Paraclete

July 30th now. I've had a lot going on lately. I'm planning on taking a gun course before I get the computer, but the computer will be the next thing on my list, and COH. Just checking in, I guess. Been playing CyberPunk on Xbox in the meantime...

Yeah, the three I am letting go were great characters during their time, but I've grown out of them over the last ten years. Like one was a cute little dragon who wreaked havoc with fire, but looking back she wasn't really that cute; I've never really been into dragons in general; and Fire--while spectacular in some ways--is just not my element; my ice controller was my main character at the end. And when I think of fire I think of the smell of burnt flesh, so no thanks! Or houses or forests burning down. Her wings seemed cool at the time, but now they seem too demonic. So as you can see, I put a lot of thought and details into my creative decisions and forming associations. And while I may end up jumping on the alt-aholic train, I really don't like being too spread out because it takes time away from the mains and slows their progress. I also think of a basketball team which may see potential in everyone, but eventually has to make some necessary cuts. I will still have one reptile (no wings) who will be my healer. This character has been with me through several different mmos.

Well, I found my screenshots that I had saved. I'm probably going to forego 2 or 3 of the original characters, so I'll plan on just remaking 9 of them.

Thanks, guys. I basically have two real life hurdles to get through, then I plan to get the new computer. Everything sounds awesome.

I'm not saying that I won't make some new ones, but remaking the old ones will bring back fond memories and help me to travel back in time. It's also kind of a rescue mission to save the heroes as if they were abandoned in Viet Nam. The archetypes that I made were a reflection of key components within my core personality, reminders of certain principles. I made probably between 50 and 100 characters altogether. These 12 I'm speaking of were the best of the best and I really miss them.

Yeah well reviving my old characters is a huge part of my motivation for going back! It was an extensive narrowing-down process, from eliminating all my other mmos to trying out all of the powers and combinations of sets, down to the details of costumes and their alts. Then narrowing down my coh characters to the final roster and getting them all on one server. Just as I reached perfection, the game was cancelled.

Hey! I just remembered a 12th character that I want to recreate, a martial artist. I actually had two of them so I need to think about which one I want to bring back...

Ooh, I know which character I'm going to put on indomitable--my mastermind! Can't wait.

Looks like I'll be shooting for Everlasting... I may try to have at least one character on each server, though, so I can meet more people and potentially spark a likeminded connection.

Anyone remember costume contests by the Atlas Statue?

Is there like a roleplay server where people try to RP a bit?

I guess when I go to name my first character, I could check the names of all my heroes to see how many will be accepted, without going all the way through the submission. But I think that comes after character creation--it's like the last step, is it not? So *that* could get tedious. I suppose I could run through a generic character to get to the end and then try each name on each server, etc without completing the process, in order to see which server I will choose.

I did consider that I may not be able to keep the exact same names on all of my characters, but thank you for the warning. Maybe for those names that I am not willing to part with, I'll just add a 2.0 or v2 or something at the end of it. Or not. Maybe some other extension. We'll see... As far as costumes go, I'm not too concerned about it. I'm sure I'll be able to find something close enough to the original. I guess it's mostly about the characters' main look and the look of their powers and accessories, for me. And the names matter, too, but like I said I think I can work around that. It'll be interesting to see how many of the original names I get to keep... I'm not sure about being on different servers. There are advantages and disadvantages. I'll think about it.

Ted, those 11 characters were the result of tons of hours of trouble-shooting and testing, creative genius, artistic perfection, and a narrowing-down process, as well as endearing myself to them over time. They are the reason I am willing to go back to pc after being on console for several years. I miss them, just as I miss the game itself. Clean slate? That would be like scrapping Star Wars or The Princess Bride or Rocky and starting all over again. I need my heroes, I must rescue them. We can REBUILD them!

Yes, I did take screenshots of all my final characters (and some former ones) when I played the game way back when, but the computer doesn't work anymore. I'm planning to take it to a computer shop so I can salvage documents from the hard drive... Then again, I may actually have those images on a backup memory stick somewhere, now that I think about it....