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Can you believe that this game has really lasted that long? It was four years ago today, April 28, 2004, when City of Heroes first launched. And the game has grown and changed so much since it first launched, as Matt "Positron" Miller points out in his 4th anniversary message. And the game continues to grow, with Issue 12: Midnight Hour coming soon and even more new features coming our way.
One little tidbit Miller has shared seems to have fandom excited: player-created missions and story arcs. Some time in the future players will be able to choose a map, villain group and objective and write their own dialogue and clues. They will then be able to upload the missions to be played and rated by other players across all servers, with fame coming to those players whose content is rated among the best.
The fine folks at NCSoft have also released a 12-month (May 2008-April 2009) calendar available as either a downloadable PDF or as desktop wallpapers. The calendar features dates important to the lore of Paragon City as well as the dates of upcoming events players may be interested in, such as
- May 6, 2008: Issue 12: Midnight Hour goes to open beta.
- July 18, 2008: Double XP weekend begins.
- October 20, 2008: Halloween Event begins.
- December 15, 2008: Winter Event begins.
- January 23, 2009: Double XP weekend begins.
The calendar is available on its own webpage here.
And finally, some fun facts about the game, as shared by Positron:
- Since the game's launch, 32 million characters have been created.
- Players have spent a combined 292 centuries playing City of Heroes and City of Villains.
- The most popular origins are Mutant (25%), Magic (24%) and Natural (21%).
- The most popular archetypes are blasters for heroes and masterminds for villains.
- The most popular travel pool powers are fly (34%) and super jump (30%).
- The archetypes that tend to be the wealthiest are scrappers on the hero side and brutes on the villain side.
- Since its launch with Issue 9 in 2007, the consignment house has seen more than 100 million items traded through it.
- The most traded item in the consignment house is Base Salvage: Alien Tech Salvage.
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