JohnRobey

Thank you, Prince_Recluse. Loved what you wrote and was blown away at seeing your collection. Thank you!

Thanks for the info and the link! Star Trek Online is a game I've been considering playing after NCSoft shuts the doors on City of Heroes. I'll factor this is after I wake up late 12/1 (having stayed up for the "sunset" and final disconnection notice from NCSoft the night before) when considering which MMORPGs (if any) to try next.

I never found a listing, but then I didn't look extensively (or control F search). If memory serves, the only time we teamed was a league during Capt Mako's Shark Week on Victory, where I found what you had to say in reply to Capt Mako's taunting fairly amusing.

There's this post today at Titan from Mercedes Lackey (Victoria Victrix), no doubt crossposted here to the official forums a few times already: http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.....html#msg76158

If said sources are correct, then at least part of the WHY is explained and efforts to Save COH can bear fruit only after the "sunset" 11/30 midnight Pacific time (or 12/1 3 a.m. EST). The more who remain committed to taking reasonable customer/player/fan action(s) after City of Heroes officially ends, the better our chances for a revival and I hope a full and complete resurrection.

Thank you, Alpha Wolf! (Justice misses you btw) And thanks to those writing on this topic. Please keep posting here as relevant. I might just wanna try a Nature Affinity or Titan Weapons toon these next couple of weeks.

Mercedes Lackey has this to say today on Titan: http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.....html#msg76158

[Quoting from the link, above]
I, too, cannot reveal my source, but it is solid, and I hope you will accept my credibility at this point. Let's just say I had an interesting afternoon gathering information.

Fansy's source is correct. The reason that the game "must" be shut down before it can be sold is because of perceived legal problems and liabilities on the part of the NCSoft legal department. (It's not lawsuits or potential lawsuits with Marvel, but other issues regarding ownership). Apparently dealing with the Garriott case scared the whey out of them, and they are now jumping at imagined shadows. They won't even consider selling until it is officially "dead."

The bad news: the game will close Nov 30.
The good news: it can rise from the ashes.
« Last Edit: Today at 01:11:17 am by Victoria Victrix »

I get the same GM support the few times I've needed to petition since the sunset notice. The GMs are still around; I presume someone is minding the store. At minimum, NCSoft billing and/or technical support can be phoned and presumably direct one to the correct person or department. Here's hoping.

I've enjoyed games for as long as I can remember. I learned chess when I was 6 and bridge at 14. 14 was my age when my then best friend in high school introduced me to Empire of the Petal Throne, D&D, miniatures, SPI and Avalon Hill board games and the gaming club at the local college (who happily put up with us high school kids.) During my high school years (mid 1970s) my friends and I gamed and hung out at the hobby store (they ran tournaments for us) and as the network of gaming friends increased, I found myself involved in the Society for Creative Anachronism and local science fiction fandom. I gamed from my teens to late 30s (with a few years off). Circumstances were such that I went from tabletop gaming into LARP (live action role playing.) I'd still enjoy tabletop pen&paper&dice gaming if my friends were still into it, and I'd still enjoy LARP if my health were better. (I became disabled about 7 years ago.) One of my gaming friends, a registered nurse, suggest I try online gaming since LARP was no longer possible and tabletop gaming fun mostly not happening. Another friend, an old gaming buddy invited me to his place to check out City of Heroes. It was love at first sight! We had a blast designing my first character's costumer (still on his account) while he explained the basics of the game to me. Shortly thereafter I had my own account and created characters and a sgbase based on old characters we'd played long ago (hence why I'm @kristoff von gelmini.) I'd solo all I could during the day (being disabled I have a LOT of time. The quality of that time however... ); when he got home from work he'd log in and we'd adventure! After he went to bed, often I'd stay up and get in on PUG AE missions or just go back to soloing before bed.

I found online gaming and CoH to be able to entertain me and hold my attention as well or better than good movie. Meaning, good/effective distraction from chronic pain. On really bad health days, when even solo play is difficult for me, I could amuse myself by designing SG bases and/or costumes and/or start yet another character, since the low level content was fun and not as demanding of speed and reflexes as higher level content.

I met really nice players in CoH almost since day one. Having played so many fantasy characters in tabletop and LARP, it was refreshing to play superheroes, a genre I enjoyed, but the folks I gamed with, we rarely did Champions. I'd avidly read comicbooks as a kid, especially Marvel and DC, so had great nostalgia realized when developing my own superheroes that might in some theoretical universe stand beside Superman and Green Lantern, Doctor Strange and the Valkyre, etc.

After about six months in CoH, I started playing more actively on different servers, to see if there were differences. There were! I went from playing mostly on Infinity to Virtue then Justice then Victory, joining the SG's my CoH friends were in, with a ton of alts still scattered across most of the NA servers. I'd play whichever server and character I wanted but usually elected (when physically able) to team up for SG events, whether it was a high level TF or for us all to create new themed toons etc.

I play CoH because it's fun and I like it. Because there are (or were) lots of good/fun/helpful players. Because the artwork appealed to me. Because like other forms of gaming it's a creative outlet, and LOL yeah, at times "beating up pixels" seemed like exactly the right thing to do.

Hoping COH is saved, and always Stay SUPER!!

FPARN!! (Just to say it once.)


Again, Hearty Congratulations on your natal anniversary (Birthday!) Hope you had an excellent celebration!!

Hmmm, interesting, and sorry you had that happen. I haven't spent any points in the Paragon Market since before the Sunset notice. Like you, I have the RocketBoard and love it!! I'd always planned to get the Flying Carpet as well for my magic origin characters but it was lower on my Wish List than other things. I suggest you file a Petition requesting game support or perhaps there's a better contact for Paragon Market billing/support staff--I wasn't able to find one quickly via Google, but maybe that's just me. ;-)

Happy Birthday!!