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City of Heroes planning to launch the Global Server List on May 10th
There's a distressing shortage of games that let you play worldwide, with players from different countries mingling freely. City of Heroes is taking that plunge, however. It was announced back in March that the game's European and North American server lists would be getting merged into a single global server list, and while that merger has been slightly delayed, the current plan is to push the list live on May 10th. That means that if all goes well, players from all over the world can play on the game's full complement of servers starting tomorrow. As the newspost is quick to point out, if any unforeseen difficulties arise during implementation, the team will postpone the merger until such time as it can be implemented without issues. For the altaholics who make up a fairly large portion of City of Heroes' playerbase, however, the merger is unambiguous good news, as it gives more character slots to play with -- and for European players, it means more immediate access to patches and the test server. Global access should be live early tomorrow, so get ready to go worldwide. (And let's not forget the invasions and reactivations just around the corner.)
CoH March Producer's letter addresses I20, Global Server Lists, and more
After a great run at PAX East, the team at Paragon Studios is back at the office and working hard on the next update coming to City of Heroes. According to the March Producer's Letter by Nate "Second Measure" Birkholz, players can expect Issue 20, which will bring in the new Incarnate powers for players, to go live next week. Along with this announcement is the news that a respec will be available with the launch of I20, as well as another one later in April when the Anniversary celebrations get underway -- so you'll have a chance to tinker further with your new builds! That said, the bulk of the March update is spent offering some thoughts from the Paragon Studios team in regard to the upcoming Global Server List changes. As Birkholz notes, the studio "know(s) that your online and in-game identities are important. City of Heroes is at its heart a game about who you are, not just what you do." So if you have some trepidation about the way changes are coming then you'll definitely want to check out Birkholz' letter for more insights on what they might mean for you. Also, don't forget to leave your feedback on the connected forum thread.
