Azure Lightstar

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...installed a caffeine drip specifically so you can now pull all night sessions with your friends overseas.

...lost over 10 lbs in the last two weeks because it was inconvenient for you to go AFK and make food. Thank goodness I have to go to work, otherwise, I might starve to death.

...you are able to give out wedding packs to your wedding party (as thank you gifts) because they all play the game too.

...spend 4 hours researching and writing your last term paper, and 4 days on a forum entry explaining how you want the Rikti Mother Ship Raid run.

Yes, I plan on running the Raid. Whether it actually takes place will depend heavily on how interested people are. For me, having less than 18 people can get a little bumpy and sometimes a little heated because of that. I just want people to have fun.


I’m actually more worried that there will be too much interest and that there will be other raids running at the same time. I will play it by ear, I guess.

...you change your appearance in game more than in real life.

August 8th went very smoothly.

It took a long longer to start than I had anticipated. This might be, because I hadn't run the raid regularly in some time. I plan to make it a regular thing though. Mostly, I want to get comfortable leading leagues before I plunge into the bigger things like CoP and MoKeyes.

Highlights for me on this run were:
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1. We fielded a team of nothing but Brutes (6 players)!
2. We had paraphrased Star Wars quotes in the bowl. If you know my ban and blame posts, you know how much I love to paraphrase.

Disappointments were:
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1. Not being able to have enough people to field the 2nd run. This usually happens for the 3rd run. But then again, the first run usually doesn't start as late was it did.

Photo:
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Hope to see you next week. It's double XP weekend...so hopefully it will be twice the incentive to join the raid.

Just a reminder that my next Rikti Mother Ship raid is scheduled for August 8, 2011, at 16:00 Central Time (that should be 5:00 pm Eastern time).

Happy b-day.

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...you already knew that the above is a correct statement about yourself without having to actually check just now.

...recently you were forced to change your real life party affiliation to either Loyalist or Resistance.

Here is path 2 (the better known of the paths), which is the path we will most likely take...Careful going around the ship between Pylon 1 and 2. Touch the shield and you teleport back to start.

Here is a map outlining Path 1...which ends us at Pylon 1...

This is the official thread for Azure Lightstar’s Rikti Raids.


Scheduled runs: Sundays at 16:00 Central Time (or 5:00 pm Eastern time)
Average run time: 45 min to 1 hour per run.
Average number of runs: 2
Location: Rikti Warzone (meet at Point Du Hoc)


Sponsors: Privateer Protectorate and Omega Revolution


General information:


Raid has three parts (the pylons, the grates, and the bowl).


The pylons – Group will move from pylon to pylon and attack them. We will start at Pylon 10 just northwest of our starting location. We will travel counter clockwise around the mother ship until we take down all the pylons. This will cause the shields around the mother ship to fall. Listen for the raid leader to announce the next pylon in broadcast or in League chat. Otherwise, just follow the crowd. It is best to let someone who can withstand a blast or two from the pylon go in first, otherwise, you may find yourself face planted. Depending on the run and the makeup of the groups, I will end with Pylon 1 (in the southwest part of the ship) or more often Pylon 3 (in the northwest part of the ship). See the maps below to get a better idea of what I'm talking about.


The grates – In this next stage, your team leader will have already picked a grate; so make sure you know which one you are assigned to. It’s safest if all the teams pick grates that are all on one side, but it really depends on your team leader. When the shields around the mother ship fall, you will need to get onto the mother ship. If we end at Pylon 1, you will need to jump or fly up (teleporting works too). If we end at Pylon 3, you can just drop down onto the ship. The top of the ship will be covered with various types of Ritki. The ones I think you really need to watch out for are the Magus who will stun your character. I also recommend that your team work a little crowd control before going directly for a grate. This can mean using someone to taunt the Ritki away from the grate, a ranged player to pull them with a shot or two, or a controller type could hold them or confuse the Ritki around the grating. When that is done, you can attack the grate until it disappears. Someone from your team should run into the now open grate and click on the glowie inside. A message will appear telling you that the bomb is set. You need to move away, or you will be caught in the explosion. After your team has placed the bomb, assemble on the ledge around the bowl in the center of the mother ship. Once enough bombs are placed, the Giant Monster will appear, usually in the bowl.

The bowl – When all the teams are ready, the heftier characters will jump into the bowl (usually after the raid leader says) followed by the less durable characters. This is where you should spam heals and buffs if your player has them. You may want to turn off powers that will prevent enemies from grouping up, because other players may get upset. If the group in general is having problems though, by all means use these powers to keep the group alive. We will need to finish off the Giant Monster and other Rikti in the bowl. At that point, we usually take the remaining time to start chatting and joking around. Meanwhile we are constantly being attacked repeately by Rikti that teleport in, or by the ones that were brought to us by our aggro magnets. This continues until the shield comes back and we are teleported back to our starting location. If we have enough people who want to do another run, we reset and restart after about a 5-10 minute break.

-ponders-

Maybe I should make an alt called "Coattail Boy - The Kid Sidekick".

He's a symbiote, who follows around great players, and lives off their glorious deeds and accomplishments.

=P~

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Bonjour, j'em appelle Azure. J'habite a Paragon City

New thread started, so I'm not using the "Omega's Cathedral of Pain Schedule/Scorecard" thread to track my runs.

hehe.

Just kidding. I'll start a real one later. But I had to do it. I couldn't stop myself.

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The Mothership Raid ran twice today. Had a blast on both. Sorry we did not have enough people to run a third one.

Hope everyone had a good time too. As always, thanks to all the team leads that make the raid run smoother. With Nephila's help, I even tried a different path on the second run. I liked it so much, I think I will incorporate in future runs.

Next one is scheduled for next week Sunday...same time.

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