Have just (supposedly carefully) reread this entire thread, looking for some kind of answer to my own particular concern. I think Arcana addressed it in some fashion, but I'd like to ask for as straightforward an answer as can be given. Please do realize I'm not trying to put anyone 'on the spot,' but given our initial heartbreak, all the waiting since, and the negotiations having gone on for so long with no end in sight and no word on progress on that front possible...(ask your question already!)
Baldly, how legal is this? Obviously, you all wouldn't have worked on this for so long and then publicly announced it like this if you thought or knew you were doing something wrong. I'm asking because, if nothing else, we'll be using City of Heroes costumes and maps. Though we already do this in Icon, this would seem to take things further towards crossing the line, although I admit I'm fuzzy on what or where the line is.
Let me restate my question. Many of us have hard and/or hurt feelings where NCSoft is concerned. What's to keep NCSoft from swooping in and shutting this latest operation down?
I'm as excited about this new development as anyone, but I'm just afraid of having this snatched away from us or never having it materialize in the first place. I'm excited, and yet very wary, and it's because I don't really understand how this will be allowed. Not accusing anyone of any wrongdoing, mostly because I do believe no wrongdoing is happening, but I'm asking because I don't quite get it.