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Friday, 11 August, 2006 - City of Heroes and City of Villains -- CoH News
Positron Interview Notes and Download Print News | Mail News Positron was recently interviewed on w00t radio and dished out plates of goodness on the future of CoX. Among the juicy details he told, some of the more interesting were that the planned retail box expansion will now be free expansions, there will be another double XP weekend before the end of the year and there will be another halloween event coming. There really is a huge amount of info regarding the future of the game and what it has in store for players and is definitely worth checking out. You can get the brief notes here on the official forum as well as download the interview itself here.
CuppaJo Interview Highlights[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News In a recent radio interview with Split Infinity, CoH Community manager, Cuppajo had a few things to say about the upcoming expansion pack and Issue 8. A few of the tidbits are that there will be no Warshades or Nictus for villains once they hit 50, the character transfer service should be up in the near future and there will be much more for lvl 50's to do. You can read the rest of the highlights in this forum post on the official site.
Patch Notes - 08/01/06[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News As you load up City of Heroes/Villians today, you will find yourself updating with a spiffy new patch. The new patch addresses many issues for both heroes and villains including a fix for getting stuck in the Pocket D elevators, several costume fixes, map fixes and more! The most interesting feature of the patch seems to be that the global chat has been disabled for now and the near future until the problems it was having are resolved. You can get the full list of the patch notes right here!
WoR Radio Awards Winners[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News The WoR Radio awards have come come to a close and the winners have been announced. Not so suprisingly enough, City of Heroes cleaned up pretty good winning 7 of the 18 categories. Here's a run down of what CoH picked up:
Best Retail MMO: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Best Customer Support: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Best Server Management: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Best Multi-Player Storyline: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Best Content (Depth and Variety): City of Heroes / City of Villains
Ease of Newbie Learning: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Best Character Customization: City of Heroes / City of Villains
Not too shabby! You can check out the rest of the winners on the winners page on WoR-Radio.com
Fan Fiction - The Trial[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News Tiger-Guy is at it again with his latest addition to our fan fiction section. For those of you you that dig the fan fiction stories written about heroes of Paragon City, then you'll love this. His latest story follows a gang of heroes as they make their way through the Cavern of Transcendence trial. Grab your self a coke and a sammich and pull up a chair! You can check out the story right here and keep your eyes peeled for more additions in the future!
Archon Voss Interview[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News The good folks over at Warcry.com had a chance to fire off some questions to Archon Voss aka Thomas Foss, the Zone Director for Cryptic Studios about some level designs and upcoming content. The interview will have some scratching their chins in interest, especially when some content in I8 and I9 is talked about. If you always wanted to know more about the level design in CoX, be sure to check out this interview!
XP Rate Poll[ 33 Comments ] Print News | Mail News After the double XP weekend that just passed, we have decided to ask your opinions on how you think Xp should be handled in the future. Do you think that this event has brought to light some changes that need to be made to the rate Xp is gained or not? Think it should just be a once in a while event or do you think the xp rate is fine just the way it is? Cast your vote and let us know!
The previous poll is now closed in which you were asked your thoughts on the Patron Powers being permanent that were introduced in I7. The results were pretty even with only a few votes deciding that it was a good idea the way it is.
The Week Ahead[ 7 Comments ] Print News | Mail News After a wonderful weekend of formatting my computer and trying to get CoH installed and running properly to take advantage of the Double XP weekend, all did not go so well, but I did finally manage to get my main up to 41 at least. For the week ahead here at the CoH Vault, keep an eye out for more updates to the site, as well as additional Task Force write ups and even some Fan Fiction for those that dig the hero stories.
So for those of you that took part in the Xp Extravaganza this weekend, how did it go for you? Get those levels you were looking for or start up some alts for some really quick leveling?
Base Changes Coming Print News | Mail News Positron is in a posting mood lately over on the official forums. The latest post is about some changes that will be coming to creating Super Group Bases. Many people have complained that it costs too much (it does) and that it takes too long to get the base somewhat interesting and useful (also true). They have some ideas that are going to be implemented in the near future to help sort this out such as earning more prestige and giving more base options. You can read the full post over....here.
They are definitely issues that need to be addressed and it's good to see that they are being worked on. for full details about what they are doing about them, you can read the full post here.
Hero Gear Kits Getting Restocked[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News For those of you that missed out on the Hero gear Kits over at the PlayNC Store, NC Soft has announced that they will be receiving a few more. Around the end of August, the Play NC Store will have a new shipment, but sadly, it will be the final supply. Once they are gone, they are gone for good. We'll let you know when they are available!
WoR-Radio Awards[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News Voting has opened for World Of Roleplayers First WoR Wing Awards and City of Heroes/Villains has been nominated for multiple categories. The categories CoX is up for prizes are "Best Retail MMO, Best Customer Support, Best Server Management, Best Mulitplayer Storyline, Best Content, & Best Character Customization." Think CoX will be able to pull some awards away from the power house known as World of Warcraft?
Head over to wor-radio.com for more information and to cast your votes until July 28th at 5:00pm EST. The winners will be announced on their one year anniversary show July 28th starting at 6pm EST.
Double XP Weekend Coming[ 11 Comments ] Print News | Mail News A heads up to the City of Heroes and City of Villains players out there, that apparently there will be a "Double XP Weekend" coming up soon. Word is that from 11AM CST on Friday, July 21 until 9PM CST Sunday, July 23, all XP acquired will garner you double the usual XP. Sounds pretty nifty doesn't it? For those of you like myself that have been stuck at a level for a long period of time, the weekend "will give players the opportunity to level up their characters and gain access to many of the new features available in both City of Heroes and City of Villains".
Global Chat Update Print News | Mail News Cricket made a post on the official CoH forums about the global chat issues that have been a problem for quite sometime. The announcement states that they are still unable to figure out what the problem is and that there is no fix for it as of yet. Once there is a fix for it, the system will be backed up every 20 minutes to make sure the problem doesn't arise again. You can read the full post about it here.
Born in Battle Accolade Req. Lowered[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News Many people had been complaining about needing to get the "Nigh Indestructible" for the Born in Battle accolade due to it's incredibly high requirements. Positron made a post on the official forums to let everyone know that the requirements for the accolade have been lowered and will be changed in the future. Here's the post.
"I've lowered the requirements for this from needing the "Nigh Indestructible" badge (100,000,000 damage taken) to "Unbreakable" (10,000,000 damage taken).
This is in a future patch (not on the Training Room yet). I don't know when it will be promoted to TR or to the live servers, but it is in the pipeline."
Malta Group Background Info[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News The official City of Heroes site has posted up another background look at a gaggle of villains. This time around, they spill the beans on the militant group known as the Malta Group. Want to know more about this mysterious, black garbed gang? Check out their background info right here!
CoH Vault Task Force Information[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News There are plenty of updates that are going on behind the scenes here at the CoH Vault and getting detailed Task Force information for both Heroes and Villains is among them. The two latest Task Force entries to be added are the Moonfire and Hess Task Forces. Keep an eye out for many more to be added in the near future! You can get the goods right here on our Task Force Guide page.
CoX Vault Community Calendar Up and Running[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News The CoH Vault Community Calendar is a go! The Community Calendar is a place for the CoX community to submit events that they have planned and let everyone know about them before hand. Planning on having a costume contest or a scavenger hunt? Let everyone know about it and draw in a bigger crowd! Trying to get a task force together for a trial or respect? The calendar comes complete with what time, what server, what location and a chance to give full details. Pretty nifty isn't it? You can check it out right here!
