Sidekicks
Sidekicks
Sidekicking is a feature of City of Heroes that allows players with a large difference in levels to team up. The minimum difference in levels is three. This is good for friends who can't play the same amount such that one gets to the higher levels faster than the other. With the sidekick system, the higher level friend can become the lower's mentor, which brings the lower level player to a combat level of one less than his mentor. The boost in level increases things like hitpoints and damage output, but does not give the sidekick any new powers. It is also not a powerleveling system; sidekicking gets one experience at approximately the same rate as one would have gained it with a group of similar level players.
