“Unsupported” but people are playing? Code in the wild? Secret cabals? What the what?.Also, the code on any non-official server may contain "features" added by crazed fanbois that might or might not make it into a future build. Please note, however, that until and unless an agreement is reached with NCSoft, "Homecoming" and any other publicly-available server are under constant shutdown threat, and could disappear at any time. The Titan Network, Homecoming, and possibly several other parties are in talks with NCSoft regarding a community-run City of Heroes server and/or other legal ways to preserve CoH. The various codebases now look like this:įull details on the current state of the code and development are available in this stickied Reddit post. Source for both the Paragon-developed Issue 24 and the SCoRE-mucked-with "Issue 25" is available. RIP Pleiades, it's gone character data has been merged into the Rebirth servers. Pleiades Cluster - a server project originating with the City of Heroes subreddit.However, per forum announcements, it sounds like they're planning future changes that will effectively create a custom fork of i24. Originally ran SCoRE's Issue 25, but since transitioned to Issue 24.If you've found your past enjoyment of CoH hindered by excessive moderation, this could be the server for you./coxg/ - the 4chan-supported server that features minimal moderation.
Running "Volume 2, Issue 1" of the code developed by the OuroDev group, this server closely replicates the planned Issue 24.Rebirth - a server project operated by the staff of the City of Heroes Community Discord.Homecoming is running "Issue 26", a second-generation modification to Paragon Studios' Issue 24 beta code. That being said, Homecoming features the largest playerbase and in its day-to-day operations seems to lack the "It's down! No it's up! Wait, it's.!" that characterizes some other servers. Official protestations notwithstanding, Homecoming is still the plaything of Mad King Leo (who used to run the sekrit server with an iron powerglove).Homecoming - the group formerly known as SCoRE, now 98% less corrupt, cross-their-hearts promise.However, the most popular publicly-available servers are currently:] There are probably at least half-a-dozen servers in some state vaguely approximating running at this point. MassivelyOP is keeping a running list of articles documenting the drama as it happens. However, a number of these groups are now involved in talks with NCSoft, legal owner of CoH, so there is at least the possibility of some kind of settlement. There is not much love lost between the parties involved. Both the Paragon-developed "Issue 24" and the fan-modified "Issue 25" codebases are now running on a number of live servers maintained by disparate groups. This status will be updated as changes occur.Ĭity of Heroes currently exists as a sort of Schrödinger’s Game – owned but not supported by NCSoft with source code and original character database released to the net and multiple parties working on servers of questionable stability and repute.