Last month, City of Heroes Homecoming emerged from a long content drought with news of a big patch that quickly turned controversial. As of today, that patch – Issue 28: Legacy, Page 2 – has officially rolled from the test servers to the live servers for this officially licensed version of the classic superhero MMORPG.
As we noted in May, the update includes a major revamp for the Kallisti Wharf zone that expands it into a level 40-50 co-op zone. The content here is extensive and designed to blend into the rest of the game; it includes new mobs, a new enemy group, new music, the P.E.A.C.E. Keeper giant monster event, and a strong list of repeatable missions and lengthy story arcs focused on the Freaklok, the Skulls/Family spat, the Warriors, and the Council.
Character fans can look forward to a new Pyrotechnic Control set for Controllers and Dominators, the Psionic Armor set for melee archetypes, Regeneration proliferated to Tankers, and a long-awaited revamp of sleep mechanics that allows stacking and a “stickier” version called “deep sleep.”
We spy some nerfs still in the list that made it through beta testing, including the nerf to Tanker damage, a big nerf to Radiation Armor, and some (though not all) of the controversial Controller nerfs we discussed at length, including the blow dealt to Plant Control. But we’re guessing Dark Armor, Electric Armor, and Staff Fighters will be pleased.
