General Discussion

NCsoft has announced Issue 13: Architect for City of Heroes / Villains which gives players the ability to design their own missions, get day jobs for offline character progression, wear shields, and more.

Mission Architect:

First the City of Heroes Character Creator set a new standard for player creation and customization. Now, Issue 13 takes another giant step, allowing players to design their own missions and story arcs to share with the entire City of Heroes community. Using an intuitive interface similar to the game’s detailed Character Creator, players can create missions from the ground up. Players will determine details ranging from environments, mission objectives, and enemies, to written fiction and character dialogue; giving their stories nearly infinite depth and personalization.

Among other rewards, authors and architects who create the most extraordinary content will garner acclaim and reputation. Community feedback will be paramount and some missions will elevate in status unlocking new rewards and benefits for their creators.

Day Jobs (Offline Character Progression)

Scholar? Caregiver? City Official? Now when players log out of City of Heroes / Villains they’re just getting started! A character’s day job is determined by the actual in-game location from which he or she logs out. If players log out from a University their day job is considered to be a Scholar. If they log out from City Hall they're a City Official. The benefits are thematically appropriate to the location. For example, a City Official earns extra Influence, a Scholar is granted Salvage, a Caregiver is granted Health Regeneration Buffs, etc.

Read more here.

Now this sounds fun.  I will have to get some cards since WAR is taking my 1 MMORPG money.  (Can only pay for 1 MMORPG at a time per wife.  :)  )

Huge update to CoH ... now a RP player WILL be  a RP player ... too great to be truth. It will work well to some dudes that enjoy playing classic Rpg( I'm one of those ) and also enjoy to play some mmo. Cool stuff.

Originally posted by Szark

NCsoft has announced Issue 13: Architect for City of Heroes / Villains which gives players the ability to design their own missions, get day jobs for offline character progression, wear shields, and more.

Day Jobs (Offline Character Progression)

Scholar? Caregiver? City Official? Now when players log out of City of Heroes / Villains they’re just getting started! A character’s day job is determined by the actual in-game location from which he or she logs out. If players log out from a University their day job is considered to be a Scholar. If they log out from City Hall they're a City Official. The benefits are thematically appropriate to the location. For example, a City Official earns extra Influence, a Scholar is granted Salvage, a Caregiver is granted Health Regeneration Buffs, etc.

Read more here.

Once characters have accumulated the required amount of time for each Day Job, they are rewarded with the appropriate Day Job Badge and Title, increasing their “earnings” for that job. Multiple Badges can be combined to unlock Accolades and the ability to accumulate additional new rewards. Almost every location within Paragon City and the Rogue Isles has an associated Day Job, resulting in a wide selection of jobs and rewards!
 

I wonder just how the day jobs thing is going to work. Could I abuse it (not that I would...) by simply logging in and out a bunch of times? Will there be a 1-job-per-day rule? Does time logged off matter? Like if I log off in a university and don't play that character for a week, does he get a week's worth of scholar credit?

Holy hell... How do they keep doing it?

I just canceled my subscription once again and my subscription hasn't even expired yet. I'm now going to have to subscribe again :-D This is like the 3rd or 4th time this has happened

Genius!

Originally posted by shad0w99

Holy hell... How do they keep doing it?

I just canceled my subscription once again and my subscription hasn't even expired yet. I'm now going to have to subscribe again :-D This is like the 3rd or 4th time this has happened

Genius!

Same here, two days after cancelation this one pops up. It will be at least one more trip back to paragon city in the future to check this out. New Issues are like christmas!

This update rocks my socks off.

Well looks like I'll be kept very busy in CoX now.  Dernit I need more hours in the day I think.

Issues keep getting better and better.  Keep it  up NCSoft!

Originally posted by themilton

Once characters have accumulated the required amount of time for each Day Job, they are rewarded with the appropriate Day Job Badge and Title, increasing their “earnings” for that job. Multiple Badges can be combined to unlock Accolades and the ability to accumulate additional new rewards. Almost every location within Paragon City and the Rogue Isles has an associated Day Job, resulting in a wide selection of jobs and rewards!
 

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I wonder just how the day jobs thing is going to work. Could I abuse it (not that I would...) by simply logging in and out a bunch of times? Will there be a 1-job-per-day rule? Does time logged off matter? Like if I log off in a university and don't play that character for a week, does he get a week's worth of scholar credit?

I guess you didn't understand - the purpose is giving you something for the time you stay offline. So if you log back, you stop earning those points. I guess ppl will want to focus at least on one job at a time in order to gain its benefits. And yes, I guess if you stay logged at a university you'll get that time's worth as a scholar - but if your sub. ends, they should cut your offline gains...

As for resubing, I've been away from City some 6 months now and was recently thinking of returning... I'm definitely coming back - gotta get ready for Issue 13