April 1st, 2025

[Healix]

2 hours ago, TheMoneyMaker said:

I occasionally see Freeem in the game now. Not sure why that would be April 1st specific.

It was introduced on April 1st in 2008

 

Article: City Of Heroes Announces Visual Sounds!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

NCsoft NorCal is proud to announce a new feature for the City of Heroes® and City of Villains® games; that of Visual Sounds. Visual Sounds are based on the comic book staple of onomatopoeia, or the use of a word to replace a sound. Classic comic book examples are “Pow” and “Ka-Boom!” in colorful bubbles while heroes and villains are slugging it out. City of Heroes takes a huge stride forward by replacing simple sounds with the exciting new visual medium of Visual Sounds.

[TheMoneyMaker]

29 minutes ago, Healix said:

It was introduced on April 1st in 2008

 

Article: City Of Heroes Announces Visual Sounds!

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

NCsoft NorCal is proud to announce a new feature for the City of Heroes® and City of Villains® games; that of Visual Sounds. Visual Sounds are based on the comic book staple of onomatopoeia, or the use of a word to replace a sound. Classic comic book examples are “Pow” and “Ka-Boom!” in colorful bubbles while heroes and villains are slugging it out. City of Heroes takes a huge stride forward by replacing simple sounds with the exciting new visual medium of Visual Sounds.

well played

[Healix]

[PostalExpress]

On 3/18/2025 at 7:31 AM, Healix said:

And now, back to our regularly scheduled program.

 

 

 

I think we should all have our characters wear clown faces and add Toy Bat to our attack chain 🤡

 

Edited yesterday at 04:55 PM by PostalExpress

[gameboy1234]

On 3/15/2025 at 10:54 AM, DoctorDitko said:

I hope so!

But I want stuff like FREEM! and fewer piles of dead babies.

 

It would be a cool addition to the Mapserv event if they added waves of Baby New Year to the monster spawns.

 

[srmalloy]

On 3/16/2025 at 4:48 PM, DoctorDitko said:

I guess you weren't here for the "take your kid to work day" April Fool's debacle of 2020?

You mean that not including "...and leave them" was deliberate?

[Heliphyn34u]

4 hours ago, gameboy1234 said:

 

It would be a cool addition to the Mapserv event if they added waves of Baby New Year to the monster spawns.

 

 

A brand new temp power to add to the game just in time for April 1st: the Baby Gun!  Does the same damage per hit as Toy Bat, but it's a wide cone AoE -- a gun that shoots out multiple Babies New Year!  (After they hit you, they run away.)

 

[Healix]

You mean like this?

 

[gameboy1234]

43 minutes ago, Healix said:

You mean like this?

 

Yes, like that!

 

... Now I'm scarred for life after viewing that.  It's like, the King in Yellow of Baby New Years.