Issue 19: Alpha Strike Overview

The newest City of Heroes® issue, Issue 19: Alpha Strike, primes players for the new Incarnate system for high-level characters while providing more Task Forces and events that reveal the unfolding Praetorian invasion storyline, alternate animations for character powers, and other game enhancements.

The Alpha Slot

Issue 19 unveils the long-awaited Alpha Slot*, the first part of the new Incarnate* system that gives high-level characters access to new powers and challenges. Unlocking the Alpha Slot is no easy task. Players must first learn what it means to exceed the definition of Hero or Villain to become an Incarnate. Mender Ramiel in Ouroboros guides players on this journey.



Two New Task Forces

Challenges already await new Incarnates. The Praetorians have begun their invasion of Primal Earth. Protecting Paragon City™ and the Rogue Isles™ from such overwhelming forces requires the greatest Heroes and Villains (as well as Rogues and Vigilantes) to work together. Two familiar faces will help in stopping the invasion: Apex and Tin Mage.

Apex Task Force*: Apex has joined the Vanguard, and he helps organize your team of Incarnates to stop the Praetorian initial assault. Face off against the Anti-Matter Clockwork, War Walkers, and the Arch-Villain Battle Maiden before they can destroy Paragon City. If you succeed in this battle, the war is yet to be won.

Tin Mage Task Force*: The lost hero Tin Mage has returned to help coordinate an assault into Praetoria to stop the invasion cold. Your team strikes into the very heart of Nova Praetoria to confront Neuron, Bobcat, and a Praetorian army.

New Auras

Issue 19 includes two free auras for all City of Heroes players. These auras are customizable.

Fireflies - Your character can be surrounded by glowing, tintable fireflies.

Snow - Celebrate winter and be showered by snow.

Praetoria Zone Events*

Live events in Praetoria in which your Resistance or Loyalist character can participate:

The Protest (Nova Praetoria): The angry citizens of Praetoria are staging a protest in Nova Praetoria. Will you join them or shut them down?

Syndicate Takedown (Imperial City): The PPD has found a cell of the Syndicate in the Agilecorp building. The two forces are at a standoff at the base of the building. If you hurry you can capture one of the Syndicate's leaders.

The Great Escape (Neutropolis): One of the Failed Experiments has remained lucid and sane, and appears to have the ability to influence other Ghouls. Informants say he is eager to aid the Resistance in its war against the regime. Will you aid him in his escape? Or will you hunt him down now that he has escaped?



Fitness Pool Powers are Inherent

Fitness Pool powers are now inherent powers granted to all new and existing characters starting from Level 2. All characters will be granted Swift, Hurdle, Health, and Stamina. These powers can be slotted and will accept the appropriate Enhancements.

Existing characters with these powers selected via Pool Powers will be able to gain the powers they have not previously taken via the normal leveling process. They will not gain access to any of the Inherent fitness powers until they Respec.

Upon using a Respec, the Fitness pool will not be selectable by the character and all 4 powers will be granted as Inherent Powers at level 2. This prevents issues with lost enhancements or slot allocation errors.

Alternate Power Animations

Now players can customize the animation for some characters' powers. Shoot a Psychic Blast or even launch a Fire Breath from your character's hands. Hurl an attack from one or both hands. Select the animations and customize how a character fires off its powers at any Tailor.

The following powers have alternate animation choices:

Primary Sets: Dark Blast, Electric Blast, Energy Blast, Fire Blast, Radiation Blast, Ice Blast, Psychic Blast, Sonic Attack, Mind Control.

Secondary Sets or Powers: Psionic Assault, Sonic Resonance, Icy Assault, Fiery Assault, Mental Manipulation, Energy Assault, Electricity Manipulation, Integration.

Primal Earth Characters Can Enter Praetoria

Non-Praetorians can journey to Praetoria* through Pocket D.

