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2nd Anniversary Address

28 Apr, 2006

Statesman and Positron look to the future of City of Heroes and City of Villains.

As City of Heroes celebrates it second anniversary since the original US launch, Cryptic Studios’ Creative Director Jack ‘Statesman’ Emmert and Lead Designer Matt ‘Positron’ Miller consider what lies ahead for the dedicated heroes and scheming villains of Paragon City and the Rogue Isles…

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Hello “City of” Players,

Amazing! Today we are celebrating the 2nd anniversary of City of Heroes. I want to thank you, our players, for your support and enthusiasm over the last two years. We look forward to growing our community for years to come.

I mentioned earlier that Matt Miller, Positron, has been promoted to the role of Lead Designer. He’s been with us for several years now and brings a lot of new ideas to the table. If you’ve got a question, let him know! Send a PM, post it – because Positron is more than willing to hear what the fans say. And Positron has his own vision for the game that he’d like to share…So, without further ado – take it away, Matt!

Jack Emmert
Statesman

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To the “City of” Community,

I’d like to start off by saying that I’m very excited for the opportunity to continue leading the heroes and villains of the “City of” franchise into the future. One of the best things about MMOs is the ability to continue to develop and improve them, adding new content and features to the games we love; and one of the most important parts of that is the feedback from you, the players. Everyone here at Cryptic values your comments, both the positive and the constructive. Please continue to share your opinions with us, and we can act on them as we build our future updates.

Speaking of just that, we have the results from the world-wide poll we did recently, which are strongly influencing the flavor of the storyline throughout the next year and beyond. Your opinions do matter, and we want to make the “City of” games something you continue to enjoy. We were looking for a direction for the story, and we wanted it to be something that the players themselves would find the most interesting.

With Issue 7 mostly “in the can” as it were (bugs aside), the leads here have been focusing on the future of the franchise. There is a major effort underway on “end-game” content for max-level characters, the first part of which you will see in Issue 8, which is due out later this year.

Issue 8 will also bring with it the Veterans’ Reward system. This will allow us to give out special thank-you gifts to our players based on the number of months they have been subscribed. These gifts will range from costume pieces to powers to base items and beyond. You don’t even have to do anything to get them, other than keeping an active account.

Beyond that, we are looking to release another Issue building up the story towards our next retail box, due in 2007. This will include going back and revamping some of the zones from City of Heroes, using everything we’ve learned from making City of Villains and Issue 7, plus a bunch of other cool stuff including new powersets and an epic archetype. Of course for the retail box we will be creating all-new zones and content based on the results of the forum poll we posted last month. The retail box will be an expansion to both City of Heroes and City of Villains.

I look forward to the challenges that lie ahead. I love this game, and I couldn’t ask for a better community of players to interact with. I am proud to take this franchise we all hold so dear into the future.


Matthew Miller
Positron


 

0Posted by Dillen on 02 May at 15:15

Something that would be great in COH/COV, would be Weather!
Rain, Sunny, And so on!

0Posted by Zagleth on 02 May at 18:07

Plain and simple: Villains NEED epic archtypes.
cool smirk

0Posted by MrJayton on 02 May at 18:29

Fault Line, I think it’s called, and how can they delete a zone? How can they explain where it went? A revamp.. hmm.. this could be done, and should be done to this zone as it is merely in the way.. Maybe another PvP Zone??? I like the deep canyon’s, that could make for some interesting PvP action.

But like I said before… I want to see Lord Recluse & Statesman in the I7 PvP zone wink or in the other PvP zone… or maybe, just maybe a villain raid on Atlas where we have to as heroes, protect the Atlas statue which all new heroes are greeted by when starting in Atlas, I was impressed with it myself. Maybe even a heroic raid on the Rogue Isles to try root out Lord Recluse. I REALLY want to see some action with the big name Hero’s/Villains, this could also generate further story lines. wink

Cya!!

0Posted by dainesy on 02 May at 18:36

OOOO i feel this 1 totally City of Rikti and u play rikti and u get archtypes

0Posted by Captain Tomorrow on 02 May at 19:06

I hope it’s still 256 MB of RAM
because my computer could only do
512 MB of RAM oh oh

0Posted by Captain Apocalypse on 02 May at 19:17

warshades and pecebringer’s for CoV grin

0Posted by shadow knight on 03 May at 06:18

wow i cant wait for any of this especly the new powers and i7 and i8 i like city of heroes much tongue laugh to much.....

