Statesman's and Positron's 2nd Anniversary Address
By
8_Ball,
Posted on: 2006-04-28 08:03 in Developers' Corner
Gratz on an amazing two years... here's looking to plenty more 
And Gratz on the Ding Positron!
Gah... must leave work early... must get badges...
Happy Anniversary
I must say that I have enjoyed playing this game and am looking foward to many more years.
Triumph Heros
Tabby Cat :50 Claw/Regen
Isabella Ice :50 Ice/Ice/Ice
Ocicat :50 Claws/SR
Lady Torrent: 50 enrg/enrg
Mindfull:50 Ill/Kin
Mia Feldman: 50 DB/WP
Triumph Villains
Wonderland:50 Ice/Cold
Alice of Malice: 36 Enrg/Nin
Gangsta Gal:24 Thugs/Poison
Grats to you both, gentlemen. It's been a fantastic time.
Happy Anniversay! 2 years goes by fast. Here's to 2 more.. and 2 more after that.
The future content sounds very exciting! *rubs hands together*
"His Imperial Majesty's Minister of Restraints and Leather" -LHF
Two naughty acronym teams / Ascension / Convenient / Artic and the Chillz / Fap / Other teams I can't remember (sorry.. mind is goin')
Happy Anniversay Everyone!
Memorial Day weekend is my one year playing this game and I've loved every moment of it!
Here's to the Devs, more content, and more fun with good people!
For the longest time, I avoided monthly subscription MMORPGs like the plague. But since I started playing CoH 2 months after its realease, I have never gone back. Thank you, devs, for showing me the error of my ways! O;-)
VIRTUE:Psychic Angel [Strm/Psy Def], Psychic Demon [Fire/Psy Dom], Spider Mime [Crab], The Cast Iron Chef [DB/WP Brute], Paintball Wizard [Dual Pistols/Sonic Cor], ACME Archer [Grav/Trick Con], Johnny Sonata Jr. [Sonic/Energy Blas]
EXALTED: Quantum Angel [PB], Psycho Angel [Necro/Psn MM], Holiday Spirit [Ill/TM Con]
Gratz Statesman and Ding Positron. Congratulations to you both and the team of heros working at Cryptic.
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Is that City of Spies I see? Hmm.
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Gah, and I hope I just misread it, but does that mean we only have I7 and I8 to look forward to this year?
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Yes.
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Beyond that, we are looking to release another Issue building up the story towards our next retail box, due in 2007. This will include going back and revamping some of the zones from City of Heroes, using everything we've learned from making City of Villains and Issue 7, plus a bunch of other cool stuff including new powersets and an epic archetype. Of course for the retail box we will be creating all-new zones and content based on the results of the forum poll we posted last month. The retail box will be an expansion to both City of Heroes and City of Villains.
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Personally, I'm not very excited about buying another box. CoV I can kinda see because it introduced so much new stuff, but "yet another box" seems more like a blatent money grab to me. I mean the game already costs $144-$160/year to play, tacking on a $30 box (after accounting for the month of gameplay included in the box) on top of that doesn't seem very nice. Plus, it causes problems when trying to play with people who havn't bought the second (or in this case third) box. CoV wasn't too bad because the only thing people missed out on were the bases (which are kinda useless anyway), but if you have problems with pickup teams where some members can't get into certain zones because they havn't plucked down the cash for the new box, then it's a much bigger problem.
I'm not trying to DOOOM my post up here, but I think it's player unfriendly to have these extra content drops on top of the monthly fee, especially when they cause problems in-game. Crytpic is notable for not screwing their customers like Sony and some other MMO vendors, and we try to reward you for that by staying around and giving lots of good press. I'd hate to see that situation change, especially since I love the CoH/CoV universe and the players but generally avoid dealing with companies that treat their customers shabbily.
Happy 2nd Anniversary!! Congratz to Positron! Looking forward to next year! It's time to party like its 1999! 
Happy Aniversary everyone.
Congratz to Positron on his promotion.
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2 years and I still don't have a level 50 character, lol. Thank you alt-iholism! 
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QFT
I've got 2 toons in their mid-40's another half dozen in their 30's, and scads more in their teens....
I love this game!
Happy Anniversary!
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Amen to that.
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Personally, I'm not very excited about buying another box. CoV I can kinda see because it introduced so much new stuff, but "yet another box" seems more like a blatent money grab to me.
