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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #280 on: January 31, 2013, 01:14:44 AM »
pic info says..'RayWilson1', found it on a broken link to a City of Heroes forum post.
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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #281 on: January 31, 2013, 01:37:51 AM »
Got to face the facts.



I've moved on to Champions Online and Star Trek Online, and while both are great games, they're games to pass the time, not the immersive world COH was.

Agreed on that aspect.  My typical CO session is to see if the goodies I put in the market have sold, run a solo mission or two to pick up more droppings.. list em and quit the sesion.  Teamwork?  What's that?  I went so far as to quit my SG in CO, since I spent 95% of the time soloing, after sticking with the group for a month. I won't name the SG, since they seemed to be great folks individually, but being a member of a do-nothing together SG isn't my style.

And just looking at the pic, I wonder when those girls will get the same idea I had, and make NCSoft's life "interesting".  Could be a fun post-CoH fanfic there.

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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #282 on: January 31, 2013, 03:05:18 AM »
I'm still in the throes of influenza, and today has mostly consisted of crying weakly.
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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #283 on: January 31, 2013, 05:29:42 AM »
Poor VV.  You need a hug.

A non-germy hug.

From a long way off.  :)

Here's hoping you feel better very soon.

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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #284 on: January 31, 2013, 07:13:26 AM »
how am I handling the loss of the game?

well I played mostly as a hero.. but.. I'm in talks with several mafias to see what they feel like doing and got my contacts in korea scoping out teh place for a server raid..

I am slowly sinking into a pit of insanity without City of heroes and Villains to release it in.

recently I found I can even pride myself on the level of my insanity. and I hang around with other insane people online. we talk about robot maids fighting in tournaments and general mind-@#$%ing.

I also makes 3D models for teh crazy peoples!

got a plan to shame NCSoft beyond thier ability to recover from it too..

I think I'll play on red side alot more when the game is back...

which it will be back one way or another or my way, whichever comes first MWAHAHAHAHAH
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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #285 on: February 01, 2013, 05:50:18 AM »
I think about the game every day.   Funny because last summer I could go weeks without playing...because it was "always there when I needed it".   Now I just wish I could log on and hear the sounds and music, and see the sights I'm so used to looking at.    All my characters that each have memories attached to them...gone.    That world felt very real to me.

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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #286 on: February 01, 2013, 03:52:28 PM »
I'm still in the throes of influenza, and today has mostly consisted of crying weakly.

Dear Misty, I hope you are soon feeling better and fully recovered from flu.  My "main" def., Kristoff, and other Von Gelminis could heal an entire team including the tank to full HP every 8 seconds, but for reasons that elude me (*cheesy grin*) I seem to lack a "dark servant" in this world; besides I don't believe we'd wanna get you healed and all better with dark miasma.  *Scans the skies for Healix or another proper healer*  Hoping this attempt at humor brings a smile.  (Said in best John Steed voice) "Mrs. Victrix, you're needed!!"  :D   Best wishes for a beautiful day and swift recovery.
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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #287 on: February 01, 2013, 08:09:41 PM »
Genuinely peeved today I haven't got to the point where I literally hit something in a long time. Normal I would go and chill somewhere called pocket D BUT kind of freaking hard to do that now-a-days.

(Trying SO hard to not cuss right now...)

Have yet to find another good (Nondestructive) way to chill out.

Doesn't help that every time I get a little peeved off I think of NCSoft due to my outlet being SOMETHING they took away.
And that just makes it all the more worse.

Music helps but it was the music AND CoX that would calm me down.

*Sigh*

Gonna go scream profanity now.

Take care all.



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Whew I feel better now. Playing music as loud as possible, screaming at the top of my lungs, and hitting my mattress as hard as I can. (Can't hurt it. lol)

That's the worst I been in a LONG time.

All good now though.  ;D
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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #288 on: February 01, 2013, 09:29:16 PM »
I haven't even tried to replace that... since no other MMO's pet classes can measure up to CoH's Masterminds... =/
Instead I've been having fun with the story elements of other MMO's, and shooting up some aliens in Xcom.

