I Burnt The Toast

As of 4:45PM EST

Update: 21 instances of Atlas Park



Actually JUST hit 22

This is currently Atlas Park 6 on Virtue; There are currently 18 instances of Atlas Park on Virtue and it is only 4:20PM EST.



Feel free to post all your Rally pics here

Nope.

I have done MAYBE 20 solo missions my entire subbed (7+ years). While I love the game play of CoH...I love the social aspect of it even more. A stand alone version of the game would not appeal to me in the slightest

Yeah well I gave it the ol' collegiate try.

Figured I would try CO and see if that was something that could be my next home. This post is not meant as a negative towards CO at all; especially considering their community seems very welcoming.

1. I cannot stand the graphics I play(ed) CoH because I wanted to be a superhero; like in the movies/television. CO seems WAY too cartoony for me. I was never a comics fan (ducks). I am more a X-Men movie person that an X-Men cartoon/comics person for example. This is why I liked CoH because my characters seemed more "real"/lifelike.

2. I am no MMO pro. The first (and basically only) MMO I have really played is CoH. I find/found CoH was very easy to learn from the get-go. Reading about powers and defensive boosts in CO and all that... confused the hell out of me. It took me 10 mins in game saying over and over in local chat "How do I invert my camera" before someone finally replied "Hit ESC for main menu" LOL...

3. This is along the lines of #1 - I think the world in CO is ugly Compared to Paragon City it feels very bleh.

4. Granted I was on a trial account, but uhmm I like being able to actually CHOOSE my powers not follow some laid out plan. When I hit level 2 I was awarded a new power.. wait.. where is my CHOICE?

5. I haven't seen a lot of promising information about CO financially...so it just makes me go "Meh why bother." I don't want to play another game only to lose it in the near future.

This is not to say CO is not a good game. It just isn't the game for me. I also tried DCUO; awhile ago and actually hated that game. So I guess I will twiddle around on GW2 if/when the servers shut down here.

Is there a guesstimate on how long this event may take place?
Any inside scoop if any rednames will be appearing on their personal accounts?

I will do my best to be there....I will transfer my main to Virtue for the event.

I am not angry at NCSoft...I was in the beginning, but I can see why they did what they did.

I am very thankful to them for allowing CoH to even exist in the first place. I got 7+ years of entertainment out of CoH and made some friends along the way.

I even purchased GW2 on Saturday so I could stay in touch with some of my friends who are now playing that instead.

Am I sad that CoH may be shutting down..absolutely. I love CoH and have never found anything even remotely as enjoyable in an MMO. But I am not going to fault NCSoft for making a business decision; especially when I am not aware of the reasoning (nor would I probably understand it fully since I am not much of a business person...I mean hello I am a therapist.. I deal in feelings).

I am hopeful that CoH will continue in some way, but also fearful that any resurgence of the game will leave a cloud of doom over it...kinda like waiting for the other shoe to fall. Until something is definite I see no reason to dwell on the situation. Others (TonyV specifically) are doing what they can to help save the game and I applaud him for his efforts; especially in light of some of the comment sin this thread. People may not agree with his viewpoints on NCSoft, but damn people sure are negative and spiteful towards him...all while he does everything he can to save the game.

Best wishes to you TonyV....you are a hero to me.

Probably a silly question but here goes:

Were there ever/or were there ever planned any gay/lesbian heroes in Paragon City? We see quite a few love stories already in game and was curious if that the thought of a same-sex love story/tragedy were ever discussed.

IF CoH dies I may give it a try....

I have never had a chance to be in any of your videos and am hoping scheduling wise I can get my main in the farewell video. If/when the servers do shut down I would like a little piece of CoH to look back on.

I personally thought SteelClaw's suggestion would be an amazing tribute video.

I didn't see this thread until just now.........

I find it hard to actually login and/or play...just depresses me right now

I sent an email to providencejournal.com

Some globals and I are playing GW2. It is a huge learning curve for me as the only MMO I have ever really put any time into is COH.

I tried DCUO and CO and just well.. meh; plus let's be honest here from all the rumors and financials neither is doing particularly well.

So while I am moving to GW2 I can say with a fair amount of certainty that my "game time" is going to be significantly less....because nothing compares to COH imo.

If it's fixed I do not see why not

The Net=Golden Girl?

Friday 12:50PM ... Sitting in my car at lunch time and figured I would check the forums real quick before heading in to work.... BOOM! I thought maybe it was a joke and I missed the tiny print at the bottom of the announcement so I typed COH into google and there was an article about it.....

Instant Depression.

I texted a friend who I play with almost daily the past few years...and he thought I was kidding... he read the announcement and texted me back that he was in shock and devastated.

I returned to work and sat there....stunned. Realizing the toons I would never make (War Mace/Bio Brute was my next toon). Sitting there realizing Issue 24 would never hit... Thinking of all my friends in game that I would never get the chance to play with again after Nov 30th... Realizing that from this moment on the game would feel different with the impending closure...

I headed to the bathroom to gain my composure and ... I cried

I work in a prison...with murderers, rapists, etc etc... and after exiting the bathroom and getting back into my office I had to speak with a guy who murdered a woman while robbing her and he asked me "are you ok??" I looked at him and all I could think to say was "I just got some bad news about a friend." Because that is what CoH and the people I play with are to me...friends. So here I sit barely holding my composure and across the desk form me is a cold blooded murderer telling me he is sorry....

After my session with him I packed up my belongings and went home. I drove around for a few hours because I didn't want to come home and get on the computer because that would make it real...I didn't want to log in and have to admit that this login would bring me one day closer to never being able to play again.

Today I didn't play. I logged in for roughly 10 minutes and when I saw that only 1 global friend was on I cried more. So I sat around - took a nap (had a bad headache) - and have read the forums over and over. Sitting here typing this I started crying again. I knew CoH wouldn't be around forever, but the suddenness of it all is just hitting me hard. I wanted to stop playing CoH when I chose to not because it would no longer be around. I have played for 7.5 years. I started playing this game with my Ex (Obviously wasn't my Ex at the time). I have made and lost many friends. Recently I joined a few global chans and made some great friends - all of whom I am going to miss so much.

And now I am crying again...

Not trying to be a pessimist but....

Won't any "future" version of CoH be MONTHS away??? I'm not a huge techy person, but it seems to me that if/when the servers shut down - trying to rebuild everything is going to take lots of time? yes? no?

Don't get me wrong...I LOVE CoH and all of my friends here, but is saving CoH going to also mean a huge amount of time between Nove 30th and a restart? Or is a simple reboot to new server/servers something that can be done quickly if all things fall into place?

I guess to each their own... because the Incarnate system is what actually saved me form leaving CoH. When you have leveled every AT multiple times to 50...done every arc, tf, etc... and reached 50 the game just seemed bleh to me. Finally with incarnates I had new stuff to achieve etc etc.

Those who were VIP on 8/31/2012 will continue to be VIP; just without being billed, until November 30, 2012.

AFAIK all accounts were flagged on Friday to remain what they were at the time of the announcement. For example if you were VIP on Friday and your sub was due today...you will be VIP (without having to pay) until November 30th. So if you were a free/premium player on Friday...you will continue to be that until November 30th.

There is no way to upgrade your account as NCSoft is no longer accepting payments from players effective Friday 8/31/2012...all billing has ceased.

Hmmm my auto renew on August 27th came out just fine....

FPARN


and 1 more post to 2000 for Zwill

This picture pretty sums up my feelings

I would have liked to have seen more people actually subscribing.....