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Don't worry, this is not a problem. This is also not an issue. The rule specifically covers individual signature characters, not groups or organisations (I have a Freakshow Brute, for example!)

Right now no, but we are building something specifically for this. In the meantime we keep records in a private (and searchable) Discord server.

1 & 2 aren't covered by this rule as anything in the public domain, by nature, is not infringing copyright. For example: The name Thor is not covered by this rule, but any variant of his name or title combined with a costume that looks like Marvel's Thor? That is covered, and therefore not allowed. 3 & 4 are entirely too subjective to give a solid answer on. As with the live version of the game we will be handling them on a case-by-case basis.

If there's any specific things that are unclear please do let me know! Yes, it does. The specific language here:

Hey all, I understand this is a hot topic for many of you, but I really would like to impress upon everyone the importance of remaining cordial. People on both sides of the issue have been hitting below the belt, and that's not OK. From this point on we will be issuing warning points to anyone not discussing this issue like a grown-up 🙂

Hello! Today we've issued an update to our Code of Conduct. The key change is that we are no longer allowing characters that use copyrighted materials owned by other companies. This is the same as it was during the retail life of the game - we don't want to draw the ire of Marvel, DC, or other gigantic entities and unnecessarily put Homecoming at risk. Characters using copyrighted materials will have their name and/or costume reset. You will then be able to select a new name and create a new costume the next time you log in. - The Homecoming Team

Shopify technically aren’t the vendor. It’s not like eBay where they are acting as a legal intermediary, with Shopify all they are doing is providing the software and hosting. That’s not to say they won’t intervene, but I find it highly unlikely.

It's a paid ad. It costs them money every time someone clicks on it 🙂

That's quite something. Do you know what would be a real shame? If tons of people clicked that paid ad. (cough) A real shame indeed. (edit: gotta turn your adblock off!)

Alas, my normal characters lack the ability to transform into a cat. My Stalker is actually very spooky looking.

I'm finding my Savage / Bio Stalker really fun. Weaving the three minigames (Assassin's Focus, Blood Frenzy and Bio stances) together is really satisfying. Putting the hide proc into the charge works well extended fights, and having so many AoEs (3 in savage + the heal in Bio) causes the Build Up proc to occur very frequently.

The caps not being 50 was an unintentional error on our part that happened when we moved to OVH. All we did was correct a mistake.

Hello everyone! Today we have a simple question for everyone: What do you want to see out of a legitimate, licensed City of Heroes server? As a caveat, this thread is not a Q&A and we won’t be answering questions here. We’re primarily looking to gather everyone’s thoughts and feedback about what they’d like to see from us going forward - both operationally and for the game itself! - The Homecoming Team

Keep in mind that even under normal circumstances contract negotiations can take months. These are far from normal circumstances.

What we can say is that setting this up as a non-profit is complicated, if it's even going to be possible at all. There's no precedent for what we're doing here, so we (and the attorneys we're working with) are kinda going to be writing the book on it. Essentially, this is less of a "wait and see, trust us" and more of a "when we're confident in a plan then we'll talk about it". Regarding the invoices - because they are coming from small firms they tend to be somewhat personalized. Any part of the page could give away who those individuals are, so if we were to post anything it would be almost entirely redacted - and therefore not really worth the time. For this part, yes, we definitely are asking you to trust us.

