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Issue 18 Shades of Gray Announced -- Modified Cathedral of Pain to return!

therain93therain93 Member UncommonPosts: 2,039
in City of Heroes

http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/game_updates/issue_18/issue_18_overview.html

The eighteenth free expansion for City of Heroes® introduces major new game upgrades and is the milestone for the release of the content in the City of Heroes Going Rogue™ expansion.

Tips System

The Tips System gives players a new way to find missions. During play, foes Level 20 or higher may drop notes or clues, or offer information. These Tips start new mission arcs, allowing characters to face new opponents and challenges--and perhaps even change their destiny.

One Auction House for All

Players of all alignments, whether they are Heroes, Villains, Vigilantes, or Rogues, can now use any Wentworth's Consignment House or Black Market venue.

Trading Between Alignments

Heroes and Villains can now trade Inspirations in co-op zones. Players can even mail certain items to their own characters using the global email system.

Mission Architect Additions

With the inclusion of doppelgangers, your character can now fight against himself or herself!

New Hardware Support

City of Heroes now supports Alienware AlienFX®.


Cathedral of Pain

Issue 18: Shades of Gray reintroduces the long-awaited Cathedral of Pain Trial. The Cathedral of Pain is the name of one of the strongholds of Ruularu the Ravager, a cosmic entity with unimaginable powers. Inside the heavily defended Cathedral of Pain, Ruularu is attempting to pierce the barrier between his realm and our reality. If he succeeds, Ruularu gains ultimate power, and our dimension will be obliterated.

Only you and your allies can stop Ruularu.

The Cathedral of Pain is one of the most challenging trials in City of Heroes. Up to 24 Level 50 characters can work together to take down the Soldiers of Ruularu, Psionic Resonators, and ultimately an aspect of Ruularu himself. You have only one hour to complete your mission.

If your group manages to stop Ruularu's insane scheme, your courage will be rewarded! You can earn Merit Rewards, or even earn a rare badge to celebrate this epic victory. But be on guard--Ruularu will return.

 

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  • therain93therain93 Member UncommonPosts: 2,039

    A few Cathedral of Pain details from Ghost Falcon:

     


    Hey folks,



    With the release of the "Issue 18: Overview" today, I wanted to address some questions that would naturally arise within the PvP community regarding the return of the Cathedral of Pain.



    Previously the Cathedral of Pain was used to acquire Items of Power which were instrumental in Base Raiding. The initial implementation of the CoP was exploitable and ultimately removed. We have always wanted to revisit the CoP and return it to something players could participate in, and with Issue 18 we will be doing just that.



    The new implementation of the Cathedral of Pain gives the choice of a number of rewards to players, but it does not contain Items of Power.



    Base Raiding is currently on hold and not being actively worked on. We understand that this may disappoint some of you in the PvP community, but we wanted to tell it to you straight to minimize any confusion or false hope that Base Raiding would be addressed in this new iteration of the Cathedral of Pain.



    Thanks,



    Ghost Falcon

    http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?p=3013858#post3013858

  • cujo603cujo603 Member UncommonPosts: 103

    Is issue 18 comming out before the paid expansion ? anyone have a date for either one ?

  • therain93therain93 Member UncommonPosts: 2,039

    Issue 18 is the companion issue that will go out at roughly the same time as Going Rogue (much like City of Villains had a companion issue as well).  August 17 is the official release date of GR, I believe, so you can likely expect it right around then.

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