City of Heroes

**Cobra X** · May 2nd, 2004, 01:03 PM

Anyone playing? If you see Astro Creep or the Jade Guardian on the Protector server, that's me.

**Damned Angel** · May 2nd, 2004, 11:01 PM

pay to play, no f'n way.

**Cleetus** · May 5th, 2004, 12:26 PM

This game is everything that was even remotly cool about EQ and better. More of a MMO action game. It freaking rocks. Cleethor is playing on the same server as those other two morons!!!!

**TripleRLtd** · May 5th, 2004, 01:13 PM

Originally Posted by Cleetus

This game is everything that was even remotly cool about EQ and better. More of a MMO action game. It freaking rocks. Cleethor is playing on the same server as those other two morons!!!!

Cleethor?

Cleetus, Cleetoris, Cleetile, and Ya_know had a few good ones I don't remember.
Where ya been??

**meatwad** · May 5th, 2004, 10:18 PM

I went to the store today and saw it on the shelf. 50 bucks plus subscription? Is that right?

**Cobra X** · May 6th, 2004, 06:46 AM

Yup that's right. I mean it costs money to run the dozen or so servers they have, plus keep the development staff around to add content through patches. That's how MMORPGs work.

Anyway, I made it to level 10 last night, and started a supergroup called the Scumbuckets, aimed at darker, more gritty characters. I can also get a sidekick now too.

This game is sooooooo frickin aweome. And i usually don't like MMORPGs that well.

**Stalemate** · May 6th, 2004, 11:57 AM

Reminds me of when I played Villains & Vigilantes with the other geeks in high school, but waaaaaaaay cooler.

**meatwad** · May 6th, 2004, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by a d e p t

Reminds me of when I played Villains & Vigilantes with the other geeks in high school, but waaaaaaaay cooler.

Heroes Unlimited here.

**Stalemate** · May 6th, 2004, 01:09 PM

That was OK too, for GIRLS!

We actually had our own "extra rules" to account for a lot of the real-life situations unaccounted for in the rules. Our GM was quite anal-retentive.

I once had this whole group of armor-clad do-gooders (New Camelot - think Iron Man and you're almost there) I had spent weeks designing, drawing and making up background history for all their cool techno gadgets.

First campaign the GM plans for them, they get 'ported to another dimension minus all technological tools. Naked.

Scumbag.

**meatwad** · May 6th, 2004, 01:15 PM

Can you create Villians in this game?

**Commander Klarg** · May 6th, 2004, 03:31 PM

If it wasn't for the pay to play scheme I would have it right now. I've been itching to pull out Skyranger one more time (my first RPG character, made in the old Marvel Super Heros system as a blatant Iron Man clone

).

I've always liked the tabletop and dice superhero RPGs (Marvel, Champions, DC, Mutants and Masterminds). The PC game Freedom Force was close, but didn't 'hook' me. City of Heroes looks very impressive. Perhaps this will be the game for me to cut my teeth on MMOGs.