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== Official NCsoft Sites ==
{{historical|customreason=on several sites that are no longer in use (some links removed due to phishing scams, domain parking, and 'link rot') since the official shutdown of}}


* [http://www.cityofheroes.com Official Website]
== Official Sites ==
* [http://plaync.com PlayNC.com]
* [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/index.php Official Forums]
** [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/forumdisplay.php?f=547 English Only]
** [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/forumdisplay.php?f=555 French Only]
** [http://boards.cityofheroes.com/forumdisplay.php?f=560 German Only]
* [http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/patch_notes/ Recent Patch Notes]
* [http://www.plaync.com/us/support/prod_9.html Support Knowledge Base]
* [http://www.cityofheroes.com/news/server_status/server_status.html NA Server Status]
* [http://eu.cityofheroes.com/en/news/server_status/ EU Server Status]
* [https://secure.plaync.com/cgi-bin/accountManagement.pl?game=coh Account Management]
* [https://secure.cityofheroes.com/cgi-bin/coh_transfer.pl Test Server Character Transfer]


== Titan Network ==
* [https://www.homecomingservers.com Homecoming Servers - homecomingservers.com]
* [http://www.cohtitan.com/ Titan Network]: ''(Super)Powering the Community''
Alias: [https://www.cohhc.gg/forums cohhc.gg]
** [http://www.cohplanner.com Mid's Hero Designer]. Download-able program. Database is kept current. Includes [[Invention]] sets for enhancements, and takes those bonuses into account when calculating buffs. '''Issue 18 Compatible'''
** [http://planner.cohtitan.com/planner SuckerPunch's Online Build Planner], Cross-browser/OS online build planner. '''Issue 16 Compatible'''
** [http://faces.cohtitan.com CoHFaces], Behind the Mask - Share real pics of yourself!
** [http://cit.cohtitan.com/ City Info Tracker], replaces City Game Tracker and City Info Terminal. Still integrates with Herostats and has a lightweight client (Glycerine) '''Issue 17 Compatible'''
** [http://tomax.cohtitan.com/ Red Tomax], with extensive information on missions, powers, and much more.


== Other Fan Sites ==
== Fan Sites ==
If you want your site listed here, please edit this page and add it in!


If you want your site listed here, please edit this page and add it in!
'''NOTE:''' These sites are subject to verification and periodic review and may be removed if deemed inactive or inappropriate.


* [http://www.vidiotmaps.com/ VidiotMaps], geographical resource for Paragon City and the Rogue Isles '''Issue 18 Compatible'''
;Victory Team Owned
** [http://www.badge-hunter.com/ Badge-Hunter], sister site of VidiotMaps. Badge Tracking site that ties in with HeroStats.
* [https://costumes.cityofheroes.dev/ Icon Catalogue], a website for people to upload, display, and share their costumes.
* [http://www.avatarsunited.com/set_theme?return_url=%2F&theme_id=2 Avatars United] CoH and general MMO community for your virtual avatars. Register your avatar, upload your profile picture, write your biography and share some of your exploits in virtual worlds through pictures, videos and blogs.  
* [https://fbsa.cityofheroes.dev/ FBSA Wiki], The Federal Bureau of Super-powered Affairs Wiki, available for character profiles, stories, and player-made content.
* [http://www.randomdice.com/cohgreetings/ Electronic Super Greetings], send an electronic postcard with customized motifs from City of Heroes and Villains
* [https://forumarchive.cityofheroes.dev/ Live Forum Archive], an archive of the old blue boards from live.  Note that Paragon Studios had already purged most of the posts prior to 2009 when they upgraded the forums from the UBB.threads forum software to VBulletin when the forums were archived.
* [http://coh.warcry.com/ Warcry], a great site with lots of resources
* [https://mods.cityofheroes.dev/ City Mod Installer], a tool to manage, download, and package modifications for the Homecoming and Victory servers.
* ColdFront's [http://coh.coldfront.net/ City of Heroes] and [http://cov.coldfront.net/ City of Villains] sites.
** ColdFront also hosts [http://sherksilver.coldfront.net/ Sherksilver's CoH/CoV Character Builder]. '''Issue 9 Compatible. {{orange|No longer updated.}}'''
* [http://www.thecaperadio.com/ The Cape Radio], getting your groove on while stomping bad guys
* [http://www.justiceradio.net/ Justice Radio], Justice Server's premier radio station. Rock out and rock on!
* [http://www.pcfreepress.com/ Paragon City Free Press], sister site of the Paragon Wiki, not "officially" part of the Titan Network
* [http://citymentorproject.mmopost.com/ Mentor Project], Experienced volunteers assisting new players in game where they can most benefit from it.
* [http://home.comcast.net/~coh-tog/ Tog's Hero University], A semi RP site for new players covering much of the basic game.
* [http://www.jordans-town.com/ Jordan's Town], A fairly irregularly updated City of Heroes web comic and site full of great guides to various character types. Includes a massive searchable image gallery of CoH/V screenshots.  
* [http://www.cohwritersguild.com// COH Writer's Guild], The Offical City of Heroes site can't publish all the fan fiction and art they receive. But we will! If you want the rest of the CoH universe to read and see your stuff send it to us and it will be posted -no charge!
* [http://battlerockx.blogspot.com/ The Battlerock X Chronicles], dedicated to various news, events, and stories of City of Heroes characters as well as the home for the infrequent fan-based comic series "Tales from Paragon City".
* [http://cohcomicindex.com City of Comic Creators], a group of fan-based comic creators who also publish the "City of Comic Creators Compendium".
* [http://guardiansofthedawn.wordpress.com "Guardians of the Dawn"], the official website of the fan-based comic series "Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight" set in the City of Heroes universe with special appearances by various in-game characters.


