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Oooh, no one got it yet! I'm shocked that we've managed to stump you so far, I was beginning to think you all had super powers in reality. Here's another picture, this should make it a bit easier...
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Release notes for build 1800.201003300904.25T5r.
COMBINED
Mission Architect
- Fixed a bug that was causing the damage done by certain allied critters to not affect rewards.
Auction House
- Fixed bug that was causing very large transactions to be miscalculated.
Gameplay
- Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when toggling 3 D Sound.
- Fixed a crash when certain characters are included in the comment box while using the LFG system.
- Fixed a crash when a player selected Back during a respec.
- Fixed an issue that was causing input lag for some players.
CITY OF HEROES
Tasks
- Fixed a gap in the wall of the last mission of Positron's Task Force, Part 2.
CITY OF VILLAINS
Powers
Masterminds
- Fixed a bug that allowed Masterminds in some missions to Malefactor down and retain high level pets. Now pets will be lost whenever the combat level of the Masterminds team decreases. This also resolves the issue of retaining 2 or 3 tier 1 pets while Malefactored down to the point where the Mastermind can only summon 1 pet.
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Screenshot the Spot!
How well do you know your City of Heroes/Villains locations?
Hello, hello and welcome to the Screenshot the Spot forum game where every Wednesday until 4pm Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 Central European Time) you can win your choice of a costume code from past Con seasons and the Forum Title "Screenshot Spotter [date]".
The object of this game is to be the first to 1). Figure out the location in-game depicted in the screenshot and 2). Post a screenshot that is closest to the one I have posted , with your own character in the place of the character present in the screenshot. Sounds easy right? Well there's a catch. The location isn't going to be as obvious as you might think so make sure you pay close attention to the picture details and hints.
The Pictures will start out masked and more and more of the image will be revealed as time goes on as long as no one has correctly identified the location by posting their own screenshot. If by the end of the day no one has identified the location, the full picture will be revealed and no one will win for that week (BOOOOOOO!).
Rules:
1. Your post must contain a screenshot of the location depicted in the initial contest post, but with your character in the place of the character present in the screenshot.
2. Screenshots must remain less than 800px X 500px to qualify.
3. UI needs to be turned off (Menu -> Options -> Keymapping -> scroll to bottom under other "Toggle Screenshot UI")
4. Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Screenshot The Spot Contest with your screenshot submission.
5. Your reply must contain a single screenshot. Entries with more than 1 screenshot will be disqualified.
6. Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
7. To enter the contest weekly, as of January 13, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.Quote:If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
8. Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
9. Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
10. If you win the City of Heroes® Screenshot The Spot Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Screenshot the Spot Contest!
Have fun and good luck!
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 - First Screenshot
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How much will the Complete Collection Item Pack cost?
For players who wish to purchase the Complete Collection Item Pack separately, the Item Pack has a manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) of $6.99 USD (5.99 / £4.99). The Complete Collection Item Pack will only be available digitally, through NCsoft.com -
Quote:Oh, I've got a few nicknames for him...Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Eric Johnsen needs an in-game nickname - he's letting the rest of that panel down
Actually Eric is a great guy who I've known for years, and I'm really happy to be working with him. He's done great things for the studio, and I'm sure you will all be excited to get to know him more.
As to the 5th Meet and Greet, this is not the announcement you are looking for. Please move along. This is just an exciting opportunity we were presented with and we decided to take on in addition to the other things going on this year. With something like this in our back yard, and with Mercedes who is such a great person to work with how could we pass this up?
We'll be announcing the 5th Meet and Greet location shortly, keep you eyes peeled! -
When Guest Author Mercedes Lackey told us that it would be a shame if we missed a Science Fiction Convention being held in our own backyard, we knew that we just had to make an appearance at BayCon 2010. So were putting on our walking boots and heading to San Jose to check out the event and talk about City of Heroes®.
Well be reprising our panel Re-Inventing A Super-Heroic MMO at 4PM Saturday, May 29th and this time Mercedes herself will be joining Matt "Positron"Miller, Vince "Dark Watcher" D'Amelio, Art Producer Eric Johnsen, and Eric TheOcho Cleaver.
If youre planning on attending the show, come on over and meet us in person! -
When Guest Author Mercedes Lackey told us that it would be a shame if we missed a Science Fiction Convention being held in our own backyard, we knew that we just had to make an appearance at BayCon 2010. So we’re putting on our walking boots and heading to San Jose to check out the event and talk about City of Heroes®.
