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1924:, Cryptic announced on October 10, 2005, that effective October 24, 2005, characters below level 35 on accounts that had been unpaid and inactive for more than ninety days would have their names flagged as unreserved allowing new users to take the name. The character itself was left untouched, and a player who lost his character's name was given the option to choose a new one. This policy was suspended on May 4, 2006, because Cryptic's data-mining had shown that very few names were being taken in this fashion anymore; Cryptic said thirty days' notice would be given prior to future changes to the name policy. On July 31, 2007, Cryptic announced that the name policy would go back into effect as of August 29, 2007, but would apply only to characters under level 6. 700:. The city was divided into several smaller neighborhoods that had varying enemies and progressively higher levels of enemies within them. The arbitrary divisions between zones are explained in game by the presence of "War Walls", powerful force fields derived from alien technology which were used to defend various areas of the city. Heroes set out by dealing with low-powered street gangs in the initial zones, working their way up to fighting increasingly dangerous threats — such as organized crime, corrupt corporations, hostile aliens, and supernatural terrors — even eventually entering other dimensions to fight supremely powerful enemies. 467:

more Powers to choose for the character, more slots to allocate Enhancements to Powers, and larger inventories for Inspirations (quick use items) and Salvage (crafting materials). If a player lost all of their Health they were temporarily considered defeated, at which point they could be revived through use of an item, by an ally's powers, or by instant teleportation to Hospitals on the map. After reaching character level 10, a player defeat would accrue Experience Debt which temporarily made gaining additional experience more difficult.

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but had reformed their evil ways. Both archetypes were capable of shapeshifting into a more offensive or more defensive form. The villain side mirrored this, with two branching villain archetypes which were unlocked after reaching level 20 (also level 50 prior to Issue 17) with another villain character. Both are rank-and-file soldiers for the villainous group Arachnos (Soldiers and Widows) attempting to make a name for themselves, each with two distinct specializations.

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with League play). Further additions included a new Incarnate Trial (Dilemma Diabolique), new power sets (Beast Mastery and Darkness Control) available from the Paragon Market or free to VIPs, and a new Trial (Drowning in Blood) for Level 15+. Also of note, starting with this release Statesman had been removed as a living contact/NPC in City of Heroes after the cliffhanger of the "Who Will Die?" Signature Series player arc was revealed in January.

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their artificial level, while any experience or Influence they gained was scaled to their original level. A reverse feature known as Exemplar was added later, which artificially lowered the level of a higher level character (also removing access to powers unavailable at their new level), but they earn experience at their original level, which is useful in removing Debt, or gains Influence rather than Experience. For the release of

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which was used instead of money), which were abstract ideas in the real world. "Enhancements" — slottable attribute boosts — also covered a range of ideas and items from magic enchantments to technological gadgets to training techniques. With the release of Issue 6, while in supergroup mode, a setting that could be toggled on and off, players accumulated prestige points which were used to improve the supergroup base.

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in-game map and were much more dangerous than normal zones. The Villains' setting, the Rogue Isles, consisted of islands connected by a network of ferries and helicopters while the Heroes' setting, Paragon City consisted of regions separated by giant energy "War Walls" (which were justified in the back story) and were connected by direct access points and a Metropolitan Transport system styled on a

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events in all Praetoria city maps, opening Praetoria to levels past 20, merging subways/ferries to include all destinations (across same alignment only), power animations, increased tip mission drops, mission architect enhancements, hazard zone badges, and making the Fitness Power Pool inherent to all characters.

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that were even more uncommon, such as Lusca the giant octopus in the waters of the Independence Port zone or the Ghost of Scrapyard that wanders through Sharkhead Isle. Enemies in instances were also graded with easier NPC's at the start of the map and more difficult enemies towards the end of the instance.

