NCSoft and Paragon Studios have posted a new 'Sunset' FAQ surrounding the November closure of City of Heroes. In it, player questions are answered on topics including the exact end date, refunds of Paragon Points and much more.

When is City of Heroes closing?

The City of Heroes Freedom servers will shut off on November 30, 2012 at 12:00 AM PDT

Will I receive compensation for City of Heroes closing down?

We are processing refunds for unused game time that may have been applied to your account.

Can I create a free account and play until the end of City of Heroes?

Unfortunately new account creation has been disabled.

Am I able to upgrade my account to VIP untilt he end of City of Heroes?

Upgrading to a VIP account has been disabled

Read the full FAQ on the City of Heroes site.

Originally posted by Panther2103
Was really hoping the petitions could do something, oh well hope they can produce another game like this eventually.

Never did. Never will.

Money talks. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Originally posted by ScorpionOne
I think NCSoft just lost ALOT of credibility in peoples' eyes. This is what they get for being a greedy publisher. Though, I think greedy might not be the right word here. But I can see NCSoft becoming like EA in their decision making. 

That's implying they had any credibility to begin with, or am I the only one that remembers when they waited until Tabula Rasa was having a big advertising blitz (and was having increased subs from it) and when Richard Garriott was up in space to announce it's cancellation and LB's "retirement" at a time and place when he wasn't in much of a position to protest?

Or what happened to Auto Assault?    

Originally posted by JeroKane

Originally posted by Panther2103
Was really hoping the petitions could do something, oh well hope they can produce another game like this eventually.

Never did. Never will.

Money talks. Nothing more. Nothing less.

Exactly.

Not paying for a game and then petitioning to keep it open once it is announced that it will shut down does nothing. Paying for the game in the first place does everything.

It is amazing how people think that a game will just keep on going if either they 1) aren't playing it at all or 2) are playing it while not paying for it in any way.

Originally posted by Panther2103
Was really hoping the petitions could do something, oh well hope they can produce another game like this eventually.

It is over as far as NC Soft goes, but it may not be for the game,  if they sell it , which is what the main campaign is aiming for, not for NC Soft to reverse the decisoin, which they knew will not happen.

Originally posted by superniceguy

Originally posted by Panther2103
Was really hoping the petitions could do something, oh well hope they can produce another game like this eventually.

It is over as far as NC Soft goes, but it may not be for the game,  if they sell it , which is what the main campaign is aiming for, not for NC Soft to reverse the decisoin, which they knew will not happen.

Not going to happen. They had a lot less to lose from selling Tabula Rasa than they do by selling off the CoH IP, and they didn't even do that much. With CoH, they had already looked and planned for CoH2 and a movie, which shows they were pretty invested in the franchise at one point. What happened recently is anyone's guess, but the overall subs didn't dip very far post F2P conversion. It sounds more like internal politics and less like money, which everyone unfairly assumes is the reason anything ever happens. 

It's more likely NCSoft will sit on the IP forever "just in case" they decide to do something with it. They may never, but if anyone else wants to, they'd have to pay NCSoft fees for the priviledge.

Originally posted by gaeanprayer

Originally posted by superniceguy

Originally posted by Panther2103
Was really hoping the petitions could do something, oh well hope they can produce another game like this eventually.

It is over as far as NC Soft goes, but it may not be for the game,  if they sell it , which is what the main campaign is aiming for, not for NC Soft to reverse the decisoin, which they knew will not happen.

Not going to happen. They had a lot less to lose from selling Tabula Rasa than they do by selling off the CoH IP, and they didn't even do that much. With CoH, they had already looked and planned for CoH2 and a movie, which shows they were pretty invested in the franchise at one point. What happened recently is anyone's guess, but the overall subs didn't dip very far post F2P conversion. It sounds more like internal politics and less like money, which everyone unfairly assumes is the reason anything ever happens. 

It's more likely NCSoft will sit on the IP forever "just in case" they decide to do something with it. They may never, but if anyone else wants to, they'd have to pay NCSoft fees for the priviledge.

Paragon Studios and NC Soft are still in discussions of what will happen to the game. They have not said they will not sell it yet, but at least they are considering the option.

Wellif there is going to be any kind of transfer, NCSoft would need to dvest itself totally of anything having to do with COH. This is pretty normal so don't give up hope of seeing COH around in some way, shape or form.

I think for most players, the goal was not to have NCSoft keep the property anyways because between them and Nexon, they felt like it had no more use to them anymore. The goal is to get it into the hands of someone who wants it and appreciates everything it has to offer. The top choice would be that Paragon studios reforms under a new name and goes indy bu that obviously takes a lot of resources. I expect to see some kind of crowdfunding effort in the near future.

The point is, it looks bad but this was to be expected so don't give up hope if you want to see COH go on.

Originally posted by DashiDMV

Wellif there is going to be any kind of transfer, NCSoft would need to dvest itself totally of anything having to do with COH. This is pretty normal so don't give up hope of seeing COH around in some way, shape or form.

I think for most players, the goal was not to have NCSoft keep the property anyways because between them and Nexon, they felt like it had no more use to them anymore. The goal is to get it into the hands of someone who wants it and appreciates everything it has to offer. The top choice would be that Paragon studios reforms under a new name and goes indy bu that obviously takes a lot of resources. I expect to see some kind of crowdfunding effort in the near future.

 

The point is, it looks bad but this was to be expected so don't give up hope if you want to see COH go on.

 

It's over! Just accept that fact and move on.

