New efforts!

[Harpospoke]

Seriously if they charged a one time price of $39.99 for both permanent CoH1 and a future standalone - I would pay this in a heartbeat.

A little math then tells you 100,000 buyers gets you a cool $4 million. I could really see this an an option. I don't know any inside secret was just spinning possibilities.

I'm in as well.

[Felderburg]

It was donated some time ago.

Huh, I had no idea. I guess it was offered to both groups, but apparently CoT turned it down for some reason: http://cityoftitans.com/forum/epic-art-piece

[Harpospoke]

I'm hoping CoH comes back...and a part of me wants it back as a blank slate.. no account info etc. I look forward to logging in on day one and seeing a bunch of low level characters. Would love to have huge groups of people in The Hollows and Kings Row.

Ugh.

People are not going to change the way they play due to a "blank slate".   I see this sentiment way too often.  It smells like "Finally everyone will play the way I think they should".    Maybe I read you wrong...but sure sounds like you want to effect how other people play.

Here is how it will really work.   Day 1 you'll have the same people running those low level arcs.   Those who didn't care for them will be in AE powerlvling to get back to the playstyle they preferred.   The "blank slate" will not change what people enjoyed before.   There are some players who will have a lvl 50 the first day!  (that still boggles my mind)

[Talner]

Was it really possible to go 1 - 50 in one day? That's crazy.

[Blackout]

Huh, I had no idea. I guess it was offered to both groups, but apparently CoT turned it down for some reason: http://cityoftitans.com/forum/epic-art-piece

Blimey! How could they turn that down? Its freaking amazing! Not to mention the connection it has to the old developers.
I guess they have their reasons, but as a lover of art in general I'm baffled that MwM would let a chance like that pass them by!

[gypsyav]

Ugh.

People are not going to change the way they play due to a "blank slate".   I see this sentiment way too often.  It smells like "Finally everyone will play the way I think they should".    Maybe I read you wrong...but sure sounds like you want to effect how other people play.

Here is how it will really work.   Day 1 you'll have the same people running those low level arcs.   Those who didn't care for them will be in AE powerlvling to get back to the playstyle they preferred.   The "blank slate" will not change what people enjoyed before.   There are some players who will have a lvl 50 the first day!  (that still boggles my mind)

While I probably wouldn't be power leveling in AE I probably wouldn't be found in the hollows either. As many times as I tried to cross that place with no travel power I cringe to even think of going there. As for KR, if we get I24 I think a lot of people will be spending time there just to see it remade and the new arcs.

[Brightfires]

Ugh.

People are not going to change the way they play due to a "blank slate".   I see this sentiment way too often.  It smells like "Finally everyone will play the way I think they should".    Maybe I read you wrong...but sure sounds like you want to effect how other people play.

Here is how it will really work.   Day 1 you'll have the same people running those low level arcs.   Those who didn't care for them will be in AE powerlvling to get back to the playstyle they preferred.   The "blank slate" will not change what people enjoyed before.   There are some players who will have a lvl 50 the first day!  (that still boggles my mind)

At the very least, there would be a whole ton of people standing around Atlas putting together endless DfB runs...
I can't promise I wouldn't be one of them. But that's because I actually enjoyed running the thing with my lowbies. XD

When Freedom was new, I played leader for dozens of those runs on Anigan, my SJ brute, for our crop of newbie free players, and had a great time doing it. I have fond memories.

[azazel005]

Ugh.

People are not going to change the way they play due to a "blank slate".   I see this sentiment way too often.  It smells like "Finally everyone will play the way I think they should".    Maybe I read you wrong...but sure sounds like you want to effect how other people play.

Here is how it will really work.   Day 1 you'll have the same people running those low level arcs.   Those who didn't care for them will be in AE powerlvling to get back to the playstyle they preferred.   The "blank slate" will not change what people enjoyed before.   There are some players who will have a lvl 50 the first day!  (that still boggles my mind)

I don't think they meant it in that way specifically (just to put words in peoples mouths whom I don't even know, classy huh?) but more that the journey would begin anew. I am sure many people (god help us) played the hollows when we had more characters at the level range. I lot of those zones are in fact much better at I-24 then they were when released. There would likely be more people at the appropriate seen as many frequent players would be starting new rather then at a wider level range that comes with players joining over many years.

I think it's a fair estimate that those zones would be busier after a reset then they while the game was live. Which of course won't diminish the aforementioned players that will farm AE and any other method they can to get a leg up, but even them will be farming (albeit briefly) at the beginning.

[GenericHero05]

Ugh.

People are not going to change the way they play due to a "blank slate".   I see this sentiment way too often.  It smells like "Finally everyone will play the way I think they should".    Maybe I read you wrong...but sure sounds like you want to effect how other people play.

Here is how it will really work.   Day 1 you'll have the same people running those low level arcs.   Those who didn't care for them will be in AE powerlvling to get back to the playstyle they preferred.   The "blank slate" will not change what people enjoyed before.   There are some players who will have a lvl 50 the first day!  (that still boggles my mind)

Unless they tweak the amount of XP awarded for AE missions.

