daedal

They're giving out "Beta" keys for City of Vilains stress tests.
http://www.fileplanet.com/157563/150...ss-Test-Client

File size is about 2.52gb
Don't forget to register for a key!

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Randomletters

Couple days too late the FP stress test was the past weekend. I've been in beta for months now they just lifted the NDA. It is a fun game but I've been playing CoH for over a year now and its just the same game, Most of the powers carried over from CoH, There are alot of new zones but some indoor missions are just redecorated CoH maps. The PVP is pretty fun but theres an archtype called a stalker that can 1 hit kill almost everyone else in there so theres lots of complaning from the other AT's, Once it goes live it will be a Heroes vs Villians zone and that may keep lots of people interested but so far its predicted to be as dead as the Arena (CoH PVP)

EcPercy

It's too bad I went and downloaded this because the stress test ended at 2:59AM today.

Lakevren

Well, it's not like the stalker can really fight toe-to-toe.

But anyways, yeah, CoV is pretty much like CoH.

Main complaint from almost everyone is that CoV doesn't feel villainy enough. You basically fight the same stupid bad guys... first of all... why are you fighting the same stupid bad guys? Isn't it supposed to be the good guys you are supposed to be beating up?
The "kidnap" missions feel like rescue missions.

The only villanous crap is bank robbing.

Yes, you'd think that you are trying to "eliminate" villainous competition, but really... The only good guys i've been fighting are the Longbow. I haven't seen anything else.

And I was looking forward to terrorizing the dumb citizens that the CoH zones always walk upon.

The ATs? They aren't superbly the same. Brutes to tankers, Masterminds to Defenders, Dominators to Controllers, Corruptors to Blasters, and Stalkers to Scrappers.

Brutes are pretty much super-heavy Scrappers. That's all.
Masterminds are a totally different bunch from defenders. In fact, they seem to be the most unique compared to the Defender. Unfortunately, if you are planning to buy CoV, you'll encounter craploads of people rolling Masterminds.
Dominators to controllers... I dunno. Haven't experienced much of them.
Corruptors to blasters... Corruptors, im guessing, tend to be more or less blasters, with less damage.
Now, Scrappers to stalkers... Well, stalkers does this assassin strike. Basically, the one hit kill. Stalkers get hide, basically invisibility, and it's a required power. And with this hide, you can get Assassin Strike. In order to get this one hit kill, assassin strike needs to be performed while hidden. Other than that, the main difference is that Scrappers has more defense than stalkers. Stalkers get more damage.

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nuG

I played in the stress test this weekend, and it was ok. I played CoH when it first came out for about 2 months...... and CoV is almost excatly like CoH. So if you already bought CoH, theres really no point on spending more money on CoV unless your hardcore about the game.

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Randomletters

Lakevren, I'm not complaining I have a 22 nin/nin stalker and love 1 shotting . Kinda disagree on the not being able to fight toe to toe, although every other attack but the Hide+Build up+AS is pretty weak right now, i can placate my foe right after that and hit for another 100 after that my PVP foe usually runs away, but yea soloing a mish is slow.

I do agree on not feeling evil enough the only time i actually felt villianous is when we play a mish where we destroyed a hero statue and a "real" (not Longbow) hero came after us, she wasnt much of a fight though...


I don't mean the AT's are the same but the powersets, although granted the AT's play them a bit differently, are 80% the same

Lakevren

Meh, I just wish Stalkers had Blaster damage. However, it doesn't completely compare. Even stalker damage is semi weak, unless you count Assassin Strike.

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