If City of Heroes closed down tomorrow...
By
2short2care,
Posted on: 2011-02-23 18:14 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
I honestly don't see myself getting involved in another MMORPG anytime soon. City of Heroes has been an unbelievable experience and I don't regret one minute I've spent playing it or working on our web sites, but I really don't want to get sucked into another game like I have this one. I'm still convinced that we're going to be able to rescue Paragon City, and we'll be pushing out Titan 2.0 in a new era of heroes, but if everything falls through and the unthinkable happens I will probably stick to single player games or games like Portal 2 that don't require massive time investments. Or honestly, what I'll probably do is buy a ton of games on gog.com that I missed or didn't have time for and scale my online activities way back.
We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.
(If you love this game as much as I do, please read that post.)
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I apparently misjudged how long I'd be crying. I've been doing it on and off since Friday afternoon.|
Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Believe it or not, I'd probably just sit at my desk and cry for the better part of an hour.
Then I'd do my damnedest to finish all my COH writing. Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
And now I'm doing my damnedest to finish my last COH videos.
Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite
Dark_Respite's Farewell Video: "One Last Day"
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Going to try and end corporate greed.
It killed this game. It'll kill all of you.
The rich will get richer while the poor will get poorer.
If you tow the line, you're one of them...and you're going down.
The world needs an enema. Time to fill the water bottle and bend it over.
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Ah, so that's why I reinstalled CO. I knew there had to be some reason...
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Originally Posted by NightshadeLegree
Log into Champions Online and troll zone chat, because obviously it'd be their fault!
Um... or alternately go work on my Steam list. |
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I'm with ya. It's not a matter of faith or belief... just plain old effort. No point in not making the attempts.|
Originally Posted by TonyV
I honestly don't see myself getting involved in another MMORPG anytime soon. City of Heroes has been an unbelievable experience and I don't regret one minute I've spent playing it or working on our web sites, but I really don't want to get sucked into another game like I have this one. I'm still convinced that we're going to be able to rescue Paragon City, and we'll be pushing out Titan 2.0 in a new era of heroes, but if everything falls through and the unthinkable happens I will probably stick to single player games or games like Portal 2 that don't require massive time investments. Or honestly, what I'll probably do is buy a ton of games on gog.com that I missed or didn't have time for and scale my online activities way back.
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Looking back...
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Originally Posted by Electric-Knight
I'd likely not move on to any other mmos (none that exist right now) for my gaming...
I would probably try and get a tabletop role-playing group together for a once a week sort of thing and get my thrills that way. I guess I'd probably get back into playing Madden games maybe... And the trouble and strife and I would likely play this game called Dungeon Lords that we were both enjoying playing before I convinced us to give the CoV free trial a whirl...  I might have to get an old school Marvel Super Heroes RPG campaign going with some of our CoH characters now and then. That and try and join beta for CoH2: Universe Of Heroes!  |
I really didn't expect the game to be shut off... unless a new one was replacing it.
I absolutely will be looking to play some "tabletop" CoH with people. We need to set up some Skype or Google+ or whatever tools work best for some sessions.
Great necro! (See? I always said necro'ing threads can be very good)
@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan
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Originally Posted by Fanservice
I'd be playing City of Heroes 2
Because that's the only reason they'd be allowed to shut down CoH. The only one. Don't even think about it. |
I really hate to be a downer, but isn't it odd that THIS was the last post in that thread?
But since, this Necropost is one of the most appropriate (Necroppropriate?) ever....
Maybe blow the dust off of my PS2 for a while: Last game purchased was--"Simpson's Hit and Run"
Focus more on my PnP Campaign: Running one now that has a group of Teen titan level characters artificially boosted to "Heavy Hitter" status. (One of the PC's busted Superman's arm while being controlled!!)
Close my bank account: This was the only reason I kept it.
Find a new therapist: Because this game was better than Prozac.
Finish my book: Half a book is a pile of paper, and a colossal waste of energy to remain incomplete.
Start sewing costumes, and building gadgets: The wife will be antsy to punch some crime, and we may have to become real vigilantes to help vent that. Luckily, I am pretty well trained, and she can fit in very narrow openings. We could be like Roadrunner and Rattlesnake or something like that.
