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. You get rewards every three months for staying with the game through the
Veteran
Program.
Since Going Rogue, you have to start in Praetoria. Don't let
this zone put you off. Most people don't start there now because it is a much
tougher area. If you can get a non-GR install do so, get a character to 20 then
upgrade to GR. Trust me; it's a lot less pain.
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.
Below are some useful links.
» CoX FAQ
- A brief overview of the two games
» Trial restrictions
» Funny youtube intro. Check out all the I'm a hero, he's a villain ones
» Paragon Wiki - A great resource of information
Once you start playing, you'll find the next few links handy but you can start to "pew pew" from the get go!
» Skill planners - One online and one offline - offline is most up to date
» Badge tracker, map information - For those of us who want all the shinies!
» HeroStats Unstable: About HeroStats - in game stat tracker - handy for knowing when buffs are wearing off
» City Info Tracker - Complete City of Heroes / City of Villains Character Tracking!
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 - settings can be customized so you don't NEED high end!
» Nvidia settings for quality
Enhancements
These slot into your powers. There are different sorts; you will start with Training then move to either Double Origin, Single Origin or Inventions. Inventions can be plain or part of a set which give additional bonuses. Don't worry if that sounds complex it can be as simple as you want.
» Exemplar Effects on Enhancements - Paragon Wiki
» Invention Cheatsheet - Paragon Wiki
Binds
Binds and macro's allow you to pull off a number of actions through one keypress. Emotes allow your character to do jumping jacks or point or other things. None of them are essential but the binds and macros can be hany sometimes.
» List of emotes
» Emote binds
» City of Villains - Mastermind Macros and Keybind Guide - there is also a great one Stickied in the forum for MMs which uses the numpad
Badges and Maps
» Badge-Hunter.com
Mission Architect/Architect Entertainment
» 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 and that's a great starting place. The community is very helpful especially to new people.