aka Mega D invasion of Champs Building

Costumes:
Nighthawk
Alien Gladiator & Malvan
Few new lemurian pieces
Socrates aka tron
Dinosaur (currently on test)

New Emote Pack (not a costume, but frikken awesome anyway)

Now, Nighthawk may or may not have been a repeat, but from the way people were talking it seemed to be new. And I'm pretty sure I missed something. Was warlord new or old? there's costumes he drops.

In all cases yes there were costume bits in the related lockbox but there were some from the missions/event too. It's not all paid content.

Also, seems quite a few bugs are getting squashed lately. Never as many as people want, but Cryptic North seem to be doing a bug bash as a way to learn the code, which is a great idea in my book!

jonsills · October 2013

Seriously? They're testing dinosaur bits on PTS? I guess the decision to go with the Voth for STO Season 8 will have some nice spinoffs...

gerberatetra · October 2013

jonsills wrote: »

Seriously? They're testing dinosaur bits on PTS? I guess the decision to go with the Voth for STO Season 8 will have some nice spinoffs...

Its more of a goofy Godzilla costume

chaelk · October 2013

think of it as a Dinosaur onesie. It is literally a costume. As in halloween costume.
On the other hand there are fun things you can do with it with clipping and head options.

and that is one cute little Munchkin

klitty · October 2013

chaelk wrote: »

think of it as a Dinosaur onesie. It is literally a costume. As in halloween costume.
On the other hand there are fun things you can do with it with clipping and head options.
and that is one cute little Munchkin

And the other not-so-cute type of Minchkin. The Bambino!

akirasanbeer · October 2013

Kasumi's face and that puppy/lizard thing...
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NightmareFuel

chaelk · October 2013

klitty wrote: »

And the other not-so-cute type of Minchkin. The Bambino!

Oh god, someone crossed it with a sphinx. They are two completely different builds.

Munchkins come under group 1 - persians and exotics,
Sphinx are under siamese and orientals.

I have a friend who breeds Munchkins, they were really surprised at how active they were after having persian kittens. Annette thought they were insane, had a look during a meeting and said "nope normal kitten speed." 2 kittens halfway up a bookshelf. another doing bog laps ,up and down the stairs

chaoswolf820 · October 2013

spinnytop wrote: »

No, you're thinking of this game:

Not sure how you mixed the two up... we don't have jiggle physics.

So when do we get some?

forrksakesexco · October 2013

I think Deadalive is the correct phrase, according to another thread (which said state of the game but was really another doom thread) we are unlikely to receive any content other than ****ing alerts so yeah it's kinda undead really.

guyhumual · October 2013

spinnytop wrote: »

No, you're thinking of this game:

Not sure how you mixed the two up... we don't have jiggle physics.

This is what I thought of imidately as well. As a side note: it's a great name for a game that features a bevy of soulless dead eyed women. Are they supposed to be dead or alive? Their flesh seems to jiggle as though it were still fresh, they move like only a living creature or a freshly animated corpse can, but those eyes . . . those faces . . . not a shred of humanity in them. Course I suspect most of fans of this series wouldn't notice if they were headless cadavers dancing for them.

As to the OP question . . . CO is showing signs of life. They only just recently implemented some changes to the alert system and to the costume designer (allowing you to change the size of your wings or tail). Small changes but welcome changes none the less.

tdits · October 2013

scorpagor wrote: »

Lockboxes are not only the future of Champs, but of the entire MMO market (and it's bleeding into other game genres as well).

A gambling system gets your game more revenue than offering your products up front.

It's the sad truth, we just have to deal with it.

I first saw it in hat fortress. I love hat fortress, but I have yet to open a supply crate. I ain't buying no damned keys.

secksegai · October 2013

Dying a slow death. Think of it as on life support until someone decides to pull the plug when they're ready to say goodbye.

lafury001200 · October 2013

secksegai wrote: »

Dying a slow death. Think of it as on life support until someone decides to pull the plug when they're ready to say goodbye.

Respectfully disagree. If we haven't pulled out of this nosedive in 6 months or thereabouts, then yeah CO will be in trouble.

Bottom line we need more people. Someone,anyone, figure out how to get more people.

rtma · October 2013

scorpagor wrote: »

Lockboxes are not only the future of Champs, but of the entire MMO market (and it's bleeding into other game genres as well).

A gambling system gets your game more revenue than offering your products up front.

It's the sad truth, we just have to deal with it.

What ever happen to the good ol days when everyone had the same content and was to enjoy the game for what it is not for what marketing scheme can concoct to create despair.

guyhumual · October 2013

tdits wrote: »

I first saw it in hat fortress. I love hat fortress, but I have yet to open a supply crate. I ain't buying no damned keys.

The other great thing about hat fortress is that you can toss those crates straight into the trash from the pick up screen. Too bad you can't do that in CO.

Hat Fortress is also very open to moding, user made content is one of the biggest driving factors.

twg042370 · October 2013

zer303606 wrote: »

where is the love cryptic?

It's in a Romulan Warbird on the way to the Sword Coast.

But they did send a shuttle full of halflings recently so here's hoping!

angelphoenix12 · October 2013

lafury001200 wrote: »

Respectfully disagree. If we haven't pulled out of this nosedive in 6 months or thereabouts, then yeah CO will be in trouble.

Bottom line we need more people. Someone,anyone, figure out how to get more people.

this game has been in a nose dive for a few years now. despite what some want you to believe.

angelphoenix12 · October 2013

zer303606 wrote: »

where is the love cryptic?

Not with this game, its over at sto and neverwinter.

spinnytop · October 2013

secksegai wrote: »

Dying a slow death. Think of it as on life support until someone decides to pull the plug when they're ready to say goodbye.

Good one, I lol'd

megaspaceplayerx · October 2013

scorpagor wrote: »

Lockboxes are not only the future of Champs, but of the entire MMO market (and it's bleeding into other game genres as well).

A gambling system gets your game more revenue than offering your products up front.

It's the sad truth, we just have to deal with it.

Not true at all. The promising MMO's of the future have no sign of lockboxes yet, and seam to be going back to the pay to play model. GW2 has lockboxes that are totally unobtrusive to gameplay. It's just the 'Perfect' World idea of what lockboxes are. They are the most horrible example of the idea that I know of and should not be used to as measure for the rest of the market. Their gambling system maybe gets THEM better profit flitching the few customers they have in their niche market, but I'm willing to bet the same product offered up front in an honest way would get them more customers willing to pay more in total. Although, I have no idea where to get a good example of that. I know at the very least it lost them me as a customer and supporter.

To answer the OP, game has been dead for a while. Its just a zombie shuffling here and there now. But, it is a comic book world where everything can change, and that is much better than a 'perfect' world.

spinnytop · October 2013

Long story short, if you log in, you will find other people to play with quite easily, and you'll have a lot of fun. This game is set up so that you don't need a big population to play it.

kenpojujitsu3 · October 2013

It's odd people posting that the game is currently dead but haven't logged in for at least two weeks themselves to know what's going on currently. Come on now, let's not do stuff like that. It's unnecessary.

meedacthunist · October 2013

By the very definition, game is alive as long as its servers are up. Can't find any notice about CO shutdown, so here's your answer.

is this game Dead or Alive or what?

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