Thursday, 25 Jan, 2007 - City of Heroes and City of Villains -- CoH News
Patch Notes - 01/25/07[ 2 Comments ] Print News | Mail News When logging on to the servers today, you will find yourself taking a little bit of extra time as a 13 Meg patch is downloaded. The patch was on Test for a pretty short time but seems to be running well enough to release. The patch feature a numerous amount of change and fixes, ranging from mission glitches to power animation faux pas and base rent changes. I hope this is the patch that fixes my crashing and allows me to play more than 20 minutes at a time. For a full list of fixes and changes and all the sweet new features this patch brings to you, you can check out the patch notes on the official site!
February Desktop Calendar[ 3 Comments ] Print News | Mail News We here at the Vault have whipped up a little CoX cheer to add to your desktops. This is the first in a series of desktop Calendar wallpapers you will be seeing from us. This one is just to give a giggle and show that some heroes have their own priorities, not all of which saving lives comes first. Be on the look out for more wallpapers in the near future from both hero and villain sides of things! Enjoy!
Wednesday 24th January/...NCsoft Europe proudly brings you the the ninth free expansion to the City of Heroes® universe, introducing an entirely new level of depth and gameplay to the franchise.
SUMMARY: Issue 9: Players acquire and invent new items and have the option to buy and sell them using the new hero and villain auction houses. Along with Issue 9's other great features, this brand new system results in a wealth of new gameplay options for players.
FEATURES: Invention System (Heroes and Villains) Using the highly anticipated Invention system, players acquire and collect valuable resources in the form of Salvage and Invention Recipes. These will be used together to invent powerful new enhancements, costume pieces, new powers, gadgets, and more. This creates a world of new possibilities, rewards and even greater character evolution!
Auction Houses (Heroes and Villains) Where better to buy and sell all of these new items than in the new auction houses! Wentworth's Fine Consignments have sprung up throughout Paragon City™ while the villains prefer to do their dark dealings alongside “black-market” trucks placed throughout the Rogue Isles™.
Statesman's Task Force (Heroes only) This high-level PvE content allows eight heroes to team up in order to face and defeat Paragon's greatest enemies! Completing this difficult challenge results in some of the game's rarest rewards!
New Hamidon Encounter (Heroes and Villains) Not only do villains get their own end-game raid encounter with the “Hamidon,” but the new experience is also brought to the Heroes side where players must use new tactics to bring down one of the city's greatest threats.
Site Staff Wanted[ 2 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News Hey there guys and guyettes of the CoH Vault. I'm putting out a help wanted sign to see if anyone would be interested in helping out with the site. We could use a hand in updating the site in different areas such as badges, enemies and anything else that new Issues throw at us. I know there used to be a large support staff on the site, but I haven't seen or heard from anyone since I have taken over the reigns. If you are interested in giving the site a helping hand, drop me a line and let me know! You can contact me at [email protected]. Thanks!
Topic of the Week - Got a Question?[ 6 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News This week's topic of the week asks you if you have a question for any of the developers of City of Heroes. Just say, hypothetically, that we were conducting an interview with members of the Cryptic Studios team, what are some questions regarding Cityof Heroes that you would like to ask them? Leave your question in a comment and who knows, maybe it will get answered! :)
Issue 9 Overview[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News Warcry.com has posted up a nice little rundown of features that can be expected to arrive in the upcoming Issue 9 :Breakthrough release from the official fact sheet sent out by NcSoft and Cryptic Studios. I suppose our copy was lost in the mail somewhere. Here's a quick list of some of the things that you will see.
Invention System (Heroes and Villains)
Using the highly anticipated Invention system, players acquire and collect "loot" in the form of Salvage and Invention Recipes. These will be used together to invent uber-enhancements, costume pieces, new powers, gadgets, and more. This creates a world of new activities, rewards and character evolution!
Auction Houses (Heroes and Villains)
Where better to buy and sell all of these new items than in the new auction houses! Wentworth's Fine Consignments have sprung up throughout Paragon City™ while the villains prefer to do their bidding alongside "black-market" trucks placed throughout the Rogue Isles.
Statesman's Task Force (Heroes only)
This high-level PvE content allows eight heroes to team up in order to face and defeat Paragon's greatest enemies! Completing this difficult challenge results in some of the game's rarest loot!
New Hamidon Encounter (Heroes and Villains)
Not only do villains get their own end-game raid encounter with the "Hamidon," but the new experience is also brought to the Heroes side where players must use new tactics to bring down one of the "City of"s greatest threats.
CoH Vault Poll - War or Peace?[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News In this week's poll, we are asking you loyal visitors what you think the best epic archetype is. Do you like the light of the Peace Bringer or the funky purple of the War Shade? Or do you think they are too similar to really care. Hit the poll and let us know! As for our last poll, we asked if you guys and guyettes thought there should be unique holiday events for each the heroes and villains side. The majority of votes said yes, that there should be. I agree, but then again, it's just more work for the developers. Ah well :)
Double XP Weekend is Coming[ 13 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News Word from the official COH website is that there will be another Double XP weekend event coming January 26th - January 28th. For all those that want to get those toons bumped up a few levels pretty quick, here's your chance! here's the official word.
