WinterFlare

Accomplishment Badge : Destroyer of Strength

Levels: 40(?)-50 ((apparently - according to Tomax's guide. I'd say 44-50, as before, however))

Meeting in the Cascade Archipelago (Shadow Shard > Firebase Zulu > Chantry > Cascade Archipelago) for a 1pm start. Leave a message here if you're up for it, or send an ingame email to 'Winter Flare'.

1. Winter Flare - Lv.50 Ice/Ice Blaster
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Care to add my Defiant level 50?

Winter Flare - level 50 Ice/Ice/Munitions Blaster

I always thought the Tiki lounge was a good place for social interaction - although I understand that it is not SG-restricted...

Just wanted to say, GREAT WORK EVERYONE.

We got it done in 3hrs and 1 min - not such a bad estimate, Gen!

Was nice to grab the badge, escape the monotony of Carnie slaying, AND I got to see something I'd never seen before - Fathim the Kind stuck in a HUGE.... *ahem* I won't spoil it...

Anyway - I'll be organising another TF for next sunday - and then ANOTHER for the Sunday of double XP weekend!

See you soon, guys!

Be on around 1pm - just in case people drop out.

1. Winter Flare - 50 Ice/Ice Blaster
2. Kinesics - 50 Grav/Kin Controller
3. Aero - 50 Ice/Ice Blaster
4. Stego - Arch/NRG Blaster
5. Cunundrum - Empath Defender
6. Generalisimo2 - Tanker
7. Nine Claws - 50 Claws/Regen Scrapper
8. Annode - 50 Blaster

No healer :O( ? Can't you bring'im for the INF ;o)

1. Winter Flare - 50 Ice/Ice Blaster
2. Kinesics - 50 Grav/Kin Controller
3. Aero - 50 Ice/Ice Blaster
4. Stego - Arch/NRG Blaster
5. Cunundrum - Empath Defender
6. Generalisimo2 - Tanker
7. Nine Claws - 50 Claws/Regen Scrapper
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One space going!

I reckon 5....

I've been thinking about this, as I've been decorating my base a little. Workrooms are easy enough to make look good, as with generator rooms, etc. Medi-bays are a bit of a challenge, 'less you fill'em with plants and bondage beds...

However - I then realised that the control room lacks... well, CONTROL.

In our base, we have enough control items to run what we need. Thus, database, mainframe, and one control terminal (we needed an ickle bit more for the last telepad!). Now, I put the terminal in front of the mainframe, and made it look a bit more 'interactive'... but it's really not!

See - the control room isn't exactly the 'hub' of the supergroup base. If you don't use the Mega Monitor or the computer with the Holodisplay (which look good, but aren't as useful with the prestige / resource balance) - then your control room turns into some kind of IT office's 'server room' - a place you rarely enter, except when you need to reboot something.

Now - I'd love to build a mega monitor and a holo display - but I'd rather save the prestige for our base expansion, so that when we upgrade to a better control system, we'll have fewer items (and thus, an even MORE boring room).

The SG Mission Computer is USEFUL, but POINTLESS with the CoP trial working. Granted, once the other upgrades are made, I'll chuck it in - but for now, it has no purpose other than looking 'useful', and giving you something to 'click' in the control centre.

Then it hit me. Field Analysts. You always have to find one to change your difficulty setting. But what if you could do it from your base? Hell, make it a supergroup badge - tie it to Hero / Freedom Corp badges / missions, etc. A 'communications array', or maybe a 'priority line' (anything from a computer terminal (with chair?) and a hero-corps screen display, or maybe even a small red phone in a glass bell case (very Batman TV show!) ((I prefer the terminal idea - tech base ;o) ))

A comms. array would allow you to contact the Field Analyst from your base - so that you can build your team, set the mission and the difficulty from the base, and then use your base telepads to get to the zone - no messing around gettin' the analyst to change it in person.

Why not improve the communication array? Contact Atlas City Hall to deal with SG things? Rent? (Direct debit influence transfer! ) ), INF / PRESTIGE conversion, etc.

I know the devs probably want us to 'carry on exploring zones and travelling around', but after X-years in game, some people have seen it all. My SG base is the home of my SG - aside from wanting to finish tweaking my medi-bay (and resisting the urge to waste prestige on a holodisplay and a mega monitor...) I want to be able to feel as though it really is the 'control centre' of our operations - sitting in the control room in front of a communications station, and contacting people - that would give it a bit more of a use - and keep people in the base a little more, should they desire it!

Bases for SG's should allow people to get a lot of the 'faffing around' stuff done, without the 'faffing around' - as I have given an example of. If the devs are worried about this making everything all too easy - then make it an SG badge - at least we'd have to work for it!

