Did you know... The unofficial history thread

Gadgeteer.

THANK YOU! That was bugging the heck out of me.

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The sword on Ms. Liberty's hip is the fabled Excaliber which was entrusted to her mother Miss Liberty.

Ms. Liberty also wears the Girdle of Hera which was a wedding present to her grandmother from the Furies.

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If you fail to click on the link there, a reminder, Ms. Liberty is Statesmans' Granddaughter.

The Hollows wasn't always there. Perez Park used to be the first level-restricted zone characters had access to. Before Hollows, most people ran the mission strings in King's Row.

When the Hollows was first added, only the first row of sandbags existed. Spawns near the entrance were of all levels, happened often in the parking lot across from Wincott, and people fleeing combat would also run groups back there.

During the hours when the area was well-populated, this would lead to huge battles and almost non-stop combat. During less-populated hours, this mostly just led to player obliteration. Enough complaints were generated that the devs added a second line of defense, moved the spawn points away from the entrance, and restricted spawn levels near the entrance to 5-7.

Some of us feel this was a sad day in the Hollows.

I think this is common knowledge, but I feel like I need to include it.

Citadel was first named Bastion.

Positron's armor didn't used to have the blue-green markings on it.

The Rularuu first appeared when the Circle of Thorns got a big ol' mallet and brought them here.

... isn't that like Superboy-Prime punching the walls of reality?

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The Rularuu first appeared when the Circle of Thorns got a big ol' mallet and brought them here.

... isn't that like Superboy-Prime punching the walls of reality?

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It was a book called 'The Hammer of The World', and it was the Banished Pantheon. I think.

Break-frees were originally Disciplines, which didn't negate holds, they only added defense against them. For a while you could trade in bounty in SC and get them instead of break-frees.

Unyielding used to root you to one spot.

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Break-frees were originally Disciplines, which didn't negate holds, they only added defense against them. For a while you could trade in bounty in SC and get them instead of break-frees.

Unyielding used to root you to one spot.

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As did the Stone Tanker power "Rooted".

Did you know....

There was a different "Sister Psyche" that handed out the TF in independence port. Aurora Borealis, who had the mind of the current Sister Psyche trapped inside of her, was the TF contact, and a hero named Malaise was the trainer.

Also, did you know that there was a special TF in the game given by Calvin Scott (Aurora Borealis' husband), that explained how the current Sister Psyche was returned. In the TF, you fought Malaise. That TF was removed with I4.

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The Rularuu first appeared when the Circle of Thorns got a big ol' mallet and brought them here.

... isn't that like Superboy-Prime punching the walls of reality?

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It was a book called 'The Hammer of The World', and it was the Banished Pantheon. I think.

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It was... and they were also responsable for the arrival of the Cabal, Fir Bolg, et al. with the same book, although we didn't know who was responsable for either until we were told that in a Paragon Times article focusing on Croatoa.

Did you know that the tram network originally did not have a location menu? You had to stop at each station between your origin and desitination. Fun.

The various Issue names are the chapter names of various books. (e.g. "A Council of War" is chapter 12 of Treasure Island)

Manticore's parents were originally killed by Doppleganger instead of Protean.

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The Rularuu first appeared when the Circle of Thorns got a big ol' mallet and brought them here.

... isn't that like Superboy-Prime punching the walls of reality?

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It was a book called 'The Hammer of The World', and it was the Banished Pantheon. I think.

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It was... and they were also responsable for the arrival of the Cabal, Fir Bolg, et al. with the same book, although we didn't know who was responsable for either until we were told that in a Paragon Times article focusing on Croatoa.

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I knew it wasn't an actual hammer, I just thought it went well with the Suprboy Prime joke.

And it wasn't the Pantheon, it was CoT. I remember.

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And it wasn't the Pantheon, it was CoT. I remember.

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There were multiple villain groups competing over the Malleus Mundi. The Fifth Column figured heavily into things as well.
We mostly got fragments of that story as opposed to a single storyline. I'm not sure I ever saw a single authoritative summary of exactly what happened.

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The various Issue names are the chapter names of various books. (e.g. "A Council of War" is chapter 12 of Treasure Island)

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Issue 1 - Through the Looking Glass, from Lewis Carroll's book of the same name
Issue 2 - Shadow of the Past, Chapter 2 of The Lord of the Rings, Fellowship of hte Ring buy J. R. R. Tolkien
Issue 3 - Council of War, Chapter 12 of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Issue 4 - Coliseum - Chapter 34 of Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas

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And it wasn't the Pantheon, it was CoT. I remember.

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There were multiple villain groups competing over the Malleus Mundi. The Fifth Column figured heavily into things as well.
We mostly got fragments of that story as opposed to a single storyline. I'm not sure I ever saw a single authoritative summary of exactly what happened.

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Perhaps not. The story started out with no one knowing who had the Hammer of the World, and the Banished Patheon, CoT, and 5th were all mentioned as being interested in it.

Still, the July 13, 2005 issue of the Paragon Times ties the Banished Panteon directly to the events of the Malleus Mundi with no mention of the others' involvement:

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Skipper LeGrange has an even more troubling view of the situation. “Back during the whole Malleus Mundi event, not all of the damage was contained. Barriers were left weakened. Inter-dimensional doors left ajar—so to speak. The Banished Pantheon, in their clumsy attempt to awaken certain forces, allowed others to benefit from their efforts.”

