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=== Archived News ===
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* [[News/20110621|Announcing City of Heroes Freedom and Issue 21: Convergence]] <small>Tuesday, June 21, 2011</small>
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* [[News/20110628|Incarnates Ascend is Live! ]] <small>Tuesday, June 28, 2011</small></onlyinclude>* [[News/20110621|Announcing City of Heroes Freedom and Issue 21: Convergence]] <small>Tuesday, June 21, 2011</small></onlyinclude>
 
* [[News/20110715|Double The Fun!]] <small>Friday, July 15, 2011</small>
 
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* [[News/20110601|Release the pressure with the brand new Steampunk Pack!]] <small>Wednesday, June 1, 2011</small></onlyinclude>
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* [[News/20110601|Release the pressure with the brand new Steampunk Pack!]] <small>Wednesday, June 1, 2011</small>
 
* [[News/20110524|Incarnates Ascend update to I20 announced]] <small>Tuesday, May 24, 2011</small>
 
* [[News/20110524|Incarnates Ascend update to I20 announced]] <small>Tuesday, May 24, 2011</small>
 
* [[News/20110428|Celebrating Seven Years of CoH]] <small>Thursday, April 28, 2011</small>
 
* [[News/20110428|Celebrating Seven Years of CoH]] <small>Thursday, April 28, 2011</small>

Revision as of 13:54, 30 September 2011

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This page lists all currently relevant news headlines. The list will be displayed on the Main Page. Only major news relevant for the whole community should be displayed here. News headlines are listed in reverse chronological order (latest news at the top).

News headlines

Praetorian Invasions

A series of Praetorian invasions are currently underway, finishing October 11 on the Infinity server. Each event last three hours, with one event per server that has not yet had the experience. Full details and the schedule for each remaining server can be found in the City of Heroes Freedom™ Praetorian Invasions Schedule!.

Free to Play now available

On September 27, City of Heroes Freedom became accessible by free players, (as well as the existing VIP and Premium players) as explained in the official announcement.

Account Reactivation

Beginning the weekend of September 23, all inactive game accounts will be begin being reactivated as Premium level accounts! Read more details in the official announcement.

New Refer a Friend Program

A new version of the Refer a Friend Program will begin soon, where VIP players can refer new players or former players whose subscription has been inactive for at least 90 days. Complete details are found in the official announcement.

Circle of Thorns Costume Set

The much anticipated new Circle of Thorns Costume Set became available in the Paragon Market on September 27. "Disguise yourself in villainous style as a member of the occult group Circle of Thorns. For Male, Female, and Huge characters." Cost is 400 points.

Level Pacts Disabled

With the live server publish commenced 7:30AM US EDT on Tuesday, 20 September, the ability to create new levelling pacts has been disabled as previously announced here. According to that announcement, "new Level Pacts won't be available to anybody until we have been able to revisit the system at a later point."

Signature Story Arc

The first Signature Story Arc is now available to eligible players (free for VIP players, purchasable by Premium players). The first of seven, "Who will die" commences in Skyway City for Heroes, and Cap au Diable for Villains. Two contacts, Theoden and Alastor, become available. A pop-up announcing the contact will appear; and they show on the minimap when in those zones.

The arc tells the same story from different perspectives. The first arc is three missions long, runs as a Task Force/Strike Force, can be soloed by many players, and will Exemplar higher level players to level 20. They feature a stunning new map of the Hollows for the last mission.

NCsoft announced the arcs here.

City of Heroes Freedom VIP Head Start

Players with account subscriptions active on September 13 will automatically become VIP players as City of Heroes Freedom goes live. This includes Issue 21: Convergence, the Paragon Rewards Program and all of the services and items available through the Paragon Market.

The VIP Head Start will include a plethora of activities as well as the following bonuses for VIP players:

  • A Respec Token per existing character (make sure you've used up your free Respec token if you already had one, they don't stack!)
  • A Tailor Token per unlocked costume slot
  • A Global Handle Rename Token per account
  • The "Door Buster" badge, celebrating the VIP Head Start!

For more details, visit the official site: Announcing the City of Heroes Freedom VIP Head Start! September 13, 2011. Then join in on the community discussion on the Official Forums!

Archived News

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