Sorry, City Of Heroes players. NCSoft has finally broken their silence over the incoming shut down of City Of Heroes, and it wasn’t to announce that the talks with Paragon Studios and player support had moved them to change their minds. Rather, the publisher announced the expected round of compensation and reimbursement.
Players who were VIP as of September 1st will remain so for the rest of the MMO’s life. Outstanding balances as of September 1st will be reimbursed, as well as Paragon Points purchased after August 24th. If your outstanding balance was purchased with a game card, you will be required to submit a support ticket and have NCSoft call you to reimburse via wire transfer. If that is not possible, players will receive a check by mail.
There are several events planned to take City of Heroes to its sunset with a bang.
(source: NCSoft)
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it might look like a death knell at first glance, but those of us working to save the game know that NCsoft’s announcement doesn’t change anything. It was exceedingly unlikely that the publisher was going to just “undo” their announcement to sunset CoH. The best outcome devoted players can hope for is an announcement that CoH will be sold to another publisher, and this would have been necessary in that case as well.
In any case, thanks for keeping the gaming world informed!
I can only hope that they at least give consideration to the “City of Heroes 2” idea that fans have been pestering them about for the past couple of years.
That, I think, could do a lot to salvage their reputation & keep (or bring back) subscribers they’re losing by shutting down CoH.