We here at MMO Newsletter have been seeing lots of news about Champions Online all over the web. Today is no different. Here's what the web brings you today...

MMO Gamer reports that Cryptic hasn't learned much from City of Heroes (For those of you that don't know, Cryptic is working on Champions Online as well. Here's what the article says:

In an article from Cecil Adkins over at MMOSite.com, Adkins goes into whether or not City of Heroes can compare to the upcoming Champions Online being developed by Cryptic Studios. He offers 5 reasons why he believes the older game can in fact stand against Champions Online:

Cryptic hasn’t learned much from City of Heroes. That may seem like a surprising statement, since they developed City of Heroes during its first few years. However, some things that are being done with Champions Online just boggle the mind, considering the innovations that City of Heroes introduced to the MMO scene

You can read the whole article over at MMOSite.com.

Champions Online will support micro-transactions, but contrary to the concerns of some people, the game is not ‘based' on them. There are the basic tenets for our micro-transactions:

- The vast majority are aesthetic items, such as costume pieces, action figures, emblems, etc.
- A very few are account-level management tools, such as being able to rename a character.
- Micro-transactions should never limit your ability to enjoy the game or reach the level cap.
- Any micro-transaction that has a game effect can also be earned in the game through play.
- Also, it's important to note that the overwhelming majority of micro-transactions are account-wide. This means if you buy a costume piece or an action figure, every character on your account gets it.

When the Champions Online official site unveiled the full Electricity power set a week ago, they promised that further sets would be revealed over the coming days. They made true with that promise and we're here to round up what's been shown thus far:

• The Electricity set, where the revealing-spree began
  


• The Fire set, which excels at damage-over-time and area-of-effect damage


• Power Armor, a set that centers on toggling the various weapons on your suit of armor -- check out the Power Armor trailer to get an idea of how it works


• The Force power set, which allows for powerful knockbacks and protective force fields

In addition to previewing the abilities for these sets, Cryptic and IGN also put out a trailer that looks at a bunch of melee powers (and as a bonus, Teleporting) in action. There should be more reveals on the way and we'll probably do another round-up when there's a decent swag of new ones. In the meantime, you can see all the outed powers at the new Power Sets section of the Champions Online site.