Shard_Warrior
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Hello all,
Never thought this day would ever come, but here we are with time winding down on Paragon City.
I wanted to take the opportunity to say farewell to the Triumph community. There are so many of you I have teamed with over the years, it would take too long to type out everyone's name. It has been an honor and a privilege to play CoX with with you on Triumph over the years. Some of you I have gotten to know and become friends with in real life, and I have CoX to thank for bringing us together. It's truly heartbreaking for me to think about never being able to log in to Paragon City again and seeing the global friends list lit up, donning the cape and tights for some CoX fun with my friends.
With the game coming to an end, I've found myself reminiscing about City of Heroes quite a lot lately. I'm going to miss this game very much. It breaks my heart to see it go. I honestly looked forward to playing CoH with my son one day when he got older.
Recently, I dug out a piece of artwork I had commissioned from MMOArt years ago of Miss Foley and Mini Miss Foley. It was a birthday gift for my friend - Miss Foley - a person with whom I have never laughed so hard or had so much fun in game with. It was sitting in my closet since we moved to our new home and I'm going to get a new frame for it and hang it on my wall. I also found a sketchbook of my main toons that I had various artists draw over the years at the NYCC.
Even more than these pieces of art, there are so many fond memories, so many fun times I have had and shared with you all in the Triumph community over the last 8 years. I cannot find the words to express to you all how much joy and laughter you brought me, so I will just say from the bottom of my heart, "Thank You". And very big thank you to everyong at Paragon Studios for the years of joy.
I wish you all the best and hope to see you all again one day. I certainly hope one day there will be another superhero MMO that can measure up to City of Heroes, and that I will find you all there again.
All the best to you and your families. I will miss you all.
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I just realized that November 30th will be the last time I can log in and antagonize my beloved pet Monkey. Pardon me whilst I go and cry ...
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Quote:Originally Posted by Catwhoorg
Once we get a timeline, we ought to have a serverwide event.
Don't care what or when, but a chance for us to all say our farewells.
This. Turbo emailed me this morning and I didn't believe it. It's really sad to see the game going. I literally got choked up reading the news.
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Quote:Hug the mountain. Envelop... that mountain. Why do I climb the mountain?Originally Posted by Turbo_Starr
It's what us Triumphers do, were the pantless server...
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I've been enjoying these signature story arc missions so far. Monkey asked Back Alley Brawler if he could take up Stateman's mantle as uber hero of Paragon City. BaB just laughed, then Monkey pooped on his shoe.
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My wife and I welcomed Zachary Toichiro December 6th, 2011. 6 lbs, 13 1/2 ounces and 20 inches.
He is a future scrapper!
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Quote:Originally Posted by B_Samson
Also, Turbo asked that his account be removed from Faces a few days before the attack, so you wouldn't find him there, anyway.
Well crap. How am I supposed to collect the rest of his underoo photos? -
I was going to go on there and see if Turbo posted any new pics of him wearning his Batman underoos only to find the site being directed to Paragon Wiki? What gives?
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Won't be wasting the funds to go an see this sure to be crapfest... however, I am holding out hope that this Hollywood remake trend continues and they bring T.J. H00ker to the big screen!
Edit: lol on the filter
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Quote:And quite a few other classics.... TBH, that snippet of "Learning to Fly" isn't all that bad IMO.Originally Posted by Smersh
ohgawd... he also covered Iron Man...
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The over commercialization of Christmas is why I gave up on it as a holiday. I celebrate Festivus instead.
A Festivus for the rest of us!
Now if you'll all excuse me, I'm off to go and shop for a new aluminum pole... -
Quote:Yes, I can see that in looking back at my original post. I have tried to clarify in follow up responses.Originally Posted by TerraDraconis
I expect it is more that you didn't express that in the way you wanted to.
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Quote:I don't see where I claimed to not know where information was?Originally Posted by TerraDraconis
For anyone truly interested in this there are several tools available and information resources available. Claiming that you didn't know them or didn't want to bother finding them doesn't really fly.
I don't disagree, yet there is a difference (at least to me) between looking at build info in Mids versus actually playing it.Quote:Originally Posted by TerraDraconis
For anyone truly interested in this there are several tools available and information resources available. Claiming that you didn't know them or didn't want to bother finding them doesn't really fly.
Bad analogy really. I'm able to test drive that car myself. I can sit in it and see what the seat feels like, how it performs, what the stereo sounds like, whether I feel the cup holder is too shallow etc. I can go to several dealerships and look at it with various options it may come with. I can get a personal, hands on look at the car myself that no amount of reading or asking other others will provide.Quote:Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
For an analogy, do you simply accept what an automaker tells you about their product before buying a car from them? Or do you look for information from people who aren't being paid to tell you the product is great?
Hence, the basis for expressing an opinion that the game provide a better mechanism for testing how a set plays so customers can make better informed purchase decisions.Quote:Even if the devs did let us preview powersets before we buy them, that isn't going to tell us squat about how that set plays at 50, or how it synergizes with other powersets. -
Quote:On the flipside, simply because you find them reasonable doesn't make it so either.Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
There WERE reasonable means of previewing and testing.
Simply because YOU find them unreasonable doesn't mean it is.
You seem to be assuming every person had access to the Street Justice set while it was in BETA, and were able to afford the time to level a character there and test it out completely. You also seem to be ignoring the new players coming in who don't really get (IMO) a good method of trying out powersets before purchasing them.
Just for the record, I was in the i21 BETA and did get to test this set out before buying it. That said, I can understand there are those out there who did not have the opportunity I had by being in the i21 BETA. I am not in any way asking for a refund. I am simply expressing an opinion that the store/game in general can use some improvements when it comes to allowing customers to better preview/test an item out before paying real money for it. -
Quote:Were we able to get a reasonable means of previewing and testing these sets prior to purchasing them, I would agree.Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Caveat emptor
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My choice of mount:
Turbo's pick:
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Quote:That's the same costume he had in The Dark Knight.Originally Posted by myskatz
There are also pics of Christian Bale's new costume for Batman. I kinda like it yet kinda don't.
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Many congratulations to you Cat!
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Quote:Hrrmmm.... looking at that photo, I'm curious if the new Batmobile/Tumbler can morph into this "Batwing" configuration? It did have the Batpod in the last film.Originally Posted by Demobot
EDIT: Here's another photo, apparently of a full-size version suspended by cables.
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Quote:Aside from characters like Alfred and Rachel, it's fairly obvious Lucious Fox knows who Batman really is in the Nolan films. That accountant (Reese) figured it out as well. I would go so far as to say Gordon knows who Batman is too as he is not a total moron. In most cases, the characters are portrayed as agreeing with what Batman is doing, so they are inclined to let him do his thing. At least to me, that is rather realistic.Originally Posted by Magus_Prime
Honestly, if we saw one of those today, it really wouldn't take long for someone to figure out who would have the means to acquire something like that and it goes without saying that it would be a very short list. I just have a hard time divorcing myself from the unlikelihood. It would probably be easier for me to suspend disbelief if he didn't go on record saying he wanted it to be a realistic portrayal.
/signed eleventy thousand times!Quote:Originally Posted by Inazuma
I want that as a travel power in the game. Screw rocket boards!
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Quote:He'll still be around. Fairly easy to guess where he will wind up too.Originally Posted by UltraTroll
Now I am curious what is going to happen to BaB but I am thinking he is going to die. Someone is suppose to die and BaB is my primary choice.
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More photos shown here.
He's not wearing the cape in these, but you get a better look at the suit up close. I really don't care for the plastic design. The lack of briefs makes him look like he's running around in his Kryptonian onesy to me.