If at first you don't succeed (with your master plan developed over years of in depth planning...due to heroes who just got lucky) then you should obviously give up on anything even remotely like that effort because you, as a master villain, could never possibly refine the plan to cover the minor flaws exposed by the…
Back at the time the game was preparing to go F2P a point made by the devs was that some significant amount of feedback they had from players who had quit the game after giving it a shot, who had bought the game but chose not to subscribe, was that the character build system was too complex. They found it confusing. The AT…
Keep in mind that I am speaking of WoW (I guess I should have said the WoW division of Blizzard) as a whole, not individual devs. Of course WoW does have a budget, but I specified a shoestring budget. Hardly an exact term, but I don't think that WoW's budget would qualify and don't doubt that CO's does. Perhaps I should…
I don't think that there is very much that CO devs could learn from WoW. The reality of the matter is that WoW does not know how to develop a game on a shoestring budget. There are very few things that WoW devs know, not counting the inner workings of the actual code of the their game of course, that pretty much any…
The RNG for drops in HKO is ridiculous. I've been trying to get the PURPLE hair ribbon for months now. Beginning to think I will never have my full set of raid gear.
You coming into a thread to insult the people participating in a discussion that was not at all about you is not you, "defending," yourself, "from a community that has clearly turned on," you. Perhaps you are not, "defending City of Titans or Valiance Online." What you are doing is attacking others for expressing…
A couple of solid points there. I had wondered about all of the use of the term "vaporware" in a situation where a company is in the lengthy process of developing a product. All products are nonexistent until they exist. I hadn't considered the difference between privately funded vs crowd funding in terms of information…
Might want to practice what you preach. I have been VERY critical of this game. I have been VERY critical of the development studio. I have interacted with MANY others who have done the same. I have engaged in discussion with others still who disagreed with me, and with others who have been critical of the game. Some of…
I am skeptical of CoT as well as VO. Even so, I am not attacking other games for two reasons: 1) I would be delighted to see more superhero options on the market (as long as they are not much like COH). I do not wish ill for anyone investing their time, money, and effort into a labor of love. Good luck to them. It really…
One of the most underrated bands around in my opinion. youtube.com/watch?v=7pFdkkjGiEs Veteran of the Psychic Wars by Blue Oyster Cult inspired the creation of my main character Geist. Geist is psychically linked to a post apocalyptic future version of himself. He has lived the other's life time and time again in sleeping…
Maybe so, but that is an awfully big, "only thing." When the only thing that one company has over another is an actual product that people can, and do, buy....its a huge difference.
I would very much love for VO to turn out to be the great game that some claim it will be. But, as of now, its a bunch of pie in the sky claims from a developer without a track record to justify faith in them. Were this a veteran development studio who had an established pattern of delivering on their promises I might be…
I have enjoyed the event more this year than ever before. The increased challenge, without being overwhelming, was a nice change of pace compared to prior years. To each their own.
Question, I havent actively played much for over a year now and am way out of touch with current power trends for endgame content. Would someone interested in learning from more experienced players be welcome in channel?
I suppose my first response to Captain America hitting me with his shield would be, "ouch." A close second reaction might be, "holy crap, Captain America is real!" Thanks for the linked videos. Very cool stuff.
I ran a fantashy pen and paper game once where the role of magic in a traditional fantasy game was instead filled by superpowers. The idea was inspired by the whole Apocalype villain origin wherein mutants had existed since early civilization. Fancy code names, colorful identifying attire, the whole nine yards. Not quite a…
Those characters are not acknowledged in a manner indicating that they are superheroes in their setting as are the characters of Overwatch. Again, meets the tropes and are acknowledged as superheroes in their setting. Isn't that how you define a superhero? Because that describes the characters of Overwatch. I am not…
The members of the Fantastic Four miss out on most of your tropes. The characters in Overwatch meet more, and seem to be acknowledged as superheroes in the setting as well. When characters meet the tropes, more so than some of the most iconic members of the superhero genre, and are acknowledged, directly or indirectly, as…
Just watched this and gotta say Biff, it looks pretty superhero to me. If your objection is that the setting needs to acknowledge the characters as superheroes... Well it doesn't get much more acknowledged than a museum and statues dedicated to their superbattles and the like with kids talking about which of the legendary…
Honestly, it worked for me. Then again I have very little experience of the character's representation in the comics so I can't really compare the movie version to the original.
To be clear, I do not consider being casual to be filthy (or any other pejorative). If you are having fun you are doing it right as far as I am concerned. For some that will mean hardcore raiding/farming/PvP, for others it will mean RP, exploring the scenery, etc. I used to play Nemcon a lot. Perhaps I developed an…
Thing is, I don't necessarily think that they are using the term incorrectly. How many people have to be playing for the multiplayer component to be, "massive?" Define, "massively," in terms of number of people...just an example of how subjective this is. ----- And for what it is worth, to those who have posted criticism…
I had never seen the term MMO prior to its use as part of MMORPG. Even after the advent of MMORPGs I have primarily seen MMO used as a shortened version of MMORPG. For what type of game was the term coined? I cannot find any indication that it was not coined for MMORPGs.