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Halloween Event 2009

"Brace yourself for the apocalypse as our annual Halloween Event returns to City of Heroes® !
Legions of Zombies, Werewolves, Jack-o-Lanterns, and other foul denizens are preparing to descend upon Paragon City™ and the Rogue Isles™. This year they're bringing even more powerful allies! The apocalypse is deadlier than ever as mysterious monstrosities are joining forces with the Eidolons, Shivans, and others. Paragon City and the Rogue Isles could be in terrible peril, and only the greatest Heroes and Villains can turn back the tide.
- Starts: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at 8:59 a.m. PST (11:59 a.m. EST)
- Ends: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. PST (2:59 a.m. EST)"

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City of Heroes Halloween Event 2009

So, the test server ran the new Halloween event yesterday... Expect the usual trick o' treats and zombies again this year. However, there has been a new event added into the mix...

"Heroes and Villains who enable the “Zone Event” Channel on their Chat Tab will be alerted to the new Deadly Apocalypse Event. (Noted as “Supernatural activity”.

Deadly Apocalypse Event

The fog has rolled in, the sky has darkened, and something is not right. A howling wolf sounds in the night and players are alerted, via Global Alert, that the event is happening in a City Zone (Trial Zones, Hazard Zones, PvP Zones, and Co-Op zones do not have the event running in those zones).

As the Halloween Deadly Apocalypse occurs in a zone, the sky changes to a different color.

• If the Deadly Apocalypse Event is not already running in a zone, Costume salvage redemption at Annah / Granny Beldam has a chance to trigger the Deadly Apocalypse event across all viable zones
• 4 Haunting Banners (destructible objects) appear across a zone, but are surrounded by a magical barrier (they appear on the MiniMap)
• Each Haunting Banner is protected by one of four Haunting Defenders/Ambushers who protect the magical barrier
• There is a chance that Elite Bosses appear as Defenders, depending on the size of the group
• Players must defeat Defenders (of each "type") before the magical barrier goes down and they can attack the Banner itself
• If all 4 Haunting Banners are destroyed before the timer runs out, an Aspect of the Sigil (Giant Monster) appears
• If all 4 Haunting Banners are not destroyed before the timer runs out, the Aspect of the Sigil does NOT spawn and the event cleans itself up
• If either condition is fulfilled, the event cleans itself up

NOTE:

• Players who are within 250 feet of a Banner will have their User Interface (UI) taken over by the Event UI which shows the timer and their status
• If players travel outside of the radius of the Banner, the UI goes away
• UI displays a progress bar which shows how close they are to defeating the themed type of mob
• The status of each Haunting Banner is represented by an Icon in the Event UI. When all Banners appear in the zone, they are shown in the Event UI. Once a particular Banner is defeated (i.e. Transparent Terrors), its representative icon is “blacked out”.
• The Red Progress bar indicates how close the player is to bringing the Banner to “vulnerability”. As blue creeps in and takes over, that shows the player is making progress towards making the Banner vulnerable.

If the Players do not manage to defeat all four Banners in time, the Giant Monster will not appear and the event will clean itself up. The Player will be alerted to the end of the event because the zone will revert to "normal" and a closing sound effect will sound.

Badges

The following badges can be earned by participating in the Deadly Apocalypse (Halloween) Event:

• Dark Fiend - participate in defeat of Dark Fiend Banner
• Hell Hath No Fury - participate in defeat of Women Scorned Banner
• Terror - participate in defeat of the Transparent Terrors Banner
• Monster Masher - participate in defeat of the Monster Mayhem Banner
• Monstrous - participate in the defeat of the Aspect of the Sigil Giant Monster
• Hell and Back (Accolade) - receive Dark Fiend, Hell Hath No Fury, Terror, Monster Masher, and Monstrous badges to earn this Accolade"

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