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This years in-game Halloween event will take place between October 22nd and November 4th!

Both Heroes and Villains can Trick-or-Treat within their respective cities. As before, players go around knocking on doors to receive a "Trick" (an attacking mob) or a "Treat" (an inspiration or enhancement). However, this year players might also receive a temporary power that turns them into one of the many popular non-player characters.

More information will be available once the event starts, but be sure to mark your calendars and log in for some Halloween fun!

Click here to discuss this announcement with your fellow players!



EDIT: If you are looking for spoiler information about this event, you might want to check out ParagonWiki's Halloween 2007 information page.

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This years in-game Halloween event will take place between October 22nd and November 4th!

Both Heroes and Villains can Trick-or-Treat within their respective cities. As before, players go around knocking on doors to receive a "Trick" (an attacking mob) or a "Treat" (an inspiration or enhancement). However, this year players might also receive a temporary power that turns them into one of the many popular non-player characters.

More information will be available once the event starts, but be sure to mark your calendars and log in for some Halloween fun!


EDIT: If you are looking for spoiler information about this event, you might want to check out ParagonWiki's Halloween 2007 information page.

Please use this thread to discuss the following announcement:


Halloween is a very special time of the year for both heroes and villains, no matter their differences. Costumes are a part of our characters’ daily lives…and one day out of the year we get to join in on the fun and dress up ourselves!

Due to popular demand, our Halloween costume contest is back! We are thrilled to present the City of Heroes®/City of Villains® Costume Contest. Are you ready to turn into your alter-ego? We certainly hope so, because it is time to change costume slots. Put those everyday clothes away, and pull out that spandex!

It's easy to get involved and you have the chance to win great prizes and have your character featured on the City of Heroes website!

Click here to read the full rules!

The clock is ticking…time to kick your fashion sense into gear! Do you need a little inspiration? Please check out winners from the previous years: 2006, 2005, 2004!



REMINDER: So, we've already had several entries to the contest, but clearly people aren't reading the rules, or understanding the contest. This is not just a contest of your in game character, but of you dressed up like your character out in public in that costume!

From the rules, you need to submit:

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Two pictures are required:

* One full frontal screenshot of contestant’s in-game hero/villain.
* One full frontal body shot (digital photo) of contestant, out in public, dressed as their hero or villain.


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So, get to work on those costumes!

Halloween is a very special time of the year for both heroes and villains, no matter their differences. Costumes are a part of our characters’ daily lives…and one day out of the year we get to join in on the fun and dress up ourselves!

Due to popular demand, our Halloween costume contest is back! We are thrilled to present the City of Heroes®/City of Villains® Costume Contest. Are you ready to turn into your alter-ego? We certainly hope so, because it is time to change costume slots. Put those everyday clothes away, and pull out that spandex!

It's easy to get involved and you have the chance to win great prizes and have your character featured on the City of Heroes website!

Click here to read the full rules!

The clock is ticking…time to kick your fashion sense into gear! Do you need a little inspiration? Please check out winners from the previous years: 2006, 2005, 2004!

To Discuss this announcement, join us here.

Read the story behind the development of Weapon Customization, one of the features in the coming free expansion to City of Heroes, Issue 11: A Stitch In Time. MMORPG.com talks with Lead Designer Matt “Positron” Miller for the full story. Additionally, view exclusive screenshots of some of the customizable weapons and read the current list of planned weapon options included in Issue 11.

Click here to read the full article on MMORPG.com.

Join us on the Official Discussion Forums to discuss this article.

PS. Please keep in mind that the weapon list is a bit out of date, as some have been added since that list was generated.

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We have e-mail notification going out to that group of testers shortly, but if you patch up and can connect and log all the way on to the Training Room Test Server, well then you are in.


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So am I correct in saying that the majority of the testers probably haven't gotten a notification yet?

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Correct. The e-mail spooling just got going about an hour ago.

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Quick question:

Things anyone can log on to the Training Room to see like costume pices, weapons, and power names are they OK to discuss?

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Yeah, just expect some people who aren't aware that it's public information to come back with "hey, don't talk about Fight Cl...err, beta"

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On Tuesday, October 9th we have updated the Test Servers to our current build of Issue 11 and limited the access to those servers to a select group of testers. We have e-mail notification going out to that group of testers shortly, but if you patch up and can connect and log all the way on to the Training Room Test Server, well then you are in.

Selection to be included in the closed beta test of Issue 11 is pretty straightforward. We have selected testers who were helpful with previous closed betas and also included accounts who had recently logged into the Training Room.

Of course, there will be people who didn’t get into the closed beta who want to be. Please keep in mind that we will be opening up the Issue 11 beta test for everyone in the near future. We are not expecting a lengthy closed beta for Issue 11. There will be development cycles for both phases of beta to take feedback and incorporate that into the Issue as we work to polish it up for Live. The closed beta gives us a smaller, more manageable group of public testers and a test environment that, because it is closed, we can iterate much faster on. This results in a higher level of polish to the features when we take things to open beta and ultimately a better experience when we go Live.