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And it wasn't the Pantheon, it was CoT. I remember.

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There were multiple villain groups competing over the Malleus Mundi. The Fifth Column figured heavily into things as well.
We mostly got fragments of that story as opposed to a single storyline. I'm not sure I ever saw a single authoritative summary of exactly what happened.

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Perhaps not. The story started out with no one knowing who had the Hammer of the World, and the Banished Patheon, CoT, and 5th were all mentioned as being interested in it.

Still, the July 13, 2005 issue of the Paragon Times ties the Banished Panteon directly to the events of the Malleus Mundi with no mention of the others' involvement:

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Skipper LeGrange has an even more troubling view of the situation. “Back during the whole Malleus Mundi event, not all of the damage was contained. Barriers were left weakened. Inter-dimensional doors left ajar—so to speak. The Banished Pantheon, in their clumsy attempt to awaken certain forces, allowed others to benefit from their efforts.”

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It was CoT!! The voices in my head say so

Did you know...

That Striga was War Witch's zone, yet features Ravenstorm as the trainer, while Croatoa was Ravenstorms zone, while War Witch is the trainer?

That the "Kill Skuls" badge is not misspelled, and is based on a joke here from the forums?

That there was originally a bug that would cause you to be stuck with the Vahzilok Wasting Disease even if you completed the Arc?

Did you know... that respecification was not always an option in the game? The Terra Volta trial was added in Issue 2. Originally powers and slotting were permanent choices that could not be changed, which meant a mistake in a build was there for life and that patches had much more serious ramifications.

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The Rularuu first appeared when the Circle of Thorns got a big ol' mallet and brought them here.

... isn't that like Superboy-Prime punching the walls of reality?

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Actually, a lot of evidence points to Crey and/or Nemesis being responsible for the Rularuu invasion. The only events directly attributed to the Malleus Mundi are the Halloween invasion of 2004, and the opening of Croatoa in Salamanca.

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In a late game arc, Dr. Quarterfield from Firebase Zulu sends you to investigate several Crey facilities operating within the Shadow Shard. You learn that Crey, using technology first created by Nemesis, has been able to travel to other dimensions (or, at least, just the Shadow Shard) undetected by Portal Corp. We know, already, that Nemesis has been able to contact other dimensions before, including Rikti Earth (being partially responsible for the invasion, himself). So, with that in mind, it's possible that either Nemesis or Crey had left the barrier between Earth and the Shadow Shard weak enough for the Rularuu to invade.

On that note, the Shadow Shard is its own dimension. A pocket dimension, to be precise, created specifically to imprison Rularuu the Ravager. On any alternate Earth, a portal to the Shadow Shard would lead to the exact same pocket dimension as on Primal Earth. So, in all of existence, there is only one Rularuu the Ravager.

The Shadow Shard shares a history with Paragon City. Its natives believe they are, or were, a part of Paragon City from the Sixties. This could mean that the Shadow Shard was created during Primal Earth's 1960s as a prison for Rularuu, emulating our world in a pocket dimension. When Lanaru went mad, he shattered the world of that pocket dimension, destroying anything that could have, once, resembled Paragon City. Or, ruins of what that world once was could be in an as-of-yet locked zone within that dimension (which has been hinted at a few times since Issue One).

Did you know-

-That the taunt for tankers only affected 1 person

-That singularity for gravity controllers never existed. I can't remember when it was added, but a power called "Fold Space" used to take its place. It was basically Team Teleport, and was rarely used, so the devs took it out.

-That the tabs used to set your chat settings also never existed. It was added at the request of being able to keep tabs on all of the different chat modes.

-That Boomtown and Perez Park were actually used to get exp

-That the lvl 32 "Nuke" powers for blasters would not only drain you of all your endurance, but also leave you disoriented

-That katana and Broadsword shared the EXACT same powers and names.

-That you used to be able to attack in personal force field. It was allowed, but you suffered a great accuracy penalty.

-That Adrenalin Boost used to leave the defender (Or controller) disoriented after using it.

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Did you know-
-That katana and Broadsword shared the EXACT same powers and names.


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And animations.

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Did you know-
-That katana and Broadsword shared the EXACT same powers and names.


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And animations.

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Ugh. Those were dark times.

The comic used to be free with the City of Heroes subscription, but that got too expensive.

The group "The Council" replaced an old group, the "5th Column". This was simulated ingame through massive street fights bewen Council and 5th groups. This was the first implementation of NPCs fighting eachother; they didn't used to be able to do this.

At one point, NPCs had their AI for dealing with certain status effects improved to be 'smarter', but this was so drastically penalizing to some archetypes in terms of balance that it was later reverted.

The original strategy guide was essentially based on a design document. So it contains details on a number of events - particularly trials - that were never actually implemented, such as the Faultline Dam trial.

City of Heroes was one of the first MMOs to use a 'early start' program for pre-order accounts.

(Future History!) City of Heroes will be one of the first games to implement the native use of Physics Processor Units.

(Question) Didn't you use to be able to die from falling damage?