These sites are subject to verification and periodic review and may be removed if deemed inactive or inappropriate.
;Independent
* [https://auraycapa.superforo.net/ Aura y Capa] Spanish Fansite and community nexus. Updated daily, all info translated into local language. Includes everything a spanish player could need!
* [https://battlerockx.blogspot.com/ The Battlerock X Chronicles], dedicated to various news, events, and stories of City of Heroes characters as well as the home for the infrequent fan-based comic series "Tales from Paragon City".
* [https://www.thecaperadio.com/ The Cape Radio], a 24/7 radio station which took a game-agnostic policy after the shutdown, who play in a variety of titles.  You can visit their shows on the Everlasting server.
* [http://www.cityofheroes.ca City of Heroes Site Reconstruction], a website dedicated to recreating the official City of Heroes website before it was shut down.
* [https://guardiansofthedawn.wordpress.com "Guardians of the Dawn"], the official website of the fan-based comic series "Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight" set in the City of Heroes universe with special appearances by various in-game characters.
* [https://www.cohtitan.com/ Titan Network] is an archive network of sites covering Issue 24 (NCSoft Live Service) only.
* [https://virtueverse.net Virtueverse], the original Virtue server RP wiki.
* [https://www.paragondawn.com Paragon Dawn], a 24/7 radio station centered around Champions Online after the shutdown, staffed with both COH and CO players.  You can visit their shows on the Everlasting server.
* [https://www.blogtalkradio.com/rytchb42 Paragon Radio], a weekly podcast established after the City of Heroes Shutdown in 2012, covers all superhero MMOs as well as comics, movies, and TV.  You can visit their shows on the Everlasting server.


== Game Utilities ==
== Game Utilities ==
 
* The "map pack" augments in-game maps of city zones and missions with informational icons and text.
{{divbox|yellow|Important Note|Players have the responsibility to be aware of the PlayNC [http://www.plaync.com/help/eula_coh.html EULA]. The following applications are believed by most of the community to be EULA legal. However, they are not endorsed by Paragon Wiki, and players' use of them is solely at their own risk.}}
** [https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/37216-vidiotmaps-for-homecoming/ VidiotMaps], maintained by AboveTheChemist, compatible with Homecoming. Available on Windows and Mac.
 