Saving CoH for future generations: Placing my Box set into a time capsule, and planting it somewhere symbolic.
Wear Black: Probably limit myself to black attire until my 40th birthday- March 3rd. I had plans all laid out to be right here in Paragon on that whole day with a special character for the occasion that will never be.
Work: Because face it... We all pretty much gotta anyway.
MY FAREWELL GIFT
It is never truly gone, as long as there is someone left to remember.
You asked:
*what would you do with your time?
Honestly, i'm going to mourn, honestly tear jerking, snot rolling mourn, the loss of this world, my toons that taught me NOT to quit, that taught me so many things. i'm going to mourn and when the time comes when that's done....i don't know. It'll be awhile if at all i do another MMORPG if at all.
Immediately jump on to your next favorite MMO?
I think I already answered that but i'll do it again. This IS my favorite MMO...i have no others.
Spend more time on console/PC games?
No thank You.
Or would you use your time to do something else non-game related?
No Thank You...i had this game...it truly entertained me.
And no, this isn't intended to be any sort of doom-crying, just random discussion.
no no i understand
I will probably read more books.
I know at least 4 of my characters are gonna live on in the tabletop Marvel Heroic rpg, yes I am actually taking 4 of my characters and making them for this (well actually my husband is, but you get the point). We are gonna do the Civil War part it should be interesting.
Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!
Not really sure, but here's a list of a couple of things I'd like to get done gaming wise:
Finish at least the main campaign/story arc of Skyrim, then go knock over Windhelm/Whiterun or some such.
Finish a Marathon length game of Civ V...hasn't happened yet, dunno if it ever will, but at least I can hope.
Play some of those cheap games I bought this last summer on Steam, they're good games, just with City of Heroes always around, never got around to playing them.
Other than that, I might go looking for another MMO...the siren's sound of a persistent world is hard to resist, once you hear it, and for the last decade or so with EQ, EQ II, CoH, SW:TOR and others, I've been almost continually listening.
Non-computer gaming wise, I'll probably start hitting up my friends to see if there's some local board/RPG gaming going on, I've been out of the loop for years, might be a good time to get back in and leave the apartment for a while.
Oh yes, catch up on the reading, catch up on the apartment maintenance, and just kinda relax for a bit.
TheCynical1
"Prediction is extremely difficult. Especially about the future." - Niels Bohr
I'd fight it.
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Now I know why I have been getting back into playing my guitar...
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Originally Posted by BrokenPrey
I would read more.
Play my Guitar more. |
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"- Chesty Puller US Marine Corps
The hardest thing to do will be to delete the City of Heroes and Beta folders, and putting my hundreds of screenshots in an archive directory.
Then I'd finish writing Year of the Zombie Reloaded and figure out a way to make three of my favorite characters NPC's in the setting book.
And sadly cruise Steam for any type of MMO that will let me fly.
"If you build it, they will run you over with it."-RPG Designers Mantra
Working on: YotZ Legends: Even Heroes Die (First Round Edit)
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Heh, finish my novel and work on getting it published.|
Originally Posted by Shagster
Probably get a lot more writing done.
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But really, this isn't the only MMO I play. It was just the most fun.
"I have something to say! It's better to burn out then to fade away!"
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Homework.
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Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
...what would you do with your time?
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Didn't expect to see this thread come back to haunt me. And I would have never expected my answer to be "Start a movie review site centered around superhero movies".
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Aion let you fly but it wasn't enough to let you overcome the massive rat-killing grindfest. It's not just flight, it's what you can do with it.
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Originally Posted by Rusted_Metal
And sadly cruise Steam for any type of MMO that will let me fly. |
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You are so, so not alone.|
Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
I apparently misjudged how long I'd be crying. I've been doing it on and off since Friday afternoon.
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Looking forward to that video.
Feeling so sad and lost.
My characters at Virtueverse
Faces of the City
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Sam, if it helps you feel better about it, I've been tearing up reading this stuff.|
Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
I apparently misjudged how long I'd be crying. I've been doing it on and off since Friday afternoon.
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And I'm a guy. >.>
On the other hand, I am mostly getting a handle on it by this evening. I have found it really cathartic to write up my feelings and share them with others. It helped me really put in perspective the things I have loved most about the game, which I don't think I'd really pondered much until now.