[Talner]

While I probably wouldn't be power leveling in AE I probably wouldn't be found in the hollows either. As many times as I tried to cross that place with no travel power I cringe to even think of going there. As for KR, if we get I24 I think a lot of people will be spending time there just to see it remade and the new arcs.

I started skipping the Hallows too. It wasn't there when I started playing. So I just went from Atlas to KR.
The TaxiBots did make the Hallows a little easier though.

[caine6900]

Please keep us informed PLEASE! Via Face book and the forums here. I really miss the city and the players.
Layne B Landis

[Nitekilla]

Was it really possible to go 1 - 50 in one day? That's crazy.

Using the AE mission center with my fire brute, I could power level a toon from level 1 to 35 in about 3 and a half hours if i recall correctly.

[azazel005]

I actually worked through the Hollows after they cleaned it up, re-did mobs added the hospital and trainer (as well as the relief on travel power levels). It holds up better now then the torturous original time I did so, which consisted of a lot of people dying going back to Atlas... dying trying to get to the door, going back to Atlas...and well dying trying to get back to the door.

There's much less of that now! Or rather there was much less of that before it was... waylaid into some sort of Quantum stasis... or some such.

[ObsidianPhoenix76]

Wow... I love your avatar.  Who did it and do they take commissions? 

(sorry for the tangent.  Liberty server here)

I actually downloaded it.  Let me see if I can find it.  Found it shortly after the hiatus that CoX is on started.  It was my phone background picture until last fall.

[kierthos]

How would you do that? Just say "Nictus wanted to live longer, so they started munching other Kheldians?" I imagine it would be a bit more nuanced than that... (and I am aware of your RP - I was the one that linked your story on the Wiki, despite some reservations about it being proper to include on the Wiki, because it was an excellent depiction of the FTL travel method (and the reservations were mostly overcome by the fact the the entire Kheldian article is noted as being essentially copied from a Memphis Bill's guide)).

Well, consider this.

Peacebringers are automatically of Natural origin.
Warshades are automatically of Science origin.

I took that to mean that at one point, the Kheldians who would end up becoming the Nictus sought a way, or perhaps more than one way, to extend their lives. Perhaps this was before they learned they could fuse with other life forms. In fact, that seems likely. Why go through all the trouble of hunting down others of your own species when they can travel anywhere in the universe, when it is far easier to fuse with a host organism, and take it over. (This is assuming that Nictus can completely dominate some or all host organisms. Presumably, they could easily dominate weak-willed humans, but stronger-willed ones? I mean, is Requiem a 50/50 partnership between Rudolfo Uzzano and Dirge of Entropy, or is one of them definitely in charge? Alas, my lack of knowledge of other host organisms for the Kheldian, and the relative intellect and strength of will when compared to the average human is a matter I really should look into correcting.)

I digress.

As a hypothesis, we assume that the philosophical and ethical consideration of feasting upon one's own species, at least among the Kheldians, occurred before they learned to fuse with other life forms, or that, at the very least, it was not common knowledge among the species. Given that all Warshades are of the Science origin, we assume that the methodology of Kheldian-cannibalism requires scientific knowledge. Presumably, not a process that only requires genius-level intellects among the Kheldians, or if it does, it is one that is easily mastered by, for lack of a better term, the rank and file Nictus. Ah, but the presence of Shadow Shards at least seems to indicate that a method was required for some Nictus in the event that a host could not be found AND non-Nictus Kheldians were unavailable for the Nictus to feed upon.

.... crap, I lapsed into character there.  :P

[Brightfires]

I took actually worked through the Hollows after they cleaned it up, re-did mobs added the hospital and trainer (as well as the relief on travel power levels). It holds up better then the torturous original time I did so which consisted of a lot of people dying going back to at least... dying trying to get to the door, going back to atlas...and well dying trying to get back to the door.

There's much less of that now! Or rather there was much less of that before it was... waylaid into some sort of Quantum stasis... or some such.

The re-vamped, late-period Hollows was actually not a bad place... I always took my hero-side characters through the mission arcs there.

If you had access to Ninja Run or the Coyote travel power with their jumping ability, it was even kind-of fun getting around.

[ObsidianPhoenix76]

Wow... I love your avatar.  Who did it and do they take commissions? 

(sorry for the tangent.  Liberty server here)

This is the full picture:

Removed until permission is given.  Don't want to irritate anyone.

[ObsidianPhoenix76]

It was donated some time ago.

:o  Is it ok if I use it? 

[Felderburg]

:o  Is it ok if I use it?

You'd have to ask David Nakayama - it's his art. But given his willingness to let the successor projects use it, it's probably ok.......

[azazel005]

:o  Is it ok if I use it?

I am sure it's quite alright to use it as a forum Avatar and other purely private non-commercial activity.