City of Heros videogame question?

Was JMS involved in the game City of Heros? I remember he had a comic book with a similar concept

Do you mean Rising Stars? I don;t think he has been invovled in this, although the idea bears a distinct similarity to Alan Moore's Top Ten series.

I've played COH for over a year (and now City of Villains), and to the best of my knowledge, I've never heard of his name being involved with either...

I've played COH for over a year (and now City of Villains), and to the best of my knowledge, I've never heard of his name being involved with either...

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I got CoH when it first came out, and I did play CoH for over a year (I was a member of THE-ZERG SuperGroup btw). But the game isn't driven by questing like WoW is, it's driven by leveling.

So by the time I got close to level 50 (the level bridging range) I was sick of the whole "kick the crap" out of the badies missions, or "grab the glowie" missions. It got *VERY* repetitive. Then when the Devs nerfed Hami and then the I5 BIG nerf, I had, had it!

I made a post at CoHs forums a long time ago about what *should* be done with the game (which had a 5 star rating by the CoH posters no less!). That it should be driven by a "Hero's Quest", sadly the post is long sence gone or I would post a link to it.

But if Jack Emmert gets JMS to sign on, I may just bring "Ranger Cole" (my main toon) out the closet to fight in the streets of Paragon City once again...

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BTW, "Ranger Cole" is a SR/MarArts Scrapper I played on the Triumph server. My global handle was/is the same Just FYI

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BTW, has CoV added some *MUCH* needed depth to the game?

No, same mechanics, different face. I'm already getting tired of it, and I'm only lvl 24. The mission themes are different -- rob this bank, kidnap that person, etc., -- but the way it's played is pretty much identical. The classes themselves are much different than the hero classes, though. there is no uber-healing class, and there is no tank class. Instead those talents are kind of spread out among all villains. It makes things more interesting, but it can be tough getting a good group together, too.

That's what I was afraid of. I don't think the Dev's know what they want to do with the game.

It's suppose to be a Comic Book MMO. But in comics (well writen comics) Super Powers are not what the comics' are about, the Powers are just tools the hero uses to do his/her job.

Case in point, Spider-Man's powers aren't what make us come back time and again to Marvel Comics, the person behind the mask, Peter Parker does. Frankly, Jack Emmert (The Statesman) I think has lost sight of this.

They REALLY need to take a leason from the good people over at Blizzard Entertainment. Because WoW... well it's like Zelda but MMO! :devil:
Which is what a WarCraft based MMO should be.

Got rather tired of CoH after a short period. The content was the same, only higher in level and more numbers thrown at you in instanced-zones.

WoW, for the sheer sake that it IS quest-drive, was the winner for me, hands down.

That said, City of Heroes was damn fun to create new characters. I must have had 30 characters created, none that went beyond level 10. WoW, on the other hand.... "hi, here's your choice of 4 faces, some hair color... style.. ok! go play!"

Had SWG lived up to its potential, it would have been & would still be the King of all MMOs. Unfortunately, it never did, and their recent "enhancements" (AKA a total change of every aspect of the game) has sealed its doom. A true shame. It was my frist MMO, and the attraction of its player community was unmatched. But even that's changed now.

Here's a screenshot of my friends and I one day in WoW when we changed our guild tabard colors to godawful pink and yellow. Normally they're black & white. I'm the gnome -- his name is Squidge and he's a lvl 60 warlock on Medivh server.



I'm probably going back to WoW very soon, since CoV is getting kinda old. They've added some new stuff in the 6 months I've been gone, and the new expansion is due out sometime in 2006 (likely summer), so WoW should have a good year.

I loathed SWG. "Hi, how about you all play for a year and follow every character path WE decide for you, and only then will you become a jedi."

I still think EQ was the grandaddy of all MMORPG's. For all its flaws, it broke some serious ground. Too bad EQ2 is a disappointment.

Still waiting for Vanguard.

I loathed SWG. "Hi, how about you all play for a year and follow every character path WE decide for you, and only then will you become a jedi."

I still think EQ was the grandaddy of all MMORPG's. For all its flaws, it broke some serious ground. Too bad EQ2 is a disappointment.

Still waiting for Vanguard.

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Someone forgot the Ultima Online.

Pfft, I don't even consider Ultima Online an MMORPG. I consider it a tribute to masochism.

I still think EQ was the grandaddy of all MMORPG's.

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Oh, how the young talk. Remember ye not the MUDs? Some of them qualified easy. Text based, and theoretically dull as hell. Yet they sucked up a good deal of my time in high school for a while.

Also, I feel old! Im 21, stop making me feel old!