We will be bringing our forums down Friday, July 11th 2008 to import restored user data initially lost in May. The following was posted in our Forum Announcements:

"On Friday, July 11th our message forums will be taken offline for approximately 48 hours while we restore the data we were able to pull from the old database and merge it with the existing data. The restoration will begin at about noon EST on Friday.

Users whose accounts were recovered from the old database will have those accounts merged with the current existing account, if the username and the email address match. For those of you who created alternate usernames we will be able to merge your restored account with your new account after the restoration has been completed.

If you have any questions or need any assistance with your account please email forumhelp@stratics.com or use the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of the forums."

Stratics IRC - 

Please feel  free to join us on Stratics IRC during the downtime! You can connect to one of our Stratics IRC servers using your favorite IRC client. A list of popular IRC clients is available on our downloads page, and for those who wish to chat via their browser you can connect via our java IRC client. (Java required - download here)
Connect to irc.stratics.com (port 6668) or choose a server close to you from following list:
     stratics.frws.com USA - Colorado (ports 6667 6668 7000)
     irc.glowfish.de EU - Germany (ports 6667 6668)
     stratics.afraidyet.net USA - Texas (ports 6667 6668)
     irc.gamers-irc.org USA - Colorado (ports 6667 6668 7000)
 

While we apologize for the inconvenience, we are at the same time very happy this scheduled downtime is occurring as it means we are returning to normality!

On behalf of Toyota and GameTrailers.com we are proud to present the Matrix Machinima Contest: Get In Touch With Your Dark Side!

Make a Machinima video with City of Heroes / City of Villains and have the chance to win the grandprize of a 2009 Model year Toyota Matrix S filled with good stuff! Act now! Submissions can only be uploaded to GameTrailers.com from July 1st through August 10th. Winners will be announced on Spike's GTTV on September 12th.

Click here for the contest details and rules!

So get your minions, sidekicks and henchmen ready, load up on hard drive space and make a Machinima masterpiece!!!

We are pleased to announce the latest edition of the City of Heroes Fanzine!

The Fanzine is a collection of player submitted art, comic and stories from City of Heroes fans. If you are interested in submitting material for consideration for the next Fanzine, please visit the Fans Submission Guidelines web page.

July 23-July 27th members of the City of Heroes team will be at Comic Con to share in the fun. Stop by the NCsoft booth # 5209 to meet up with Lighthouse, Ex Libris, and Blue Steel from the City of Heroes & City of Villains team.

Be sure to ask for your Pocket D VIP Pass to gain access to the Pocket D Jubilee event scheduled for Saturday July 26th. The VIP Pass will also unlock a special in game item that was selected for this show only.

On Tuesday June 24th, 8:00AM CT (6:00AM PT) all North American Servers will be brought down to update to Patch 17.200800612.1T.

The estimated downtime is 2 hours, we apologize for the inconvenience.

Build 17.20080612.0

Tuesday, June 17, 2008



COMBINED

Powers

• Circle of Thorns Behemoth Invincibility toned down slightly. It now provides roughly 8% defense per target.
  
  
• Corrected animation time issues with Drain Psyche and Energy Absorption.
  
  
• Fixed a minor delay for the hit effects/damage on Martial Arts - Crippling Axe Kick
  
  
• Willpower / Rise to the Challenge will now root the player while activating. This was done to ensure it follows the same rules as other toggle powers.
  
  
• The animation used by Spine Burst and Thorn Burst will no longer prevent the next attack animation from playing.
  
  
  
  

User Commands

• Added /sync command which attempts to get the client and server back in sync when the client allows movement but it isn't reflected on the server. (When out of sync, the player will be able to move around, but cannot see other players or NPCs, and other players cannot see them).
  

CITY of HEROES

Powers

Blasters

• Blasters / Defiance - Found a bug in the formula used for calculating Blaster Defiance buffs. The following powers have been altered as listed:
  
  
• Fistful of Arrows (slightly weaker)
  
  
• Rain of Arrows (slightly stronger)
  
  
• Zapp (slightly stronger
  
  
• Power Burst (stronger)
  
  
• Bitter Freeze Ray (slightly stronger)
  
  
• Shout (stronger)
  

CITY of VILLAINS

Powers

Corruptors

• Corruptor / Electric Blast / Voltaic Sentinel - Corruptor version of Voltaic Sentinel now benefits from Enhancements.
  

Dominators

• Dominator / Electric Assault / Thunder Strike: This power should no longer accept endurance modification sets.
  

Stalkers

• Fixed Stealth Suppression from Assassination Attacks
  

Tailor

• Weapon customization: Rularuu bow should now be obtainable by Villains
  

It's a new month and a good opportunity to change your desktop to the June City of Heroes 4 year anniversary Calendar!

Click here to view the 4 year anniversary calendar wallpaper page.

Choose the June calendar and save the image as your desktop and enjoy a retrospective view from City of Heroes!

Issue 12: Midnight Hour, the highly anticipated 12th free expansion for City of Heroes and City of Villains is now available to all current subscribers. Log in, patch up and play the exciting new release!

For more information please visit:

Official Press Release, “NCsoft Covers New Ground in City of Heroes”

Issue 12 Information Links

On Tuesday May 20th at 6:00AM CDT (11:00 AM GMT) All North American City of Heroes & City of Villains servers will be brought down for an extended maintenance.

The anticipated downtime is approximately 5 hours.