Farewell From the Devs
Save the Game Effort
Online Petition
Whenever an MMO shuts down, it sucks. Yes, even when the crappy MMOs that barely last a year die, it still sucks ... sorta ... maybe for that guy who just signed up a week before the announcement. But anyway, CoH was not one of those short lived blips on the MMO radar. Love it or hate it, CoH lasted 8 years ... so I figured I'd create this thread for people ... current players or players past ... to reminisce a bit.
My Thoughts
I started CoH during their second year and was subscribed up until February of this year (although I stopped playing in late 2011). That's a good 6 years of gameplay which occurred along side my 8 years of FFXI. CoH was my "other game" to FFXI, in which I'd play for 3 months, then not play for the next 3. I kept my subscription active at all times in full year chunks just so that at any moment I could jump right back in and tackle the new content. Even though I haven't played since late last year, the new F2P model made my decision to quit easier as I knew I could always just hop in whenever and purchase anything I felt I'd like to catch up on. So far my urge to hop on (and free time) hadn't yet struck, but reading this announcement made me feel a tad sick. It's never a good feeling knowing that a character you worked so hard on is going to vanish forever.
Anyway ... feel free to post your thoughts ... and if you're like me and totally missed the Paragon Studios announcement (I found out from a post by Felicia Day) feel free to help join the fight to save it.