issues The Guide to Issues aka "When did they add/change that?"

[Trickshooter]

On 8/13/2019 at 1:12 PM, Robotech_Master said:

Things I'd like to see added:

• When were Paragon Dance Party and Pocket D first added?
• When were the two transit lines merged to one?

I can't really find definitive dates for when the Paragon Dance Party was added. Pocket D was added late in Issue 6, I think. I see a patch note saying it was added to the zone search in Issue 7, so it was either 6 or 7. If someone knows for sure, I'll add it.

 

The monorail merger is already on the list. It was in Issue 19.

[EmmySky]

I remember Auras and The Hollows coming to the game so I must have joined in Issue 1 (before they were a thing).  I remember powerset customization, super sidekicking and walk but don't remember Posi split in 2 or epics at 20 instead of 50 so I must have left in Issue 16.

 

Is there a list of dates for these?  I would like to narrow down my dates of play.  If it is somewhere on the post I apologize...my old eyes are squinty today.  Thanks for this great list to take me down memory lane!

Edited August 29, 2019 by EmmySky

[Mister Mass]

From https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Issues

 

Issue Number	Issue Title	Release Date
Original Release		Wednesday, April 28, 2004 (a.k.a. Issue 0)

Issue 1	Through the Looking Glass	Tuesday, June 29, 2004 (62 days later)
Issue 2	A Shadow of the Past	Thursday, September 16, 2004 (79 days later)
Issue 3	A Council of War	Tuesday, January 4, 2005 (110 days later)
Issue 4	Colosseum	Wednesday, May 4, 2005 (120 days later)
Issue 5	Forest of Dread	Wednesday, August 31, 2005 (119 days later)
Issue 6	Along Came a Spider	Thursday, October 27, 2005 (57 days later) (jointly released with City of Villains)
Issue 7	Destiny Manifest	Tuesday, June 6, 2006 (222 days later)
Issue 8	To Protect and Serve	Tuesday, November 28, 2006 (175 days later)
Issue 9	Breakthrough	Tuesday, May 1, 2007 (154 days later)
Issue 10	Invasion	Tuesday, July 24, 2007 (84 days later)
Issue 11	A Stitch in Time	Wednesday, November 28, 2007 (123 days later)
Issue 12	Midnight Hour	Tuesday, May 20, 2008 (174 days later)
Issue 13	Power and Responsibility	Tuesday, December 2, 2008 (196 days later)
Issue 14	Architect	Wednesday, April 8, 2009 (127 days later) (jointly released with Architect Edition)
Issue 15	Anniversary	Monday, June 29, 2009 (82 days later)
Issue 16	Power Spectrum	Tuesday, September 15, 2009 (78 days later)
Issue 17	Dark Mirror	Wednesday, April 28, 2010 (225 days later)
Issue 18	Shades of Gray	Monday, August 16, 2010 (110 days later) (jointly released with Going Rogue)
Issue 19	Alpha Strike	Tuesday, November 30, 2010 (106 days later)
Issue 19.5	Strike Pack	Tuesday, February 1, 2011 (63 days later)
Issue 20	Incarnates	Tuesday, April 5, 2011 (63 days later, or 126 days from the previous full issue)
Issue 20.5	Incarnates Ascend	Tuesday, June 28, 2011 (84 days later)
Issue 21	Convergence	Tuesday, September 13, 2011 (77 days later, or 161 days from the previous full issue) (jointly released with City of Heroes Freedom)
Issue 21.5	Media Blitz	Tuesday, December 6, 2011 (85 days later)
Issue 22	Death Incarnate	Tuesday, March 6, 2012 (91 days later, or 176 days from the previous full issue)
Issue 23	Where Shadows Lie	Thursday, May 31, 2012 (87 days later)
Issue 24	Resurgence	Not released to the live servers due to the game's shutdown on Friday, November 30, 2012

Edited August 29, 2019 by Mister Mass

[EmmySky]

Excellent....yeah that makes sense....mid 04 to early 10....thanks!

