City of Heroes/Villains Interview

Ten Ton Hammer brings us a brief interview with City of Heroes/City of Villains lead designer Matt Miller about the future of the superhero MMORPG franchise.

Although it’s a question that doesn’t come up very often, the Ten Ton Hammer team thought it’d be interesting to explore the idea of adding a third group to the City of Heroes factions. Heroes and villains are a great staple for any game, but what about those characters that exist between the realm of good and evil? What about characters like bounty hunters or mercenaries?

“I’ve always been a fan of villain redemption stories as well as when a good hero goes bad,” Matt said. “I think there is room in the middle of those kinds of stories to tell some tales of ‘riding the line between good and evil’, but that is a topic for a future conversation.”

Judging from this interview and the general state of NC West, the City of Heroes franchise looks to be in pretty solid shape. However, every team faces its own trials and tribulations; its own archnemesis if you will. So what does the CoH team need to work through in the coming months?

“How we get all these great ideas we keep coming up with into your hands and still not overwork our employees to the point of negative productivity,” Miller responded. “That’s our number one concern. We’re addressing this challenge by hiring more really good people so we can get the good stuff to you sooner.”