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employed several servers. The servers were divided between the North American and European markets, with separate European servers with language localization for German and French speakers. The North American servers were based in Dallas, Texas, while the European servers were moved from Germany to a

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In addition to these, there were also collectible badges for players to earn. Gained for performing various actions in game (such as moving over specific places in each zone, defeating certain numbers of enemies, healing allies, and taking damage) most served no functional purpose for players, except

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There were five basic hero archetypes, which affected a character's power choices and team role throughout the game. Blasters were versatile damage dealers, capable of fighting at short or long range against one or many opponents, but had relatively little health. Controllers were adept at preventing

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would cease all billing immediately and begin the process of shutting down the service. The stated explanation for this move was a "realignment of company focus and publishing support". November 30, 2012, was listed as the official shutdown date of the game and the servers were turned off at midnight

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strong language against such activity, however. It forbade the creation of potentially infringing characters, and NCI had been known to rename or "genericize" such characters. The User Agreement additionally held players accountable to indemnify (reimburse) NCI and its affiliates against third-party

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subscription model, which was implemented in September, 2011. The servers were free-to-play, with limitations on what Free players could access. Players who had their subscriptions lapse would become Premium players, and would have access to everything they used to have, but would be limited to what

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could sign up for a 14-day trial key without subscribing to the game, without receiving an in-game referral or using a credit card. Certain features, such as chat, trade, membership in groups, and leveling up were restricted to prevent exploitative players/groups from using trial accounts to further

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Starting in 2008, "Booster Packs" were also released sporadically around Issue updates. Booster Packs did not function like expansions (adding content to the game), but rather added optional costume sets to the game's character creator and user interface, and were available on the NCsoft Store for a

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Issue 22 relaunched the Dark Astoria zone as an Incarnate Co-op Zone. The first zone of its kind in City of Heroes, Level 50+ characters could gain Incarnate XP to unlock slots while fighting solo or in teams in normal missions (whereas before, Incarnate XP was only gained by participating in trials

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Issue 19 included the first part of the new endgame changes referred to as the "Incarnate system", as well as an Ouroboros task force that unlocks an "Alpha Slot" on Level 50 Characters. Two difficult task forces were added for characters who had gained their Alpha Slots. Other changes included Zone

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expansion is set in Praetoria, a utopian alternate Earth, where the world was ravaged by Hamidon and his Devouring Earth legions and only Emperor Marcus Cole managed to bring stability to a world ravaged by the Hamidon Wars. Superpowered individuals living in Praetoria begin as Praetors, working for

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Other game features included auction houses and crafting inventions to make characters more powerful or unlock further costume options. The Architect release gave players the ability to construct custom mission arcs, with customized enemies and layouts that could then be played by all other players.

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Missing Worlds Media's president Nate Downes announced in September 2014 that he introduced an interest party who wanted to make a deal in reviving the game's intellectual property with NCSoft staff, which might enable the final version of the game to be released. No additional info was released as

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game content, and a monthly VIP Rewards system (as opposed to the quarterly releases of the Veteran Rewards). There was also an in-game market where all players could purchase points to purchase expansions to the game; VIP subscribers were given a monthly stipend of these points at no extra charge.

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Issue 9 brought the Invention system to the game, which allowed characters to combine other dropped items they salvaged and recipes to create various goods. Invented enhancements could provide better bonuses than normal enhancements, including set bonuses for slotting invented enhancements from the

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started the game in Praetoria, and chose whether to be a Loyalist, who followed Emperor Cole, or to be in the Resistance, who opposed him. In Praetoria, however, things were not so black and white. There were good and evil people on both sides, and, when leaving Praetoria at level 20, players could

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Another form of cooperative play was the Sidekick feature, which allowed for characters of disparate experience levels to participate in the game together. A Sidekick's experience level would be temporarily risen to be close to their partner's level, and their Health and strength would be scaled to

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zone, or skip the tutorial and begin in an open low-level zone. A character's level increased by earning experience points from defeating foes, completing Missions, and exploring Zones, then returning to one of various named NPCs known as Trainers. Benefits for rising in level included more Health,

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at the time of its shutdown had been running in secret for years. Three days later, source code relating to the server had been widely distributed, and a publicly accessible server based on the code was quickly spun up. While perceived threats, legal or otherwise, saw this server shut down by April

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developer Cryptic Studios, publisher NCsoft, and game administrator NC Interactive (NCI), alleging that the game not only allowed, but actively promoted, the creation of characters who infringe copyrights and trademarks owned by Marvel. The suit sought unspecified damages and an injunction halting

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such as Statesman, Positron, Lord Recluse, and Ghost Widow, along with scripts by well-known comic book creators Mark Waid, Troy Hickman, and Dan Jurgens. Both series were originally free for subscribers to the games, but later they were provided for an extra subscription fee with the game and for

