Thunderspy GM here. Let's talk about sunk cost fallacy.

I'm Arde, a GM on Thunderspy. I have been dealing with the City of Heroes community for years now, basically since before the official servers shut down. I rarely post on Reddit, as I seldom feel the need to.

I have asked several players of other servers about why they stay on their respective servers, despite them flat-out admitting they really like the content on Thunderspy. I usually get one of two answers: either because their friends won't move, or because they themselves don't want to start over. The first problem is a social issue, which I can't really assist with. The second, however, is something I can remedy.

My colleagues are convinced that the plan I'm about to propose would never work; that everyone's too set in their ways, and that this will change nothing. I responded with "ok bet".

Post your favorite of your characters on Homecoming, from the character select screen, and I will reimburse you on Thunderspy. Email the handle "@Arde" in Thunderspy on a fresh character, and I will level you up to match your Homecoming alt, and even pay you inf out of my own character's pockets to help establish your build.

I can't promise a full recreation of your build, and I can't promise porting all 200 of your same-costumed 50s, but I do want to do everything in my power to alleviate the pains associated with "starting over".

EDIT FINAL: The homecoming subreddit literally organized a raid against this thread, then permabanned me from there when I mentioned it. The staff of Thunderspy will no longer allow me to provide free level-ups, and I'm frankly ashamed at how toxic certain people have been.