* Map Patches replace many in-game maps of city zones and missions with informational icons and text.
** [http://www.vidiotmaps.com/downloads.php VidiotMaps].
** [http://paragonmaps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=1&id=13&Itemid=33 ParagonMaps].
* Badge Tracking. Manually or automatically enter badges, see which ones you're missing, compare with other players who also use these sites.
* Badge Tracking. Manually or automatically enter badges, see which ones you're missing, compare with other players who also use these sites.
** [http://www.cityinfoterminal.com City Information Tracker](CiT). Part of Titan Network.
** [https://n15g.github.io/badger/ Badger], a server-agnostic open source web-based badge tracking system.
** [http://www.badge-hunter.com Badge-Hunter](BH). Sister site of VidiotMaps.
* Character builder/designer/planners. Create and save character builds, and share with others through "data blocks" or "data links".
* [http://www.herostats.org/downloads.html HeroStats]. A utility that tracks in-game statistics and that is capable of showing buff timers. Can automatically update the badge tracking websites above (CiT and BH).
** [https://midsreborn.com Mids Reborn]. An updated build planner app forked from Mids' Hero Builder.  Windows 10 and 11.
* Character builder/designer/planners. Create and save character builds, share with others through forum exports or build imports.
* Power data directly from the game.
** [http://www.cohplanner.com Mid's Hero Designer]. Download-able program. ([[Issue 16|I16]] current). Includes [[Invention]] sets for enhancements, and takes those bonuses into account when calculating buffs. Builds can be exported with a data chunk to import later.
** [https://cod.uberguy.net/ City of Data], a web site that displays power data directly from the game's files.
** [http://planner.cohtitan.com SuckerPunch's Online Build Planner]. Online webapp. ([[Issue 16|I16]] current). Includes Invention sets. Since it's entirely javascript based, builds can be shared with any web browser.
* Notification of keywords from chat logs
<!-- ** [http://coh.redtomax.com/planner/ Red Tomax's CoX Character Planner]. Offline Java application. Released 2007-03-12. '''LINK IS NOW DEAD, PLANNER PULLED BY RED TOMAX SEVERAL MONTHS AGO''' -->
** [https://cityofheroes.dev/link.php?id=1 City Chat Watcher], a tool that monitors your chat logs and notifies you when keywords you specify are mentioned in-game. Windows 10 and 11.
<!-- Not recently updated
* Offline costume editor, machinima camera tool, and map browser.
** [http://sherksilver.coldfront.net/index.php Sherksilver]. Updated 24 Feb 2006 (I6 current).
** [https://archive.paragonwiki.com/wiki/Titan_Icon Icon] from Titan Network. Uses Issue 24 files downloaded for the game client.
** JoeChott??. Updated ??/??/???? (I? current).
* Online Titan Sentinel+ Costume extractor (from the live game shutdown)
-->
** [https://cit.cohtitan.com/senticon/ Senticon] - Upload XML file recorded from Sentinel+, download .costume files of past characters from the live game. Works offline (save the page to a hard drive.)
 
* XMPP Chat Client and Map Browser.
{{divbox|yellow|Important Note|As above, players have the responsibility to be aware of the PlayNC [http://www.plaync.com/help/eula_coh.html EULA]. Use of the following applications is frowned upon by PlayNC and likely violates the EULA. They are not endorsed by Paragon Wiki, and players' use of them is solely at their own risk.}}
** [https://archive.paragonwiki.com/wiki/Paragon_Chat Paragon Chat] from Titan Network. Same as Icon, except requires either an XMPP server (any will work) or a forum account on Titan Network to use their chat server.
 
* [https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=131496&package_id=178537 PiggViewer], an application that allows extraction of game client files.
* [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=131496&package_id=178537 PiggViewer], an application that allows extraction of game client files.
* [https://www.watto.org/extract/index.html Game Extractor], a Java application that allows extraction of game client files.
* [http://www.watto.org/extract/index.html Game Extractor], a Java application that allows extraction of game client files.


