Evil is afoot. The criminals are going insane, running rampant, and terrorizing the unimposing citizenry. Purse snatchings, muggings even strange creatures committing all sorts of strange and arcane acts for their bizarre evil twisted rituals. I am not talking about the U.S. congress here people. These events are taking place in a popular city we all know. No not Miami, but Paragon City. It is up to us, the heroes to log in and stop the madness and the chaos.
It just happens to be the 5th anniversary of City of Heroes. NCSoft is celebrating this event all month long. This week, starting today and ending on Sunday, will see the reactivation of any old accounts that left in good standing. It’s our duty as Heroes past to take part in the defense of Paragon City once more.
I just love City of Heroes. I was in the original beta test for the game, and continued to play it for about two years after release. I left at that time due to burn out and needing something deeper at the time. Its strength can sometimes be its weakness, the simplicity in game play. I have gone back many times during free game play, promotions, and just to play for a month or two here and there. I love the way the game is setup. Just log in and go do missions. That’s it, that simple. You can group or solo, either way is a viable way to level and have fun. You can customize your game play by attaining enhancements for your powers. These enhancements augment certain aspects of your powers and help you truly customize your hero.
The game has evolved over time adding PVP, crafting, auction houses, (don’t remember what they are called in coh), and the City of Villains expansion, just to name a few. This is a product that continues to deliver time and time again. The in game community is excellent. I have never had problem finding a group or help for any mission. Everyone I ran into was very helpful. Having such a consistently good, helpful player base is rare in MMO’s. It might be due to its niche nature that holds the community strongly together, or maybe just the fact that everyone is trying to play a truly heroic persona. Either way it works.
The time has come, patch your account, put on your super suit and help defend Paragon City. The best part about Paragon is its complete lack of Night Elf Hunters. :)