More Tip and Morality Missions

All City of Heroes characters can play and enjoy more Tip missions, while City of Heroes Going Rogue™ characters can choose from more missions* that impact a character's alignment.

Other Enhancements

New Badges: We've added new Exploration badges for hazard zones.

Merged Monorails and Ferries: The Transit Authorities in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles have made major improvements to the monorail and ferry system by merging their respective routes. All monorails can now travel to every monorail station on the Green and Yellow Line, while all ferries can now travel to every ferry station in the Rogue Isles.

Mission Architect Enhancements: The Tunnels, Praetorian Tech and Praetorian Office map sets are now available in Mission Architect. You can now also select the Praetorian Clockwork, Destroyers, Resistance, Praetoria Police Department, Seers, Ghouls, and the Syndicate as Mission Architect NPC groups.

Walk the Line Between Good and Evil. Or Cross It.
What forges character? What shines at the heart of a Hero or hides in the mind of a Villain?

City of Heroes Going Rogue™, the first City of Heroes® expansion since the launch of City of Villains®, opens the mirror universe of Praetoria, whose bright utopian facade hides dark secrets. As you investigate this brave new world, searching for the truth behind Emperor Cole and his Praetorian guard, brutal foes and fierce allies emerge, turning this illusory paradise into an urban battlefield.

City of Heroes Going Rogue adds the Rogue and Vigilante game alignments, enabling you to explore the shades of gray that lie between Heroes and Villains. For the first time in any super-powered MMOG, your character's moral choices affect gameplay experience and determine your character's ultimate destiny.

FEATURES
Stunning World of Praetoria
Explore the new alternate universe of Praetoria with content spanning new zones, new missions that reveal hidden secrets, and new villain groups to battle. Praetoria was built from the ground up to support Ultra Mode graphics that create a heightened level of detail in lighting, reflections, shadows, and water effects.

Moral Alignment System
Change alignment from Hero to Villain or Villain to Hero based on your moral decisions. Heroes can now cross over to the Rogue Isles™, and Villains can experience Paragon City™ for the first time.

Immersive New Starting Experience
Start as a Praetorian and choose to follow the Loyalists or join the Resistance. Evolve into a Hero or a Villain based on your moral choices. The path you walk is yours.

Spectacular Power Sets
Choose from exciting new power sets, including Dual Pistols, Demon Summoning, Kinetic Melee, and Electric Control.

Brand New Costumes
Pick from numerous new Praetorian-themed costume pieces such as Overguard, Clockwork, PPD, Resistance, Sport.

And Much More
Collect new badges, experience new additions to the Mission Architect system, enjoy two additional free character slot tokens, and more.

"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known."

With the release of Issue 17: Dark Mirror, the newest free update of City of Heroes®, the game you love now has the visual depth, contrast, and richness it deserves! Dark Mirror includes a superior graphics rendering process, dubbed "Ultra Mode," that gives City of Heroes a heightened level of detail in lighting, reflections, shadows, and water effects. Paragon City™ and the Rogue Isles™ have never looked better.

Ultra Mode

Experience Paragon City™ and the Rogue Isles™ in stunning detail. The graphics engine has received a spectacular upgrade and now provides more visual depth, contrast, and richness. Water surfaces now ripple realistically and reflect the world around them. Shadows are deeper, sharper, and move according to the time of day. Get more specifics and more screenshot examples of the difference in the Visual Guide to Ultra Mode Graphics.



New Stories

Issue 17 begins a whole new story for your Hero or Villain that leads to City of Heroes Going Rogue™. The signature Positron Task Force has been split into two halves and upgraded. Its new, dramatic final battle now incorporates the mysterious Issue 17 enemy. The Silver Mantis Task Force is now available to all Villains, not just Super Groups.

Watch the Issue 17 Trailer Now


New Power Sets

Issue 17 gives players who have prepurchased City of Heroes Going Rogue the opportunity to play with two of the new power sets early:

Dual Pistols: The Dual Pistols power set for Blasters, Corruptors, and Defenders is at your fingertips. Wield two pistols with swappable ammo, and customize your powers for nearly any situation.

