THIS. SO MUCH THIS -_-

hugs tight

It sucks, but it was a long time coming. Really, how well did CoH do? How much server space is it eating up?

Guild Wars 2 had Four. Hundred. Thousand. People. In the head start alone. There is so many people that they have had to stop selling digital copies to give the servers a chance to catch up without being nuked. None of the other games - Aion, CoH, L2 - ever had a chance. Yeah, it sucks for the fans, but it's for the best on all fronts.

Shockingly well, all told. Not amazingly, but it holds the distinction of being the only successful supers MMO so far. Still, to just drop the hammer on Paragon WITHOUT ANY PRIOR FUCKING WARNING chafes. I understand there would be a need for a shift in focus, but... it could be a gentle one, at least.

That's what rubs me wrong about all of this.

Considering CoH went on for 8 years, longer than WoW, should say something for it's success, considering before the closure there were only THREE superhero MMOs in existence. The ultimate niche market. And yet of the three, CoH was still the most successful, with CO coming right on it's heels.

It's still terrible because Aion and L2, as well as Blade and Soul, didn't do well in the US, but are MASSIVELY successful money-makers over on NCSoft's side of the Pacific (Korean market). What probably happened was, rather than cut into their biggest money-makers, they cut into the MMO that was doing a solid profit in the US, but was likely dragging it's feet in their market.

And the fact NCSoft gave NO warning as to the closure until the day of? That Friday morning? Right on the cusp of Issue 24 and the boatloads of mechanic fixes and new content? Yeah, we're all going to be a little sore.

Shelby, I'll be over on CO. I realize it's not the best super MMO, and probably not one you might be interested in, but I will be there with friends.