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Champions Online
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Xbox 360
Xbox 360
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Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
Description
A new MMO for pc and console, featuring heroes and villains.
Latest news
10-26-10 Champions Online goes Free-to-Play
03-25-10 No Champions Online for X360
07-11-08 Champions Online gets publisher
02-14-08 Cryptic announces a... superhero MMO
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Champions Online goes Free-to-Play
Posted on Tuesday, 26 October 2010 by Speed, source: Official Site
Cryptic Studios has updated the official site for Champions Online with word that the game will be following in the footsteps of so many other MMOs out there: Free to Play has arrived!
With the change in business model comes also a bunch of changes to the game itself and those are mainly the following:
New Descriptions - We've added tech and rewritten all of the power descriptions so that they are accurate and understandable. Tooltips should be more succinct while at the same time being clear and complete. Streamlined Powers - We're fixing many systemic inconsistencies and outright errors throughout the power frameworks. Most of the time, we're doing this by simplifying interactions. For example, there were many different kinds of holds, which led to all sorts of strange interaction problems and unexpected results. We've simplified control powers so that there are fewer distinct hold types. We've also set them up in a way that should make them easier to understand and use appropriately. Heroic Archetypes - The really big thing we're doing is adding a whole new way to choose your hero's powers! When you create a hero, you may choose an Archetype, which will specify which powers you earn as you level up. Archetypes aren't general like classes or roles, nor do they simply map to our frameworks. Archetypes are character builds that mimic a specific kind of superhero from the comic pages. For example, one of the Archetypes is "The Blade." As you might guess, The Blade is a melee based character focused on using single-blade powers. He specializes in doing tons of damage to single targets. For comparison, "The Brute" is also a melee character that dishes out tons of damage, but instead focuses more on group combat and survivability. The Free-to-Play update will have at least eight of these Archetypes available to play right off the bat, and we'll be adding more every month. Improved Tutorial - We're streamlining the tutorial to make it flow and teach better. Welcome to Ren Center - Immediately after the tutorial, players will go to Renaissance Center, the social hub of Champions Online. Defender will be their first contact and help them get their bearings in Millennium City. He'll eventually send the hero off to check on some strange happenings in the park by the Super-Jet, which will lead the hero to adventures in Westside. Westside Revisited - We've reordered, rescripted and augmented the content in Westside. There is now a more tightly scripted storyline for the whole neighborhood that ties everything together. While some of our favorite missions are still there, we've also added new ones, including a couple new boss battles! We've added new landmarks to the zone as well, so players can tell where they are and where they're going. After completing the adventure in Westside, players go to the Desert Crisis. Desert Revisited - The Desert Crisis and the Desert have also had their stories punched up notch! There is now an overall structure to the story that integrates Project Greenskin, Burning Sands, Burnside and the Atomic Wasteland. We've also added a couple new fights and a big bang to conclude the adventure! This brings the player to around level 18 or 19, where they can continue in the Desert or return to Millennium City. Also the C-Store will be getting some new stuff:
First of all, you can (and should!) still subscribe to Champions Online. If you continue to subscribe (and become a "Gold Member"), then what you get doesn't change from what you get today. You still get all the zones, all the levels, all existing and future adventure packs, and all the costume parts available today (plus a bunch of new ones). You still have complete control over what powers your hero has (as well as their color), just like today. The only difference you'll see is that there will be more things in the C-Store to buy, if you are so inclined.
Current lifetime subscribers automatically become Gold Members for life and get all the same benefits.
Non-subscribers ("Silver Players") don't get all of that. Most importantly, they don't get complete control over what powers their heroes get. Instead, they can only create heroes by choosing an Archetype. Though the power progression is predefined, the player can tailor the powers with their choice of Advantages. Silver Players are also limited in other ways such as inventory, bank and marketplace space. Of course, Silver Players retain full control over how their character looks using the costume editor. They also get access to all the zones and levels.
If you decide to switch from Gold to Silver, your characters will still be there. However, you won't be able to play them until either you re-subscribe or you convert them into Silver characters. Exactly how this will work is still being determined.
A feature matrix showing a clear overview of the differences between paying (Gold) and non-paying (Silver) members has been put online here.Current lifetime subscribers automatically become Gold Members for life and get all the same benefits.
Non-subscribers ("Silver Players") don't get all of that. Most importantly, they don't get complete control over what powers their heroes get. Instead, they can only create heroes by choosing an Archetype. Though the power progression is predefined, the player can tailor the powers with their choice of Advantages. Silver Players are also limited in other ways such as inventory, bank and marketplace space. Of course, Silver Players retain full control over how their character looks using the costume editor. They also get access to all the zones and levels.
If you decide to switch from Gold to Silver, your characters will still be there. However, you won't be able to play them until either you re-subscribe or you convert them into Silver characters. Exactly how this will work is still being determined.
With the change in business model comes also a bunch of changes to the game itself and those are mainly the following:
We will be adding a bunch of items and devices to the store. If you play other free-to-play games, many of these will be familiar: healing devices, energy refills, damage buffs, reward multipliers and things like that. We will also have some other things I think are pretty special. A few examples:
■Magnifier - Makes your character larger for a period of time.
■Shrinker - Makes you character smaller for a period of time.
■Party Bomb - Everyone dance!
■Become Werewolf - Makes you look like and fight like a werewolf for a time.
■Summon Team - Transports your team to your location.
(Note that these specific examples are planned but aren't guaranteed to actually be available.)
These items are for sale to both Gold Members and Silver Players. Most things in the store will be purchasable by both Gold Members and Silver Players. (There are some costume packs that Gold Members get for free that Silver Players must pay for.)
■Magnifier - Makes your character larger for a period of time.
■Shrinker - Makes you character smaller for a period of time.
■Party Bomb - Everyone dance!
■Become Werewolf - Makes you look like and fight like a werewolf for a time.
■Summon Team - Transports your team to your location.
(Note that these specific examples are planned but aren't guaranteed to actually be available.)
These items are for sale to both Gold Members and Silver Players. Most things in the store will be purchasable by both Gold Members and Silver Players. (There are some costume packs that Gold Members get for free that Silver Players must pay for.)
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