Demon Summoning: The newest power set for Masterminds allows you to call up powerful monsters to devastate your foes. Armed with your hellfire whip, you can order your demons to lay waste your foes or smite them with your whip's fire and toxic damage.



Consignment House UI Upgrades

The Consignment House has an enhanced UI. The features of this extensive upgrades are highlighted (with screen shots!) in the Consignment House UI Upgrades page.

In-Game Mail Improvements

You will now be able to send Influence, Infamy, Enhancements or even tradable Inspirations to any global name (@globalname), including your own characters. Mail with attachments cannot be deleted until the attachment is claimed, though mail with attachments can be returned to sender. You can only claim attachments sent by characters of the same faction. (Heroes can only receive attachments to Heroes. Villains can only receive attachments to Villains.) You can only keep 20 pieces of mail in your inbox. Mail sent to a full mailbox will bounce. (Bounced mail can exceed the cap.) If you are at the cap, you cannot send mail.

Mission Architect Upgrades

We've added more features to the Mission Architect system, allowing you even greater creativity.

Face off against giant foes such as Jack in Irons, Kronos Titan, or Ghost of Scrapyard.
Twenty-five unique maps.
Doubled file size, allowing for longer and more complicated story arcs.
And many more features to let you write the story you've always wanted.


More New Content and Features

New emotes and badges.
Cleaner and more consistent way to find and craft temporary powers.
Epic Archetypes are now unlocked at Level 20.
Vigilance for Defenders is upgraded, allowing Defenders to solo more easily.
Your character can now have up to seven active missions
Animated tails!

[u:2juuvbdu][b:2juuvbdu]Graphics Update![/b:2juuvbdu][/u:2juuvbdu]
[b:2juuvbdu]--> [/b:2juuvbdu]Ultra Mode will allow you (as long as your computer can handle it) to experience City of Heroes® in a completely different light...literally! You will rediscover places and landmarks in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles as if you'd never seen them before, and best of all, it will be in Issue 17: Dark Mirror, our next free expansion! And it is worth mentioning that once Going Rogue has released, you will experience even greater graphics since Praetoria was developed from the ground up with Ultra Mode in mind!

[u:2juuvbdu][b:2juuvbdu]For Free![/b:2juuvbdu][/u:2juuvbdu]
[b:2juuvbdu]-->[/b:2juuvbdu] No more waiting in anticipation of this amazing new feature, for its availability is right around the corner! And to make it even more worth your while, here are some additional features you can expect to see in Issue 17: Dark Mirror• New badges, new missions and new player emotes• Epic Archetypes now available at level 20• Improvements and additions to Mission Architect• Enhancements to UI and game systems• And moreBut that is not all the news we have in store for you!

[u:2juuvbdu][b:2juuvbdu]Going Rogue![/b:2juuvbdu][/u:2juuvbdu]
[b:2juuvbdu]-->[/b:2juuvbdu]Remember Going Rogue? That's right, how could you forget? Well, you have the opportunity to get access to the Dual Pistols and Demon Summoning power sets in March and April, if you pre purchase City of Heroes Going Rogue (MSRP $29.99 USD)! You will also be able to get your hands on an exclusive item pack if you get the City of Heroes Going Rogue: Complete Collection (MSRP $39.99 USD), that will be available when Going Rogue releases in July! What's in that item pack, you ask? Well, a few nifty things like:• Alpha- and Omega-themed auras • Alpha and Omega themed costumed sets• Four stance emotes • The Shadowy Presence invisibility power Is this too much for you to handle? Hang in there, this year promises to be a fantastic one in City of Heroes® and we've got more details for you on these different offers coming soon!

