Since the game is being Scrapped can you release the Server Hosting Software

People still love this game and it seems like a waste to just gut it and not leave the community any means to keep playing it. I personally purchased all three expansion pack's and most of us who are still on the forums can agree that this news is heart breaking.

You'd have to ask NCSoft that. (Not even Paragon Studios - according to Matt "No Longer Legally Allowed To Call Himself Positron" Miller said on his Twitter, there isn't a Paragon Studios anymore)

Odds are the beancounters in Korea just don't care about us anymore. If they did, they wouldn't have killed the game the way they did, by cutting it off at the knees when the players and the devs were looking forward to I24 and beyond. I wouldn't look to them to do anything nice for us, like letting us play or even leaving the servers open in maintenance mode beyond November 30th.

Anyway...

I wouldn't be surprised if someone somewhere gets a private server or two up and running, though. I've seen some projects around the web trying to do just that, with the urgency only increased now.

That would be amazing, this news I found to be incredibly disappointing I was never really active on the forums but I was a loyal Virtue player for a long *** time. I will send an E-mail out to NC-Soft but I am not optimistic.

Email I sent to NC-soft

So the community is wondering since Paragon Studios was dissolved and City of Heroes is being shut down will you be releasing the software to be able to host our own Private Servers? Before the game went free we purchased all the expansion packs and most of us have played the game since the initial release, it seems like a waste to scrap Paragon Studio and not leave the community to continue using the product that they have invested time and money in.

Thank's for your time.

~ Thomas

I'm just waiting for some evil genius to figure it out, should only be a matter of time, I say in GREAT hope lol.. but even then I cant see someone being able to create a server capable of handling the amount of people that play, so therefore if it did indeed happen i'm sure only a select few people would actually be playing the game.

Getting the server hosting software is just a tiny part of the game. If we get it by one means or another and we spring for enough bucks to get a server cluster up on line, this isn't like web hosting servers, we will still not have our characters unless they are willing to give us the entire player database. I'm not sure I would be interested in playing if I have to start all my characters from scratch.

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I'm pretty sure starting from scratch would be a given with a project like this, but keeping CoH going in any capacity would be worth it.

Just think though, if we did have to start from scratch though, perhaps the new powers that be would allow us to have a "returning players bonus". Give everyone a boost to help get back to where they were ya know.

Seriously, it is doable with the right data and setup. There is a petition on change.org all about getting the proper things to host a private server.


link to petition:

http://www.change.org/petitions/ncso...eroes-villains

You wanna guarantee startup funds? Make a 'name reservation' token for people who contribute more than a certain amount.

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We have already gone through this with the drop of the localisation. We have asked for support, so we can have fan made translation. We never get an answer. Very little hope here.

Heck, NCSoft could make a quick buck by having a dev or two put together a package that could allow you to run a personal server. Charge $30 for it by download. I know I'd pay it.

Even if we couldnt play the game anymore - has anyone asked if its possible to get a copy of our account info ? Maybe whats on our account in the game data base so we could look back at our characters, descriptions, names, builds, badges, etc at a later date ? Ideally seeing it in a client side version of the game just to "look at it" all again. But if its just a basic data sheet or excel file I would love that too.

Personally I had such a strong attachment to my characters and account. Its heart breaking to think I would even be able to look back at basic info of my characters again.

Has anyone contacted any support about this ? Is it possible ? Could it be possible ?

TY