First details of the latest free expansion pack, A Stitch in Time.
Issue 11: A
Stitch in Time reveals that all that is and was is not as it should be!
The mysterious Ouroboros organization, a group of beings from the ends of time,
enlists the aid of Heroes and Villains to rewrite the past. Heroes and Villains
are able to travel through time using the new Ouroboros System, which opens the
gates to both new and existing content for players. Issue 11 also unleashes two
brand new power sets: Dual Blades and Willpower, giving Heroes and Villains a
slew of new power options. Additionally, Dual Blades offers Weapon
Customization – taking the “City of” Character Creator to the next level! And
the Inventions system is enhanced with new “Very Rare” Purple invention sets.
OUROBOROS SYSTEM
Through the mysterious Menders of Ouroboros, players gain the ability to
“Flashback”, that is to travel through time and relive major events from the
history of Paragon City™ and the Rogue Isles™. Heroes who travel back in time
will embark on missions such as preventing the Circle of Thorns from unleashing
a devastating demon on a defenseless world, a story originally presented in the
City of Heroes comic book. Villains who journey through time will get the chance
to assist Lord Recluse™ in his initial campaign to conquer the Rogue Isles, and
much more.
Heroes and Villains also use the Ouroboros System to return to story arcs that
they may have missed and replay hundreds of missions from earlier in the game.
Players will even get to set mission parameters for these missions to earn
special badges. Heroes and Villains will be auto-exemplared to the appropriate
level for each story arc to ensure the challenge level remains constant.
WEAPON CUSTOMIZATION
Sometimes an assault rifle just isn’t the right tool for the job, or character,
especially when he or she should be using a sniper rifle instead. Players can
now change their weapons in the same way that they change their costume parts!
From within the costume creator and tailor screen players select the new
“Weapons” region. A number of new options are now available for appropriate
power sets. Current power sets that benefit from this upgrade include Assault
Rifle, Mercenaries/Assault Rifle, Bow, Broadsword, Claws, Villain Claws, Dual
Blades (see below), Katana, Ninja Blade, Mace, Robotics/Pulse Rifle, and
Thugs/Dual Pistols.
TWO NEW POWER SETS
The City of… universe expands with two new amazing power sets: Dual Blades and
Willpower.
DUAL BLADES
With a flashing blade in each hand, the Stalker made quick work of the Coralax
hybrids guarding the shipwreck.
Now Heroes and Villains can wield paired weapons to devastating effect! Use the
new Weapon Customization interface to choose from several types of weapons.
Dual Blades also uses a brutal new Combo system, where the order of your
strikes can create new advantages for you to take down your foes! Dual Blades
is available to Brutes, Scrappers, Stalkers and Tankers!
WILLPOWER
Available to Tankers, Scrappers, Brutes and Stalkers, the Willpower set offers
a strong mix of resistance, defense and regeneration powers. This is the
perfect power set for those characters who have the mental will and
determination – the willpower – to ignore pain and press on through insurmountable
odds!
NEW INVENTIONS
Issue 11 brings with it new invention sets including “Very Rare” Purple sets,
as well as brand new invention sets for Taunt, Buff and Debuff powers, among
others