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Super Packs functioned much like a lottery mini-game, which offered two cards that give common rewards, and one card each that offered an uncommon, rare and ultra rare reward per reveal. There were 205 possible rewards in the entire pack, of which 92% were repeatable (Costume Parts and Temp Powers

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exclusive game content, which included a new Giant Monster and a new Incarnate trial. A new Time Manipulation Power Set was also released, although only for VIP subscribers, as well as new costume options. In addition to these, the expansion created a new co-op tutorial for all players which would

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Fifth Anniversary, this update returned the 5th Column as an enemy group in various zones and a 5th Column-centric Task Force and Strike Force. It also added Mission Architect features that did not make the deadline for Issue 14, costume sets, new character faces, and the first free costume change

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there were multiple NPC groups that players fought as part of random encounters. Many enemies were found on the streets of Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, whereas others were found in specific instances or areas. There were also Giant Monsters and zone events that took place in parts of the city

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There were also two epic hero archetypes which were unlocked after reaching level 20 (level 50 prior to Issue 17) with another hero character. Peacebringers were peaceful symbiotic aliens that had light based powers. Warshades were war-like symbiotes that were normally enemies to the Peacebringers

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There were five origins a player could choose for his/her character that dictated what type of enhancements the character may use, affected which single short-ranged power they begin with (in addition to powers obtained from their primary and secondary power sets), and influenced the various enemy

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in the game were known as missions, and were obtained through various channels, generally from various NPCs the player met in the game. Although missions could be completed alone, the player had the option to form Teams with other player characters to play off of each other's characters' strengths

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To tie in with the game, NCsoft released two original comic book series that featured various characters from within the games themselves. The original series by publisher Blue King featured the heroes/roommates Apex and War Witch with their neighbor Horus. The later series from publisher Top Cow

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s Rogue Isles until they change to Hero or Villain. The expansion also added the Praetorian Earth dimension where players could start out as neutrally-aligned Praetorians (choosing any of the ten basic Archetypes available to Heroes or Villains), either deciding to side with Emperor Cole's ruling

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Issue 23 ended the Praetorian War, following the deaths of signature characters Statesman and Sister Psyche, with Emperor Cole trying to destroy the dimensions and take over Primal Earth. This also introduced the new co-op area of Night Ward where various new mystical enemy forces were gathering.

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Introduced a Police Scanner for Heroes that provided repeatable missions (similar to the Villains' Newspaper) and "Safeguard Missions" (analogous to the Villains' "Mayhem Missions"), as well as a complete redesign of the Faultline zone and the Veteran Rewards system, which gave special "perks" to

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had various items that were rewarded within the game. However, many of these items were described as intangible or other-worldly; such as "inspirations" (temporary power-ups) or "inf" (an abbreviation of "influence", "infamy", or "information", for Heroes, Villains, and Praetorians, respectively,

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Continuing active subscriptions were also entitled to "Veteran Rewards". The system rewarded players with costume pieces, extra powers, supergroup base items, respec opportunities, and other minor in-game perks to all characters (both hero and villain characters) on any server tied to the active

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Super Packs were sold in quantities of 1, 12 or 24 uses each on the Paragon Market. Super Packs were not available through in-game play (Free players could not receive or use them), and as a Premium Player, a Super Pack may have granted rewards that you could keep but were unable to claim or use

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There was also a "Mini-Booster" pack for the purchase of an in-game jetpack for 30 days of real time. As of August 30, 2011, Booster Packs were no longer available for sale on the NCSoft website. While costume pieces were still available in the Paragon Market under the Booster Pack names for one

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Added two new power sets (Shields and Pain Domination), changes to power effects making them act differently in PvP situations, dual builds (Players can build and maintain two separate character builds on the same character), and leveling pacts (Players can level up two characters simultaneously

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Replaced the old Rikti Crash Site zone with a new Rikti War Zone area, featuring a new raid encounter and cooperative play between both Heroes and Villains. The Rikti enemy group was also redesigned, and a new world event was added in which the Rikti would stage a mass invasion of a random zone.