We’ll be reprising our panel “Re-Inventing A Super-Heroic MMO” at 4PM Saturday, May 29th and this time Mercedes herself will be joining Matt "Positron"Miller, Vince "Dark Watcher" D'Amelio, Art Producer Eric Johnsen, and Eric “TheOcho” Cleaver.
If you’re planning on attending the show, come on over and meet us in person!
To join in the community discussion of this announcement, please go here. -
Congrats DireAngelus on your win this week!
When I filed a petition looking for GM attention this was NOT what I had in mind -
Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, well post up a new pic for you to write your most creative caption for. Youll have until 5:00pm Pacific to post it, then the judging will commence. The winner will receive the forum title of Caption Champ [date] and the Costume Code of his/her choice from one of the following:
- Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
- Freakshow Tank Boss
- Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
- Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
- Knives of Artemis Lt.
- Praetorian Clockwork
The winning entry will be re-posted in the thread (along with the authors name), as well as in a thread we will create consisting ONLY of the winning entries as they are picked, so that people can see all the winners at a glance if they want to. It will be your chance to achieve some small measure of forum immortality!
Now just a few rules, to keep things civilized:
1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Creative Caption Craziness with your caption submission.
2) Your reply must contain a single caption to the picture posted in the thread. Entries with more than 1 caption will be disqualified.
3) Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 15, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.
5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
7). If you win the City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Creative Caption Craziness Contest!
So without further ado, here is this week's picture!
Good luck, and have fun captioning! -
Hrm, I thought this one was a bit harder. I'm going to have to start pulling out the ones I think are impossible I guess. Congrats kidengineer!
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Screenshot the Spot!
How well do you know your City of Heroes/Villains locations?
Hello, hello and welcome to the Screenshot the Spot forum game where every Wednesday until 4pm Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 Central European Time) you can win your choice of a costume code from past Con seasons and the Forum Title "Screenshot Spotter [date]".
The object of this game is to be the first to 1). Figure out the location in-game depicted in the screenshot and 2). Post a screenshot that is closest to the one I have posted , with your own character in the place of the character present in the screenshot. Sounds easy right? Well there's a catch. The location isn't going to be as obvious as you might think so make sure you pay close attention to the picture details and hints.
The Pictures will start out masked and more and more of the image will be revealed as time goes on as long as no one has correctly identified the location by posting their own screenshot. If by the end of the day no one has identified the location, the full picture will be revealed and no one will win for that week (BOOOOOOO!).
Rules:
1. Your post must contain a screenshot of the location depicted in the initial contest post, but with your character in the place of the character present in the screenshot.
2. Screenshots must remain less than 800px X 500px to qualify.
3. UI needs to be turned off (Menu -> Options -> Keymapping -> scroll to bottom under other "Toggle Screenshot UI")
4. Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Screenshot The Spot Contest with your screenshot submission.
5. Your reply must contain a single screenshot. Entries with more than 1 screenshot will be disqualified.
6. Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
7. To enter the contest weekly, as of January 13, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.Quote:If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
8. Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
9. Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
10. If you win the City of Heroes® Screenshot The Spot Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Screenshot the Spot Contest!
Have fun and good luck!
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 - First Screenshot
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A very tough week, so tough I had to call in a guest judge!
Fortunately EMpulse helped me narrow down the entries till we came up with a clear winner: Yogi_Bare!
Definitely not the '12-pack of cold ones' I had in mind...
So start thinkin about what costume code you'd like Yogi! -
The latest issue in the "Guardians of the Dawn" series is now online.
"Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight" Issue #11
(click on the image to download the PDF File)
After spending her time in the shadow of other heroes, Lyon Powers finally gets the attention she craves. But that attention comes as the most controversial media personality in Paragon City is back on the air, and he's not alone in wanting people to look at Lyon's young career. Will this attention be something she will later regret?
Special guest appearances by Lady Jane of the Dawn Patrol and Gregor Richardson of MAGI.
For more visit the official website at:
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Night Hornet is one of the City of Comic Ceators and GGRRR 16, the latest issue of his long running series is out.
The Comic
A fan based series based on the supergroup GGRRR on Defiant. The comics are a team book and written in a quirky silver age style, best described as suspense, with stories often told with flashbacks and pseudo existential leanings, also the comic follows a cinematic approach to comic story telling and has many pop culture references.
