City of Heroes Podcast

Time-Sensitive Announcements for CoH:HC and Our Podcast! PLUS Don’t miss the CoH Podcast gathering on Nov 2 for Super Heroes for Extra Life Charity Weekend!

We’re going to stay on pause for the lengthy Issue 27, Page 7 patch notes a little longer, and instead share some time sensitive and impactful news about the Homecoming server as well as our podcast.

Plus Viv’s got a charity gaming weekend coming up and you’re invited to gather up in-game for some league Trick or Treating on Nov 2. Join up and level up!

But the main activity will be finally reading through the Issue 27, Page 7 Page notes and discussing their impact and player experience. And hopefully you’ll join the discussion, too?

Don’t forget to log in characters that are below level 50 if you want to retain their names, because the long awaited Name Release is coming on Nov 1!

In this episode we discuss the huge announcement from the Homecoming team: an official agreement from NCSoft to run CoH Servers and keep developing new content!!

We also go over the latest big patch released: Issue 27, Page 6.

Links to things we discuss this episode:
NCSoft/Homecoming Announcement
MassiveOP Article “City of Heroes Homecoming talks funding, the City Council, and the impending content drop”, 1/5/2024
Base Contest Announcement
Double XP & Rikti Invasions on Torchbearer, Reunion and Indomitable
Issue 27, Page 6 Patch Notes

You can find Chooch and Viv on Twitch, YouTube, and Discord:
https://twitch.tv/choochandviv (the live CoH Podcast)
CoH Podcast YouTube Archive
https://twitch.tv/vividmuse (CoH Gameplay)
https://twitch.tv/choochus (music composition, variety gameplay)
https://discord.gg/c2j9CMjj8E (Our Discord Server)

Well, that was fast!! Two updates in a month!?

We are honored to have one of the Homecoming developers – Bopper – join us to go over the patch notes for Page 5. Bopper specifically works on powers and in this Page focused on the Sentinel changes as well as stealth power stacking.

Along with the patch notes we discuss Dacy’s Witch’s House (now open) and the Xzianthia/Dawl House Halloween Costume Contest!

You can find the Witch’s House on Everlasting using the base code BOO-17189.

The costume contest will be held on Everlasting, in the Echo Plaza zone on Sunday, October 30th at 9:00pm eastern. Details/updates can be found on The Dawl House discord server, or Chooch and Viv’s discord server.

You can find Chooch and Viv on Twitch, YouTube, and Discord:
https://twitch.tv/choochandviv (the live CoH Podcast)
CoH Podcast YouTube Archive
https://twitch.tv/vividmuse (CoH Gameplay)
https://twitch.tv/choochus (music composition, variety gameplay)
https://discord.gg/c2j9CMjj8E (Our Discord Server)

In this jumbo sized episode we read the Issue27, Page 4 patch notes for Homecoming. There is also a quick note about the Halloween Event which started October 4th and runs through November 1st. I report that CoH Modder is no more, and Dacy has announced her 2022 Haunted House Halloween Extravaganza!!

Links for things discussed this episode:

• Homecoming Halloween 2022 forum post (and wiki page)
• Dacy’s Halloween Extravaganza
• City Mod Installer announce forum post (and webpage)
• Issue 27, Page 4 Patch Notes

You can find Chooch and Viv on Twitch, YouTube, and Discord:
https://twitch.tv/choochandviv (the live CoH Podcast)
CoH Podcast YouTube Archive
https://twitch.tv/vividmuse (CoH Gameplay)
https://twitch.tv/choochus (music composition, variety gameplay)
https://discord.gg/c2j9CMjj8E (Our Discord Server)

This episode we are excited to be joined by Metalios, the lead developer of Mids Reborn to discuss IO enhancement sets, builds, and what’s coming in the next release of Mids Reborn!

You can get more information and download Mids Reborn at the official website: https://midsreborn.com/
You can get support, find or share builds, and chat with Metalios on the Mids Discord: https://discord.gg/eAUuNQ3nxk

You can find Chooch and Viv on Twitch, YouTube, and Discord:
https://twitch.tv/choochandviv (the live CoH Podcast)
CoH Podcast YouTube Archive
https://twitch.tv/vividmuse (CoH Gameplay)
https://twitch.tv/choochus (music composition, variety gameplay)
https://discord.gg/c2j9CMjj8E (Our Discord Server)

Chooch and Viv are joined by “Trauma Train” Rich to discuss all of the types of enhancements available in the game, and when to use each kind.

