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Calling All Heroes � HELP needed starting Tonight! Print News | Mail News From the Official Forums:
"There�s been an uprising of Villain on Villain violence on the Training Room server and it is starting to spill into the streets of the city.
I have contacted the Paragon City Council (PCC) to coordinate an effort to clean up the city streets.
The PCC will convene on the Test Server at 7pm Pacific Time/9pm Central Time today, Monday, December 13, 2004 in all areas of the city. Reports indicate that it could take days to get Paragon City back under control. We ask all available heroes to attend regardless of security level.
Further instructions will be given by the PCC at that time via the city-wide emergency broadcast system."
European Beta Testers Wanted! [Post A Comment] - Print News | Mail News CoH is now officially accepting applications for European beta testers. To submit an application head over to the PlayNC website here!
CoH Network Maintenance 12/9 Print News | Mail News From the official City of Heroes website comes this news:
"We will be conducting some necessary network maintenance on Thursday, December 9, from 6:00AM to 7:00AM CST. Customers may experience latency and/or disconnects when accessing game servers during this maintenance period. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding!"
New IGN Issue #3 Teaser Video Print News | Mail News There's is a new teaser for issue #3 up at IGN.
"IGN has an exclusive new video teaser of "A Council of War"�the City of Heroes free expansion issue 3. Check out new zones, new villains, epic archetypes and much more."
Clockwork On The Move - Trouble in Kings Row Print News | Mail News From the Official Forums:
"The Paragon Times is reporting some unusual activity among the Clockwork. Collecting and hoarding scrap metal is at an all-time high. Power sources, particularly towers, seem to be of great interest to these mechanical villains. Heroes are advised to be on the alert."
Read the Paragon City Times article for the story.
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?
