Freitag

Due to an issue discovered during this morning's hardware upgrades, we will be restarting all servers at 10:45am PDT (1:45pm EDT, 6:45pm BST, 19:45 CEST). We expect that all servers will be back online at 11:30am PDT (2:30pm EDT; 7:30pm BST; 20:30 CEST).

We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your patience and understanding.

~Freitag

Hi Heyman,

As Psychoti said, we're actively investigating this issue. We'll keep you updated as we get more information.

Thanks!

~Freitag

All servers are now open to players. Thank you for your patience!

~Freitag

We're aware of a number of servers experiencing downtime at the moment. The ones we are currently aware of are:

1. Freedom
2. Liberty
3. Pinnacle
4. Justice

We are investigating the cause of these issues, and will update you as more information becomes available.

Thank you for your patience and support.

~Freitag

Jetzt das die drei Entwickler-Kostümwettbewerbe beendet sind, wollten wir euch zeigen, welche Kostüme gewonnen haben.

Die Gewinner des Kostümwettbewerbs "Überlebenden der Apokalypse"

Die Finalisten:







Die drei Gewinner!

Im ersten Platz - Captain Wasteland:



Im zweiten Platz - Wastelander-13:



Im dritten Platz - Ruin:




Die Gewinner des Kostümwettbewerbs "Bekannte historische Figuren – Mit einer überraschenden Wendung!"

Die Finalisten:









Die drei Gewinner!

Im ersten Platz - Quiet Conqueror:



Im zweiten Platz - Rommel:



Im dritten Platz - Great Caesar's Ghost :



Die Gewinner des Kostümwettbewerbs "Dunkel und Mysteriös"

Und letztendlich, die Gewinner des Wettbewerbs am montag Abend!

Die Finalisten:



Die zehn Viertelfinalisten!







Und endlich, die drei Gewinner!

Im dritten Platz - Dark Mage:



Im zweiten Platz - Lament of Shadows:



Im ersten Platz - Unquiet Bride!

The Live European and North American City of Heroes servers will be taken offline for necessary hardware upgrades on Thursday, September 22, 2011.

Start Time: 1:30 a.m. PDT / 4:30 a.m. EDT / 9:30 a.m. BST / 10:30 CEST
Expected Duration: 12 hours
Expected Finish Time:1:30 p.m. PDT / 4:30 p.m. EDT / 9:30 p.m. BST / 22:30 CEST

This maintenance is to preform necessary upgrades to the City of Heroes server infrastructure.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience! There will be a UStream cast starting at 8:00am PDT (11am EDT; 4pm BST; 17:00 CEST), which will run until the servers are back up!

Join the community discussion here!

The Live European and North American City of Heroes servers will be taken offline for necessary hardware upgrades on Thursday, September 22, 2011.

Start Time: 1:30 a.m. PDT / 4:30 a.m. EDT / 9:30 a.m. BST / 10:30 CEST
Expected Duration: 12 hours
Expected Finish Time:1:30 p.m. PDT / 4:30 p.m. EDT / 9:30 p.m. BST / 22:30 CEST

This maintenance is to preform necessary upgrades to the City of Heroes server infrastructure.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience! There will be a UStream cast starting at 8:00am PDT (11am EDT; 4pm BST; 17:00 CEST), which will run until the servers are back up!

Hello everyone,

We're pleased to announce that in addition to the various changes and fixes implemented in today'd Build, we have also granted the monthly free Server Transfer Token to all VIP players. You will receive this token upon opening the character selection screen.

Thank you for your patience!
~Freitag

Hi guys,

The patch notes for today's build are in this thread. Sorry about the slight delay in getting them up.

~Freitag

Combined

Leveling Pacts

• New leveling Pacts have been disabled. All existing levelling pacts will continue to function.
  • Details can be found in this post.

French Server Select Screen

• The following servers should once again be labeled correctly.
  • Freedom, Justice, Pinnacle, Virtue, Liberty

German Quick Emotes

• The German language quick emote list will no longer freeze the client when clicking it.

Atlas Park/Mercy Island

• Decreased the amount of time it takes for certain enemies to respawn in high traffic areas.
  • Hellion Informants in Atlas Park
  • Longbow Technicians in Mercy Island

Incarnate Trial - The Underground

• Addressed an issue where Desdemona's invincibility at the end of the event would occasionally not apply, leading to her demise and failure of the trial.

Lord Recluse Strike Force

• Fixed an issue where Longbow Chasers were not showing up in the first mission, preventing players from progressing

Mission Architect

• Custom Critters within Mission Architect which are capable of self-revival will give no rewards when they are defeated for the second and subsequent times. The powers still contribute to the calculation of their custom XP values.

Seed of Hamidon

• The Germinator Terminator badge should now more reliably be awarded to those who defeat the Seed of Hamidon.

Positron Task Force

• Heroes in need of rescue should no longer spawn on the roof of City Hall.

Join the community discussion here!

Combined

Leveling Pacts

• New leveling Pacts have been disabled. All existing levelling pacts will continue to function.
  • Details can be found in this post.

French Server Select Screen

• The following servers should once again be labeled correctly.
  • Freedom, Justice, Pinnacle, Virtue, Liberty

German Quick Emotes

• The German language quick emote list will no longer freeze the client when clicking it.

Atlas Park/Mercy Island

• Decreased the amount of time it takes for certain enemies to respawn in high traffic areas.
  • Hellion Informants in Atlas Park
  • Longbow Technicians in Mercy Island

Incarnate Trial - The Underground

• Addressed an issue where Desdemona's invincibility at the end of the event would occasionally not apply, leading to her demise and failure of the trial.

