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Possibly, other NCSoft games are on it, but NCSoft really likes their kinda-shitty launcher.
Possibly, other NCSoft games are on it, but NCSoft really likes their kinda-shitty launcher.
I really randomly searched up free to play City of Heroes today. I was excite.
Friggin love the "city-of" games. Can't wait for this.
Goodbye champions online.
Friggin love the "city-of" games. Can't wait for this.
Goodbye champions online.
Nice, I've enjoyed CoH in the past so it might be fun to casually jump in. Looks like F2P players can't join supergroups or send tells, eek, difficult to really get any good social contact going. Guess that is the real push to pay service beyond any other bells and whistles.
To all the people from CoX who made fun of Champions Online when it went F2P, and claimed that the game would die soon after because F2P models are 'desperate money-grabs'?
Yeah, suck it.
Yeah, suck it.
I used to be with the supergroup "Legion of Valor", but I moved to a place without solid internet connections and had to quit. I believe that last reward I earned was the Nemisis Staff, which went perfect with my steampunk villian "King Chrono". How I miss my old community of friends... T_T
The only MMO i've ever really liked. Money got tight, so I quit. This is AWESOME news. Any chance I can pull my Lvl. 34 mastermind from Victory?
@Onyx: To be honest it's potentially more profitable than the subscription model, since more people will play when they think it's free. And cash shop items are pretty damn convenient for people who don't have the time (or don't want to spend the time) and have lots of money to burn.
Uh-oh... the only thing keeping me away from CoH was my lack of money. THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR MY PRODUCTIVITY!
Me and CoX has had this on and off relationship for the past few years. When it first came out, I loved the game...moved into my own place and had a kid so money got tight and had to quit. Got a better job and child got more independent so I got back into CoX...but after another year, it got slow. But now that there's F2P, I'm BACK!!!!
Wow, I haven't played City of Heroes in at least five years. I might just have to check it out again.
"Free players can create up to two characters (total) . . . [and] are restricted from certain systems within the game (alignment change, Day Jobs, Mission Architect, and so on)"
Wait what. I know that F2P models are usually just there so that you're shat on until you actually pay a subscription fee, but this seems... really excessive. Especially considering these are all of the features that made CoX worth coming back to for the past five years. Fantastic character creator and scores of power set combinations? Have fun not playing any of your concepts. Wanna take advantage of the only real advantage of the last expansion pack with alignment change? Nope. Remember how we advertised the everliving fuck out of the mission creator? Subscribe. Want to get double-XP bonuses when logged out like every other MMO in existence? Lolno.
I mean, no shit off my back since I was more than willing to plop down fifteen bucks whenever I had an urge to come back to it (it was my first real MMO!), but you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Having a whole bunch of new players who are dropping in for free but not getting to experience a fraction of the game's potential isn't likely to keep them onboard any longer than some other free MMO.
Wait what. I know that F2P models are usually just there so that you're shat on until you actually pay a subscription fee, but this seems... really excessive. Especially considering these are all of the features that made CoX worth coming back to for the past five years. Fantastic character creator and scores of power set combinations? Have fun not playing any of your concepts. Wanna take advantage of the only real advantage of the last expansion pack with alignment change? Nope. Remember how we advertised the everliving fuck out of the mission creator? Subscribe. Want to get double-XP bonuses when logged out like every other MMO in existence? Lolno.
I mean, no shit off my back since I was more than willing to plop down fifteen bucks whenever I had an urge to come back to it (it was my first real MMO!), but you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. Having a whole bunch of new players who are dropping in for free but not getting to experience a fraction of the game's potential isn't likely to keep them onboard any longer than some other free MMO.
Which is better? CoH Free or CO Free?
Used to play CoH/V (free month on one, free month on the other), and I did like them, although they were very typical of MMO's, "defeat x people", plus I hated the fact that Villains was just Heroes with a splash of dark paint. You still ended up saving people! I'd rather be mugging random passers by, throwing their car through their window, setting of nukes in residential homes, the kinda thing villains SHOULD do!
Used to play CoH/V (free month on one, free month on the other), and I did like them, although they were very typical of MMO's, "defeat x people", plus I hated the fact that Villains was just Heroes with a splash of dark paint. You still ended up saving people! I'd rather be mugging random passers by, throwing their car through their window, setting of nukes in residential homes, the kinda thing villains SHOULD do!
Wow, didn't see that happening. It seems to me that F2P are the new demo versions of MMOs.
@RitualNet: You would probably enjoy the chaos missions on the villain city of CoX. It's a timed mission, but you extend the clock by liberally wrecking shit up in the city.
@RitualNet: You would probably enjoy the chaos missions on the villain city of CoX. It's a timed mission, but you extend the clock by liberally wrecking shit up in the city.
Ouch. Way to take the wind out of Champions Online's sails. I still have no idea which one to take up. Play4Free is awesome for gamers all round though.
The only thing that is unclear to me is the ability to play the Going Rogue expansion. It looks like 'old' users will be upgraded to premium users, but only VIP users can play Going Rogue? That's a pisser if I read it right. I bought the software, I should be allowed to play it.
Huh... looking at the side-by-side comparison, the F2P option seems almost like a demo version of the game, but one that lets you reach the level cap if you want. F2P has basic archtypes, power sets, costumes... some content features can be purchased, but some features seem to really gimp the experience. Can't join a supergroup, can't use channels except local and team, a total of two character slots you can't upgrade. Everything else CAN be purchased a la carte it seems.
I'll be curious to see how this works.
I'll be curious to see how this works.
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