European Servers

1. You have to setup up a European account. Probably here.
2. Yes. Remember, England IS a part of Europe. And IIRC there are two English servers.
3. Probably the same amount as it does in America, plus or minus the exchange rate.
4. No. That was a one time badge. You can't get it anymore, as I recall.
5. I would say yes. I still suspect that they're going to be merging the euro servers into the US server list eventually to be one giant server list, but that's just my guess and hope.

Currently you will need a seperate account to access the EU servers. You will either need to download the European version of the game or just change a couple of files to have different names.

You do realise that EU is made up of about 27 different countries each with their own language (English being one of them) so there isn't a 'European Language'. To answer your question though two servers (defiant and union) have everything in English, one server where everything is in French (Vigilance) and one server where everything is in German (Zukunft).

If you already own the game then you can just change a couple of files to access the EU servers. Then it will cost the monthly subscription.

That was only availabe for a short time when they first introduced the EU version of the game and people were allowed to transfer their accounts over. Now it is unavailable as you are unable to transfer a NA account to an EU one. You have to start from scratch.

Depends on who you listen to and your reasons for swapping. The EU commonity isn't huge when compared to the larger NA servers but apparently is more comparable to the other servers in the NA (unsure of exact numbers, just going by what I saw a redname write once). I enjoy playing the EU servers, I generally don't have trouble finding teams when I want them, I have friends I enjoy playing with and the peak hours suit my play times.

If you were coming over from an NA account then you will be starting from scratch and have access to overall less character slots than the NA. However if your play times don't match the peak times in the NA then it may be worth it.

The decision is up to you.

Edit - in fact you only need to change one file name to access the EU servers (once you have an account of course!).
* Copy your City of Heroes folder to somewhere new (just to be on the safe side)
* Find the file called cohupdater.exe (it may just be called cohupdater on some operator systems)
* Rename this cohupdater.eu.exe (or cohupdater.eu)
* Run the file
* If it says install the game then just choose yes

And you're done! Just create a shortcut for the cohupdater.eu file on your desktop for convenience.

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger Quote: 16. Has Paragon Studios redefined "player" to require your mouse to subscribe separately from your keyboard? If your mouse has greater processing power than your gfx card, the answer is yes.

Incorrect, you need to purchase a retail code in order to begin playing on the EU side. Or failing that, a trial account; at the end of which, in order to keep playing, you need to purchase a retail code.

The EU servers are accessed with an EU account; the NA servers are accessed with a NA account. These are separate, and each requires a retail serial code to continue playing past any trial time.

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Tired did mention that they had to have an account first.

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