Today NCSoft announced that Issue 14 went live on the City of Heroes servers. For most of us RPG lovers this is an exciting day, because Issue 14 ushers in the age of the Mission Architect system. I mentioned yesterday that the tradition in modding started strong with the Neverwinter Nights Aurora toolset, but the idea of an MMO giving such power to their players is completely fresh and definitely an industry game changer.
The Mission Architect allows players to create their own story arcs with up to five missions. Create your own villains to fight, your own victims to save, and save the world on your terms. Of course, a Villain can just as easily create villainous story arcs where it's the heroes you fight, and the villains you save. All very confusing, but definitely fun.
Rechoice fellow story geeks, this is a great day!
