Category Archives: Champions Online

Batman Backwards

Posted on Sun January 16, 2011 by David A. James

Back in the lost mists of time that was 2006, I started playing a game called “City of Heroes”. That seemed like such a long time ago now. This was back in the day just before the release of WoW’s … Continue reading →

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Champions Online Free Weekend

Posted on Sat March 20, 2010 by David A. James

Jumping on a model that would be familiar to those who play any of Valves output, the next big patch of Champions Online – Revelation – will co-inside with a 72 hour free-play session for anyone – even if you’ve … Continue reading →

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The Scores on the Doors

Posted on Wed October 28, 2009 by David A. James

The new Champions Online: State of the Game has been published. Just let me get something out in the air before I start, something I said last week After Blood Moon, Cryptic need to come up with more End-game content. … Continue reading →

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New Costume Slots

Posted on Wed October 21, 2009 by David A. James

So, having used my free Cryptic points I decided to buy the 2 new costume slots per charachter. So deciding I wanted a similar theme for both my mains, I created these Jumpsuits. I started off with the plain Jumpsuit, … Continue reading →

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Sing a song of Doomsaying

Posted on Tue October 20, 2009 by David A. James

Eric from Eldergamer gives us an Industry Insider’s view which paints an interesting story of what may be happening behind the scenes of Champions Online. I stress may – as plausible as it sounds it may be total nonsense, but … Continue reading →

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Cryptic Store Updates

Posted on Tue October 20, 2009 by David A. James

Cryptic have added a plethora of new items to their Microtransactions store ranging from Costume parts to name changes to full respecs. Name Changes cost 280 Cryptic Points (1000 costs £7.50, or 12.50USD, so a name change costs £2.10 or … Continue reading →

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Death Rays and Firey Cthulus

Posted on Thu October 15, 2009 by David A. James

Last night was quite eventful in Champions Online, I finally got Lasair to level 40 after forgoeing the lag of Lemuria for the final three Nemesis missions. Hell, that last mission was alot of fun. Volcano bases, Death rays, Firey … Continue reading →

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A secret stress test?

Posted on Thu October 8, 2009 by David A. James

The last patch for Champions Online introduced a slight… anomaly. It ‘forgot’ how to count the number of people in a given instance. Each instance showed negative numbers for people on each shard and as far as I could tell … Continue reading →

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State of the Game

Posted on Wed September 16, 2009 by David A. James

This weeks State of the game pretty much reads like “We read Syps post and we’re gonna fix it all” More low-30s content in the form of 3 new Monkey Monster Island dungeons – thus promoting teaming and improving the … Continue reading →

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A Frustrating Mistress

Posted on Sun September 13, 2009 by David A. James

I’ve been having bucket loads of fun with Champions Online, the lower level quests have been pretty much sorted out  thanks to the latest patches. Everything spawns properly in the Jailbreak PQ for one. On Lasair however, I’ve been playing … Continue reading →

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