0Posted by RekkFire on 03 May at 16:24

Yo dudes.I play CoH and CoV and i really want to see more powers for the martial arts stalker/scrapper.Love the game.Keep it up :D

0Posted by Striiker on 03 May at 16:26

Dudes.No warshades and peacebringers for CoV. Warmaker and Chaosbringers for CoV :D

0Posted by Red Rox on 03 May at 19:34

Yeah dudes, why don’t us villains have epic archtypes? I mean its not like we need them to be better then heroes but it would be a nice touch.
I ahve a few clothes options to, they are
1) SAMURAI ARMOUR!!! come on it would rock, seriously
2) Maybe on villains you could do some sort of vampire skin?
and 3) TRENCH COATS!!!!!!!!!!! A VITAL FOR HEROES OF VILLAINS

One slight other thing that troubles me is that why do heroes have all kinds of weapons (ie battle axe, mace, broadsword) when villains don’t, i would have thought weapons were more of a villain thing? Any chance they might pop up in villains sometime in the future?

Thank you

0Posted by Leaky on 03 May at 19:40

wow cant wait till any of the things mentioned comes out, love the game and i think the reward system for dedicated subscibers is a great idea cant wait to get a bit of game in on all the new content, and as most people in this post have said, EPIC ARCHPTYE VILLAINS MUST COME and although i will prob never get 1 raspberry it will still be quality

0Posted by Ariad on 03 May at 21:11

Sounds great. Perhaps certain archtypes could unlock special costume parts as they reach important levels? For example gaining access at level 14 to wings for mutants/mages and thrusters for scientist/technologists as costume parts to explain more why one can fly or leap etc. Also more missions that unlock extra costume parts like the Croatoa trial would spice up the game and a way to earn old event badges for badge hunter enthusiasts would be amazing (Maybe missions from special contacts etc) These are just some ideas that have popped into my head that i thought might make some aspects of the game more novel to us players, therfore drawing us into the world of City of Heroes more.

0Posted by Wyliecoyote on 03 May at 21:53

Drop the City Of title and have metropolis!! 100 square miles of mayhem! heros and villains battle it out in the ultimate confrontation! cool grin

0Posted by Stun on 04 May at 10:39

er MrJayton i was just on the test server and playing around in recluses victory.... yeah it’s everything you wanted. if the villens do too badlly recluse and black scorpion show and even the odds (a little bit too much thoses guys pack a punch). same gose for the heros. if your getting owned statseman shows and starts laying down on villens. oh did i also mention it’s set in atlas park oh opps. (good luck getting too level 40 all)

0Posted by Wombat Combat on 04 May at 10:45

Recluses Victory?- Bring it on !!!
Pathetic Heroes! -Only Now...at the end.... will you truely understand !!!

FEAR THE WOMBAT !!!.

P.s: thank you very much for i7/i8, my fur is standing on end in anticipation!

0Posted by dave on 04 May at 12:55

city of chavs! design it like coventry smile

0Posted by american star on 04 May at 15:41

this is going to be huge like huger than a rely big huge hero model you know last friday they released gwfc now all this news this is so sweeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!

0Posted by Xopha on 04 May at 17:02

Trenchcoats would be amazing,my friend is dancing at the thought!:snake:

I was thinking...Some new Power pools:
Motorbike
Skateboard/Roller blades
Jet
Car

And maybe us fliers could change the pose we fly in when we want to?:question:
The normal pose is kinda old… rolleyes
G2G Justice League is on! tongue wink LOL

0Posted by Red Rox on 04 May at 20:19

Crazy but hey, how about City of The Undead? A sort of City of styled resident evil?

0Posted by Skizo on 05 May at 06:13

We need toons of new costumes!!!!!
(thanks for make it real that dream)
All is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We need toons of new costumes!!!!
(like a better dreadlocks in heroes lol)

0Posted by Draco on 06 May at 19:26

I’ve got some new ideas for Positron.
What if we wanna have a hideout, but we don’t like large, col bases? Why our hero can’t have a appartment! In his own home-base we could have a closet for special costumes, a terminal, and..and...and- The one idea bring another. I think that a little home for uour hero will be great- to rest after the fight with crime;]
P.S
Keep it going homiez, CoH rulez!