Combined Release Notes for Issue 16

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009


COMBINED

Animation

* Devices/Targeting Drone now uses the wristband activation animation.
* Fire Blast - Blazing Bolt attack animation should properly interrupt the windup animation while flying.
* Psychic Shockwave – Fixed minor error in particle scripts (Rings that emanate from character’s body weren’t moving towards the ground).
* Strafing Left or Right with a ‘club’ weapon equipped (Stone Mallets, Blackwand, Nemesis Staff, etc) will now play the proper animation.
* Activating Willpower/Heightened Senses while flying should no longer play the Martial Arts/Dragon’s Tail animation.


Arena

* Added the ability to enable and disable inspirations by size class to the Arena.
* Fixed Sudden Death in Arenas. Now, instead of setting everyone to 1 health at the start of the sudden death, all participants' maximum health is slowly reduced over the one minute of Sudden Death.
* Players may now use the /arenalist command to access the Arenas from any location.


Badges

* Back From the Future: Reduced this badge’s requirements from taking over 1000 pillboxes to taking over 100 pillboxes.
* Coldhearted: Reduced this badge’s requirements from defeating 200 cold demons to 100 cold demons.
* Celebrity/Bling: Reduced this badge’s requirements from earning 1,000,000 influence/infamy to 500,000 influence/infamy.
* Confined: Reduced this badge’s requirements from being mezzed for 20 hours to being mezzed for 3 hours.
* Caged: Reduced this badge’s requirements from being mezzed for 40 hours to being mezzed for 6 hours.
* Deathless: Reduced the amount of required paid off XP debt to earn this badge from 1,200,000 to 400,000.
* Demolitionist: Reduced this badge’s required 25 bombs placed to 10 bombs placed.
* Electrician: Reduced the number of required 200 defeated Cap Au Diable Gremlins to 100 Gremlins.
* Empath: Reduced this badge’s requirements from healing others for 100,000,000 points of damage to 10,000,000.
* Entangled/Sleepy: Reduced this badge’s requirements from being mezzed for 120 minutes to being mezzed for 30 minutes
* Exalted: Reduced the amount of required paid off XP debt to earn this badge from 10,000,000 to 1,000,000.
* Fabricator: Reduced this badge’s requirements from 10,000 crafted enhancements to 2,000 crafted enhancements.
* Hero Slayer: Reduced this badge’s required defeats of 100 named Paragon Heroes to 25 defeats to be on par with the hero badge “Villain Disruptor”.
* Illusionist: This badge now requires the player to defeat 100 Illusionists and Phantasms summoned by the Carnival Master Illusionist. NOTE: Phantasm defeats were not tracked until this patch. Previous defeats of these enemies will not count toward the total defeats required for this badge. However, defeating summoned illusionists and phantasms going forward WILL earn credit toward this badge.
* Invulnerable: Reduced the amount of damage taken required to earn this badge from 500,000,000 to 50,000,000.
* Immortal: Reduced the amount of damage taken required to earn this badge from 1,000,000,000 to 100,000,000.
* Impounder: Reduced the number of destroyed cars necessary to unlock this badge from 200 to 100, updated progress bar text to match this.
* Imprisoned/Dazed and Confused: Reduced this badge’s requirements from being mezzed for 600 minutes to being mezzed for 60 minutes.
* Jailed: Reduced this badge’s requirements from being mezzed for 80 hours to being mezzed for 12 hours.
* Leader: Reduced this badge’s requirements from earning 2,000,000,000 influence/infamy to 500,000,000 influence/infamy.
* Medical Specialist: Reduced this badge’s requirements from healing others for 10,000,000 points of damage to 3,000,000.
* Medicine Man/Woman: Reduced this badge’s requirements from healing others for 50,000,000 points of damage to 5,000,000.
* Nigh Indestructible: Reduced the amount of damage taken required to earn this badge from 100,000,000 to 25,000,000.
* Popular: Reduced this badge’s requirements from earning 1,000,000,000 influence/infamy to 250,000,000 influence/infamy.
* Protectorate: Reduced this badge’s required 500 defeated Devouring Earth eminators to 100 defeated eminators.
* Restrained/Slacker: Reduced this badge’s requirements from being mezzed for 30 minutes to being mezzed for 10 minutes
* Sensation/Mr. Big/Ms. Big: Reduced this badge’s requirements from earning 10,000,000 influence/infamy to 2,500,000 influence/infamy.
* Superstar/Midas Touch: Reduced this badge’s requirements from earning 20,000,000 influence/infamy to 10,000,000 influence/infamy.
* Somewhere in Time: Reduced this badge’s requirements from taking over 100 pillboxes to taking over 50 pillboxes.
* The Unwavering/Punch Drunk: Reduced the amount of required paid off XP debt to earn this badge from 100,000 to 50,000.
* The Unyielding/Unbroken: Reduced the amount of required paid off XP debt to earn this badge from 400,000 to 100,000.
* The Unbroken Spirit/Relentless: Reduced the amount of required paid off XP debt to earn this badge from 800,000 to 200,000.
* Toy Collector: Reduced this badge’s requirements from opening 200 presents during the winter event to 100 presents.
* Trendsetter: Reduced this badge’s requirements from earning 100,000,000 influence/infamy to 50,000,000 influence/infamy.
* Undying: Reduced the amount of required paid off XP debt to earn this badge from 2,000,000 to 600,000.
* Untouchable: This badge now requires the player to defeat 100 Consiglieres and Underbosses.
* The Vanguard Recruit day job badge now requires the user to be level 35 or greater, to unlock this badge. NOTE: Players who already have this badge and are lower than level 35 will not lose the badge.
* Venomous: Reduced this badge’s required 200 defeated Toxic Tarantulas to 50 Toxic Tarantulas.

