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European Beta Test Starting Very Soon [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News Word on the official City of Hereos website is that the Euorpean Beta will be starting very soon. Here's what they had to say:
"Thanks to our over-zealous PR agency some of you may be visiting expecting to see details on our European Beta Test - heck, you might even want to sign up. Sorry, but they jumped the gun. We�ll be deducting Brownie Points accordingly.
However, I can tell you right now, with a prevailing wind, all the luck in the world and providing everyone joins their hands together and chants �I believe in Beta� then you�ll be able to put in your application for a Beta Test place this week. "
Emergency Server Maintenance, 12/6 Print News | Mail News From the Official Forums:
"We apologize for the short notice, but the following servers will be undergoing back-to-back emergency maintenance, and will therefore be unavailable, during the following time frames:
10:30am CST � 12 noon CST � Justice server and Virtue server
12 noon CST � 1:30pm CST � Guardian server and Protector server
We�re sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you all for your patience and understanding! "
Free 'Respecs' Coming Soon! Print News | Mail News In his post regarding the upcoming changes to the Tank and Scrapper ATs Statesman slipped in this little nugget that may have been overlooked by many:
"When Issue 3 goes live (or shortly thereafter), we will issue a FREE "holiday" respec to ALL characters. Yep. All characters - regardless of Archeype."
Free is a good thing. You can read the whole post here!
'A Council of War' Ready For Download! Print News | Mail News Issue #3 is getting closer and it is now available for download on the live servers.
"Hello Heroes!
Free Expansion Issue #3 ("A Council of War") 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, and is purely optional � you can cancel at anytime.
It�s important to note that you won�t be able to see or experience the "A Council of War" content until it has been officially released on the live servers. However, 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�re done playing City of Heroes."
Paragon City Times: Ghost Ship Report Print News | Mail News Gilgamesh writes on the Official Forums:
"The Paragon Times reports on the appearance of a ghost ship in Independence Port and off Talos Island. Could it be the ill-fated Moraine whose wreck was recently discovered? Has she returned to exact vengeance for disturbing her watery grave?"
Small Update Today [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News There's a small update to the CoH client today. Here's the official word on what's been fixed:
"12.01.04
Game:
* Fixed exploit that allowed item and influence duping. "
NCsoft and Cryptic Studios will be attending Gen Con So Cal 2004 on December 2-5, 2004. Jack "Statesman" Emmert will be there as a speaker and will be also running trivia contests. A LAN Center for playing City of Heroes will also be featured. Visit the official site for more information including schedules.
The City of Heroes UK and EU sites just launched with the French and German sites to follow shortly.
Cross-Post Madness: COH vs. MxO [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News The Computer and Video Games site posted an interview recently with "Statesman" of City of Heroes and asked an interesting question...
How do you view The Matrix Online? It seems to be offering some of the same features as City of Heroes.
Jack Emmert: I'm never worried about another game until it's released so I can't really comment. I wish them all the luck in the world. They've got a great license but it'll be a challenge to bring it to life. I do think it'll be a very different kind of game and attract very different players to City of Heroes.
"PARAGON CITY, Rhode Island, November 24 � The International Longshoremen�s Association (ILA) Local 1998-1 is threatening to pull all dockworkers from the piers and warehouses in Independence Port. According to ILA spokesperson, Cynthia Sones, �We have real concerns about the safety of our members. Until this matter is resolved by management, not one ILA member will report for work...
The �matter� in question, however, has an added twist as it also involves the alleged sighting of a �giant sea creature� in Independence Port on Monday, November 22, and the subsequent near fatal incident involving four dockworkers."
Behold... Global Chat! [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News Global Chat has just made available on the Training Room test server allowing superheroes to chat with your friends on any server! Read the FAQ here or on the official COH site. Cryptic has also made the FAQ available as a PDF.
5th Column vs. The Council Print News | Mail News Zuzax has started a thread on our boards questioning the motivation of recent changes to the storyline involving the 5th Column and the Council. Many people have joined in the discussion... have you?
CoH Vault is Looking For 3 Staff Members! [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News The CoH Vault is looking for 3 more staff members: 2 Strategy/Guide Writers and 1 Editorialist.
The Strategy/Guide writers will need to focus on Issue #3 at first, so good working knowledge (or willingness to get on the test server and learn!) of this next huge update is a definate plus!
The Editorialist will need to submit one editorial every other week on just about anything they'd like (within reason...*grin*).
All volunteer positions are unpaid but you receive perks after certain requirements are met (VIP status, forum colors, markup code ability on the forums, access to personalized icons, etc).
If you are interested in becoming part of the CoH Vault Staff, please send a PM to the Site Manager Drakes.
Issue #3 Now on the Training Room! Print News | Mail News Instead of the pre-download reported earlier, Cryptic has decided to release the whole Issue on the Training Room server today! As with any major update, there are some bugs to work out. Check the Developer Digest for threads specific to the new Issue.
Slashdot Interview with Statesman Print News | Mail News Slashdot's Interview with Statesman Now Available!
As posted earlier, Slashdot was asking for your questions to post to Jack Emmert, lead designer of City of Heroes. His responses have been posted today and include details on "the upcoming CoH expansion, the future of MMOGs and commentary on some of the decisions that led to City of Heroes in the first place."
CoH Makes Top Ten Games of 2004 Print News | Mail News The New York Times makes it official! In a story confirming what most of us around here already knew - The New York Times has named CoH as one of the best video games released in 2004.
" The New York Times has listed its top 10 video games of 2004 and City of Heroes is among the chosen. With The Sims 2, Myst IV: Revelation, Full Spectrum Warrior and Thief: Deadly Shadows among the other great games on the list, CoH is in excellent company."
Congratulations to all the fine folks a Cryptic. To read the whole NY Times article go here(registration required).
Issue #3 Coming To Test Server! Print News | Mail News CuppaJo has posted an announcement on the Official Forums:
Greetings Heroes!
The "A Council of War" (Free Expansion Issue #3) Content is now available for download prior to being released on The Training Room Test Server. So give yourself a head start!
Issue 3 Feature Spotlight Kheldian Archetypes [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News CuppaJo posted the following on the Official Forums:
With Issue 3: A Council of War, level 50 Heroes will be able to choose the Kheldian Archetypes. Peacebringer or Warshade, they both offer unique and exciting powers. For more details about these new Archetypes, please read our Issue 3 Feature Spotlight.
