Ael Rhiana

I'll be there! Shamefully it's my first log in since last TT...

I'll try and attend, but that's early in the AM for me. With health issues as of late I might be up...we'll have to see because I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally want to attend.

My husband and I also headed over to The Secret World, right now we're on day 2 of our free trial. I found myself comparing it to CoH a lot at first and I admit that the ability wheel is a little confusing at first, but if someone like me, who isn't really a gamer by definition can figure the majority of the game out in a day... I think really anyone can. I thoroughly surprised myself with how well I took to the game play. It's no CoH, nothing ever will be, but it's pretty enjoyable.

We also have STO accounts, but I find that game tedious and boring. I was excited for it when it initially came out, but found myself severely underwhelmed by it. Not to mention they screwed with the canon of my favorite race, a race that I can't even play, those two things soured me even more. There is talk of Romulans becoming playable as a mini-faction, up through lvl 5 only. I ask you...what the heck is the point of that? make them fully playable or don't bother.

Wow...I went off on a tangent...lol

As for other games...nothing else appeals to me. I may buy a key for TSW and see where I am after 30 days.

But...still...I really don't want to fully give up on CoH, not just yet.

50 lvl 50's across all the servers, though mostly Justice. Only about 10 of them are havily IOed out and only 1 is tier 4 everything incarnate. 425 toons total though, across 3 accounts though only 1 was VIP status.

Just posting here to say that I sent you a PM regarding some further info, I know you're probably getting a ton of PM's lately, so wanted to make sure it went through okay. Thanks again for doing this.

No one on Justice gave a damn about the vigil. I was the only one in Atlas. Everyone else was off doing a MSR. I'm more than a little disappointed.

What I want to do will likely take me the three months that are left. You see, I am a major alt-o-holic. There was nothing more fun than creating a toon and bringing him or her to life, not in my book, I *loved* it! I currently have 425 alts in my stable, many of them have hours of work behind them while others were more-or-less an idea that was created when a bout of inspiration hit me out of nowhere. But there are a few that are just something special.

I want to log in *all* of my characters (though it may not be possible since my second and 3rd accounts are currently freemium) and get good screenshots of their costumes in Icon, screenshots of them in action, run just one last mission, and then park them somewhere fitting, somehere where he or she can keep their fight going until the lights finally go out.

I have to get my first account done quickly, because when that sub expires there will only be so many toons that I will be able to log in and for some reason...that just wouldn't feel right, to have so many heroes or villains left out in the cold with no more sense of purpose. To me, if I park them somwhere significant, then they still have some sort of purpose in the city.

I really don't know why writing thismade me teary-eyes, but it did. I think it's timeto goto bed. I can only hope that I have enough time to get everything finished that I want to.

I really need to stop reading the forums... Things like this just tear my heart to bits. Wonderfully done, Steelclaw, I will be saving a copy.

I was in bed and it was 4:45am. Sometimes when I wake up and check the time on my phone, I alsocheck FB. And guess what FB post was right at the top...

I was like "Holy sh**!!!!!* That promptly woke my husband up. We couldn't get back to sleep after that. All day yesterday I was a mess, crying off and on, shaking, getting migranes because I was so upset...you get it...

This morning I still can't read the forums very much without feeling sick or tearing up. Needless to say I still don't much feel like playing.

I do. I made a great friend some years ago in this game, we would team together every morning and well into the afternoon, enjoying one anothers' company and just having a blast saving the city.

@Steel Seraph was her global, her RL name Anne. I still don't know all of the details regarding what happend to cause her passing, but she is still very much missed by me and a handful of others. She may not have been extremely well-known throughout the game, but that doesn't make her any less of a friend or hero.

I have some screenshots that I can dig up somewhere, I will get them to you as soon as I find them.

Those that know me and my husbandknow that we can't afford much, but our sub fees per month will be yours if this goes ahead. It may be only 30 bucks, but like someone else said, it's our best and honest effort.

I was crying off and on most of the day yesterday, really only when I would dare to log into the game or forums. Seeing everything and knowing that it's likely going away sooner than expected...for some reason it hurts. I never expected a game to steal my heart like this, me, a non-gamer girl...annnnd there I go, crying again.

I was shaking last night because I was so upset, and a couple A-holes in game weren't helping. I get that not everyone gives a crap about this game, but I know the majority of us do, and I just got so pissed off that a few were flinging the hurt right into everyone's face that I couldn't stand it.

Like most here, this game has been a part of my life for the better part of several years, in my case, almost 7. It just hurts and it sucks to have it all ripped away without warning.

This was my first MMO, the only one that I have ever truly enjoyed. I played a little STO when it launched, but I honestly find it tedious and boring and in some ways, confusing. I can barely spend more than 30 minutes playing it before I am bored to tears, not to mention they butcher my favorite faction with their lousy in-game canon...not like I they're even available for play... *stops mindless babbling*

To be honest, I probably won't play an MMO again. Period. I've tried a few over the years and nothing has kept me interested like City of, likewise nothing has had a community that can even come close to matching this one. I already feel quite lost, knowing that my only real source of fun and friends (you try living in the middle of nowhere...) is being taken from me. But the real thing is the friends that I have come to cherish, logging in even after a crappy day and finding a friend to talk to and run missions with.

This is probably the end of the road for me, game wise. I probably won't migrate to any other games, maybe the occassional dabble with STO if/when my husband decides that he wants to play it.

I'll be there! I may be half asleep however, but I'll be there! *Makes a few gallons of coffee*

Well, Kanga and I will be there in split shifts today. We no longer have a way to get both of us on the net at once, so we'll be taking turns with our only mobile broadband stick.

I wouldn't call maintenence prime time playing hours. I generally think prime time is between the hours of 5 - 9, but that is just me. Depending on DST, the servers come down for Aussies anytime between 9 - 11pm.