Massively video exclusive: Villain epic archetypes
by Elizabeth Harper 
Apr 17th 2008 at 10:00AM
Filed under: Super-hero, Video, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, Previews
Anyone playing the City of... franchise must know that the game's latest free content update, Issue 12 is on the horizon, including epic archetypes for villains. And though here at Massively we can't make issue 12 arrive any faster, we do have the scoop, straight from NCsoft, on the the new Blood Widow and Wolf Spider archetypes.
For the level 50 villains in the audience who can't wait to get started playing the new archetypes (or the heroes wanting to know what they'll be up against), keep reading for a preview of the new archetype abilities. All we can say is it makes us want to start leveling a villain. In fact, while you watch this video, we'll be in-game grinding our way towards infamy.
For a detailed play-by-play of what this video tells us, check out our analysis of the trailer from a villains' perspective.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Kitsune9tails said on 12:56PM 4-17-2008
More goodness than you can shake one of those maces at, and for free. Nice!
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Skycowboy said on 6:37PM 4-17-2008
www.veoh.com the video is there, keywords work, like issue 12
Skycowboy said on 6:43PM 4-17-2008
Ps--www.veoh.com
CassandraT said on 9:29AM 4-19-2008
Looks great! Can't wait to play one.
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Snorii said on 2:52PM 4-17-2008
Woo Hoo, more evilness for me!
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Joe P said on 3:22PM 4-17-2008
Makes me want to dust of my CoV account almost. We shall see.
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Joe P said on 3:23PM 4-17-2008
Actually going off of that I haven't really played since issue 9. Is leveling still a chore?
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Darkwave said on 3:32PM 4-17-2008
Never as much as it used to be Issue 11.5 was alot of QoL stuff and leveling speed was a major factor, the 'brick wall' levels 15-20 and more so 35-40 have now been tweeked and are now much easier to play through.
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Haggs said on 4:10PM 4-17-2008
It's not working for me. It says "Video not found." Drat.
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Skycowboy said on 6:32PM 4-17-2008
www.Voeh.com, the video is there just use the key words, issue 12
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Skycowboy said on 6:40PM 4-17-2008
Ps-- www.veoh.com
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Keelan Zius said on 12:02AM 4-18-2008
Great, looks like they just threw a bunch of old powers into a new one, sounds amazingly lame
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Stark1 said on 2:49AM 4-18-2008
Beat me to it, Keelan.
It wouldn't be a 'new' Issue if they didn't rehash some previous content. I guess that means Issue 12 is the 'newest' of all since they are rehashing all the powers into other ATs with power proliferation.
Agree.....lame.
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Tim said on 6:07AM 4-18-2008
Lame, must have fired the people with imaginations
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Kur said on 7:42AM 4-18-2008
Gotta love Doomers.
I12 adds a whole new area, new series of enemies, adds power choices to existing archetypes and, with the VEATs described here, allows villains to play that classic evil doer, the organized black mask.
A staple of comic books is the legion of bad guys and their champions and this creation allows for that 'spearhead of the big, black weapon' feeling.
Colour me impressed, though any praise (I'm sure) will be promptly discarded to the screams of 'Fanboi' or 'Undercover Dev'. As was said, 'people only hear what they wanna'.
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J said on 11:27AM 4-18-2008
Custom costumes and storylines! These look awesome
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KokoD said on 8:00AM 4-19-2008
Nice. All rehashes of basic crap.
Is COV even played anymore? Thought they abandoned it to make more cheesy COH stuff.
I might go back to playing COV if they put, you know, something NEW in it. This seems like they just tossed COV a bone while they work on the hero game.
On the bright side, more punching bags to people who like to play heroes.
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Chris Chester said on 5:10PM 4-25-2008
Crab spider looks sweet!
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