Important changes coming to the CoX franchise as the developers decide to provide Free to play access:

City of Heroes Freedom - http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/news_archive/announcing_city_of_heroes_free_1.html
Issue 21 Convergence - http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/game_updates/issue_21/issue_21_overview.html
Letter from Brian Clayton - http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/news_archive/letter_from_brian_clayton_at_p.html

Shared as I do believe there are folk here who like the game but have had to lay off due to financial concerns.