Geronimo_69

Holy crap! I didn't realize I'd been around as long as Sukothai! I thought he'd been here a lot longer, but apparently we both started during January of '07. Strange things are afoot at the Circle K!


Oh yeah, welcome back all you vets, and welcome to all the FNGs!

To say I am honored would be an understatement. I didn't even have a speech prepared. I just thought I'd give something back to the community that has given me 4 years of fun hoping it would help make a difference. Thank you to the Sisterhood for everything, and I look forward to lots more fun teaming with some of the best players in the entire CoX world.

After bouncing these ideas around a bit, I thought I should post them here. Hopefully this helps out some for the next iteration.

Okay, so the Hami raid of 1 August was my first ever, and while it was fun, I did notice that there seemed to be some problems when dealing with the overall execution of the raid. I’m not saying it was anyone’s fault in the least, nor do I think I could have done a better job, but I would like to give my two cents as to what I think might make a difference for the next time. The ideas I have come from my observations of this one raid, as well as some thoughts based on 14 years of experience in the infantry.

First and foremost, the best thing to keep in mind is the K.I.S.S. rule, Keep It Simple, Stupid. This pertains not only to tactics, but to costumes. As mentioned during this raid, the simpler the costume, the less lag there will be. So fight in something with no cape, wings, or aura. Sure, it’s not as glamorous as what you may use other times, but for the sake of all involved in the raid, simple is better. Besides, when you can fight without lag, you can fight faster.

Second, there should be one leader for the overall raid. In the military, senior leaders do not get involved in the down and dirty of the fighting, so likewise, this raid leader should stay out of the fight. He or she should be the one directing traffic, calling the shots, and staying on the Request channel. The leader needs to post him/herself at “Cowards Rock” and not move. Having TP would be beneficial in order to pull either dead leaders, or dead healers out of the area so that they can heal their teammates, but it’s not necessary. The leader will be the only one saying when elements move so that there is no confusion.

Third, team makeup. No, I don’t mean teams need to be wearing make-up. The way teams were set for this attempt worked. Having a team composed heavily of tanks works to draw agro from Hami. The next team needs to be scrappers to follow-up where the tanks leave off. After this, ranged attackers, like blasters, is perfect, complemented with controllers. The last definite team should be composed of defenders and controllers. The reason for the composure of these teams will be made clear in my next point.

Fourth, plan of attack. Based on the makeup of the teams mentioned above, Team Tank moves in from Cowards Rock towards the left-most mitos to draw their attention/agro. Following on their heels, roughly 5 seconds behind, will be the Scrappers. As the Scrappers move down to engage the mitos, Team Range provides covering fire for the Scrappers. Once the Scrappers are in place, the Blasters move in to hit the mitos as well. The Controllers from this team can begin their movement down to start putting holds on the healing mitos joined by the Controllers from the healing team with their Defender teammates who can do what they do best. With this said, move in a clockwise manner attacking, holding, and healing to the best of everyone’s ability. This method worked very well for the first wave of our attack, but unfortunately did not work on the subsequent one since the plan seemed to disintegrate from the get-go.

Again, I revert back to K.I.S.S. when it comes to the second and any following attacks. If something works for you once, why change it? The only reason to adjust attacks would be if Hami is able to pick up on the pattern. If so, just reverse the plan and start from the right going counter-clockwise. The problem I had was in identifying the green mitos to hold. This is where the overall leader can help direct traffic. If he/she sees someone in the wrong place, they can direct them to the right location and further assist the attack.

The teams will need to regroup after the first attack, heal, rez, and get RA back up and working before going in for the second wave. This should not take too long since we all know attention spans seem to … ooooo, shiny!

Anyway, regroup, and hit Hami again as quickly as possible. The team leaders need to give the overall leader their team status as soon as they can so that the second everyone is up and ready, the second wave can go. If everyone can stick to this, I think there is a good chance for success. I’m not guaranteeing it, but I think it may work. Again, these are just my thoughts after seeing one raid, but hopefully it helps.

If I'm home in time, and can get the blessing of my better half, I'd be up for the 4:30 Mo(Whatever) since I don't have any of those on my main, and it would be nice to get something like that done before I go on a hiatus for a bit. I'd be bringing Geronimo 69 for the fun and games.

A very happy belated birthday to one of the true greats of the game! Many happy returns Steele, and I continue to look forward to seeing you around.

Yes, once from Valor was definitely enough for me too!

On another note, Happy Anniversary to some of the best heroines I've had the privilege of knowing! Congratulations on the past 6 years, and here's to another wonderful 6. Hopefully I'll get to see some of you around this weekend!

Wow, I don't remember that room when I did this mission, way back when. Of course it has been a while since I last did it that things may have been updated or changed. Sorry I missed out on this, but I've been dealing with some very serious family issues here recently which are becoming very troublesome. Hopefully they will be resolved soon, but I'm not going to hold my breath. Anyway, I'll keep my eye on the forums for other SHS events, since I always enjoy a chance to get out and run around with some of the hottest heroines in CoH.

DW I will be there. Maybe not with bells on, but I'll be there.

