To Positron and the devs (even Jack!)

City of Heroes was truely the mmo of my dreams...no seriously I accually dreamed about it way back in my days where i thought neocron had great graphics. As City of Heroes developed it Became more and more like what i always say well this MMO would be perfect if only it had.... Well City of Heroes Had it.

It had Role play.. Pocket D was everything I could have wanted for a rp area. I can accually look at my characters and say...Yep thats what they look like in my head!!! My base was my imagination come to life i couldnt even do it right on SIMS.....

My Supergroup was like an extended familly. Id spend hours counciling people about thier rl lovelife, a few of my friends met RL love in game. Even the people who got on my nearves...you know who you are.... I will miss.

Been a subscriber for 8 years even after freedom...bought every costume pack cause it was worth it.

I didn't play MMOs, until this game came along.

The long version, from the first/main thread.

Thanks.

To the devs:

Thank you, and I'm so sorry. As a player, I know I'm not alone in feeling utterly sick at the news of our long running community being shattered. But for you, you've lost your jobs and your visions. I dearly hope that you're able to find a place that you can bring as much joy to people as you've done over the past years.

I've played since issue 2, and have seen a lot happen since then. For a while, it seemed standard fare for an MMO. It was fun. There were nerfs as things were adjusted... new areas added... new mission, even an expansion that let you be evil! As the Issues continued to roll out, however, I was amazed to see more and more content that wasn't exactly original... it was being conceived entirely by your player base, in the forums, in the chats, and in the training room (Beta server). I saw the positron task force, a long, very tedious and infuriating set of missions, broken into two sets of very fun, fast paced, and exciting missions. I saw the incarnate system... a completely new endgame system that was both fun and easily accessible. And the powersets... I don't think one has come out in recent memory that wasn't directly asked for by the community! Staff fighting, dual pistols, nature affinity, darkness control, water blasting, street fighting!

More than any other game that I've ever played, you gave us what we wanted... you let us help shape the future of a gaming community into something fun and welcoming. You gave us a game created by a the very community that so loved it, and for that, thank you.

-Jag, Virtue Server Wallflower

Thank you for the years of enjoyment and distraction I found in this game. I will miss it.

-Phrendon Largo

Your big dumb friend, who would take a punch for you.

I do hope that Positron and the writers can answer our questions next week.

(And would it be too much to ask that Zwil be invited, too? I feel like the Community Coffee Talks need a wrap up session. I loved those things.)

Filling out one of the petitions to stop CoH being shutdown really helped me distill my feelings about CoH to this: This my first and favorite MMORPG. No other supers-based, fantasy, or sci-fi MMORPG has come close to matching how much I enjoy playing it and being a part of its community.

Now that Claws has vented his rage (Yes, I really feel like Claws and myself are separate people sometimes), I'd like to express my heartfelt thanks for making....

....my second home.


....my refuge from the world.


....the place I could let my imagination run rampant.


....the place where I met the woman who changed my life forever.


....and most importantly, the place that proved to me beyond any doubt that heroes DO exist, they just seldom take the form you expect them to.

Myself and family own several accounts, been loving City of Heroes since Beta.
(Perez park and teleport always made for fun)
We all need to let you guys the Developers how much admiration and respect you have from us.

Your dedication and passion has been infectious.

We hope your futures will be as bright and wonderful as the game you produced here.


Bless!

Wooh
Frenzal
Deaths Enemy
Barmaid
and the rest of the gang.

This is by far the best game I've ever played, and I've played several
DDO has no support - there's problems and they dont' care to fix it
FlyFF - About the same, You get to ride flying things at lvl 20 but the grinding was so absurd that I never even got there.
WoW - yes. Wow is pretty and there's always something to do, but the community is absolute crap. There's netiquette that even someone who's never played before is expected to know and no one teaches it.
There's more but this illustrates a point.

This game is beautiful, fun, friendly, and even the developers get in on the community.

This game is my relaxation time. I actually need just a little time to myself each week or I'm no fun to play with on my pen-and-paper games. This is where I got it.

I was devestated when I heard about this. But the game lasted longer then I would have thought it would last but I enjoyed it all the more since issue 2.

So, I agree with all the other posters: Thank you for your hard work and good luck finding an even better job.

And Possi, I hold you to your promiss to tell us what plotlines we will sadly never see.

I am flabbergasted. Reading the news that CoX is being shut down is like hearing someone I know died. Everything must have an end, but this is violent death... but what to do, I can only thank the devs current and past (and even Jack) for creating this game, and my fellow players for making the special memories of this electronic world.

