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Originally Posted by Prof_Backfire

Although the Soldiers of Arachnos are unique in that they have branching powersets- you get a certain selection of powers up to level 24, then you're forced to respec and can choose one of two additional powersets, which effects the type of character you make.

Originally Posted by Justaris

No, you need two level 50s. One hero of any kind, on any server, and one villain of any kind, on any server. If you have that, then you have the Kheldians and the VEATs unlocked. Both PBs and WSs unlock with a single level 50 hero and both Soldiers and Widows unlock with a single level 50 villain.

For instance, if I have a level 50 Scrapper on Champion server, then I can make Peacebringers and/or Warshades on any server I like, as many as I like. If I have a level 50 Mastermind on Virute server, then I can make Soldiers and/or Widoes on any server I like, as many as I like.

If at some point you choose to delete one of your 50s (not sure why you'd do so, but whatever), you can lose access to the epics at that point until you get another 50. This doesn't prevent you from playing Kheld/VEAT characters you've already made, just making new ones. So in the above example, if I deleted the Scrapper, I'd still be able to play my existing Warshades and PBs, but couldn't create new Peacebringers or Warshades until another hero (on any server) got to 50.

You do not need certain badges or to complete certain tasks or anything like that. The Devs have mentioned that they don't really like the level 50 requirement (since it somewhat encourages powerleveling of characters, among other things), so if they ever add a third epic AT to the game it's likely it'll be unlocked in a different way. That's probably fairly far off though.

Originally Posted by SunGryphon

Unlock the hero epics with a level 50 hero, covers all servers, unlimited amount*. Unlock the villain epics with a level 50 villain, covers all servers, unlimited amount*.

If you only have one level 50, deleting that character after creating an EAT/VEAT will result in your inability to create more EAT/VEAT until you get another character to 50.

*Up to your max number of character slots.

Originally Posted by Cainus

Am I the only one who has no idea what you guys are talking about? At first I thought you might be talking about the Clone Wars animated series, but I dont remember the STs being numbered. Other than that, there's some great info on the unlocked ATs in this thread.

I cant believe I havent unlocked one after 4 years... my highest recently went from 44 to 47, and I got bored again and started yet another new guy. (4 full servers and counting)

Originally Posted by DumpleBerry

I have had several periods of away time from the game, and it is true--a quick patch could change this pretty fast. Seeing as all this was reported to the dev's back in beta, and that they've openly stated that this is not what the market was intended for, they seem well aware that it is happening. I'd like to think that they would be smart enough to give us fair warning beforehand. Or at least, a suitable alternative. Heck, if I could just easily move stuff around, I certainly wouldn't be using the market to hold stuff.

Originally Posted by The_Alt_oholic

Since no one has brought it up. Justice and Infinity have been juggling the 3rd and 4th highest server load slots for a good while now.
Justice unofficial Oceanic server - some say it is the unofficial PvP server as well
Infinity is the unofficial PvP server as far as I now.

If you came here during the AE hayday and are just looking for population - stay on Freedom or try Virtue out. If you want to branch out and really explore being a super, then make a character on every server on both sides and see what you find. Each server had a different feel and they are all worth checking out for their individual reasons.

Originally Posted by je_saist

I guess I'm not sure what your question is.

Do you mean something like World of Warcraft's Death Knight were you start at a higher level than everybody else and are automagically more powerful?

No. You'll need to look at other games for something like that.

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Now, City of Heroes does have Epic archtypes, such as the Arachnos player characters, and the Kheldians. However, the word Challenge is better used than Epic. On the hero side of the game, the Epic Classes start the players out with ambushes, enemies that can two shot a player, or mez a player till the player is defeated. The Villain Epic classes lack such challenges, but instead feature a career style leveling path where they can pick what they want to be at high levels.

Originally Posted by Schismatrix

EU=European
NA=North America

Previously there were separate forums and server sites for European and American players. The forums were merged several months ago and now only the server sites are separated.

Originally Posted by LadyMage

It's right on the menu - change global name or change display name I believe it's called. It's the only option like that.

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

The forum is (supposedly) permanent, now, but you could always PM avatea or niviene - there was a post (in Announcements, I believe) just after the EU and NA forums were merged that gave instructions on how to get a change, as well, since people had _NA and _EU appended if there was a conflict. Not sure if that's still going.

Now, in game - do you mean the global? It can (supposedly) only be changed once - but you can check to see if it'll let you by going under your Menu in-game.

Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill

The forum is (supposedly) permanent, now, but you could always PM avatea or niviene - there was a post (in Announcements, I believe) just after the EU and NA forums were merged that gave instructions on how to get a change, as well, since people had _NA and _EU appended if there was a conflict. Not sure if that's still going.

Now, in game - do you mean the global? It can (supposedly) only be changed once - but you can check to see if it'll let you by going under your Menu in-game.