Hello all, I was a player of Virtue Server, aaand just a heads up, this is my first post on these forums, soooo sorry when I rant.
Dunno if anybody would know me, I was Havok Arm, Cryobird, Flagship, and Kimi Kawa, Last Heir, and a few others.
Shamed to say I don't have pics because I have a new computer, but I was part of the Strikeforce Academy bunch.
I'm subscribed to several gaming related channels on youtube, mostly TGS (The Game Station) and every time I see them talk about MMOs, I can't help but think about City Of Heroes.
Was it the most perfect game of all the world? No, but it was still better than every other game. A game where you come, you fight, you conquer, you have fun. No tedious gear grinding, no rep levels to balance, no epic mounts to get, and it came with an amazing superhero community.
While subscribed to CoH...
I played Aion, came back to City Of Heroes.
I played Star War The Old Republic, came back to City Of Heroes.
I played WoW, came back to City Of Heroes.
I played EvE, I came back to City Of Heroes.
I Played Tabula Rasa, I came back to City Of Heroes.
And now that it's gone, my library expanded even more to Age Of Wushu, Champions Online, DCUO, Star Trek Online, Guild Wars 2, Neverwinter, Dragon Nest, Tera Online, Planetside 2, and Lord Of The Rings Online, not to mention I'm trying to get into beta for Final Fantasy 14 2.0: A Realm Reborn as well as Elder Scrolls Online. And that's just the MMOs! Other games include Guns Of Icarus, Smite, League Of Legends, World Of Tanks, Total War: Shogun 2, Sins of A Solar Empire Rebellion, and much more.
Being deprived of the community I grew up with for 6-7 years of my life (21 now) is like graduating high school without the sense of accomplishment or fanciful ceremony. Just a deep void that can't be filled until a game with equal RP and freedom of customization comes around. At the moment, the closest thing I can think of to fill the void is either FF-14 (which is a hit or miss), Wildstar (which is another victim of NCsoft), or just piling dead bodies in Planetside 2 (which is just me trying to fill a void of hate).
I was supportive of Guild Wars 2 until I learned NCsoft is bleeding them dry as well. All the money they make on the cash market? Goes directly to NCsoft, meaning Gw2 is NCsoft's female dog because Guild Wars 2 has no subscription fee, so how do they make money? Not the cash market, has to be via sales which NCsoft gets a lion's share of. Recent news stated that Gw2 cannot make expansions without NCsofts consent, and NCsoft can force the company to make expansions even if the developers think they shouldn't at the time.
Truely hate that company now... Gives the Korean MMOs all the money they want, heck, I heard they canceled an Everquest project for more funding for Blade And Soul.
Anyway... Rant over.
Ya, I'm around on a lot of MMOs but atm I'm spending most of my time on Age Of Wushu and Planetside 2. AoW is not a great MMO, can't even recommend it to people, but it's... Very different.
I miss RPing in CoH, and I'm aware that after a lot of file tweaking I can make my characters again and roam around the city, but I don't wanna get too attached again, unless the game's rights are actually sold and given to say, Trion or something. Besides, pretty doubtful many people I RPed with even know about TitanNetwork and I have no way to communicate with them.
Ah well, at least I can share my feelings on these forums I guess.
Again, sorry for the rant. Good to meet you all and be among CoH players again.
