City of Heroes

[Janus]

From a link some of us got from Redman yesterday:

City of Heroes

For those of you who know - a bit like Freedom Force in it's premise, except City of Heroes is an MMORPG.

That's right, imagine a group of Older Heroes saving the bacon and wronging rights...

Too many MMORPGs coming out, that's the problem..

[Churchill]

Originally Posted by Janus

Too many MMORPGs coming out, that's the problem..

I know. Everybody is jumping on the wagon.

My question is how do you prevent them from taking over your life. I've thought about playing SWG but I know that I'll get hooked and play it constantly......

[RedMan]

Originally Posted by Churchill

I know. Everybody is jumping on the wagon.

My question is how do you prevent them from taking over your life. I've thought about playing SWG but I know that I'll get hooked and play it constantly......

Just think, you are paying someone money, to improve a fictional character, who could be wiped/patch altered/useless etc.
Tis why I was interested in Planetside, just sounded like you could jump in and play pretty much rather than 'build' a character.

Funny thing I read yesterday was about a guy that played DiabloII online. Said he had all these fantastic sets, 3 of the best weapons, 2 of the best shields, bunch of other highly collectable items... Then he logged in one day to find his character naked. That was around the time he stopped playing.

So, if you approach in that mentality, picture if your gonna be happy next week if the little Jedi your running around suddenly becomes one of the many effected by the 'permanent injury' patch coming which after a head knock renders your Jedi Spastic, who is then robbed of all his possessions.

[Quadracer]

Yup.. the only RPG I ever played was Dungeon Siege which had me quite hooked for 2-3 weeks, I had collected some pretty cool swords and armor, and I never did notice the "drop all inventory on death" option in the server settings until I walked into a game and a girl with a pet dragon killed me instantly and casually sorted through my hard-earned belongings while I respawned naked. I shortly after went back to RTCW.

[RedMan]

Originally Posted by Quadracer

Yup.. the only RPG I ever played was Dungeon Siege which had me quite hooked for 2-3 weeks, I had collected some pretty cool swords and armor, and I never did notice the "drop all inventory on death" option in the server settings until I walked into a game and a girl with a pet dragon killed me instantly and casually sorted through my hard-earned belongings while I respawned naked. I shortly after went back to RTCW.

Shit, you got MP working for that!


Funnier than the naked diablo guy though.
At least in ET though all the embarresment you get is seeing them walking up to you as you scream medic and they then put a bullet in your head.

[G-B-H]

Yesh tis true games that you can just sit down and play for a while and then having satisfied yourself to a degree are better then having to constantly play to keep you online character up with the rest of the jones'.