0Posted by combat on 06 May at 22:50

Guys why not call it city of aliens now that would be funny lol cya all tmoz on coh night all

0Posted by Kakistos on 07 May at 15:43

TRENCHCOATS!!! OMGOMGOMG big surprise  cool smile THEY WUD TOTALLY ROCK!! especially if u cud get sum kinda black leather ones lyk blade, morpheus, angel etc… nd I thought a brilliant addition wud b a monthly or bi-monthly -woteva- fight where heroes and villains congregated on neutral ground as a simple last man standing fight-supergroups, legendary heroes/villains e.g. Statesman nd Lord Recluse a complete chaotic free-for-all with no rules except destroy everyone on the opposite team.
Rules: It lasts 4 30 mins---the event wud b advertised evrywere 4 the week runnin up 2 it----if you’re in the middle of battle nd u quit u cannot log bak in and it is counted as a loss for ur team----i cant thnk of many more-plz add ur ideas/ rules 2 it-or not wot4eva cheese

0Posted by d3c0y2 on 07 May at 21:43

Whilst all this sounds good, it sounds that city of heroes once again takes it in the chin. whilst cov gets cool patron powers, and kills us all in pvp thanks to stalkers :(, city of heroes palyers have to pay to get there upgrades. Also can u make it possible to get a sg base without city of villains, i really dont want it cus me be a good guy. But i ahte not being able to enter my sg base. :(

0Posted by Blue Emerald on 08 May at 19:04

As owner to Both Cities all i can say is that in 2 years the hollows still gives me the willies smile oh yeah and WOOOHOOOO !!

Wub you all smile

0Posted by splitter on 09 May at 14:00

City of Ice cream FTW

0Posted by Rix on 09 May at 14:08

I think issue #7 looks awsome!

0Posted by Hidden Kick on 10 May at 15:34

Hey,I think we should bring out City of Mechs. Would be class just flying on jet packs and firing rockets and machine guns! snake

0Posted by Someone :-P on 10 May at 16:04

A new area for CoV is needed I mean the heroes have everything...We don’t even have a chat place sick  mad

0Posted by Mark Stabler on 10 May at 19:08

I adour the game and wish to extend my compliments to the chef lol good game and can’t wait to see what the expandsion pack offers.

Take care all
from Mark

Union
aka Mark Stabler - Mutation/Blaster

0Posted by Cpt Righteous, Treeno and Fire-fly of the Grove ro on 11 May at 00:37

.City of Aliens

.City under the sea

.Super spys

.Spacestation

.Space missions

.powerless heros with gadgets and vehicals. (batman esc)

.city of the gods (lvl 50 plus!!!)

.bankrobbery shiprecks + runaway cars/trains/blimps and planes
more like the fire fighting thing with chief williams

.WINGS
. all in 1 cloak (e.g spawn) and the cool coller

.more costume pieces and capes
.random giantmonster attack more often like godzilla as big as the talos statue!!!

.custom super logo designer

.special visions eg night/infared/heat/xray/zoom ect

.shape shifting power

.visual enhancement pieces on ur costume

.power preview wen choosing new ones

love and kisses xxx from the GRA keep up the good work…

0Posted by Cpt Righteous and Treeno of the Grove road Allianc on 11 May at 00:44

character class weaknesses… e.g fire beats ice and brain over brawn, paper covers rock that sort if thing

0Posted by Red Rox on 11 May at 20:11

((sorry about my terrible spelling))

I think that when you form an sg base, you should choose a location for it that only the leader knows, i mean come on it would rock, at least knowing where your own base is!

I have ideas for a new archtype also, how about a dueler? By duel i mean duel wielder, an archtype that lets you combine two different weapons, like a sword and rifle, or duel swords, or even something like a battle axes and sword! That way they can be a mix of melee and ranged (power dependant) and they would look totally cool!

0Posted by eViLegion on 12 May at 10:07

City of STRONG CHEESES ftw!

0Posted by Ms. Malice on 13 May at 10:33

Sounds like we have some exciting times ahead of us! first of all i would love to see some shapeshifting powers! That is the one thing i think the game misses the most atm. Also my greatest hope for the upcomming 2007 release is a new third fraction of power to spice up the story line. Call em the Renegades or make the rikiti come back in full force for invasion round 2. Create invastion points on each map and so forth. Something big that kickstarts it all in a whole new direction. Thats all the input I’ve got. Tnx for a great game.

0Posted by storm dragon on 13 May at 10:55

I would like more pool powers like special combat that will allow you to do combo attacks if you select some of your powers on the options with combo attack first it does a a spinning kick and an elbow strike and three of your selected powers in order if you press on the combat attack cool smirk

0Posted by Avalon on 13 May at 19:31

I’d personally like a more European feel to the european sites - perhaps replacing the American stars and stripes with the european flag perhaps - as for costumes, Europe is VERY multi-ethnic so how about some more ethnic costumes such as turbans, jilbabs, (kilts anyone???) etc.?

