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Is CO worth coming back to 24 months later?
silveragefogey
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My last post of August 2013 seemed to indicate that not very much had changed in CO, so I didn't come back to it.
I'm ready to try again, F2P instead of subscribed, to see what's up. If I ever get the patch complete*, I'll see what it's like.
But if any of my old buddies are still around, and can let me know their opinions, why that would be awesome. For instance, I see that I MUST have this Arc installed to run CO. Any other comments? Observations? New "you gotta try THIS" features? Thanks; I appreciate it.
*My launcher seems stuck on "Patching" and doesn't seem to actually be downloading or patching, even after I restarted it a couple of times. Anybody got any ideas on that? Or is it CO's way of telling me to buzz off?
I remain,
Sincerely,
Eric L. Sofer
The Silver Age Fogey
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I'm ready to try again, F2P instead of subscribed, to see what's up. If I ever get the patch complete*, I'll see what it's like.
But if any of my old buddies are still around, and can let me know their opinions, why that would be awesome. For instance, I see that I MUST have this Arc installed to run CO. Any other comments? Observations? New "you gotta try THIS" features? Thanks; I appreciate it.
*My launcher seems stuck on "Patching" and doesn't seem to actually be downloading or patching, even after I restarted it a couple of times. Anybody got any ideas on that? Or is it CO's way of telling me to buzz off?
I remain,
Sincerely,
Eric L. Sofer
The Silver Age Fogey
x<]:o){
Grind. Grind never changes.
If you're playing CO and reporting any bugs, you're STILL an unpaid QA technician.
"Because we're not satisfied until you're not satisfied" - message from PW customer service.
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If you need to have freeform characters there is a sale on the subscription currently. If after a month or two you aren't satisfied with the game, then cancel/quit knowing that you gave it a shot with out relying on the biased opinions of forum goers.
Pretty much this. Most will say yes and some will say no.
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No idea if the standalone launcher still works, as the only computer I have that installed on is on its last legs, and serves us currently as a Web access point for the kids.
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Server pop has dropped substantially, to the point where alerts often will not pop at non-peak hours.
It's largely the same game, with most of the same warts, and all of the same virtues as when you left. We have no information on whether anything substantial is in currently in the works, as CN always keeps their cards close to their vest. The pessimist in me fears that the relative failure of Steel Crusade to arrest the declining server pop may have been our last shot at new content, but I would be happy to be wrong.
Thankfully it does. Many of us still use this.
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Yep. I have no need for arc or steam
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I take this quote from a review that I agree with.
"customisation is so linear; everyone is after the optimal dps:survivability ratio with 0 reliance on other players = autonomous gameplay... Players don't need each other anymore... which in my opinion is a bad thing."
If you're feeling shy, just come back as a silver account and check out the things. What's the worst that could happen... a half-naked old man dinosaur with robot hands does an awkward hand waving dance in front of you?
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Why not?
Whoever you are, be that person one hundred percent. Don't compromise on your identity.
No.
Yes.
No.
Maybe.
Yes.
No.
Possibly.
Ofcourse.
DCUO is better.
Marvel Heroes Is far superior.
Yes.
No.
CoT.
No.
Yes.
Pie.
Cake.
Yes.
No.
Was there cake here?
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And playing by myself since Aug 2009
Godtier: Lifetime Subscriber
as for ARC.
yes you have to install it to download the game unless you use Steam and to purchase zen.
OR
if you didn't uninstall the game before, the old launcher will still wokr. The only reason I have ARC, is new computer and had to reinstall.
When you go to run it, just use the exe file. works fine.
or the old launcher if you nver uninstalled
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Socrates has the Fatal Error mission chain. Defender will also start you on the Steel Crusade mission chain. Though both endings are either on a rotation with the weekly Custom Alert or a yearly open mission event tied to Dr. Destroyer's invasion. So there's that for what its worth. (There are endless rants about why both failed because of how they were implemented as a whole.)