You can find Rich on his two Twitch channels:

TraumaTrainRich – for video game streams, and
XP Rich – for tabletop type game streams

Next episode streams April 30 at 6:pm eastern on Twitch. Topic TBD – have a suggestion?

Find us on Twitch, YouTube, and Discord:
https://twitch.tv/choochandviv (the live CoH Podcast)
CoH Podcast YouTube Archive
https://twitch.tv/vividmuse (CoH Gameplay)
https://twitch.tv/choochus (music composition, variety gameplay)
https://discord.gg/c2j9CMjj8E (Our Discord Server)

Chooch and Viv discuss the different types of PVE content available in the game as well as different levelling styles. We begin with the must-haves for a fresh Level 1 at the P2W vendor.

Next episode streams April 2 at 6:pm eastern on Twitch. Topic TBD – have a suggestion?

Find us on Twitch, YouTube, and Discord:
https://twitch.tv/choochandviv (the live CoH Podcast)
CoH Podcast YouTube Archive
https://twitch.tv/vividmuse (CoH Gameplay)
https://twitch.tv/choochus (music composition, variety gameplay)
https://discord.gg/c2j9CMjj8E (Our Discord Server)

This episode we continue to discuss base building with master builder, Dacy!

She takes it back to basics and shows us the editor and core services every base needs. You can find Dacy’s base building tutorials and tours on her YouTube channel.

Next episode streams March 26 at 6:pm eastern. Topic TBD – have a suggestion?

Find us on Twitch, YouTube, and Discord:
https://twitch.tv/choochandviv (the live CoH Podcast)
CoH Podcast YouTube Archive
https://twitch.tv/vividmuse (CoH Gameplay)
https://twitch.tv/choochus (music composition, variety gameplay)
https://discord.gg/c2j9CMjj8E (Our Discord Server)

This episode we discuss base building with master builder, Dacy!

We cover Homecoming patch notes from February 10, 2022, the current and upcoming Weekly Strike Targets, then jump straight into a base tour and discussion.

The bases we toured are The Spaceship on Excelsior (base code ONES-5030), and Vault Luxe (currently private). You can find Dacy’s base building tutorials and tours on her YouTube channel .

We’ll continue the discussion and tour more bases with Dacy on the next live stream on March 5th, starting at 6pm eastern.

Find us on Twitch, YouTube, and Discord:
https://twitch.tv/choochandviv (the live CoH Podcast)
CoH Podcast YouTube Archive
https://twitch.tv/vividmuse (CoH Gameplay)
https://twitch.tv/choochus (music composition, variety gameplay)
https://discord.gg/c2j9CMjj8E (Our Discord Server)

We are very happy to bring you this conversation about farming in City of Heroes with none other than Brigg!! Creator of the legendary Comic Con Fire Farms

You can find Brigg streaming on Twitch

And you can find tutorials on his fire farms on his YouTube page

Brigg’s farming maps mentioned in the episode can be accessed from the Architect Entertainment kiosks on Homecoming and some other private servers). On Homecoming the arc IDs are:

• 125: Bloody Rainbow: Comic Con Fire Farm (the OG)
• 2551: Comic Con Fire Farm Cave Edition
• 2915: $Comic Con Fire Farm$ (same as 125, previously game more influence before the exemplar nerf)
• 133: Comic Con Smashing & Lethal Farm
• 9911: Comic Con Smash & Lethal Outdoor Edition

Here are the S&L maps mentioned by u/BlueIdoru on the Reddit thread

“On Homecoming, my S/L arcs are 44456, 44869, and 45166. I think 44456 has the maximum XP and INF possible, and the others are like 98% of the max or something close. Brigg’s farms are right up there too, and for the most part the popular fire farms are going to have a similar amount of rewards.”

Special thanks to our friend TraumaTrain Rich for his generous gift subs which unlocked new Twitch emote slots!! And as always, to the amazing CoH Twitch community who make the live streams so much fun!

Our next episode will live stream on Twitch on February 19th, starting at 6pm eastern.

Find us on Twitch and Discord:
https://twitch.tv/choochandviv (the live CoH Podcast)
https://twitch.tv/vividmuse (CoH Gameplay)
https://twitch.tv/choochus (music composition, variety gameplay)
https://discord.gg/c2j9CMjj8E (Our Discord Server)