Abraxus

But, if you haven't done an ITF, definitely do it! At least once, but I'm guessing you will want to repeat it once you've done one. Provided you get on a team not attempting to speed through it, that is. You want to go through at normal speed, at least the first time. There is absolutely the payoff to the story line in Cimerora in there.

Yeah, there have already been very long discussions about the similarities, and distinctions between WoW, and CoH. I think for the most part, folks who played both back then, will again. Those who were never a fan will stay right here. So, it won't pull everyone away from our servers overnight. 😀

...and it deserves all the attention you have to offer! 😎

I don't subscribe to that level of desperation. Just gauging the player temperature out there, and collecting thoughts on the subject.

I get all the reasons why things are, as they are, at the moment. It all makes perfect sense, and I am among those who don't get to play as often as I'd like. But, like so many who have posted on this thread, this is my "forever game", and I don't want to lose it again for no better reason than the hard realization that not enough people believed that the content, and the dynamics of the game, far outweigh the fact that it is somewhat dated in appearance, and code. I want to believe there is a core of players (admittedly, I hoped for a more consistently higher number of them) that will always be here, and letting the devs know with our consistent presence, that what they do for us is justified, and worthy of long term support. Let's face it, without them, we would be relegated to finding someone with a private server, or setting one up for ourselves. Options, perhaps. But, not good ones IMHO. No substitute for hundreds of folks playing at the same time, populating all manor of endeavors that I can choose to join in, or team with local mates, or just solo. I want to keep those choices for a long time to come!

You mean everyone is NOT like me, and CoH is the only game there is? Preposterous! 😁😉

I suppose I let the 130,000 accounts created, and the numbers of posts I see saying things to the effect of "I just found out my favorite game was back! I created my account, and now I'm livin' the dream!", create a false narrative in my own head. Based on those things, I suppose I let myself enjoy the fantasy that we would just continue to grow, and that anyone watching would see just how dedicated, and unexpectedly sizeable we still are after all these years.

Is it me, or do the numbers seem to be trending downward lately? Shortly after everything broke wide open, and expanded to the current 5 server shards, we were regularly hitting around 9,000. The other day I checked, and it was more like 5,000. These past few days, it's been just over 3,000. Granted, there is some fluctuation depending on day, and time. We don't seem to be growing, but rather shrinking in number at an alarming pace. Is anyone who watches these kinds of stats more closely seeing something else?

Now that you've posted about it, the power of suggestion would dictate that it will have an effect. How much of an effect may well be dictated by how many read this post, as I have. 😮😉

To be fair, I think Marvel was looking down the road at their own MMO/RPG, and they were trying to clear the decks in anticipation. Of course, I can't recall if that idea died before it launched, or if it came and went so fast that it might as well have died on the vine. In either case, their concerns about CoH being the potential cause of concern, with regards to it's success, or failure, turned out to be unfounded in retrospect.

Quite interesting! I might be able to get back a couple of slots and only lose 3-4 mph. That seems like a fair compromise!

I made an homage to John Spartan, and called him "The Demolition Man". Dual Pistols/Energy. The energy secondary is so that he could use "Energy Punch" to ACTUALLY knock people across the room when they were too close for the pistols to be effective. His battle-cry is "Send a maniac to catch one!". It's pretty spot on, but I saw it more of a great theme to play a DP Blaster than anything else. It's not the most original thing I have ever done, but it sure is fun! Do you think Sly's production company will come after me? 😉

Party on man, and thanks!

Clicking the "+" next to the Reputation count does it too, but it also takes you to the poster's account info. So, if the "like" does the same thing, then...so be it!

Oh man! I was very active over at the SEGs effort before this incarnation of the game sprang into existence. Hearing the actual coders talk about the mess that was the code for this game, I would not want to be restricted from the game for not understanding the code...especially in this case! Even the experts have a hard time with that! 😉

While one is at it, if you think the post has some merit beyond just a "reaction", don't be afraid of giving that poster +1 influence/reputation.

That's life in a nutshell right there!

I suspect a lot of that was because on the shadow "SCORE" server, the community was quite small, and changes were made to accommodate a low-population environment. Now, it is a larger population, and I'm guessing some changes to reflect that will come eventually. But, as we have said amongst ourselves for quite some time, these guys are volunteers as opposed to paid developers, so changes are not going to come as frequently, or be as encompassing as we might like. Their main goal is to just keep things running. They are doing fine there. If things keep going well, perhaps we will see some changes that reflect a larger population scenario.

Actually, I played SWTOR for a few years after CoH, but it never felt like it had the appeal of CoH. I was already away from it by the time the second incarnation of CoH occurred. However, as soon as I became aware of Icon, and later Paragon Chat, I went about re-creating a lot of my old L50 characters from memory. By the time Homecoming became a reality, I had all of those costumes, and power profiles saved, making it possible to re-create them in the game very quickly. Within an hour of logging back in for the first time, I had 15 of them created, stocked up from the P2W vendor, and standing in their first Day Job location. As for real-life creativity/activity, I became a collector of Light Sabers from Star Wars. My office walls, and shelves are running over with them after 10 years of collecting. The latest 2 are pictured here.

Just be around at the schedule date/time, and you will have your opportunity! Paypal is probably the easiest way, so make sure you have an account ready to go when the time comes!

How do they know? Well, if they hadn't become aware due to the myriad of other potential sources of such information, the fact that the Homecoming team was in direct talks with them was probably a dead giveaway. We don't know the specifics, and we don't know the status. We only know it was happening.

As likely an explanation as any IMHO.

Champions, tried it. DCUO, tried it. SWTOR, tried it. Since 2004, when this game became a reality, I tried these other games. The were graphically "prettier" in certain ways, but none of them ever made me feel I was playing a superhero like this one did, and now does again! There really is no substitute, and I will be here, creating more alts, and playing for as long as this effort lasts, which hopefully, is a very LONG time!

12 minutes! Still pretty fast! I was a little concerned that it might take longer, as I have seen the daily player population slipping a bit lately. But, playing or not, it seems the will to donate is as strong as ever!