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On Thursday February 15th from 6 AM Pacific / 9 AM Eastern to 8 AM Pacific / 11 AM Eastern we will be performing hardware maintenance on the Liberty and Triumph servers. As part of our continuing commitment to deliver the best service possible, we anticipate no down time for these two servers as they will remain online during this period.

Of course, there is always the possibility that downtime will become necessary. However every step possible is being taken to insure the continued smooth operations of these, and all, of the City of Heroes / Villains servers.

Great guide, Zombie Man!

Now, back to getting all the badges for all my alts! Err, well after work that is

Dr. Reichart von Gehirnsturm a.k.a Doctor Brainstorm

Dr. von Gehirnstrum is credited as the inventor of the Hypothetical Framework, whether or not he did the research himself, or stole it, is hotly debated. The Hypothetical Framework allows for the fusing of magical and technological devices to generate a unique result. This has been embraced by the hero (and villain) communities as a new and exciting way to enhance their already formidable powers.

Reichart von Gehirnsturm was born in Austria to noble parents in the late 1930’s. His parents were strict disciplinarians who made sure he excelled at math and the sciences, which impacted his social skills to the point of being bullied around in school, forced to do other’s homework for them, and generally being the school punching bag.

Reichart’s lower education ended when a gas main exploded and leveled the school, killing most of the students and faculty. Reichart escaped unscathed however, as he was home with the flu the day of the disaster. With no bullies left to muscle him around Reichart moved on to medical school where he received a doctorate and graduated at the top of his class.

Now known as Dr. von Gehirnsturm, he moved swiftly to set up a research company in the United States. The atmosphere of the late 1960’s allowed him to get many free-thinking “volunteers” to try out his new mind enhancing drugs, furthering his research. It was around this time that he discovered that magic was a real, powerful force in the world, and began to incorporate it into his designs. In the late 1970’s he found himself becoming wildly successful and rich marketing such trinkets as The Experience Bar… a device that super-powered individuals could use to measure their power levels and exactly determine when they would become more powerful, gaining new powers or improving their old ones. This commonly became known as “leveling up”, and is all thanks to Dr. von Gehirnsturm.

Decades passed, and eventually all of his companies folded in the late 1990’s due to shoddy and illegal business practices. Dr. von Gehirnsturm then moved his operations to the shelter of the Rogue Isles and continued his research under the nom de guerre of Doctor Brainstorm. Doctor Brainstorm was never above stealing technology he needed, or robbing a bank to get the money required to purchase illegal equipment. Generally regarded as a super-criminal by the general populace, he was still respected in the science field for his innovations and past contributions.

With the conclusion of the Rikti War, Doctor Brainstorm had access to new, alien technology that was the final piece in unlocking the secret of the Hypothetical Framework. The Framework utilized modern technology, magic, and the Rikti alien tech as a blue-frame cube where various pieces of apparently useless garbage could have their most vital parts assembled into a powerful Invention. These Inventions can easily augment the powers of a given hero or villain.

Now mass marketed as the Hypothetical Framework by Crey Technologies (with knockoffs and generic versions made by other, more reputable companies) every hero and villain has access to the key ingredient in creating Inventions that can augment and improve their powers.

A new game version 13.20070122.4T was promoted to the Live US servers on February 13th, 2007. To see the entire list of changes included in this game version, please visit the Patch Notes..

Please use this thread to discuss these changes and give your feedback.

With game version 13.20070122.4T that went live on February 13th, 2007, the following change went in to the various Archetype "Burn" powers:

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Burn: Normalized all versions of 'Burn' to now have a recharge time of 25 seconds. This is a reduction for Tankers, and an increase for Brutes and Blasters.

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Please use this thread to discuss this change and give your feedback.

To see the entire list of changes included in this game version, please visit the Patch Notes..

In the process of bringing the Pocket D Jubilee event to the live servers, we have also updated the game to Version 13.20070122.4T.

What does that crazy version number mean? It means you should take a look at the Patch Notes to find out all the details! Enjoy!

To discuss these game changes, visit the Developer's Corner and post to the Official Threads, or join other players talking about these changes on the General Discussion Forum.

To continue the discussion about this series, we have a new thread for article #2 available.

The next installment of the Ask a Dev series is now available on the CoH Warcry web site. In this article, you can read Matt "Positron" Miller's answers to a variety of questions posed from the first Ask a Dev article. You can also read the introduction to Jack "Statesman" Emmert and pose your questions to him for the coming third article.

To discuss the Ask a Dev series #2, visit this thread on our General Discussion forum.

