TheOcho (formerly Moderator8) made an announcement as to what the 63 and 66 month veteran badges and powers will be.
63 Months: Honorable
In addition to the Honorable Badge, each character can claim a power that, when activated, will completely remove any map of Fog of War.
66 Months: Enduring
As well as the Enduring Badge, each character will obtain the following:
I have so much catching up to do. This upcoming issue has me very excited. The first itiration of Power Customization is bringing us the ability to change the colors of our powers, individually, as in every power in a set can be independently colored. Super Strength and Martial Arts have little of this, so they’re getting alternate animations. Some kind of “theme” can be applied to powers. Powerset Proliferation is going in, in a HUGE way. The Character Creator is being updated, and the ability to really fine-tune mission difficulty settings is being added. You can specify how large your “party” is, even if soloing. 😉
The official announcement can be found here.
Earth Assault for Dominators is apparently a new set, initially developed as a test by Sunstorm, when he joined the development team. Back Alley Brawler said that Poison, Pain Domination and Ninjitsu are supposed to be on the list. He’s looking at Devices and Traps but they may not be done is time for I16’s launch. Demon Summoning may or may not have a customizable Hellfire Whip (now all we need are chains). Martial Arts is getting a bunch of punches (yay) and Spines and Thorns are each going to be able to use each other’s animations, which will be tintable, as well as another set of new animations.
Some background information on the Going Rogue expansion was recently released. This is lore, not game info. Biographies for Maelstrom and Desdemona, two of the featured side-switching characters being introduced with the expansion are available. A biography page for Tyrant is set to follow “soon”.
From the official website. This was released on July 13, 2009.
You knew it was coming…and now it’s officially here. Cater to your inner mad scientist by purchasing the Super Booster III: Superscience pack–now available for purchase at the NCsoft store for $9.99!
You don’t have to be a chemistry or biology enthusiast to love it! Get your hands on new science themed costume pieces, emotes, and costume change emotes.
But there’s more! The Super Tailor is a new Tailor NPC called the Cosmetic Surgeon, located near existing Tailors and enabled through purchase of Super Booster III: Superscience. The Cosmetic Surgeon can modify your character’s height, build, body type, and even gender in each of your costume slots. Transform from a 98-pound weakling into a huge beast! Experience spontaneous gender reversal! These amazing things are possible with–science!
Go here to purchase Super Booster III: Superscience and get your mad scientist groove on!
From the official website:
Just can’t stop designing Mission Architect game play masterpieces? Well now you can increase your repertoire! Additional Mission Architect story slots are available for purchase (1, 2 or 5 them for $5.99, $9.99, and $19.99 respectively) up to a maximum of eight slots per game account.
Note: Existing rules applicable to inherent story slots also apply to purchased story slots. Having one of your published stories awarded with Dev’s Choice will free up one of your slots but getting one of your published stories suspended will result in that particular slot being unavailable for the duration of the suspension.
What are you waiting for? Put those creative juices to work! Login to the character select screen and click on the “Enter Store” to buy additional story slots and then share your new design creations with your City of Heroes® brethren!
During my absence from the game, Issue 15: Anniversary, was released. Details can be found here:
Mission Architect Updates included with Issue 15
I’ve only just run a few MA missions, and I do like the new search options, and the ability to choose up to 3 descriptors for missions (from predefined lists). Missions can also be filtered for “your level” and text at the bottom of arc descriptions alert players if difficult options/situations are included in the arc, like mobs set to extreme, arch villains, elite bosses, and the like. Another nice option is searching with the mission’s completion status in mind. Arcs can be marked as finished, looking for feedback, and with other attributes which I can’t remember, to let players know their status. This way, you can be aware if you’re running a work-in-progress, or the final product.
Its been a while since I’ve had time to update this site. Issue 15 is live. Issue 16 has been announced, and the Going Rogue expansion has been announced as well. I’ve only been able to play a bare handful of times in the past few weeks, because of work on the house, but that should get better by next week. I just played “The Liquefactionist Manifesto” on a new villain (Plant/Thorns Dom) and loved it. Its the first mission I’ve ever given 5 stars too. I’ll play it over again and do a little write up for posterity as soon as I can.
I should have posted this a week ago, but I’ve been busy. The garage is basically done and the basement is next. Anyhow, here are the Mission Architect-related updates from the Open Beta for I15. The list of updates for the entire issue can be found here.
