This is my first post on these forums, as well as my first comment on this whole situation anywhere other than my SG's official forums, so if this is a little hard to follow, please forgive me.
I was going to put a big spiel here about my history in City of Heroes, how I had been playing it since just after release, how I've met some of my closest friends through the game, and how much it means to me and how it's helped me grow as a person. But everyone knows those stories already; it's true for 95% of us. If this community and the people in it weren't important to you, you wouldn't still be here.
Instead, I'll get straight to my point. I've seen posts both ways, about how NCSoft is ignoring us and how the devs are silent on the matter other than "Thank you for the support", and posts on all the action being taken to save it.
This is the way I see things- Call it optimism or stupidity, it doesn't honestly matter to me. The NDA has been brought up several times- We know they're talking, but neither side will say what they're talking about, when they're talking, why they're talking. That's because the NDA swings both ways- Paragon can't say anything, neither can NCSoft. Just because NCSoft hasn't made a statement doesn't mean they're ignoring us.
I work and go to school 4 days a week. Every day, I come home, sit down at my desk and load up the Titan Network along with these forums, and scour the posts for the declaration of victory, that our voices have been heard and some arrangement has been made. Clearly, this hasn't happened yet. Does it stop me from coming home with that hope every day? Absolutely not.
My point is, ignore the haters. Don't let the silence discourage you. I'm going to keep fighting until a redname tells me to stop. I'm going to to run TFs and level characters and RP and hold torches and signs in Atlas on my downtime until December 1st. And if December 1st rolls around and I can no longer log into City of Heroes, I'll be satisfied knowing I did everything I could.
Don't let anyone tell you you're wrong for standing up to defend something important to you. Don't let them tell you you're being ignored when the others are just unable to speak. Don't let them tell you you're alone in this fight, because thousands of others are standing with you.
You wouldn't be reading this if you didn't care.
