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CoH Issue 15: Anniversary Open Beta Begins!
Posted by Gothess on Thursday, May 28, 2009 (07:04:27) (83 reads)
With the return of old foes, a powerful adversary who has been trapped is now free! Whether you protect Paragon City or serve Lord Recluse, a time of change is before you. What does the opening of the Omega Team Time Capsule hold in store for Paragon City and the Rogue Isles? Well, it's time to find out!
We are pleased to announce that City of Heroes® content Update Issue 15: Anniversary has gone straight into Open Beta phase. Now is your chance to celebrate the return of The 5th Column by playing and giving feedback on the new Task Force and Strike Force.
How do you get in and start playing? Instructions on how to get to the Training Room / Open Beta server can be found here!
We hope you enjoy Issue 15: Anniversary!
Go here to read the Release Notes.
Please provide all Open Beta feedback in the Issue 15: Feedback & Discussion (Open) and Issue 15: Bugs (Open) forums!
For the full scoop on Issue 15: Anniversary, visit the official Issue 15 Overview page!
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City of Heroes® 5 Year Anniversary Celebration!
Posted by Gothess on Friday, April 24, 2009 (03:37:38) (35 reads)
Five years ago a trumpet call rung out for heroes...
From around the globe that call was answered and the streets, rooftops, and skies of Paragon City™ were filled with the widest variety of costumed crusaders ever seen. These stalwart players brought with them the courage, fellowship, and dedication that made Paragon once again a true City of Heroes®!
Since that fateful day much has changed. Enemies have fallen and new ones have risen in their place, proving that evil never sleeps. Threats came from alternate dimensions, mystical realms, other times, and even from our own world itself. Lord Recluse™ loosed an army of villains into the world, turning the Rogue Isles™ into the largest den of villainy in recorded history. His destined ones showed remarkable will, cunning, and determination in this City of Villains®. Heroes and villains came into direct conflict with PvP battles, uncovered new powers, found new worlds to explore...or conquer, broke through with new inventions, and flashed back through time. The most recent development has provided the tools for players to architect all new adventures and help take us into the future.
Now it is a time to celebrate all the triumphs of the last five years and so Paragon Studios™ has cooked up some special gifts for all our loyal fans.
Please join us for a month of celebration starting on our birthday, April 28th and continuing on throughout the month of May!
In-Game Events
We're not going to ruin the surprise...but suffice it to say that all CHAOS is going to break loose in-game on our anniversary date and you're not going to want to miss it! From 11am EDT on April 28th to 12am EDT on April 29th, get ready to re-experience some of the things that have made City of Heroes® the great game that it is over the past five years! The festivities will be more fun than you can shake a stick at, and will include plenty of opportunities to earn merits, badges and XP.
But that's not all...
Some familiar faces will be hanging out on the Training Room Test Server throughout the day--ready to wish you a happy anniversary. They could be anywhere, but you're definitely going to want to check out Pocket D! So copy a character over and pay them a visit!
Don't know how to get on the Training Room? Learn here.
Global Anniversary Address From Positron™
Also on our anniversary day, be watching around 8pm EST in-game (and shortly thereafter on the website), for a special Anniversary Address from everyone's favorite Lead Designer, Positron. He will certainly have some fun information to share!
Anniversary Contests!
For your participating pleasure, we've got two fun contests with cool prizes that will be launching on April 28th and continuing throughout the month of May!
Details will magically appear on the website on our anniversary day, but until then, just start thinking about what masterpieces you might create for the following competitions:
5 Year Anniversary T-Shirt Logo Contest - where the winning entry *may* very well get turned into actual shirts produced for a limited run!
City of Heroes® Video Homage Contest--That's right. We're going to challenge you to be as creative as possible and video tape yourself (alone or with friends and loved ones), paying homage to City of Heroes (in whatever way strikes your fancy), in two minutes or less! Then, you'll postal mail your video to us on CD or DVD and viola-- you'll be entered. Will you write an original song about the game and perform it for us? Perhaps you'll execute an interpretative dance in costume? The sky is the limit so get those creative juices flowing and watch for the specifics coming soon!
It's A Re-activation Week!
We want everyone to benefit from our anniversary, so from April 28th until 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 3rd, all expired retail and trial accounts that are in good standing will be able to access the live servers. Now is the time to encourage everyone you know to patch up and jump into the game so that they can experience with you our anniversary events, the new Mission Architect system and more!
5 Year Anniversary Badge
Now then...it just wouldn't be a City of Heroes® milestone event without a commemorative badge, would it?
Beginning at 11am EST on Wednesday, April 29th and continuing until 11:59pm EST on Sunday, May 31st, we will be issuing each individual character you log into the game with, the following 5 Year Anniversary badge:
Just a reminder - this badge will be awarded per character, not per account!
All the fun all begins on the 28th and we can't wait for you to join us!
Thanks to you all for making City of Heroes® the success that it is.
