New efforts!

[Saedor]

Maybe it's just me but I look forward to the days where I don't see many if any Ironwolf posts. I tell myself there is something going down so he can't find the time to update us all.

(That's just what I tell myself hah)

Either that or he's at work... or asleep... or eating dinner.... or any one of those other mundane tasks that we all have to muddle through when not playing MMO's :)

[AlienOne]

Well, I don't care if it takes longer TBH, but I will make ONE firm prediction.

If they DO get the game, we'll be told on August 31st.

I'm inclined to believe you with an avatar pic like that...

[Fanta]

Yeah, I'm prepared for it to take a while... I'm just eager to hear "WE GOT IT!" :)

Get the game. After that, a community site. Prepare for the crap load of questions to follow.

[chuckv3]

What will you do on day 1 of relaunch, assuming that we get our existing characters back?

Squeal embarrassingly. Then blow the dust off my Energy/Energy blaster, swap out the SOs for sets so she can have S/L defense capped, then take her through the incarnate content, maybe the solo-able stuff, since I never tried that. And after that, maybe roll some combinations I've never tried before (and there are lots).

[Fanta]

Squeal embarrassingly. Then blow the dust off my Energy/Energy blaster, swap out the SOs for sets so she can have S/L defense capped, then take her through the incarnate content, maybe the solo-able stuff, since I never tried that. And after that, maybe roll some combinations I've never tried before (and there are lots).

Characters back. Still gonna head to Cim and clear the walls for a bit. Try to get a purple :D Then head to Atlas.

[chuckv3]

Characters back. Still gonna head to Cim and clear the walls for a bit. Try to get a purple :D Then head to Atlas.

Well, that was pretty much how I got my warshade from 48 to 50, repeatedly "tanking for fluffies" on those walls when I didn't feel like teaming. It was tons of fun, but I haven't seen all the content that was there even in I23, so I want to do that. But yeah, just being able to pound on something again would be a nice feeling.

[Golden Girl]

I'll start duping rares.

[ObsidianPhoenix76]

I wonder who I'd have to grovel to on the new team to get a job there. As long as they're either a) in the Seattle area, or b) willing to let me work remotely, I'd be perfectly happy to sit in a cubicle and churn out videos as the day is long. And write arcs. And spell check stuff. And edit. And make brownies.

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

^^ Seconded!  WHEN the game is ours again, make the above happen!

[hufish]

I'll start duping rares.

Oh no!  Jerk hacker!  ;) :D :roll:

[Brightfires]

Well, I don't care if it takes longer TBH, but I will make ONE firm prediction.

If they DO get the game, we'll be told on August 31st.

I hope you're right about that, my Baron... There would be a certain gloriousness in it.

[FloatingFatMan]

I hope you're right about that, my Baron... There would be a certain gloriousness in it.

I think they'll know before then, but hold on to the news a bit... Just for the symmetry. 2 years to the day would be the perfect day to announce its return.

[Super Firebug]

if we get our old characters back, the first thing I'll do is take my Fusionette tribute to the Protector dance party under the Atlas statue. After that, it depends on what else we get, and how much I have to do to get back to where I left off. If I don't have my SG base, I'll re-establish my SG, and start running a 50 to build more prestige. My finances will likely dictate that I won't be a subscriber for a while, so, assuming that we don't get our account data back, I'll have to see what all I still have, what's locked away from me (archetypes, power sets, etc.), and what I'll have to re-buy. Not a fun answer, but an honest one.

[Goddangit]

I know... how about... What will you do on day 1 of relaunch, assuming that we get our existing characters back?

If we get our characters back.  I will visit each of them in turn for a few moments.  Then I will take my namesake, stand where I did in Atlas the night of the shutdown, hold a torch...  and just listen to the chat and soak it in.  Maybe go through a few tissues.  :)

Then I think I'll get on one of my healers and see if I can bolster a team.  Assuming I can remember how.  :)  I suspect the first few hours we'll have a few 50s stumbling around like noobs.  I know I will be.  But I suspect it will all return quickly.

[edit: and I'm still holding out hope for Christmas in the chalet.]

[LaughingAlex]

if we get our old characters back, the first thing I'll do is take my Fusionette tribute to the Protector dance party under the Atlas statue. After that, it depends on what else we get, and how much I have to do to get back to where I left off. If I don't have my SG base, I'll re-establish my SG, and start running a 50 to build more prestige. My finances will likely dictate that I won't be a subscriber for a while, so, assuming that we don't get our account data back, I'll have to see what all I still have, what's locked away from me (archetypes, power sets, etc.), and what I'll have to re-buy. Not a fun answer, but an honest one.

