Champions Online Ask Cryptic Q&A

Another installment to the Ask Cryptic Q&A series has been added to the official Champions Online website.
Will instanced missions be on designed maps (that is, maps created especially for the mission, as in WoW or LotRO), or on generic maps (as in CoX)? (JonboyDC)

A little of both. The maps for missions that are part of directed story arcs are all created specifically for these missions by a designer. In response to beta players' feedback that they wanted to see more instanced content, we added over 80 new patrol mission maps to Millennium City. Patrol missions are missions your hero can get from well-meaning citizens while out cleaning up the city's streets. The maps for these missions were generated from themed kits like sewer, office, high tech lab, and so on. Each patrol mission got its own unique map--you won't see the same map layout being used over and over for multiple missions. We will be adding more of these maps to other areas of the game as we move closer to launch.