Signature Story Arc
Overview
Signature Story Arcs (SSA) are monthly arcs that allow players to make a difference in the City of Heroes universe. To access the various contacts that give SSA missions, one must purchase the particular episode from the Paragon Market or have an active subscription.
Story Arcs
Rewards
The reward for completing each Episode of a Signature Story Arc is one of the following:
- One Alignment Merit (requires having affirmed hero or villain morality)
- 4 times the regular Reward Merits
- One Astral Merit (requires VIP subscription)
- Ten Incarnate Threads (requires VIP subscription)
Each reward can be chosen once every seven days (minus a couple of hours (exact???) to make it easier to obtain the reward at the same time every week), regardless of which episode is being played – all episodes use the same reward timer per reward choice, meaning four reward timers.
However, each episode also grants one reward choice for free the first time it is ever played, which is outside the reward timer. Please note that the freebie choice is once ever, not once per reward type.
After a character selects their free and weekly reward, that option cannot be selected again until the weekly timer resets.
EXAMPLE: As of February 7, 2012, there are five episodes of Who Will Die available. A morality-confirmed hero could run all five of those episodes in a row and select the Alignment Merit reward for free on each arc; the character can then run any one of the five for a sixth Alignment Merit for their weekly reward choice.
NOTE: There is no location or status window that keeps track of the reward timer; if a character runs a Signature Story Arc within the reward timer, they cannot choose any reward that has been obtained in the last seven days. However, leaving the reward choice window open without making a decision until the reward timer expires allows a character to choose their preferred reward again.