I still have an epic post coming.
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Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
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Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA
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Yeah. I'm with you.|
Originally Posted by TonyV
I honestly don't see myself getting involved in another MMORPG anytime soon. City of Heroes has been an unbelievable experience and I don't regret one minute I've spent playing it or working on our web sites, but I really don't want to get sucked into another game like I have this one. I'm still convinced that we're going to be able to rescue Paragon City, and we'll be pushing out Titan 2.0 in a new era of heroes, but if everything falls through and the unthinkable happens I will probably stick to single player games or games like Portal 2 that don't require massive time investments. Or honestly, what I'll probably do is buy a ton of games on gog.com that I missed or didn't have time for and scale my online activities way back.
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Starting over would not have the same initial conditions this game had for me. I started with a large core of RL friends. They all left eventually except for one (my best friend IRL), but by then I was in love with the game and stayed.
I was also younger, with fewer responsibilities. Now, I have more stuff to do. By the time I was "on my own" with respect to my original SG, I had lots of characters, a decent hoard of "stuff", two fairly honking SG bases, and two accounts. That made it easier to keep chugging along.
Starting over without that core of RL friends would be a lot harder for me. Starting over without all the "stuff" from 8+ years of play would be harder for me. And starting over at this point in my life would be harder for me.
I won't swear off MMO-style games 100%, but I sure plan to take a decent break from them.
Blue
American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
Red
Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA
A combination of spending less time on games and playing more solo PC games.
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Then after that week was over...
-BurnSucka.
"Melt 'em like butters!"
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i sure as hell am a lot more sad than i pictured i would be, i tear up everytime i browse the forums|
Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
i doubt i would start any other MMOs
but i do have another 280 games on steam i could play, so not like i wont have anything to do lol |
the only real thing that has changed is i now have twice as many steam games since my above post lol
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Originally Posted by UberGuy
Yeah. I'm with you.
Starting over would not have the same initial conditions this game had for me. I started with a large core of RL friends. They all left eventually except for one (my best friend IRL), but by then I was in love with the game and stayed. I was also younger, with fewer responsibilities. Now, I have more stuff to do. By the time I was "on my own" with respect to my original SG, I had lots of characters, a decent hoard of "stuff", two fairly honking SG bases, and two accounts. That made it easier to keep chugging along. Starting over without that core of RL friends would be a lot harder for me. Starting over without all the "stuff" from 8+ years of play would be harder for me. And starting over at this point in my life would be harder for me. I won't swear off MMO-style games 100%, but I sure plan to take a decent break from them. |
For my part, I don't think I'll ever completely get rid of the MMO bug completely. I've messed with various online games in the past eight years, and I always make at least a token effort at learning the mechanics (which remind me of how shallow most games are with respect to their build customization relative to CoH's), and participating on the forums (which remind me of how shallow most games' communities are, relative to CoH's). Aaaand then inevitably when I play those other games, I'm reminded of how shallow their (aesthetic) character customization options are relative to CoH's.
Other games obviously have other weaknesses, and CoH obviously has other strengths, but those three things are what always drag me back. I think my average period of high interest in a non-CoH MMO is in the two-to-three month range. And with a couple of inadvertent exceptions (credit cards expiring and whatnot), I've never let my CoH subscription lapse.
CoH's great strength, to me, has always been that it's the most welcoming MMO in existence -- both in terms of its gameplay (which is intuitive enough to engage you even if you pick it up on a whim after months of absence, and which allows you so many easily approachable paths to progression whether you have six dozen hardcore guildmates or not), and in terms of its community, which can be prickly at times, but which is nonetheless almost always helpful. If you ask a dumb question on another game's forum, you'll get flamed; if you ask a dumb question here, you might get flamed, but the flamers will also usually answer your question.
So anyway, the concept of an RPG that never really ends will always appeal to me. But no MMO will ever be the same as this one. I suspect I'll just be one of the countless nomads (some might say, "locusts,") who wander from game to game, perpetually dissatisfied.
CoH had a great run, though. We'll always have that.
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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze
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I'd be playing City of Heroes 2
Because that's the only reason they'd be allowed to shut down CoH. The only one. Don't even think about it.