Saying Goodbye to an Old Friend
Well said Cdr, well said. I feel the same way.
Thanks
-Doc
Actual Location: Inside the system itself.
"When the most exciting thing about Mace is AceMace's avatar, then it's time to get realistic."
Shield Guide
The only thing anyone in this game is "supposed to be doing" is having fun. Everything else is negotiable. -Jet Boy
Agreed, dude.
Like I said in one of the other threads, my own plan is to play the heck out of this game while I still can. I figure I've got awhile yet before they take my crew away from me, so the best thing to do is make the most of it.
@Brightfires - @Talisander
That chick what plays the bird-things...
Anyone aware of any plans for the last day?
Are people gathering in Atlas or elsewhere at a specific time on a specific day? Is there a specific time when the "lights go out"?
When the Coming Storm arrives, I plan on riding it out in Freedom Court in Galaxy City. Or in Gemini Park. Galaxy is where my first character started, even though my pc couldn't handle the game and ran out of memory and crashed after 5 minutes in the open world map and took 4 minutes to load an instance. It remained my favorite city zone after all these years.
This was the first MMO I ever played. This was the game that taught me what PC requirements are, how to talk to people online, the difference a faster internet speed can make, and with it's character customization helped me find my creative side that made me realize that's what I want to do with my life. I wasn't always subscribed; I was in high school when the game came out and didn't have a steady job till I was almost 19, I couldn't afford a constant subscription. But everytime I had spare cash, or just missed the skyscrapers of Steel Canyon and the parks of Galaxy City i'd resubscribe. And no matter what, without fail, the game always found new ways to surprise me when I came back. Finding new things to do, new powers, archetypes, city zones and storylines, coming back to the game after every break was like...coming home.
Sadly, i'm not new to saying goodbye to an MMO or the friends I make in them; the first was The Matrix Online, and I had to learn to let go; that soon enough the game I came back to time and again would gone forever, and I had to make the best of the time I had left with it. This lesson served me well when Star Wars Galaxies was closing. The forums were full of people ranting, raving, crying foul, the game servers were full of them too. I could've joined them, but I realized; the game would be gone soon, I didn't have time to waste on things like that. While other people crowded the cantinas weeping, I was with a group of players i'd never met before playing through the Battle of Echo Base. Blowing up AT-ATs, flying Snowspeeders, fighting endless waves of Snowtroopers, and just enjoying the game to it's fullest, and that's how I remember that game.
November 30th is 87 days away. Granted I might chime in time to time here on the forums, but in that time, what I really want to do, is enjoy the game while I can. I want to fight Lord Recluse in what's been my favorite Task Force since it was released. They changed it's name, but I still call it the Statesman Task Force. He was my favorite signature hero, and that's how I choose to honor him. I want to explore the Shadow Shard, fight in Recluse's Victory, help the Menders of Ourobouros save the future, stop Nemesis' newest plot, time travel, save innocents, redeem my Villain characters, I just want to enjoy the game as much as I can in the time left.
Alot of people have said what they'll do with their time, I wanted to post this on the Virtue server where nearly all my characters are, but that forum's locked to me. So i'll leave it here, for anyone in-game from now until The Coming Storm, if you just want to enjoy the game while we can, just look me up, my global handle is @CdrChaos. If i'm not in the middle of a Task Force or other team, then i'll probably be forming one. I had friends who said they added the Task Force Commander accolade for guys like me who run them so much. I'll admit, for the time it can sometimes take to form them, I prefer them to regular missions. Cause when you start a Task Force, or Strike Force or Trial, you know the people on your team will be with you till the end of it (barring any real life dilemma), whereas on a regular team people drop whenever they please.
I plan on forming a Task Force or Trial every day, even the old ones in the Shadow Shard nobody likes. Again, my Global handle is @CdrChaos, just look me up. If there's a TF or SF or Trial you wanna run, i'll help you run it. Bringing people together to run stuff is the one thing i've always been good at.
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Heroes
Sapphire Saber - Lvl 50 Science Scrapper Katanna/Regeneration
Blue Rose Knight - Lvl 50 Magic Scrapper Broadsword/Invulnerability
Zach Gemini - Lvl 50 Magic Scrapper Broadword/Shield
Ionic-04 - Lvl 50 Science Tanker Super Strength/Invulnerability
Pallax Gemini - Lvl 21 Magic Scrapper Dual Blades/Willpower
Commander Bluestar - Lvl 20 Mutation Tanker Martial Arts/Shield
Commander Chaos - Lvl 30 Technology Scrapper Kinetic Melee/Super Reflexes
Commander 8-Bit - Lvl 36 Natural Scrapper Kinetic Melee/Regeneration
Auron Gemini - Lvl 28 Peacebringer
Villains
Operative Emeral - Lvl 50 Bane Spider Executioner /Wolf Spider Huntsman
Operative Gemini - Lvl 50 Crab Spider Soldier
Operative Rose - Lvl 20 Blood Widow