Steele_Magnolia

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  1. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
    True but we could have a million players and if they are only bringing in the revenues of 50-60K pre-Freedom subscribers does player numbers matter?
    $10m in revenues, $2m of that profits per years post-Freedom. Just some numbers to think about.
  2. The lid is on. I hold out some hope that negotiations will show promise.

    However, on November 31st if there's no City of Heroes (or sooner if they give us an 'eff you we're closing it and no one is getting rights' announcement) the gloves are off.

    (My Facebook campaign continues, but I did manage to get a 14 day posting, friending, and messaging ban. I guess NCSoft complained about the 'join my boycott' and 'This is what they did to COH' messages on their main and GW2 pages. Somebody noticed. Over 200 members and growing daily.)
  3. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan View Post
    That's it in a nutshell, basically. I get to the character select screen and start crying. It's ridiculous. I'm 42. Even reading the forums breaks my heart.

    Best computer game ever made.

    Eco
    I hear you. All last week I tried to play but there was no joy in logging in. I have only been able to play when I played with friends, and still there was a sense of loss in the back of my mind. I can't believe it is going to end.

    I'm 43. I've been through disability, cancer, death of family members, euthanizing pets, losing my career. I still have tears left for this.
  4. Steele_Magnolia

    Blade and Soul

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Scythus View Post
    Yeah, that is definitely the shirt. It isn't even the same shade as her face.
    Upon closer examination you're right, but that is weird looking shirt. Her skin is off white, so at first glance it looks like a bare stomach.

    Those kids give me the creeps. I also hate clowns.
  5. Can we please do this again? I missed the chance to contribute.
  6. Steele_Magnolia

    Blade and Soul

    The adult art looks good and I *might* have tried the game based on that, but this



    Little kid, bare midriff with top barely covering the absolute minimum and cute little animal ears?

    Yeah, soft core kiddie porn. No way in hell.
  7. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Surgepoint View Post
    If we don't get CoH back, I'll do everything within my -admittedly limited- power to prevent as many people as I can from buying that game.
    Supplies: Post-it notes, pen

    Time: 10 min per store

    1. Write notes ahead of time.
    2. Travel to store
    3. Stick notes to the back of all NCSoft games

    Players shouldn't let players buy NCSoft games, or should at least let them know what they're getting into.

    If COH dies I'll be doing this every week at the local Wal Mart, Best Buy, and Game Stop. It'll just add some time to my weekly grocery shopping to stop at those places, you know?
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kentor1701C View Post

    If City Of Heroes is Shutdown

    I will stop playing MMOs and just put my money into my Harley, and attend more Bike Rallys and stuff.
    This is pure win!
  9. What positive steps are you willing to take to save the game?

    Extend your subscription?
    Buy Points in the store?
    Open another account?
    Encourage friends to play?
    Invest?
    Something else?

    If NCSoft reverses its decision I would:

    - Extend all four of my subscriptions to 3 month subs
    - Spend $20 in the store on my main account
    - Plug COH on my Facebook page
    - Try to get my friends who have quit to come back (again)
    - End my Boycott NCSoft campaign
    - Come back to Aion

    If NCSoft sold the game to an independent Paragon Studios I would:

    - Extend all four of my subscriptions to 6 month subs
    - Spend $100 in the store on my main account
    - Try to get my friends who have quit to come back (again)
    - Be willing to buy shares if available and invest in the company
  10. Positron's Ally

    Quote:
    Two days of Task Force fun.

    On Thursday September 20th at 9PM Eastern/ 2AM GMT

    And

    Saturday September 22nd at 12 Noon Eastern/5PM GMT

    Join TonyV, myself and the entire Titan Network team in running the Positron Task Forces, part one and two. In the world’s biggest synchronized Positron Task Force group across all the City of Heroes Servers.

    Come with a team already formed or make yourself a PUG while you’re there!

    Take screenshots, chat with old friends, make new friends and listen to your favorite server based radio stations.
    http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index....ic,5116.0.html
    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=297253

    You hear that Sentinels of Liberty, SOLUS Foundation, Sisterhood and SisterhoodFriends, LB, LFA, Liberty's Channel and all on Liberty? We have GOT to do this!

    Disclaimer: The 'myself' in the quoted message is not me, it's Maressa from Titan Forums. I'm just posting this here to get the ball rolling.
  11. I'm in!!!! I'll talk to my SG mates, coalition mates and friends and global channels on Liberty and see if we can make it a sweeping activity.

    You hear that Sentinels of Liberty, SOLUS Foundation, Sisterhood and SisterhoodFriends, LB, LFA, Liberty's Channel? We have GOT to do this!
  12. Beware. NCSoft is having a massive problem with Guild Wars 2 hacks (11,000 so far that they've acknowledged) and are blaming the players.

    They're also having serious launcher problems.
  13. It could go either way, legitimate ban or one right out of 'wth' land. I don't know the circumstances for myself and can't say.

    What I can say is that my goddaughter and two friends lost thier Aion accounts because she was invited into a legion, got invites for her mom and a friend, then everyone else quit that one right after the other, and she was left leader.

    The GM banned the legion for RMT without looking any further into who actually did it.
  14. It's your decision and I wish you well of it. I'll be going elsewhere.

    I won't be playing another NCSoft product because I no longer trust the company. No notice cancellation of games without a good reason, no notice termination of a loyal staff that's been with them as long as ten years, no information on refunds even though it's been nearly two weeks. I won't support a company that does that.

