User:Eabrace/LivingGameManual

Rough ToC Outline

• System Requirements

OK, maybe not, but it's in both of the manuals, so it's here for the time being.

• Entering the Game/Getting Started
• Creating a Character

• Choosing Alignment
• Selecting an Archetype
• Selecting an Origin
• Selecting Power Sets and Starting Powers
• Selecting a Gender and Build
• Selecting a Costume

• Scales
• Tailors

• Adopting a Moniker

• Character Description
• Battle Cry

• User Interface

• Windows

• Chat Window

• Friends Window
• Supergroup Window
• Team Window

• Pets Window

• Navigation Window

• Badges Window
• Contacts Window
• Map Window

• Fog of War
• Map Icons
• Waypoints and Tumbtacks

• Missions Window

• Power Trays

• Enhancement Tray
• Inspiration Tray
• Recipe Window
• Salvage Window

• Status Window

• Status Bars
• Options Menus

• Targeting Window

• Info Window
• Trade Window

• Targeting Recticle

• Your First Day on Patrol (or something like that)
• Movement
• Using Objects/Interacting with the Environment
• Fighting, Powers, and Other Actions

• Using Your Powers
• Taking Damage and Restoring Hit Points
• Damage Displays in Combat
• Powers, Endurance, and Recharge
• Color Coding
• Combat Options

• Powers

• Powers Terminology
• Power Outer Ring Key
• Leveling Table
• Inherent Powers
• Origin Powers
• Pool Power Sets
• Hero-Specific Power Sets

• Blasters

• Blaster Inherent Powers
• Blaster Primaries
• Blaster Secondaries
• Blaster Ancillaries

• Controllers

• Controller Inherent Powers
• Controller Primaries
• Controller Secondaries
• Controller Ancillaries

• Defenders

• Defender Inherent Powers
• Defender Primaries
• Defender Secondaries
• Defender Ancillaries

• Scrappers

• Scrapper Inherent Powers
• Scrapper Primaries
• Scrapper Secondaries
• Scrapper Ancillaries

• Tankers

• Tanker Inherent Powers
• Tanker Primaries
• Tanker Secondaries
• Tanker Ancillaries

• Kheldians

• Kheldian Inherent Powers
• Peacebringers
• Warshades

• Villain-Specific Power Sets

• Brutes

• Brute Inherent Powers
• Brute Primaries
• Brute Secondaries
• Brute Patron Powers

• Corruptors

• Corruptor Inherent Powers
• Corruptor Primaries
• Corruptor Secondaries
• Corruptor Patron Powers

• Dominators

• Dominator Inherent Powers
• Dominator Primaries
• Dominator Secondaries
• Dominator Patron Powers

• Masterminds

• Mastermind Inherent Powers
• Mastermind Primaries
• Mastermind Secondaries
• Mastermind Patron Powers

• Stalkers

• Stalker Inherent Powers
• Stalker Primaries
• Stalker Secondaries
• Stalker Patron Powers

• Rewards

• Experience
• Influence/Infamy
• Prestige
• Inspirations
• Enhancements

• Types of Enhancements
• Enhancement Origins
• Enhancement Strengths
• Combining Enhancements

• Salvage
• Recipes

• Missions

• Contacts
• Clues
• Story Arcs
• Policeband/Newspaper Missions

• Safeguard/Mayhem Missions

• Mission Types

• Team Ups

• Team Leaders
• Team Ups and Missions
• Sidekicks/Lackeys and Exemplars/Malefactors
• Task Forces and Trials

• Supergroups

• Bases

• Coalitions
• Trading
• Slash Commands, Macros, Keybindings, and Emotes

• Slash Commands
• Macros
• Keybindings
• Emotes

• Options

• General
• Controls
• Graphics and Audio

• Zones

• Paragon City
• The Rogue Isles
• Shared Zones

• PvP Zones
• Pocket D
• Rikti War Zone (?)

• Enemy Groups
• Player Vs. Player
• Glossary
• Credits (?)

Getting Started

To enter City of Heroes or City of Villains, complete the following steps:

1. Install the game to your hard drive.

2. Double-click on the shortcut on your desktop or use the Windows Start menu to launch the Updater.

3. Each time launch the game it will bring up the Updater to check for and (if there are any) automatically load any updates posted by the design team. Follow the on-screen prompts to proceed to load the game.

4. On the main log-in screen, enter the account name and account password for your [PlayNC] account.

5. Select the server on which you wish to play. When selecting a server, check the colored bubbles next to the server name. The more bubbles, the more people that are currently on the server. If a server has too many people already, you won’t be able to choose it.

6. When you select your server, you may choose a character you’ve already created and begin play, or you may choose to create a new character. You may create several characters on any given server. You may also delete a previously created character to free up a character slot. Note that once a character is deleted, he or she is irretrievably gone.

7. If selecting an existing character, click on "Enter Paragon City" or "Enter the Rogue Isles" to proceed.

Creating a Character

Choosing Alignment

The choice of alignment is the single most important decision you will make for your character.

If you have only either City of Heroes or City of Villains, this decision is easy since you will only have one option available. If you have both City of Heroes and City of Villains, you will have to decide on whether your character will be a Hero or a Villain.

Will you confront super villains, aliens, madmen, criminals, and other fearsome foes in Paragon City? Will you take on the responsibility of protecting the sprawling metropolis and its citizens from the clutches of evil?

Or will you choose to take part in the fight for survival of the fittest on the Rogue Isles? Will you commit heists, kidnappings, and infiltrations on your way to fulfill your destiny as a legendary arch-criminal?

Selecting an Archetype

Your Archetype determines the nature of your powers, granting you access to specific Primary and Secondary Power Sets. It is also the second most important choice you will make in your character creation. Each Archetype has its own unique powers, abilities, and pros and cons; choose wisely as this choice is permanent. When you first begin play, five Archetypes will be available to select from. You may be able to unlock other Epic Archetypes in the future.

Hero Archetypes

• Blaster
• Controller
• Defender
• Scrapper
• Tanker
• Peacebringer
• Warshade

Villain Archetypes

• Brute
• Corruptor
• Dominator
• Mastermind
• Stalker

Selecting an Origin

Your Origin is the source of your powers. Were you born with them, or did you study for long months and years to perfect them? Or perhaps you acquired them after some encounter with mysterious forces?

An origin ultimately determines what types of enhancements your character has access to. Origins do not impact your character's power levels or abilities. It just adds a bit of flavor to your characer, since it determines what grants you your powers with which to either save or wreak havoc on the world.

In addition, each origin grants a different inherent attack available at level 1. Each of these powers is ranged and does minor damage of some form. Most of these powers also have a weak, short-duration secondary effect.

The origin you select for you character will also determine which additional Titles are available for your character at level 25.

There are five origins available for selection:

• Magic
• Mutation
• Natural
• Science
• Technology