Happy Anniversary!
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Issue #14 Coming to Live Servers Soon!
Posted by Gothess on Friday, March 27, 2009 (18:52:20) (23 reads)
Greetings Heroes and Villains!
NCsoft's latest free expansion "Issue #14: Architect" is coming soon, and the data content is now available for download prior to being released on the live servers.
So give yourself a head start!
The download will begin after you exit your play session rather than prior to entering the game. The download is purely optional - you can cancel at any time.
It is important to note that you will not be able to see or experience the "Issue #14: Architect" content until it has been officially released on the live servers, but, again, receiving it ahead of time will allow you to play right away (once the content is available), instead of waiting for a large patch to download.
Remember - you can cancel the download at anytime. Your progress will be saved and you can resume downloading the content the next time you are done playing City of Heroes®.
Please visit our Game Updates page to get an overview of what's included in "Issue #14: Architect".
Note: The download window is currently not showing the text explaining this process. The patching system is still working correctly.
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I14 in Open Beta
Posted by jokersdemon on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 (01:44:09) (26 reads)
Mar 17, 2009 6:45 PM
Subject: Welcome to Issue 14 Open Beta! We hope you have fun!
Body: You have been waiting patiently and now the time has come! City of Heroes® content Update Issue 14: Architect has now officially begun its Open Beta phase.
Now is your chance to play and give feedback on one of the most in-depth player created mission systems in an MMO to date! Your story/mission masterpieces will be available in-game for all your fellow gamers to play and rate - and the higher their rating, the more YOU benefit!
So what are you waiting for? Instructions on how to get to the Training Room / Open Beta server can be found here!
As you create your unique stories/missions in Open Beta, all your content will be saved locally on your computer within your beta directory. When Issue 14 goes live, you'll need to copy that information over to your default installation of City of Heroes.
Check out this link to find out exactly how to do this for the PC and Mac versions of the game.
Need more reasons to create kickin' missions during Open Beta? Well, here they are:
Dev's Choice
Developer's Choice stories are hand picked and represent the team's personal favorites within the Architect system.
Dev's Choice picks will appear on their own special "Dev's Choice" list and will be recognizable by the following icon:
But wait--there's more! Any player whose mission achieves Dev Choice status, will also receive the associated Dev's Choice badge:
Will your mission be one of the first to get awarded Dev's Choice? Stories flagged as Dev Choice during Open Beta will have the potential of getting migrated over to the live servers once issue 14 goes public. The exact number of stories and which stories they will be...will be decided in the weeks to come.
Once Issue 14 goes live, the Dev's will periodically add more Dev's Choice picks to the list!
Hall Of Fame
The Dev's get to pick their favorite stories/missions, but so do you! Based on the number of people who play your mission and how high others rate it, your piece of playable content could reach Hall of Fame status! Who doesn't want to be considered the best-of-the-best among their peers?
Hall of Fame designated missions will be identifiable by this icon:
The creators of Hall of Fame missions will also receive the Hall of Fame badge:
But it doesn't stop there. As other players rate your missions with high marks, you will earn tickets.
So your climb to Hall of Fame status could be a very prosperous one!
Each City of Heroes game account can publish a maximum of 3 stories (each of which can contain up to 5 missions).
However, if you reach Hall of Fame status, you will be rewarded with a fourth story slot!
And don't worry...if your mission gets awarded Dev's Choice, you can STILL also achieve Hall of Fame status (and vice versa).
Even though you can start rating missions in Open Beta, those ratings will not carry over to when Issue 14 goes live...so unlike Dev's Choice, there will not be any Hall of Fame designated missions when Issue 14 becomes public.
But, as soon as the Issue has in fact released, the race to Hall of Fame is on!
So jump on to the Test Server and start creating, playing and rating those missions now! You never know...your uber mission-creating skills just might make you a community super-star! Or, if mission building isn't your thing, just sit back and enjoy playing all the cool content being generated by your fellow players.
You can actually level from 1 to 50 by playing through mission architect content! And don't forget - by playing and rating you can help raise the best stories/missions to the-top-of-the-heap and get the players creating them their well deserved props!
Welcome to Issue 14 Open Beta! We hope you have fun!
Go here to read the Release Notes.
Please provide all Open Beta feedback in the Issue 14: Feedback & Discussion (Open) and Issue 14: Bugs (Open) forums!
For the full scoop on Issue 14: Architect including content specifics, fun video episodes from Rooster Teeth, and the latest press coverage, go here.
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New i14 Mission Architect News
Posted by Gothess on Friday, March 06, 2009 (08:59:53) (36 reads)
And part 2 of Captain Dynamic espisode of a 3 part series based on the Mission Architect feature coming with COH's next free expansion, the long-awaited Issue 14.
With all this hype, I bet it will not be long before it is in open beta on the Test Server and then released on the live servers!
Also, to read more or participate in the discussion click here to go to the official COH forums.
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