Day Jobs

Overview

aka Offline Character Progression

Taken from Issue 13 preview page

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.

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!- Depending on where characters log out, they assume the role of the area as their day job. If they log out in a hospital, for example, they are working as doctors or nurses. When logging back in, characters receive certain bonuses and rewards according to their day jobs.

Designing Day Jobs

by Game Designer Phil Zeleski

Taken from the European City of Heroes website

Day Jobs, a new feature for City of Heroes, rewards players even when they aren't playing the game. It's called offline character progression and while other games have done this before, City of Heroes takes it to a whole new level. Simply put, Day Jobs reward players with additional powers and benefits when they log back in. This also gives characters greater depth by allowing them to flesh out their identities and back-stories. Our goal was to create a robust system that benefits players now as much as possible while also allowing the system to grow with future content updates.

Day Jobs and Badges

The Day Job system allows players to log out from a specific location (like a hospital or vault) and when they return to play, after an extended log out period, they will gain a temporary power or some other benefit. All of the benefits granted from Day Jobs, other than badges and accolades (see below) are temporary or have a certain number of uses before they expire. However, each time a character logs out from the same area, the corresponding benefits are replenished. Most rewards take 10 days of logged out time to reach the maximum benefit.

When characters are logged out from a designated location (consecutively or non-consecutively) for a total of 30 days they will earn a badge associated with the corresponding Day Job. This will result in additional benefits. Once a badge is earned, the rate at which characters accumulate benefits, and even the potency of them, increase!

Below is a list of all Day Jobs available in Issue 13: Power and Responsibility:

Hero Day Jobs

Day Job Name	Log Out Location	Benefit
City Official	City Hall (Atlas Park)	Influence Bonus upon mission complete.
Law Enforcer	Police Stations	Experience Bonus upon mission complete.
Commuter	Train Stations	Travel speed bonus.
Shop Keeper	Store Lobbies	Enhancement drop upon mission complete.
Dimensional Explorer	The Shadow Shard	Traveler's Jet pack temporary power.
Intern	Portal Corp Lobbies	Large Inspiration upon mission complete.
Care Giver	Hospital Lobbies	Out of combat regeneration bonus.
Professor	Inside Universities	Random tech salvage drop upon mission complete.
Patroller	Anywhere (accrues concurrently with other Day Jobs)	50% experience bonus.
Banker	Inside a Vault	Influence bonus upon mission complete.
Clubber	Pocket D	Out of combat recovery bonus.
Day Trader	Wentworth's Consignment Houses	Auction fee discount.
Vanguard Recruit	Vanguard Base interior	Vanguard Merit upon mission complete.
Chronologist	Ouroboros	Enhancement recipe upon mission complete.
Midnighter	Inside the Midnighter Club	Random arcane salvage drop upon mission complete.
Duelist	Arena interior	Maximum Endurance bonus.
Fashion Designer	Icon Lobbies	Coupons that will grant a 25% discount at the tailor.
Cimeroran	Cimerora	Damage Resistance bonus.
Predator	PvP Zones	Recharge rate bonus.
Monitor Duty	Supergroup bases or near base portals	Prestige bonus.
Mortician	Graveyards	XP Debt Protection.

Villain Day Jobs

Day Job Name	Log Out Location	Benefit
Demagogue	Arachnos Building (Marconeville, Port Oakes, Grandville)	Influence Bonus upon mission complete.
Arachnos Agent	Arachnos Bases and Arachnos Controlled areas	Experience Bonus upon mission complete.
Pilot	Near Black Helicopters	Travel speed bonus.
Smuggler	Ferry Docks	Enhancement drop upon mission complete.
Arachnos Official	Grandville, Anywhere?	Traveler's Jet pack temporary power.
Crey Employee	Crey Industries Building in Nerva Archipelago	Large Inspiration upon mission complete.
Pain Specialist	Hospital Lobbies	Out of combat regeneration bonus.
Professor	Inside Universities	Random tech salvage drop upon mission complete.
Criminal	Anywhere (accrues concurrently with other Day Jobs)	50% Experience bonus.
Thief	Inside a Vault	Influence bonus upon mission complete.
Clubber	Pocket D	Out of combat recovery bonus.
Marketeer	Near Black Markets	Auction fee discount.
Vanguard Recruit	Vanguard Base interior	Vanguard Merit upon mission complete
Chronologist	Ouroboros	Enhancement recipe upon mission complete.
Midnighter	Inside the Midnighter Club	Random arcane salvage drop upon mission complete.
Duelist	Arena interior	Maximum Endurance bonus.
Fashion Designer	Facemaker Lobbies	Coupons that will grant a 25% discount at the tailor.
Cimeroran	Cimerora	Damage Resistance bonus.
Predator	PvP Zones	Recharge rate bonus.
Monitor Duty	Villain group bases or near base portals	Prestige bonus.
Mortician	Graveyards	XP Debt Protection.