GGRRR Issue 17
To learn more visit the GGRRR Website
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Welcome to Creative Caption Craziness -- a fun weekly forum game. Every Friday, well post up a new pic for you to write your most creative caption for. Youll have until 5:00pm Pacific to post it, then the judging will commence. The winner will receive the forum title of Caption Champ [date] and the Costume Code of his/her choice from one of the following:
- Carnival of Shadows Harlequin
- Freakshow Tank Boss
- Paragon Police Department Hardsuit
- Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress
- Knives of Artemis Lt.
- Praetorian Clockwork
The winning entry will be re-posted in the thread (along with the authors name), as well as in a thread we will create consisting ONLY of the winning entries as they are picked, so that people can see all the winners at a glance if they want to. It will be your chance to achieve some small measure of forum immortality!
Now just a few rules, to keep things civilized:
1) Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Creative Caption Craziness with your caption submission.
2) Your reply must contain a single caption to the picture posted in the thread. Entries with more than 1 caption will be disqualified.
3) Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
4) To enter the contest weekly, as of January 15, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.
5) Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
6) Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
7). If you win the City of Heroes® Creative Caption Craziness Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Creative Caption Craziness Contest!
So without further ado, here is this week's picture!
Good luck, and have fun captioning! -
And a few more of our past winners:
Twelfth
Economic recession and bank closures lead many starting villains to embark upon easier, if less lucrative, "Cash Register Missions".
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Dumpleberry
"No more 'Luck-of-the-Gambler-plus-Recharges' for you, Ocho--we don't want another repeat of your clothes 'Going Rogue' again."
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Chris_Zuercher
This is what your supergroup base looks like without Ultra Mode. Any questions?
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And Electric-Knight
With the splinters in the victim's wounds being ruled circumstantial, this photograph became the key piece of evidence that proved, beyond a reasonable doubt, that she was indeed framed. -
Your speed at figuring these out is as ever amazing.
I'm gonna have to dig into the much harder puzzles soon in an attempt to draw it out a bit.
Congrats Blazing Tiger, please let me know which code you would like! -
Screenshot the Spot!
How well do you know your City of Heroes/Villains locations?
Hello, hello and welcome to the Screenshot the Spot forum game where every Wednesday until 4pm Pacific Time (7:00 PM Eastern Time / 12:00 PM GMT / 1:00 Central European Time) you can win your choice of a costume code from past Con seasons and the Forum Title "Screenshot Spotter [date]".
The object of this game is to be the first to 1). Figure out the location in-game depicted in the screenshot and 2). Post a screenshot that is closest to the one I have posted , with your own character in the place of the character present in the screenshot. Sounds easy right? Well there's a catch. The location isn't going to be as obvious as you might think so make sure you pay close attention to the picture details and hints.
The Pictures will start out masked and more and more of the image will be revealed as time goes on as long as no one has correctly identified the location by posting their own screenshot. If by the end of the day no one has identified the location, the full picture will be revealed and no one will win for that week (BOOOOOOO!).
Rules:
1. Your post must contain a screenshot of the location depicted in the initial contest post, but with your character in the place of the character present in the screenshot.
2. Screenshots must remain less than 800px X 500px to qualify.
3. UI needs to be turned off (Menu -> Options -> Keymapping -> scroll to bottom under other "Toggle Screenshot UI")
4. Reply in the official City of Heroes® forum (http://boards.cityofheroes.com/) thread created for each weekly Screenshot The Spot Contest with your screenshot submission.
5. Your reply must contain a single screenshot. Entries with more than 1 screenshot will be disqualified.
6. Your submission must also contain the following statement. Please note that your submission will be disqualified if this statement is not present in your post:
7. To enter the contest weekly, as of January 13, 2010, you must be 13 years of age or older. If a winner is under 18 or a minor in his or her state/province/country of residence, his or her parent or guardian must also sign any applicable releases and documentation.Quote:If I am a winner, I permit NC Interactive, Inc. and NCsoft Europe Limited to use my name, likeness, photograph, hometown, and any comments that I may make about myself or this contest that I provide for advertising and promotional activities. I also certify that I am at least 13 years of age and am eligible to participate in this contest.
8. Please note, only 1 (one) entry per forum account will be accepted. If you post a second time, you'll get disqualified, so make your one entry count!
9. Entries must conform to the Official City of Heroes Message Forum Rules and Guidelines.
10. If you win the City of Heroes® Screenshot The Spot Contest one week, you are not eligible to do so again for the next 8 weeks. This is to allow other people the opportunity to win. Please be courteous to others and refrain from participating during the weeks you are not eligible to win.
Visit here to read Official Rules and Conditions for the Screenshot the Spot Contest!
Have fun and good luck!
