Champions Online

RaMDOM · 16 Aug 2009 at 23:29

me - i'll be playing. Pre down-loaded and waiting to go. When does it unlock?

dreigns · 17 Aug 2009 at 06:25

got me my pre order key all signed up and ready to play once it opens up to day

Saltank · 17 Aug 2009 at 07:14

Going to play Open Beta before purchasing...

CaptainRAVE · 17 Aug 2009 at 09:06

RaMDOM said:
me - i'll be playing. Pre down-loaded and waiting to go. When does it unlock?

Don't think anyone actually know. It'll be sometime today. Since the servers won't let us on until 6pm, I don't see why it doesn't just unlock now! I suspect the servers will die when they first go up though.

Devlish · 17 Aug 2009 at 09:08

going round and round waiting to get client, rubbish system - why cant they just have a download rather than all this download manager 'waiting to unlock' drivel. Sod it, waste of time by the sounds of it anyway. STO ill be interested in.

ChrisJSY · 17 Aug 2009 at 12:14

I can't even sign up, it won't accept any of my passwords, even on strong.
Probably won't accept any username either, what a crock of ****.

Edit: Apparently, g7832jf32990FDG-- isnt a strong enough password (as a test).
Even when it shows as "heroic" password strength, it keeps telling me on next screen, not strong enough.
Also my username has a tick next to it, but is red and I can't even make one up to make it green?

After finally getting in, I cant use the pull down boxes in the payment page in opera or firefox :/

CaptainRAVE · 17 Aug 2009 at 12:43

ChrisJSY said:
I can't even sign up, it won't accept any of my passwords, even on strong.
Probably won't accept any username either, what a crock of ****.

Edit: Apparently, g7832jf32990FDG-- isnt a strong enough password (as a test).
Even when it shows as "heroic" password strength, it keeps telling me on next screen, not strong enough.
Also my username has a tick next to it, but is red and I can't even make one up to make it green?

After finally getting in, I cant use the pull down boxes in the payment page in opera or firefox :/

Should work fine with firefox. Possibly doing something to their servers for later on today.

ChrisJSY · 17 Aug 2009 at 12:52

I found a work around, I had to tab to the say (credit card date) and press down once, hit tab and it would change month 7, to 8, and then tab back to that field, hit down, hit tab again and repeat till I got my CC date. Repeated for all other steps.

Downloading now, jees what a quest that was

CaptainRAVE · 17 Aug 2009 at 15:05

ChrisJSY said:
I found a work around, I had to tab to the say (credit card date) and press down once, hit tab and it would change month 7, to 8, and then tab back to that field, hit down, hit tab again and repeat till I got my CC date. Repeated for all other steps.

Downloading now, jees what a quest that was

It'll be worth it

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Dont expect the servers to be working well at 6 though. I reckon they will be down for a little bit with all of the load.

Last Kronin · 17 Aug 2009 at 17:06

My fileplanet pre load is unlocking now.

RDM · 17 Aug 2009 at 17:27

Unlocked and installed, but the servers are down, should be up at 6pm BST. (10am PDT). Downtime is 1am to 3am PDT (So 9am to 11am BST) and the beta runs for a week. Probably patch tonight, play tomorrow.

CaptainRAVE · 26 Aug 2009 at 09:42

Everyone here ready for the headstart? I am sadly working this weekend, so skipped the headstart and will hopefully be playing on 1st (ordered from Direct2Drive).

Lokai · 26 Aug 2009 at 10:48

Ordered from direct2drive myself too so wont be part of the head start, looking forward to the 1st though. Even picked up the 6 month plan

MadMatty · 26 Aug 2009 at 13:14

Ive canceled my City of heroes sub (as no one plays trhese days and can be difficult to team as the game became more about the market then missions) and taken the lifetime sub to champions. The game is refreshing after playing coh/cov for so long, but i do think the market/crafting system is much easier to work out then the champions version. Like they took the worst of the eve market system and just threw it into champions. No idea what blueprints/research/components are needed for what

CaptainRAVE · 26 Aug 2009 at 15:07

_Andyh_ said:
Ordered from direct2drive myself too so wont be part of the head start, looking forward to the 1st though. Even picked up the 6 month plan

Before they ran out then

SS-89 · 26 Aug 2009 at 15:39

Currently quite bored so tempted to get this, what are peoples impressions, the last two mmo's I played (Conan and War) were letdowns especially conan as I played that for a good few months.

Sleepery · 26 Aug 2009 at 16:23

I normally wouldn't be tempted by a super hero game at all, but three of my clan have been in the beta and are absolutely raving about it. It's getting quite annoying actually

MoratJG · 26 Aug 2009 at 19:01

SS-89 said:
Currently quite bored so tempted to get this, what are peoples impressions, the last two mmo's I played (Conan and War) were letdowns especially conan as I played that for a good few months.

Honestly? If you missed the chance to get in the various beta stages, I'd give it a few weeks to see what happens. Personally, I think it's a fairly average game. It has some nice touches, but once the novelty has worn off, I can see it sliding into obscurity.

/edit I'll also add that, given your examples (Conan and WAR), you might be looking for something new. Whilst Champs has the new bit covered, it suffers from the same problems: all killer, no filler. I played quite a bit through closed and open beta, and I don't see anything that suggests this game will ever be particularly good. That said, I was a loyal CoH player for many years, and know Cryptic have the imagination, but once again, I just see this game missing the mark.

CaptainRAVE · 26 Aug 2009 at 19:26

Sleepery said:
I normally wouldn't be tempted by a super hero game at all, but three of my clan have been in the beta and are absolutely raving about it. It's getting quite annoying actually

It really does seem to be turning into a love/hate thing. The subs have sold out incredibly fast though, so there does seem to be a lot of interest. There is still a lot of balancing to be done, but with a little bit of polish it could be a great game (I think it is currently very good).

SS-89 · 26 Aug 2009 at 22:27

MoratJG said:
Honestly? If you missed the chance to get in the various beta stages, I'd give it a few weeks to see what happens. Personally, I think it's a fairly average game. It has some nice touches, but once the novelty has worn off, I can see it sliding into obscurity.

/edit I'll also add that, given your examples (Conan and WAR), you might be looking for something new. Whilst Champs has the new bit covered, it suffers from the same problems: all killer, no filler. I played quite a bit through closed and open beta, and I don't see anything that suggests this game will ever be particularly good. That said, I was a loyal CoH player for many years, and know Cryptic have the imagination, but once again, I just see this game missing the mark.

Thanks, provided some perspective as I always tend to be an early adopter (Headstart on both Conan and War). I think this time I'll sit back and see how things pan out.