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Re: Ask Cryptic 5/2/2008 I think they don't even connect the terms to genre anymore. I think it has just become part of the "leet speak" lexicon. I am sure people will still yell "LFT (looking for tank)" in CO, just as they did in the other MMO's I have played in. Personally, I don't find the terms to really fit the WoW/EQ genre all that well either.

Re: Ask Cryptic 5/2/2008 Yeah, so far I am pretty happy with most of the Q&A stuff. It seems like they are doing a lot of stuff quite a bit better this time around. I played CoH/CoV for a while, but it just did not have a very "superhero" feel to me.

Re: Must use villains I go very old school: Bulldozer as a throwaway fight Grond rampaging through the city Prof. Muerte and his group as they are a more reasonably powered group that a PC group can actually fight. Genocide A good hate group that can cause the PCs some angst when they go after super villains as well. Viper who doesn't love Viper, except GIJoe Eurostar If I have a European adventure of any sort Sorry, I never have nor will I ever use Dr Destroyer. Just too much like using Deities and Demigods in D&D for "monsters" to fight your 10th level party. Lame! I would also say Primus and Until on the good guys side.

A new Q&A is up on the CO site. Lots of good stuff including info in character customization and revisiting the idea of different animations for powers. Check it out, good stuff! http://www.champions-online.com/node/46

Re: Champions Online Wallpapers It's funny because most folk on the MMO boards are complaining about the Doc. I think he looks pretty cool.

Re: DARK Characters? I have had it happen to one of my characters as well as done it to a PC before, so I really don't think it is all that uncommon. And while I was not told before my character showed up as a bad guy, I had no problems with it. There was no way I was going to be playing him again so whatever happened was fine. I think the player I did it to was miffed about it, (even more miffed then when he first thought I had just killed the character) but he was no longer playing in the campaign and it made for a great adventure for the other players.

Re: Susano vs Marvel characters I saw the title and thought maybe Marvel was after Micheal for writing up some of their characters in hero form. Glad to see that was the wrong inference.

Re: Cryptic Q&A For March 28 Overall I think it sounds like they are trying to incorporate a good amount of the Hero "feel" into the MMO, which is a good thing. There is no way to go all out and make it the Hero system in an MMO, but so far it sounds very promising. I also love that they are doing real updates as often as they have been on how the game will look and play. Great work on keeping us psyched for the release.

Re: Is it fun to play RPGs online? I went without any gaming for about 6 years and I really missed it, so I decided to try an online game and it did not go well. Several in the group missed sessions, I had trouble going back to "mapless" combat, and there were too many things going in the chat as everyone wanted to be in the spotlight at the same time. After a 2 year break, I decided to try it again when I saw a post here for a game that looked interesting and was using maptool so there would be an actual map for combat. We are also using ventrillo for chat and a few weeks ago some of us started using web cams. At this point there is very little difference between an FtF game and the online game I play. I am now trying to get my old group from 5 years ago back together to play this way. Our biggest problem was that everyone moved away, and now we can play no matter where we move. For those who move around a lot or just have problems finding groups, I would recommend this option.

Re: New Screenshots Lots of people saying the art style reminds them of The Incredibles, and I agree. I really like the look so far.

Re: Hero System - Champions - Fluff

Re: Stronghold Concept Art Anyone else wonder what those robitic bug looking things on the walls were?

Re: Hero System - Champions - Fluff You can call it "fluff" if you want, but how much time and effort would have been spent by Cryptic coming up with a gaming universe as colorful and rich as the Champions universe? While I am not sure how much the deal was for, I think Cryptic made the right choice. Not only 20+ years of history, villains, heroes, organizations,locations, etc. but one that is known (or at least has been heard of) in the gaming community.

Re: Information for HERO/Champions Fans About The Champions Online MMO

Re: Why are so many people upset that Cryptic is only using the Champions IP?

Re: Why are so many people upset that Cryptic is only using the Champions IP? I still call it Champions, and frequently have to edit myself when responding to things on these boards. My friends and I played "Champions" for way more than 2 years, I think we played it for about 10. I know they started putting the Hero name over or under or around the word Champions, but it was still pretty prominent on the books for quite some time.

Re: Why are so many people upset that Cryptic is only using the Champions IP? To be honest, I never for one moment thought they would be using Hero rules for character creation. As has been said, there is just no way it could be done. And I as well am still very interested in the MMO and would be considered an "old timer" I guess since I started playing back in the early/mid 80's. I really don't think they will lose that many people do to this. (I think they may have lost more if they tried it actually) Basically what I am saying is "I like your ideas and would be interested in receiving your news letter."

Re: Character Portraits as Card Stand-Ups Well as someone who is not very good with resizing and figuring out how to do that sort of thing, I would love it if they would include it in the actual game. If not, I will have to beg for someone here to point me in the direction of an easy to use program to do this. Thanks in advance!

Re: The Clown Guild - The First Clan for the new MMO This is a disad we all must take.

Re: The Clown Guild - The First Clan for the new MMO Also it is a great way to get help with missions you need or just find a group. That and general help are the main things the guilds I have been in in other MMOs have been used for.

Re: The Clown Guild - The First Clan for the new MMO Oh c'mon, now you just need to make Force.

Re: The Clown Guild - The First Clan for the new MMO Actually that would work fine for me, as Heckler was originally a good guy (well mostly) in a Champions game. Loads of fun for me, sometimes not so much for the other players. I tried to keep that to a minimum, I swear!

Re: The Clown Guild - The First Clan for the new MMO

Re: The Clown Guild - The First Clan for the new MMO Damn, and I already had slapstick done:( OK I have Heckler in the bag then.

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