This episode we discuss:

• T-shirt status
• Contest is almost over – get your submissions in by Jul 31, 2008!: Win a copy of the debut issue of comic book Twilight Guardian by Troy Hickman! The rules are as follows:
  • Send an Email, starting immediately to cohpodcast@gmail.com
  • We will do 2 random drawings, and Troy will mail them to the winners.
  • Make sure you include the subject: “Twilight Guardian Contest”; your full name; age (over 18); and complete mailing address.
  • If we draw you name and don’t have that info, we will go to the next name we draw.
  • Also, specify how you want it signed- either with just Troy’s signature, or with your name/character name/ or inscribed to your Aunt Fannie.
• Podcaste Global channel
• Podcaste SG
• Listener meet-up – Again, we’ll be hitting the troll caves in Hollows at the next meet-up, so you need a level 12 to join us. We’ll be split up into teams again, but will be all together this time.
• Double XP weekend
• Special Episode coming up w/Mur Lafferty – Submit questions for Mighty Mur!
• CoH News
• NPC Complaints
• Feedback
• Promo: Double Trouble

Linkage:

• Stay Connected with City of Heroes RSS News Feeds!
• It’s All Access for CoH and CoV
• Recent Activity in Violation of the Forum Rules
• Forum Rules Revision
• Visit NCsoft & City of Heroes at Comic Con!
• Game Update – Tuesday, July 22nd @ 6AM Pacific
• Comic Con News Articles

This is an exciting week, Heroes! Lots going on, so this episode is our longest. Buckle up and enjoy!

• Double XP weekend hangover
• Huuuuuge game patch
• Announcement for this year’s Jubilee event!
  Event Timing:
  Start: Thursday, February 14th, 8:59am PST / 11:59am EST
  Finish: Thursday, February 28th, 8:59pm PST / 11:59pm EST
• Info on Manticore and Sister Psyche’s Valentine’s Day wedding on Training Room/Test Server!
• New game pack available for purchase!
• Other interesting news tidbits as well. Did YOU know about the change to Rikti portals? We didn’t!

Then, because we don’t know when enough is enough, we allow ourselves to have a feature discussion after being inspired by questions from a listener. We discuss powers and enhancement slotting as we prefer them.

• Disclaimer on the possibility that Real Numbers will make all of this moot.
• Discussion on archetypes and builds, and how we personally play them.
• Traditional roles of different archetypes within a team.
• Our rule of thumb on slotting enhancements.
• Hero Planners: Joe Chott’s Hero Planner, Mid’s Hero Designer and Sucker Punch’s Hero Planner for guidance on the effects of enhancements in different slots
• Hero Stats

Promo: Geek Acres

Next episode: Scheduled to be a News episode. If there is no news we will discuss the defender/healer roles as requested by a listener!

• Changes to powers for various archetypes (lots for Forcefield Controllers, but some for tankers, blasters, and Kheldians)
• Information on “XP curve adjustments” to help with those tough levels
• The “combat attribute window” and “attribute monitor”
• The CoH Planner
• Changes to base storage tracking
• Some small changes to the User Interface
• Don’t forget – Double XP happens this weekend Starting Friday, February 8, 2008 at 8:59am PST / 11:59am EST and ending Sunday, February 10, 2008 at 8:59pm PST / 11:59pm EST
• Listener Feedback
• New Promo: Playing For Keeps

• Trouble downloading?
• Double XP weekend dates announced
• A couple news bits
• Mobs and the conning system
• Giant Monster spawn rates
• How the whole “giant monster” damage thing works (level scaling)
• Rikti Spawns
• Dwimble’s Guide to mission difficulty settings
• Voicemails
• Promo: Geek Survival Guide