* Accolades
* Born in Battle: This Villain Accolade now requires:

* Earn the Iron Man badge (1,000,000 points of damage taken) instead of the Unbreakable badge (10,000,000 points of damage taken).
* Earn the Hammer Down badge instead of the Raider badge.
* No long requires the Lanista badge.
* NOTE: Even though this badge’s requirements are changing, players who already have this Accolade should keep this Accolade even if they don’t have the Hammer Down badge.

* Conspiracy Theorist: Fixed a bug that caused this Accolade to unlock at level 35 instead of 30.


Character Creation

* Returning to the Body Type screen at any time during the character creation process will no longer reset body scale changes made to the character



City Zones

* The Minimum Entry Level has been removed from many Hazard and Trial Zones in order to support upgrades to the Sidekicking System.

* Zones Affected:

* Abandoned Sewers
* Boomtown
* Crey’s Folly
* Dark Astoria
* Eden
* Perez Park
* Shadow Shard – Cascade Archipelago
* Shadow Shard – Firebase Zulu
* Shadow Shard – The Chantry
* Shadow Shard – The Storm Palace
* Striga Isle
* Terra Volta
* The Hollows
* The Sewers
* The Tunnels

Co-Op Zones

* The Minimum Entry Level of the Rikti War Zone has been removed in order to support upgrades to the Sidekicking System



Email

* There is now an in-game email setting to block all email except from those on your friends list or in your supergroup.



Emotes

* Super Science Pack: The Drink Formula costume change emote (/cce <#> CCDrinkFormula) now behaves consistently (the flash and smoke animations used to be out of sync with each other depending on your character model).



Flashback

* Flashback Missions now use combat level instead of security level.



General

* Longbow Wardens’ Lingering Radiation has been reduced to a more reasonable debuff



Graphics/FX

* Display issues with Stone Prison and Plasma Shield fixed.
* Jump Jet Pack should fit the Female and Huge player types better now
* All versions of Brimstone Armor now use the correct geometry
* Fixed bug with Ice Sword using the wrong geometry



Mission Architect

* Experience rewards for custom mobs in Mission Architect have been changed.

