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Re: List Your CO Heroes! Updated list for me of Silver ATs, not including old gold characters: Psi Temptress (Mind, 40) Crimson Temptress (Cursed, 40) Frozen Shade (Glacier, 40) Cyber Hawk (Mountain, 40) Disposable Boy (Master, 40) Patient Karma (Grimoire, 36) Jade Shade (Unleashed, 28) Dough Boy (Devastator, 15) LoopyBot (Inventor, 14) Heavy Breath (Behemoth, 13) Wisp (Mind, 13)

Re: The move to FTP Any new folks wanting to join the Hero Games supergroup, feel free to give me or any of the other officers/leaders a shout in-game and we'll be happy to set you up. IIRC you have to be online at the same time as one of us in order for the invite to be made, but otherwise it's not a big deal. My current silver characters: Frozen Shade@Zed-F - lv26 Glacier Psi Temptress@Zed-F - lv33 Mind Flame Temptress@Zed-F - lv22 Inferno Patient Karma@Zed-F - lv15 Grimoire

Re: Instant Karma Rebooted! Instant Karma's original concept was a badass normal without any of the badassery. He used conventional guns, i.e. Pure Munitions, and had no Talents or Superstats. Since Munitions didn't have a block enhancer, a useful heal, or a passive, he had none of those things, plus he had the challenge of lacking superstats and having low stats in general. Nevertheless, I managed to get him to his low 20s on the strength of Two Gun Mojo, Shotgun, and Smoke Grenade, before I tired of CO and allowed my subscription to lapse. In the interim, a difficulty setting option has been added, so that any character can experience a certain amount of additional challenge. Instant Karma might never have been created if this had been available at the time. Still, with the launch of F2P, I have had the opportunity to revive the character, but he will have to be an archetype. Clearly Soldier fits best, but it does alter the character's dynamic quite a bit. Soldier does have a block enhancer, a passive slotted offense, and a passive energy return power, and is forced to have superstats. Soldier also has quite a few extra attack powers that Instant Karma hadn't yet picked up. So, I've had to change the rules a little in order to keep the same feel of base challenge for the character, on top of what the difficulty slider provides. Instant Karma is now specced as a Soldier archetype, with the following restrictions: - Must craft all his own gear. - Cannot use Talents or Advantages. So far he is level 22, in the Desert and dealing with Viper there. I also plan to run him through Demonflame in the near future to see how he fares there. Hopefully it'll be fun!

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Re: What do you really think of Champions Online? Originally played the game for about 4-5 months after release before getting bored. Came back to it recently and subbed for 1 month to set up my characters for F2P and get a feel for archetypes, with the intent to lapse back to Silver status. So far that plan seems sound. I'm glad I subbed for 1 month as it allowed me to sample the adventure packs and make sure my characters were set up for the upcoming changes. The game has had *many* quality of life improvements since I last played. The core issues that caused me to unsub in the first place are still there -- this will never be my 'main' MMO -- but it's fun enough to be a sideline MMO I can hop into under the F2P model whenever I feel like getting my superhero on. Also F2P allows me to set up a second account for my daughter and not worry about breaking the bank. Thus I'm overall quite happy with the way things have shaken out for the F2P conversion. IMO you can't beat CO in the superhero genre, for the price. I'd recommend it for others to give a whirl, so long as you don't go in with inflated expectations or looking for a permanent home to spend all your free time in, you're golden (or silver as the case may be!)

Re: Who's still playing and when? I'll be back from time to time from now on (sporadically). Have a mix of toons levels 5-40.

Re: The move to FTP Also, said procedure is optional, and you can keep up to 6 old Gold characters around on an existing account and still create or convert 2 other Silver characters for use and be able to play them. Alternatively, nothing stopping you from making a new account, if you have more than 6 Gold characters you don't want to convert. I'm not sure how this scales up if you had more than your default 8 character slots to start with, e.g. due to getting characters to level 40 or buying extra slots.

Re: The move to FTP Some info about the first 8 archetypes they plan to release. http://www.champions-online.com/node/595112

Re: The move to FTP But a good point nevertheless.

Re: The move to FTP Well you could make a new one or convert one of them. After all, if you're not subscribing right now you aren't playing them anyway. Personally I plan to leave my high level toons as gold toons (so if I ever do re-up, my high level toons will still be there), and convert a low level toon or make a new one, for those times when I do get an urge to scratch the Champions itch, but not so much so that I'm willing to pay for the privelage.

Re: The move to FTP Presumably, the info Cryptic hgas put out about the Silver player package and what will/won't be available to F2P players.

Re: The move to FTP Currently you can download a free trial, but you need to buy a box to get a key for the full version (down to about $5 if you get it on sale now) and then pay a monthly subscription. When they go FTP you'll presumably be able to download the complete game for free and have no monthly subscription on the Silver plan. Gold will still have a subscription, unless you're a lifetime subscriber.

Re: The move to FTP Technically, a game where you have to buy the box before you can play (without a monthly fee) is called B2P or Buy to Play. Free to play games don't require a subscription and are free to download in the first place. Their revenue model is entirely microtransaction-based.

Re: Why isn't there going to be a version for the Xbox 360? Couldn't work out a deal with Micro$oft.

Re: The move to FTP For me it's a good move, as I've been dormant in CO since the beginning of the year. I got my 4 months in at launch and haven't felt a serious urge to re-up my subscription since, but I have been a bit curious about the changes that have gone into the game as time has gone on. I might pay for 1 more month of subscription before this goes live to catch my high-level characters up on the latest content, and then I'll start a fresh Silver toon or convert one of my lowbies to Silver. It'll also let my daughter have a chance to participate now that she won't need to pay for an account.