You can't replace it.  Believe me,  I've looked.  Six pets,  some with sx unique pets,  but all with at least three unique types,  each with their own unique set of abilities, each nameable.  Some will allow the numbers ((Age of Conan,  Star Trek Online, Champions online)) and some the abilities ((Champions Online,  Guild Wars 2 (Ranger,  not necro) )) but even in Champions Case it just doesn't feel the same.  I think theme had a lot to do with it.  In Champions,  you'll wind up with a mishmash unavoidably if you go for numbers,  and while its interesting to have an Angel fight beside a demon,  three wolves,  four robots,  some super destructive toys,  and various forces of nature or magic,  it doesn't give you that unified sense of being.  My mercenary army was just that.  No demons or ninjas here.  My zombie army was the same.  Obviously my robot army was too.  So on and so fourth.  And apparently,  that makes a big difference.

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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #289 on: February 02, 2013, 03:51:14 AM »
I have to say this past week has been the hardest since the first one.

Thursday night, the 24th, I lost my grandfather. He'd fallen ill the prior week. We were very, very close, and he was my only father figure. I haven't had a lot of free time since his passing, for obvious reasons, but it's times like these I really could've used the escapism that CoH provided me.

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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #290 on: February 02, 2013, 09:22:56 AM »
I have to say this past week has been the hardest since the first one.

Thursday night, the 24th, I lost my grandfather. He'd fallen ill the prior week. We were very, very close, and he was my only father figure. I haven't had a lot of free time since his passing, for obvious reasons, but it's times like these I really could've used the escapism that CoH provided me.
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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #291 on: February 02, 2013, 10:09:26 AM »
I'm feeling like an addict needing a fix this weekend

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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #292 on: February 02, 2013, 12:59:26 PM »
Make that every weekend.

Been playing MvM in the meantime as a surrogate... it feels frustrating more often than not.

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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #293 on: February 02, 2013, 05:54:17 PM »
Is it sad for the reality that City of being gone to just hit you months after the end? It hit me when I watched a video of the end, where meteors were hitting the city and villains and heroes just walked away and gathered in Atlas Park. When I saw heroes flying it hit like a brick that I miss flying. I miss saving the world. I miss being a hero. I am not an emotional type guy, but that moved me to tears that I will never fly again.

I refuse to be someones lackey or butler to known heroes and do missions they do not want and refuse to live in a universe that even a company refuses to put money into. I want my city. I want criminals to fear me once again, I want villains with questionable morals ask themselves is it worth helping heroes or make things worse. I need the skies, I need to escape and do something worthwhile and feel like I am accomplishing something, no MMO currently is giving me that feel. I am a fish out of water in other games and feel like I do not belong there. I never realized the girl whom I was bored with, was the best thing that could have happened to me. And I want her back.

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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #294 on: February 02, 2013, 06:33:02 PM »
Is it sad for the reality that City of being gone to just hit you months after the end? It hit me when I watched a video of the end, where meteors were hitting the city and villains and heroes just walked away and gathered in Atlas Park. When I saw heroes flying it hit like a brick that I miss flying. I miss saving the world. I miss being a hero. I am not an emotional type guy, but that moved me to tears that I will never fly again.

I refuse to be someones lackey or butler to known heroes and do missions they do not want and refuse to live in a universe that even a company refuses to put money into. I want my city. I want criminals to fear me once again, I want villains with questionable morals ask themselves is it worth helping heroes or make things worse. I need the skies, I need to escape and do something worthwhile and feel like I am accomplishing something, no MMO currently is giving me that feel. I am a fish out of water in other games and feel like I do not belong there. I never realized the girl whom I was bored with, was the best thing that could have happened to me. And I want her back.

