Issue 16
Overview
Issue 16, titled Power Spectrum, will be a major revision to City of Heroes and City of Villains. The title references Power Customization and the complete overhaul of the Character Creator and Tailor functions, among other tidbits.
This article summarizes some of the major features in Issue 16. For more complete details, see the release date's patch notes.
Confirmed Content
New Character Creator
- Character Creator will allow players to jump directly between Archetype, Powersets, Costumes and Character ID in any order without losing progress
- Allows selection of colors and theme for each individual power or apply it to the entire powerset.
- Allows for color tinting of geometry and particle effects; the primary and secondary colors of any power effect can be changed individually for each power in the set.
Customizable Powers
- Cold Domination
- Dark Armor
- Dark Blast
- Dark Melee
- Dark Miasma
- Earth Control
- Earth Melee
- Electric Armor
- Electric Assault
- Electric Blast
- Electric Melee
- Electricity Manipulation
- Empathy
- Energy Assault
- Energy Aura
- Energy Blast
- Energy Manipulation
- Energy Melee
- Fiery Aura
- Fire Assault
- Fire Blast
- Fire Control
- Fire Manipulation
- Fire Melee
- Force Field
- Gravity Control
- Ice Armor
- Ice Assault
- Ice Blast
- Ice Control
- Ice Manipulation
- Ice Melee
- Illusion
- Invulnerability
- Kinetics
- Mental Manipulation
- Mind Control
- Necromancy
- Plant Control
- Poison
- Psionic Assault
- Psychic Blast
- Radiation Blast
- Radiation Emission
- Regeneration
- Sonic Resonance
- Sonic Blast
- Spines
- Stone Armor
- Storm Summoning
- Super Reflexes
- Thermal Radiation
- Thorny Assault
- Willpower
Super Strength and Martial Arts will each receive an alternate animation for their powers, and Stone Armor and Necromancy will include limited customization.
Powerset Proliferation
| Archetype | Primary | Secondary |
|---|---|---|
| Blaster | Radiation Blast | None |
| Controller | None | Cold Domination |
| Defender | Traps | Assault Rifle |
| Scrapper | Electric Melee | Electric Armor |
| Tanker | Electric Armor | Electric Melee |
| Brute | Claws | None |
| Corruptor | Archery | Trick Arrow |
| Dominator | None | Earth Assault |
| Mastermind | None | Thermal Radiation |
| Stalker | Broadsword | None |
Enhanced Difficulty Options
Players can now fine-tune their difficulty levels by telling the game exactly how they want to be treated. They can choose to be regarded as a specific size team (even if they are soloing), and even have control over the level they are detected to be when it comes to the dynamic spawn system. So if you ever wanted to see if your Scrapper could take on a map that is populated for an 8 person team, four levels higher than your own, now you can! The difficulty settings of the mission owner dictate how the mission is handled, just as before, and you can change your difficulty settings at any Hero Corps Field Analyst in Paragon City or |Fateweaver in the Rogue Isles.
Issue 16 vs. Going Rogue
Due to all the spectulation and confusion with Issue 16 and Going Rogue, Lead Designer Positron posted to set the record straight:
- Issue 16 is NOT Going Rogue.
Notes
Release Scheduled for ????