City of Villains
» City of Villains and City of Heroes
is a MMO in which you choose to be either a Hero or Villain.
You get both games for the one download. You can save damsels or rob banks, the choice is yours.
You can make your fortune on the market, or explore the world to earn badges and so much more.
Don't let the fact it's an MMO put you off, it doesn't have the same grind as other MMO's and the updated content is FREE.
I would recommend Villains (redside) initially because the zones are smaller. I would also suggest not getting into Architect Entertainment. Play the story contacts, you WILL be better off!
A good starting character is a brute/tank or stalker/scrapper. They are very self-sufficient.
I have put some useful PDFs and stuff for download available. Some I've found, some I've made myself.
» Zones, Badges, Recipies information here. The .7z is a zip file of a full atlas of CoX
Below are some useful links.
» CoX FAQ
- A brief overview of the two games
» Funny youtube intro. Check out all the I'm a hero, he's a villain ones
» Paragon Wiki - A great resource of information
»RedTomax fan data site - A fantastic amount of information
» Skill planners - One online and one offline
» Badge tracker, map information - For those of us who want all the shinies!
» HeroStats Unstable: About HeroStats - in game stat tracker
» HeroStats: About HeroStats
» City Info Tracker - Complete City of Heroes / City of Villains Character Tracking!
» Trial restrictions
The Quick Links
» Starting - Starting out and teaming
» Costumes and Bases - Inspiration and ideas
» Graphics - Game tweaks
» Enhancements - Improve your powers
» Binds- More easily control your pets, make custom emotes and preferences
» Badges and Maps
» Mission Architect - The Mission Architect where you can make your own missions/mobs
» Misc - General which doesn't fit anywhere else
Starting out and teaming
» Tog's Hero University
Costumes
» Practical COLOR Help
» Bases by Branche - she no longer does bases but they'res some great ideas here
Graphics
» I17 Ultra Mode video card recommendations
» Nvidia settings for quality
Enhancements
» IO Sets
» IO effectiveness
» Salvage calculator/uses
» Salvage and IO Set Planner
» Exemplar Effects on Enhancements - Paragon Wiki
» Invention Cheatsheet - Paragon Wiki
Binds
» City of Villains - Mastermind Macros and Keybind Guide
» Emote binds
» List of emotes
» Creating chat/em macros
» Emote macros
» Binds overview
Badges and Maps
» Badge-Hunter.com
» VidiotMaps.com - enhance your map info
» Badge-Hunter.com/VidiotMaps.com Boards
» IO_badge_tracker_v4.pdf - FileFront.com
» Accomplishment badges by Shadower on the GameAmp Network
» Badge-Hunter.com - Exploration Badges
» Atlas Medallion Badge - Achievents which give perma boost to your character
» Freedom Phalanx Reserve Member Badge - Achievents which give perma boost to your character
» Oroborous Hero Story Arcs - go back in time and do missions you missed!
Mission Architect/Architect Entertainment
» City of Heroes Mission Planner
» MA
» Mission Architect Tags
Misc
» City of Data links (so we can get to the non-AT powers)
» Attack Mechanics
Builds
Each forum has it's own list but here are a few I've looked at or tried. The vast majority of builds removed due to broken links caused by CoX forum migration.
Hero
» Illusion/sonic controller
» Spine scrapper
» Electric blaster
Villains » Necro/dark MM
» rad rad