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'''WARNING:  This event has not yet been activated on the live servers.  All information on this page has been gathered from a weekend of it being active on the Test servers during September 2006, and from developer comments.  Anything presented here is subject to change by the developers before this goes live.'''
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The event ran from October 18th through November 2nd [http://www.cityofheroes.com/community/event_halloween2006.html].
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== Overview ==
== Overview ==
The [[Halloween Event]] for 2006 expanded on the [[Halloween Event 2004|2004 event]]. In addition to Trick or Treating for enemy defeat badges, Event Salvage was added to the treats, which could be turned in for a free costume slot. As with the 2004 event, the [[Croatoa]] [[Giant Monster]]s [[Eochai]] spawned throughout the game (including the City of Villains zones), but was joined by [[Jack in Irons]], and they awarded their own special Halloween badges.


During this event, players can 'Trick or Treat' by clicking on mission doors in the various zones.  Either a treat is awarded usually in the form of a random inspiration or costume salvage or a trick which will spawn various enemies in your immediate area.
The event ran in all zones in the game except [[Recluse's Victory]], [[The Hive]], [[Cascade Archipelago]], [[The Chantry]], and [[The Storm Palace]].


Players must Trick or Treat in a zone that matches their current effective level, or the doors will not give tricks or treats. Sidekick/Lackey and Exemplar/Malefactor can be used to allow Trick or Treating to work, and the auto-SK/LK/EX/MF of PvP zones means that they will work for anyone high enough to enter them (except for Recluse's Victory, which has no functioning mission doors.)
== Eternal Night ==
During the event, the entire game was locked in nighttime mode. This was not just a visual effect. All aspects of the game that depended on a day/night cycle were locked to the night side during the event. Enemies that only spawn at night spawned continuously during the event. [[Banisher Badge|Banisher]], [[The Slayer Badge|The Slayer]], and [[Haunted Badge|Haunted]] badges (Hero side) and [[Pirate Badge|Pirate]] and [[Spectral Badge|Spectral]] badges (Villain side) are examples of badges for which hunting was much easier during the event.


Note that currently the event is only active on the Test server.  It is expected to activate on Live sometime in October 2006, but the exact event start date is currently unknown.
Note that some zones, such as [[The Hive]], were unaffected by Eternal Night.


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== Trick or Treat ==
:Main article: [[Halloween Event/Trick or Treat|Trick or Treat]]
During this event, players were be able to 'Trick or Treat' by knocking (that is, 'clicking') on mission doors in the various zones. If a door was successfully knocked, then either a treat was awarded in the form of inspirations or costume salvage, or else a trick was pulled, which spawned Halloween-specific enemies from the clicked door.


== Temporary Powers ==
== Giant Monsters ==
:Main article: [[Halloween Event/Giant Monsters|Giant Monsters]]


One of the treats was the [[Temporary_Powers#Rock|Rock]] temporary power.  It is a one use, ranged attack that does minor smashing damage.  Matt Miller was the developer behind this homage to It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=general&Number=1646253]
During the event, the entire game was locked in nighttime mode. The Giant Monsters from [[Croatoa]], [[Eochai]] and [[Jack in Irons]] spawned in most zones (including the City of Villains zones), awarding Halloween-specific badges for their defeat. When one GM was defeated in a zone, another spawned in the same zone soon after.
 
{{PowerBox|Icon=Temp Melee Moderate.png|Name=Rock|Effect=Ranged Smashing Damage|Desc=You got a rock.}}
 
== Fifth Costume Slot ==
 
The event will introduce the ability to unlock a fifth costume slot on any character.  To unlock this slot you need to gather one each of the four types of Event Salvage that can be found through "Trick or Treating".  You need one each of Statesman Mask, Lord Recluse Helmet, Back Alley Brawler Gloves, and Hamidon costume.  All four then need to be brought to the appropriate Halloween contact for the character's game.  [[Granny Beldam]] for villains and [[Annah]] for heroes. The contact will then unlock the fifth slot.  Note that the devs have said [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=shibboleth&Number=6511204&bodyprev=#Post6511204] that the contacts will remain in the game, so that, while new costume salvage may not be earnable after the event, existing costume salvage may still be turned in after the event is over.


