Have got absolute zero to add concerning updating the situation re negotiations, ongoing discussions, or whether the NCSoft guys prefer it with one or two sugars, but I would join ranks with the Army of Conformity when it comes to assessing CoT's launch date. Fall 2018 was the last (again, speculative) date I'd seen discussed, but considering that this is an a) non-corporate effort, b) total volunteer project which could lose valuable contributors at any time, and c) dependent on software and support networks that could become largely obsolete at any point in future development, I would put the MWM crew's proclamation of Fall 2018 at about the point where they announce, "Eh, well, maybe Summer 2019."
I still hold an opinion - based completely on my half-baked knowledge of corporate strategies and fifth-hand understanding of NCSoft's corporate character - that the company may be waiting until the last minute - City of Titans launches tomorrow! - before putting CoH out live again. Would probably cost them next to nothing to release the game in Issue 24-Beta condition, aside from the servers and maintenance (if any), and if they give everyone access to their old accounts and characters...? I can say that I, at least, wouldn't sign back in, but who knows what parade of the lemmings might result from this.
