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=== What's your Origin? ===
Have you ever wished you could proudly wield your [[origin]] as a banner in front of your fiercest adversaries or even amongst fellow heroes or villains? Your origin contributes to making you a unique citizen in [[Paragon City]], the [[Rogue Isles]], or [[Praetoria]]. You've trained hard to follow the natural arts? You've worked tirelessly on your invocations and spells? Painful scientific experimentations have made you a powerful creature to reckon with? Technological advances have bestowed you with the ability to transcend your limits? Or maybe you are the product of a freak accident?
Discover the [[Origins Pack|City of Heroes® Origins Pack]].
When it becomes available through the NCsoft Store on November 3, 2010, the City of Heroes Origins Pack will provide your characters with new customization options based on the five character Origins: [[Magic]], [[Mutant]], [[Natural]], [[Science]], and [[Technology]].
Watch the new [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVrINAbQdhE&hd=1 City of Heroes Origins Pack trailer] now for a taste of things to come!


=== The 2010 Halloween Event is here! ===
=== The 2010 Halloween Event is here! ===
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From ghosties and ghoulies, and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, deliver us.
From ghosties and ghoulies, and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, deliver us.
;[[Halloween Event/Giant Monsters|Monster Invasion]]
During Halloween, the undead pierce the veil between death and life. These monsters don't care who you are. All they want is to eat your brains. Braaaains!
;[[Halloween Event/Zombie Apocalypse|Zombie Apocalypse]]
You can't run. You can't hide. Zombies rise from beyond the grave to haunt the living! No city or dimension is safe from their shambling, lurching invasion. Clear them before they overwhelm the streets.
;[[Halloween Event/Deadly Apocalypse|Deadly Apocalypse]]
Haunting Banners appear throughout the world surrounding sinister mystic circles of power. These banners summon fiendish foes too powerful for any one person. Team up with other Heroes or Villains to fight these supernatural menaces together.
;[[Halloween Event/Trick or Treat|Trick or Treat]]
What would Halloween be without tricks or treats? You can go "knocking" door to door all week. These aren't like any tricks or treats you may be used to, though.
Treats and tricks include:
* [[Rock|Rock (Treat)]]: Throw your very own rock.
* [[Temporary Powers#Halloween Events|Classic Costumes (Treats)]]: Receive a special costume that can turn you into a [[Banished Pantheon Shaman Costume|Banished Pantheon]], [[Coralax Minion Costume|Coralax]], [[Carnival Strongman Costume|Carnival of Shadows]], [[Freakshow Boss Costume|Freakshow]], or other characters.
* Trick: If you're not lucky enough to get a treat, a trick may spawn special Halloween enemies instead. If you and your friends manage to defeat one of the spawned enemies, you could receive special [[Event Salvage#Halloween Event Salvage|Halloween Salvage]]. Collect this Salvage and redeem it for one additional costume slot (giving a character up to a maximum of five total costume slots).


;New for 2010
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Happy Trick or Treating all!
Happy Trick or Treating all!
=== What's your Origin? ===
Have you ever wished you could proudly wield your [[origin]] as a banner in front of your fiercest adversaries or even amongst fellow heroes or villains? Your origin contributes to making you a unique citizen in [[Paragon City]], the [[Rogue Isles]], or [[Praetoria]]. You've trained hard to follow the natural arts? You've worked tirelessly on your invocations and spells? Painful scientific experimentations have made you a powerful creature to reckon with? Technological advances have bestowed you with the ability to transcend your limits? Or maybe you are the product of a freak accident?
Discover the [[Origins Pack|City of Heroes® Origins Pack]].
When it becomes available through the [https://secure.ncsoft.com/cgi-bin/Store.pl?language=en NCsoft Store] on November 3rd, 2010, the City of Heroes Origins Pack will provide your characters with new customization options based on the five character Origins: [[Magic]], [[Mutant]], [[Natural]], [[Science]], and [[Technology]].
New Origins Auras*
* Magic: Runes, Tarot Cards.
* Mutant: Toxic Vapor, Bio Plasma.
* Natural: Leaves, Thunderhead.
* Science: Atomic, Cryogenics.
* Technology: Steamjets, Sparks.
New Origin Capes*
In addition to the new auras, your character can choose one of these five stunning capes:
* Cloak of the Eighth Circle
* Spliced
* Autumnal
* Unified Field Façade
* Impervium Mantle.
Watch the new [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVrINAbQdhE&hd=1 City of Heroes Origins Pack trailer] now for a taste of things to come!
* Please note Origin Auras and Capes are not locked to your origin and can be freely accessed by any of your characters from level 1.


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Latest revision as of 22:36, 20 January 2014

Thursday, October 21, 2010

What's your Origin?

Have you ever wished you could proudly wield your origin as a banner in front of your fiercest adversaries or even amongst fellow heroes or villains? Your origin contributes to making you a unique citizen in Paragon City, the Rogue Isles, or Praetoria. You've trained hard to follow the natural arts? You've worked tirelessly on your invocations and spells? Painful scientific experimentations have made you a powerful creature to reckon with? Technological advances have bestowed you with the ability to transcend your limits? Or maybe you are the product of a freak accident?

Discover the City of Heroes® Origins Pack.

When it becomes available through the NCsoft Store on November 3, 2010, the City of Heroes Origins Pack will provide your characters with new customization options based on the five character Origins: Magic, Mutant, Natural, Science, and Technology.

Watch the new City of Heroes Origins Pack trailer now for a taste of things to come!

The 2010 Halloween Event is here!

Get spooky and wear your scariest costume, for this year's Halloween event has now started on a live server near you!

Starts: 9:00 a.m. PDT, Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Ends: 11:59 p.m. PDT, Sunday, October 31st, 2010

From ghosties and ghoulies, and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, deliver us.

New for 2010

Multiple Halloween badges and an accolade are new for 2010's event. This year, you can also play new a Halloween-only mission to find the mystic artifact known as the Malleus Mundi. Trick or treat while wearing a classic costume or other temporary costumes and you may receive a Tip that starts this new Halloween story arc.

Happy Trick or Treating all!

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