Wednesday, May 5th, 2010 - First Screenshot
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The Protector Server will be coming down for unscheduled maintenance on 5/5/10 at 7am Pacific (10am Eastern) for 2 hours.
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You learned about a community created anniversary podcast yesterday but thats just the beginning! There are all kinds of ways CoH players are celebrating our game turning another year older. Check out all these different types of content and activities being created by the community for the community in honor of CoHs 6th birthday!
Samuraikos 6 Year Anniversary Video!
Dark_Respite has graced us with yet another of her amazing videos! Her 6th Year Anniversary creation focuses on no less than 20 events that shaped the City of Heroes® world going all the way back to April 28th, 2004. All the games issues and expansions are covered in this in this in-depth video retrospective that is sure to entertain! Go here to view it.
Listen and Win on The Cape Radio!
The Cape Radio has gotten into the Anniversary spirit as well. They are giving away your choice of in-game costume code every day during one of their live shows up until the 26th of May. But you never know which show so you need to listen to win! The Cape is always a fun listen, and their in game events on the Virtue server are always a blast so check them out! Go here for more info.
Player Run In Game Events!
The Liberty Server has it going on this anniversary!
If you want to check out the new Task Force content in Issue 17: Dark Mirror, you could try the Sisterhood Sunday - Special Anniversary Edition, where they plan to get as many folks through the newly improved Positron Task Force as is superpossible!
If keeping Earth safe from the Rikti menace is more your cup of tea, then youll probably want to check out the Alpha and Omega RWZ Challenge, which will include a 6th Anniversary Costume Contest.
There is great stuff happening on all the servers, so go take a look at the server forums on the Official City of Heroes Message Board to get in on the action.
Supergroups in the Press!
Two of our Super Groups were recently featured in an article on Massively. In honor of the anniversary, both ICONS (on Victory) and Fusion Force (on Triumph) have been active for 6 years and shared with Massively some of their thoughts on the game and what its been like to be part of the community since the beginning! Take a look at the article, its definitely worth a read!
Thanks for all the support, CoH players and Happy Anniversary! -
You learned about a community created anniversary podcast yesterday…but that’s just the beginning! There are all kinds of ways CoH players are celebrating our game turning another year older. Check out all these different types of content and activities being created by the community for the community in honor of CoH’s 6th birthday!
Samuraiko’s 6 Year Anniversary Video!
Dark_Respite has graced us with yet another of her amazing videos! Her 6th Year Anniversary creation focuses on no less than 20 events that shaped the City of Heroes® world going all the way back to April 28th, 2004. All the game’s issues and expansions are covered in this in this in-depth video retrospective that is sure to entertain! Go here to view it.
Listen and Win on The Cape Radio!
The Cape Radio has gotten into the Anniversary spirit as well. They are giving away your choice of in-game costume code every day during one of their live shows up until the 26th of May. But you never know which show…so you need to listen to win! The Cape is always a fun listen, and their in game events on the Virtue server are always a blast so check them out! Go here for more info.
Player Run In Game Events!
The Liberty Server has it going on this anniversary!
If you want to check out the new Task Force content in Issue 17: Dark Mirror, you could try the Sisterhood Sunday - Special Anniversary Edition, where they plan to get as many folks through the newly improved Positron Task Force as is superpossible!
If keeping Earth safe from the Rikti menace is more your cup of tea, then you’ll probably want to check out the Alpha and Omega RWZ Challenge, which will include a 6th Anniversary Costume Contest.
There is great stuff happening on all the servers, so go take a look at the server forums on the Official City of Heroes Message Board to get in on the action.
Supergroups in the Press!
Two of our Super Groups were recently featured in an article on Massively. In honor of the anniversary, both ICONS (on Victory) and Fusion Force (on Triumph) have been active for 6 years and shared with Massively some of their thoughts on the game and what it’s been like to be part of the community since the beginning! Take a look at the article, it’s definitely worth a read!
Thanks for all the support, CoH players and Happy Anniversary!
To discuss this announcement, please go here. -
And a big Congrats to Djeannie with her win this week!
After his steampunk upgrade, Huey the Hobby Horse dared anyone to laugh at him now! -
Quote:Yes.Originally Posted by EmperorSteele
I may have skipped it (twice) but is it only 1 entry per person?
Quote:One entry per person ONLY will be accepted, so you will have to choose which category you'd like to enter!
All entries will be judged equally on the following criteria: creativity, originality, visual appearance, and strength of propaganda idea (for Loyalist Billboard Category only). -