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For those of you who are still playing City of Heroes / City of Villains and those of you that walked away out of boredom or disinterest we have some interesting news for you: soon you’ll be able to create and share your own missions. That’s right, players, using a tool to be introduced in the next update, will be able to create and share missions in the game with others players. NCsoft , to its credit, has worked hard to take its online action game in new directions since buying it outright from Cryptic Studios.

The new Mission Architect lets players design their own missions and story arcs to share with the entire City of Heroes community. Using an interface similar to the game’s Character Creator, players can create missions from the ground up adjusting details ranging from environments, mission objectives, and enemies, to written fiction and character dialogue; giving their stories depth and personalization.
Among other rewards, authors who create the best content will garner acclaim and reputation. Community feedback will be paramount and some missions will elevate in status unlocking new rewards and benefits for their creators.

Also part of the Issue 13 update will be day jobs. Day Jobs (or Offline Character Progression) give your characters something to do depending on where you log out. When players log out of City of Heroes / Villains they will take on day jobs as part of their everyday identity. The benefits are thematically appropriate to the location. For example, a City Official earns extra Influence, a Scholar is granted Salvage, a Caregiver is granted Health Regeneration Buffs, etc.

Once characters have accumulated the required amount of time for each Day Job, they are rewarded with the appropriate Day Job Badge and Title, increasing their “earnings” for that job. Multiple Badges can be combined to unlock Accolades and the ability to accumulate additional new rewards. Almost every location within Paragon City and the Rogue Isles has an associated Day Job, resulting in a wide selection of jobs and rewards.

New powersets also will be unlocked as part of the update: Shields and Pain Domination. Tankers, Scrappers and Brutes can use the new Shield power, while Pain Domination, the antithesis of the Hero healing powerset Empathy, will be available for the Corruptor or Mastermind. Finally, new Hero and Villan Cimerora Missions will be launched in Issue 13, as well the Merit Rewards System, and Invention Origin Sets, new Costume Sets, a Patron Power Respec, Zone Refinements, and more. Look for the update soon.

Tags: City of Heroes, Missions, MMO, NCSoft, PC