Call me crazy, but I'm sure Freedom is the best thing to happen to this game.

But it is up to us to make it work. Not Beasty, not Zwilly, not Posi nor War Witch nor anybody else. It is up to us.

We, the superheroes of Paragon City, are what will make this work. And I don't mean we as in me and you and every other you reading this. I mean we as a community.

People come to this game to be superheroes, but they stay for the community. These new Freepers or Freeks or whatever you want to call them are going to come here to get in some tights and knock some people around. They'll have a blast, we know they will, because this game is fun. At the end of the day, though, you can only bust so many skulls by yourself. They're going to look for more reason to stay.

And they will find it in our community! But only if you show them. Stay on your home server and engage as many of these freeks as you can. Take them on high level teams, show them what characters are capable of, what fun can be had spending time with friends. Lead them on low level TFs, show them the joys of supersidekicking and never leaving friends behind because you're too high level. Show them that you don't need to exclude a friend because you never need a tank or a healer or a DPSer or anything else for that last spot. That they only need superheroes. Or supervillains. Or super rogues and vigilantes and praetorians and aliens and angels and demons and even catgirls. Let them know that you just need to be with friends and you can accomplish anything.

Show them these things, and they'll fall in love with this community just like you did. Just like I did. The game will be able to grow and prosper, which leads to more development resources, which leads to a better game experience for all of us.

I ask you just one more thing before I end this post.

Hold me to the same.

Yessir!


Do I need to put on pants?

/Agreed.

I personally know a number of people who would make great additons to the community here, but who have not joined due to lack of resources.

You, sir, are a reasonable man.

-Gate

Don't think you have much to worry about Dechs, you're guides are very helpful in general.

I also suggest Paragon use your Warshade guide as marketing material to sell the AT in the store .

This really is one of the best posts that I've seen here in years, and I concur wholeheartedly. Despite what any naysayers insist, CoX has the best general community of any MMO I've played -- and if there is any group of players that can open its arms and show new people to find the same wonder that we all have... it's us. We were all wide-eyed noobs once, but anyone reading this loves this game enough to *bother* reading this. This community can turn this influx of "freebies" into the kind of players we want in our supergroups. We don't have to run screaming for the VIP server.

Have I stuck around for the community? I don't know. I thought I stuck around because BZB looks so damn cool when killing stuff.

/says the dude with 30000+ posts on social forum

Ok, maybe some of it is you people.

You mean I'll have more random people to fill the last 1-3 spots on TFs?

AWESOME!

Hoo-ah!

Actually, I'm from the UK...that should be Huzzah!

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

I'm apart of the community because my job allows me complete freedom for computer use and it's been slow due to the housing market.

I agree with the OP so I must be crazy as well!

Re: Free players are the future;

I agree and you are indeed a wise and reasonable man.

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Originally Posted by Eiko-chan Pfft. Forget you guys! I'm leaving!

Weren't you leaving anyways?

I'm glad to see a good deal of you feel the same way I do about this. Thank you for the kind words, and thank you dearly for how I know you will act in the future towards our new freeps. I know you guys won't let me down.

Even you, Sam.

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow Those who ask for help will receive it, those who end up on teams I'm on will be treated fairly. ... I team for the company, so it makes sense to treat every other player with respect. More than that I can't promise.

This is already far and away better than most people treat each other in online communities, and it's really all I'm asking. So allow me to thank you, too, Sam.

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Originally Posted by reiella I also suggest Paragon use your Warshade guide as marketing material to sell the AT in the store .

Thanks. I did send Zwill a PM about this... I mean, I know I've already "sold" one subscription to someone just because he read the guide and thought a Warshade would be that much fun.