Issue 17

Overview

Issue 17, titled Dark Mirror, will be a major revision to City of Heroes and City of Villains.

This article summarizes some of the major features in Issue 17.

Confirmed Content

• "Ultra Mode": an optional enhancement mode, enabling players that have the hardware to take advantage of the new bells and whistles to do so, without disturbing the game for those still running City of Heroes on their toasters. The mode will enhance the game with a new look and feel with a heightened level of detail in lighting, reflections, shadows and water effects.
• "A new and nefarious foe" that will be able to match players "blow for blow."
  • "Just to clarify before speculation runs toooooo rampant, we're not doing a Nemesis-type system for Issue 17." - War Witch
• New badges, new missions and new player emotes
• Epic Archetypes now available at level 20
• Improvements and additions to Mission Architect
• Enhancements to UI and game systems

Notes

• Release Scheduled for April 2010

External Links

• MMORPG.com announcement
• Official Feature Update (does not exist yet)