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== Welcome to the Paragon Wiki! ==
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[[Image:CoHBanner.png|frame|right|[http://www.cityofheroes.com City of Heroes] official site]]
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Welcome to City of Heroes and City of Villains, the online world that's home to an entire universe of heroes and villains, where you and thousands of other players take on the roles of super powered heroes and villains in a stunning, 3D graphical world.
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This wiki is intended to be a central repository of all things that have to do with NCSoft's two MMORPG's, [http://www.cityofheroes.com City of Heroes] and [http://www.cityofvillains.com City of Villains].  This wiki is a community effort.  If you cannot find the information you are searching for, please add it to the wiki for other users to see.
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To find information, use the search box on the left, or feel free to browse the available [[Special:Categories|categories]] or view the [[Table of Contents|table of contents]].
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This wiki is provided by the [http://www.pcfreepress.com Paragon City Free Press], a fansite dedicated to the enjoyment of City of Heroes and City of Villains by providing more depth to the game.
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Please see the [[wikipedia:Help:Editing|Editing User's Guide]] for information about how to write and create articles for this wiki.
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== News ==
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=== Tuesday November 6, 2007 ===
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* [[Homecoming Launcher]] (Win/Linux)
* [[LaunchCat]] for Mac
[https://forums.homecomingservers.com/forum/12-help-amp-support/ Forum-based support] is available as well as a [https://discord.com/invite/cityofheroes Discord Server.]  Everyone starts over at level 1.


==== NCSoft Acquires City of Heroes Franchise ====
More information about the [[Game Client]] is available here.  You do not need any prior game files or activation codes to play.
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NCSoft announced today that they have acquired the City of Heroes/City of Villains games in their entirety from Cryptic Studios and are creating a brand new studio to house its future development and expansion. Members of the Cryptic Studios development team have been hired by NCsoft to continue development on the City of Heroes games and will relocate to the new NCsoft NorCal studio.
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<h3 style="font-size: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Homecoming Team</h3>
* [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/gameaccount/ Game Account Center] - Set login name & password for the client.*
* [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/beta/ Beta Account Center] - Instructions to access the beta manifest, and a tool to copy live toons to beta.*
* [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/support/ Support Center] - Allows users to send support tickets.*
* [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/status/ Server Status] - Shows user counts, server load, and RAM/GPU use.
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As part of this change, the following bonuses will be implemented:
* [https://fbsa.wiki/ FBSA Wiki] - Character bios, stories and RP content.
* [https://mods.cityofheroes.dev/ City Mod Installer] - A web site to download and manage mods.
* [https://costumes.cityofheroes.dev/ Icon Catalogue] - A web site to display and share costumes.
* [https://forumarchive.cityofheroes.dev/ Live Forum Archive] - A snapshot of the former CoX boards.
* [https://suggestions.cityofheroes.dev/ City Suggests] - An alt toon randomizer. (From RubyRed)
<h3 style="font-size: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Independent</h3>
* [https://midsreborn.com/ Mids Reborn] - a new character creator tool forked from Mids Hero Builder.
* [https://cod.uberguy.net/ City of Data v2.0] - Power information database


* All players with accounts will have access to City of Heroes ''and'' City of Villains going forward. There will be no differentiation between the games for paid accounts.
Items with an asterisk (*) [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/register/ require a forum account] to be logged in first.
* At a date to be announced in the future, a one-time elimination of all character debt will take place.
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* Also at a date to be announced in the future, a one-time grant of 20,000 prestige per member will be awarded to all supergroups.


For more information please see the following resources:
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* [http://www.plaync.com/us/news/2007/11/ncsoft_announce_23.html NCsoft's press release]
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* [http://www.cityofheroes.com/press/a_new_age.html The official players announcement]
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* [http://www.plaync.com/us/news/2007/11/ncsoft_acquires_1.html Executive producer Brian Clayton' comments]
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* [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=9559655&page=0&vc=#Post9559655 Player discussion thread]
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We at the Paragon Wiki wish NCsoft the best, and will do our best to continue helping out with the City of Heroes community!
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=== Monday October 29, 2007 ===
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==== Issue 11 Open Beta ====
 
Issue 11 on the [[Training Room]] test server has been opened up to the public. Now is the time to go test all the new features of the Ouroboros and the Flashback system. You can copy your character via the [https://secure.cityofheroes.com/cgi-bin/coh_transfer.pl character transfer] utility.
 
 
=== Monday October 22, 2007 ===
 
==== New Logo ====
 
You might have noticed the new Paragon Wiki logo in the top left corner of the page.  We wanted to send a quick shout-out and thanks to [http://paragonwiki.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=705 Kanti], the designer.  Thanks Kanti, it's awesome!
 
==== Halloween Event 2007 Live! ====
 
Trick or treat, the [[Halloween Event 2007]] is now live on the servers!  The event will be active through Sunday, November 4.  There are three brand new badges available, along with the eight from years past.  Be sure to read the Paragon Wiki article to get all of the information.
 
 
=== Tuesday October 9, 2007 ===
==== Issue 11 Closed Beta ====
[[Issue 11]] has been patched to the [[Training Room]] testing server. It is in Closed Beta testing right now. We remind all those invited to honor the NDA.
 
An interview with Positron (citation needed) predicts that Issue 11 will be on the live servers long before December 12th(21st?). And Lighthouse says "Closed beta is not planned to be anywhere near as long as Issue 9 beta. Thanks for your understanding while we proceed with testing Issue 11."
 
