First official preview for Issue 8: To Protect and Serve

[Creole Ned]

Like the title says, the first official preview of Issue 8 (http://www.cityofheroes.com/game_update8.html) is now out.

[Q]

This is interesting:

Veteran Rewards Program (Heroes and Villains)

Launching together with Issue 8, the Veteran Rewards Program retroactively* rewards City of Heroes and City of Villains players for their past active playing time. Specifically, for each increment of three months played, players will unlock special costumes, powers, badges, and more! The program is retroactive by player account and rewards will be applicable to all characters within each respective account.

[Creole Ned]

Some people have been getting really wound up over the veteran rewards, wondering how time is calculated and fretting over whether the system will track it accurately and such. In the end, I don't think the rewards will be all that dramatic, just nice little additions. The only one confirmed so far is trenchcoats. That should be in Issue 8, don't know if any others will also make it in the same issue.

I've also seen unofficial confirmation that there will be five different styles of wings, including demon/bat, feather and insect.