Issue 7 Details

[Lazybones]

http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_update7.html

New High Level Zones

Grandville (Levels 40-50, PVE, COV only) – A vertical zone, Grandville contains Spider City, the capital of Arachnos™, where players encounter mutated Arachnoids and a huge new cast of characters including Lord Recluse™ himself!

Recluse’s Victory (Levels 40-50, PVP, COV and COH) – Recluse’s Victory represents the villains’ assault on Paragon City™. Heroes and villains battle for control points, use heavy artillery to their advantage, and watch the zone change dynamically as a result of their efforts.

Mayhem Missions
Mayhem Missions (Villains only)

Take villainy to the streets of Paragon City with tense new timed missions among destructible environments, which also unlock multiple random events. Players harass citizens, rob stores, destroy property, plant bombs and battle the police in these exciting open-ended timed missions. Causing extra mayhem results in bonus rewards!
Other New Missions (Villains only)

Over 300 new missions, including new custom missions, take villain players from levels 40 to 50. Choose signature villains as Patrons to unlock more exclusive mission content and additional unique powers!
Lord Recluse
Patron Powers (Villains only)

Villain players can select unique new Patron Power Pools based on the specific signature villain that they select (Scirocco™, Black Scorpion™, Ghost Widow™, Captain Mako™). For example, Captain Mako’s Spirit Shark power releases lunging shark spirits towards opponents!
New Power Sets! (Villains only)

Introducing new Power Sets with which players can expand the choices of some of their favorite villain archetypes.

    * Electric Melee, Electric Armor (Brute)
    * Thug pets (Mastermind)
    * Dark Armor, Dark Melee (Stalker)

New Base Features (Heroes and Villains)

Players can take their bases to the next level with Storage Items, Empowerment Stations, Supergroup Banners, and Base Color Tinting.
Quality of Life Features: (Heroes and Villains)

New Global Chat and UI features improve the overall ‘City of’ experience.
CoH Art Upgrades (Heroes)

City of Heroes gains reflective windows, added bump and specular mapping, a variety of higher resolution textures, and full screen depth of field effects.
New Costume Items

Details to follow.

[Ustauk]

My bad, I should have posted about this earlier.  Thanks Lazy.

[Mr. Analog]

At last! THUGS!

Also, we have Togas now!

[Lazybones]

http://www.cityofheroes.com/feature_update_issue_7d.html

More changes announced.. Many.. I wish they would hurry up and release this.. I haven't been in the mood to play for a while now and was considering suspending my account..

[Mr. Analog]

Can't wait! Also; we got to keep our Togas!

[Lazybones]

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/setview/features/loadFeature/525/gameID/194/page/1

A little more information.

[Ustauk]

Details about the Patron Powers have been released.
http://www.cityofvillains.com/feature_update_issue_7f.html

Here's the thread for it on the CoH/CoV discussion boards.

I figure I'll get the Scirocco Mu Mastery Patron set for my brute, Boratis.  I want to give those damn Mu some payback for always draining my endurance

PS If you guys want to play this weekend, give me a shout.  I've got my dominator up to level 17, so I can haul him out instead of my corrupter if need be.

[Mr. Analog]

I'll be on Sunday.

[Lazybones]

Damn, need to get my character up to lvl 40

[Mr. Analog]

When is Issue 7 due?

[Ustauk]

When is Issue 7 due?

No date has been set.  I think it should be on the test server soon, but I've read there are a number of balance/bug fixes going in in addition to the new maps and patron pools, so I imagine it'll be on test for a while.

[Ustauk]

Damn, need to get my character up to lvl 40

 If you need any help, give me a shout.  There's a mentoring badge I'd like to get if I don't already have it.  We could maybe run a level 25 strike force that requires that badge and a mission computer.

PS: I paid the base rent this month.  I was working on my heroes for a bit after hitting forty with Boratis  when I realized we needed to pay the April's rent in a couple of weeks.  I didn't want Knockbad to outlevel Mr. Analog's and Tonnica's primaries, so that's whey I got my dominator, Farmer Jack, to level 17

[Ustauk]

Details about the new power sets have been released.
http://www.cityofvillains.com/feature_update_issue_7g.html
I may finally give a mastermind a try, and I'd be curious to try the electric/electric brute, too.

Also, Positron has posted information about a new Bodyguard stance for mastermind pets.  It sounds like it'll make MMs tank better.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=Dev&Number=5276068&bodyprev=#Post5276068

[Lazybones]

The new bodyguard stance sounds great as well as the thugs, but the other new powersets sound.... well .... mehh

[Mr. Analog]

Dark assassin powers!

And what's that motorcycle there all about eh?

[Lazybones]

Dark assassin powers!

And what's that motorcycle there all about eh?

My guess is that is part of the entrance animation for the top thug.

[Mr. Analog]

Dark assassin powers!

And what's that motorcycle there all about eh?

My guess is that is part of the entrance animation for the top thug.

Dang, I want a cool ride!

[Mr. Analog]

New Mayhem Missions explained...

-Destructable environments
-Paragon Police get giant robots
-Destructable environments
-Out of range of hospital if you kick it, have to break out of jail
-Destructable environments
-Dynamic plot elements (set building on fire, raid warehouse, fight heroes, you choose!)

And of course destructable environments!

[Mr. Analog]

Graphical updates for CoH:
http://www.cityofheroes.com/feature_update_issue_7e.html

[Darren Dirt]

New Mayhem Missions explained...

-Destructable environments
-Paragon Police get giant robots
-Destructable environments
-Out of range of hospital if you kick it, have to break out of jail
-Destructable environments
-Dynamic plot elements (set building on fire, raid warehouse, fight heroes, you choose!)

And of course destructable environments!

...hmm... Might be reason enough for me to login when it's live... I try to leave for good and THEY KEEP PULLING ME BACK IN!

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update: Argh, that settles it: http://www.cityofheroes.com/community/contest_9.html

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