Cryptic's community manager on the CoH sale and Champions customization

Victor Wachter participated in a number of events at ION 2008 earlier this week. MMORPG.com had the chance to catch up with the Cryptic Studios community manager, and walked through a number of topics pertaining to the creators of City of Heroes. The sale of CoH to NCsoft was the first subject of discussion, an act that Victor describes as part of Cryptic's desire to 'grow up'. From the tone of the article, Wachter describes the studios' departure from the CoX franchise as a decision to just 'walk away.'

Their new title, Champions, is apparently a 'perfect fit'. The pen and paper background to the game, the action-oriented realtime elements, all blend together to make the game Cryptic wanted to make with CoH. Collision detection and some twitch elements will enhance the game's combat, and the storytelling nature of tabletop gaming will show through in a unique sort of way. Players will create their own arch-nemesis, who will show up throughout their character's adventuring career. Says Wachter, "If you create Superman, you will create Lex Luther and they show up at different times of your gameplay. For example in quests that you may initiate."

The piece carries several other topics of discussion; for even more from Wachter, be sure to check out our extensive coverage of ION 2008.