City of Heroes News & Events & Guides

City of Heroes players have been eagerly awaiting the games first major expansion pack, Going Rogue, but it seems they have even more to look forward to.

We recently brought you the news of the new 'Ultra mode', which massively improves the overall visual look of the game - presuming your computer can handle it, of course - and players will also see another free update to the game prior to the expansions launch.

Issue 17: Dark Mirror is set to be launched on the live servers in April and promises to offer a huge amount of changes and improvements - including the afore mentioned Ultra Mode(CoH Influence).

One of the major changes being introduced is the reduction in level requirement before unlocking the Epic Archetypes.

The Epic Archetypes, which are special character classes, were previously only unlocked when you got one of your characters to level 50, the games level cap.

Now, with the launch of Issue 17, these will be unlocked at level 20(City of Heroes influence).

This is quite a considerable change, and one that will allow some players to experience the Epic Archetypes who haven't been able to previously, and also add a bit more variety for players who are fairly new to the game.