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I agree with so many of these posts I don't even know where to begin!

A permanent AP33 on my home server of Virtue- check! A lifetime sub for TonyV- check! Random hero dopplegangers with torches outside Atlas' City Hall- check!

And more Paragon Studios developer presence in-game here and there, just to say hello- check!

All right now, peeps! It ain't over til the fat lady sings as they say, and I don't hear any singing! The spotlight won't even be shining on that stage until November 30th, so pull together here.

Hellgate: London closed down and came back online. Gods and Heroes closed down came back online. APB and Fallout went under and came back online. CoH only has to be the next one to do it--but this time we're aiming to drag Paragon Studios along for the ride.

So get to it! Send those three emails out to the NCSoft Head Honchos in TonyV's thread there. Go go go!

You don't know until you try. And wouldn't you rather go out, guns blazing, knowing you did everything you possibly could to save CoH, rather than wondering that it might have been saved if not for your lack of trying in the end?

Sharpen those katanas and broadswords, mix up some new spells, un-holster those wild western pistols-- we have only just begun to fight!

Okay, I sent this out to all three of them:

Dear Sir,

I am sorry to bother you, but after two weeks of constant media attention concerning NCSoft’s impending closure of City of Heroes, NCSoft has still made no public response or alternative offer to continue on with the CoH franchise via sale to another publisher, so here I am.

I just want you to know that eleven people in my family have all played City of Heroes for over eight years since it has launched. Three generations of gamers in my family (grandparents, kids, cousins and grandkids) have found an online game like no other that allows us endless customization and role-play opportunities, as well as endless content to enjoy together. Not to mention that the community in CoH is outstanding and we team with pickup groups there and make new friends constantly!

Please consider selling the City of Heroes IP to another publisher or investor and quickly, before the Paragon Studios developers find other jobs and the team is lost forever.

It is apparent through the world news that Korea’s MMORPG business is in an upheaval and beyond that, since Nexon’s 14.7% stock buyout, you need to focus your energies on what they want too. But please don’t forget the thousands of North Americans and Europeans who have paid you for eight years to play your game. If it gets shut down permanently, they have nothing to show for all those years of time and money spent.

And also do not forget NCSoft’s prior history of game shut-downs: Tabula Rasa, Auto Assault, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, etc. I’m sorry to say your company is getting a bad reputation for not supporting your multiplayer games in North America and Europe, and I wouldn’t be surprised if all the negative media attention concerning City of Heroes’ closure hurts Blade & Soul’s sales here.

I am trying to be reasonable, especially in light of the fact that CoH’s closure and Paragon Studios’ layoffs occurred *after* Guild Wars 2 had already launched—largely seen here as a way to avoid a boycott of the game by City of Heroes players.

Please reconsider killing off City of Heroes: At this point that means selling the IP, game, servers and accounts/cash shop or as much of the game as humanely possible to another publisher. The new publisher would get a built-in loyal fan base of players right away, and NCSoft would get some much-needed (especially in light of Blade & Soul’s impending release here) good publicity.

Thank you for your time,

Denice Cook and family
Devoted City of Heroes fans

Hehe, right when I read your thread title I giggled. Thanks for the smile.

Permadeath toons are buggers. It's Hardcore Mode from Diablo. It's like walking on eggshells.

I just came upon one of two threads in The Secret World's forums about CoH's closure. In threads like this one: http://forums.thesecretworld.com/showthread.php?t=56949 people are pretty much to the point of not investing money into NCSoft anymore because of how many of their MMOs they have shuttered.

Their reputation is in the toilet. I just question that they're so far removed from us globally and could care less about the west anyway to the point that they may never even recognize what is going on here. I mean, otherwise they would have stepped up to the microphone long ago, you know? Their whole credo seems to be "slash ignore."

Yup, I've got lowbie toons I haven't played in ages that I've been playing today, too!

Great minds think alike.

And I've had so much fun that I can't believe they went by the wayside to begin with. I have 5 level 50s, a 46 and a bunch in the 30s, too, though, so I guess I just got side-tracked by my high-level characters.

Massively.com has a Blade and Soul article if anyone would like to post in the comments section: http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09...s-headed-west/

Somehow I think NCSoft is more likely to listen to the voices coming out of the general public's areas than on these boards, and in any case it can't hurt to warn new B & S players about what NCSoft is really like.

Well, for one thing, NCSoft would keel over and die before it would ever bother to check these forums. Puh-lease. If they read them with any regularity whatsoever, they wouldn't have axed our favorite game in the first place.

And for another, how do you even know "delicate negotiations" or any negotiations whatsoever are still underway? Most of the Paragon Studios peeps openly appear to be looking for different employment in LinkedIn. Sorry, I peeked in there, because I wanted to know what kind of a chance we really had here of ever seeing CoH and Paragon Studios brought together once more by another publisher.

I hope like heck it's going to happen; I'm still hoping against hope, believe me!

But from what I can gather, the past tense is creeping in over there, and PS is a tight-knit, positive group that is spending the bulk of its time recommending each former member for new employment with glowing reviews.

*crosses fingers*

I think the best chance we really have is the more mainstream press places that we've already been hitting, if we want NCSoft to notice anything. The sites that cover many different games and issues show that the gaming populace at large is kicking and screaming, instead of just this rather small but devoted group of current VIPs seen on these forums here. I mean, they're going to expect us here to be upset, just not the gaming world at large. So I doubt they're even looking here in the first place is my point.

Oops, I didn't see there already was a thread about this.

Massively.com put up a poll about CoH: You vote whether you'd like to save it or let it die. Please vote to save our city! You never know when all this internet noise is going to make a dent in NCSoft.

http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09...-go/#continued

The Keep CoH Alive petition is at 15,796 right now.

http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...f-heroes#intro

Please spread the word to anyone who hasn't already signed on the dotted line so to speak to do it ASAP! That number needs to keep going up, up, up!

I didn't even try logging on, even though Virtue is my home server. My PC is on the older side and I know the lag would just kill it.

But know my little fist is waving into the air right along with y'all.

Er, how does Paragon Studios feel about this program?

And if another pro publisher bought out the IP and PS, I would think they would not allow character imports due to both the potential for hacking and the fact that those who didn't use it would be starting from scratch, which would make for extremely imbalanced new servers both team-wise and economy-wise. Newbies wouldn't stand a chance in the market.

I'd like Zwill's and Positron's/War Witch's/other PS's take on this.

Thanks, Zwill!

You're awesome. My yearly sub renews October 10th, and I would gladly pay for the extra 50 days until shutdown if I could (if that's what happens).

It was quite upsetting to think that, after always having VIP status here on the forums and in-game, it would be taken away suddenly just when all of us need it most.

Thanks again for your time and dedication. We do notice and appreciate it.

Hopefully Z or somebody will at least be able to release a final Giant Monster swarm in Atlas Park.

And I have decided that, chosen from all my 50s, I'm going to be on with All Hallows Eve on Virtue. She's my 50 fire/empathy troller. And I am going to continue to lock down those monsters, heal and buff and rez against all the odds, and keep every hero able to fight the good fight until that very last second when the lights go out for good....

And if Paragon Studios is somehow, some way able to rez the servers, even if only a couple of them, and even if they're empty of data and have to be filled up once again from scratch.... All Hallows Eve is going to be the first one I re-roll.

Hey, no one will have any influence. They'll need all the buffs and crowd control they can get. :P