Dear LegionAlpha,
I admit that video got me a bit misty-eyed as well.  However, it is still possible to Save the World and perhaps cities as well.  It is entirely possible to be a Hero and even for villains especially those with questionable morals to be brought to justice.  What I am about to propose is not escapism but doing something worthwhile.  Part of how I am dealing with losing CoH is by becoming once more involved in local and grassroots politics.  Here in the U.S. I taking a small role in the White House Initiative "Organizing for Action" as presented  by First Lady Michele Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMq_7v56rsc  I don't know if that will be your "cup of tea" but I think this is an unprecedented opportunity in U.S. history for citizen involvement -  and we still have far too many hapless citizens.  I don't know whether you live in the U.S. or not, but if not, perhaps there is something similar you can do in your community, even small things often have great value.  Often colleges, high schools, temples and churches, etc. provide many opportunities for volunteers.  Perhaps more than ever Heroism will be needed in the world of Tomorrow.  You've earned your wings; you're CoH trained in heroism.  Yeah, I know it's not quite as glamorous and often doesn't require a cape, but hey, neither NCSoft nor anyone can take your heroism away from you!  (Political disclaimer: yeah, I'm a Green Party Socialist but I have friends from all across the political spectrum, some quite conservative both in CoH and RL, but while we had very different ideas about how best to get there, what we discovered was that on many levels our fundamental values agreed nearly 100%.)

As to Flying again, for myself there is my Imagination and dreams.  Here's a piece of music that takes me soaring in my mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsxavPANO8s (REM lyrics version "It's the End of the World"  Peace and /em holdtorch  It may take years but we'll get Paragon City back!
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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #295 on: February 02, 2013, 08:33:02 PM »
My world is pretty gray now. I didn't realize it, but CoH was the only really fun thing I had in my life. It's just work now. On the job or at home. Just work.

I miss CoH even more today then when it closed.

I can never forgive NCSoft for this. I don't hate them anymore. But I don't trust them and I can not forgive them. They could create the best game in the world but as long as COH molds in the darkness, it will remained unplayed.
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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #296 on: February 03, 2013, 12:34:44 AM »
My world is pretty gray now. I didn't realize it, but CoH was the only really fun thing I had in my life. It's just work now. On the job or at home. Just work.

I miss CoH even more today then when it closed.

I can never forgive NCSoft for this. I don't hate them anymore. But I don't trust them and I can not forgive them. They could create the best game in the world but as long as COH molds in the darkness, it will remained unplayed.
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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #297 on: February 03, 2013, 05:27:37 AM »
the main thing thats still hitting me atm is sheer boredom

im normally playing games during all my free time and before i would spend 90% of that on coh running around with friends or doing something crazy like soloing tfs or GMs

in other mmos you just cant do that, they all pretty much rely on the holy trinity

i also cant get into other mmos because 99% of the ones out there are gear grinding, xp grinding, fantasy grinding, grindfests


ive been playing games on my steam list but i burn through all of them within a day or 2, since november ive beaten about 12 games, the only one i still play very frequently is borderlands 2 (and ive played THAT so much im so bored with it i just join random online games and give poeple a bunch of guns for no reason)

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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #298 on: February 03, 2013, 05:42:51 AM »
Dear TheDevilYouKnow,  A very hardworking friend once reminded me "work to live, not live to work/"  If I don't speak sedition or heresy, may i with respect for your process suggest letting more joy in?  For me that's books, music and movies, silly card games with friends or just hanging out.  Or adding a photography or art class (ungraded, just for fun), go or learn dancing, just something fun that you've never done before but have thought would be nifty, e.g. archery, tai chi, etc. etc. etc.
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Re: How are you handling the loss?
« Reply #299 on: February 03, 2013, 07:52:22 AM »
Honestly? had a few dreams very vivid dreams I was playing COH. Got so confused when I woke up I thought i'd fallen asleep and tried to wake up. Being haunted by the muses more or less of several of my creations. Playing CO, TSW, MWO and diving head long back into MUSH often with people from my SG. Also trying to not rage whenever I hear/see an NCSOFT product.