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== City of Villains FAQs ==
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If you are new to City of Villains or just looking for a quick answer to the most common questions, please read the game's [[FAQs]].
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== Welcome to the City of Heroes / City of Villains Wiki ==
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[[Image:CoHBanner.png|frame|right|[http://www.cityofheroes.com City of Heroes] official site]]
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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]].
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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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* [[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.


Please see the [[wikipedia:Help:Editing|Editing User's Guide]] for information about how to write and create articles for this wiki.
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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== Recent Updates ==
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<h3 style="font-size: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Homecoming Team</h3>
* [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.
<h3 style="font-size: inherit; font-weight: bold;">Victory Team Owned</h3>


* I owe [[User:StarGeek|StarGeek]] a HUGE thanks for updating a ton of [[:Category:Powers icons|powers icons]] that I had screwed up the category for.  He corrected a whole bunch, and I've since gone in via SQL directly and updated the rest so that the category is now correct and browsable. Again, thank you!
* [https://fbsa.wiki/ FBSA Wiki] - Character bios, stories and RP content.
* At long last!  The article on [[Inspirations]] has been added. Special inspirations for the [[Winter Event 2005]] are included, as are [[Inspirations#Obselete Inspirations|obsolete inspirations]] that have been retired from the game.
* [https://mods.cityofheroes.dev/ City Mod Installer] - A web site to download and manage mods.
* A work-in-progress article about [[Bounty]] has been added to document what you can get in Siren's Call for defeating enemies. So far, I only know of two bounty levels (1,000 and 6,000).  If there are more, please add them!
* [https://costumes.cityofheroes.dev/ Icon Catalogue] - A web site to display and share costumes.
* A new format for powerset documentation has been developed, as seen in the [[Energy Melee]] article. Compare this with the format used for powersets such as [[Dark Armor]], and it has a ''lot'' more information.  The powersets will take a long time to document, so any help would be appreciated!
* [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


== News ==
Items with an asterisk (*) [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/register/ require a forum account] to be logged in first.
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=== January 22, 2006 ===
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==== Server Outage ====
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Well, not exactly.  The DNS servers for this site went kaput sometime yesterday (Saturday) afternoon Eastern time, which had the same effect:  For hours, the site was inaccessible.  It was, unfortunately, completely beyond my control other than logging a couple of tickets with my web hosting provider to try to have the matter resolved.  Sometime between around 11:00pm EST Saturday night and 5:30am EST this morning, the problem was resolved and normal service restored.  I apologize for any inconvenience this caused, and hope that the service provider takes steps to keep from having such a long outage again.
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=== January 15, 2006 ===
 
==== Spam Filter ====
 
Well, if you've been checking the [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent Changes]] page, you may have noticed that the Paragon Wiki has lately been the victim of some vandals who are, no doubt, trying to increase their sites' link counts by posting hidden links to sites of, shall we say, questionable repute, in articles.
 
If you're thinking about doing this (or have done this), I'd like to remind you of three things.  First, this site is a purely volunteer effort, which basically means that you're going to hell, have a nice day!  Second, this wiki is configured with rel=nofollow links that do not get followed by search engines, so your site is ''not'' getting credit for links from this site and you're wasting your time.  Third, I do check this site for changes at least once a day (usually more), and your links are taken down before any search engines really have a chance to see them.
 
Nevertheless, I resigned myself a long time ago to the old Internet adage that if you build it, they will attack.  I guess that I should take it as a kind of backhanded compliment that my site is important enough now to be spammed!  Anyway, to alleviate the issue, I've implemented the wiki spam filter that the [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] uses.  Thanks, [[User:Taxibot_Yellow|Taxibot Yellow]] for pointing me to it!
 
If you have trouble editing or posting a legitimate article, please let me know by e-mailing me at [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]], and I apologize in advance.
 