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Issue 24 was to bring an epilogue to the Praetorian War storyline, with Praetorian Earth and Galaxy City evacuated because of the loss to Hamidon and several characters from other affected areas moving to Primal Earth and other parts of Paragon City to rebuild after the chaos. Heroes would help

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As characters leveled-up, players could choose new powers from the character's primary and secondary power sets, as set during creation, or from shared power pools. The power pools contained the four travel powers and other generic, usually utilitarian, powers that fell under categories such as

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The setting of the game, Paragon City for Heroes and The Rogue Isles for Villains, was divided into different Zones accessed through in-game transportation systems. Especially dangerous zones called "Hazard" or "Trial" zones, which teemed with larger groups of enemies, were marked in red on the

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On February 24, 2012, Heroes and Villains Super Packs were introduced to the Paragon Market after feedback from the beta release of the program was made known by the players. Super Packs contained five cards which were turned over (upon opening of the pack) to reveal random items given to the

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expansion is set in the Rogue Isles, a fictitious group of islands off the eastern coast of the United States. There, under the watchful gaze of Lord Recluse and the Arachnos organization, prospective villains fought to make a name for themselves, seizing any opportunity that presented itself.

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to express their continued protest, support, and fond farewells, including messages of gratitude from the developers and moderators thanking their fans for their support and passion for the game. A variety of efforts got underway, led by players of the game, to keep the game operating past the

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granted a commemorative badge during its anniversary month of May and often scheduled special events and surprises during May. On the game's fifth anniversary on April 28, 2009, and on the same day during the sixth anniversary for 2010, an outbreak of Giant Monsters of every type was released

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one-time fee. Although each of these packs were themed after their similarly named character option in the game (so far character origins and power sets), their features could be applied to any or all the characters in a player's account regardless of their actual origin, archetype or powers.

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Issue 20 further expanded on the Incarnate system introduced in Issue 19. It also introduced "leagues", massive teams of characters that could involve up to 48 different characters at a time, for anything from Rikti Mothership raids to costume contests. It introduced the Behavioral Adjustment

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With Issue 21, players could now create a character and go through a tutorial involving the destruction of Galaxy City by Shivans that allowed them to choose their alignment, such as a heroic Corruptor or a villainous Blaster. Heroes went to Paragon City, and Villains went to the Rogue Isles.

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In character creation, the player first selected a character's origin and archetype, then primary and secondary power sets. Next, the actual avatar with its costume was created. Then the player had a choice of customizing the colors of his/her powers. Lastly, the player chose a name and could

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added an Alignment system, which allowed players to switch from Hero to Villain and added two intermediate Alignments: Vigilante, as a player progresses from Hero to Villain, and Rogue, as a player progresses from Villain to Hero. Players with Vigilante or Rogue characters had access to both

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Raised the level cap for villains from 40 to 50, introduced the new zone for villains of that level range, "Patron Power Pools" (the villainous counterpart to heroes' Ancillary Power Pools), "Mayhem Missions" for Villains of all levels, new power sets for new Villains, and a fourth PvP zone,

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Allowed players to choose the color/styles/animation paths for character power sets. This update also included more power set proliferation, added epic power pool choices, a new Sidekicking system, Levels 5–24 adjustments to increase XP/influence rewards by 20%, minor changes to the Mission

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A few in-game item packs were released to allow players to gain in-game items from select box releases of the game at a lower cost than repurchasing the title at retail price. Item packs only contained the items in an Edition release, and did not come with free playtime or (in the case of

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There were also five basic villain archetypes. Brutes dealt increasing damage as they attacked or were themselves attacked. Corruptors could cause damage at range, with high chance for critical hits against wounded targets. Dominators assailed enemies with status effects and direct damage.

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expansion's release was announced on May 11, 2009. This part of the game centered on the alternate reality of Praetoria and featured a new alignment system allowing players characters to shift allegiances between Heroes and Villains, giving characters access to both Paragon City of

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to provide characters with tag lines under their character names. However, a few, called "Accolades" gave players access to temporary powers and permanent bonuses to health and endurance (the game's equivalent to mana or magic points) and were gained by collecting other badges.

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Players initially moved around the zones by jogging or using a minor speed-increasing power such as "Sprint". As heroes grew in level and accumulated more powers, they could choose among four higher speed traveling powers: Teleportation, Super Speed, Super Jumping, and Flight.