==Super/Villain Group Sites==
==Super/Villain Group Sites==
;[http://www.clangroups.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=273629&TabID=2296855 The Ambassadors of Peace]: A Super Group on the server Justice. Find out more info in the Information section on our website's Home Page.
'''NOTE:''' These sites are subject to verification and periodic review and may be removed if deemed inactive or inappropriate.<br>
;[http://www.arachnoselite.com/ Arachnos Elite]: - Strength Through Undying Loyalty -  One of the very first Arachnos based villain groups, formed on day one of the CoV headstart. Roleplaying, on Virtue Server
''' Many sites may be deprecated; please click at your own risk. All GuildPortal links have been removed due to those links now redirecting to phishing scams.'''
;[http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=15730&TabID=132948 C.O.V.E.R.]: was founded in the spring of 1971 to assist smaller supergroups in the fight against domestic crime.
;[http://www.users.qwest.net/~fjeff18/web/mu/Mu%20index.htm The Cult of Mu]: An ancient magical VG on virtue.
;[http://www.thedarkblade.net/ The Dark Blade]: on Virtue; mature group that likes to play the darker side of characters.
;[http://www.defendersofparagon.net The Defenders of Paragon]: and [http://www.disciplesofpower.net/ The Disciples of Power] on Infinity; mature, no drama, fun times, period.
;[http://fallenlegion.guildportal.com/ Fallen Legion]: One of the largest and most active VGs on the Victory server.
;[http://http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=278378&TabID=2336236 Freaks and Geeks]: The Freaks and Geeks began as a City of Villains villain group operating from the Rogue Isles located on the Pinnacle Server.  Now the group is the #6 Super Group of the Top 100 Super Groups on the Pinnacle server.  We also have a second villian group, Freaks and Geeks II, a recently added Hero Super Group, Freaks and Geeks Justice, and our newest villain group for our lvl50 toons, Freaks and Geeks Retirement Villa.  All four groups have longterm loyal members and are accepting recruits.  New recruits can be of any level and game experience.  Go to our website if you are interested in joining one of the four fastest growing groups on the Pinnacle server.
;[http://thefreedomlegion.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=349034&TabID=2922486 the Freedom Legion]: A very active SuperGroup on the Guardian server. Within our 1st year, Dec 8th 2009-Dec 8th 2010, we climbed into the Top50. We have a fully functional base, great members, good Coalitions, our own Vent server, own SG site, we team up on a daily basis, +20 members online per day and lots of PvP & PvE events. Founder and Leader Dark Energon, @Dark Energon.
;[http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=19063&TabID=171662 Joint Task Force Hero]: Military forces deployed in Paragon City.
;[http://jal.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=35313&TabID=314284 Justice for All League (JAL)]: PVP-oriented supergroup based on Test server, with sister VG Paragon's Most Wanted.
;[http://www.legionofcatgirls.com/ Legion of Catgirls]: A feminine, feline SG on several servers.
;[http://legionofvalor.guildportal.com/ Legion of Valor]: One of the largest and most active SGs on the Victory server.
;[http://max.linxzy.com/news.php Maximum Carnage and Maximum Bloodshed]: The website and forums for the Hero SG - Maximum Carnage, and the Villain SG - Maximum Bloodshed. Both are located on the Union Server.
;[http://wiki.rpg.net/index.php/Meta_Forces Meta Forces]: Soldiers assisting Supers on the Virtue server.
;[http://www.pcda.us/ Paragon City Detective Agency]: Close knit group of players discussing the state of the game, trading tips, and generally gabbing. Visitors welcome!
;[http://www.paragonpd.net/ Paragon PD]: Protect and Serve with Paragon City's finest.
;[http://cohtaxis.com/ Paragon Taxi Service]: A service-oriented group dedicated to helping the heroes of the city.
;[http://www.kwtools.nl/coh/ Seekers of Intrinity]: EU SG on Union Server. Friendly, fun and always active members.
;[http://zerotolerance.guildportal.com/ Zero Tolerance]: Small top 5 ranked villain group on Justice created October 29, 2005. Thrives on teamwork and dedication.
;[http://www.zerotolerancesg.com/ Zero Tolerance]: One of the Top Ranked SG's on Pinnacle.
;[http://www.sinister-hq.com/ S.I.N.I.S.T.E.R]: One of the Top Ranked VG's on Justice. Based primarily in Australia.
;[http://victorycrusaders.guildportal.com/ The Hellish Crusaders]: Located on the Victory server. One of the first, and oldest villain groups on Victory, formed in 2005. Weekly events and meetings and global channels.
 
These sites are subject to verification and periodic review and may be removed if deemed inactive or inappropriate.


== Friend Sites ==
;[http://www.legionofcatgirls.com/ Legion of Catgirls]: A feminine, feline SG on several servers. (*Note that this site appears to be dead as of 2023/02/25.)
* Web browsers
** [http://www.mozilla.org/ Get Firefox], the browser you can trust
** [http://www.opera.com/ Opera], another good browser
** [http://www.google.com/chrome Google Chrome], the new player in the market
* Support the [http://www.eff.org/ Electronic Frontier Foundation], defending your digital rights
* Image editors
** [http://www.gimp.org/ The Gimp], a powerful and 100% free image editor.
** [http://localhost Paint.NET], a 'clone' of MSPAINT built on the .NET framework. Also free.
* Text editors
** [http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm Notepad++], a powerful open source replacement for Notepad.
** [http://www.pspad.com/ PSPad], another free (but not open source) text editor.