I get my characters back....not sure what i'll do with them initially.  I'm to excited to really decide.

[Felderburg]

Well, it's not impossible, but personally I think it's just a case of not being thought out properly and someone just deciding "Hey, this sounds cool, let's say that."

Were it possible, I'd flesh them out properly (and retcon that stupid 8 year life span into something more believable for a being made out of energy), add in a point of origin and more information about the Nictus War and how/why the whole process of becoming Nictus was developed in the first place. I mean no disrespect to the original writers, but current lore is just too hole-y!

Hmm... according to the wiki's page, the short life span is integral with the Nictus origin story. They didn't like it, so they started munching on Kheldians (who didn't like that, and thousands of years of conflict later, here we are).


Incidentally, I think the idea that the Kheldians "grew up" with their non-human form aliens makes the most sense - the three are integrally tied together, as opposed to all the other forms of host they presumably had, that weren't present in game.

Consider a Kheldian scientist, interested in exploring the local galaxy, and needing to report back home. To him, he spends an instant travelling to a nearby star system (a mere 12 light years away), spends a few months poking around, then heads back home - again, in an instant to him. He returns home 24 years later, 3 generations (minimum) of kheldians have lived and died since he left. Good way to travel one-way, awful way to make a return trip.

Heck, that's what humans are going to - assuming we get a fast enough travel method, sending a generational ship out and... well, probably not back, but the reports would take generations to come back, potentially.

My suggestion for making a Magnetic Control powerset that would have different functionality from Gravity would be to have a Polarity. Some of your powers would give the target a Positive polarity, others a Negative one. Positive powers would do different things to Negative targets than they would to Positive targets, and same for Negative powers. So you could have two different playstyles, depending on what you tagged your enemies with and what powers you then used on them.

That's obviously just a "top of my head" starting point, but I could see someone running with that to interesting places. :)

That's brilliant! That is a seriously great idea. I still think it would be best to create in CoH2, where the environment is usable, so that a magnet control set allows for bending lamp posts around enemies, and chucking mailboxes at people with your magnetic powers.

Christmas would be PERFECT for so many reasons.

Is it the same time as Hanukkah this year?

I'll start duping rares.

But... that's what caused the game to be gone to the americans in the first place....

Edit: Ah crap, near the bottom of the page again.

[Fanta]

Well, I don't care if it takes longer TBH, but I will make ONE firm prediction.

If they DO get the game, we'll be told on August 31st.

Depends. If they get the game the first week of August, I doubt it. They'll want the news everywhere that the game's back. Within a week, maybe. An anniversary date of the game shutting down might mean something to some, but to most of us that want it back, we're happy with now. Then again, that's a pipe dream, unless what I guess is an inner/former collaborative of former staff that might be feeding the new team on how to restore the game. Depends on the data.

[MWRuger]

Oh no!  Jerk hacker!  ;) :D :roll:

Gone to the Americans!

[okami]

I get my characters back....not sure what i'll do with them initially.  I'm to excited to really decide.

I think I'd be just as happy recreating my favorites to be honest, the mid-level game was my favorite, and now with Hero/Villain merits IOs won't require hoards INF, just time.

Either way, restored characters or not, having the City back will be a big win.

[Merana]

Merana congratulations on getting the Cup!

Thanks! I don´t care all that much for soccer, but I think they did well anyway.

[HEATSTROKE]

I have a list of things to do when we get the game back.. Even more so if we get our character data restored.. And some of this will depend on if we get respecs.. will they be purchasable.. will I have access to enhancement unslotters.

1) Inventory.. Who still has what.. do I still have all the enhancements sitting in the tray on my toons?

2) Character deletion. Several characters are going to die.. DB/Regen Scrapper. Elec/Psi Dominator, Ar/Nrg Blaster, DP/TA Corruptor, KinMelee/EA Brute.. They will be gutted until there is nothing left and then deleted.

3) Character Progression.. All current characters will be accessed and some will be respec'd. some will be remade. Mind/Elec Dominator will replace Elec/Psi Dominator.. and Rad/Rad Corruptor will replace Rad/Rad defender. Epics will change for some..

4) Character creation. Several New recruits will join the ranks.  Grav/Dark Dominator. Fortunata. Warshade.

And depending on the state of Issue 24 and the other powersets... DP/MA Blaster. WindControl/Storm Summoning Controller ( I wish I could find a Wind Dominator Combo I like). Fire Armor/Radiation Melee Brute.. possibly a Savage Melee Regen Brute.. as well as potential others..

5) Buy Superpacks if they are available.. I LOVED These things.. LOVED getting them and opening them...

6) Gonna need Unslotters.. Lots of Unslotters...

7) Play the game..