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== City of Villains FAQs ==
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If you are new to City of Villains or just looking for a quick answer to the most common questions, please read the game's [[FAQs]].
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== Welcome to the Paragon Wiki! ==
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[[Image:CoHBanner.png|frame|right|[http://www.cityofheroes.com City of Heroes] official site]]
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[[Image:CoVBanner.png|frame|right|[http://www.cityofvillains.com City of Villains] official site]]
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Welcome to City of Heroes and City of Villains, the online world that's home to an entire universe of heroes and villains, where you and thousands of other players take on the roles of super powered heroes and villains in a stunning, 3D graphical world.
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This wiki is intended to be a central repository of all things that have to do with NCSoft's two MMORPG's, [http://www.cityofheroes.com City of Heroes] and [http://www.cityofvillains.com City of Villains].  This wiki is a community effort.  If you cannot find the information you are searching for, please add it to the wiki for other users to see.
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To find information, use the search box on the left, or feel free to browse the available [[Special:Categories|categories]].
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This wiki is provided by the [http://www.pcfreepress.com Paragon City Free Press], a fansite dedicated to the enjoyment of City of Heroes and City of Villains by providing more depth to the game.
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* [[Titan Icon]]
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* [[Paragon Chat]]
  
Please see the [[wikipedia:Help:Editing|Editing User's Guide]] for information about how to write and create articles for this wiki.
 
