Seventh Anniversary Event

Overview

City of Heroes celebrated its Seventh Year Anniversary on April 28, 2011. The following describes the events and rewards associated with that celebration.

Badges

• Seven Year Anniversary Badge: Lucky. Players will need to log their characters into the celebration period to get that badge on each of those characters.

Lucky

You have helped celebrate the 7th anniversary of City of Heroes.

• The Constant. An account-wide badge for those who meet the requirements of the Loyalty Program detailed below.

The Constant

Villains, heroes, time travel, trans-dimensional wars... Come what may, in an ever-changing multiverse, you are The Constant which remains unchanged.

Seven Years of Super Rewards

Seven Stars
Chest Emblem

Loyalty Emblem Emotes

This a Loyalty Program which rewards players for keeping their account active from February 1st, 2011 (12:01 a.m. EST / 5:01 a.m. GMT) to April 18th, 2011 (11:59 p.m. EST / 4:59 a.m. GMT). Accounts that qualify receive the following rewards:

• Seven Stars, a new chest emblem that will remind everyone of your experience as a Hero or Villain.
• The Constant, a new badge and title that highlights your dedications and unswerving determination.
• Loyalty, a new emote that you can use to brag about your alignment in style.
  • /emote HeroLoyal
  • /emote VillainLoyal
  • /emote VigilanteLoyal
  • /emote RogueLoyal

• The Vanguard Pack, a new Booster Pack that unlocks many Vanguard costume pieces and features for all of your characters.

These rewards will only be offered for a limited time. All eligible players will have these unique rewards unlocked on their account on April 28th, 2011.

Other Events

Live Praetorian Invasion in May

The Praetorians are invading Primal Earth in May. Group up with the Paragon Studios™ development team and take part in this unique live event that will be held on all of the game servers.

• Withstand the Praetorian Surge!

50% Off Sale

From Apr. 28, 2011 6 a.m. EST to May 2, 2011 6 a.m. EST, save on server transfers, character renames, and certain booster packs in all offered languages.

• Seven Years of Super Sales
  • Week 1: Various in-game item packs and character services 50% off at the NCsoft Store
  • Week 2: Character Slots 50% off at the NCsoft Store
  • Week 3: Super Booster II: Magic 50% off at the NCsoft Store
  • Week 4: Going Rogue Expansion 50% off at the NCsoft Store
  • Week 5: Character Transfers 50% off at the NCsoft Store
  • Week 6: Super Booster IV: Martial Arts 50% off at the NCsoft Store
  • Week 7: Super Booster V: Mutant 50% off at the NCsoft Store

Ustream Webcam Chat

Senior Environmental Art Lead Gilbert 'El Topo' Martinez, Matt 'Positron' Miller, Nate 'Second Measure (Developer)' Birkholz, Andy 'Zwillinger' Belford, and the Paragon Studios Community team live on USTREAM on 4/28, at 6:00pm PST. Record of that chat found here.

Special Producer Letter

Producer Nate 'Second Measure (Developer)' Birkholz's anniversary insights.

Bring a Friend Back to Play for Free

A free reactivation week. (Not including Internet service fees. Terms apply. Sorry, no banned accounts.)

• Starts: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. Pacific Time (9:00 p.m. Eastern Time / 2:00 a.m. British Time / 3:00 Central European Time)
• Ends: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time (2:59 a.m. Eastern Time / 7:59 a.m. British Time / 8:59 Central European Time)
• Note: Originally scheduled for May 3, 2011 at 6 a.m. PST through May 10, 2011 at 12 midnight PST but moved to times noted above.

External Links

• Seven Years Loyalty Rewards official overview
• Discussion Thread on the Official Forums
• Celebrate 7 Years of Super newsletter from NCsoft
• Other Celebration Events newsletter from NCsoft