1. Enemies created using the Standard setting will reward 75% of normal experience.
2. Enemies created using the Hard and Extreme setting will reward 100% of normal experience.
3. The total amount of experience an enemy is worth is split evenly between their two power set choices. Their primary set adds an amount to the experience, and then the secondary set adds an amount.
4. The specifics numbers for individual sets are as followed:

1. Standard: 37.5%
2. Hard/Extreme: 50%
3. If a mob is created that has a standard primary and a hard secondary, it will be worth 87.5% of the normal experience (37.5% + 50%)
4. A mob created with a hard primary and a hard secondary will be worth 100% experience (50% + 50%)

* Custom villain groups will suffer an experience penalty if they do not have at least one minion, lieutenant, and boss within them.

1. If one rank is missing, there will be a 50% experience penalty applied to all enemies in the group.
2. If two ranks are missing, there will be a 75% experience penalty applied to all enemies in the group.
3. Players will still receive full experience for an enemy in their own unique groups if they are spawned in the "Fight a Boss" objective. This only applies to the specific enemy spawned in this manner and not the group spawned along with them.

* Players can now select any powers for custom mobs to have. However, if the minimal amounts of powers required for them to be considered standard difficulty are removed on either power set, the mob will be worth 0 experience.

1. As an example, a standard minion with Broadsword has Slash and Throwing Knives. If either of those two powers are removed, that minion will be worth 0 experience, even if a secondary power set has all powers selected.
2. This will not cause any custom mobs currently on live to be worth zero experience.

* New Enemy Groups

1. Rogue Isles Villain (1-54) - Players can now use the villains you fight at the end of Safeguard missions in Mission Architect.
2. Paragon Hero (1-54) - The heroes that are fought at the end of Mayhem missions are now usable in Mission Architect.
3. Anti-Matter's Robots (40-54) - Anti-Matter and his minions are now available to use within Mission Architect.

* Arcs containing Bosses have a warning flag again.
* Custom Critters – As with player characters, Claws and Stone Armor are now mutually exclusive at critter creation due to animation issues
* Custom Critters - Kinetics - Transference should now correctly drain endurance from players.
* Defender: Oil Slick Arrow no longer cons friendly and can again be targeted by player in a MA mission.
* Fixed a crash that sometimes occurred when editing a published mission.
* Fixed the waypoints for players to exit the map in the Carnival - Commercial map in Mission Architect and also to allow for escorts to be completed on it.
* Freakshow Sonic Bombs, and Hamidon’s Mitochondria Electrolytes and Antibodies have been pulled from the Mission Architect due to exploits with these mobs.
* Removed the option to select location for ambushes - it wasn’t doing anything.
* Removed a number of enemies from multiple enemy groups within Mission Architect that only had the Quantum Gun as a viable attack power.


NPCs

* Fixed a bug where generic spawns of The Lost at level 30 or higher spawn as Rikti using The Lost animations. Level 30 or higher Lost spawns now spawn as Rikti with correct Rikti animations.


Powers

* All dismissable pets will now zone with you, but will lose their buffs.
* Brawl no longer accepts Endurance Discount Enhancements.
* Brawl no longer costs Endurance when used.
* Electric Melee (All versions) - Removed erroneous reference to Fury from Chain Inductions Long Help
* Reduced Endurance cost of Origin Based powers Apprentice Charm, Taser Dart, Tranq Dart, Throwing Knives, and Mutagen from 6.5 per activation to 2.08 per activation.
* Shields/Against All Odds: Detailed Info now shows Dmg debuff numbers that are applied to foes.


PVP Powers

* Fixed PVP duration of Ninjitsu/Blinding Powder’s confuse.
* Powers with knockback and repel protection should no longer suppress knockback or repel protection when held, stunned, or slept.
o Includes all Brute, Scrapper, Stalker, and Tanker versions of Entropy Shield, Unyielding, Active Defense, Rooted, Granite Armor, Integration, Wet Ice, and indomitable will. Acrobatics also will not suppress the knockback portion.

