New efforts!

[Risha]

To change the subject, I logged on and figured out the powers of relatively recently made characters that I wasn't quite sure of...well, I still don't know what I chose as a secondary for one.  Anyway, I went running and jumping around Atlas, and boy were my fingers slow.  I've tried many, many games since CoX closed, stuck with The Secret World for about a month...but that was it, so I don't have my gaming fingers anymore.

If this goes through, I'm going to have to practice before beta or be supremely embarrassed.

[CaptainHonor]

There's no way in hell NCsoft is selling the IP or gives over the data, a lot of people are diverting from what this is about, this is about trying to make NCsoft open source City of Heroes, a lot of people in this thread are too greedy, just be content that we are potentially gonna be getting a new beginning, your old characters will not be restored, never again, unless City of Heroes is making a comeback from NCsoft themselves.

[Aggelakis]

I took the other posts off sticky (Google, etc.) and stickied this one. The other efforts seem to have piddled out to nothing and this is our current best bet. Better to keep it up at the top of the list.

[LaughingAlex]

I took the other posts off sticky (Google, etc.) and stickied this one. The other efforts seem to have piddled out to nothing and this is our current best bet. Better to keep it up at the top of the list.

Thats a good idea.  We haven't heard anything of those things, go figure.  But one thing is clear that, persistence does pay off IMO.  However this goes this was the closest we got to getting the game back so far.

[HEATSTROKE]

I took the other posts off sticky (Google, etc.) and stickied this one. The other efforts seem to have piddled out to nothing and this is our current best bet. Better to keep it up at the top of the list.

makes sense..

[Dev7on]

I took the other posts off sticky (Google, etc.) and stickied this one. The other efforts seem to have piddled out to nothing and this is our current best bet. Better to keep it up at the top of the list.

That took long enough for someone to notice that from March.

[Nyx Nought Nothing]

I took the other posts off sticky (Google, etc.) and stickied this one. The other efforts seem to have piddled out to nothing and this is our current best bet. Better to keep it up at the top of the list.

Seems like a good idea to me. Although this thread has little chance of slipping from the top currently; it's up to 64 pages already by my count and adding at least 1-3 more pages a day. Now i just hope there's good news within the next month.

Losing access to your character names because someone with an ear on this thread decided to go trololol and claim them would be tragic.

At least for me the only name anyone is likely to get from reading this thread is in my signature, and i've dozens more like it if i get the whim to make more. (Here's another silly alt name i used as a bonus: my parole officer.) My silly alt names were mostly for fun with NPC dialogue and were characters that i just used to play around with game mechanics and when i was in a silly mood.

[JKPhage]

Eh, if we aren't getting any character/account data back I'm not gonna cry over it honestly. My only big concern is with time-sensitive/exclusive unlockables that we had access to. The Zeus/Tartarus helmets and the Halloween costume pack in particular come to mind. The one was earned by maintaining a subscription during a certain time-frame and the other was only buyable for about 2 weeks out of the year. Both provided some costume pieces that I used extensively in several of my favorite characters. If the buyers are willing to make things like the Zeus helm buyable in the market unlike it was in the past and maybe give us a free for all on time-sensitive stuff like the Halloween pack for about a month after the game comes back, then I'm a-okay. I just don't want to have the game go live in say November (I know it will take much longer than that likely, but just as a hypothetical) and then not be able to buy the Halloween goodies for an entire year afterwards. That would make it impossible to remake two of my favorite characters properly, and one of the others would be doable, but missing quite a bit of pizazz that made him look awesome.

I'm not complaining, mind you. I know the deal isn't done, and when it is that it will likely be a sizable wait until we're able to play again. I just wanted to put that thought out there in the hopes that it will be heard and potentially heeded. Honestly, I think the best way to go about the veteran rewards is to just make them buyable perks in the store. It was a fine plan when people had already been playing for years and had most of the stuff unlocked already, but to put some amazing stuff like the Celestial Armor and Phoenix wings behind a gate that would require 8 years of play or literally over $1000 worth of purchased points for bonus tokens to unlock them when starting a game from scratch just seems a little poorly handled. If I were in that position I'd just make all the current vet stuff purchasable and start a new vet reward tree with different perks. Time will tell, I suppose. Either way, I'll be glad to get to play again. I may just have to postpone some of my favorite characters until I can properly outfit them again, haha.