Frequently Asked Questions Last updated: May 9th, 2025 1 - I'm new here! What is Homecoming? Can I play City of Heroes™ now? Welcome! Homecoming is an officially-licensed City of Heroes server, and yes, you can play right now! Head over to the Getting Started page for information on creating an account and downloading the game. Take a look through our main FAQ for answers to common queries, and be sure to join our Discord (discord.gg/cityofheroes) for news and server status updates. See you in the city! For more information on the license, check out the license announcement and license FAQ. 2 - How do I register an account? Create a Forum Account here. This is the account that you will use to log into the website. Create a Game Account here. This is the account that you will use to log into the game. 3 - I just made an account but I can't log in to the game, help! See step 2 above. 4 - How do I install the game on Windows? Download the Homecoming Launcher. Follow the setup instructions and choose an installation directory. 5 - How do I install the game on OS X? Download LaunchCat from here. Unpack the LaunchCat zip and toss LaunchCat into Applications. Double-click LaunchCat and let it download what it needs. The Homecoming Launcher will appear when it's done. Always use LaunchCat to start Homecoming Launcher. 6 - Help! I still can’t get the game running 😞 Please read through the extended setup guide here. If you are an OS X user and are still having trouble please read through the steps listed here and here. 7 - Are there any rules and policies I should read? Yes! Please read the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Code of Conduct. 8 - How can I stay up to date with the latest news and server status updates? Please join our Discord for the latest updates: discord.gg/cityofheroes 9 - What are the "Beta" and "Prerelease" options? Have a read through the Beta FAQ for more info on our testing environments. 10 - Which shard should I play on? If you are in Europe, we highly recommend you play on Reunion as it’s physically located in Germany - the rest of the shards are in Canada. Of those, Excelsior and Everlasting are higher population, while Torchbearer and Indomitable tend to be a little quieter. Victory, our newest shard, may be a good option if the name you want is unavailable. 11 - Can I transfer my characters between shards? Yes! You can transfer your characters between shards at any time, up to a maximum of 5 transfers every 3 days. 12 - When are the regular maintenance windows? The regular maintenance window is between 12:00 and 14:00 UTC every Tuesday. Occasionally maintenance will occur outside these times if we are deploying an update or we encounter unforeseen technical issues. 13 - When do the weekly strike targets change? The Weekly Strike Targets rotate at 04:00 UTC every Monday morning. You must complete the Strike Target before it rotates in order to receive the additional rewards. The one-off reward (Double Reward Merits + Notice of the Well or bonus XP) can only be earned once per character, per week, even if there’s more than one Strike Target. Please see this thread for for more information, or go to https://cohhc.gg/wst for the full schedule. 14 - Will GMs restore or grant missing influence, enhancements or items that I should have earned or have otherwise lost? We are a volunteer team that works to strive to do what is best for everyone as a whole – and our small team can’t always treat each individual case with the equality they deserve. We also don’t have the resources to validate the claims authenticity. As we cannot verify previous ownership of these, we are not awarding any lost merits, influence, or enhancements - however, most instances of mysterious disappearances result in reappearance within 24-48 hours. This also applies to emails that were erroneously sent to the wrong recipient. 15 - Will GMs award a badge that I should have earned? Currently all badges in game are awarding correctly. Our policy is not to award any badges unless they are unavailable to get in the game. 16 - Will GMs restore deleted characters? Generally we do not as the tool for doing so is unreliable, but under extenuating circumstances (and if is requested quickly enough) we may be able to restore a character. 17 - Can I rename my character? You can rename your character on the character select screen as many times as you would like. 18 - Can I change my global handle? You can! Click Menu > Change Global Handle. Please note you can only change your handle once. If you have used your single handle rename token you can request another by sending a support ticket. Please note that additional tokens will be granted sparingly, so please ensure you have a good reason if requesting another. 19 - How do I report a bug? Please post a report in the Bug Reports forum. If you think the bug is exploitable, please submit a support ticket (see “How do I request support?” below) 20 - How do I make a suggestion? Please post in the Suggestion & Feedback forum. 21 - How do I request support? Type /petition or navigate to Menu > Support in-game to submit a support ticket, or do it through the forum here. 22 - Can I donate money to Homecoming? Sometimes. We open our donation rounds on the last Saturday of each month, generally around 19:00 UTC, and only take in as much money as we require to pay our bills for the next month. This means that the donation window closes relatively quickly, so you will need to be quick! Please see the Finances & Donations FAQ for more info, and the Finances & Donations forum for a record of previous donation rounds. 23 - Will Homecoming be developing new content? Yes, and there already is new content! A new Archetype, the Sentinel Several new powersets, including Storm Blast, Electrical Affinity, Radiation Assault and Plant Manipulation New stories and missions, including the Dr. Aeon Strike Force, Market Crash Task Force and Freaklok story arcs We have also made some changes to create a stable foundation for future development, such as porting the client to 64-bit. 24 - Can I donate content to Homecoming? Unfortunately, due to ownership/rights issues, it's not really possible for us to accept anything made by anyone outside the dev team. You are welcome to apply to join the dev team here. 25 - What is this name release policy I've heard about? Is it in effect yet? The name release policy is in effect as of November 1st, 2024. Here's how it works: Characters will be flagged as ‘inactive’ when the following time thresholds are met: Level 1-5 characters will be flagged as inactive if they have not been played in the last 30 days Level 6-49 characters will be flagged as inactive if they have not been played in the last 365 days Level 50 characters will never be flagged as inactive When a character is flagged as inactive they are not immediately renamed. Instead, their name is simply no longer locked. This allows another player to create a character with that name, at which point the original character will be renamed. This flag will be visible on the character select screen. You can remove the inactive flag from a character at any time simply by logging them in. 26 - Can I view the server status anywhere? You can! Head on over to the Server Status page.

I’m not sure that’s true though. All snipes behaved the same way before, and all snipes behave the same way now. The changes actually allowed more build variety as you aren’t forced into taking Tactics and slotting Kismet to get fast snipes, and you can actually use Build Up + Aim to make your slow snipe hit like a truck out of combat.

The old instant snipe implementation was never finished, and never made it to the live version of the game. It was, quite frankly, really poorly thought out. This implementation brings it in line with Assassin's Strike. If you read the patch notes you'll see that you will actually be doing the same amount of damage as before with your +Tohit bonuses.

The numbers in the patch notes are cost per tick. Toggles tick twice a second, so the cost per second is in fact double what's listed in the patch notes. We may swap to showing per second costs in the future 🙂

This sounds like a bug! Please ensure there's a report in the bug forum and we'll get to it soon 🙂

To clarify, Titan Icon and Paragon Chat aren't in active development right now, so you won't be getting any updates for them. You'll only be getting downloads for Homecoming.

The key thing you're missing is that nothing about this situation or negotiation is typical. The specific reason we aren't answering that question is because almost the entire Homecoming team is using aliases in order to protect identities, so of course we aren't going to tell you what we've worked on previously 🙂

We've just been too busy to actually implement it. It is still coming, and we will let you know when it's live.

Guys, please dial it in and get back to the original topic, thanks.

I think we need to stress test Tempest instead.