Also there's Foxbat Con to get farming for credits. The invisible weapon unlocks will be available there this week so get them if you are interested in using them if you plan on logging on every few months.
You can complete the missions but you can't get everything these missions offer in a day.
I did all six missions back to back yesterday while out hunting for foxbatcon swag bags, I found it more fun than just grinding away at enemies...and I got 10 swag bags while doing it!
My name's not Danny, Grandpa...
Thanks for your opinions. I guess I will come back and give it a shot for a month or so. Maybe even restart the ol' subscription for ten bucks for a month.
Thanks, everybody!
Grind. Grind never changes.
If you're playing CO and reporting any bugs, you're STILL an unpaid QA technician.
"Because we're not satisfied until you're not satisfied" - message from PW customer service.
Have fun!
Nothing about the until field report was integrated in game.
If you want to play in the same content than you used to some years ago, come back. If not...
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I personally think anything added to the game equals more content...but others, they seem to think something else... not sure what that is, but it is obviously not what I consider to be new content.
Like what??
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And playing by myself since Aug 2009
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Amen.
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A lot of hyperboles in this text
We can take some enjoyment with this game, but you can deny the facts.
- CO is almost in maintenance mode with no new big content since a lot of years. On alert was the last and it's very old. More than 2 years, perhaps 3 ?
- Most of Co's devs are on the other Cryptic games (Someone have some news of tumerboy?) or, hum, have quit to mountaineering.
- There is only some devs to do costumes and fluff. And one new alert every how many months?
- The population, the number of players is really low. I knew millenium city with more than 40+ phases (#) and more than 10 for each other zones (desert, canada) or 3-5 (MI, vibora, lemuria). How many phases now ? 2 to 5 MC max ? 1 of every other zone and mostly less than 70 players ? A living PVP which is dead now. Etc...
Yeah, the game isn't shutdown of course.
Cryptic owns the Champions's licence. They don't have to pay a dime anymore, unlike a lot of others licenced mmos.
Their servers are in some way the same as the others Cryptic games which are profitable (In game tchat, hi neverwinter and sto players).
And they don't have a lot of devs to pay because the stuff they give us is really low and show they are very few. But very very few.
We can like Co and open our eyes and don't act as a fanboy as the same time, you know ? Nobody stop you to play everyday if you want and thinking Co is the best game of the world, no need to be rude. (If not, you can play at the game, here is the door, instead of spending your time in the forum). But hey, everyone have 2 eyes to see where the game is now. Some are constantly dreaming, others don't.
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2. I wanna play the pictures game too so I present to you...
The ONLY "Spiritual Successor" of 2015 worth mentioning. :cool:
Join Date: Aug 2009 | Title: Devslayer
If the Kagami brand name had been attached to this post, you'd be at the warm end of one great big dog pile right about now
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I agree with you man. I also agree with gradii,but I heard they are going pay to play so I dunno. CO is great, I mean the loving community(can be jerks sometimes) and creative minds in the game are amazing. You can make good use out of it too. The system doesn't allow a lot of things but the graphics, at(except automaton), and free form are all great. I'd give the game 8/10 for the lack of new content tho, but I'll always stay with CO.
No ARC and no Steam for me, and it still works fine.
Is it worth it? eeh... I can't speak for others, I'll just say that.
You forgot all the other archetypes that suck(all of them).
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Nepht and Dr Deflecto on primus
They all thought I was out of the game....But I'm holding all the lockboxes now..
I'll......FOAM FINGER YOUR BACK!
Outdated. We have lost CrpytNorth to poaching, exactly the opposite of what they promised wouldn't happen.
Here's the thread with the announcement, hyping this is as amazing news.
http://co-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=307061
So welcome back to the next few years of maintenance mode and no changes of content past the latest money-milk lockbox.
I've leveled all of them. They're all just as bad as the Automaton. It's just hip to pretend the Automaton is somehow worse right now.
UR FACE is worth playing u3u
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