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I disagree - Circle gets a Square.
Bring on 2007 - I'm hotly anticipating a new retail box of content! Despite all the free new content we've seen (which I'm more than grateful for), I have to say there's a lot more "back engine" mechanics we need that can only be gotten from a box CD resource. And if that's what it takes to make for a better gaming experience, then I'm all for it.
Woohoo! This is definitely good news to celebrate Year Two (and boy am I glad to be here for it!).
Isn't it obvious that the next expansion is going to be the City of Soon(TM)
Gratz on the promotion Positron!
"Issue 8 will also bring with it the Veterans' Reward system. This will allow us to give out special thank-you gifts to our players based on the number of months they have been subscribed. These gifts will range from costume pieces to powers to base items and beyond. You don't even have to do anything to get them, other than keeping an active account."
Cool! A bride for not cancelling our accounts 
28 L50's on Freedom
L50 Time Titan WP/Stn, L50 Lord Time Titan Grv/Rad, L50 Super Hero USA DM/Rgn
L50 Decoy Master Ill/Rad, L50 Shield Slinger SD/Ice, L50 Super Heavyweight Stn/Nrg
L50 King's Jester Fire/Kin, L50 Winterchill Ice/SS, L50 Alberta Clipper Ice/Ice
L50 I Mastermind Bots/Dark, L50 MVP Invul/Nrg, L50 Steely Resolve Psi/MM
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Isn't it obvious that the next expansion is going to be the City of Soon(TM)
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Actually I'll take a serious guess on the title: Perhaps "City of Conquests...?" It's gotta be something all-inclusive to heroes and villains.
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Cool! A bride for not cancelling our accounts
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I lol'ed
Heroes
Dysmal
Lumynous
Sam Steele
Pluck
Wile
Slagheap
Pressure Wave
Rhiannon Bel
Verified
Stellaric
Syd Mallorn
Villains
Jotunheim Skald
Saer Maen
Jen Corbae
Illuminance
Venator Arawn
Taiga Dryad
Tarranos
Hmmm. I don't remember that content poll...
I may have voted in it, or I may not have. 
Now I feel bad.
Oh well.
Grats Pos, lookin forward to another year.
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Cool! A bride for not cancelling our accounts
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I lol'ed
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Russian mail order?
Happy Anniversary to everyone at Cryptic studios for crafting such a fine and enjoyable game, to the people at NCsoft for helping bring it us and to all of the other players its your personalities on the boards and in the game that bring it all to life.
Heres looking forward to another great Year!
Xanthor Defender 50 Empathy/Electricity/Power,
Arctic Heat 42 Tanker Fire/Ice/Pyre Guardian
Xanthor Blaster 50 Fire/Electricity/Electric
Dr Victor Fury MM 50 Robo/Dark/Mace Freedom
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great news on the i8 content and stuff for veterans woot!
I'll gladly fork over some cash for the next retail box upgrade if you promise to hire more coders with the money and get it here faster and some CoH content
and PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE fix SG limits!!!!
Happy anniversary, CoX! Can't wait for what you have in store, Positron.
As a side note, I think it was explained that Positron and Statesman are both Lead Designers on CoH/V? All this celebration, I'd hate to think that suddenly Positron is replacing States...
Woo woo! Yay for two years! Yay for Positron! Yay for pohsyb ascii art! Woo woo woo! vo.O/ \O.ov vo.O/
I'd say something more serious and mature but I just woke up.
Congrats to position for the promotion and to everyone for the awesome 2nd year aniversary!
I gotta say, i've got plans to enjoy this game for quite some time, more content is Godlike to me, especially when it comes with a good storyline too! Keep it up..
Cheers!
Congratulations on the 2 years running! It's a shame I couldn't be here for both of them (as I didn't have a computer capable of running 3d until after the first year). I look forward to all the new content, while you can look forward to lots of ideas submitted by me. I assume that the release of a retail expansion will be due to the fact that it will be crammed full of enough new content to warrant a pricetag instead of being a free issue. I expect it to be well worth the cost of everything I've seen so far is any indication. I'm hoping that there is a beta for the upcomming expansion and I make it onto the list. I had to wait until the pre-order beta invite to get in on the City of Villains action. Anyway, keep up the good work and I'll keep enjoying the game.