Rewards

* Characters must be level 35 or greater to earn Vanguard Merits.
* The Hero and Villain Respec Trials, Terra Volta Trial, Eden Trial, Sewer Trial, Hamidon Raid, Statesman Taskforce and Lord Recluse Strikeforce had their Merit Reward diminishing return timer reduced from 24 hours to 18 hours to be consistent with other taskforce diminishing return timers.
* Minion and Lieutenant Freakshow entities in the level 20-38 range have had their XP multiplier lowered to 0.95.


Tailor

* Characters created before Issue 16 will no longer need to change a costume piece in order for customized power changes to update
* Adjusted tailor costs for powers customization changes.
* The cost for changing each individual power’s theme is 1/9th the cost of changing your upper or lower body.
* There is a Power Fee for changing powers customization. It is the same amount as the Tailor Fee for changing costume pieces.
* Changing the primary or secondary color for a power charges 1/10th the Powers Fee for each power changed. This is only charged once per power, instead of once for each color.



User Interface

* Removed "Suppress Extra Player FX" option. It wasn’t actually doing anything
* Fixed a bug that would cause players to sometimes lose their Global Friends list.
* Items in the Options Menu have been slightly reorganized and contain tool tip buttons.
* On the login screen, players will see their current costume instead of costume 1.
* Character Creation – Moved Save/Load Costume buttons so they don’t get blocked by other buttons



XP Curve Adjustment

* To go along with our new changes to sidekicking and exemplaring, we've made some adjustments to the experience awarded from minions, lieutenants and bosses in the level 5 to 24 range. In short these enemies are on average receiving a 20% experience and influence increase. This will slightly speed up the pace at which heroes and villains advance through the 5 to 24 range.




CITY OF HEROES

Powers

Blasters

* Radiation Blast – All AoE powers in this set will no longer give a damage bonus per target hit. Like other Blaster AoE powers, only a single damage buff will be granted per use of the power
* Radiation Blast/Neutrino Bolt – This power now has a 4 second recharge, which increases base damage from scale 0.6 to scale 1.0 and increases endurance cost from 3.12 to 5.2
* Radiation Blast/X-Ray Beam – This power now has an 8 second recharge, which increases base damage from scale 1.0 to scale 1.64 and increases endurance cost from 5.2 to 8.53
* Electricity Manipulation - Power Sink: This power should no longer have a lingering icy effect on the caster.


Controllers

* Kinetics/Fulcrum Shift: This power will now correctly use Controller buff modifiers instead of Defender buff modifiers, resulting in a 20% damage buff per target and a 40% damage buff on self, instead of a 25% damage buff per target and a 50% damage buff on self.
* Cold Domination: All of these powers should now accept the correct IO Sets.


Defenders

* Traps - Trip mine - Fixed repeating animation


Peacebringers and Warshades

* Players in White or Black Dwarf form will now play the updated version of the AlakazamReact emote


Scrappers

* Electric Melee - Removed the ability to slot powers within this set with Taunt enhancements as these powers do not have a taunt component.
* Electric Armor - Lightning Field: Removed the ability to slot this power with Taunt enhancements as this power does not have a taunt component.
* Electric Armor/ Power Sink: This power should no longer accept taunt enhancements.
* Spines – Ripper: Removed extraneous sound effect from Barb Swipe.
* Electric Melee - Chain Induction correctly jumps to additional targets when slotted with proc IOs.
* Spines - Quills. The body spines will now appear when this toggle is activated. However, they will go away if the player enters and then exits spines combat mode while the toggle is on.


