City Of Heroes

Talesin · April 2004

Well, darn. Looks like the servers are down now. Didn't get home in time to even get in a last brawl.

Ah well. So how many are DEFINITELY going to be buying the game, once it gets to Retail? Not just the pre-order days.

DOOManiac · April 2004

Already bought it. That's what pre-ordering is. :P

Talesin · April 2004

Uh... no.

If you preorder, you get a $10 rebate when the game hits the shelf. And you need your receipt to get THAT. Read through their site... hell, read the preorder box. At least on mine, right under the price it lists '$9.99 off City of Heroes ***RECEIPT REQUIRED***'.

Here's hoping you're right, Doomeh. But IIRC on the site it says to continue your preorder game, you have to go buy the boxed final version and get the CD-key out of it, then associate it with your preorder account via the 'Activate' button. Same way beta-testers can do it, though they don't get the rainbow sparklies, nor the three-day head start.

ANeM · April 2004

I'm gonna grab a pre-order box tomorrow if possible.

Talesin · April 2004

The sparklies aren't worth it. The three-day headstart might be... but only if you can get the full game the day it transitions from preorder-only to retail-available. I'm looking forward to doing that as I'll be able to get in on the ground floor, as it were.

Just not sure if I should start with my Magic/Controller character, or the Technology/Tanker. The former only really works if there are other people around to team up with, to kill the stuff you've locked down so you aren't killing one enemy for three damn minutes.

DOOManiac · April 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Talesin @ Apr 22 2004, 11:50 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Uh... no.

If you preorder, you get a $10 rebate when the game hits the shelf. And you need your receipt to get THAT. Read through their site... hell, read the preorder box. At least on mine, right under the price it lists '$9.99 off City of Heroes ***RECEIPT REQUIRED***'.

Here's hoping you're right, Doomeh. But IIRC on the site it says to continue your preorder game, you have to go buy the boxed final version and get the CD-key out of it, then associate it with your preorder account via the 'Activate' button. Same way beta-testers can do it, though they don't get the rainbow sparklies, nor the three-day head start. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I better be right, I went ahead and paid the full $50 for the game up front to make sure I didn't cave and buy something else. :P

p.s. I love Magic/Controller all the way. I specialize in Gravity control and it pwns. Also, I have no trouble solo'ing. It pwns.

Talesin · April 2004

Well, I only paid $50, so you probably put down a deposit at your retailer and got the actual preorder. Fry's just charges $10 for the preorder box with all the goodies, and gives it as a $10 at-time-of-purchase rebate.

Renegade · April 2004

Technology Blaster <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

To quote Denzel Washington in Training Day "King Kong aint got **** on me!"

UltimaGecko · April 2004

Bah, you people make me want to play a MMORPG for the first time in 3 years. Of course, I have no job during school time and the school has [censored <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /> ] bandwidth anyway. I'm sure my computer could run it though (especially seeing those buildings and their repetitive textures - when have graphics been the 'main' selling point of mmorpg anyway?).

Maybe this summer (by sumemr I mean...after May 12th <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />).

Testament · April 2004

Know those buildings? When you get up close the windowsills and such begin to show, and you can <i>LEAP ON THEM AND SCALE BUILDINGS!</i>

:D:D!

Dunsby · April 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Testament @ Apr 23 2004, 10:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Know those buildings? When you get up close the windowsills and such begin to show, and you can <i>LEAP ON THEM AND SCALE BUILDINGS!</i>

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />:D!  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Old news. I used to do it with my level 7 Scrapper, he had combat jumping and people would be like.. Woah..

Testament · April 2004

Yeah, I know.

But it's still hella fun.

Talesin · April 2004

No, hella fun was when I got Combat jumping and realized I could hold down jump and hit forward as I reached the top of a window (there's a TINY lip there, apparently) and with good timing, almost literally fly up the wall with almost no chance of falling. I've gotten up a ceiling-toucher in under 15 seconds. Then jumped off, just to see if I could kill myself with falling damage. (Yes. Yes, you can.)

Testament · April 2004

You can kill yourself with falling damage? I've leaped from the Z-Axis limit at lvel 6 and survived the fall with 1HP. All my friends have too. And that's what I meant by climbing a building, Talesin.

Dunsby · April 2004

Yeah you always lose enough hp to only have 1hp left...

Narfwak · April 2004

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Testament @ Apr 23 2004, 04:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Know those buildings? When you get up close the windowsills and such begin to show, and you can <i>LEAP ON THEM AND SCALE BUILDINGS!</i>

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />:D!  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
You can do it on walls that only have a slight slope, too.

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