0Posted by clampman on 14 May at 07:03

one of web sites (i think it gamespy)was interviewing jack emmerts about the future of coh/cov jack emmert said about the next expanison for coh/cov the names could be city of ledgens or city of shadows

0Posted by Hohto on 14 May at 11:30

Amazing speech’s from both staff there, Love what i am looking forward to the new issue’s, And franchise, The expansion however, will we need to add another bill to our bank account’s?
The bill now is a bit overpriced after all we did pay for the £20 game’s each.. o.o’
But maybe some new weapons for the game such as Scyth’s, and more..
And for a new game.. how about
City of NeverEnd
Where the game will never end with issue’s, and players wink
-Hohto/Kev
[ ]

0Posted by Somebody :-P on 14 May at 14:36

(O.O) I just got some Smilys 8) Brill also I got some crusers Got a blue flame as my cruser now!

0Posted by Red Rox on 14 May at 19:35

Come on the trenchcoat! The trenchcoat and my idea of a dueler archtype go togethers better then anything!What would look better then a trenchcoat wearing duel weapon wielder, come on duel swords and trenchcoats! You know you want to see it happen!

0Posted by Vodia on 15 May at 15:09

hmm what I would like to see is a simple home
someting that can exsiste next to the Bases.
Like all hero’s supose to have (or atleast moost)
supose to have a “RL” awork,home,wife kids bla bla
why not use exsisting buildings “condo’s”
to let hero’s enter there own privat home , make a few kinds like cheap ,medium,rich and rent them out in the zone thy wana live in .
it will be a great place to hang out whit friends,add to the rp enviorment,and it looks great on a retail box wink
seeing the Bases code already exsiste and basic buildings exsiste this should not be a problem at all.

0Posted by ViciousVodka on 15 May at 16:09

City Of Fanboys.  With powersets such as “mimic other people’s intellectual property” and “cause huge lawsuit”

...or how about “mouth frothing” which would cause enemies to run in fear

0Posted by psykogundam on 15 May at 16:11

Wall climbing, grapple hooks, space stations, other planets and a higher atmosphere, and a reason to go to Pocket D. Plz :D

0Posted by Cybermoon on 15 May at 17:20

The one thing id like to see changed is a new look for the assault rifle. That thing looks rubbish. whos gonna take you serious totting around with a gun that looks like strapped together spare parts? make it more like the Mercenairy Mastermind gun. now thats a cool weapon. ^_^ cheers. looking forward to everything to come

0Posted by Mchackalot on 16 May at 16:19

That all sounds like immense fun and i have never been more glad to have come back to CoH (WoW stole me away for a while). However, more and more people seem to be choosing the same powersets that are thought to be “uber”. Spines/regen scrappers, stone tanks and the ubiquitous energy/energy blappers that are everywhere in pvp. It would be nice to see more diversity in the individual powersets to try and combat playing against the same types over and over again, tweak some existing powers to even things up and perhaps some new powers available for the 50+ers too. BS ftw!

0Posted by Blade Wraith on 16 May at 18:41

any heroes think they tough, come to Bloody Bay and meet the vicious Blade Wraith, Scourge of the pvp.

0Posted by Red Rox on 16 May at 18:54

Not sure how you would make it work, but i think shadowstepping would be cool, like you teleport into an enermies shadow and get a critical on the first attack, as its a stealth from behind thingy.

Anyway…

TRENCH COATS!!! TRENCH COATS!!! TRENCH COATS!!! 

(one, and many others im sure would be very grateful for trench coats! please please please make it happen!)

0Posted by Red Rox on 16 May at 19:06

I just had a killer idea! I think if you get all the badges (other then accolades otherwise it wouldn’t be fair) you should get a really speical power to summon a signature hero/villain to help you (like a pet, but called an ally cause it seems less dominant)! So when you get the last one you go see a hero trainer/Villain trainer (cant spell the word lmao) and they let you pick your signiture. I know you guys probably don’t like the idea much, but it would be so coooooooool and all us little gamers would love you forever and a day!

0Posted by The Eneral on 17 May at 13:50

i have an idea.  wink there could be new upradge system when lvl. You could upradge some power,so it could deal more damage and it would get bigger, and stuff.  cool smirk

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