ADDITION: Also - like the in-base talior idea. Make it a little booth? In the original Secret Wars (Marvel), on the 'Battle Planet', Spider-Man uses a machine to fabricate his new black costume when his old one got shredded. Granted, it turned out to be an evil symbiote that constantly tries to kill him now - but hey... I'm sure the devs can work that minor bug out of the system if they add this!

Cunundrum hasn't confirmed yet, Nine - just try to remember who's in charge ;o) lol

1. Winter Flare - Lv.50 Ice/Ice Blaster
2. Kinesics - Lv.50 Grav/Kin Controller
3. Aero - Lv.50 Blaster Ice/Ice
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Defenders and Tankers welcome!!!! *Begs*

Accomplishment Badge : Protector of Kindness

Levels: 44-50

Meeting in the Chantry (Shadow Shard > Firebase Zulu) for a 1pm start. Leave a message here if you're up for it, or send an ingame email to 'Winter Flare'.

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A first aid kit! I saw on in the hospital - I want on in my medi-bay!

PvE base raids...?

I'd like to be put down as a reserve, too, please.

Winter Flare - Ice/Ice Blaster

Yeah, I'm sorry about that, all - I literally just started gettin' tells for the team, when the damn door went, and the my evening went a bit... skew-whif. Still - next time?

Well, I found a wiki on the actual event (he has his own page!) and it says that the spawn is up to 36 hours (but could be one minute) after the respective GM is killed (three GMs, three spawn points).

I'll try to find the page and link you guys up. Mainly because of another peeve I have...

The construction site involves a lot of cogs. That much we know. However, it also involves a GM getting BUILT, scaffolding, and a little ladder (quite adorable, actually). The thing that really gets me riled up, is when someone gets to a spawn point, sees a normal mob group of about six cogs, and they just stand there, waiting for him to be built - THAT'S NOT THE GM SPAWN CONSTRUCTION SITE!

*Breathes* Ok... Aero, I'll add you to my global list tonight (I thought you were already on it) and I'll give people a shout whenever I pass through Kings. As I said before, we just have to make a big thing about taking down the GMs when they're plodding around Paladin Park, so that we can get him to spawn more often.

As many people are aware, Paladin, the Clockwork GM that roams Kings Row, is one hell of a slippery mob to catch for the badge. Why? Because killing him isn't enough - you need to prevent his construction if you want the prize. Unfortunately, I don't think that the people hunting for the 'Knight Errant' badge (which, as badges go, is graphically very nice) are really putting their minds into top gear. Here's the usual situation...

You get to Kings, and you start to hunt. You fly north to 'Paladin Park', that patch of grass near the Galaxy City entrance where the spawned Paladins always congregate. You do a head count... there are three present. 'Damn', you think. Why? Because there are a maximum of three spawns of the big P at any one time in Kings Row, and there they are, all running around. Very well - you try to pull a team together to lay the smack down on these oversized pocketwatches with legs, only to be told that 'it's not worth it, because that's not how you get the badge'....

Well, clearly. But therein lies the problem.

Because everybody wants the 'easy' win, no one is ready to put the work in. In order to force Paladin construction sites to spawn, the heroes need to regularly eliminate spawned Paladins, and then patrol the three hotspots to see if construction sites are appearing. If they're not, disappear, work a little more, then go back. Checking 'Paladin Park' every so often will help you to figure out how many have spawned in your absence, and if need be, you can 'clean his clock' all over again...

I've wanted 'Knight Errant' for quite some time now - and it's bugged me more and more that I've never been able to get it. I regularly head to Kings Row, to find three giant clockwork machines rampaging through the North sector, terrorising civilians and generally going unchecked. With a little actual effort, some co-ordination, and an understanding of what hunting this GM actually involves, I think that it is possible to see a large number of heroes walking away with this 'rare' badge.

So - if you pass through Kings Row, head to the North sector, and look for Paladin(s). If you see one, and you have a few minutes spare, give out a shout, and bring the heroes to you. Wipe him out, and give everyone else a chance to get the badge!

I don't know - I think the flier could have a use. If the 'tp to pvp zone' didn't work, then why not a 'tp directly to mission'? Hell - if i'd been playing that long, I think I'd like that. Granted, it may 'seem unfair' that not everyone would have it - but these 'veterans' kinda deserve it, right?

I'd like to be put on the reserve list, please.

Will it be happening again?

And possibly not on a Sunday, since I seem to regularly miss it? (

Well, since every time I try to join you guys, something drags me away, I'll try again - I'm in. Sunday is good for me - do we have a time?

Couldn't help it - I dinged getting a badge - the way I always do ;o)

Still - I started this toon in Feb 05, and never made an alt. With Uni meaning I had to stop on and off, and with my badge-hunting taking priority over levelling, I've had a HELL of a lot of fun. Winter Flare is a character I'm proud of!

Either day works for me. Going to have a quiet weekend in, methinks. Rough week...SO 1pm...SAT / SUN?

*Pokes leader-person* Put the space back in my name!