I am not a gamer.
I'll say it again - I am NOT a gamer.
...But COH is my game.
I am way too busy with real life most times to spend much recreation time, and can truthfully say that there are two games I ever played with any regularity - COH and Subspace. Subspace is basically "I have 10 minutes to spare, let's fly a ship and kill things with others", whereas COH is how I can unwind. Have fun. Forget whatever might need forgetting for a while. That said, at sunset, I was bummed, but not devastated. I moved on and accepted the shutdown, but part of me missed my bots, so I grabbed the client, ripped out the sound effects, and installed the shield sound effect as my text message tone. 🙂
When I got an invite to the Server That Shall Not Be Named, I was beyond excited and happy, and remain grateful to those who started it. Now I'm here, and it's the same as it ever was, but I am very happy to see the hard work being put into the game here at Homecoming. I'm on a playing kick now; will it last? We shall see. Like I said - life is pretty damned busy. Outside of that, all I can say is that I'm drawn in by the gameplay, not so much the storylines, costumes, or minutiae like how much a level 35 SO enhancement augments damage versus a level 40 DO enhancement. The game is gorgeous and plays well, and has enough variety to keep it interesting, and that's enough for me.
- BT