New Zone – Croatoa. Designed to challenge characters level 25 to 35 in a mysterious region infamous for its links to powerful magical forces and deadly creatures.

New Villains – The Cabal of witches, the nasty imps called Red Caps, the giant Fir Bolg and the legendary Tuatha de Dannan rule this realm.

New Task Force – Perform missions for contacts in Croatoa to unlock the exclusive task force.

New Power Sets:

Archery for Defenders and Blasters
Trick Arrows for Defenders and Controllers
Sonic Blast for Blasters and Defenders
Sonic Debuff for Defenders and Controllers

New Badges for epic character accomplishments and special badges for events within Croatoa.

New Zone Events:

Hellion Arson – The Hellions are torching buildings and it’s up to the heroes to snuff them out!

Troll Rave – There’s an upgraded Superadine source and the trolls are overdosing to create “Super-Trolls” that are out of control!


New Debt System – Half XP Debt when characters are defeated in missions and no XP Debt until Level 10!

Mission Customization – Many existing missions have been updated with hostage escort missions, villain wave attacks and more!

Last night we announced some BIG news. City of Heroes® subscribers will pay no additional monthly fee to play City of Villains™. For City of Heroes® players who purchase City of Villains™, simply add the City of Villains™ serial code to your existing City of Heroes® account using the UPGRADE button on your PlayNC™ account management page...

Hey Heroes,

We are working on getting the features update on the website as soon as we can – so I wanted to give you a heads up on Issue 6: Along Came a Spider.

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New Zones
As they become available to the players of City of Villains, the following PvP Zones will also open up for player of City of Heroes:

• Bloody Bay
This is a PvP Zone for Villains and Heroes with a minimum level to entry set at 15.

• Siren’s Call
This is a PvP Zone for Villains and Heroes with a minimum level to entry set at 20.

• Warburg
This is a Free-For-All Battle Zone for Villains and Heroes with a minimum level to entry set at 30.

Arena – New Gladiator Battles!
Collect all new Gladiator Badges to create a host of new pets you can battle in any of the Paragon City Arenas!

Names
The number of characters allowed in the name will be increased to 20!

Super Groups
There will be all new SG Badges and an upgrade to the SG permissions system.

Tech Changes
City of Heroes will now support 3D Sound, have added Visual FX Upgrades and Dual CPU Performance Enhancement.

Costume Creator
Drop down menus are just a part of the UI upgrades for the costume creator.

Pets
We’ve added an all new Pet Window for managing your pets.

Trade Window Upgrades
Trading with your teammates will be quicker and easier with the new UI in place.

Beyond that, there are tons of little tweaks and visual changes all around – so come check them out soon on the test server.