The CoH community site has up full details on Paragon City’s Veteran Rewards. One thing that I think SWG has always done well, and a welcome addition to City of Heroes, veteran rewards are the kind of low-cost high-enjoyment bit of fluff that I love in Massive games. For anyone stupid enough to stay in one game for years at a time, this kind of subtle reminder that our corporate lord and masters love us is highly reassuring.

In the case of CoH, I’m especially impressed by the choices Cryptic has made. Trenchcoats, working Wings, tons of costume editing tokens, other simple costume elements, base decoration pieces … it’s a great bag of toys.

My favorite elements are the little ’sprint’ powers that were offered as part of the pre-order box lo these many moons ago. The cosmetic changes to a basic power are a great addition to the normal game. I hope that someday Emmert’s goal of widespread power costomization comes a reality.

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