Albion

Stay in your messed up dimension freak, we have enough dealing with our earth counterpart of yourself.

I am curious, what is the one thing you care about?

Just moments ago we got word that Homecoming gets around 2,000 concurrent players at prime time and around 9,000 unique accounts active during a day, more on the weekends.

No one determines who is a pillar for a specific group, it is a literal connotation, without pillars, a construction can not be held, can not progress further, the Developers are by definition, every single one of them, pillars of the community, no Developers, no game, simple as that, GM's by the most basic duties of their position are also pillars, experienced raiders that constantly organize runs are pillars, people that spends much of their play time helping other players to the best of their capacity are pillars, players that create and carry on events on a regular basis are pillars, testers are pillars, and so on and on.

Willingness to support your game is a must, be it by advertising it, encouraging other players, helping newcomers, spearheading activities, collaborating in events, testing changes, etc, if players are just there for the grind and to be entirely self absorbed in their characters, everyone becomes stranded. Some games that used to be great but degraded awfully over time, are solely sustained by that sort of communities, so if the game itself is good, it explodes.

Keeping real world politics, religion, and sports arguments out of it.

Update: Homecoming rules! spread the love, tell others! only 10 days to go, the countdown begins! https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/11/massively-ops-2021-awards-best-mmo-rogue-server/

I got to applaud you, sometimes we land on an already stablished crowd with our own personal way and there is clashes neither side could be proud of, takes strong character to steer the wheel away from such courses, thanks for the reply and will be looking forward to what you can achieve in our loved game, if you need some inf to slot the basis of your end game and happen to be on Excelsior let me know.

I think the issue lays in his past attitude and the reputations that built, pretending to be an old timer with extensive knowledge of the game mechanics and dissing others opinions or berating their approaches to play, I did teamed up a couple times before and in no way was an enjoyable experience, but there seems to be a positive change now which is very welcomed, honest exchanges and willingness to learn are to be encouraged and congratulated. Noticed as well all of their conflictive threads are gone, may be a step in the right direction. Time will tell.

You don't do ok, your missions are absolutely glorious.

Right off the bat, visibility, word of mouth recommendation, yet another community network to discuss Homecoming, among other things. The people that likes to troll, gatekeep, act elitist and degrade others is already here clearly, but that is bound to happen in any game with more than a hundred players, now, this is a pretty basic concept but if it should be explained, players are the blood and breath of a game, is you have the same people always it may be a dedicated player base but it stagnates, thins in time, lacks flexibility, generates a lack of ideas and varied opinions, and so the game ambiance becomes hardly enjoyable if even able to continue existing. The more players Homecoming can gather will generate new waves of creativity and engagement, bring new potential friends and fellows, give more potency to our claims and goals, and overall enrich the experience for everyone but the little grinch muttering in a dark corner. Roug crowds are bound to join, but they are a very small percentage of the incoming players (some of which are old times ones that didn't catch the news about CoH return) and they will end up falling in line thanks to the pillars of the community and our GM team. Seen many of those ragequit or change their attitude when confronted properly. AE missions creators (while we have some that are just brilliant) can hardly compare with Developers that sustain, repair and modernize the game, and can even create whole new content and graphic assets. Our Devs and the Homecoming team have all absolutely amazing plans, but always lack hands to bring them to life. We are all donating for a pretty solid hosting, and we have three of five shards severely underpopulated, not happening unless we have a throng more of players all concurrent on the same times of the day, and if that was the case, HC Team and Devs would act upon it to solve it. The poster you respond to was implying this playfully, as it is vox populi, and Bree is not the only one that loves CoH on the MO staff, there is not even need to make a web search you know, we are all aware. If the influx is large enough they will eventually pour towards them in search of a fresh new land to build up their name, not to mention one of those shards has a very specific identity that may be strengthen with certain changes that are in the works, that recent migrations started because of a perceived emptiness rather than a factual one, and that if it becomes an issue measures to encourage a more balanced distribution can be developed. For visibility, to help HC get exposure, because they like to show off the game they love, and a bunch other reasons people lets Discord and other apps to track their game of choice, it has become a thing in the gaming community already, hyperconnectivity at it's best, has pros and cons but it is here to stay.

