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I cant believe there are not female versions of those bracelets.
They are too awesome! Even have a tight version...
Been waiting for those, or the old bracers/wristbands to be updated to have a tight versions since 5 years ago!
I want the chest ringstraps for females too, but I can understand those works worst with chest sliders and females got tons of corset options but no gloves at all is a mistake!
Males should get some kind of tiara ported too...
I love the pack and I think is one of the best to date but the old female bracers looks dated compared to this new ones

I agree, all CoT should look unified.
Also, they should update old low-res NPC in City Hall at least.
They mess the awesome new Atlas.

Got 0 points too.
The Vip Headstart has been a big sucess lol

I love it!
I saw things in your trailer I did not in Beta.
This made me more impatient for I21 Freedom!

Thanks again for always doing this for people short on free time like me.
And Happy B Day!!

I want it but I want it to be colour customizable at least

Techbot I feel you...
I wish I could skip claiming crap like prestige powers (as you said, messing my powers screen), vanity pets and more.
Also, Im somewhere between tier 7 and 8.
And, I dying to have Celestial armor!!
But also I cant pay that amount of money to get to Tier 9.
***** happens

You can find it here:

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/09/08/ci...ogues-gallery/

In the last installment of the City of Heroes dev diary, we got a look at the massive monsters of the First Ward zone, which demand a entire super-team of players to take down. But what about the mobs you’ll face throughout the area on your own? Here’s Gilbert Martinez, CoH’s art lead, with the inside scoop on the new villain groups of the First Ward, complete with mutated psychic-tumor women and freaky, masked carnies.

As players experience the all-new zone of First Ward in City of Heroes Freedom, they’ll encounter a plethora of new villain groups, each with their own unique look and story to tell. We’ve chosen four of these factions for a closer look at their role within this zone, and how their visual style developed out of their stories.

The Carnival of Light
The Carnival of Light are a band of mystics whose ultimate goal is to restore the balance of good and evil in the alternate world of Praetoria. Existing City of Heroes players may be more familiar with their darker counterpart on Primal Earth, the Carnival of Shadows. When we designed the Carnival of Light’s unique look we made sure to assemble costume pieces that echoed their origins in the Carnival of Shadows, the Midnight Squad, and the Legacy Chain. We chose white as their general color, with gold as an accent, since this echoed the “light” in their name. A set of new custom masks with the “third eye of wisdom” theme were designed for them by Character Artist Eric Chyn. These masks were heavily inspired by French carnival masks, and their complexity indicates the rank of each individual.

For these girls, every day is Halloween.
D.U.S.T.
Villain groups don’t come tougher then the new Direct Urban Strike Team (D.U.S.T.) units in First Ward. The D.U.S.T. use First Ward as a training ground for their new weapons, and to them, First Ward’s citizens are merely moving targets. These urban fighters are taken from the best ranks of the Praetorian Police Department, so it was important to us to keep their costumes consistent with that particular group. To reflect their elite status, we added military-style camouflage textures to their costumes. Players may notice that the D.U.S.T. use new, oversized plasma rifles as their weapon of choice. These rifles are actually modified, resized versions of the gigantic Anti-matter drone turrets located in Praetoria.

Timmy got the cold shoulder for hoarding the sweet plasma launcher.
The Awakened
The Awakened are the result of failures in the Seer creation process, with uncontrollable psychic powers. Although they come in several “flavors” of psychic disturbance, the most distinctive members of this villain group are the Suppressors. These creatures’ psychic mutations have manifested themselves in horrific physical form resulting in heads deformed by massive tumors and multiple dangerous tentacles growing from them. Each tentacle was animated separately by Lead Animator Colin Brown. If you’re able to get close enough to these creatures, you’ll even notice that the slimy skin on their tentacles animates as well, adding an extra level of disturbance to their look. The “psychic abomination” vibe in this villain group was inspired by certain Japanese films such as Akira. Character Artist Jay Doherty also deserves praise for building out the final character designs seen in this villain group.

Daaaaang, girl! How long did it take to do your hair!?
The Talons of Vengeance
The Talons of Vengeance are the most single-minded of the four factions reviewed here. The Talons serve the Well of Furies, a sentient source of great power in City of Heroes. Their sole purpose is to punish all of those who break their oath to the Well. Who is the target at the top of their list? Emperor Marcus Cole, Tyrant of Praetoria. This villain group was visually designed to echo these themes of vengeance, magic, and the embodiment of the apocalypse. Their bodies have been twisted, turned monstrous and feral with rage. Some have become snake-like, others have developed clawed feet, some have crow-like wings, and still others have maws of pure evil, stretched beyond human recognition. The harpies of Greek mythology were a strong source of inspiration for this villain group. Credit goes to Cheryl Austin on the character art team for bringing these terrifying creatures into existence.

'You found me beautiful once.' 'Baby, you got reeeal ugly.'
Thanks for taking a moment to learn a little bit more about the exciting new content we’ll be revealing in City of Heroes Freedom in the near future. We can’t wait to hear what you all think, and be sure to let us know which villain group is your favorite!

Damn it, I love all the new factions, but Talons of Vengeance are too damn cool looking.
I hope they sell a costume set of them in the Paragon Market!

I love GR from head to toe
Only a few little cosmetic things dissapointed me:
Destroyers, hate those costumes. Compared to the other GR enemies they are a running joke.
Costumes for some NPCs and contacts. I think there should be more variety and better taste to design them.
Also, would had love new looks for Dominatrix, Diabolique, Anti-Matter, Chimera, and better looks for Bobcat or Black Swan.
The other upgraded Praetorians look awesome (Mother Mayhem, Nightstar, Neuron...)

My goal is to kill stuff fast and stay alive, very simple.
I think Spiritual is the best for it.
Any advice? My build is not complete yet so I cant post it.

When I got some extra free time to play there's long unexpected maintenances.
Servers been down for all day now

Seriously whats wrong with this game?
We having more server down and unexpected maintenances this last months than ever.

I would be happy if they upgrade or revamp the old NPC contact and citizens.

With fixed I meant knockback gone and (personal) annoyance "fixed".
I get what you mean, but I think you got me too.

Thanks!
My PB is at lvl 42 now and I want to push her to be 50...
I hope they get more tweaks to become more awesome, they already got lots of cool powers, but the mechanics are not giving me the best results.
I play human form, and I think PBs work better in melee range, but the knockback is annoying. Would love to see it fixed!

Im glad Light form got now a better recharge and doest turn the PB into a light ball anymore. Always found that weird, same for Electric armor.

It is true that Light form can be perma now with new reduced recharge time, and has been changed so it does not turn the PB into a ball of light?

What is the new animation for Solar flare?
Im dissapointed to see this change, as I think the new animation is the handclap.
I would like the SS ground punch animation better!

Any word if devs finally will change knockback by knockdown for Solar flare and Incandescent strike?

Any other cool update, aside the reduction in recharge on some powers and the fly afterburner PB version?

Wow, the panels were a bit bland maybe, for what Im seeing at forums.
I was expecting tons of backpacks screens, also CoT costume set for players, and more of the Barbarian costume set.
Info of more powersets we know about, like Titan and Staff...
And a release date...

But everything looked cool as always.

Just a bit dissapointed with the female Barbarian set, if thats all.
Lets hope females get the bracers and chest straps males got, also a furry biquini, both top and bottom and the shoulder parts.
Now is looking more like a sexy Santa stripper.
But kudos for adding a new tiara after 7 years!

Just what I thought.
Thanks all for the comments!

I think the new tutorial is much better and its awesome.
More epic and more superhero feeling.