[LaughingAlex]

Eh, if we aren't getting any character/account data back I'm not gonna cry over it honestly. My only big concern is with time-sensitive/exclusive unlockables that we had access to. The Zeus/Tartarus helmets and the Halloween costume pack in particular come to mind. The one was earned by maintaining a subscription during a certain time-frame and the other was only buyable for about 2 weeks out of the year. Both provided some costume pieces that I used extensively in several of my favorite characters. If the buyers are willing to make things like the Zeus helm buyable in the market unlike it was in the past and maybe give us a free for all on time-sensitive stuff like the Halloween pack for about a month after the game comes back, then I'm a-okay. I just don't want to have the game go live in say November (I know it will take much longer than that likely, but just as a hypothetical) and then not be able to buy the Halloween goodies for an entire year afterwards. That would make it impossible to remake two of my favorite characters properly, and one of the others would be doable, but missing quite a bit of pizazz that made him look awesome.

I'm not complaining, mind you. I know the deal isn't done, and when it is that it will likely be a sizable wait until we're able to play again. I just wanted to put that thought out there in the hopes that it will be heard and potentially heeded. Honestly, I think the best way to go about the veteran rewards is to just make them buyable perks in the store. It was a fine plan when people had already been playing for years and had most of the stuff unlocked already, but to put some amazing stuff like the Celestial Armor and Phoenix wings behind a gate that would require 8 years of play or literally over $1000 worth of purchased points for bonus tokens to unlock them when starting a game from scratch just seems a little poorly handled. If I were in that position I'd just make all the current vet stuff purchasable and start a new vet reward tree with different perks. Time will tell, I suppose. Either way, I'll be glad to get to play again. I may just have to postpone some of my favorite characters until I can properly outfit them again, haha.

Aye, i'll be glad to play again myself.

[Samuraiko]

Oh for the love of...

Can we just get back to being excited?

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

[LaughingAlex]

Oh for the love of...

Can we just get back to being excited?

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

Agreed.

[Zombie Hustler]

I was never quite sure why people asked for level ups in Beta, at least in the post-Wentworth's era. With unlimited buying power, it was so easy to get all the IOs, XP boosts, and everything else you'd need, that leveling was even easier than ever there.

But if/when we do get CoX back, I hope they open immediately with i24, as there were so many very cool things in that issue that I think it would be a shame to postpone them till later, especially as (in post-Freedom CoX) there was a logical and cool story extension for the early Atlas Park/Habashy/Shining Stars arcs.

Speaking of, one of the ideas that came up on the old forums towards the end that I thought was really cool was to try and "re-task" some of the zones towards more story oriented paths. IE, rather than just have the one "origin" path from the post-Freedom era on the Villain and Hero sides, open them up a bit more to other routes (sort of like the pre-Freedom era), with routes for Rogue and Vigilante paths.

Something like: King's Row and Brickstown as primarily "Vigilante" area; Cap au Diable as a primarily "Rogues" or "Rogues and Vigilantes" area; Founder's Falls as a "Hero" zone; etc.

One of the things that I most loved about Praetoria (my favorite area) were the side switching and "going undercover" storylines, and I'd love to see more of that worked into the main story zones, too. I think that Kallisti Wharf was planned to do something similar, in that it was a co-op hero/villain zone, but I'm not sure.

(And I still would love, love, love to see a co-op hero/villain underground Oranbega zone)

[Zombie Hustler]

Sooo... about those things we're all looking forward to with a re-launch, then?

Power Pool customization, anyone? (Which we'd have gotten in i24)

[FenrirEX]

Sooo... about those things we're all looking forward to with a re-launch, then?

Power Pool customization, anyone? (Which we'd have gotten in i24)

Sorcery Power Pool!  I wonder if we'll get that.

[LaughingAlex]

Sooo... about those things we're all looking forward to with a re-launch, then?