Gather your teams and get ready! Shape up your soloing prowess! Get those eager sidekicks in line! It's time to clean up and cash in!
Another Double Experience Weekend looms on the horizon! Mark January 26th to the 28th on your calendar because you won't want to miss it! All weekend long, experience, infamy/influence and prestige rewards will be doubled! It's time to level up!
New Patch on Test Server[ 3 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News For those of you who care to frollick around on the Test Server, you'll notice that there is a new patch there. The patch includes some changes such as Base Rent Overhauled, Taunt and Gauntlet corrections, Double XP Testing During the Weekend of Jan. 13th and 14th and Notification of Team Enhancement Drops. Oooo funky stuff! Guess that means we can look forward to another Double XP weekend coming up soon. I sure hope so. Maybe THEN I will be able to get my blaster to 50...finally. For the full list of changes and updates on the test server, you can read the patch notes right here.
Jack Emmert Interview[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News MMORPG.com had a chance to fire off some questions to Cryptic Studios and City of Heroes head honcho, Jack 'Statesman' Emmert. The interview covers the release timetable of the upcoming issue releases for the year, his thoughts on issue 8, the end of the City of Heroes comic book and much more. Be sure to check out the interview and see what the main man himself has to say!
WarCry Matt Miller Q & A[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News WarCry has a feature up that drops a few questions on Matt Positron Miller about how he got started in the industry and at Cryptic as well as the background behind the Positron character. They are also asking readers to drop a line with questions that will be asked of him in their next round which will come at a later date. You can check out the Q & A right here.
The Winter Event Returns Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News It seems the good folks over at Cryptic are planning on extending the Winter Event for an extra week. From January 8th until January 15th, you will be able to return to the snow covered chalet and try to get all those nifty prizes and badges you may have missed out on. Pretty awesome of them to do so! Thanks to Sara_Wildflower for the heads up!
CoH Vault Poll - Events[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News For our poll this week, we are asking you guys and guyettes about the events that CoX puts on and if you would rather see seperate events for heroes and villains. The Winter Event allowed heroes and villains to work together, but would you rather see totally different events for each side? I don't just mean the same thing on each side seperately, but two totally different events for each side. Sure it would be more work for the developers, but it's just a question. Hit the poll and let us know!
As for the previous poll, as if there was any doubt, the over whelming majority of people were quite pleased with the winter event.
MMMORPG's Look Back[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News MMORPG Blog has a brief article up that takes a look back at the Winter Event that recently came to a close. The article details the events that could be achieved in it in case you were one of the unlucky few who missed out on it. And Baby New Year was a she? That was one ugly baby...
CoH Vault Poll - Winter Event[ 3 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News So for this week's poll, we are asking what you thought of this years Winter Event. Was it more than you hoped for? Was it less? Was there somethig you would have rather seen or did? Hit the poll and leave a comment to let us know! Hope you all got all the goodies you needed!
For our last poll, we asked what your favourite item was from the event. The majoority of you said it was the snow beast with a close second for snowballs.
Topic of the Week - Call for Help[ 6 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News I was soloing some of my missions the other day and realized I was getting no where fast. As a level 49 blaster, reaching the last level seems near impossible when you aren't in a group or playing with others. I was thinking how nice it would be if say, after level 45 you could have a "Call for Help" power or something that would call in a signature hero such as Positron to join you in your mission as a NPC like the Shivian or Werewolf do. Except the signature hero would stick with you for the duration of the mission and not flake off 5 minutes after they are called. What do you guys think?
Lack of Updates[ Comment ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News I just wanted to apologize for the lack of updates to the vault recently. The holidays are always slow for news and also have a habit of sucking up any free time you have. Add to that, I am in the process of moving, which will be finally happening on Saturday, it hasn't left much time for anything else. I hope you are all enjoying the Winter Event and have gotten all the goodies and badges. We have some interesting and exciting things planned for the CoX Vault in the New Year so stick around and see what happens!
CoH Vault Poll - Winter Items[ 8 Comments ] Print News | Mail News | Category: Community News This time around, we are asking you beautiful guys and gals what your favourite item is that you can receive from the winter event. I must admit the Jingle Jet is pretty awesome but as PhantomOfTheMMO pointed out, pegging people with snow balls as they ski down the slopes is just hilarious. The snow beasts, in my opinion would be great if they had more than one use and lasted longer than 5 minutes. Anyways, lets hear what you have to say!
As for our previous poll, we asked if you were looking forward to the auction houses that will be active in Issue 9. Not suprising, most of you who voted are looking forward to them and second place was for those that didn't care either way.