 
=== Monday, September 3, 2007 ===
 
==== Tabula Rasa Beta Key Contest Winners ====
 
Congratulations to the winners of the Tabula Rasa Beta Key contest!  I've posted a message with the answers to the contest trivia questions and the winners in the [http://paragonwiki.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4133 Paragon Forums].  I'd also like to give a heavy-duty shout-out to Wikia, who will be hosting the Paragon Wiki in the very near future, and who acquired the beta keys for this contest!  Thanks again, and keep an eye out for future contests. --[[User:TonyV|TonyV]] 23:22, 3 September 2007 (EDT)
 
 
=== Wednesday August 29, 2007 ===
 
==== Tabula Rasa Beta Key Giveaway ====
 
Aw, shucks, anything I write here is for historical purposes since there's a big yellow banner across the top of the page.  Still, if historical purposes we need, historical purposes we'll have!
 
The Paragon Wiki and Wikia are giving away several beta keys to [http://www.rgtr.com/ Richard Garriot's Tabula Rasa], compliments of NCsoft! To enter to win one of the keys, simply answer a [http://paragonwiki.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=658 few trivia questions], all of which can be found right here in the Paragon Wiki. The contest ends this Saturday (September 1, 2007) at 8:00pm Eastern.
 
 
=== Thursday August 23, 2007 ===
 
==== Paragon Wiki is moving to Wikia ====
 
Hey all, the Paragon Wiki is going to be moving to Wikia in a week or two.  The plans have all been made, and I'm working with their technical gurus to get it all moved over.  Don't worry, though, I'm not going to be leaving any time soon, I'll still be the administrator of the wiki and active in its continued growth and development.
 
I've [[Wikia_Move|written an article]] specifically about the move, including some questions and answers.  If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to post a message on the [http://paragonwiki.com/forums Paragon Forums] or e-mail me directly at [mailto:tonyv@pcfreepress.com tonyv@pcfreepress.com].
 
While the site is moving, I ''highly'' encourage everyone to pop over to [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] and have a look around.  I think you'll be impressed with their setup, and hopefully you'll be as excited as I am about us moving over!
 
--[[User:TonyV|TonyV]] 21:37, 23 August 2007 (EDT)
 
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=== Wanted: Your Mad Writing Skillz (with a Z) ===
 
Want to contribute to the Paragon Wiki but don't know where to start?  One good place to start is by editing articles that are designated as [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Stub|Stub]] articles and [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Wip|Work in Progress]] articles.  These articles need anything from minor tweaks to major overhauls, and anything you have to add would be appreciated!
 
If you want to dive into writing some highly needed articles from scratch, check out the list of [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]].  These are pages that are linked to from other pages but that have no articles associated with them.  They are sorted by the number of links that point to them, so by filling in the articles towards the top of the list, you will be giving the most bang for your temporal buck.
 
== Contact Info ==
 
[[User:TonyV|TonyV]] is the administrator of this wiki.  If you need to contact him, please send an e-mail to [mailto:tonyv@pcfreepress.com tonyv@pcfreepress.com].  Please see the [[Paragon Wiki:Administrators|Administrators]] page for more information about the administrators of the Paragon Wiki.
 
== Legal Information ==
 
City of Heroes is ©2004 NCsoft Corporation and Cryptic Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.<br>
City of Villains is ©2005 NCsoft Corporation and Cryptic Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.<br>
City of Heroes, City of Villains, game content, logos, and materials are trademarks and copyrights of NCsoft Corporation and its Licensors and used with permission.
Please see the [[Paragon Wiki:General_disclaimer|General Disclaimer]] for more information.

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Welcome

Welcome to the Unofficial Homecoming Wiki, a central repository of all things related to Homecoming: City of Heroes, a superhero-themed MMORPG.

City of Heroes is home to an entire multiverse of superpowered beings in a stunning, 3D graphical world. Players take on the roles of heroes, villains, vigilantes, and rogues, while both saving and destroying worlds. City of Heroes was known for its groundbreaking level of customization, its highly community-focused features, and its abundant developer-player interaction and feedback. Homecoming: City of Heroes has been in operation since April 2019 with a wide variety of quality-of-life features such as custom XP rates, alignment switching at will, all costume parts available on character creation, all vestiges of the Paragon Store removed, and a new player archetype, Sentinels. On January 2024, Homecoming was licensed as a private server for City of Heroes. Homecoming has five player shards, four testing shards, and the largest community of players today.

This wiki is a fork of the Paragon Wiki, a community effort created and maintained by more than two thousand volunteers since 2005.

Selected Information Portal

Articles About the Game

Articles About Your Character

Other Popular Articles

Donating

Launchers

Forum-based support is available as well as a Discord Server. Everyone starts over at level 1.

More information about the Game Client is available here. You do not need any prior game files or activation codes to play.

Resources

Homecoming Team

Victory Team Owned

Independent

Items with an asterisk (*) require a forum account to be logged in first.

Contributing to the Wiki

We welcome any content you're able to add, fill in, or revise, especially to reflect changes from the original game.

Getting familiar with the Article Guidelines and the Help pages prior to contributing makes a big difference in helping a new editor get settled. A lot of wiki syntax assistance can be found in the Help pages.

Don't know where to start? A good place to begin is by editing articles that are designated as stubs, incomplete, or works in progress. These articles need anything from minor tweaks to major overhauls, and anything you have to add would be appreciated! Once you're comfortable, you can take a look at the Wanted Pages, a list of linked-to articles that don't yet exist.

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