Issues

Description

Issues are large game updates to the City of Heroes or City of Villains game. There are smaller updates that occur between the larger "Issues", but these are usually for Special events or to fix various Bugs or Exploits.

There have been eight Issues so far, with an upcoming ninth Issue.

• Issue 1 - Through the Looking Glass
• Issue 2 - A Shadow of the Past
• Issue 3 - A Council of War
• Issue 4 - The Colosseum
• Issue 5 - Forest of Dread
• Issue 6 - Along Came a Spider
• Issue 7 - Destiny Manifest
• Issue 8 - To Protect and Serve
• Issue 9 - Breakthrough

Timeline

Until Issue 7, Issues were released once every three months (in average). Issue 6, the first to include the City of Villains codebase, was plagued by a number of bugs and incompatibility problems, which caused Issue 7 to be released over seven months later. Issue 8 was also significantly delayed, being released almost six months after Issue 7. At present, Positron has stated the desire to release three Issues a year, and Issue 9 appears to be on time; it's expected to be released to the Live servers in late March or early April, which would be around four months after Issue 8.

• April 28, 2004: Original release.
• June 29th, 2004: Issue 1, 62 days later.
• September 16th, 2004: Issue 2, 79 days later.
• January 4, 2005: Issue 3, 110 days later.
• May 4, 2005: Issue 4, 120 days later.
• August 31, 2005: Issue 5, 119 days later.
• October 27, 2005: Issue 6, 57 days later.
• June 6, 2006: Issue 7, 222 days later.
• November 28th, 2006: Issue 8, 175 days later.

Notes

• The names of the various issues have traditionally been chapter names of famous books.
• Jack Emmert decided to use the name "Issues" to describe the larger updates to coincide with the comic book theme of the game.