NCSoft has never sold any of their properties!  There were plenty of people interested in resurrecting Tabula Rasa, as in it's core it was an amazing game, but NCSoft waved it away and burried the IP deep in their vault!

Hell, on a blue sunday, I think even Richard Garriott tried to get hold of the TR IP and lost in court.  It was one of the disputes.

Same will happen with CoH. NCSoft will burry it in their vault and lock it away.

Originally posted by JeroKane

Originally posted by Panther2103
Was really hoping the petitions could do something, oh well hope they can produce another game like this eventually.

Never did. Never will.

Money talks. Nothing more. Nothing less.

SoE announced they were going to close the EQMac server.  After a public outcry they decided to keep it open

Originally posted by JeroKane

Originally posted by DashiDMV

Wellif there is going to be any kind of transfer, NCSoft would need to dvest itself totally of anything having to do with COH. This is pretty normal so don't give up hope of seeing COH around in some way, shape or form.

I think for most players, the goal was not to have NCSoft keep the property anyways because between them and Nexon, they felt like it had no more use to them anymore. The goal is to get it into the hands of someone who wants it and appreciates everything it has to offer. The top choice would be that Paragon studios reforms under a new name and goes indy bu that obviously takes a lot of resources. I expect to see some kind of crowdfunding effort in the near future.

 

The point is, it looks bad but this was to be expected so don't give up hope if you want to see COH go on.

 

It's over! Just accept that fact and move on.

NCSoft has never sold any of their properties!  There were plenty of people interested in resurrecting Tabula Rasa, as in it's core it was an amazing game, but NCSoft waved it away and burried the IP deep in their vault!

Hell, on a blue sunday, I think even Richard Garriott tried to get hold of the TR IP and lost in court.  It was one of the disputes.

Same will happen with CoH. NCSoft will burry it in their vault and lock it away.

Gamefiorge took over the responsibility of running Aion in Europe from NC Soft

Until NC Soft say they are not selling COH, then there is every chance they might, as they are currently considering it.

Originally posted by superniceguy

Originally posted by JeroKane

Originally posted by DashiDMV

Wellif there is going to be any kind of transfer, NCSoft would need to dvest itself totally of anything having to do with COH. This is pretty normal so don't give up hope of seeing COH around in some way, shape or form.

I think for most players, the goal was not to have NCSoft keep the property anyways because between them and Nexon, they felt like it had no more use to them anymore. The goal is to get it into the hands of someone who wants it and appreciates everything it has to offer. The top choice would be that Paragon studios reforms under a new name and goes indy bu that obviously takes a lot of resources. I expect to see some kind of crowdfunding effort in the near future.

 

The point is, it looks bad but this was to be expected so don't give up hope if you want to see COH go on.

 

It's over! Just accept that fact and move on.

NCSoft has never sold any of their properties!  There were plenty of people interested in resurrecting Tabula Rasa, as in it's core it was an amazing game, but NCSoft waved it away and burried the IP deep in their vault!

Hell, on a blue sunday, I think even Richard Garriott tried to get hold of the TR IP and lost in court.  It was one of the disputes.

Same will happen with CoH. NCSoft will burry it in their vault and lock it away.

Gamefiorge took over the responsibility of running Aion in Europe from NC Soft

Until NC Soft say they are not selling COH, then there is every chance they might, as they are currently considering it.

They didn't sell Aion to Gameforge!  Gameforge only got publishing rights to run and maintain it in Europe.  Big difference!

Selling publishing rights or selling the entire property is a HUGE difference!

Originally posted by JeroKane

Originally posted by superniceguy

Originally posted by JeroKane

Originally posted by DashiDMV

Wellif there is going to be any kind of transfer, NCSoft would need to dvest itself totally of anything having to do with COH. This is pretty normal so don't give up hope of seeing COH around in some way, shape or form.

I think for most players, the goal was not to have NCSoft keep the property anyways because between them and Nexon, they felt like it had no more use to them anymore. The goal is to get it into the hands of someone who wants it and appreciates everything it has to offer. The top choice would be that Paragon studios reforms under a new name and goes indy bu that obviously takes a lot of resources. I expect to see some kind of crowdfunding effort in the near future.

 

The point is, it looks bad but this was to be expected so don't give up hope if you want to see COH go on.

 

It's over! Just accept that fact and move on.

NCSoft has never sold any of their properties!  There were plenty of people interested in resurrecting Tabula Rasa, as in it's core it was an amazing game, but NCSoft waved it away and burried the IP deep in their vault!

Hell, on a blue sunday, I think even Richard Garriott tried to get hold of the TR IP and lost in court.  It was one of the disputes.

Same will happen with CoH. NCSoft will burry it in their vault and lock it away.

Gamefiorge took over the responsibility of running Aion in Europe from NC Soft

Until NC Soft say they are not selling COH, then there is every chance they might, as they are currently considering it.

They didn't sell Aion to Gameforge!  Gameforge only got publishing rights to run and maintain it in Europe.  Big difference!

Selling publishing rights or selling the entire property is a HUGE difference!

I could not find any information outon that fact

Just because they have not done in the past does not mean they won't again, and Tabula Rasa was complicasted with their dispute with RG, and any other may not ahve been worth it

City of Heroes looks to be worth it, and they are considering it.

Originally posted by teotius
Meh people complaining. Yeah alot people liked it but didnt support it. Its like grocery store, It wont last long if people just take stuff for free and not pay.

We were paying, I just renewed a 6 month contract.

STOP  ASSUMING PEOPLE!

 paragon studios forms a new company and starts working on a spiritual successor to CoH, the only worthwhile super hero themed MMO

if only..