All Badges available to Primal characters can either be earned by Praetorians directly or have Praetorian equivalents.Primal and Praetorian characters each can earn a different set of Achievement Badges.After level 20, they share the same Alignments as Primal characters. Only Praetorians may be of the Loyalist or Resistance Alignments.Praetorian characters cannot select or unlock any of the Epic Archetypes.Primal characters cannot gain access to Praetorian mission content, but they may join Praetorians as teammates in that content.Praetorian characters are exclusively restricted to Praetoria and Pocket D until level 20, at which point they migrate to Primal Earth.While this decision is primarily cosmetic, it does have some minor effects on the character, and their dimension of origin can never be changed.ĭifferences between Primal and Praetorian player characters include the following:
New characters created by City of Heroes players have the option to start in Primal Earth or, with the purchase of Going Rogue, in Praetoria. Praetoria refers to both the whole Praetorian Earth and also Praetoria City, Emperor Cole and Praetorian characters' home base. While the official backgrounds provided in Going Rogue may largely be dismissed as propaganda, they do suggest that the previous "evil counterpart" stance is softening and that more of the Praetorian supers occupy a gray zone. Praetoria is, in fact, a "mirror universe", where, unlike on our Earth, the most famous superbeings are twisted and evil, having given in to their darker sides, or at least to expediency over morality. Its super-powered inhabitants are also the primary antagonists in content for high-level players using the Incarnate System (which requires an active subscription). Praetoria is the major focus of the Going Rogue expansion, providing an alternate leveling path for newly created characters. Praetoria, also known as Praetorian Earth, is a utopian alternate Earth, under the rule of Emperor Cole, who is known to the heroes of Primal Earth as Tyrant. 6.2 Known Organizations and Mirrored Factions.2 Primal and Praetorian Player Characters.