Our advance thanks for your understanding with the beta process. We will be making regular updates to the Training Room Test Server forum as the beta proceeds to keep everyone informed of what is happening.


EDIT: Also, please refrain from pestering beta testers for information about the closed beta. We ask them not to discuss the details of the closed beta test, because the point of keeping it closed is to allow us a much faster, looser testing environment. Thanks!

EDIT: REMINDER! Issue 11 is still in Closed Beta. As such, current features are not complete and still work in progress. Thanks for keeping that in mind when discussing the Issue.

On Tuesday, October 9th we have updated the Test Servers to our current build of Issue 11 and limited the access to those servers to a select group of testers. We have e-mail notification going out to that group of testers shortly, but if you patch up and can connect and log all the way on to the Training Room Test Server, well then you are in.

Selection to be included in the closed beta test of Issue 11 is pretty straightforward. We have selected testers who were helpful with previous closed betas and also included accounts who had recently logged into the Training Room.

Of course, there will be people who didn’t get into the closed beta who want to be. Please keep in mind that we will be opening up the Issue 11 beta test for everyone in the near future. We are not expecting a lengthy closed beta for Issue 11. There will be development cycles for both phases of beta to take feedback and incorporate that into the Issue as we work to polish it up for Live. The closed beta gives us a smaller, more manageable group of public testers and a test environment that, because it is closed, we can iterate much faster on. This results in a higher level of polish to the features when we take things to open beta and ultimately a better experience when we go Live.

Our advance thanks for your understanding with the beta process. We will be making regular updates to the Training Room Test Server forum as the beta proceeds to keep everyone informed of what is happening.


EDIT: Also, please refrain from pestering beta testers for information about the closed beta. We ask them not to discuss the details of the closed beta test, because the point of keeping it closed is to allow us a much faster, looser testing environment. Thanks!

EDIT: REMINDER! Issue 11 is still in Closed Beta. As such, current features are not complete and still work in progress. Thanks for keeping that in mind when discussing the Issue.

To discuss this announcement, join us here.

Warcry.com presents City of Heroes developers Melissa “War Witch” Bianco and programmer Vince D’Amelio. Melissa answers questions about building and designing City of Heroes zones while Vince describes what he does on the team. You can pose questions to Vince about the programming side of City of Heroes development that he will answer in a future article.

Melissa “War Witch” Bianco answers zone building questions.

Vince D’Amelio talks City of Heroes programming.

To discuss this article, join us on this thread.

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Warcry.com presents City of Heroes developers Melissa “War Witch” Bianco and programmer Vince D’Amelio. Melissa answers questions about building and designing City of Heroes zones while Vince describes what he does on the team. You can pose questions to Vince about the programming side of City of Heroes development that he will answer in a future article.

Melissa “War Witch” Bianco answers zone building questions.

Vince D’Amelio talks City of Heroes programming.

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All the Mods are saying,
is give self-moderation a try.

They'll have to split themselves with moderating the Closed Beta Forums and the regular Forums. And to make sure things are ok here in the regular Forums, all they are asking is for us, the community, to keep it civil and to not just go spamming to pad the thread count.

Personally, I'd like to see that the Mods being able help the Devs with getting feedback from the Closed Beta testers, and therefore getting speedier delivery from Closed to Open testing, than to see them being distracted.

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Exactly. The announcement is 100% about what CaptainIntrepid posts above.

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Managing Editor Jon Wood from MMORPG.com recently had the chance to speak to Matt "Positron" Miller, the Lead Designer on City of Heroes and City of Villains, to get the latest details on their upcoming content expansion, Issue 11: A Stitch in Time. Here’s an excerpt:

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It's a testament to the team," Miller said, talking about their dedication to getting new systems, elements, missions and other content to the players. "[We're] making sure we give [the players] the best quality product we can".

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Read the full Interview on MMORPG.com

Managing Editor Jon Wood from MMORPG.com recently had the chance to speak to Matt "Positron" Miller, the Lead Designer on City of Heroes and City of Villains, to get the latest details on their upcoming content expansion, Issue 11: A Stitch in Time. Here’s an excerpt:

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It's a testament to the team," Miller said, talking about their dedication to getting new systems, elements, missions and other content to the players. "[We're] making sure we give [the players] the best quality product we can".

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Read the full Interview on MMORPG.com

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Tuesday i did three transfers. All three went through just fine.
Then i tried to use my credit card yesterday and it would not work turns out the bank flagged these as Fruad. After some (fun dealings with the credit card company) reading it sounds lile I am not the first one to have a problem like this and I will not be doing any more transfers or renames till I have more confidence in the billing system.

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Hi ArchLight,

I posted about the fraud prevention issue here.

Keep in mind that different banks and financial institutions will react differently as they attempt to keep what they see as "high risk" transactions, like repeated low dollar amount sales, from becoming problematic.

Hi everyone,

We're still working the details out on the prize packages, but I wanted to give some advance notification that we will be re-running the ever popular Halloween Costume Contest. You can view last year's contest here.

