As per this page:"The eighteenth free expansion for City of Heroes® introduces major new game upgrades and is the milestone for the release of the content in the City of Heroes Going Rogue™ expansion.
Tips System
The Tips System gives players a new way to find missions. During play, foes Level 20 or higher may drop notes or clues, or offer information. These Tips start new mission arcs, allowing characters to face new opponents and challenges--and perhaps even change their destiny.
One Auction House for All
Players of all alignments, whether they are Heroes, Villains, Vigilantes, or Rogues, can now use any Wentworth's Consignment House or Black Market venue.
Trading Between Alignments
Heroes and Villains can now trade Inspirations in co-op zones. Players can even mail certain items to their own characters using the global email system.
Mission Architect Additions
With the inclusion of doppelgangers, your character can now fight against himself or herself!
New Hardware Support
City of Heroes now supports Alienware AlienFX®.
Cathedral of Pain
Issue 18: Shades of Gray reintroduces the long-awaited Cathedral of Pain Trial. The Cathedral of Pain is the name of one of the strongholds of Ruularu the Ravager, a cosmic entity with unimaginable powers. Inside the heavily defended Cathedral of Pain, Ruularu is attempting to pierce the barrier between his realm and our reality. If he succeeds, Ruularu gains ultimate power, and our dimension will be obliterated.
Only you and your allies can stop Ruularu.
The Cathedral of Pain is one of the most challenging trials in City of Heroes. Up to 24 Level 50 characters can work together to take down the Soldiers of Ruularu, Psionic Resonators, and ultimately an aspect of Ruularu himself. You have only one hour to complete your mission.
If your group manages to stop Ruularu's insane scheme, your courage will be rewarded! You can earn Merit Rewards, or even earn a rare badge to celebrate this epic victory. But be on guard--Ruularu will return."The page noted also has more screenshots of the next issue and Going Rogue to check out.
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hmmmm seems kinda what's the word I'm looking for ?....Fuckin' Lame again!!
ReplyDeleteI dunno, it could be cool...
ReplyDeleteI was one of those players who never got to see the Cathedral, so I'll definitely be checking it out before writing it off entirely.
Now if only they can get the joint auction house to work better than the current one...
Well, the CoP will be completely different now... as it's been retooled for an end game raid instead of a pvp one. Hard to say just yet...
ReplyDeleteHowever, if the Halloween and Winter raid events are anything to judge by, it will be great the first month or so then impossible once the new car smell wears off.
Unfortunately, I have my doubts that CoH can support a massive end-game raid ala WoW. I mean when was the last time you heard of someone really doing Hamidon?
have to agree,It will be fun until the new car smell wears off. Haven't seen anyone do a Hamidon in over 2 years or ship raids very often if at all in 6 months or so. Paragon has nerfed a lot of the fun out of the game.....Tankers anyone? Remember when you could herd 3-4 mobs and now it's impossible to get 2 mobs together and there is AE.That turned out to be a crap storm, but Posi knows best right?.....right?
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'd like to think CoP and Going Rogue are going to be great, but I just can't put any faith into it after seeing what other MMO's are doing. They really need to start rebuilding the game engine from the ground up. That is only way CoH/CoV is going to survive in today's market.