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LOL. Even there you used your forum handle.

Of course it is.

Somehow.

Probably.

Maybe.

Shut up!

Gotta quote this.

To each their own when it comes to authors. I find Jordan to be a rambling hack that should be writing fan fic on Usenet. Jules Verne was a terrible author whose stories are both rampant with Mary Sue's, and overflowing with extraneous text.

However, if you like them then good for you.

As much as I've disagreed with your opinions at times on the forums... by $Deity we're so similar in our attitudes about the great unwashed masses.

I feel your rage. It is kin to mine own.

Though I don't mind blasters with the current Defiance. I still loathe non-ill controllers, defenders, corruptors, most doms.

DID? Sir, she has aged remarkably well. Like an excellent wine. I've still got a crush on that lovely lady.

More and more I really hope someone steps up to buy the IP, tech and core devs (or whomever is left of the studio). You folks have bent this old engine and made it your *****.

I do the exact same thing. I'm also pretty OCD about my organization of them in my tray. Strongest at the bottom, weakest at the top, greens on the left, purples on the right, middle column for wakies, break-frees, etc.

ROFL! Where is my damn "Like" button.

This bugged/bugs me to no end. Just one more reason I won't be installing it again.

We had the people... Oh wait. Most of them stayed behind to become the awesome studio we all know and actually give a pancake about.

That's awesome.

Confessions:

1. I've never had one of the old school Master Of badges
2. I hate Regen
3. My first character was specifically designed to pander to the wrong kinds of people, and to get me teams. She was a small, female, teasingly clothed emp/rad defender named Lollipop Candi. I still have the character and actually made a nemesis rad/pain once her story evolved and she stopped being pedo/team bait.
4. In highly technical threads I will often skip through looking for Sam or Arcana and read their posts as gospel on the topic, unless it's about WS or Dark* at which point I also add Dechs to the list.
5. City of Heroes caused me to quit SWG before the NGE
6. I PL'd my first Dominator (mind/psi) from 46 to 50 because I LOATHED mind control, and still do.

I can vouch that this has been great fun. It's an old school FF combat system and top down iso exploration. Fun. I'm only partway through and Cthulhu is level 79 (maybe 80).

WHY!? For what end-game? For running dungeons over and over for valor... I mean, uhm... oh whatever. The enjoyment is GETTING to cap. Once there, in CoX or any other game, I'm done. CoX was a little better in that the story actually progressed with the iTrials. However even they were boring and repetitive after a few runs. It's the nature of the beast. The introduction of Incarnate Arcs was genius!

This. Well said. Shutting down CoH:F, even with a 3 month time frame, would have been acceptable if handled properly.

I'm one of several that had an uninterrupted pay-cycle a month or two after launch. Recently hit by some financial issues I cut some larger recurring costs from my budget but couldn't justify cutting out someones support without also cutting my leisure activity costs. Yay for full tier 9 with 36 unlocks available as a premium. I figured I'd wait for I24 then resub on my 3 month recurring plan again. Apparently not.

Even knowing that the game will be GONE on November 30th I would happily pay my VIP fee until that day. CoH deserves the play. I met some people through this game I'll be sticking with as we try to find new things to do and maybe a new game to call home (most are swearing off MMOs though).

Two paragraphs of fluff later...
Had NCS come in and announced that the game would be turned off and the studio closed on November 30th, but that until then everything was business as usual, would people be happier? I know I'd feel better for the folks at Paragon. I'd feel better about NCS as a company as well.
I pre-purchased GW2 the day it went on pre-sale and loved GW1, except Factions (fsck you Factions!), and currently enjoy GW2 as well. I won't boycott NCS although they now have only 1 game I enjoy. I won't even be more careful with my MMO dollar. This is the 1st game I've enjoyed (aw hell, loved) that has been cancelled. I had moved on from SWG long before that debacle, I had never paid for Hellgate, I have a lifetime founders account for LotRO (no regrets), and I generally beta or demo a game before tossing my money at it anyway. If I truly enjoy a game and pay for it and it gets cancelled with 24h notice that sucks. I get angry and rage, sure, but I'm not going to declare a ban on a company that does bad things or dumb things. They ALL do those things. ALL of them.

It has itself on ignore.