The rules will be pretty much the same thing, with a few twists. Get those costumes ready!

With the introduction of the Character Transfer and Character Rename features, we want to remind our customers that Fraud Prevention is a very serious concern. This is echoed from financial institutions and credit card processing companies where a high volume of relatively low amount transactions are viewed as potentially troubling credit card activity.

Players who wish to use our Character Rename or Character Transfer services for multiple transactions in a short period of time are likely to hit a limit on the number or transactions allowed in a 24 hour period. Specifically, we have found that processing companies or the issuing banks will likely flag a card to decline additional purchases for a 24 hour period if more than four (4) such transactions are processed. We want users to be aware of these limitations so they are prepared to encounter them if they want to engage in multiple uses of the Character Rename or Character Transfer features.

If you want to say, move 10 characters, you will likely need to break this activity up over several 24 hour periods to allow for credit card processing within fraud limits. Additionally, there are $ spending limits imposed by NCsoft for Credit Cards stored on file. To read more about managing your spending limits of On File Credit Cards, please see this Support Center Article.

For further assistance, please don't hesitate to make use of the Ask a Question option to reach our Support Team.

Two new features come to City of Heroes: Character Transfer and Character Rename. Additionally, we have completed a sweep of un-reserving names of characters below level 6 on accounts that have been inactive and not subscribed for over 90 days. This has freed up millions of previously reserved names all for the taking with the new Rename feature, or for that new Hero or Villain you’ve wanted to start!


Both the Character Transfer and the Character Rename features are available from new buttons added to the Character Select Screen. Please keep in mind that these features cost $9.99 USD per use and require that you have a credit card on file. For more information, please visit the below links:


New Transfer and Rename Feature

Character Transfer Tutorial
Character Transfer FAQ

Character Rename Tutorial
Character Rename FAQ


To discuss this announcement, join us here.

Use this thread to discuss the below announcement:

Two new features come to City of Heroes: Character Transfer and Character Rename. Additionally, we have completed a sweep of un-reserving names of characters below level 6 on accounts that have been inactive and not subscribed for over 90 days. This has freed up millions of previously reserved names all for the taking with the new Rename feature, or for that new Hero or Villain you’ve wanted to start!

Both the Character Transfer and the Character Rename features are available from new buttons added to the Character Select Screen. Please keep in mind that these features cost $9.99 USD per use and require that you have a credit card on file. For more information, please visit the below links:

New Transfer and Rename Feature

Character Transfer Tutorial
Character Transfer FAQ

Character Rename Tutorial
Character Rename FAQ

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Announcing the details of the next free expansion coming to City of Heroes, Issue 11: "A Stitch In Time"

Features include:
<ul type="square">[*] Ouroboros System: Gain the ability to "Flashback" and travel through time and relive major events from the history of Paragon City and the rogue Isles.
[*] Weapon Customization: Players will be able to change their weapons in the same way that they change their costume parts!
[*] Two New Power Sets: The City of… universe expands with two new amazing power sets: Dual Blades and Willpower!
[*] New Inventions: Issue 11 brings with it new invention sets including “Very Rare” Purple sets, as well as brand new invention sets for Taunt, Buff and Debuff powers, among others.[/list]
For all the details, please visit the Issue 11 Feature Page

Announcing the details of the next free expansion coming to City of Heroes, Issue 11: "A Stitch In Time"

Features include:

[*] Ouroboros System: Gain the ability to "Flashback" and travel through time and relive major events from the history of Paragon City and the rogue Isles.
[*] Weapon Customization: Players will be able to change their weapons in the same way that they change their costume parts!
[*] Two New Power Sets: The City of… universe expands with two new amazing power sets: Dual Blades and Willpower!
[*] New Inventions: Issue 11 brings with it new invention sets including “Very Rare” Purple sets, as well as brand new invention sets for Taunt, Buff and Debuff powers, among others.[/list]
For all the details, please visit the Issue 11 Feature Page

To talk about Issue 11 with your fellow players, join us on the Discussion Forum

We will be doing maintenance on the Official Message Forums on the morning of Thursday, October 4th starting at 6 AM Pacific (9 AM Eastern).

During this time we will be trimming out old threads that have not been posted to in some time. Each forum has different parameters of how we do the pruning. For example, we never remove posts from the player guide section, while threads that haven't been replied to in over 2 weeks are deleted from the General Discussion forum.

As of Tuesday, October 2nd the both the Character Transfer and Character Rename services are available.

If you are interested in using these services, launch the game, log in and go to character select screen. Choose the character you wish to move or rename and click the appropriate button found underneath the image of the character.

To discuss your experience with the Character Transfer Service, please visit this Discussion Thread.

For those who are "less than happy" with the look of the Dual Blade screenshots released, please keep in mind that it's still early in the release process with time to polish up features and you don't know all the features included in Issue 11 yet. As we move into October more details will be coming out so hang on to your hats (or blades, or whatever )

This issue was resolved on Monday at apx. 3:45 PM Pacific.