[Gammos]

Amazing recap of this beautiful game's history! Netflix couldn't have done a better recap if they tried =D

[Justice Blues]

On 6/17/2019 at 11:20 AM, Trickshooter said:

Weird, the patch note specifically called out that they were added to Hazard and Trial zones. I will change the post to say "most zones."

There isn't a hospital per se in Boomtown, but there is a MASH tent there, just like in The Hollows. You rez at the tent if you die.

[mereman]

Thanks for this list I can now get close to when I joined (2007) I then had the happiest 5 years of my playing life😁 Met so many good people on Defiant (my home server) I'm now in the late '60s and didn't think I'd be back playing the best game (in my opinion) ever.

[WunderBex]

Wind control! I'd love to see that! Been adoring the water control set/s.

 

I thought I had started around issues 3, maybe issue 5 in the Hey Day... but I remember the Hollows opening and running around them brand new and capes and auras being a big deal (and how anticipated wings were... oh see the birds now? They're practicing wing animations for heroes soon)- I'm older than I thought.

[Meleemadness]

Wow!! I didn't realize how much effort they put into this game!  I remember when I started, I had to be convinced to play.  I thought it was a really dumb concept but when I first logged in...I was hooked and proven totally wrong.  It became my favorite game, possibly of all time!  It is my wife's favorite game as well.  I cant believe this exists!!  I started the month it launched (a navy friend in Hawaii eventually convinced me to play) all the way till around update 21.  So, I am really looking forward to what is new....it has been so long so much of it will be new again....

[Vanden]

Does anyone know when exactly Kora Fruit were downgraded to give level 2 instead of level 3 inspirations? I know it happened alongside or immediately prior to the addition of inspiration storage to SG bases, but I can't remember if bases launched with Storage in I6 or if it was added later.

[Trickshooter]

On 1/18/2020 at 9:53 AM, Vanden said:

Does anyone know when exactly Kora Fruit were downgraded to give level 2 instead of level 3 inspirations? I know it happened alongside or immediately prior to the addition of inspiration storage to SG bases, but I can't remember if bases launched with Storage in I6 or if it was added later.

Kora Fruit was downgraded with the last patch before the launch of Issue 7: https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Patch_Notes/2006-04-11#City_Zones

 

Inspiration storage was added with Issue 7: https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Patch_Notes/2006-06-06#Bases

[ErikRobson]

Thanks so much for this timeline!

 

FWIW, the "Purple Patch" I'm familiar with hit prior to Issue 1; it dramatically reduced the effectiveness of heroes vs. higher-level enemies across the board.  It was extremely controversial at the time.  There's a great explanation here: https://cityofheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Purple_Patch

[Soyuz]

Data point for Issue 6: Ragdoll physics added.

 

I absolutely loathed ragdoll physics for their negative impact on certain powers and playstyles, but I seemed to be in the minority at the time.

[dtj714]

Could you update with a summary of what HC has done thus far (so we don’t have to wade through all the patch notes...)?

[arthurh35353]

Ah, City of Smoke Grenade blasters and hitting level cap (at 40) in only 40ish hours, IIRC. Crazy people fighting +8 as blasters in the sewers.

[jordontek]

In issue 0, the entire power set of Martial Arts had completely different animations than it does now. (I wonder where those old, now unused animations are in CoX now?) 

 

I do not recall exactly what Thunder Kick's original animation was at this moment. 

I recall Storm Kick having a pose (kamae/gamae of sorts), throw 3 kicks, and pose again and that was the end of just Storm Kick. I'll never forget this, because it was Storm Kick's entire animation time and inability to run from mobs would cause me to accrue debt early on. 

 

Crane Kick had start up animation, but what I do not recall. 

Dragon's Tail had a start-up animation of rising up to do a somersault, then came the PBAoE sweep kick. 

