City of Heroes Issue 13 announced

By Oli Welsh Published 27 August, 2008

"Architect" offers mission editor and day jobs.

NCsoft has announced the title and main features of the next free content update for its superhero MMO, City of Heroes. Issue 13: Architect, the developer confirmed, will include a way for players to create their own mission content.

Players will be able to design missions and story arcs, and share them with the entire community of City of Heroes and City of Villains. The interface will apparently be similar to the game's famously powerful character creation, and allow you to pick environments, objectives and enemies as well as write dialogue.

Missions that are successful with the community stand the chance of unlocking rewards for their creators. Troubled MMO The Saga of Ryzom has attempted user-created-content before, but to our knowledge, City of Heroes will be the first major MMO to include this feature.

Architect will also introduce the Day Job system, which allows for limited character progression while you're offline. If you log out in City Hall, your superhero will become a City Official by day, and gain influence. Caregivers will be given health regeneration, and so on.

There will also be new powersets, some new missions, a new reward system, more costume options, and some tweaks to existing zones. There's no word yet on when to expect Issue 13.

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  • Mox #1 4 years ago

    "The interface will apparently be similar to the game's famously powerful character creation" - what? You'll craft a mission and storyline through the medium of sartorial elegance?

  • Dave_McCoy #2 4 years ago

    "Troubled MMO The Saga of Ryzom has attempted user-created-content before, but to our knowledge, City of Heroes will be the first major MMO to include this feature."

    Star Wars Galaxies already has a storyteller mode. Not sure if it's a major MMO anymore though.
    It's probably a bit rubbish as well....

  • CapnCloudchaser #3 4 years ago

    Wow, I'm glad this game is still going and introducing new features!

    Might even play it again.

  • Svecke #4 4 years ago

    Niiice... Looking forward to creating my own missions now. :D

  • Hurleybird #5 4 years ago

    However tempted - I MUST not relent and start playing this again. It's like crack.