I have one good soveneir - the original COH Prima Game Guide

[doc7924]

I never played an MMO before this and got the game about a month after it was out. But I had to go on vacaction to visit my in-laws and I saw in a bookstore the COH Prima guide - so I bought it so I could read up on the game while I couldn't play.

It's so interesting to look back at the game before even Issue 1.

Is cool to have the original maps, lists of powersets and whatevers at the game launch.

I will never get rid of that book ever.

[saipaman]

I've got one too.  I remember reading it on an airplane flight back in 2004.

[doc7924]

I love the part where they try and tell people they should make original toons and not copies.

Brings the memories back of the first month or so standing in Atlas surrounded by Wulvereens and Bulks and Iron Guys.

[Kistulot]

Brings the memories back of the first month or so standing in Atlas surrounded by Wulvereens and Bulks and Iron Guys.

I remember going through The Hallows near when Iron Man came out, and being teamed with a guy named like "Iron Man 2562" or some name very similar. He was an Energy/Energy blaster who pulled everything in the room for the lulz.

I didn't say I remembered this for any GOOD reasons...

[Aggelakis]

The best part about that Prima guide is that it was out of date before it even hit the shelves. XD

This is why you don't create paper guides for MMOs! They change too fast for print work!

[doc7924]

The best part about that Prima guide is that it was out of date before it even hit the shelves. XD

This is why you don't create paper guides for MMOs! They change too fast for print work!

I know. That's what I love about that book.

[Triplash]

My copy is the "Revised and Expanded" edition. "Now covers Issue 1: Through the Looking Glass."

Welcome to the cutting edge of information, baby. It's like living in the future. 8)

[doc7924]

My copy is the "Revised and Expanded" edition. "Now covers Issue 1: Through the Looking Glass."

Welcome to the cutting edge of information, baby. It's like living in the future. 8)

Never saw a revised one. Wouldn't have bought it in anyway case since by then I had realized how pointless it was.  :'(

[Triplash]

Never saw a revised one. Wouldn't have bought it in anyway case since by then I had realized how pointless it was.  :'(

Yeah really, heh. I have a thing for game guides though; started with Nintendo Power back in the day. That and it only cost me like four bucks off Amazon, or something like that.

It's especially nice now, to have a physical City souvenir that I can hold in my hands and look through. Totally worth it.

[doc7924]

Yeah really, heh. I have a thing for game guides though; started with Nintendo Power back in the day. That and it only cost me like four bucks off Amazon, or something like that.

It's especially nice now, to have a physical City souvenir that I can hold in my hands and look through. Totally worth it.

Agreed. I have my original package, manual, CD's from when I first bought it in 2004, all the original stuff from City of Villains and one of the expansions that had a tiny figure of Black Scorpion.

Plus as long as there is even the remotest chance someone may come up with some way to log in even locally, I will never delete the files from my PC.

[Arachnion]

Agreed. I have my original package, manual, CD's from when I first bought it in 2004, all the original stuff from City of Villains and one of the expansions that had a tiny figure of Black Scorpion.

Plus as long as there is even the remotest chance someone may come up with some way to log in even locally, I will never delete the files from my PC.

I too have all my City of Villains Collector's Edition memorabilia.

My tiny Lord Recluse figurine is sitting on top of my computer tower right now, :)

Manticore, Black Scorpion, and Captain Mako figurines are on top of my entertainment center.

[FatherXmas]

I bought the Prima guide when I bought the game back in Aug 2004.  It gave me something to read when I was downloading the patch over dial-up.  By the time they came out with the three ring version for CoV I new better.

[Bliz]

Used to have the CoV Prima guide on my computer.

Despite ED it had wonderful guide tips like: Brutes should 6 slot damage in all attacks.

[TerminalVelocity]

My only souvenir (Besides good memories, which make the best souvenirs) is very worn paperback copies of the CoH novels. (Hey, so when's that Rikti War novel coming out again?(Woah, parentheses within parentheses, but anyways, sarcasm.))

[Shenku]

I think my most cherished souvenir from the game, aside from good memories and friends, would be a letter(and stuff) I received from Ex Libris after the contest when she first joined the City of Heroes forums' community and needed an avatar(This was around 2007, the letter is dated May 2, 2007) . I was one of the folks who sent in a submission (crappy as it was...), and while I didn't win, I got two nifty bumper stickers, an autographed Statesman card(from the CoH card game. Hard to tell from the signature "J<something> E.", but it might have been Jack Emmert possibly...? Never seen his signature before, so I wouldn't know...), and a hand signed letter from Ex Libris.

Since the closure, I think one of those bumper stickers pretty much sums up my feelings when trying to play other MMOs; "I'd Rather Be Fighting Villains!"...

I still have all the items, and the envelope they came in, and keep them all safely tucked away together. I doubt I'll ever find another MMO that'll have that personal of a touch with the user base like CoH had... :(

[doc7924]

I also have all the PDF's I could find about that lawsuit Marvel pulled back in 2004 or 2005.

Was funny stuff since it claimed Marvel invented Superheroes, mutations, and a lot of other things.

But at the time a lot of us were worried the game might actually be either shut down for good, or on put on hold until the lawsuit was settled.

Took 8 years but Marvel got their wish.

[saipaman]

I'd like to have seen Statesman's face when he discovered individuals and teams could have good outcomes by completing ignoring those guides.

[beveri8469]

coh had a certain magic to it that can never or will be replaced imo.

[doc7924]

coh had a certain magic to it that can never or will be replaced imo.

Agree 100%. I have been playing (free only) both DCU and Champions. Now while I like them both, and have resurrected a few COH toons in those games, they are not COH and it is just not the same.

COH was the whole package. It wasn't JUST the powersets or JUST the zons or JUST the gameplay, it was the whole experience.

I still feel sad that I will most likely never be searching for teams in RWZ, Croatoa for an ITF or PI for AV missions, or any of the 100's of things I used to do over 8 years in Paragon City.