"Heroes may die
But Heroism never shall"

When this game was first announced, I couldn't see the point? An MMO with superheroes? It'd be like those massive comic book "events", except all the time. Once the NDA was lifted, and folks posted pics and explanations on how the game worked, I was a Launch Day subscriber, all the way... to the end, apparently.

I played the game "seriously", until after Issue 2, which had so many changes which made the game quite hard for a lot of players, but other, more skilled, players would simply shout "Use Tactics!". So much anger on the forums and ingame broadcast nearly led me to cancel... but instead, I opted to switch from "serious" gameplay to "silly". Catgirls, away!

The sheer amount of costumes, power combinations (as well as colors), a place for your own backstory (why don't other games have this?), and the game's lore didn't lock down players into the game's story, but allowed the player to make their own story, their own character, with the official game being the background to it all.

A sense of ownership for your character, not in the legal sense, but in the personal sense, is why I kept coming back to play, even after playing so many other MMOs. Global chat keeping everybody in touch, regardless of the server they're on, this helped build an ingame community.


And this is what will be missed. Even an unofficial fan-server of the game won't have that aspect. The story has ended.

But what a story we had.

*leaves a bowl of peppermints*

I think I'm still numb right now, as I'm not really reacting.

We all knew this would happen some day, but really did think that was years off. Working for a large corporation, I know how these decisions get made, but I really wanted to drink the Kool-Aid others were passing around.

Thank you to all of the Devs who created and nurtured the best MMO I've seen in 10 years of playing MMO's.

I will miss you all. Thank you to the devs who made it all possible. CoX is what inspired me to go to school for game design. Currently not using that degree, actually writing a novel, but CoX has been a huge part of my life. Thank you for all your devotion, devs.

Thank you for the best gaming years of my life, and if anyone still talks to jack or any of the cryptic team that started this ride and are no longer apart of it tell them THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart.



Lord Marshal. (Infinity Server) signing off.........for good.


.....My name is Paul by the way, and ill miss you all.

I too would like to say thank you. I'm going to miss this game a great deal. You guys did such a fantastic job with, well...everything, but it was the lore and how they were implemented into the game that kept me playing. Every night when we get home from the gym/work/dinner/school my best bud and I log on for an hour or two and play it's how we hang out since we both live in different time zones. There will be other games, sure, but not like this.

If there is anything we can do as a community to keep this game alive, and get you guys back in Paragon Studios, you tell us. Screw what NCSOFT says, find a way even through informal channels and LET US KNOW.

If there isn't, I really hope you guys find jobs quickly, you deserve it all the success in the world.


Emmett Frost/Pretty Pink Puppy on Freedom
Believe/Blanche Deveraux/Spoiled Mutie Brat/Digestive Meditation Virtue Server
/many many others.

@davebabler on the twitter

I love all of you. /hug

Hello everyone!.
I am Bio-Flame, an old timer that started playing a few weeks before Issue 1.
DAMN...I haven't posted for like...5 years or so. Time does fly!


My home was the Infinity Server, I used to lead the very first successful Hami raids on my server.
I've since switched to Freedom and Virtue, but my "home" was always Infinity.


I started playing all these years ago. I can't help to reminesce on my memories......


I was finishing Medical School back then and now.... Now I have 8 more years, a soon-to-be fiancee (she doesn't know it yet, don't spoil it!), I am a Neonatologist and I work on an NICU and I love what I do....
Damn, time DOES fly by!
I remember thinking I'd never be a good doctor like my friends/teacher were, and here I am now. I remember thinking that CoH would last...forever. Alas...it would not be the case.


CoH was my first MMO and it has always been my "safe area", the game I always came back to. Even though I am playing it on and off, CoH forums are on ALL my browers!


Great game, maybe THE best I've ever played, good developers (especially after Jack left...), good comunity.

I remember flying for the first time ever.....
I remember getting my brother into CoH and spending hours playing with him, which made us closer.
I remember great brainstorming reunions with Tremere and Marut to finalize the Hamidon Strategy.
I remember killing Hami for the second time ever and Pep_Cat sharing a HamiO with me because I didn't get any and she believed the Raid leader should not go without one at the end. That was a BIG gesture back then.
I remember feeling disgusted with Jack about GDN and ED and argueing with him.
I remember coming back to the game after Jack left and feeling........feeling back home!
Thank you for all the good and bad times.
The memories will be fondly cherished.


To the Devs: You did a good job! Your game me thousands of happy hours and memories to cherish for all my life.
THANK YOU!