City of Heroes Overview and Recent Content

Originally developed by Cryptic Studios and now owned and developed by Paragon Studios (Ncsoft), City of Heroes is the genre's first superhero MMO. Players use their highly customizable super avatars to fight evil in the streets of Paragon City.

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Matt Miller on Balancing Ranged vs Melee
Dev Journals created on 11/13/09
Today, we ask paragon Studios' Matt Miller about his philosophies on attempting to balance ranged and melee combat styles in an MMO.

Looking at the Guest Author Program
General Article created on 11/2/09
MMORPG.com City of Heroes Correspondent Cecil Adkins writes this look at the CoH Guest Author program, and even offers his own insights into one of the new missions.

Guest Author Interview
Interviews created on 10/28/09
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller recently had the chance to ask a few questions of City of Heroes' Joe "Hero 1" Morrissey about the new Guest Author program and other issues surrounding the Mission Architect system.

Mission Architect XP Changes and the Value of Story
System Focus created on 10/15/09
MMORPG.com City of Heroes Correspondent Cecil Adkins writes this look at the recent changes to the XP system for Mission Architect, how they affect the use of the system and the players that use it.

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Recent Forum Activity

City of Heroes/Villains, 15 Extra Days [List] 12/2/09 @ 1:48AM by OSF8759 in Paragon City Hall (General)

PvP and Grouping 11/30/09 @ 4:13PM by Enebo in Paragon City Hall (General)

Played champions online, now cox? 11/15/09 @ 4:54PM by joker007mo in Paragon City Hall (General)

When is Going Rogue being released? 11/13/09 @ 8:20PM by Kaocan in Paragon City Hall (General)

So does pvp actually exist? 11/13/09 @ 4:50PM by Beatnik59 in Paragon City Hall (General)

I'm back in COH for a while come play... 11/13/09 @ 4:42PM by Beatnik59 in Paragon City Hall (General)

Didnt like champions, would i enjoy? 11/11/09 @ 11:11AM by Brain-dead in Paragon City Hall (General)

Soooooooo dissapointed... 11/8/09 @ 10:35AM by Axeion in Paragon City Hall (General)

State of the game... 11/5/09 @ 4:17PM by joker007mo in Paragon City Hall (General)

Tired of WoW's people, need a friendly game 11/2/09 @ 5:05AM by pernoma in Paragon City Hall (General)

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