Paladiamors

Originally Posted by Agent White

What's to fix? There's just too many people on the server. When they get off it'll stabilize again.

Originally Posted by Bullet Barrage

Virtue is already down.

Originally Posted by Black Pebble

I actually haven't had the time to cook for myself in about 6 months.

I expect that may change.

Originally Posted by Vyver

Ugh, same.


Honestly, what other MMO can I completely customize my character, create 20 different channels to talk on, teleport between zones in a matter of minutes, MAKE MY OWN MISSIONS (seriously, how am I supposed to RP specific selfwritten stories, if I cant create a mission with specific enemies and text? ) and a ton of other stuff that no other MMO has?

Originally Posted by Prodiguy

I want RickAstley to post in here to tell us if he really is or is not Rick Astley. Just in case he is.

Originally Posted by DarkGob

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 4 or more times...

Originally Posted by Vyver

I played a free-trial of Eve once. Pretty fun. Kinda spreadsheety, but once you get in the mindset/character I really enjoyed it.

Playin a simple Space Miner, blastin off, mining rocks, coming back, selling them, rinse and repeat while I internet surfed during travel times.


Strangely relaxing. I don't know if I'd pay 15 a month for it though, but it was worth my time when I was playing it.

Might go back to it though. Best Scifi MMO out there currently.


But I think I'll wait for a Mass Effect MMO.


*sits on hands*


Its going to be awhile.

Originally Posted by Triplash

Torchlight 2 is where I'll be going, for a few months at least. It's made by the original team that made Diablo 1 & 2, and the release date is Sept 20, about three weeks from now. It's not an MMO but it is multiplayer for those who want company. Singleplayer as well for those who don't.

Then I'll probably boot up my old WoW account for a month... and ten minutes later remember why I left in the firstplace.

Apart from that I love board games, particularly the ones from a company called Flying Frog. But I live in the frickin' boonies and there aren't enough folks around to start up a good gaming group, so... yeah. I dunno either I guess.

I mean, everything else I've ever played were just games. This place was liking finding home.

GAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

Originally Posted by Thrillseeker

I can be found, after Nov 30th, 2012, on The Secret World and Star Wars: The Old Republic. Alas, neither of those games have global chat channels or global handles to use to keep in touch regardless what character one is on.

I played Champions Online and DC Universe Online for a time but kept with COH because it was the better MMO. CO and DCUO are very, very good MAMO's (Massive Action Multiplayer Online) games. They are also good super hero games. Both have grown well over their lifetime so far. The Perfect World International is unlikely to pull the plug on CO for at least a year or two. ESPECIALLY with COH going away. SOE rarely kills off a game unless the cost of the IP outweighs the income (Matrix) or they lose the IP (Star Wars Galaxies). You want an example: Vanguard. I think the fact they Own the IP means their costs are low. So as long as Warner and SOE are getting along and Warner doesn't decide to up the cost of the IP or stop footing part of the bill, SOE will keep it going. Especially due to the Console side being so unique.

COH moving out of the picture may or may not change the equation. I know, for me, it will be back to MMO of the year and moving around from one to another again. Only COH held my attention during it's whole existance. No other MMO has done that.

Originally Posted by uberschveinen

NCsoft will not make any arrangement to keep any form of City of Heroes running. It's that stark and that simple.

If this was a business decision, made on the grounds of making more money per year, then they would be open to negotiation. Selling a property is more valuable than torpedoing it. But it isn't. CoX is still profitable. Not hugely, but profit is profit. And it's not like they can 'use the talent elsewhere', as they've kicked them all out. From the standpoint of business interest, this decision is stupid.

This is an executive decision. It's based on what's best for the executives in charge, and that is not at all the same thing as what's good for the business.

Here's what's happened and what will happen.

NCsoft reported lower quarterly earnings. There are reasons for this; obvious ones. Like making a big-game title that has reported all its costs but none of its profits. But an executive has to justify themselves to a board. And if you just say 'ignore the losses, we'll make money' on a game you didn't greenlight, you don't get to take any credit.

So they've looked for a game they can justify cancelling. An old game that went F2P is a perfect target. Not because it's unprofitable, but because you can easily pretend that it was the problem. They kill the game, and talk about how they've taken decisive actiopn to save profitys. And then when the profits of the huge new game come in, they can use their action to try and take credit for the profit.

This action has been made so some executive can spin a story of their decisive action saving the company lots of money and making it even more, so they can get a higher salary in the next job. It has been made solely for this purpose. It serves no other purpose. It does nothing good for the company on any level, and in fact has cut off a small but reliable revenue stream.

And that is why they will not sell the IP.

As soon as they sell the IP, they will have to concede that it is still valuable. As soon as they sell the IP in a movement initiated by the players, they seem reactionary and foolish for having not done that themselves. If they do not torpedo the IP, it will be tantamount to admitting that their actions were those of sociopathic greed.

Executive business is the most egotistical level of industry in the world, by orders of magnitude, and would rather literally destroy itself than concede being wrong. And that is exactly what they will do here.