== Badges ==
== Badges ==
:Main article: [[Halloween Event/Badges|Halloween Badges]]


{{BadgeBox|Badge event hallowspirit.png|Hallow Spirit|You have helped defeat a manifestation of Eochai, king of the Fir Bolg.}}
There were badges for defeating the Giant Monsters and their Unseelie companions and for defeating the enemies that spawned as Trick or Treat 'tricks'.
 
{{BadgeBox|Badge event hunter.png|Hunter|You have defeated 20 of the nefarious Vampires who rose from their graves on Halloween.}}
 
{{BadgeBox|Badge_event_buster.png|Buster|You have defeated 20 ghosts, spirits who have not rested since their original death.}}
 
{{BadgeBox|Badge event shifter.png|Shifter|You have defeated 15 werewolves, supernatural creatures created through the disease of lycanthropy.}}
 
{{BadgeBox|Badge event deadhead.png|Dead Head|You have defeated 50 zombies, the walking flesh of the recently dead.}}
 
{{BadgeBox|Badge event malleus.png|Malleus|You have defeated 75 witches, sorcerous crones who use dark magicks.}}
 
{{BadgeBox|Badges Iron Warrior.png|Iron Warrior|You have defeated the Halloween [[Jack in Irons]].}}
 
{{BadgeBox|Badges ghost touched.png|Ghost Touched|You have defeated 20 of the Unseelie Court.}}
 
== Enemies ==
 
[[Image:Halloween Witch.jpg||thumb|right|80 px|Witch: Coven minion]]
=== Coven ===
 
This enemy group made up of witches also seen as the [[The Cabal|Cabal]] enemy group found in [[Croatoa]].  Note that this group is the most visually different from their normal in-game spawns of any of the Halloween mobs.  The Cabal is primarily colored in shades of black, while the Halloween Coven is much more colorful.
 
=== Fir Bolg ===
 
This enemy group can also be found in [[Croatoa]] at the present.
 
=== Spirits ===
 
This enemy group is also found as Spectral Demons from the [[Circle of Thorns]].
 
=== Vampires ===
 
[[Council]] vampyrs made up this enemy group for the event.
 
=== Werewolves ===
 
[[Council]] nightwolves and warwolves made up this faction for the event.
 
[[Image:Unseelie Court.jpg||thumb|right|Unseelie Court]]
=== Zombies ===
 
The zombies are [[Banished Pantheon]] soldiers.
 
=== Useelie Court ===
Reported new enemy group for the 2006 event.  They accompany the random zone spawns of [[Eochai]] and [[Jack in Irons]].


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Latest revision as of 21:29, 19 December 2008

This article contains information about a past event in City of Heroes/Villains. It is provided for historical purposes.

The event ran from October 18th through November 2nd [1].

Overview

The Halloween Event for 2006 expanded on the 2004 event. In addition to Trick or Treating for enemy defeat badges, Event Salvage was added to the treats, which could be turned in for a free costume slot. As with the 2004 event, the Croatoa Giant Monsters Eochai spawned throughout the game (including the City of Villains zones), but was joined by Jack in Irons, and they awarded their own special Halloween badges.

The event ran in all zones in the game except Recluse's Victory, The Hive, Cascade Archipelago, The Chantry, and The Storm Palace.

Eternal Night

During the event, the entire game was locked in nighttime mode. This was not just a visual effect. All aspects of the game that depended on a day/night cycle were locked to the night side during the event. Enemies that only spawn at night spawned continuously during the event. Banisher, The Slayer, and Haunted badges (Hero side) and Pirate and Spectral badges (Villain side) are examples of badges for which hunting was much easier during the event.

Note that some zones, such as The Hive, were unaffected by Eternal Night.

Trick or Treat

Main article: Trick or Treat

During this event, players were be able to 'Trick or Treat' by knocking (that is, 'clicking') on mission doors in the various zones. If a door was successfully knocked, then either a treat was awarded in the form of inspirations or costume salvage, or else a trick was pulled, which spawned Halloween-specific enemies from the clicked door.

Giant Monsters

Main article: Giant Monsters

During the event, the entire game was locked in nighttime mode. The Giant Monsters from Croatoa, Eochai and Jack in Irons spawned in most zones (including the City of Villains zones), awarding Halloween-specific badges for their defeat. When one GM was defeated in a zone, another spawned in the same zone soon after.

Badges

Main article: Halloween Badges

There were badges for defeating the Giant Monsters and their Unseelie companions and for defeating the enemies that spawned as Trick or Treat 'tricks'.

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