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== Welcome to the Paragon Wiki! ==
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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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* [[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.


=== Wednesday December 19, 2007 ===
More information about the [[Game Client]] is available here.  You do not need any prior NCSoft installers, apps or game files to play.
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==== NCsoft Charity Auction ====
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* [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.
* [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/events/27-weekly-strike-targets/?view=month Weekly Strike Targets] - Calendar of WST Task Forces.
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NCsoft is placing several items related to its games up for bid on eBay and donating the proceeds to [http://www.childsplaycharity.org/index.php Child's Play], a charity dedicated bringing toys, games, books, and even cash to sick children in hospitals across the country.
* [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


Among the items you should check out are a [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250198952232 poster signed by the development team], a [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250198954192 signed copy of the Collector's Edition of City of Villains], and a really sweet [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250198960055 Lord Recluse statue].
Items with an asterisk (*) [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/register/ require a forum account] to be logged in first.
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If you're also into other NCsoft games, especially a certain game developed by the developer of Ultima fame, be sure to check out the [http://www.rgtr.com/news/latest_news/help_us_help_childs_play_this_holiday_season.html Tabula Rasa] items up for sale as well.  Don't just buy the game, buy the game ''with style''.  You could even get an NPC named after you in-game!
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=== Monday December 17, 2007 ===
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==== Winter Event ====
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[[Winter Event 2007]] is now live. Happy holidays! This year's event adds to last year's with badges for the ski slopes plus the addition of candy cane salvage.
 
=== Tuesday November 27, 2007 ===
 
==== Issue 11 Release Date ====
 
Issue 11 has been scheduled to be released on Wednesday, November 28, 2007.  The servers will undergo an extended maintenance period from 7:00am Eastern until approximately 1:00pm Eastern.  Along with the new features and content, a free costume change token and [[Power_Respecification|power respecification]] will be given away.  Check the [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=9705697#Post9705697 announcement] on the official forums for more information.
 
==== Paragon Wiki Move to Wikia Complete ====
 
A few months ago, we announced that the Paragon Wiki was going to be hosted by Wikia in the future.  As you can see, that move is now complete! We still have the same great staff running things, but now we have a much higher level of computing and staff resources dedicated to making sure the Paragon Wiki is up and running well.
 
=== Tuesday November 6, 2007 ===
 
==== NCsoft Acquires City of Heroes Franchise ====
 
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.
 
As part of this change, the following bonuses will be implemented:
 
* 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.
* At a date to be announced in the future, a one-time elimination of all character debt will take place.
* 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:
* [http://www.plaync.com/us/news/2007/11/ncsoft_announce_23.html NCsoft's press release]
* [http://www.cityofheroes.com/press/a_new_age.html The official players announcement]
* [http://www.plaync.com/us/news/2007/11/ncsoft_acquires_1.html Executive producer Brian Clayton' comments]
* [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=9559655&page=0&vc=#Post9559655 Player discussion thread]
 
We at the Paragon Wiki wish NCsoft the best, and will do our best to continue helping out with the City of Heroes community!
 
[[Archived News]]
 
 
=== 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:[email protected] [email protected]].  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 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. 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

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 NCSoft installers, apps or game files 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.