General Discussion

City of Heroes and Villians gives us a look at the Issue 9 Update.

Issue 9: "Breakthrough"

SUMMARY

Issue 9: Breakthrough, the ninth free expansion to the City of Heroes® universe, introduces an entirely new level of depth and gameplay to the franchise. Players acquire and invent new "loot," and have the option to buy and sell it using the new hero and villain auction houses. Along with Issue 9's other great features, this brand new system results in a wealth of new gameplay for players.

FEATURES

Invention System (Heroes and Villains) Using the highly anticipated Invention system, players acquire and collect "loot" in the form of Salvage and Invention Recipes. These will be used together to invent uber-enhancements, costume pieces, new powers, gadgets, and more. This creates a world of new activities, rewards and character evolution!

Auction Houses (Heroes and Villains) Where better to buy and sell all of these new items than in the new auction houses! Wentworth's Fine Consignments have sprung up throughout Paragon City™ while the villains prefer to do their bidding alongside "black-market" trucks placed throughout the Rogue Isles™.

Statesman's Task Force (Heroes only) This high-level PvE content allows eight heroes to team up in order to face and defeat Paragon's greatest enemies! Completing this difficult challenge results in some of the game's rarest loot! New Hamidon Encounter (Heroes and Villains) Not only do villains get their own end-game raid encounter with the "Hamidon," but the new experience is also brought to the Heroes side where players must use new tactics to bring down one of the "City of"s greatest threats.

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Though I can't wait for this addition, let me be the first to say for others "oh noz, pht lewtz, WoW inf3stat10n, DOOOOOOOOm!!!"  It just makes me feel all glowy to see people that loved/supported/still support ED, fear the implementation of this system.  Hello, this was part of the reason ED was implemented so why the crying game now?  Good, I hope those people do leave and make way for a much larger subscriber base.

I completely disagreee with the naysayers and think this is a good addition for the longevity of the game. 

CoX needs non-combat content and an economy. 'nuff said

I agree, this could save the game if done right.

WOW! cant wait! this is surly going to get me subscribe again. anyone knows when its coming?

another thing i was wondering, i read closely, and it said that you can make "powers" (?!?). and "gadgets" (!?!). like, i know whats those are, but how will it work? what does gadgets do? and where does the powers apear? ( on second thoughts, forgot about temporary powers, so i guess that would be the answer).

will be great. ( if done right, so do it right..)

Sacred.

 AHha ha hahahahaahahahahaaaa! *sigh* Well. I do wish them all the best and I look forward to reading if this much anticipated inventing system actually works.

And perhaps I might be enticed back. Perhaps.