Blood Moon Is Here!

The Blood Moon Halloween event is here! The part of it I was looking most forward to was the debut of the Celestial power set. Being a healer AND a ranged attacker is most appealing to me. However, after you download the Blood Moon update you CANNOT make a celestial character right off the bat. There's a mission to do in Millenium City, which I haven't done yet.

But, there is also Halloween-themed public PvP areas. I went to the one in Canada. There you have to become a werewolf and a werewolf hunter and then battle it out.

So far, I've been a wereworlf and you can see I took part in a battle royale with werewolf hunters. Fun stuff, but a little repetitive. Still, I love PvP that's done in the public. I hate going to an arena and fighting inside a ring.

Halloween Costumes In Champions Online

Champions Online has come out with special sets of Halloween costumes and you need Cryptic points to get them. I used all the Cryptic points I earned in the game on the Cyborg Beast costume, which you saw in my last post. But, I wanted the Epic Samurai set and the complete Halloween set as well.

So, I drank the Kool-Aid and actually spent money on getting Cryptic Points. I thought $25 for 2000 Cryptic points wouldn't break my bank.

Here's just some of the costume options I got:

Epic Samurai

A perfect set for Technoblade since he is proficient with the samurai blade and is also of Japanese ancestry. I quickly put together this costume. I'm not set on that white color, but it's a departure from the other look.

Skeleton & Web Set

This costume for Island Warrior has elements of the Skeleton and Web set. I really LOVE this Halloween costume. It really screams Halloween out to you! I also love that noose around his neck.

Cyborg Beast Costume

There are some new costumes that are for sale in the Champions Store (C-Store). If you have accumuluated a lot of Cryptic Points, then you can buy some of them. I got myself the Cyborg Beast Costume set. Looks pretty cool, huh? I really like the robotic wings.

You can also purchase Cryptic points with real cash to get these limited time goodies. There's also a whole bunch of Halloween themed costumes. Once you get one set of costumes, it will be available for all of your characters.

Star Trek Online Is Now In Closed Beta

The new massive multiplayer online game "Star Trek Online" is heading into its Closed Beta session starting today. I'm part of it only because I bought a lifetime membership for "Champions Online."

Don't worry - I won't defect. I love the superhero genre and it will take a LOT to tear me away from Champions.

At the same time, I am really interested in what Star Trek Online has to offer. I don't think there has been a really good Star Trek video game EVER! (Yes, even the arcade game back in the 80s was cheesy.) But, I really like what Cryptic did with "City of Heroes/Villains" and "Champions Online" so I hope they can finally make a game worthy of the Star Trek franchise.

Monster Island!

I haven't been playing Champions in the last week of September and the first week of October because I was in Portland on a vacation. Now, that I'm back I'm ready to go all out on Champions!

My character Technoblade is level 28 and has been doing level 30 missions in Canada. They are getting hard, however, and it was a good time to go to...

MONSTER ISLAND!

After doing a few preliminary missions, you get quickly into the action by putting together a dinosaur robot! I love the gigantic jumper cables you use to revive it!

After you bring the dinobot back alive, he helps you fight a bad guy (pictured, below).

I don't want to give away TOO much but let's just say this won't be the last time you'll see this guy. He's REALLY tough!

Just one note about Monster Island: all of the missions are PUBLIC so you'll probably have some help doing all of these missions.

Then, a gigantic fire monkey begins to help you with your mission. It's straight out of the title page of Champions Online!

And out of nowhere, a REAL dinosaur starts attacking the giant monkey! It's like Godzilla vs. King Kong!

Your final mission is to take a serum that makes you super buff and defeat the final bad guy. It took at least 3 champions to defeat the guy. And, obviously, all of them have to take the serum.

I have to say that my introduction to Monster Island was EPIC. For me, doing the quests on Monster Island is a little easier than the undead ones in Canada at this level. Can't wait to check out more of this island!