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| NCsoft releases City of Heroes free expansion, Issue 5: Forest of Dread NCsoft? North America has released Issue 5: Forest of Dread, the latest free expansion for City of Heroes?, the hit massively multiplayer online PC game developed by Cryptic Studios?. Issue 5 features the addition of Paragon City?s? 21st zone, new malevolent villains and several sets of new super powers including archery skills and sonic powers. The new expansion is available free via automatic download to all current City of Heroes subscribers. Issue 5?s new zone, Croatoa is a resort community north of Paragon City where several new villain groups are clashing, requiring the intervention of super-powered heroes to stop the carnage. Villain groups running rampant in Croatoa include the Cabal, a coven of witches, and the Red Caps, an evil gang of goblins who are in a bitter struggle with the Cabal for control of the zone. Also stalking Croatoa are the monstrous Tuatha de Dannan and the Fir Bolg, which are easily identified by their fiery pumpkin heads. The Croatoa zone is meant to challenge players from levels 24 to 35. Issue 5 also introduces highly-anticipated new power sets: archery and sonic. These consist of ranged archery powers for defenders and blasters; trick arrows for defenders and controllers, sonic blast powers for blasters and defenders, and sonic debuffs for defenders and controllers. Additionally, Issue 5 brings new zone events to Paragon City, including the Hellion Arson event, in which Hellion gangs torch buildings in Paragon City. It is the job of heroes to douse the flames and bring the arsonists to justice. Also, at the Troll Rave event, Troll mobs hopped up on an overdose of Superadine transform into ?super trolls? then run amok, endangering the surrounding populace. The new expansion also includes a change in the debt systems incurred when a player is defeated. Players who haven?t yet reached level 10 will no longer receive debt when defeated, and players, regardless of level, will only incur half debt if they are defeated while in a mission. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Game News :: home page |