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figure, and a serial code that added access to a special movement power, badge, and cape, in addition to access to the game and one month of game play. A special Hero Kit was later sold that allowed people to get all of the physical and digital content included in the

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Fitness, Concealment, and Leadership. In addition, as characters leveled up, they gained access to new costume features, including the ability to change between up to five costumes and unlockable costume parts such as capes and auras (unlocked after missions).

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was announced by CDS at the time the first novel was published, with an August 2006, scheduled release date. The book was reportedly going to cover the epic trans-dimensional war between Earth and the Rikti home world, however the book was later cancelled.

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Emperor Cole, but decide to either join the Loyalist faction and remain a member of the Praetorian armed police force or join the Resistance and attempt to reveal the corruption of Emperor Cole (otherwise known as Tyrant) and free humanity from his rule.

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comic book, and a "Pocket D VIP Pass" that had the serial code for access to both games, a month of free game play, special costume pieces for both Heroes and Villains, a special badge, and two special powers. This serial code was later made available

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An update to the graphics engine that fixed all older issues related to ATI cards, as well as added a new preset for high performance graphic cards called "Ultra Mode", several QoL updates, and a revamped Positron's Task Force. Issue 17 also permitted

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expansion received access to new power sets Kinetic Melee and Electricity Control. This issue also re-introduced the Cathedral of Pain trial. A retail box release was made of Issue 18 called "City of Heroes Going Rogue: The Complete Collection".

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A special "Incarnate" origin was programmed for various NPCs in the game who obtained powers from the fictional Well of the Furies. The "Incarnate System" added additional powers for the player to choose from after completing difficult missions.

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figures of signature characters from the game. These included Statesman (without a cape), Manticore, Ghost Widow, Lord Recluse, Positron, Black Scorpion and Mako. There was also a separate, Limited Edition version of Statesman wearing a cape.

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Facility and Lambda Sector trials in Praetoria for Incarnate characters, and gave Heroes a new level 20–40 task force, and Villains a new level 20–40 strike force. Players could also sign up for incarnate trials from anywhere in the cities.

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the ninth-best computer game of 2004. The editors wrote, "In a genre dominated by games that try to be all things to all people and end up doing nothing particularly well, it's particularly refreshing." It received runner-up placements in

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purchase to work. It offered five new character archetypes that were, at the time, exclusive to Villain characters, new maps, and began the first PvP Zones (versus the Arena, which were instanced maps made for PvP fighting) of the game.

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infringement claims, and demanded either a granting of sole ownership in player created content, including characters, to NCI, or a warranty that a third party owner of the rights in player created content had made such a grant.

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in order to enter the virtual world and progress through the game. After creating a character and selecting a name (the game would check if the name was already taken on the server), players could either begin play in an isolated

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Introduced a new zone, replaced the Nazi-themed 5th Column enemy group with The Council, added new giant monsters and zone events, added Peacebringers and Warshades, and added Ancillary Power Pools for characters above level 40.

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teams who accepted the NCsoft offer to join their new studio in Northern California. The sale of the City of Heroes IP granted Cryptic Studios the freedom to work on its new superhero MMORPG (at this time, an RPG/Action hybrid)

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The game received additional praise because the characters of inactive players were not deleted, even if the player's subscription had been canceled or inactive for an extended period of time. In anticipation of the release of

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choose their character to be either a Hero or a Villain. The alignment could also be changed later on, allowing for Heroes to go Vigilante before becoming Villains or Villains to become Rogues before being redeemed as Heroes.

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had been created by Marvel's own investigators. In March 2005, the court struck those exhibits from the complaint. The court also dismissed with prejudice some of Marvel's claims. The dismissed claims included all indirect

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and abilities. The level of the characters used, size of the team, and a separate difficulty scale chosen by the player called Notoriety, all affected the difficulty of the mission. Missions could take the form of an

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Added the Mission Architect feature that allowed players to publish and play custom mission arcs. A retail box release was made after this update called "Architect Edition", available to both PC and Mac players.

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22, multiple public servers by various teams have since been set up based on the leaked code. NCSoft did not make a move to terminate the operation of any of the servers, but did object to the distribution of

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franchise. In February 2008, it was announced that DeSanto had indeed begun preparations for the film. A plot summary had been released detailing that the movie itself takes place during the first Rikti War.

