Kobold Company

I renewed for a bit then lost interest again.  No end game ftl.

Greegan wrote:

Jason - are you still playing Champions? I still play pretty regularly if you're interested.

Anyone else still playing?

It's more or less a time killer for me. Not that I have a lot, but if I'm just taking a break or something, I break out the CO

I haven't installed it on the new laptop. I didn't bother because I didn't think anyone else was still playing. I recall you saying you were still playing a couple months ago (in email, I think) but I thought you were being sarcastic.

I would like to see how the new laptop handles it, but not wild about starting a monthly subscription again ... I'll think about it...

[Wrings hands in a sinister fashion] At last my plan comes to fruition, and I can play CO for free and foreverafter without spending a penny on the lifetime subscription! Muhahahahahahahaha!

I appreciate the thought, but I'd feel like a douche if I took your account, even if you're not using it.

Sorry, but that's not how badasses like me roll. We take for ourselves and never look back!

I should also mention that I'm using the monthly subscription as a reason *not* to play, to stay focused on other projects I want to complete. But I suppose it's a moot point since I usually spend at least an hour a night playing BFBC2 ...

I'll leave it up to you, Colin. But if there's any chance you will want it back, I recommend keeping it for yourself.

Okay, in spite of the fact that I've been enjoying BFBC2, and that work often keeps me late, and that I need to sign up and complete ACSC by correspondence, and that I really have more constructive things I should be doing with my free time, and that I'll be in FL without a gaming PC 2-13 August ... in spite of all these things I reactivated my Champions account. I felt like a change, and there was a "special", a 3-month reactivation for $10/mo.

I was on most of the afternoon and evening on Sat, and I'll prob be on at some point on Sunday.

Dungeons / team missions were really disappointing. And the mobs running away to bring adds when you have more than 2 players together was retarded, too.

Otherwise, I liked that game quite a bit. But by 25th or whatever... I was tired of that.

All of the complaints are valid, though I actually like the fact that mobs will run for help. That's an aspect they carried over from City of Heroes. While it might seem annoying, once you learn to expect it, it becomes just another factor you have to plan for in battle. But as Rialm said, the group content (at least that I've experienced) is lacking. Granted, I haven't progressed any character past 26, so I have no idea what the other content is like, but none of the group content I've experienced to that point has drawn me in. I'm also kinda confused about the world ... even before the game came out I saw/heard about places like Lemuria and Monster Island (or whatever it's called), which I still haven't discovered. The only "lands" I know are the ones reached through the jet. I'm probably wrong, but lately I've had the strange feeling that I've missed or overlooked something, that I could be exploring other places than the Desert, Canada, and Millenium City. I know there are some places on those maps, like the prison and Area 51, that I haven't really explored, but I still have the feeling there are other instance entrances that I'm missing.

But like Greegan said, the real fun of the game is character creation and experimenting with new powers/combinations, which is why only one of my characters has progressed past 20. I'd like to take someone to 40 if for no other reason than to see all the realms. But I'm casual about it, so it may/may not ever happen.