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Issue 6 makes it to the Training Room (Test Server)
10/19/05 12:34 PM

Good afternoon all you wonder gals and pals. And now for the news from Paragon City. Issue 6 with the much debated Enhancement Diversification has made it to the Training Room. Strangely enough Enhancement Diversification wasnt mentioned in the official announcement post. Enhancement Diversification for those of you not in the know is the new system for slotting enhancements. No longer will you be able to slot powers with 6 of the same enhancement types without severe reduction in effectiveness. The very reason for I6 is to add Enhancement Diversification to CoH and somehow they just forgot to mention it? When a board poster asked about it COH Online Community Representative CuppJo said "ED is in there". The last time I checked the original post about ED there were 396 pages of protests on the boards... Now the thread has been locked due to "forum issues" Let's just say ED is going over like a lead balloon. Now I'm not saying that ED is the end of Super Heroes in CoH but I do think it makes them less Super and more like average citizens imho. Ok so here's the post about I6 making it to the Training Room

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Issue 6 Features



Hey Heroes,

We are working on getting the features update on the website as soon as we can – so I wanted to give you a heads up on Issue 6: Along Came a Spider.

If you only have CoH -

New Zones
As they become available to the players of City of Villains, the following PvP Zones will also open up for player of City of Heroes:

• Bloody Bay
This is a PvP Zone for Villains and Heroes with a minimum level to entry set at 15.

• Siren’s Call
This is a PvP Zone for Villains and Heroes with a...

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Issue 5 is ALIVE! Forest of Dread
08/31/05 12:19 PM

Good afternoon Wonder Gals and Pals. And now the latest news from Paragon City. Issue 5:Forest of Dread is LIVE!
I gotta go make my archer. Muwhahaha!

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FEATURES:

New Zone – Croatoa. Designed to challenge characters level 25 to 35 in a mysterious region infamous for its links to powerful magical forces and deadly creatures.

New Villains – The Cabal of witches, the nasty imps called Red Caps, the giant Fir Bolg and the legendary Tuatha de Dannan rule this realm.

New Task Force – Perform missions for contacts in Croatoa to unlock the exclusive task force.

New Power Sets:

Archery for Defenders and Blasters
Trick Arrows for Defenders and Controllers
Sonic Blast for Blasters and Defenders
Sonic Debuff for Defenders and Controllers

New Badges for epic character accomplishments and special badges for events within Croatoa.

New Zone Events:

Hellion Arson – The Hellions are torching buildings and it’s up to the heroes to snuff them out!

Troll Rave – There’s an upgraded Superadine source and the trolls are overdosing to create “Super-Trolls” that are out of control!


New Debt System – Half XP Debt when characters are defeated in missions and no XP Debt until Level 10!

Mission Customization – Many existing missions have been updated with hostage escort missions, villain wave attacks and more!

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City of Villains: Let the Beta Testing Begin!
08/18/05 03:17 PM

It was announced yesterday on the City of Hero's forums that the City of Villains Closed Beta test has officially started.

As stated in earlier news releases from the development team, players who have had a subscription to City of Heroes for at least 1 year, and have meet other requirements, have earned a beta test slot for City of Villains. They are, however, looking forward to expanding to a more open beta phase as soon as possible.

Below is the official statement released by the City of Villains Online Community Rep.

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City of Villains Closed Beta Is Starting!

Hello everyone!

I am very pleased to announce to you (as promised) that the start of the City of Villains Closed Beta Test is finally upon us!

As we have mentioned in the past, first priority into the Closed Beta will be offered to long-time, currently active City of Heroes subscribers as part of a program designed to reward their continued support. Please note that due to the sheer number of people who have been with us for 12 months or longer, not everyone who qualifies under this program will receive an invitation today. Because of hardware constraints, stability issues, etc., beta tests typically start small and then ramp up gradually to include more and more people. This test is no exception. So, if you are a long-time subscriber and you don’t receive an invitation right away, please do not bombard us with PMs and email asking why you didn’t get one! Everyone who qualifies under this program will be invited into the Closed Beta eventually.

Contest winners should expect to receive invites within the next couple of weeks. We will send you an email in the coming days to verify your account information, so please be on the lookout for that.

For those of you who pre-ordered City of Villains or won a beta slot at E3, the exact date of your beta entry is still being determined. However, it will be at a later stage, after those who qualify under our long-time subscriber program have been invited.

As a reminder, once you have entered the City of Villains Closed Beta, you are legally bound by a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). Please be considerate and don’t flaunt your participation to other members of the City of Heroes community. All it will do is make the people who haven’t been invited feel bad, and will only encourage...

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Issue 4: "Colosseum" Live!
05/06/05 03:20 PM

Free Expansion Issue #4: Colosseum is now on the live servers!

Paragon City is a battleground where heroes unselfishly man the thin, embattled line between good and evil. It’s a never-ending fight full of danger and sacrifice, one that requires all heroes to seek new ways to improve their combat abilities. With Issue 4, heroes of all levels will be able to test their tactics and skills against their peers in the new PvP Arenas. Other new features in Issue 4 include a whole host of new costume additions, body scaling options, and the ability to link Super Groups together through Coalition Chat.