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Introduced the tips system, an alternate method of getting missions via drops from enemies, opened trading between alignments, and united the Wentworth's auction house and the Black Market. Anyone with the

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as well (at its lowest price point, $ 14.99 covered access to both titles for a month), whether or not they had purchased the other title. This was still being honored after all accounts who had only

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released free of charge as a promotional copy during City of Villains. The Bootleg Edition came with no special features, a 10-day demo key, and required a player to purchase a digital key for the

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figures of the game's villains, a poster of a map of the Rogue Isles, and a serial code that gave access to the game and one month of game play. Also included was a code for a 30-day trial for

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Issue 27 was the largest issue developed by Homecoming to date, spanning four years and adding a significant amount of content. The release of Page 7 marks Homecoming Servers official status.

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On December 12, 2005, all remaining claims were settled under undisclosed terms. The game's operators asserted that the settlement did not require changes to the character creation engine.

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inside of Pocket D during the holidays. Holiday events granted commemorative badges upon signing in during the event, and had earnable themed badges by participating in the in-game events.

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Updated the game client's graphics engine, and added support for dual-core CPUs and 3D sound; it also introduced three shared PvP zones, and the ability for Super Groups to build bases.

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in-game, even if one of them is offline). In January 2009, a download-only release was made of Issue 13 called "Mac Special Edition", which allowed computers running Mac OS X to play

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As of August 30, 2011 virtual item packs were no longer available for sale on the NCSoft website. The individual costume pieces and powers were available through the in-game store.

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featuring characters from the game, as well as several original characters. The game's website also allowed players to create a game-compliant card for their own online character.

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faction and become a Loyalist or side with the Resistance; the allegiance could change as the player chose and completed missions. Praetorian players could also attack new Neutral

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purchase from its release in Issue 7 until Issue 10, and was no longer required as of Issue 11. Before the purchase, NCsoft allowed players with a subscription or a time card for

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sold 330,000 copies ($ 13.8 million) by August 2006, after its release in April 2004. It was the country's 53rd best-selling computer game between January 2000 and August 2006.

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Raised the level cap from 40 to 50, introduced new high level enemy groups and zones for these levels, and added a tailor feature allowing players to alter character costumes.

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and transitioned the staff from Cryptic Studios to a new location in Mountain View, California, to continue development of the game. The new studio on April 14, 2009, became

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player's account as a Character Item (one character per account receives the item), or, in the case of costume parts or prestige powers, the reward is applied account-wide.

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also granted access to four new power sets, new costume sets and auras, and introduced missions that started after defeating mobs that affected the player's Alignment.

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Issue 24 (HC) focused on bringing what paragon had finished to release using the latest Open Beta build as a base. From this point on development is volunteer based.

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activities that NCSoft prohibited in-game. After 14 days expire, a trial player would need to buy the game and subscribe for further months to continue their play.

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enemies from moving or acting through inducing status effects, as well as possessing pet summons. Defenders turned the tide of battle with weakening enemy attacks (

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Issue 26 consisted primarily on clean-up and quality of life updates. Issues from this point on were split into smaller "Pages" due to differences in development.

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Players could also set "leveling pacts" which allowed two players to sync up the experience their characters gained, although this was disabled in a later update.

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the involved parties were under an NDA. The effort did not succeed, and the announcement has since been removed. This may have been due to the IP being used in

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and several other industry magazines lauded City of Heroes for its foray into the superhero genre and gave the game top or near top scores across the board.

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Masterminds summoned, upgraded, and controlled combat pets. Stalkers were stealthy fighters, dealing critical hits when hidden or when accompanied by a team.

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provided the covers for the first two novels, as well as lending his name to one of the early areas of the game itself, Perez Park. A third novel titled

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On January 4, 2024, the Homecoming fan server announced that it had worked out a deal with NCSoft and was now running an officially licensed instance of

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Villain player archetypes, villain character tutorial and villain player zones (Level 1–50), player vs. player zones, player-created superbase system.

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were released before its shutdown. The final live update, "Where Shadows Lie", was released on May 31, 2012. On August 31, 2012, NCsoft terminated its

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they would be able to access in the game's future updates unless they signed up for a VIP subscription. The VIP subscription added free access to the

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that could team up with others to complete missions and fight criminals belonging to various gangs and organizations in the fictional Paragon City.