Power Pool customization, anyone? (Which we'd have gotten in i24)

I'm looking forward to that, new snipes, new tier 9 blast powers that have the awesome with the practicality.  To new power sets and content to play.  And working on my AE story archs again, that I never got finished.

[MWRuger]

I was never quite sure why people asked for level ups in Beta, at least in the post-Wentworth's era. With unlimited buying power, it was so easy to get all the IOs, XP boosts, and everything else you'd need, that leveling was even easier than ever there.

But if/when we do get CoX back, I hope they open immediately with i24, as there were so many very cool things in that issue that I think it would be a shame to postpone them till later, especially as (in post-Freedom CoX) there was a logical and cool story extension for the early Atlas Park/Habashy/Shining Stars arcs.

Speaking of, one of the ideas that came up on the old forums towards the end that I thought was really cool was to try and "re-task" some of the zones towards more story oriented paths. IE, rather than just have the one "origin" path from the post-Freedom era on the Villain and Hero sides, open them up a bit more to other routes (sort of like the pre-Freedom era), with routes for Rogue and Vigilante paths.

Something like: King's Row and Brickstown as primarily "Vigilante" area; Cap au Diable as a primarily "Rogues" or "Rogues and Vigilantes" area; Founder's Falls as a "Hero" zone; etc.

One of the things that I most loved about Praetoria (my favorite area) were the side switching and "going undercover" storylines, and I'd love to see more of that worked into the main story zones, too. I think that Kallisti Wharf was planned to do something similar, in that it was a co-op hero/villain zone, but I'm not sure.

(And I still would love, love, love to see a co-op hero/villain underground Oranbega zone)

Bricks is a pretty high level zone for a level 20 which is I believe when you can actually first go rouge or vigilante. Maybe IP instead. I was always in Faultline around then so I'm not sure which zone is the 20-25 range.

Can't wait to log in and find out!

[MWRuger]

I agree with you there, and perhaps yes, I did and still do see it as an attack on me and anyone who wouldn't want other players buying their characters against their will.  I believe in the team as well that they'll take the fair and just decision.  I was just deeply, deeply bothered by some things that were said.  Really glad Ohioknight mentioned he was joking here, but some people continue to have to try to be "right" even when they aren't even touching on the topic at hand and then saying my characters are not my characters which to me, is a very, very big attack on ME.

It's all good brother, we all have things we are sensitive about. But here we are all heroes (or villains) united in getting our City back, all enmities put aside.

It's the ultimate Co-Op zone and you can't target either faction.

[Angel Phoenix77]

Oh for the love of...

Can we just get back to being excited?

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

I third the motion

[Fanta]

And I probably shouldn't even mention the anniversary badges

Starting from scratch, hmm.

I'd be pretty disappointed if I lost all my character data. I'd still play, but it would be a race to 50, as that's the part of the game I most enjoyed. And losing all my badges, I think I had around 1200 on my traps defender. Eight years of vet rewards and anniversary badges, never to be seen again! I'd be a sad panda, but I'd still play.

I had 10 - 50's, most of them min/maxed. 4 or 5 that had taken incarnates as far a possible. My traps defender had 10 or so of the lore pets. I'd still play.

I also had a solo SG. The largest plot available. Million and millions in prestige. It would take at least 5 years to get all that back solo. Max storage for enhancements (10 IIRC), everyone one them full of crafted goodies! Ya know what, I could grit my teeth on that one. I'd still play.

Yeah, Keys...... green.... D'oh!

Magisterium.... the really hard way.....

I doubt there'd be just a few people disappointed. We'll play even if it hurts!

I could have just taken the rest out, but I felt it better to leave it since some think I'm that opposed to starting over   

[eabrace]

<-- /ModeratorHat on

In the event that anyone wonders why there are a series of posts missing in this thread, all that really needs to be said is that the thread was reported and I was the first one to respond to it.  I didn't use a scalpel.  I used a surgical chainsaw.

If you don't know what disappeared, assume you didn't miss anything.

If I removed some of your posts and you're bothered by that, then you can be mad at me all you want as long as this thread stays on topic.

And with that, I return you to your regularly scheduled optimistic anticipation.

/ModeratorHat off