'Reveal's on Tuesday,' enigmatic CoX developer declares in haiku

Confused? Stay with us. Matt 'Positron' Miller, lead developer of City of Heroes, loves to drop hints to the player base about coming content. Sometimes these hints come in the forums, and sometimes they get fed through the much-loved fan-made publication The City Scoop.

Back in Issue 11, a cryptic message from 'Silos' turned out to be a clue to Ouroboros content, while a hint for Issue 12 was in cipher form and had the forum uniting to try to crack it. We've also had anagrams that hinted at additional power trays. The guy puts the Riddler to shame.

Positron's latest whim seems to be clues in haiku form. We've already had one haiku to give us a hint of coming CoX Issue 13 features: 'Villains' locked-in choice / Lupin can now bring you change / Lets you pick from all', which is widely seen as a coming ability to respec out of Villain Patron Pools, something villains have wanted ever since they went in. Now, in a classified ad in today's City Scoop, the following message appears: 'Blueprints are ready / The Architect has been paid / Reveal's on Tuesday.'

Clearly, something will be revealed on Tuesday, but what? Is this a reference to the blueprints the builders in Steel Canyon have held for months? Will the strange concrete platform in Port Oakes be finished? Will the spacecraft launch pad actually appear at last? Will the first glimpse of Issue 13 content finally be upon us? Is 'architect' a reference to the base improvements we've heard will be coming in Issue 13?

Your guess is as good as ours. The only additional clue is the removal of Training Server 01 from public use. Maybe it's going to be used for a closed beta, or to show off Issue 13 content - who knows? Roll on Tuesday!