NCSoft just made a huge mistake. And now, they're business will be on a decline.

Let's be honest, with CoH down this will leave a bitter taste in all of us. We will most likely not want to try other ncsoft games as they never and I mean never will be able to fill the void CoH had for all of us. Most of us, including me, grew up with this game. I can honestly say that about myself, from 14 to 22 now. No other game will offer what CoH does. No other game has the community coh does. And no other game has a Nemesis plot like CoH does.

Regardless, when the lights go out, NCSoft will go down. The other games do not compare and are simply the "same old ****" in which I think people should chance towards NCSoft
"Same old ****!" "Same old ****"

The life is superpowered MMOs is about to die with the one that started it all.

Now it's all on to fantasy lore.

This wont end well for them. So that is at least a little bit of good news.

"Reality check on aisle two, we need a reality check."

CoH has very little to do with NCSoft's bottom line. And yeah, they lost some goodwill. But honestly, I'd be shocked if the number of people who will actually boycott NCSoft reaches 5 digits.

NCSoft will fail without our help. They think GW2 will be their WoW killer and their saving grace. In my opinion, it's just not going to happen.

The hit they're taking from the COH community just piles on to an already failing company imo. I will in all likelihood be giving my business to Champions, and will without a doubt never be touching an NCSoft product again.

I have tried some other games, but CoH is the best for me. I am not alone in this, as I have read here in the forums. CoH is the ONLY mmo I would ever actually pay for. No other game comes close, nor am I looking for anything to replace it.

As I've stated: Nothing will be a WoW killer. In order for WoW to die the MMO market would have to be so blown to **** that no other MMO could exist.

Yes, this will effect NCsoft. They are losing most of the dedicated fans of this game. Those are the fans you want to keep with your company: They are the most likely to put up with whatever slap to the face you deal with them, they provide a steady income. Nuking the game they're loyal to is not the way to keep them.

It will also be providing extremely bad publicity for NCsoft.

Dammit, I'm doing it again. Trying to educate the financially illiterate. I'm out, please resume incomprehensible conspiracy theories.

In dollars and cents the damage done will be minimal, it's only realistic to acknowledge that.

But... their image within the western MMO community will take a hit, a big hit. NCsoft are known for killing off MMOs, but never one this big, this long established and so apparently healthy.

It's the way they've done it. No cutbacks, no server mergers, no maintenance mode, no attempt to keep the game alive in some way, and if they've treated us badly then they've treated Paragon Studios appallingly. I think that's going to be the tipping point for many people.

Callous, cowardly and cruel is how I'd describe it. This won't be forgotten.

What I can 't get my head around is that now, more than ever, exposure to the super hero genre is in the ascention. Every other movie is either a super hero flick, and we've had siesmic ones lately and a lot more to follow, or else a film with a super power theme such as Chronicles. Even the Jason Bourne legacy has an enhanced man as its hero.

And NC has a superhero game, full of content, full of ideas and enthusiasm right there.

I would have thought that NC, rather than close down a brand that, by all accounts IS making a profit, would actually put dollars into getting the game fully out there.

It's hard for me to understand why NC didn't want to capitalise on the super hero explosion.

I won't be boycotting, per se. I will be a bit more careful about where I sink my money in the future.

Aion/NCSoft can cry me a river about its cash shop not generating enough revenue though. NCSoft has demonstrated that they are willing to sell costume packs and powerset expansions with (apparent) knowledge that they plan to renege access to these things within a few months. I certainly wouldn't have spent as much as I did had I known they planned to cancel the game within 3 months. I already own Guild Wars 2, but it will be a long, long time before I purchase anything but the base game from this company again.

Long story short: my fault for being too trusting. But before they issue any more patronizing letters about this game not being in their long term interest, perhaps they should sit down and consider that further investment in a company that has total disregard for its own customers is not in my interest either.

I think its more like you buy the Alternator, he puts it in, then hits you in the face and steals the money and the car.

I just have a hard time trying to find the logic in all of this.

Regardless, if the rights do get sold, it might be possible to keep some stuff.

You know that demoplayer editor program whatever for coh? Well I forget what its called but you can code it so it would look like the game is doing what you told it to do. Back engineer that.