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No. Download the latest client from FP, go to champions-online.com they have the standalone patch (it's like 240 MB). Install patch, then when you run the patcher your only patch to download is a grand total of 32MB, after that you can log in and play.
too late..i set up the launcher to do it's own patching and walked away to go to work. Joy.
They really need a better set of instructions on the beta site on how to get up and running.
They really need a better set of instructions on the beta site on how to get up and running.
2 hours into the client download, and it's barely a quarter of the way finished. I have little to do on the 'puter that really needs bandwidth this afternoon, so I'll let it go to dinnertime. If it's still not done, smurf it.
(ETA: not even close to halfway after 4 hours. Smurf it. *cancels dl*) :eyeroll:
(ETA: not even close to halfway after 4 hours. Smurf it. *cancels dl*) :eyeroll:
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There are apparently some patcher problems (and by some, I mean a buttload) so many people are patching slowly, and others are having the patcher stop and are finding the need to restart the DL.
GasBandit
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I used to be excited about the game, but what I've read from some recent coverage, plus all this fileplanet beta bullshit has soured me on it. I think I'll end up waiting until after release and when they start offering "free trials" for 7 or 10 days or whatever, like just about every other MMO does nowadays.
I'm keeping busy with warhammer, at any rate.
I'm keeping busy with warhammer, at any rate.
The game itself is perfectly fine... it's just the inane bullshit you need to go through to play it.
ok, played a few minutes.
Spent 20 minutes making my character costume.
Spent 10 minutes determining that I didn't like the game.
It's very 'busy'. A lot of shit is going on at once right in the starting area, which has a great big old startle-factor with all kinds of shit quickly going on (including bad guys running right up to your starting area) while you're still trying to figure out how things work.
The mobs are packed DENSELY..there's no real safe place to go in the starting area, other than some very small circles of cops.
I spent most of my time running around getting swarmed while trying to figure the game out.
The first few missions were straight from CoX (Talk to a cop, practice your combat moves, etc), and really made it feel like a bad CoX ripoff.
Didn't much like it.
Spent 20 minutes making my character costume.
Spent 10 minutes determining that I didn't like the game.
It's very 'busy'. A lot of shit is going on at once right in the starting area, which has a great big old startle-factor with all kinds of shit quickly going on (including bad guys running right up to your starting area) while you're still trying to figure out how things work.
The mobs are packed DENSELY..there's no real safe place to go in the starting area, other than some very small circles of cops.
I spent most of my time running around getting swarmed while trying to figure the game out.
The first few missions were straight from CoX (Talk to a cop, practice your combat moves, etc), and really made it feel like a bad CoX ripoff.
Didn't much like it.
and so, maybe I'll try it again in 6 months. I don't see me paying for this right out of the gate.
If a game feels crappy to the majority of users right out of the gate, how can you know if it's going to be a "great" mmo? This one certainly doesn't feel like one.
If a game feels crappy to the majority of users right out of the gate, how can you know if it's going to be a "great" mmo? This one certainly doesn't feel like one.
Yeah, I've filled up my 8 slots. I have way more fun making the guy than actually playing him.
-- Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:19 pm --
Here's 3 of them:
ULOK the HUNGERER!
WHAT DOES HE HUNGER FOR? SOULS!
Future Cop 2999
Half man, half cop, ALL FUTURE!
The Mighty Warricane
Here he is! Rock you like a WARRICANE!
-- Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:19 pm --
Here's 3 of them:
ULOK the HUNGERER!
WHAT DOES HE HUNGER FOR? SOULS!
Future Cop 2999
Half man, half cop, ALL FUTURE!
The Mighty Warricane
Here he is! Rock you like a WARRICANE!
Fucking game won't let me use the option to take advantage of my dual core, so things aren't running nearly as well as they should be. Otherwise it's perfectly fine and entertaining once you get into the game. Millennium City looks much more like a city than Paragon ever did.
Dr. Calamitus
-- Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:13 pm --
getting back into the game, i seem to be doing better this time around
-- Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:13 pm --
getting back into the game, i seem to be doing better this time around
That's how the game looks?! That's awesome! All the screens I saw before didn't look like comic book shots.
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Take it from a beta tester, take a slotted passive defensive power as soon as you can, it'll make soloing a lot easier. Invulnerability from the Power Armor set, Defiance from the Might set, Personal Force Field from the Force set, Regeneration from the Supernatural set. It will make your life a hell of a lot easier since these powers either make you heal faster, or boost your defense. Also available are slotted passive offensive powers, these aren't quite as good as the slotted defensives for soloing, but they also make fighting a lot easier by adding to your damage, or helping you regenerate energy. These aren't required to get along by any means, and if you've got a group then you'll likely not need them (unless you're playing a specific role in the group) but they help a lot.
Also, if you're using a hero who's basing powers around strength (Martial arts, Might, Power Armor, etc.) then remember that you can pick up cars, and later armored cars and larger items. These are extremely damaging to many enemies and are great against fliers if you're a melee hero.
Edit: A few of mine, most are much lower res because they're saved directly from the costume creator.
Also, if you're using a hero who's basing powers around strength (Martial arts, Might, Power Armor, etc.) then remember that you can pick up cars, and later armored cars and larger items. These are extremely damaging to many enemies and are great against fliers if you're a melee hero.
Edit: A few of mine, most are much lower res because they're saved directly from the costume creator.
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A few more of my characters, first my magic user, Verik
And next, my munitions/gadget user, Techmarine
And next, my munitions/gadget user, Techmarine
you should beat the tutorial. The kudos at the end are pretty nice 
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WolfOfOdin
Mr. Gone
I need to dig up my old Champions role playing character sheets and see if I can re-create my old melee brawler and my super scientist/super speed character.
It's supposed to be exportable, so it should work. That doesn't mean they will necessarily be as good though.sixpackshaker said:
I imagine there have been a few rules changes in the last 12 years though.AshburnerX said:
A big improvement over CoX: you get your travel power pretty much right out of the tutorial, rather than having to play for months first. Yay, Dr. Calamitus can now fly! (though I did seriously consider burrowing through the earth as my travel power)
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You always got a travel power in CoX.. I did the demo of CoH back in like 05, around the time Kurtz was raving about it, I made a Blaster toon and got Flying in like, a couple levels. It wasn't super fast flying..but it was flying.Tinwhistler said:
In CO its what, lvl 5? And each level is slooooooooooooow.. The quests help but still, its slower than I'm used to for the newb levels.
In City of Heroes/Villains, you can get a temp flight power at 5 and 10 by doing 3 Radio/Paper missions and then doing a Safeguard/Mayhem Mission. You can also buy temp flight packs or get them from certain story arcs.
At launch, needing a way to get around was a problem. It is not anymore and hasn't been for at least 3-4 years.
At launch, needing a way to get around was a problem. It is not anymore and hasn't been for at least 3-4 years.
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