Okay, I realize I was gone for over a year when I deployed, and then I was pretty much offline when I got back due to connection issues, but I have been back in-game now for the better part of the last three months. During that time, I have noticed, in the forums anyway, a division appearing amongst the ranks of my beloved server. I will be the first to admit that I'm not one of the legacy veterans that are floating around here, but I did come over to Liberty within the first 5 days of my starting up with the game.

I originally joined and went to Freedom because it was the first server to show up at the top of the list. I was cajoled into coming over to Liberty by a couple of people who are no longer active, who also introduced me to my first SG. For that I am thankful because it allowed me to meet the incredible caliber of people that populate this great server.

It took a while for me to really get the feel of things, and, as life typically goes, once I started feeling comfortable, I had to leave. Since I've been back, I've been welcomed with open arms by some great people on this server, to include AV, GEL, Steele, DW, Camo, and others too numerous to name. However, what's bothering me is what I'm seeing here in the forums.

I understand that these are open forums that anybody, from any server, can peruse, but within the last week, I have seen two threads that have been used as a means to turn Libertines against each other. I remember a time when that never would have happened. We stuck together, in-game, and out of game. If someone from another server came in here trying to start trouble, they didn't stick around because we simply outnumbered them. Sure, we may have had our share of grievances between ourselves, but it got worked out. And we definitely never let someone from another server come here and divide us.

I have heard talk of cliques within the server. Yes, there is some truth to that. How can there not be when there are super-groups? Just joining a super-group automatically puts you into a clique of some sort. Then there are the chat channels. The chat channels are open to anyone to join. You don't have to be an active participant in every discussion, but if you're going to join in, chime in. Make yourself heard, get noticed, and make friends. This is, and I know it's going to blow Valor's mind, a game. (Sorry, couldn't resist.)

I guess what I'm trying to say is this, I miss the camaraderie that I used to see in the forums. Yes, we are all entitled to our own opinions, but I felt that this was more of one big family. A little dysfunctional at times, but a family nonetheless. We stuck together, and we worked through our issues, but we never chose the side of someone from outside over someone from inside.

Maybe I'm just old-fashioned like that. Or maybe it's 14 years of being an Army infantryman that's taught me that no matter what, the people that you serve with, or in this case, play with, stick together. You can listen to what people from outside your unit have to say, but in the end, it's what the people in your unit have to say that matters. Or, to put it another way, it's like in a family. You can bad-mouth your own sibling all you want, but the minute someone outside of the family says something about said sibling, "them's fightin' words!"

Take it for what it's worth. I'm not trying to single anybody out, other than that jab at Valor, but that's because he tried to set me up with some villainesses. If you feel that I've fired rounds in your direction and you think that was unfair, come to me and address me. I'm not tough to find, and I have a pretty thick skin. Here's hoping that this fantastic server is able to deal with out respective differences and get them all ironed out in a timely fashion.

Those are my two cents. I'm Geronimo 69, and I approve this message.

Okay, so I spent a couple hours coming up with my most recent MA arc. Hopefully it's something that works well for others. I tested it out and it seemed like it'll play pretty well, but I'd love some feedback from others. Anyway, here's the lowdown:

Arc Name: I Got Your Mothership Right Here!
Arc ID: 407176
Faction: Hero
Creator Global/Forum Name: @Geronimo 69
Difficulty Level: Medium/Hard
Synopsis: There is a classified government super team that is planning on taking the fight to the Rikti, but there have been some hiccups along the way.
Estimated Time to Play: 1-2 hr solo

Yeah, I'm in for this. Never done much PvP, but I'm up for anything. Just let me know when.

Memorial Day weekend would be great, but I won't be around for that one. Got family coming in for the week so I'll be completely out of the net that entire time. I do like the idea of the 22nd of May though. If, according to rumors, a team of 16 - 30 can take down the mighty quivering bowl of Jell-o, I'd be interested in giving it a shot for S&G this weekend if anybody's up for it.

Having never done one of these vaunted Hami raids, I'd be more than willing to lend my services, and those of my trusty fire pimps, to the fracas.

I'll be there DW. Need to get myself organized for this.

Count me in. I'd be happy to run a team too if needed. Looking forward to this weekend's activities.

Wherever I'm needed, I'll be there. Should be a grand old time in great Libertine tradition.

Definitely count me in on this one. This sounds like a blast!

Count me in. Geronimo will definitely be there since I think this is one of the two that I haven't done yet. Looking forward to it.

Count me in for this. Have to come up with a new toon, but I'm in.

After 12 long, and I do mean long, months traveling around southern Afghanistan, I'm am pleased to announce that I am now back in the good old United States of America! However, this will be a short-lived trip back since my next assignment will take me back overseas. The good part though, is that my overseas assignment will be spent in Helsinki, Finland working in the US Embassy there. In the meantime, I'm working on getting CoH loaded back onto my laptop in the hopes that I can at least log on and move Gero around a bit, not to mention picking up all the stuff that I've missed out on over the last 15 months of not playing.

I don't know if I'll still have a spot in the SG I was in when I left, but I'm hoping I do. If I don't, I will definitely be looking for a home. The kicker is I won't be a full-on regular player until possibly March when I go up to DC for a few months, so if I do find myself homeless and looking for a new SG to hook up with, that's something to consider.

Anyway, I appreciate all the support the Liberty community has shown me in my random appearances in the forum, and I look forward to seeing you guys when I get back in game.

Geronimo

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