    PS: I've heard back from the attourney in my sig
  15. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan View Post
    and, sadly, hordes of cretinous tl;dr players who'd rather whack-a-mole in overworld 'kill x things' quests than play a game with actual reading in it.

    I've been trying to find a game with as much narrative delivery mechanics as CoH, and failing. Bios, clues, speech bubbles, info panels, mission briefings, mission REbriefings...

    Eco.
    LOTRO and SWTOR are story intensive, rather than what I call 'rat pellet' games with repeatable 'go kill X" quests to get end game loot. They're good story, if that's what you're looking for.

    I can't speak for endgame for SWTOR because after one month they had a bad patch that made it impossible for me to launch the game. Maybe they've worked that out, if so I'll try it when it goes FTP. That launcher business was just plain nasty and the company handled it very badly.

    I played LOTRO for about 2 years and dabble in it occasionally (lifetime sub).

    Aion **** *****. I only played it because my best friend did and I want to spend time with her. It's the worst rat pellet game I've ever found. The community is the worst I've ever seen. The store is more moneygrubbing than Scrooge McDuck. The art is pretty. I advise avoiding it.

    PS: If I go to any other MMO it will probably be WOW because 1) my machine can't run newer games, and 2) I want a game that isn't going to go poof.
  16. Quote:
    Originally Posted by I Burnt The Toast View Post

    And you may want to re-read the User Agreement; the one that no one forced you to accept but that you knowingly accepted every time you launched CoH.

    Just saying...
    I've read the EULA. I'm paying for access to servers. After Nov 30 (or earlier if they decide) there will be no access to servers.

    I'm not asking for money back for time that I've played or will play or while servers are available, nor for any items I've purchased from the store. I'm only asking that all customers get money back for services that will not be rendered.

    I wouldn't pay a roofer to do 3/4 of my roof, nor accept his offer to transfer 1/4 of my payment to work on my cabinets. If I pay for a roof I expect a roof.

    I pay for COH I expect COH, not GW2 credit.

    Game companies shouldn't get a pass just because it's a game. The lesson I will take from this is to never prepay more than a month again on any game.

    Just saying...
  17. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Robo_Knight View Post
    So... class action law suit anyone?
    The link for a company that's done MMO class actions in the past is in my sig.
  18. I wouldn't care if I got a dime back. I don't care if a lawyer makes money. I just want to put pressure on NCSoft and it's investors. If the game does go down on Nov 30th I just want to punish them.

    I am not ashamed of that.

    PS: I've never sued anyone, not even my doctor for malpractice when a bad mix of medications that never should have been mixed caused me to have a stroke. The doctor made a mistake and meant to help me, afterwards she made sure the pharmacy updated its software and initiated the hospital to do a hand search of all records to make sure the medications weren't mixed up for other patients. That's all I wanted, to be sure no one else was hurt, and she did it.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by I Burnt The Toast View Post
    QFT - Running around screaming "I'm gonna sue you!" is not the most productive way in trying to get negotiations started.
    Negotiations are only possible between equal and interested parties. We are neither equal nor is NCSoft interested. It's been more than a week with no communication.

    Hope should not be tempered with delusion.

    Civility should not be confused with appeasement.
  20. Changing the prepaid sub to PPs wouldn't help since you can't buy anything in the store. If they reactivated the store without the ability to buy extra points and converted the prepaid subs on request that would at least be something.
  21. A little bit of online research found a class action lawsuit filed against Square Enix of America Holdings, Inc for deceptive billing practices for Final Fantasy XI.

    http://www.game-debate.com/news/?new...asy%20XI%20MMO

    http://www.courthousenews.com/2009/06/24/SquareEnix.pdf

    I contacted the company via its webpage form here:
    http://makaremlaw.com/

    This is what I said:

    I saw in Courthouse News that you filed a class action lawsuit against Square Enix of America Holdings, Inc on behalf of Final Fantasy XI players. I am tipping you to an opportunity to file a similar lawsuit against NCSoft with regards to its game City of Heroes.

    On August 31st, 2012 the company announced that it is cancelling the game and the servers will shut down for good on November 30, 2012. The company is refusing to give refunds to customers who purchased server access time beyond that date.

    Over 100,000 people play City of Heroes. Of that number I do not know how many have subscriptions prepaid beyond November 30th. Only one of my accounts is prepaid beyond that point (to January 1 2013).

    I am willing to be your first customer. I will help you find more.
  22. Anyone here a lawyer that can file a class action lawsuit we can all pile onto?
  23. Acct 1: Sep 17th 2012
    Acct 2: Jan 1st 2013
    Acct 3: Oct 14, 2012
    Acct 4: Have to get husband to check his

    Transfer it to another game? No F'n way. Small claims court and Better business bureau here I come.

    The really big FU?
    Aug 30, 2012 28281433 1600 NCoin™
    That's the last purchase for Aion they'll ever see too.
  24. So... my computer got hit with something and I had to format. Little did I know...

    You can't download the client anymore. Trying to get to the Download link on the main page (under account) now takes you to the Farewell Announcement.

    So I went searching on the web to find a place to download it. I found this:
    http://city-of-heroes-freedom.en.softonic.com/download
    I hope it works.

    PS: I save my screenshots on my Amazon cloud drive, but I never knew I had to back up the client!