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to access the other game (it claimed that Single Title Retail Boxes recently purchased did not successfully unlock the other game when activated).

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servers outside the direct purview of NCSoft and revived interest in the game, which by then had been out of development for more than six years.

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commercial use of Marvel's marks by the game's players. Commercial use is a required element of infringement under American trademark statutes.

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and would eventually be able to play a mission that allowed them to choose to be a Hero or Villain and complete gameplay in the original games.

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Issue 28, currently underway with 1 page. Page 1 aimed to be smaller and faster to avoid the excessive feature creep seen in Issue 27, Page 7.

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website. The Blue King series ran for 12 issues, after which the Top Cow series ran for an additional 20 issues, ending in July 2007.

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players based on how long their accounts had been active. A retail box was released after this update called "Good vs. Evil Edition".

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later made a statement in 2008 that they were waiting on information from the copyright holders, but no news arose after this date.

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Added cape and aura costume features, respecing, badges, and new zones (one of which included a secret dance club without enemies).

5119: 4702: 4236: 4114: 3861: 3146:"'Secret' City of Heroes emulator operators address SCORE leak drama, rebut personal info database rumor | Massively Overpowered" 3215:"City of Heroes now has a fifth rogue server live as Homecoming buffs up and work on i24 continues | Massively Overpowered" 2645:"The City of Heroes private server team has released its code [Update: The test server is live] | Massively Overpowered" 1467:, as both games were currently separate. Since 2008, after the NCSoft acquisition of the intellectual properties, owning either 4484: 1422:

Hero/Villain side-switching capability, Praetorian character tutorial and Praetorian character Zones (Level 1–20), power sets.

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with free downloadable patches/updates as well as free game expansions dubbed "Issues". All Issues were made available to both

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had around 124,939 subscribers in the US & Europe, according to financial reports released by NCsoft in November 2008.

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event. Eventual changes to holiday events included the addition of a Zombie Apocalypse world event during Halloween, and a

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game in order to play after the demo. Released during Issue 6, the disc allowed players to try either Heroes or Villains.

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optionally write a background story to add some flavor to the character, as well as creating an individual battle cry.

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trial serial code, and a serial code that allowed access to a special costume icon and cape, in addition to access to

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pre-order customers to play Dual Pistols and Demon Summoning power sets prior to the official release of Going Rogue.

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Introduced a new folklore-themed zone, with several new associated enemy groups, as well as new power sets based on

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side of game play. On July 16, 2008, NCsoft merged the two games' content together. Thus, a player who only owned

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On June 20, 2011, Paragon Studios announced that they were going to switch to a hybrid subscription model called

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This article is about the 2004 video game. For the heavy metal album by Michael Kiske and Amanda Somerville, see

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2004 Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards: PC or Console Game of the Year, Multiplayer Game of the Year

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integrate and rebuild, while Villains would take the opportunity to invade Praetoria to become the new emperor.

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Natural: Powers obtained through training the body, weapons, or inherent abilities if the character is not human

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s 2004 "Best Massively Multiplayer Online Game" and "Most Surprisingly Good Game" award categories. During the

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for free. In a July 2008 press release, NCsoft announced the successful completion of allowing all copies of

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which included a Jump Jet Travel Power, Pocket D Teleport power and special Hero/Villain-themed costume sets.

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that involve the player in a larger narrative that tells some of the back story of the setting. Task Forces (

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announced date of closure. Ultimately, their efforts were unsuccessful, and the game shut down as scheduled.

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expansion allowed players to switch their alignment using Tip Missions collected from defeated enemies.

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same set into the same power. Costume pieces and limited-use temporary powers could also be invented.

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Shortly after having acquired full ownership of the property, NCsoft granted all existing and former

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Science: Powers obtained through some sort of scientific means, whether intentionally or accidentally

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Players also had the option of purchasing a vast array items on the Paragon Market. Introduced with

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price, the prestige powers and emotes had been separated from the packs as an additional purchase.

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blows a superpowered gust of fresh air into an increasingly stale sword-and-sorcery MMO world."

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was released in 2005 as a stand-alone expansion, an expansion that did not require the original

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titles throughout the lifespan of the game, improving features in both games with each release.

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Mutation: Powers obtained through a change in genetics, manifesting at any point in their life

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was an expansion rather than a stand-alone expansion and required the original game to play.