Latest revision as of 02:17, 1 March 2023

This article or section contains information on several sites that are no longer in use (some links removed due to phishing scams, domain parking, and 'link rot') since the official shutdown of City of Heroes/Villains. It is provided for historical purposes.

Official Sites

Alias: cohhc.gg

Fan Sites

If you want your site listed here, please edit this page and add it in!

NOTE: These sites are subject to verification and periodic review and may be removed if deemed inactive or inappropriate.

Victory Team Owned
  • Icon Catalogue, a website for people to upload, display, and share their costumes.
  • FBSA Wiki, The Federal Bureau of Super-powered Affairs Wiki, available for character profiles, stories, and player-made content.
  • Live Forum Archive, an archive of the old blue boards from live. Note that Paragon Studios had already purged most of the posts prior to 2009 when they upgraded the forums from the UBB.threads forum software to VBulletin when the forums were archived.
  • City Mod Installer, a tool to manage, download, and package modifications for the Homecoming and Victory servers.
Independent
  • Aura y Capa Spanish Fansite and community nexus. Updated daily, all info translated into local language. Includes everything a spanish player could need!
  • The Battlerock X Chronicles, dedicated to various news, events, and stories of City of Heroes characters as well as the home for the infrequent fan-based comic series "Tales from Paragon City".
  • The Cape Radio, a 24/7 radio station which took a game-agnostic policy after the shutdown, who play in a variety of titles. You can visit their shows on the Everlasting server.
  • City of Heroes Site Reconstruction, a website dedicated to recreating the official City of Heroes website before it was shut down.
  • "Guardians of the Dawn", the official website of the fan-based comic series "Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight" set in the City of Heroes universe with special appearances by various in-game characters.
  • Titan Network is an archive network of sites covering Issue 24 (NCSoft Live Service) only.
  • Virtueverse, the original Virtue server RP wiki.
  • Paragon Dawn, a 24/7 radio station centered around Champions Online after the shutdown, staffed with both COH and CO players. You can visit their shows on the Everlasting server.
  • Paragon Radio, a weekly podcast established after the City of Heroes Shutdown in 2012, covers all superhero MMOs as well as comics, movies, and TV. You can visit their shows on the Everlasting server.

Game Utilities

  • The "map pack" augments in-game maps of city zones and missions with informational icons and text.
    • VidiotMaps, maintained by AboveTheChemist, compatible with Homecoming. Available on Windows and Mac.
  • Badge Tracking. Manually or automatically enter badges, see which ones you're missing, compare with other players who also use these sites.
    • Badger, a server-agnostic open source web-based badge tracking system.
  • Character builder/designer/planners. Create and save character builds, and share with others through "data blocks" or "data links".
    • Mids Reborn. An updated build planner app forked from Mids' Hero Builder. Windows 10 and 11.
  • Power data directly from the game.
    • City of Data, a web site that displays power data directly from the game's files.
  • Notification of keywords from chat logs
    • City Chat Watcher, a tool that monitors your chat logs and notifies you when keywords you specify are mentioned in-game. Windows 10 and 11.
  • Offline costume editor, machinima camera tool, and map browser.
    • Icon from Titan Network. Uses Issue 24 files downloaded for the game client.
  • Online Titan Sentinel+ Costume extractor (from the live game shutdown)
    • Senticon - Upload XML file recorded from Sentinel+, download .costume files of past characters from the live game. Works offline (save the page to a hard drive.)
  • XMPP Chat Client and Map Browser.
    • Paragon Chat from Titan Network. Same as Icon, except requires either an XMPP server (any will work) or a forum account on Titan Network to use their chat server.
  • PiggViewer, an application that allows extraction of game client files.
  • Game Extractor, a Java application that allows extraction of game client files.

Super/Villain Group Sites

NOTE: These sites are subject to verification and periodic review and may be removed if deemed inactive or inappropriate.
Many sites may be deprecated; please click at your own risk. All GuildPortal links have been removed due to those links now redirecting to phishing scams.

Legion of Catgirls
A feminine, feline SG on several servers. (*Note that this site appears to be dead as of 2023/02/25.)
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