City of Heroes Podcast

We start out with our usual dash of news from the forums. Rather than one main topic, however, we focus on some of the shorter topics recently suggested in our forums . We discuss: April Fools Prank – Visual Sounds BAB’s link indicating his acrobatic moves (we promise promise promise this is NOT a RickRoll!) Optional In-Game Advertising Powerset Proliferation FAQ form Doc Brainstorm i1...

I think we’ve broken our own record again, making this the longest episode. This wasn’t the intention, but I guess we’ll see if everybody who said “longer episodes please!” really meant it I promise that this won’t be a habit and future episodes will get back under the hour mark. This is part two of our guest interview with Rich. There was some very important, l...

Apparently you can only attach 1 media file per post in the RSS2 feed, and since the Infected PDF was the second thing I attached it took over.. Just like Sigler, I tell ya!! So, here is the actual podcast episode… again.. I tried once before and it didn’t seem to take. So I just renamed the file, and we’ll see what happens! ———————&#8212...

Episode is a bit late… but there was an injury involved, so please don’t debuff us This episode is part one of a two part interview with a friend of ours dedicated to villains! We discuss: Viv’s on drugs News [more complete show notes on actual news items to come] Bab’s sig file link New Gallery software on cohpodcast.com/ ! New Listener Forums ! Go buy Scott Sigler’s...

A bit late, but here none the less! Some of the speculation presented is precluded by our Special Episode, but I went ahead and left everything here intact. This brings us “back on schedule” if there ever was such a thing This episode we discuss: Gary Gygax passing Rikti invasions return “Final” Task Force/Strike force changes 48 Month Veteran Reward announced A call from E...

We are in the middle of post production on episode 16, but wanted to record and get this news flash out to you since Issue 12 has been announced! We hope to get episode 16 on the feed in a day or two. Good hunting heroes!

A special welcome to any new listeners! This episode was recorded last week but was delayed due to some technical difficulties (and minor construction at our base!) We discuss; Ex Libris links to us on the official forums ! We’re moving our studio around Blaster damage bug corrected Further veil fixes Clarification from Positron on the TF changes A new TF change on Test Server to address som...

This is a bit of a continuation from last episodes information on different character builds. A listener specifically requested information on building a good healer which is why the healing Defender is discussed in-depth here. As we go over in the episode, we are aware that Defenders are much more than healers (that they indeed are more buffers/debuffers than healers), but since there was a reque...

Love is in the air! This is an exciting week, Heroes! Lots going on, so this episode is our longest. Buckle up and enjoy! Double XP weekend hangover Huuuuuge game patch Announcement for this year’s Jubilee event! Event Timing: Start: Thursday, February 14th, 8:59am PST / 11:59am EST Finish: Thursday, February 28th, 8:59pm PST / 11:59pm EST Info on Manticore and Sister Psyche’s Valentin...

All of the patch notes detail what changes are happening on the Test Server and we really hope that some of them go live before the double XP weekend. Probably unrealistic, but there is some cool stuff going on in there! Of course, there is no guarantee that the stuff being tested will ever make it to the live game. Changes to powers for various archetypes (lots for Forcefield Controllers, but som...

This week we talk about the “conning” system and what all of those colors mean. Trouble downloading? Double XP weekend dates announced A couple news bits Mobs and the conning system Giant Monster spawn rates How the whole “giant monster” damage thing works (level scaling) Rikti Spawns Dwimble’s Guide to mission difficulty settings Voicemails Promo: Geek Survival Guide

This week we bring a Newscast with lots of forumy goodness. Then we get caught up with comments and voicemails! The 2008 State of the Game The “City Vault” The next double XP weekend and server hardware improvements Valentine’s Day event Smoothing the XP curve “Real Numbers” City of Heroes Fanzine Fanzine Submission Webpage Changes to Moment of Glory coming In-game ma...

This episode is all about 3rd party add-ons. As discussed in the episode, these are not sanctioned by NCSoft and are against the terms of use, so they are definitely “use at your own risk”. They could get your account suspended or banned from the game. One note from last episode: We mention that the Winter event is ending on January 6 (today!) and that they will likely close it out dur...

We have more news about us, than the game this time around. The devs have been very quiet through the holidays. Since there was so little news, we went ahead and recorded a faction spotlight for this episode. We discuss: A new intro New equipment in the “studio” A new domain name i12 and i13 speculation Villian Epic Archetype (un)News Planning for the end of the Winter Event A tip to f...

This week we talk more about the Winter Event. We had intended to do Ouroboros coverage, but haven’t had much time to *ahem* research, and what little time we’ve had in game has been spent playing with features of the Winter event. In this episode we discuss: Candy cane salvage and pricing for various temp powers Ski Slope tips Ski Slope Bug Quickie Father Time mission tips 2007 Winter...

New news-laden episode for ya where we talk about: Dates for the winter event Winterlord’s Holiday Extravaganza PERC Costume Contest earlier this year Justice Radio ( not WOOT! Radio ) Patch Notes Double Prestige boost goof Players Choice Awards MMORPG.com MMOSite.com Official COH Forums . Please note, on the podcast I said “forums.coh.com” but it is actually “ boards.coh.c...

Here is part two of episode 5 – the Main Topic. We went back and forth about including the faction section, but the main topic was only 20 minutes and this faction was already recorded, so enjoy the Carnies In this main topic we discuss everything about Enhancements. The major types and differences between them, how you get the different types, how they all work, and tips for saving millions...

… and just news. After editing we came to a couple of conclusions. 1) the podcast is too long – wait, we already knew that – but despite attempts, its even longer than the last one, lol.  2) there is too much news right now to keep the Factions discussion as well as news and a main topic. In light of this, we are going to take a page out of The Command Line ‘s playbook and...

Kind of the opposite from the last two episodes – this one is very, very short. Actually we’re calling it Episode 4.5 as it completes the main topic “Powers” from last episode. There wasn’t any significant news this week either, which added to the shortness (wait, is that an oxymoron?) This ep we cover: A brief explanation of content that was cut One correction Target...

Another long episode this week. I actually pulled some content out so that we didn’t go past the hour mark. I will either release them into a short addendum episode this weekend, or make them the main topic next week. This week we discuss: The date has been announced for the Prestige Bump and Debt Wipe (December 10) Further information on receiving temp powers again with the new Ouroborus ti...

We have a whopper of an episode this week. Since its a couple of days late, hopefully all of the great news discussion, terminology, and chat system info will make up for that. This episode is almost an hour long. We will try to keep future episodes shorter, but there is a lot of great information packed in here. Topics discussed include: NCSoft buys CoH IP from Cryptic (along with most developers...

The main topic this episode is teaming strategies. Specifically, what the roles on a team are, and the typical way that these roles are used to most effectively take down the bad guys. Only two news clips this episode. First, Floyd “Castle” Grubb, the City of Heroes Development Team powers designer, narrates this trailer spotlighting the all-new power sets introduced in Issue 11: &#822...

Here is the first “real” episode. I think that I’ve solved the problem of the hot “S”es (at least in Episode 0 I heard lots of crackly bits over my FM transmitter in the car). The intro/outro are almost the same, but hopefully the news and main content will have better audio quality. This is longer than I had anticipated any episode being at just under 38 minutes, but...

I am pleased to bring you the first episode of the City of Heroes Podcast! This is a very short introductory episode to tell you a little about me, and what this show is all about. I would love to hear your feedback! You can directly comment on the site here, or send an e-mail to cohpodcast@gmail.com