If you're a City of Heroes VIP subscriber, you're going to get a head start to check out Freedom and Issue 21: Convergence before they officially launch! Paragon Studios said today that they'll soon be able to reveal the start date and duration of the VIP Head Start program, which will also give us an idea of when the game will go free-to-play for all players.

Paragon also announced today that the creation of new Level Pacts will not be available when City of Heroes Freedom launches, but the system will be revisited at a later point. Level Pacts created before or during the VIP Head Start will continue to work, so set it up as soon as possible if you'd like to synchronize your XP with another character.