=== January 6, 2006 ===
 
==== E-Mail Snafu ====
 
First of all, I apologize for a mistake I made when I moved the site over to a different server.  In the process, I forgot to set up the email forwarder which forwards e-mail to [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] to the web mail client I use.  The end result is that any e-mail that has been sent to me in the past couple of weeks was sent out to the Shadow Shard somewhere, never to be seen again.  I apologize profusely if you sent me something and I did not respond.  Please send it again, and I assure you that it will be read by me now.
 
==== Happy New Year! ====
 
That said, I hope that everyone is having a wonderful 2006 so far.  The [[Winter Event 2005]] was a raving success in Paragon City, and most heroes (and villains!) seem to still be thoroughly enjoying their rocket packs.  Don't forget, they only last for thirty days from the time you got them, not from the end of the event!
 
==== Game of the Year ====
 
How did NCsoft start off the new year?  How about by winning [http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/loadFeature/368/page/5/from/ Game of the Year] from MMORPG.com!  Congratulations and kudos to the developers, and it's a great way to start what I am certain will be another fantastic year of fighting crime—or causing it—in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles.  I promise that Paragon Wiki will continue to follow all changes and updates and become even bigger and better with tons of new information during the year!
 
=== December 15, 2005 ===
 
==== Winter Events Continue! ====
 
Last week, we got a new toy and a badge.  Today begins Lord Recluse's Operation Scrooge and Miss Liberty's Operation Holiday Cheer to counter his nefarious plans.  Along with the festivities comes another accolade and a special new look for the heroes and villains of Paragon City and the Rogue Isles!  See all of the updates in the [[Winter Event 2005]] article.
 
=== December 8, 2005 ===
 
==== Winter Event 2005 ====
 
[[Image:Winter_2005.png|180px|thumb|Naughty or Nice?]]The Winter Events of 2005 have begun!  Beginning today, all characters logging in will receive the [[Longbow Reservist Badge]] (if the character is a hero) or the [[Jet-Setter Badge]] (if the character is a villain).  In addition, all heroes and villains will receive the [[Temporary Powers#Holiday Rocket Pack|Holiday Rocket Pack]] as a whopping ''30-day'' temporary power!  See [http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/fc_radio_address.html Miss Liberty's Radio Address] and [http://www.cityofvillains.com/news/blackscorpionholiday.html Black Scorpion's Memo] for the announcement.
 
=== November 25, 2005 ===
 
==== New Admin: Arkenor ====
 
First of all, I'd like to welcome [[User:Arkenor|Arkenor]] aboard as the first site co-admin.  He's been an invaluable member of the wiki, having contributed and edited several articles, and even catching a couple of vandalism attempts.
 
==== Maintenance Monday: 2:00am EST ====
 
This Monday, November 28, I am going to run some routine maintenance on the ''Paragon City Free Press'' site, including the wiki, beginning at 2:00am EST (7:00am GMT).  During this time I will be backing everything up, shuffling a bunch of stuff around, and optimizing the databases.  I hope to be done by 6:00am EST (11:00am GMT).  Hopefully, it won't take that long, but I can't swear that it won't take a little longer.
 
During the outage, the site will be redirected to an "Under Maintenance" page.
 
[[Archived News]]
 
== External Links ==
 
=== Official Sites ===
* [http://www.cityofheroes.com/ City of Heroes official site]
* [http://www.cityofvillains.com/ City of Villains official site]
 
=== Other Fan Sites ===
 
If you want your site listed here, please send an e-mail to the site manager at [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]] for review.
 
* [http://www.pcfreepress.com/ Paragon City Free Press]
* [http://taxibots.guildportal.com/ Paragon Taxi Service]
* [http://www.thecaperadio.com/ The Cape Radio]
* [http://www.vidiotmaps.com/coh/ Vidiot Maps]
* [http://coh.warcry.com/ Warcry]
 
=== Friend Sites ===
* [http://www.mozilla.org/ Get Firefox], the browser you can trust
* Support the [http://www.eff.org/ Electronic Frontier Foundation], defending your digital rights
* Graphics on this site have been created and/or edited with [http://www.gimp.org/ The Gimp], a powerful and 100% free image editor.
 
== 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]].
 
== 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.

Latest revision as of 18:43, 1 May 2024

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.

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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.

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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.

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