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City of Heroes 6 Year Anniversary

As per this posting:

"It's that time of year again...for heroes and villains to reflect and rejoice!

We're turning six years old and want you to help us celebrate.

With Issue 17 on the way and Going Rogue™ just around the corner, the phrase: You're not getting older, you're just getting better has never been so true.
So many of you have been with us from the very beginning, and while we could never do enough to truly show you our gratitude and appreciation, we do have some fun activities planned to help us ring in our anniversary with style!

Please join us for a month of celebration starting on our birthday, April 28th and continuing on throughout the month of May.

Read on and plan accordingly so you don't miss any of the fun!

Issue 17: Dark Mirror
We'll start with the biggest news first. In honor of our Six Year Anniversary we are proud to announce that Issue 17: Dark Mirror will officially release on our birthday, April 28th!
The amazing visuals made possible by Ultra Mode plus new story arcs, player emotes, numerous Mission Architect additions, the introduction of animated tails and much more will hit the live servers for your enjoyment next Wednesday.

As part of this release you will be receiving:

• 1 Free Respec (so use up your current one if you still have it to make room for this one!)
• 1 Costume Token per unlocked costume slot.

So on anniversary day, see City of Heroes® in a whole new light (literally) and help us celebrate by playing and enjoying this latest free content update!

In-Game Events
Gameplay Fun!
You may have noticed that things tend to get a little... "out of hand" in-game on our anniversaries. Well, this year will be no exception! On Monday, April 26th and Tuesday, April 27th, get ready for chaos to break loose on a server near you! Don't miss out on this opportunity to band together with your fellow players to defeat giant obstacles, earn merits, badges, XP and maybe even pick up a 30 day anniversary title!
*Click here for the list of days, servers and times!

In-Game Training Room Meet and Greet with the Devs!
The developers want to wish you happy anniversary personally on Wednesday the 28th, so please join us at the following times in Pocket D on the North American and European Training Rooms:

*EU Training Room - 9am - 1pm PST, Wednesday, April 28th

• 9-10am PST (12-1pm EST / 5-6pm British Time / 18:00-19:00 Central European Summer Time) - Melissa "War Witch" Bianco, Sean "Dr. Aeon" McCann
• 10am- 12:00pm PST (1-3pm EST / 6-8pm British Time / 19:00-21:00 Central European Summer Time) - Matt "Positron" Miller
• 10am-11am PST (1-2pm EST / 6-7pm British Time / 19:00-20:00 Central European Summer Time) - Floyd "Castle" Grub
• 11am-12pm PST (2-3pm EST / 7-8pm British Time / 20:00-21:00 Central European Summer Time) - Matt "The Television" Stults
• 12pm-1pm PST (3-4pm EST / 8-9pm British Time / 21:00-22:00 Central European Summer Time) - Chris "Back Alley Brawler" Bruce, Jesse "Ghost Falcon" Caceres

*NA Training Room - 3pm - 7pm PST, Wednesday, April 28th

• 3-4pm PST(6-7pm EST) - Melissa "War Witch" Bianco, Sean "Dr. Aeon" McCann
• 4pm- 6pm PST (6-8pm EST) - Matt "Positron" Miller
• 4pm-5pm PST (7-8pm EST) - Jesse "Ghost Falcon" Caceres
• 5pm-6pm PST (8-9pm EST) - Floyd "Castle" Grub
• 6pm-7pm PST (9-10pm EST) - Chris "Back Alley Brawler" Bruce, Matt "The Television" Stults

*In some cases (and depending on availability), certain Devs may stay beyond their scheduled 'appearance' times.

If you don't currently have a copy of your character on The Training Room, make sure to transfer him/her there so that you can pay the Devs a visit! Go here to transfer your character now.

*Please note: Due to the content release on this day, if any problems with Issue 17 arise that require Dev attention, we reserve the right to reschedule the North American Training Room In-game "Meet and Greet" Event to another day/time.


Global Anniversary Address From War Witch
This year, the baton has been passed to War Witch who will present the 6 Year Anniversary Address to players. At approximately 8pm EST in-game (and shortly thereafter on the website), she will share some words of wisdom that will no doubt reflect on the past and help us all look forward to the future!

Declare Your Loyalty Anniversary Contest!
Leave your mark on Praetoria forever! Be watching the website within the next week for the debut of our "Declare Your Loyalty" Anniversary Contest which will allow Loyalists to create a piece of propaganda for a billboard in Praetoria and Resistance supporters to create a piece of graffiti that will appear around the city. The best thing about this contest? Winning entries in both categories will all be considered for inclusion in the game! There will be other great prizes too, of course!

Specifics are coming soon, but you only have three weeks to enter, start thinking creatively now about the piece of propaganda or graffiti that you want to submit. With any luck it will become a part of City of Heroes® for the rest of time!

Player Run Activities/Events
We're pleased to share that our players are getting involved by throwing their own anniversary-related activities and events. Keep an eye on the website and message board for what the "Off The Cape" Podcast and thecaperadio.com are up to for our six year anniversary. If you're planning on doing something for your fellow heroes/villains to mark the occasion, let us know! Send an email to cohcommunity@ncsoft.com and we'll help you promote it!

6 Year Anniversary Badge
Another year means another commemorative badge!

Beginning at 11am EST on Saturday, May 1st, 2010 and continuing until 11:59pm EST on Monday, May 31st, we will be issuing each individual character you log into the game with, the following 6 Year Anniversary badge:


Just a reminder - this badge will be awarded per character, not per account, so be sure to log those characters into the game starting next Saturday, May 1st, if you want them to get the anniversary badge!

It all starts this coming Monday the 26th and we hope you'll join us celebrate the fact that we're six years and going strong!

Thanks for helping us make City of Heroes® the longest-running and most popular comic book-inspired MMO in existence.

Happy Anniversary!"

Issue 17 in Open Beta

As per This post:

"The Open Beta for Issue 17: Dark Mirror has now started!

Experience the many thrills coming with the next city of Heroes® content update before it hits the live servers. Crank up the graphics with Ultra Mode, experience brand new story arcs, revisit your characters thanks to even more costume options, and more!

To check out the Open Beta, all you need to do is log into the North American or European Training Room! If you are not familiar with the process to access the test server, please read this post for our North American players or this one for our European players.

Also please keep in mind that this is a beta version, which means you might encounter bugs or other gameplay issues. We strongly encourage you to report them using the /bug command ingame, and we'll be happy to collect any comments you might want to share with us on our official boards. Your feedback is as always very valuable to us!"

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