 

I want to say by Issue 2, there was a complete revamp, but I don't recall exactly when that was done.

And when was Eagle's Claw power reduced from Superior to High damage? 

Edited January 26 by jordontek
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[Adurias]

I wonder if this is the right place to ask but I can't find a better place: When did they add the "show last objective" location and/or the last mob group? I don't remember seeing that on the NCsoft servers - but that vision is hazy ...

[Lunar Ronin]

1 hour ago, Adurias said:

I wonder if this is the right place to ask but I can't find a better place: When did they add the "show last objective" location and/or the last mob group? I don't remember seeing that on the NCsoft servers - but that vision is hazy ...

 

That was on the live servers.  I want to say around Issue 12 or 13?

[Ukase]

So, I saw this just today. Ordinarily, I have a few characters that I didn't enjoy playing so much reserved for crafting and such, because my more active characters will tend to have their loot just dropped off, rather than deal with it. In any event, one of my characters that I had stashed at various day jobs sees this: 




No, not boasting about a purple drop - wondering about this "use discount option" 
What I don't know is how many discount coupons I have, nor how I got them in the first place. 
I thought Wentworth's, but that day job gives brainstorm ideas. So, unless it's giving them both - I've no idea. 

I did a search and came up dry. 

 

What patch notes carry this information? 

[Hedgefund]

This day job accolade gives the crafting discount.

 

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Entrepreneur_Badge

 

As for which patch notes you can look for issue 13.

[lemming]

8 hours ago, Ukase said:

So, I saw this just today. Ordinarily, I have a few characters that I didn't enjoy playing so much reserved for crafting and such, because my more active characters will tend to have their loot just dropped off, rather than deal with it. In any event, one of my characters that I had stashed at various day jobs sees this: 




No, not boasting about a purple drop - wondering about this "use discount option" 
What I don't know is how many discount coupons I have, nor how I got them in the first place. 
I thought Wentworth's, but that day job gives brainstorm ideas. So, unless it's giving them both - I've no idea. 

I did a search and came up dry. 

 

What patch notes carry this information? 

How many coupons you have is in special salvage, and as Hedgefund mentions, dayjob at auction house

 

Edited April 7 by lemming

[Ukase]

Thanks.
I'm getting a little queasy; thinking about what must be over 100K enhancements crafted...and I could have been getting a 25% crafting discount. 

Granted, it's not really a big deal. I've got characters with those badges, but only certain characters craft. I only saw these discount coupons by chance. 
I just never paid attention to the perks of those day jobs, because, well, so often they're meaningless. Like "Out of combat end recovery". Like, who cares about that? I don't need end recovery when I'm out of combat. (although, back on retail, I did run out of end trying to tp across Indy port - perhaps I could have used it then.) 

I'm more shocked and embarrassed about not knowing about it than anything else. I mean, I market a lot. I craft hundreds of enhancements a day. I should have known. 

[lemming]

13 hours ago, Ukase said:

I'm more shocked and embarrassed about not knowing about it than anything else. I mean, I market a lot. I craft hundreds of enhancements a day. I should have known. 

Eh, I had to check my main badger to find coupons (probably because I don't park that often in an auction area) and 10 discounts would only account for ~750k or so.   I don't think you've lost out on that much.

 

Looks like 10 is the maximum amount of discounts and just one per 24 hours collected.   So, to maximize the return may take more busy work than most people would want to.

[Ukase]

So, the ol' obtuse Ukase rears his head again with the question about alignment tip missions. 
I monitor help fairly often to try and be helpful, and today I was one of those whom I often refer to as "Well-intentioned idiots". I was the idiot! Ugh!
 

When did mobs below level 20 start to drop alignment tip missions? 

[Hedgefund]

If you're exemping in a mission fighting even (or higher) cons tips can drop.  If you're aoeing mercy or atlas mobs those don't drop tips.  In the open world they need to be at least 20.  This was the case on day 1 of Going Rogue when tips and alignment were introduced.