Mission Architect Updates
Architect Toolbox
Mission Architect
Mission Architect Custom Critters
Badges
Mission Architect Badges
The Mission Architect badge experience has gone under a revamp. All series of badges that previously required an objective to be completed a number of times (Click on X objectives, Defeat X enemies, Play X Missions, etc.) have been reduced to a single badge that only requires these objectives to be completed once.
The following Mission Architect badges remain:
The Mission Engineer Accolade now requires the following badges:
Steiner will be filling his shoes. Its from this thread on the COH forums. The thread links to another on the Titan Network, in which Mids says the following:
Alas, the time has come for me to retire from development and maintenance of Mids’ Hero/Villain Designer.
It’s sad to say, but I’m not able to give it the level of attention and time that I could in the past.
So, with that in mind, I’ve taken the difficult decision to pass it on to someone who can give it the level of commitment it needs, as I’d very much like it to remain available and useful as a resource for the CoX community.
Steiner at the Titan Network has agreed to take it on, and will be handling future updates and such. Though I’m sure I’ll be checking up on him from time to time to keep him on the straight and narrow. 
I’d like to thank the community as a whole for the support and positive feedback you’ve always given me, I’ve very much enjoyed my tenure as ‘planner guy’.
A trailer has been released on this web page. A press release page has also been made live. The following information was included in the press release:
SEATTLE, Washington – May 12, 2009 – NCsoft®, the world’s premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), and Paragon Studiosâ„¢, the developer of City of Heroes®, today announced the development of City of Heroes Going Rogueâ„¢, the first major expansion for the City of Heroes franchise since the launch of City of Villains® in 2005. As the name implies, Going Rogue will blur the line between heroes and villains in the first and longest-running super-powered comic book MMO game.
In the Going Rogue expansion, hero and villain characters will become immersed in the new parallel universe known as Praetoria, which is governed by Tyrantâ„¢, the evil incarnation of the game’s main protagonist, Statesmanâ„¢. As gamers search for Tyrant and the rest of his Praetorian guard, implacable foes and fierce resistance will arise to face them from all sides, causing heroes and villains alike to question their loyalties.
City of Heroes Going Rogue will introduce a new alignment system that helps players explore the shades of gray that lie between good and evil. For the first time, hero characters can become villains and vice versa, enabling hero archetypes to cross over to the Rogue Islesâ„¢ and villain archetypes to experience Paragon Cityâ„¢. Clearly marked missions, in addition to behaviors and decisions made by the player, will move a hero’s or villain’s moral compass, which could eventually change the hero’s or villain’s alignment. Going Rogue will also introduce two primary new fictional characters representative of this alignment shift in the game’s lore: Maelstrom, a pistol-wielding hero gone rogue, and Desdemona, a demon-summoning villain who has been redeemed.
“City of Heroes has brought a fresh new perspective to the MMO stage with its foray into the super-powered hero comic book genre, and we are excited to present gamers with even more innovative content in Going Rogue,” said Brian Clayton, general manager and executive producer at Paragon Studios. “For years, players could choose between playing as a hero or a villain. Now we will present a third, malleable path where players can be affected by the results of their actions, enabling them to further develop, unveil new perspectives, and overcome new challenges.”
NCsoft will share more details on Going Rogue in the coming months. The game is currently in development by NCsoft’s Paragon Studios, the City of Heroes development team that most recently launched the ground-breaking Mission Architect system. The launch of Mission Architect sets a significant milestone for City of Heroes as the first MMO to allow players to create user-generated content. City of Heroes has and continues to set new standards among its MMO peers and player community with its engaging and approachable comic book-inspired universe theme and consistent delivery of concepts that break the standard MMO mold.
So, what could this mean for us? Dual Pistols and Demon Summoning, for two things. A new box, on the scale of City of Villains. The ability to switch sides, naturally, and if we’re lucky, something native to Praetorian Earth as well. Power Customization could very well launch with this box. COV debuted with a graphical update to the COH engine. It wouldn’t be surprising if COR packaged technology on a similar scale. I do wonder how this will blend with the Mission Architect, and I’m excited at the possibility of having Statesman, Reichsman (who will most likely re-emerge during I15) and Tyrant over to barbecue.
Oh, an initial FAQ was also released just now, along with an official announcement from Paragon Studios.
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