Be on Relentless, team lead needs to have the Master of badge for ASF, make a deal with Psicurse, don't skip vanguard ripple, once inside Vanguard base, piss off Lady Grey through dialog, then, instead of Hero 1 and Incan you gonna get the whole team.

And there is the one we were waiting for, at least now there is a development towards it, makes it easer to digest.

I reckon Mother Mayhem can get us the pervs right away "Yes punish me mommy, I have been a bad boy..."

STFU, now my favorite retreat is gonna be filled to the brim of nosy tourist...

Update: You all rock!, we are steamrolling, don't forget to give your vote today and let others know! 11 days for the closing of the poll! (to vote scroll down to the list, click on the square next to Homecoming, then go down and smack that vote button). https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/11/massively-ops-2021-awards-best-mmo-rogue-server/

As far as I am aware none other server but Homecoming has contacted NCSoft and actually engaged in talks with them, the fact we were the only ones with the streaming ban for a while is telling. Other teams hold some odd views about it, like that the IP owner is evil and should be fought, that they can't take them down because they are many and have the files, that NCSoft won't really enforce their copyright because it would cost them too much money (someone tried to convince me once, sending some cease and desist letters would be a huge economical cost for a company that has a permanent legal team on pay <_< ) and so on, but back to the topic at hand, the company is probably interested in seeing what becomes of this project before making any significant move, I can see them happy enough to let the Homecoming team do their thing with their IP as a sort of free marketing test, most likely if we ever get a mass reach and the player base increases exponentially, they could get more involved actively. All that said, as of today, Homecoming is the most legitimate representative of City of Heroes; wouldn't hurt if we try our best to give it exposure, help get it be known in whatever circles we move on, and keep on engaging on it for the betterment of the community and to support the HC team and the Devs.

Update: Congrats to everyone on reaching 50%!!! Let's keep at it, only 12 days to go! https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/11/massively-ops-2021-awards-best-mmo-rogue-server/

Update: Best community right here!, keep up the support and give your vote 13 days to go! https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/11/massively-ops-2021-awards-best-mmo-rogue-server/

Today's update We are doing great! don't forget to cast your vote! (scroll down, click the Homecoming box, go down to click vote button), 14 days to go! https://massivelyop.com/2021/12/11/massively-ops-2021-awards-best-mmo-rogue-server/

MULTIPLE BODY PARTS AURAS... oh and yes, we should probably feed the Devs now and then, but not after midnight, trust me, don't do that...

A bit of a perspective correction here: we do have the time to read everything, we just choose not to in order to rush the run, be it either by our own will or because the rest of the team is rushing. Adapting a SF structure or story to cater to the choice of steamrolling content or hurrying up because we have limited time to play is not a wise move on my personal opinion, as it drags all other personal choices of players towards that one, as it is now, one can decide to go slow, to deepen into the lore and scenery, or to go fast, free choice for everyone.

This is a refreshing of @Apparition thread here: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/33138-homecoming-up-for-best-rogue-server-of-2021/ As you all may or may not know, Homecoming won the staff choice award for best mmo rogue server of 2021 (Cheers to us!!!) at MO, now there is an open poll to decide by January which one among many others is the choice of the people, both of these highlights will be further portrayed in articles by next month, make sure to drop by and cast your vote to spread the word about Homecoming! Todays forerunners ranking:

There is a lot of things to consider, codes, testing of mechanics, issues dragged from live, issues that come up with new things added, specific vocal conglomerates inside the player base, attempts at global balance, preparation for content to come, future plans, a royal mess, there will be always some people unhappy, confused or raging about some changes, while there will be others delighted and cheering, too many different views and wants, in the end you are just gonna end up not enjoying the game anymore if you pay it too much attention, express your disagreement as it all goes on record and counts for future reference, then carry on playing and enjoying the parts of the game you like, we tend to forget we couldn't even play some time ago, so it is actually a good thing not digging something, reminds us the game is here and it's here to stay.

Dude must be the word most used on pug runs i swear, ad nauseam, we should add it to the filter at this point.