Sigium

It's probably already been said, or something similar enough, but I'll add my feedback (Sorry, everyone, I didn't read the entire thread. )

I bought CO back in '09 when it first came out and I was... selectively pleased. The graphics were a step up, but everything felt either overpowered, gimped, or just clunky.

Finally, when I tried to get back into the game in '12, I realized that almost half of the costume pieces I'd used and loved were made unavailable to me, as well as the characters I'd left behind.

In confusion, I jumped to the forums and asked for help, where I was informed that I'd just been "renting" the costume pieces and freeform character slot for the price of their monthly fee.

After paying their $50, I was in no better a place than those who had just downloaded the game that day.

I sighed, told the community that this was not likely the game for me, and I left without looking back. It felt really shady to me.

What would make the best Superhero game out there?

Perhaps, and call me crazy, but maybe some more input from the community? Not just commentary and suggestions, but entire content.

I have a crazy dream of sandbox-like tools being released to the CoH community, where people would work with/modify polygons, smooth out edges in their favorite pieces and make radical designs while experimenting with settings, defaults, customizations, sliders, angles, lengths, widths, depths, translucency and a myriad of other tools that would allow players to create their own costume part.

Once these parts would be created, they would be submitted into a separate subforum dedicated to judging and feedback of said piece. And once a month, contests would be held and pieces would be added- pieces made by the community and given credit for.

But again, I'm batty.

Because I never asked for it to happen before.

And enable free-for-all PVP.

(Because ALL cool posts have a sunglasses-wearing smiley next to them, right?)

I'll keep this short and simple- I bought City of Heroes back when it had originally came out and I had no idea what computers did/were. My crummy rig gave me half-rendered polygons and meshes because my Graphics Card was downright terrible and I took terrible care of the computer.

Blah blah, new computer years later.

City of Heroes runs well, as does City of Villains. It's a game that hooks me in and gets me not only through most of High School, but most of College.

Blah blah, bigger, better things, blah blah, degree in something, blah blah.

City of Heroes inspired me in ways no other MMO did- in fact, it was the FIRST MMO I'd ever played- I hadn't even touched Runescape before this. I still have the old booklet where Fold Space is still in and Katana and Broadsword share power names.

Blah blah, rose-tinted glasses and nostalgia.

Good bye, everyone. Thank you for all the times, both good and bad. Thank you for being there in a special way for me, and I hope some day we'll see a rebirth of Superhero MMOs.

If City of Heroes did all of this on an engine older than WoW's and game mechanics like... City of Heroes, imagine what could be done with modern technologies and developments?

And that's all I've got to say about the war in Vietnam.

I don't mean to resurrect a dead issue, but perhaps I'm just not seeing the issue through?

When I'd begun playing as Premium once again, I had roughly 12 unlock slots- I now have 5. This is because of the 7 I'd used, there are STILL slots I had unlocked on that particular server, but those slots are not being occupied by the characters that I had made in those slots originally. All of the characters are locked once more, and the unlocks I'd used on that server are now used on empty spaces.

I'm sorry if I'm not too accustomed to dealing with server/global slots- I'd just like to play with the same characters that I'd been using before I'd switched over to VIP.

Thank you all for your patience and understanding.

Hello and howdy! I'm sorry if this isn't the right place to post this, or if this question is just answered so often that there's a copy/paste response lurking around.

I got back into CoH lightly a couple of months ago- made my Premium account shine, used a bunch of my server slot unlocks and generally had a good time.
So it was time to up the ante! I upgraded to VIP, but after almost a month, I just felt like I needed to focus my money on more important things (bill/car payment stuff.) I let my account downgrade.

I come back in, only to find ALL of my characters locked! Even the ones I'd unlocked, or made during my Premium days! All of the unlocked slots had been shifted to empty places, allowing me to create new characters, but not access the ones I'd already made!

I put in a Help ticket, but I got a response that contacting them was... VIP-only?! What?!

I love CoH Freedom as much as anyone- being able to play all I want for free is a lot of great fun, but as it stands, I feel like my characters are being held hostage by VIP status. Is there anything that can/should be done? Or is this an actual working-as-intended feature?

/signed

I did not know you could just /ah to bring up the Auction House

Wow... You need MORE reason to stay Premium?

Listen, I used to be subscribed to *another* Superhero game. I bought it back in '09 and I had some fun, but not nearly enough fun to make it worth my while. So, I cancelled my subscription.

A few years later, the game goes f2p and I say huzzah! I rush to create a few new heroes, but as I'm looking through the available costume pieces and I notice many of them locked. "What is this?" I ask, wondering why I cannot use most of the costume pieces I had used back when I subscribed. "Why are these locked?"

I took a stroll to the website and the forums, only to find a barrage of fans and apologists telling me that "You're just RENTING those costume pieces." and "You want 'em back? Resubscribe!" (I picture those comments being spoken in a snobby, English accent.)

So there I am- unable to play my old (freeform) characters, with a total of 2 slots I can make characters on, unable to select from more than half of the powers that were available when I subscribed, and a plethora of costume pieces I'd enjoyed. I, who had bought the game for $50, was indistinguishable from someone who had downloaded the game on that very day.

And after all that, you're telling me CoH needs MORE benefits to free players? After all the amazing gifts we already have?

No.

Wait... you're telling me I don't HAVE to be at WW to do business?

Dammit, I need to stay updated on these features! D:

I don't like it because I like making my own characters with their own backstories and personal ideologies.

Having all of that predetermined for me strikes a harsh nerve.

I'd love to see archetypes to give the villains something that isn't Arachnos in nature.

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Because otherwise, I'd get in trouble for posting naughty words.