City of Heroes Mission Architect Launches

City of Heroes players have waited a long time to hear that the Mission Architect system has been launched. Part of Issue 14: Architect, the system adds users created content into NCsoft’s super hero action MMO. This is certainly a milestone for the game and for MMO’s in general. Players now have the power to create and share their own custom missions and story arcs, generating user-generated content for the City of Heroes community.

In addition to allowing players to create their own missions using existing assets from the game, players may also use the Mission Architect system to personalize their stories by building their own characters and enemy groups using City of Heroes’ Character Creator system. Players will be able to publish up to three story arcs per account which will be displayed to all players across all servers in the Mission Architect system. Each user-created story can have up to five missions containing up to twenty-five individual objectives. Players will even be able to write custom dialogue for their missions, offering true flexibility in dynamic story telling.

You can learn more at www.cityofheroes.com.

City of Heroes Mission Architect in Open Beta

Issue 14 of City of Heroes / City of Villains is now in open beta, giving players at large of NCsoft’s popular super hero MMO a chance to play with the Mission Architect system. NCsoft believes that, by allowing players to create their own story arcs and missions, it will breathe new life into this aging MMO. The general consensus among both former and current players is that the company is right.

Available on the Training Room / Open Beta server, the Mission Architect lets players to create 3 missions per account, using their own fiction. These missions can be comprised of up to five chapters containing different characters, environments, mission objectives, and enemies, dialogue, and up to 25 objectives. Developers will be able to pick and highlight their favorite missions -which will in turn give selected missions prominence and earn creators special badges. Likewise a system is in place for the community to vote on missions and put the best of the best in a “Hall of Fame.”

For more information on Issue 14, check out the official City of Heroes web site.

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