For an overview of Issue 4 "Colosseum," please visit our Features Update Page !...
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City of Heroes ramp up for Update 4:Colosseum begins with early download
03/15/05 02:43 PM

Hello wonder gals and pals and now for the news from Paragon City. You can now download Update 4:Colosseum before it goes live which may or may not be a long wait. When I opened CoH today I saw the message that Update 4 : Colosseum content is now available for download. But

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Colosseum's live release is not imminent- we just wanted to give you plenty of time to start downloading ahead of time.

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*chants* We want PvP.. We want new costumes... Arena Arena Arena. when do we want it? NOW!...
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Federal Judge dissmisses most of Marvel's case against NCSoft & Cryptic
03/11/05 05:32 PM

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Federal Judge Dismisses Claims and Strikes Allegations in Marvel Lawsuit Against NCsoftMakers of City of Heroes online computer game score favorable decision; judge labels Marvel allegations as “false and sham” and throws out trademark claims


LOS ANGELES, March 11, 2005—A U.S. district court judge in Los Angeles dismissed several key claims by comic book publisher Marvel Enterprises, Inc in the company’s trademark and copyright infringement case against online computer game publisher NCsoft® Corporation and game developer Cryptic Studios™. Marvel sued NCsoft and Cryptic Studios in November of last year, claiming that the City of Heroes® online computer game allows players to imitate comic book characters owned by Marvel.

In a March 9 order, U.S. District Court Judge R. Gary Klausner agreed with NCsoft that some of Marvel’s allegations and exhibits should be stricken as “false and sham” because certain allegedly infringing works depicted in Marvel’s pleadings were created not by users, but by Marvel itself.

The judge also dismissed more than half of Marvel’s claims against NCsoft and Cryptic Studios, including Marvel’s claims that the defendants directly infringed Marvel’s registered trademarks and are liable for purported infringement of Marvel’s trademarks by City of Heroes’ users. In addition, he dismissed Marvel’s claim for a judicial declaration that defendants are not an online service provider under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The judge dismissed all of these claims without leave to amend, meaning that Marvel cannot refile these claims.

Although the judge allowed certain claims to survive the motion to dismiss, NCsoft and Cryptic Studios are pleased with the result and are confident that both the law and the facts will support their case. In fact, citing a 1984 Supreme Court case holding that the sale of video cassette recorders did not violate copyright law, the Court noted that “It is uncontested that Defendants’ game has a substantial non-infringing use. Generally the sale of products with substantial non-infringing uses does not evoke liability for contributory copyright infringement.” Only “where a computer system operator is aware of specific infringing material on the computer system, and fails to remove it, the system operator contributes to infringement,” the Court stated.<...

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City of Heroes new costumes preview from Update 4
03/09/05 07:30 PM

Good evening wonder gals and pals and now for the news from Paragon City.

Here is a sneak peak posted to the CoH pages of 3 of the new costume styles coming with Update 4 by Sachi Nitsuma.


From Left to right Biker/Anime/Goth

Also check out the screenies of the new Character Creation menus here. There are six pages of screenies...
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NCsoft,Cryptic & Top Cow Productions making CoH Comic Book Series
03/01/05 01:41 PM

NCsoft, Cryptic and Top Cow Productions Announce New Comic Book for City of Heroes Comic book publisher brings star-studded team together for new series

AUSTIN, Texas, February 28, 2005—In a co-venture with NCsoft® Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS) and Cryptic Studios™, Top Cow Productions will launch City of Heroes® as a new comic book series that will link together gamers and comic book fans alike. Celebrated writer Mark Waid (X-Men, Hunter-Killer, Flash, JLA, Ruse, Fantastic Four, Kingdom Come, Empire) teams up with David Nakayama (Proximity Effect, a graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, and a Wizard art contest winner), to bring to life the action and the adventure of the super-powered heroes and villains that make up the City of Heroes massively multiplayer online world.

With an audience of well over 100,000 subscribers, City of Heroes has received mass market and critical acclaim in the gaming industry since its launch in April of 2004. The game was awarded PC or Console Game of the Year and Multiplayer Game of the Year by Billboard Magazine. It also received MMORPG of the year honors from Spike TV and Computer Gaming World.

The new series of comics will launch in May and City of Heroes players will continue to get the new comic book as part of their game subscription. “The most exciting part for me is the fact that we’ll be sending this out to both the City of Heroes subscribers and the comic book retailers every month,” says Top Cow Editor in Chief, Jim McLauchlin. “There is a legion of fans out there who love comic books as an idea and as a genre, but may have forgotten that they love comic books in and of themselves. This is our chance to remind them. It’s a great day for the comic business.”

“We’re thrilled to be working with the Top Cow team,” said City of Heroes Lead Designer Jack Emmert. “Top Cow is putting together a lineup of artists and writers who are tops in this business. This is an experienced team that has a strong track record for making quality comics. The big winners will be our players, who are really going to enjoy this new experience.”

As the official comic book for City of Heroes, the ongoing series will focus on the signature heroes from the online game: The Freedom Phalanx: Statesman™, Manticore™, Positron™, Sister Psyche™ and Synapse™. “Our goal is to bridge the gap between game players and comics readers with ...
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