Paragon Studios is working on a new MMO

I still think it is.

Gotchya!

It's real.

And so on...

well, even ncsoft games they really dont let us go on about at length. as for the general press, likely because nothing was shown since i believe e3. once more is known, we will have something to talk about..on other forums.

Considering that Chris hasn't been with Paragon Studios since October 2010 it's likely that the DX11 game he was working on was either Champions or another game at Cryptic Studios (his current employer).

He was actively working on City of Heroes until PS did their layoff in October 2010, not a different game.

This was within days of him being laid off it was noticed. before cryptic hired him for (presumably) nwn. he also had stopped interacting with us some time before and nelson had been credited for most of the animations prior to that.

Those have been there for several months

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No. Some are newer.

Plus the news of Second Measure is relatively new. And the confirmation that Television is on 'some other project' is also relatively new.

Yes, there were hints months ago, but this month brings the evidence to the tipping point... at least, the tipping point *for me.* The hints months ago were the same hints years ago which were plain misread and never came about, like the speculation that came about when Positron was moved to 'some other project.'

The trial is months over, the jury gone home. The killer is being strapped into the chair as Zombie Man sits in his home, reading about the case he only just found out about that morning. He decides there's enough evidence *for him* as the lights dim and flicker for an instant.

And all is well.



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One of Bruce Wayne's parents is dead!

The trailer for that really caught my eye, however the gameplay did not

Theres always a part of me that when a respected poster [who usually seems to be in a beta ] says they believe something is coming, it does make me think "well they know something! "

He's working on Neverwinter.

He told me personally when I found him on Facebook.

Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately.

As do I, but from my corporate experience I still don't think it was a coincidence that he and Castle left shortly after they didn't get promoted when Posi got his 'special assignment'. (personal opinion, etc.)


As to the OP, I have become convinced that CoH2 better be in the works, because the extension of CoH1 is loosing its luster for me.

Not really. I've just moved from 100% CoH play to about 2 hours in the last 30 days while playing something else. No disservice to me there.

(And I'm not sure that CoH2 is the primary supposition of what the shiny new is...)

This.

Disagree. The best thing for people who want CoH 2 is to get worked up over it, show there's desire and support for a sequel and light a fire under NCSoft/Paragon Studios.

The worst thing they can do is be those whiners who show up in every CoH 2 thread and complain about splitting the playerbase or insist that a sequel isn't needed when theres a lot of things everyone wants that just aren't feasible in the current game but would be in a sequel.

They just pretty much shuttered most EU support for the game. Do people honestly think that's a good sign? If the game doesn't get a fully updated sequel soon, there's not gonna BE a playerbase to split because they'll be shutting the game down unless something drastic is done to attract new blood.

A new expansion didn't do it. F2P conversions didn't do it. Time to get over your sequel phobia if you give a damn about CoH, because the longer they go without starting one, the more likely the future of the IP becomes a very grim one.



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Then I was not referring to you as one that "worked themselves up" about it mate.

Fair enough.

Who are these people you are complaining of? Certainly nothing in my post would qualify for that, so it is a strange thing to be quoted then the topic changed to something that does not apply to the quote because you wanted to make some "other" point.

I don't have sequel phobia in any way and certainly not for the reasons you listed. I think it is not exactly something that they(Paragon Studios ie. the check writers) want to invest in at this time. Maybe somewhere down the line like in 5-6 years you might see something moving in that direction in a concrete way.

Right now they are still in the evaluation stages for the new F2P model and some analysis in running a game under this model needs to be made before thinking about another huge capitol investment to make a "sequel". That evaluation might just lead them to make another MMO not a second Superhero game.

That's my perspective and it could be wrong but it is based solidly in standard business practices and watching how they have handled this game since I8 when I started.