It has come to our attention that a recent e-mail scam has been circulating in an attempt to gain account log-in credentials of NCsoft customers. We would like to remind our customers that NCsoft will never ask for your password!

For more information about keeping your account secure, please visit the PlayNC Phishing Scam Information Page and the PlayNC Account Security FAQ.

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Lighthouse worked for Sony, whom removed his soul and sent him over to us, which is why he is the way he is.

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No, hours upon hours of playing EverQuest and PlanetSide did that (not to mention all those other games that I shouldn't mention, cause well these are the CoH forums). But then, I don't design the game, so you are safe!

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No problem. But if for some reason it doesnt come Friday, don't kill me! :P

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It won't make Friday. It's out to the following week now. The feature will likely make it to our French and German players and will need a spot of time for translation. At least, that's my excuse and I'm stickin' to it!

Greetings Heroes and Villains Alike!

We want to introduce to you SuperModerator! SuperMod will be patrolling the Message Forums and upholding Truth, Justice and the Forum Rules and Guidelines!

SuperModerator is not any one person. What SuperMod is, is an account that will not show in either the Community Digest or the Dev Digest. This will allow us to make replies to threads that can use a nudge to stay on topic or to lock flame fests without bringing the attention of the Digests on to these posts.

So, if you see the SuperModerator out and about and wonder "hmm, who is that masked Moderator?" well, now you know!

Excellent job, Zombie Man!

We wanted to further clarify the change to Superbase rent that went into effect with the update on January 25th. The change to rent did not effect any current rent owing. Also, the change to rent is not retroactive and no refunds will be made for prior rent paid. Superbase owners must pay off any rent currently due before they will see the new rent rates go into effect.

To read more about superbase rent changes or other updates included in the Jan. 25th patch, visit the Patch Notes.

We wanted to add an example case to this post for reference. One Superbase owner, confused that they still owe rent after paying. This is due to the "crossover" time with the rent system. Here's the example.

rent due 59649
rent incurred 01/18 08:39 PM
rent due 02/01 08:39 PM

The above rent is an example from a nicely set up small 8x8 base. The owners are confused because they still see that they owe some 59,000 prestige for rent, when the patch notes state that the 8x8 size should have no rent cost associated with it. What happens is that amount of rent was incurred just before the patch, but it doesn't come due until after the patch was applied. So, even though they had paid their current rent, they had this new amount of rent coming. Just pay that rent off and then they will be in the new rent rates outlined in the patch notes.

Our apologies for the confusion on this issue. If you feel your Superbase rent is in error, make use of the /petition command in game or visit the PlayNC Support Page and follow the Ask a Question link to contact our Support Department.

Log in and Level UP! Have fun!

Just in time for this weekend’s big Double XP Event, now is the time to tell a friend about FileFront's exclusive 14 day Free Trial of both City of Heroes and City of Villains!

If you currently play only City of Heroes, you can use this trial to check out City of Villains. Or, if you are playing only City of Villains, use this opportunity to take a look at what those Heroes are doing.* This trial is only available for a limited time, so visit FileFront's and download the game today!


* Existing PlayNC accounts may only apply 1 trial key per account per game.

The City of Heroes livejournal community got together and answered some of the most common questions from newbies in the game, especially ones that don't have easy-to-find answers.

To read more, visit the CoH Livejournal Community Web Site.

We have a new version going up on the Training Room Test Server on Monday, January 22nd. You can read the patch notes for what is up with this version here.

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When is anyone going to answer on WarCry? It has been a while and Positron hasn't answered anything...

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Positron has put together his answers internally and we are working on getting Statesman's bio and intro stuff together. Depending on how all that goes, the next installment with that information will likely make it up to Warcry next week.

To clarify the specific dates and times are as follows:

Start: Friday, January 26, 2007 at 8:59 PST/11:59 AM EST
Finish: Sunday, January 28, 2007 at 8:59 PST/11:59 PM EST

It looks like the email has the end time a wee bit early. Don't worry, the event runs through the full weekend. Have fun!

Thanks to everyone who applied for the position. We are no longer taking applications and should be announcing a new member to the Community Team soon!

Thanks Chriffer! I updated the main Tanker link post to Guides with your revisions.

Our apologies for the length of today's forum maintenance. Everything is back online and hopefully even speedier for your browsing, reading and posting pleasure!

Thanks Milk_Weasel. I updated the Kheldian Post linking to Guides with your revisions. If anyone sees anything that should be edited or added, please reply here or PM.

Thanks Milk_Weasel. I put your updated version of the Defender Links to Guides post up.

Gyffes - I added a link to your Guide in both the Dark Maisma section as well as the Radiation Blast secondary section.