City of Heroes Podcast
Chooch and Viv discuss the (relaunched!) MMO City of Heroes
Episodes
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.
Plu...
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 ...
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...
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:
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...
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
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/ch...
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?
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...
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 e...
This time Chooch and Viv talk about options to modify the game client including annotated maps, alternate sounds, alternate graphics, and the CoHModder tool that makes it all a breeze!
Our next episode will be live streamed on Twitch on February 5th, starting at 6pm eastern.
Find us on Twitch and Discor...
We talk about all of the different options to quick travel in the game. From monorails to teleporters to cornucopia .. um .. wormholes?
We kick off with the Homecoming patch notes from January 4th, and share that Mid’s Reborn will have a new version soon that brings back “level up” mode!
We discuss the major travel power revamps that went live on Homecoming in April 2021. As well as discuss all of the travel power pools.
We announce the Winter Holiday Dev’s Choice Contest Winner for great Architect Entertainment stories.
These include:
- The WINNER: Murder on 34th Street by @@Charlie
- ...
In this episode we discuss the changes that were made to the game from the time NCSoft shut down the servers (Sunset) to when the secret private servers were revealed to the masses (SCoRE)
You can catch the video archive of this episode on YouTube!
We also discuss:
- A new Marvel MMORPG is in the works
- How to t...
In this episode we discuss Homecoming’s release of Issue 27, Page 3.
In Chooch and Viv news: all of our directory listings have been validated, so now in addition to subscribing directly from the website, or iTunes – all episodes are available on Spotify, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, and iHeart Radio.
You asked, and we (finally) listened! Chooch and Viv have re-launched the podcast! And updated a bit for the times. We will now be streaming the show live on Twitch!
We have expanded where you can hear/view the show with direct links on our Subscribe page for YouTube, Twitch, iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, and Stitcher.
Read moreInformation on the Tributes:
Wednesday, 10/8 at 9pm – Online Vid Tribute from The Beyond the Wall crew:
On Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 9pm Eastern, the Beyond the Wall crew will be recording a live podcast show in which we will bid farewell to our good friend, P.G. Holyfield.
There is also an in-person gathering and a Memorial Service occurring on Oct 11th and 12th, respectively.
We were lucky enough to make it out to the first PAX East and while we missed the City of Heroes Panel, we were able to go to the meet & greet and get the highlights from Matt “Positron” Miller.
There isn’t a lot of detail, but here is an overview of what was presented at the CoH Panel:
- The panel was centered around how to keep an MMO fresh and new
- History of Paragon Studios
- List of many things that wen...
Just a quick plug for a web event happening next week called The Boom Effect. The event will start on Saturday, February 27th at 10AM Eastern time via UStream.
This charity drive is a live, online auction to raise money for the trust fund of Tee Morris’ daughter who lost her mother on January 5, 2010. There will be at least 5 hours of entertainment hosted by Podcasting’s Rich Sigfrit. We’ll be in the live audience...
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