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NCsoft buy out CoH / CoV from Cryptic
« on: 6 November 2007, 11:07:29 pm »
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To all current and former City of Heroes players,

Today we announced the acquisition of City of Heroes from Cryptic Studios™ and the formation of our new Northern California studio which we are informally calling NCsoft® NorCal (click here to read the press release). Nearly the entire City of Heroes team from Cryptic Studios has joined the NCsoft team and together we have formed the core of our new studio.

The City of Heroes franchise has been a tremendous success for both NCsoft and Cryptic. More than three years after the City of Heroes launch, our community is strong and thriving. There are so many great ideas and plans, both from our development team and from the players, and we can’t wait to make them a reality. Our team is 100% dedicated to City of Heroes and we are extremely excited about the present and the future!

Click here to read the Dev Corner chat with General Manager Brian Clayton and learn more details.

SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PLAYERS

Now back to you, the players. You are the lifeblood of our game. In celebration of our new studio and our exciting plans, and in order to thank you for the fantastic community that you have built, we are pleased to announce the following.

Full Access to City of Heroes® and City of Villains™ - All players with City of Heroes retail* accounts will now have access to City of Villains, and all City of Villains retail* accounts will now have access to City of Heroes. Players that didn't previously have access to "the other side" will find that they do now. Just log in to check it out!
Debt Wipe – After the launch of Issue 11: A Stitch in Time, we are removing Debt from all characters and giving you a fresh start. The actual date will be announced shortly. Have fun in the mean time.
20,000 Prestige – Also after the launch of Issue 11, all Supergroups will receive an additional 20,000 Prestige per Supergroup member, meaning SGs could acquire up to 3 million Prestige based upon their Supergroup membership roster! Again, the actual date will be announced shortly.
In the near future we will begin to share more information about our development plans. With this major reinvestment and effort ahead of us, we will take City of Heroes to new heights!

Sincerely,

The City of Heroes Team

Press release here: http://eu.plaync.com/eu/about/pressrelease-full/ncsoft_announces_new_studio_in_north_california

At last pry  / brod an excuse to fuill the SG with alts!  ;)



Naaman

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Re: NCsoft buy out CoH / CoV from Cryptic
« Reply #1 on: 6 November 2007, 11:35:21 pm »
Definitely a Holy shit!! moment   :o

When eyeing a large and dangerous mob...
...A Tanker says, "Stay here while I distract them with my rock hard (granite) body."
...A Brute says, "Stay here while I let them kill me so I can kill them faster!"
...A Scrapper says, "Stay here while I.....ya know what, screw it---CHARGE!11!!1!!11!!1!!

Monochrome

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Re: NCsoft buy out CoH / CoV from Cryptic
« Reply #2 on: 7 November 2007, 12:03:22 am »
Definitely a Holy shit!! moment   :o


2 in one day, they're apparently giving the warmace set some love too  :)

Naaman

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Re: NCsoft buy out CoH / CoV from Cryptic
« Reply #3 on: 7 November 2007, 08:52:04 am »
Definitely a Holy shit!! moment   :o


2 in one day, they're apparently giving the warmace set some love too  :)

*eyes the sky for flaming swords, angels and other harbringers of the coming Apocalypse*

"Swifty, Have you been playing with the Seven Seals Again?!!"
When eyeing a large and dangerous mob...
...A Tanker says, "Stay here while I distract them with my rock hard (granite) body."
...A Brute says, "Stay here while I let them kill me so I can kill them faster!"
...A Scrapper says, "Stay here while I.....ya know what, screw it---CHARGE!11!!1!!11!!1!!

Naaman

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Re: NCsoft buy out CoH / CoV from Cryptic
« Reply #4 on: 7 November 2007, 03:33:44 pm »
I must say, from a random perusal of the official thread, that I'm pleasently surprised by the lack of hyperbolic "Dooooooomm!!!1111!!" posts and the good humour all round :)

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Here's to hoping this announcement is DOUBLE good news for me. Staffing up GOOD!

For those interested in gainful gaming employment, check out the  NCsoft North America Jobs Listing.  Positions for "Mountain View" would be in our newly formed NCsoft NorCal Studio.

Given that even you and Ex didn't know who was coming across until today, how many of those Mountain View positions are now taken up by CoH/V people?

Also, I noticed that nowhere on that list for Mountain View is the position of "Well-Paid Lackey". Since I am expertly qualified for such a position, I suggest you update that list post-haste so I can get to applying for it. ;-)

 I currently hold the lackey position... the job specs list went up after we had our final notice from the current team, so you shouldn't see that list change overnight.

I'm sure there will be a party held in my honor when I free up the lackey spot, in the meantime, Lighthouse is my mentor and I try not to stray too far from him.

Course that doesn't mean I always follow orders, hence lackey and not side kick.

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If a few nights ago in a fit of nostalgia I didn't purchase CoV to play it in my spare time and, instead, waited a few days I would have spent $5 less.
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The issue is solely the 72-96 hours from my purchase of CoV to it being given out for free. That's a pretty expensive 72-96 hours compared to the rest of the time.


My gods above and below.... that's a whole...

.0694 to .0521 cents an HOUR!!!!!

Check your couch. You might get that back.

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When eyeing a large and dangerous mob...
...A Tanker says, "Stay here while I distract them with my rock hard (granite) body."
...A Brute says, "Stay here while I let them kill me so I can kill them faster!"
...A Scrapper says, "Stay here while I.....ya know what, screw it---CHARGE!11!!1!!11!!1!!

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Re: NCsoft buy out CoH / CoV from Cryptic
« Reply #5 on: 7 November 2007, 05:02:01 pm »
So we get to keep Positron but lose Statesman? (this could be good news)

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Re: NCsoft buy out CoH / CoV from Cryptic
« Reply #6 on: 7 November 2007, 06:49:16 pm »
So we get to keep Positron but lose Statesman? (this could be good news)
We lose Jack Emmert, Statesman is still part of the game, we keep Posi and his real world counterpart.

Bio Boy

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Re: NCsoft buy out CoH / CoV from Cryptic
« Reply #7 on: 9 November 2007, 06:02:01 pm »
So we get to keep Positron but lose Statesman? (this could be good news)
We lose Jack Emmert, Statesman is still part of the game, we keep Posi and his real world counterpart.

But we JUST rescued him from Tyrant  :)

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