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Marvel subsequently admitted that some of the allegedly infringing characters cited in the

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project on August 31, 2012, halting the release of Issue 24 to the beta and live servers.

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On January 4, 2024, NCSoft granted Homecoming Servers, LLC, who operated the rogue server

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team directed its players to a coupon for an account on the US servers as compensation.

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based on the game. While a free preview version of the game was released, the game was

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expansions) the added game content that require an expansion purchase in order to use.

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Introduced the Invention system and auction houses; it also revamped the game's single

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until you unlocked it in the Paragon Market or through the Paragon Rewards program.

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and Cryptic Studios. Marvel Universe Online was eventually cancelled by Microsoft.

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determine whether the player's character was a Hero or a Villain (similar to the

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Magic: Powers obtained through a magic item, magical spells, or a mystical being

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was released on August 17, 2010, with pre-purchasers able to play on August 16.

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throughout the game in all zones for players to defeat within a 24-hour span.

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On November 6, 2007, NCsoft announced that it would assume ownership of both

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update, lacked War Walls, allowing more or less free movement between areas.

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On August 31, 2012, Paragon Studios announced that it was being closed, and

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won the "Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year" award outright (tied with

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New customization for Phantom Army that mirrors the players current costume

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that had game content up to Issue 4, a poster of a map of Paragon City, a

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groups that the character went up against. These origins were as follows:

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subscription. Inactive accounts did not accrue time for Veteran Rewards.

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game. Ordering this from GameStop included exclusive power enhancements.

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Introduced new magic- and mythology-themed zones, including one set in

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A tanker (foreground) confronts one of the game's arch villains, the

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served as editor and packager of the City of Heroes novels for CDS.

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by paying the publisher (NCsoft) a monthly fee to continue playing

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Architect, and a replacement of the difficulty adjustment system.

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City of Heroes and other NCsoft titles added to the Steam client.

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selected Cryptic Studios to develop its own superhero MMORPG for

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for installation current to Issue 6, one of four limited edition

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Advanced Modes for 3 task forces adding new mechanics and content

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called Supergroups, reminiscent of comic book groups such as the

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to run, but if the user had both games, content was added to the

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City of Heroes & City of Villains: Good Versus Evil Edition

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also was playable with the same subscription fee that paid for

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server was distributed widely. This made it possible to create

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On April 14, 2009, NCsoft NorCal formally changed its name to

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Technology: Powers obtained through highly advanced technology

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City of Heroes/City of Villains Bind, Macro & Emote Guide

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8 Exploration Badges and an Accolade added to Echo: Faultline

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Cooperative play also took the form of larger player-created

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On April 15, 2019, news broke that a private server based on

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On November 6, 2007, NCsoft announced their purchase of the

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and its expansions, free to play and funded by donations.

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In June 2007, it was announced that the producer for the

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On October 30, 2008, NCsoft announced a partnership with

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Proliferating existing powersets to different Archetypes

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Proliferating existing powersets to different Archetypes

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Staff (March 2005). "The Best of 2004; The 14th Annual

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Massively Multiplayer/Persistent World Game of the Year

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New Exploration Badges and Accolades added to PvP zones

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A new 32-bit and 64-bit client to future proof the game

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Finished Kallisti Wharf a zone leftover from shutdown.

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Issue 25 served as the basis for Homecoming's launch.

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Aether Costumes, featuring unlockable costume powers.

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In 2000, writer Rick Dakan and Michael Lewis created

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Jared Rea posted on 26 Feb 2009 16:00 (2009-02-26).

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2 new story arcs one for vigilante and one for rogue

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encounter and opened it to Villain players as well.

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with the last day of services on November 30, 2012.

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Regarding the NCsoft Acquisition of City of Heroes.

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It added the First Ward zone to the 293:), was launched, allowing players to play as 8: 3531:. City of Heroes. 2011-08-23. Archived from 3276:An in-game newspaper article, that mentions 2619:"City of Heroes and developer shutting down" 1793: 1475:unlocked both titles at no additional cost. 1252:Reworked Snipes & Dominator Assault sets 34:. For the comic book based on the game, see 5060:Inactive massively multiplayer online games 3881:: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ( 1566:for both games, a promotional card for the 240:development team, ending all production on 213:. 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