Misguidance

I agree. Did something similar with my emp- lovely people, fun missions, and the game is exactly how I remember it. I can't think of another game that has stuck so clearly in my mind and not ended up being a let-down when re-played.

The one that really sticks in my mind was logging in in the middle of the first Rikti invasions and rounding up a load of low-level heroes in Atlas park so my level 35-ish emp could help keep them all alive. Another fond memory was getting lost in Perez Park. I don't know how it happened, but I remember one of the Taxi bot heroes coming into the forest to find me and rescue me, because I was waaaay too low level to be in there. :-[ I was a pretty new player at the time. Then, a few months later, the same guy had to come and help me escape a higher level zone that I managed to get stranded in too. And again, I have no idea why I was there or how I got stuck, but he was very nice about it. Also, on Defiant EU people liked to go to Atlas and announce new level 50s, which was pretty cool.

Yeah, but he took it a step further and actually DID do a social experiment, basically proving what anybody with half a brain already knows. Which is that trolls are annoying gits. https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/8108/random/playing-by-the-rules-of-twixt So because of him, we can actually say that trolls are scientifically proven buttholes. (Also, his conclusions in the actual paper show a staggering lack of understanding about how and why people play MMOs, which makes it even funnier/aggravating.)

I remember people talking about this guy a lot on the forums, but I never met him in-game. I did meet a lot of people using his teleportation tactic 'for the lolz', though, so I'm not surprised folks got thoroughly annoyed with him. The idea that he managed to actually make an academic paper out of it is both hilarious and infuriating.

I had this, and after I logged in a second time the 'gone' character appeared in my character list, but with something like 7000 days offline under it. When I clicked on them they were unplayable, but I could delete and remake them. If they don't come up in your list after a few logins, then there's always the chance somebody else took the name while you were unable to play. :(

I began playing this game soon after launch. I've always loved superheroes and the idea of being able to make my own sucked me in. I didn't even know what an MMO was and honestly, I was crap at it. ;) My computer at the time was a laptop that could just about run the game (with massive rubber-banding and low FPS) but I played relentlessly anyway. Was living in London in a shared flat with people I didn't know and it was a way to escape and actually meet and talk to people. Because my toons were male, people treated me as male too which (long story short) helped me work out a lot of stuff that I was going through. 15 years later and I have fully transitioned, and while that probably would have happened anyway the community in CoX did a lot to give me the confidence to do it back then. Amazingly, only 2 of my toons ever hit 50- my regen scrapper, Guide, and my emp/rad, Pink Champagne. I remember logging in once with Pink during the first Rikti invasions, and collecting a group of low-level heroes in Atlas Park and trying to keep them all alive until it was over! I've played a lot of MMOs, some while CoX was still live and some after it was taken down. Even after CoX went, though, I've thought about it a lot. I still think it's the only create-your-own super hero game where I didn't feel like a pawn of some bigger hero or a nameless, pointless npc character of some kind. It also has some pretty amazing storylines in it, which surprised me the first time round and still does now. I think that's probably why this game has so many people who remember it fondly. I also love seeing all the characters people make, and the costumes. I used to spend a lot of time sitting on the bus shelter next to the trainer in Steel Canyon so I could people-watch and chat to my SG. Still hoping to run into some old friends here at some point- but even if that never happens, it's amazing to see so many people online, enjoying the game all over again.

Burnt Toast is correct- I had the same issue yesterday and after logging back in my missing character was listed, but not playable. Deleting and re-making him fixed the issue.

I just want to say that this is one of the nicest things I've read in a while. <3

Secret World was amazing- very unlike anything else out there. Still one I love.

I'm an MMO veteran, but CoH was always my fave. It was also the first I played, followed by WoW, Everquest, Rift... Wildstar... I did try Champions and DC Universe when CoH went, but never got into either of them.

Hi Defiant! I was Guide (tiny regen-srapper)/Pink Champagne (emp/rad), back in the day. Used to spend a fair bit of time playing with another spike scrapper called Milligan, and a baster called Bruce Lightening. Also, I know I was in a supergroup but I can't remember what it was called. :(

As requested by GM Jimmy in Discord.... What happens when the floor isn't lava, but is just not there? (Add your pics here too, folks!)

Welcome to one of the best MMOs that ever lived! I hope you enjoy it as much as the rest of us do!

Thanks for the update and all of the hard work you guys are doing! You are literally making dreams come true with this.