Soft loading used to be a way to make Task Forces in City of Heroes and Strike Forces in City of Villains a great deal easier by fooling the server into thinking only one team member was online; this was done by having all but one person on the team log off while the remaining person entered the mission. This technique was rendered obsolete due to changes made in the May 3, 2008 patch, which causes Task Forces to spawn based on team size regardless of whether the team members are logged in or not.