Lord Recluse Strike Force

• Fixed an issue where Longbow Chasers were not showing up in the first mission, preventing players from progressing

Mission Architect

• Custom Critters within Mission Architect which are capable of self-revival will give no rewards when they are defeated for the second and subsequent times. The powers still contribute to the calculation of their custom XP values.

Seed of Hamidon

• The Germinator Terminator badge should now more reliably be awarded to those who defeat the Seed of Hamidon.

Positron Task Force

• Heroes in need of rescue should no longer spawn on the roof of City Hall.

Uh, it'll be a saturday in 2014!

Sorry guys, it's been fixed!

~Freitag

The Live European and North American City of Heroes servers will be offline for maintenance on Tuesday, September 20, 2011.

Start Time: 4:00 a.m. PDT / 7:00 a.m. EDT / 12:00 p.m. BST / 13:00 CEST
Expected Duration: 3 hours
Expected Finish Time:7:00 a.m. PDT / 10:00 a.m. EDT / 3:00 p.m. BST / 16:00 CEST

PLEASE NOTE: You will no longer be able to create level pacts following tomorrow's maintenance. For more information on this issue, please read this post.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!

Join the community discussion here!

The Live European and North American City of Heroes servers will be offline for maintenance on Tuesday, September 20, 2011.

Start Time: 4:00 a.m. PDT / 7:00 a.m. EDT / 12:00 p.m. BST / 13:00 CEST
Expected Duration: 3 hours
Expected Finish Time:7:00 a.m. PDT / 10:00 a.m. EDT / 3:00 p.m. BST / 16:00 CEST

PLEASE NOTE: You will no longer be able to create level pacts following tomorrow's maintenance. For more information on this issue, please read this post.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!

The Live European and North American City of Heroes servers will be offline for maintenance on Saturday, September 17, 2011.

Start Time: 9:00 a.m. PDT / 12:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. BST / 18:00 CEST
Expected Duration: 4 hours
Expected Finish Time:1:00 p.m. PDT / 4:00 p.m. EDT / 9:00 p.m. BST / 22:00 CEST

This is for the implementation of a hotfix to resolve instability issues.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!

Join the community discussion here!

The Live European and North American City of Heroes servers will be offline for maintenance on Saturday, September 17, 2011.

Start Time: 9:00 a.m. PDT / 12:00 p.m. EDT / 5:00 p.m. BST / 18:00 CEST
Expected Duration: 4 hours
Expected Finish Time:1:00 p.m. PDT / 4:00 p.m. EDT / 9:00 p.m. BST / 22:00 CEST

This is for the implementation of a hotfix to resolve instability issues.

We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience!

Join Chris "Baryonyx" Behrens as he walks us through the different stages of Issue 21: Conergence's new Incarnate Trial: The Underground! If you haven't had a chance to take a look at this new trial, this is the perfect opportunity to get a leg up and prepare yourself for the challenges to come! The guide provides an overview of not only the powers of the various enemies (and friends) you'll encounter in the Underground, but it will also give you tips on how to avoid enemy fire, and ensure that your allies survive to tell the tale!

Take a look!

Join the community discussion here!

Join Chris "Baryonyx" Behrens as he walks us through the different stages of Issue 21: Conergence's new Incarnate Trial: The Underground! If you haven't had a chance to take a look at this new trial, this is the perfect opportunity to get a leg up and prepare yourself for the challenges to come! The guide provides an overview of not only the powers of the various enemies (and friends) you'll encounter in the Underground, but it will also give you tips on how to avoid enemy fire, and ensure that your allies survive to tell the tale!

Take a look!

The live servers are now accessible to players. Thank you for your patience and support!

~Freitag

Server Selection

• The Scroll Bar for the Server Select Screen should no longer snap back to the top position after you slide it.

Server Transfer

• Praetorians, Rogues and Vigilantes should no longer report incorrect data when they are transferred to another server.

Paragon Market - Mac Client

• Font issues that caused an X to appear instead of text should now be resolved for OS 10.7

Paragon Market

• Players should no longer become disconnected to the Paragon Market after 10 minutes of idling.
• Fixed a client crash when removing items from Paragon Market shopping cart with a scroll bar.

Bug Reporting

• /bug should no longer bring up the /petition window by default

Enhancement Base Storage

• Players should be able to add or remove + and ++ enhancements from base storage.
  • This does not apply to any Invention Origin Enhancements that have been level boosted.

Alignment Missions

• Tip Missions can now be dismissed
  • Previously the "Dismiss this Contact" option was missing for tips.

Server Selection

• The Scroll Bar for the Server Select Screen should no longer snap back to the top position after you slide it.

Server Transfer

• Praetorians, Rogues and Vigilantes should no longer report incorrect data when they are transferred to another server.

Paragon Market - Mac Client

• Font issues that caused an X to appear instead of text should now be resolved for OS 10.7

Paragon Market

• Players should no longer become disconnected to the Paragon Market after 10 minutes of idling.
• Fixed a client crash when removing items from Paragon Market shopping cart with a scroll bar.

Bug Reporting

• /bug should no longer bring up the /petition window by default

Enhancement Base Storage

• Players should be able to add or remove + and ++ enhancements from base storage.
  • This does not apply to any Invention Origin Enhancements that have been level boosted.

Alignment Missions

• Tip Missions can now be dismissed
  • Previously the "Dismiss this Contact" option was missing for tips.

Join in the community discussion here!

We are still in the process of investigating the issues related to players being unable to log into the forums. We will keep you updated as we work to resolve these issues. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

~Freitag

All live servers are now available to players. The Paragon Market is also available, and players should now have the bonus points that they have accumulated since July 1st, 2011.

~Freitag

Unfortunately, the publish is taking longer than expected, and will need to be extended. We do not currently have an ETA for when the maintenance will be complete, but we will keep you updated. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

~Freitag