For new players, the City of Heroes Freedom is a good choice. But if you had never played City of Heroes before then start with the Freedom, complete the tutorials to understand the game mechanics. In this main section of the game, you can choose between City of Heroes Freedom or you can go with City of Heroes Going Rogue.Ĭity of Heroes Going Rogue is more interesting to play because to unlock better content until Level 20. As for Villain, you will visit Rogue Isles. If you choose to play as Hero you will continue in Paragon City. You can start playing City of Heroes selecting any of the 10 base Archetypes. Click on Create Character and next you will have options to select the following two attributes – Character Origin and Character Power. Start with a blank character under Origin Tab, you can create more than one custom character in City of Heroes. The next screen will take you to character creation and other game settings. You can try out other servers also, Homecoming allows free server transfers. Excelsior is the most populated one and Everlasting has highest amount of villains. Super Powers | Select your powers based on role - melee, buff/debuff, ranged, control, defense - to make up your Primary and Secondary Power Sets.Excelsior and Everlasting are the two best servers to start.

Villain Archetypes | Mastermind, Stalker, Dominator, Corruptor, Brute.Hero Archetypes | Blaster, Controller, Defender, Scrapper, Tanker.Rogue Isles | The haven for the super-powered Villains, consisting of five crime-ridden zones.Paragon City | Heroes must help defend the good citizens of Paragon City in nine sprawling city zones.The game was shut down in November of 2012. They could also use the Mission Architect to create and share adventures. Players could also ally themselves with other heroes and villains and build their own super Base of operations. They could meet and fight alongside many signature heroes and villains, including Statesman, Lord Recluse, Sister Psyche, Scirocco, and others. Players could enter Paragon City or the Rogue Isles and create a hero or villain from 10 archetypes, add Powers from a list of over 40 primary and sub classes, then set about questing to rise to the top of the hero or villain hierarchy. City of Heroes was a premier free-to-play MMORPG from the vaulted game companies NCSoft, Paragon Studios, and Cryptic Studios, and holds the distinction of being the first super-hero MMORPG.

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