Tankers

* Electric Armor - Lightning Field: This power will no longer accept Taunt IO sets to be consistent with other taunt auras.
* Electric Melee - Chain Induction correctly jumps to additional targets when slotted with proc IOs.
* Invulnerability - Invincibility no longer accepts Taunt IO sets. This makes it match similar powers available to other ATs.
* Electric Melee - Fixed Gauntlet for Charged Brawl, Havoc Punch, and Chain induction to not allow procing on all nearby targets.




CITY OF VILLAINS

City Zones

* Sharkhead Isle: Council turrets and some Council spawns will no longer attack each other
* Pocket D: War Witch will once again talk to and train villains


General

* Fixed a bug that would prevent a Villain from being able to trade with other Villains after a respec.


Powers

Brutes

* Claws - Corrected a decimal shift error in the Recharge Time of Slash. Now recharges in 6.4 seconds, not 0.64 seconds.
* Claws/Slash - Slightly increased this power’s damage to be in line with its recharge time
* Claws - Eviscerate: Corrected this power\ss long help, it erroneously stated that this power had a chance to critically hit, which it does not
* Claws - Powers in this set are now slottable for Taunt enhancements and Taunt IO sets.
* Claws and Stone Armor are now mutually exclusive at character creation due to animation issues.
* Electrical Melee – Jacob’s Ladder: Re-enabled FX for this power.
* Electric Melee - Chain Induction correctly jumps to additional targets when slotted with proc IOs.


Corruptors

* Archery/Rain of Arrows – This power will now correctly Scourge enemies allowing for critical hits on enemies with low health
* Kinetics/Fulcrum Shift: This power will now correctly use Corruptor buff modifiers instead of Defender buff modifiers, resulting in a 20% damage buff per target and a 40% damage buff on self, instead of a 25% damage buff per target and a 50% damage buff on self.
* Trick Arrow/Acid Arrow - Fixed a bug that caused this power to deal additional damage to immobilized, held, or disoriented targets
* Pain Domination - Soothing Aura is properly suppressed when the recipient is mezzed.
* Trick Arrow - Glue Arrow: This power’s ground based glue effect will no longer fade once the initial target is defeated, instead it will last its full intended duration.



Dominators

* Earth Assault/Mud Pots - This power’s long help will no longer get cut off at the end
* Earth Assault/Fissure - This power’s long help will no longer get cut off at the end
* Earth Assault - Tremor, Slightly reduced chance of knockdown.
* Earth Assault - Fissure, Adjusted damage, recharge, and endurance cost down moderately. Slightly reduced chance of knockdown and stun.
* Earth Assault - Fissure: This power’s disorient effect is now enhanced by Domination.
* Earth Assault - Seismic Smash - Corrected normal hold magnitude to 3, and the hold is now affected by Domination



Masterminds

* Dark Miasma - Removed erroneous Jump Speed slow effect from Shadow Fall.
* Mastermind Pets now correctly keep their level 6 and level 32 upgrade power buffs when zoning
* Pets will now zone with their Mastermind owner and will keep their buffs
* Necromancy - Zombies, Skeletons and Lich should use the selected custom colors for their enchanted and empowered particle effects.
* Pain Domination - Soothing Aura is properly suppressed when the recipient is mezzed.
* Thugs/Gang War now summons the Posse correctly
* Trick Arrow - Glue Arrow: This power’s ground based glue effect will no longer fade once the initial target is defeated, instead it will last its full intended duration.


Soldiers of Arachnos and Widows

* Mace Mastery - Focused Accuracy: This power was replaced with a new power called Shatter Armor.
* Mace Mastery - Shatter Armor (NEW): This power has replaced Focused Accuracy in the Villain Epic Archetype Mace Mastery epic power set. Shatter Armor is a heavy hitting melee Arachnos Melee attack that reduces the target’s damage resistance.


Stalkers

* Electric Melee - Chain Induction correctly jumps to additional targets when slotted with proc IOs.
* Stalker Melee/Broad Sword/Head Splitter – Fixed a bug that caused this power to have a 100% chance to critically hit while hidden. This power will now critically hit 50% of the time

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