Accolades

An Accolade is obtained by earning two Day Job badges that work in conjunction with one another. In other words, earning multiple badges unlock Accolades. These Accolades will grant an even more enhanced set of powers and benefits. Additional ‘charges’ can also be earned for your Day Job Accolade powers by logging off from either of the areas associated with the two badges that unlocked the Accolade. Below is a list of the Day Job Accolades available in Issue 13: Power and Responsibility:

Hero Day Job Accolades

Day Job Accolade	Day Job #1	Day Job #2	Benefit
Police Chief	Law Enforcer	City Official	Baton Power: Melee Minor DMG (Smashing) Foe Stun
Security Chief	Law Enforcer	Banker	Tear Gas: Ranged AoE Foe Hold
Traveler	Commuter	Dimensional Explorer	Traveler Pack
Entrepreneur	Shopkeeper	Day Trader	Invention crafting discount tokens
Scientist	Professor	Intern	Sleep Gas: Ranged AoE Foe Sleep
Physician	Professor	Caregiver	Ally Resurrect
Alchemist	Caregiver	Midnighter	Ally Heal
Socialite	Clubber	Fashion Designer	Foe Placate
Mercenary	Vanguard Recruit	Patroller	Fragmentation Grenade: Ranged AoE Foe Damage, Knockback
Gladiator	Duelist	Predator	Combat Shield
Time Lord	Cimeroran	Chronologist	Self Auto +Rech, +Res(Rech, Run, Fly, Teleport)
Archaeologist	Mortician	Midnighter	Rune of Purification: Foe Dmg(Energy)
Rapid Response Member	Patroller	Monitor Duty	Base teleporter (15 minute recharge)

Villain Day Job Accolades

Day Job Accolades	Day Job #1	Day Job #2	Benefit
Web Weaver	Arachnos Agent	Demagogue	Web Grenade: Ranged Foe Immobilize, -Rech, -Fly, -Speed
Black Ops	Arachnos Agent	Thief	Smoke Grenade: Ranged AoE Foe -Perception, -To Hit
Brood Leader	Pilot	Arachnos Official	Traveler's Pack
Profiteer	Smuggler	Marketeer	Invention crafting discount coupons.
Crey Scientist	Pain Specialist	Crey Employee	Sleep Gas: Ranged AoE Foe Sleep.
Physician	Professor	Pain Specialist	Ally Resurrect (20 uses)
Alchemist	Pain Specialist	Midnighter	Ally Heal (20 uses)
Socialite	Fashion Designer	Clubber	Beguile: Foe Placate
Mercenary	Vanguard Recruit	Criminal	Fragmentation Grenade
Gladiator	Duelist	Predator	Combat Shield
Time Lord	Chronologist	Cimeroran	Damage and teleport +Res, +Rech
Archaeologist	Midnighter	Mortician	Rune of Purification: Foe Dmg(Energy, Special vs. nonhuman)
Trouble Maker	Monitor Duty	Criminal	Base Teleporter

Note: When players obtain Day Job badges, they unlock information about which Day Jobs to collect next in order to earn the associated Accolade(s).

On Patrol

In addition to all of the Day Jobs, every character is "On Patrol" after they log out of the game. When players log back into Paragon City or the Rogue Isles they will gain 1 bar of double experience (when defeating enemies) for every 24 hours they are logged out. A player can earn up to 10 bars of double experience this way. Double experience is shown as a blue portion of your experience bar. Experience debt will be removed first before any double experience is applied.

If your character has a number of double experience bars that exceeds the number of experience bars you need to level up, then this double experience will carry over to the next security/threat level.

Getting Started

When exploring both Paragon City and the Rogue Isles you will encounter several Day Job locations. You'll know you're in one when you see a power icon under your health bar that explains what Day Job you will work towards by logging off in that location.

Try visiting a hospital, where you will earn the Caregiver (Pain Specialist if you're a villain) Day Job. You'll notice a power icon that when moused over will state "Day Job: Caregiver." Logging out from this location will earn you credit toward the Caregiver Day Job badge. When you log back in you'll gain an out of combat regeneration bonus. Once you've logged out in the Hospital for a total of 30 days (consecutively or non-consecutively) or more you'll earn the Caregiver badge and will receive an even more powerful regeneration bonus when you log out at this location from here on out.

Once you have earned the Caregiver badge you will find a hint for how to earn the Physician accolade by first earning the Professor badge. To earn the Professor Day Job badge, you will need to log out from the University for 30 (consecutive or non-consecutive) days. After an extended log out period, the Professor Day Job will grant you a random piece of tech salvage upon mission completion. This bonus will take 10 days of log out time to earn 2 hours worth of this bonus. However, once you earn the Professor badge you only need to be logged out 8 days to earn the 2 hour benefit instead of 10.

Once you own both the Professor and Caregiver badges you will unlock the Physician Accolade. With this Accolade you will be able to earn ‘charges’ for a power that revives defeated allies by logging out from (and back in to) either a University or a Hospital. You will gain the Day Job benefits for both this Accolade and the Day Job benefit associated with the area. Nice benefits!

Parting Words

All in all, we're really excited about this new feature for our game. By balancing your time in and out of the game, you’ll get unique rewards that you wouldn’t otherwise attain. When you are ready to log back in and kick some villain or hero butt… we’ll be there waiting for you, and you’ll still be powerful enough to do just that. And with the addition of our Day Job themed costume pieces you can even dress appropriately!

See Also

• Day Job Badges