  
== Recent Updates ==
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* [http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,9531.0.html Tequila] for Windows
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* [http://www.cohtitan.com/forum/index.php/topic,9502.0.html Island Rum] for Mac
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* The effort to complete the documentation of the City of Villains [[CoV Exploration Badges|exploration badges]] in a standardized format is done.  (See News item below for more information.)
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* Added a Warburg [[Missile Launch Mission]] article to describe the steps involved in completing this mission and receiving your Warburg temporary powers!
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* Confused about how coordates work in City of Heroes and City of Villains?  Check out the new article that details the [[coordinates|coordinate system]]!
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* The site has recently changed hosting providers.  This process should be rather transparent, as everything works as it did before.  There is one change, however: the site URL has now changed to http://paragonwiki.com.  The old site (<nowiki>http://www.pcfreepress.com/wiki</nowiki>) is redirecting to the new site, so all old links will still work, but please use the new URL going forward.
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* Yes, we do stay on top of everything!  Within hours of the [[Valentine's Day Event 2006]], Paragon Wiki had articles about the event itself and the two badges ([[Heart of Light Badge|Heart of Light]] for heroes and [[Heart of Darkness Badge|Heart of Darkness]] for villains)!
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* Thanks to the dedicated efforts of [[User:StarGeek|StarGeek]] and [[User:Yakovlev|Yakovlev]], there is a ton of new content about villain groups in the wiki.  Check out the [[:Category:Enemies|Enemies category]] for the list of enemies, expanding daily through the hard work of these users.
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* I have created a [[Paragon Wiki:Main Discussion|discussion page]] for anyone who wants to to post comments, ideas, etc. to the wiki.  If it starts getting too big, I might consider just setting up a real forum instead.  Until then, I guess we'll see how just a discussion page works.  I'll be adding some things that I'm really tossed up about on there soon.
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* I owe [[User:StarGeek|StarGeek]] a HUGE thanks for updating a ton of [[:Category:Powers icons|powers icons]] that I had screwed up the category for.  He corrected a whole bunch, and I've since gone in via SQL directly and updated the rest so that the category is now correct and browsable.  Again, thank you!
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* At long last!  The article on [[Inspirations]] has been added.  Special inspirations for the [[Winter Event 2005]] are included, as are [[Inspirations#Obselete Inspirations|obsolete inspirations]] that have been retired from the game.
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== News ==
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=== February 27, 2006 ===
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==== Software Upgrade ====
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The Paragon Wiki has been [[Special:Version|upgraded]]! This weekend, after extensive testing and and development of software installations and automation scripts, the MediaWiki software that runs the Paragon Wiki was upgraded from verstion 1.4.9 to version 1.5.6.  (If interested in the technical details, please see the [http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=386609 MediaWiki release notes].)
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When all was said and done, the upgrade went very quickly and smoothly.  The wiki was down from 3:20&nbsp;am&nbsp;EST until 3:23&nbsp;am&nbsp;EST.  For a pretty major upgrade, that's not bad at all.  Still, if you notice any glitches or problems, please e-mail [mailto:tonyv@pcfreepress.com tonyv@pcfreepress.com] or post a message on our [http://pcfreepress.com/forums/ forums].
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If you happened to try to access the wiki between 3:20&nbsp;am&nbsp;EST and 3:23&nbsp;am&nbsp;EST early Monday morning, I apologize for the inconvenience.
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=== February 20, 2006 ===
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==== City of Villains Exploration Badges Complete ====
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Hey all, a rather intensive effort over the past couple of days to document and audit all of the City of Villains [[CoV_Exploration_Badges|Exploration Badge articles]] is complete.  In addition to the normal wiki information fare, each article has got the badge description, a detailed explanation of how to get to the badge, and an in-game picture showing you ''exactly'' where the badge is.  Also, each has been formatted according to a rational standard and categorized correctly.
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==== Valentine's Day Event 2006 Wrapping Up ====
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If you have not participated in the [[Valentine's Day Event 2006]] activities, you should be sure to log on now.  The event wraps up the morning of Wednesday, February 22, 2006, so you only have a little time left!
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=== February 8, 2006 ===
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==== Valentine's Day Event 2006 ====
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Wow, a brand new unpublished event was sprung on us today!  At midnight Eastern (for the east coast servers) and 9 pm Pacific (for the west coast servers), heroes and villains who logged in received a new costume part and an accolade!  Read more about the event in the [[Valentine's Day Event 2006]] article!
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=== February 7, 2006 ===
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==== Paragon Wiki Forums Test ====
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[http://www.pcfreepress.com/forums Test forums] have been installed for the site to discuss anything you have on your mind, such as mistakes in articles, requests for articles, asking for help, and so on.  Currently, the forums and the wiki use two different user databases, but before the forums are considered live, the databases will be integrated.  We apologize for the inconvenience, but hey, that's what makes them ''test'' forums!  If you'd like to participate in the test, [http://www.pcfreepress.com/forums/profile.php?mode=register register for an account] and post away.
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Also please note that as test forums, you should consider them purely beta, and though we'll be making periodic backups of the database for them (as part of my own administrative testing), you should keep copies of anything that you consider too important to be lost if the forum database eats itself on a whim.  The default phpBB logos, colors, and icons have not been changed, but before the forums are considered live, there will definitely be some "aestheticization" of the site.
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==== A New Domain Name ====
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The domain name '''paragonwiki.com''' and its variants have been registered and redirected to this site.  Since the Paragon City Free Press and the Paragon Wiki serve two conceptually different functions, serious consideration is being given to splitting them up.  Before you panic, All current pointers will be retained, so all existing bookmarks, links, and such will still work fine.  Mainly, the look of <nowiki>http://paragonwiki.com</nowiki> is better than <nowiki>http://www.pcfreepress.com/wiki</nowiki>, as it's much more readily apparent what it points to and it's much easier to remember.  More information will be posted on this later.
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=== January 31, 2006 ===
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==== Issue 7 Preview Released ====
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The [http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_update7.html Issue 7 Preview] has been released on the City of Heroes and City of Villains official sites.  With a new zone, new mission types, an increase in the villain level cap, new power sets, and much, more, this looks like it will be an exciting new chapter in the CoH universe!
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=== January 22, 2006 ===
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==== New Administrator ====
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I've added another person as an administrator of the site, [[User:StarGeek|StarGeek]].  If you've seen the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] log lately, you'll know that his additions to the wiki have been invaluable, and spread across several areas such as enemy articles, powersets, error corrections, and more.  With administrator privileges, he will now have even more access to change protected pages and perform user administration as well.
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Thanks for your contributions, StarGeek, and I'm looking forward to seeing what's next!
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==== Server Outage ====
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Well, not exactly.  The DNS servers for this site went kaput sometime yesterday (Saturday) afternoon Eastern time, which had the same effect:  For hours, the site was inaccessible.  It was, unfortunately, completely beyond my control other than logging a couple of tickets with my web hosting provider to try to have the matter resolved.  Sometime between around 11:00pm EST Saturday night and 5:30am EST this morning, the problem was resolved and normal service restored.  I apologize for any inconvenience this caused, and hope that the service provider takes steps to keep from having such a long outage again.
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[[Archived News]]
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== External Links ==
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=== Official Sites ===
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* [http://www.cityofheroes.com/ City of Heroes official site]
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* [http://www.cityofvillains.com/ City of Villains official site]
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=== Other Fan Sites ===
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If you want your site listed here, please send an e-mail to the site manager at [mailto:tonyv@pcfreepress.com tonyv@pcfreepress.com] for review.
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* [http://www.pcfreepress.com/ Paragon City Free Press], sister site of the Paragon Wiki
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* [http://taxibots.guildportal.com/ Paragon Taxi Service], the best damn volunteer group, period
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* [http://www.thecaperadio.com/ The Cape Radio], getting your groove on while stomping bad guys
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* [http://www.vidiotmaps.com/coh/ Vidiot Maps], ''the'' definitive geographical resource for Paragon City and the Rogue Isles
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* [http://coh.warcry.com/ Warcry], a great site with lots of resources
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* ColdFront's [http://coh.coldfront.net/ City of Heroes] and [http://cov.coldfront.net/ City of Villains] sites, which includes a very handy badge tracking application
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=== Friend Sites ===
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* [http://www.mozilla.org/ Get Firefox], the browser you can trust
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* Support the [http://www.eff.org/ Electronic Frontier Foundation], defending your digital rights
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* Graphics on this site have been created and/or edited with [http://www.gimp.org/ The Gimp], a powerful and 100% free image editor.
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== Contact Info ==
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[[User:TonyV|TonyV]] is the administrator of this wiki.  If you need to contact him, please send an e-mail to [mailto:tonyv@pcfreepress.com tonyv@pcfreepress.com].
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== Legal Information ==
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City of Heroes is ©2004 NCsoft Corporation and Cryptic Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.<br>
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City of Villains is ©2005 NCsoft Corporation and Cryptic Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.<br>
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City of Heroes, City of Villains, game content, logos, and materials are trademarks and copyrights of NCsoft Corporation and its Licensors and used with permission.
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Please see the [[Paragon Wiki:General_disclaimer|General Disclaimer]] for more information.
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Welcome to the Paragon Wiki Archive, a central repository of all things related to NCsoft's City of Heroes, the world's most popular superhero-themed MMORPG; covering from launch on April 28, 2004, to the final sunset on November 30, 2012, and even beyond. It is a community effort, created and maintained by more than two thousand volunteers since 2005.

City of Heroes was home to an entire multiverse of superpowered beings in a stunning, 3D graphical world. Hundreds of thousands of players took on the roles of heroes, villains, vigilantes, and rogues, while both saving and destroying worlds. City of Heroes was known for its groundbreaking level of customization, its highly community-focused features, and its abundant developer-player interaction and feedback.

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