"Here Until The Servers Shut-Down" ...still true for you?

Will I still be around when the City goes dark?
Maybe... I'm pretty attached to most of my characters, and I know I'd miss playing around with them if I were to leave the game. That said, I can still imagine a few things the devs could do, and a few directions they could go, that would make things so miserable or annoying for me that I *would* eventually say to heck with it all, in spite of my affection for Pally and company. I really hope it never comes to that, but you never know. The future is uncharted territory.

Will I stay VIP?
Probably... I have a lot of alts (I have something like 40 characters in all, now. Not a huge collection by some players' standards, but pretty extensive in terms of my own.) and it would be very hard for me to pick and choose who I had access to and who I had to abandon. I'd also miss the Incarnate toys most of my 50s have, and running some of the trials. I don't like all of the current incarnate system, and I could certainly go back to playing without it if I had to... But it's fun to have Palrah throwing his Pyro Judgement at piles of goons, and Kestrel can *never* have too much Recharge.

Until it is not fun anymore, I will be a participant in the evolving Co-? Universe until it is no longer fun. Or--until it gets broken somehow.

"The game has radically changed in the last 12 months."

How, exactly?

I don't see any radical changes. Everything I could do 12 months ago I can do now.

I pay $15 a month just for Ion Core Final Judgement.

I will be a VIP and loyal to this game until one of the following occurs:

• I am put into a situation where continuing to pay is not financially viable.
• The Devs alter their outlook on the game in such a way that it becomes clear to me that they have stopped listening and don't care about their players: just the money.

With my heart condition it's more likely that my eyes will go dark before the servers do, but that's pretty much what it will take to end my time in the City.

Aside from sentimental value due to how much time I've spent playing this game and the amount of e-friends I've met here, this game is getting less and less appealing to me. I still have fun with certain aspects of this game, particularly arena PvP, but other than those few aspects most of this game I don't enjoy that much, and I don't think this game is taking a direction that I am excited about personally, although that's just my opinion on it.

The other problem is there's not many games that I would consider leaving this one for, which has a lot to do with the fact that I don't have any groups of friends on other MMOs. If some of my friends moved to another MMO that looked promising to me, I would probably move.

Also, I am leading the PvP event Xanatos was talking about in the OP, so it would be sort of irresponsible for me to duck out until that's over since I started it and am the only real managerial position in that event.

In all honesty I am considering taking a break from MMOs in general in the near future as they are generally fairly dissapointing to me.

I've cancelled my subscription to save the money as things are fairly tight over here at the moment, but I will still play the game for a while, definitely. I'll be a little sad I can't post in most of the forums, though :/

It's not a question of whether I'm willing, hasn't been that way for a while. It's a question of whether I can afford it. And since it falls under the category of research towards my Master's degree... I can justify using financial aid money towards it! >

I've let my sub slip once or twice over the years, but more often than not I've kept my sub while I wasn't playing for long stretches simply to post in the forums. So I can't promise I'll be a VIP until the game closes, but there's a good chance that could happen.

Been here since 2004! No reason to quit. I expect I'll be around forever, unless something really crazy happens.

I'm not terrible crazy about some of the latest developments, but they'd have to mess up the lore a lot more before it drives me off.

Still here after six and a half years. May have times when I'll wander off for a bit, but always come home to Paragon.

Plus... the devs put Rocket Boards in. (*cough* alternate models like rocket bikes, colour tintable, or surfboard-style decals would be nice. But still... vehicles with fins. See, the devs do listen. I now expect Doom Kittens and Giant Mechanical Apes any day...)

I'll be here until the lights go out.

I've been going strong for 7+ years with one account and have had my second account for 5.5+ years. Both of my accounts will remain VIPs and I've recently converted two trial accounts into free accounts (which will likely become premium at some point).

I'll never /ragequit this MMO as not many things about it gets my blood anywhere near boiling as it does for other forum posters. Not even close. The only thing that gets under my collar is the constant server shut-downs but I quickly realize that its necessary to keep this great game going and thus it only takes me a few moments to calm down.

Even if the next six issues has content that I do not like, I'll still pay and play. There is just sooooo much other content already in the game that actively keeps me busy and there is so much content I still haven't played! Content that is 7+ years old ( I'm referring to many of the old contacts - yes, I realize many of those old missions aren't up to the standards of today but I still haven't experienced them).

I also enjoy building and improving my characters using set bonuses and incarnate powers. I enjoy being super which is what these features help me to elevate my characters into being, IMO.

And so, I just enjoy playing my characters. The thrill is the immersion. Getting into the role I've developed for their character concept is how I keep my perspective fresh in this game.

So, yes again, I will be a VIP (twice) until the lights go out!

I had thought so, but with Star Wars coming out next month, I don't know anymore. My friends have pretty much moved on from this game.

I may be downgrading to Premium at some point.

I have seen fingers, individual fingers, and hair that moves. Animated faces. Robes that my characters can wear while fighting, riding, swimming, jumping, climbing. I have seen a character use an attack very similar to fire breath, but if that character was surrounded she could simply turn about and that attack would strike all within range. I have seen underwater combat, and water that looked real enough to engender thirst. I have seen mass quantities of characters converge spontaneously to deal with an immediate threat, and have seen characters leave in the midst of it all and be replaced by newcomers. I've seen fire and I've seen rain. And snow. And boobies.

But no other game has this:



And stuff like this is pretty cool:



And where else can you hover over a graveyard while juggling balls of energy?



Plus, Tankers are fun!



That's my story and I'm sticking to it.