An Ouroboros of Reasons: Issue 1-Masks and Capes

[nevermoreraven]

Back again.  Like my CoH playing, really.  I'd gone from playing CoH to playing other games, but in the end I always returned to Paragon City.  That says a lot about a game.
So let's begin our journey, shall we?

Shoulder Mantle Cape

You've kept this shoulder mantle superhero costume obtained from Icon Tailors. It's a reminder of the number of hours spent in the costume creator in a mission you've come to think of as:

This one is fairly obvious and straightforward.  No game, not even Champions Online, has had this amount of character customization.  You could really make your character unique, different, individual.  A number of people have gone on record and said that the character creation was one of the best parts of the game.  You could take hours sculpting a character that fit what you were thinking in your head.  Some people only played with the costume creator.  And with the number of open slots on a number of different servers, you weren't limited.
A number of choices for the head gear, back, torso, legs, boots...you could mix and match, use one of the preset costume sets and leave it as is or modify a little to make your own, hit the random button...
And, toward the end, the ability to add auras, wings, customize power color and weapons, start with certain types of capes (including the one mentioned above, the shoulder mantle cape) was included in character design.
With this amount of characterization, no wonder people got so attached to their characters.  These really were heroes that you were playing.  Most didn't infringe on copyrights by creating clones of already existing characters.  They had their own superheroes and supervillains, completely unique and completely original.
 

Fly free, and remember, you don't need superpowers to be a superhero.  Sometimes, it just takes the one person saying 'I can't do much, but this is what little I can do', because together, we are mighty.
We are heroes.  This is what we do.
Hope you'll stay a little longer in this beloved city of heroes we've come to call home.