Red_Raccoon

I would play an emulator.

Whether or not I play it as much as I play City of Heroes now depends on many factors, the most important of which would be whether or not I'd be able to use the Titan Network's Sentinel tool to export my existing characters into the emulator. Other factors would be the general quality of the emulator and just how much of the original game was reproduced.

But regardless I'd definitely give it a look.

I've always had problems with the CoT spectrals on just about every character I've ever played. The only exceptions are energy blasters and corrupters that can take them down fast.

They pile on the -hit, have huge damage resistance to everything but energy, and dish out lots of damage. I put them ahead of scrappers on my list of most annoying foes.

That floating island with the waterfall in Ouroboros. It's a cool spot and it's in one of the few zones not overrun with criminals.

Of course I'd need my own helicoper or at least a jet-pack if I lived there.

This weekend I was taking screenshots of some of my characters and I decided to snap a pic of one standing next to the shark that's hanging on a hook in front of the building in Port Oakes where Mickey the Ear is standing. I got too close to the shark and knocked it off the hook!

I've run right by that shark for years and never knew you could knock it down. There's also a swordfish hanging next to it--I discovered that bumping into that one makes it swing but it doesn not fall down.

Indigo

I honestly think no.

But that hasn't stopped me from hoping.

Sadly, I'll probably be working.

First Mercedes Lackey is accused of being a liar on the basis that she writes fiction for a living. Then she's called a liar because she made a mistake and confused revenue with profit.

Really, I don't expect anyone to accept a 2nd hand source as gospel. Until we have something more concrete, we should take everything with a grain of salt. But I don't understand the need to make personal attacks on someone who's gone out of her way to support our cause--and I don't care if it's a famous author or just someone ordinary Joe who wants to try to help. If it were me and I saw some of the things said in this thread, I'd say "screw you guys, I'm out of here."

I would only invest in a lifetime sub if I had some kind of guarantee that the game would be around for a while. It would really suck to shell out for a life-time sub only to find out that the "life-time" only lasts another year.

I'd gladly pay $500 if I knew the game would last at least another 5+ years. $1,000 would be too much for my current budget, but if I had it to spare, I'd be willing to pay that much too. Without any such guarantees, though, I wouldn't invest in a lifetime sub, but I'd always be willing to go for a monthy sub, no question.

I don't mind admitting that I am upset.

I'm not angry. I'm sure NCSoft had reasons behind this decision, even if they aren't 100% clear to all of us. I do find how they went about implementing the decision a bit perplexing and even frustrating at times--but I'm certainly not mad enough to go all rage/boycott/revenge on NCSoft like some players have. I understand that in the end, corporations are looking out for themselves and their shareholders, and often this means making choices that customers don't like or understand.

But I am a bit distraught. I'm not a big video gamer and other than CoH, I've never been into MMOs. This is the only game I play, and for the last few years, it's been my only real hobby. I work a full time job and I have a family including two kids that I spend a lot of time doing things with, so I don't have a lot of "me" time these days. What "me" time I did have, I primarily devoted to City of Heroes. Designing and playing superheroes has been a great creative outlet for me in a life that doesn't have that much room for creativity anymore. It was something I'd really come to look forward to doing.

I'll get over it. In time, something else in my life will replace City of Heroes. But right now I'm sad. There are still so many things I wanted to do and characters I wanted to play, and I thought I still had at least another year or two to do them. I just feel I wasn't "done" yet. It may seem silly to those who think "it's just a game," but that's how I feel.