Aisynia

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That's the real question.

Tax write-off?

It would be a disastrous business decision to pull the license like that. Yeah, by pulling the license, they eliminate a competitor.. but they also eliminate any kind of confidence in their brand, which is more important. Other companies and development houses would see PWE as toxic if they did that. If PWE will do that to NC, what would stop them from doing it to anyone else? No, as ruthless as PWE is, they are too smart for that.

NC on the other hand, has shut down at least seven games at varying levels of development and profitability. CoH may have been barely more than a blip on the radar next to NCs big games, but it was still healthy and profitable, especially by western standards.

I think this is NC. They took a huge loss over the last year because of that game that starts with "A", and they may have shut down Paragon in order to use it as a tax writeoff.

Also, many of you may not know this, but CoH was not the only game Paragon had in active development. They had another, unnamed project in development for at least a year, and I seriously doubt that was using the Cryptic engine. There would be no reason to also can that game if CoH was having licensing issues.

So licensing issues are unlikely, and CoH was profitable...

No, this has nothing to do with PWE, and everything to do with NC and its long history of culling games that aren't doing precisely as well as they want, even if they are profitable, and CoH was making around $10 million a year profit.

Yeah I loved AC2 as well..

And AC was also my first MMO, I still adore it, but haven't played it in forever. I know they redid a lot of the skill system recently (in a good way).

Yeah. this is the game I thought I could always come back to. I play a bit, leave, play something else, and then come back.. and I always come back and spend money every couple months. I always have fun doing so. It filled a space in between everything else.. like nothing else. I knew that no matter what else happened, CoH would be there to fall back on because it's successful and making money and has a die hard fanbase.

Joke's on me

This gem can't be replaced.

It's a Funcom game, it will be fine. Anarchy Online is still alive and kicking, as is AoC, and they aren't exactly stellar successes.

Ooooooooooooooh yes.

Yeah, I love CO's freeform, but its archetypes (free player preset classes) take all the fun out of it. The fun of that game for me is crafting a character and picking the powers I want to fit it. Playing free isn't worth it, terrible F2P model. STO hilariously has the opposite problem: It's not worth subscribing, and free players get almost everything. Subscribing amounts to a bit of convenience and nothing more. If I wasn't LTS, I would have unsubbed a long time ago.

CO may not be an amazing game, but at least it's an actual game. DCUO is half of a game. It's really really good for a day or two, then you hit max level and go "wtf?"

So much less customization, so many less powers to pick from. The world is beautiful, and the stories are interesting, but it's over in days. It could never hold my attention, but good luck, maybe you will like it more.

I always figured she was a fat ugly man, but I guess I'll never know!

Which is why I don't buy it. An intriguing theory, but without proof, it doesn't seem realistic. It would be a terrible long-term business decision on the part of PWI, and greatly sabotage any present or future partnerships they might have with other companies, severely eroding confidence in their brand.

Unlike NC, PWI doesn't seem to make a habit of bad business decisions, just ruthless ones. Would it be ruthless? Yes, but it crosses a confidence line I don't think they can afford, especially in Western markets, where they are focusing a lot of attention on developing.

I think what is actually most telling, as you mentioned, is how fast this was dropped in the laps of dev and fan alike. I think if this was a day people knew was coming, things would have been different around here. No this seems like another one of NC's many boneheaded decisions passed down from the boardroom.

I NEVER EVER DRINK! FOR ANY REASON!

But yeah count me in. I'm serious.

STO, but I mean, everything is a pale shadow next to CoH.

Playing a game full of Trek fans is geek heaven and there are very few bad apples. The devs are pretty awesome. they don't reach out as much as they used to, but that's a perfect world thing, and there's still a lot of communication compared to most MMOs.