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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Players miffed over Champions Online's "kitchen sink patch" and Vibora Bay]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/27/players-miffed-over-champions-onlines-kitchen-sink-patch-and/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/27/players-miffed-over-champions-onlines-kitchen-sink-patch-and/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/27/players-miffed-over-champions-onlines-kitchen-sink-patch-and/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/super-hero/" rel="tag">Super-hero</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/bugs/" rel="tag">Bugs</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/business-models/" rel="tag">Business models</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/expansions/" rel="tag">Expansions</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/patches/" rel="tag">Patches</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/champions-online/" rel="tag">Champions Online</a></p><div style="text-align: center; "><a href="http://forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php?t=98537"><img border="1" hspace="4" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/copatchissues.jpg" /></a></div>
It's an awkward time for <em><a href="http://www.champions-online.com">Champions Online</a></em>. After <a href="http://forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php?t=98537">the last State of the Game post</a> by Chronomancer, things were looking up. <a href="http://www.champions-online.com/node/594825">The latest patch</a> was slated to fix Lemuria (colloquially known as Lagmuria, due to the extreme system hiccups), add more power to various power frameworks, nemesis changes, the addition of team looting, and changes to the crafting system. Furthermore, the same State of the Game post announced that <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/champions-online">Champions</a></em> would be getting its first expansion -- <a href="http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/63202-Vibora-Bay">Vibora Bay</a>.<br />
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However, with the deployment of the "kitchen sink" patch, most gamers have experienced more lag in all zones, some characters are locked in Lemuria, unable to log in, and there are issues with the crafting systems. If all of that wasn't bad enough, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/daeke">Cryptic Daeke</a> has confirmed that <a href="http://forums.champions-online.com/showpost.php?p=1447669&amp;postcount=5">Vibora Bay will be a "paid expansion"</a> which will add more content for levels 37 to 40 -- a move which has sent many members of the community into what can only be described as "a frothing rage."<br type="_moz" /><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/27/players-miffed-over-champions-onlines-kitchen-sink-patch-and/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Players miffed over Champions Online's "kitchen sink patch" and Vibora Bay</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/27/players-miffed-over-champions-onlines-kitchen-sink-patch-and/">Players miffed over Champions Online's "kitchen sink patch" and Vibora Bay</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://forums.champions-online.com/showthread.php?t=98537>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/27/players-miffed-over-champions-onlines-kitchen-sink-patch-and/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19334878/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/27/players-miffed-over-champions-onlines-kitchen-sink-patch-and/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>anger</category><category>breaking</category><category>c-store</category><category>champions-online</category><category>champions-online-store</category><category>co</category><category>co-store</category><category>cryptic</category><category>cryptic-daeke</category><category>cryptic-studios</category><category>daeke</category><category>expansion</category><category>forums</category><category>kitchen-sink</category><category>kitchen-sink-patch</category><category>lagmuria</category><category>lemuria</category><category>vibora-bay</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
