Lady Arete

*Hands Juggertha a chocolate covered cookie*
Here you go for the nice work you have been doing

Added Macro to the list.

Thanks Siggy. I'll put the macro into the guide (with a little modification to the TAR)
This will make it easier for our targeteers (and rest of the raid force).

Also this is a short announcement. I am looking for another leader to join us in the raid. Hana would like to take the role of Aux leader, and my primary candidate for replacement was taken by RL stuff.
So... I need a new leader that has been with prior raids and want to either take the role of Leader for Yellow West or Aux team. Please pm or jot down your name here.
If you got questions for how to do this, i'll provide the answers

I would pronounce it straight forward like
Ara-k'nnn with the H just vanishing. With the K being hard and short.
Else the H would make it feels like you have a cough or something.

Or think Khan just drop the a?

I guess normal time of 7pm bst.
(Which reminds me time to add it to the motd.)

Updated the first post with team leaders for Ranged attacks and Aux.

If there is need for some EoE farming what do you say to wednsday?

*sniff* Circle of Thorns... invading Paragon City and I could not be there.
/em goes towards a (dark) corner to pout

Not planned any EoE's yet, (got too many EoE's already in sg base), but I believe I'll put one into the works soon. (Just hope I get the rest of the team leaders settled aswell.)

I can understand why you go for the Shafted...
No poll yet though. Myself I like the European Confederation/syndicate.

Congratulations to the Ebon3 and Draggynn. I hope we all will see the results

And a big thanks to Caemgyn for putting this competition up.
(In any case I now got a nice screenshot modelsheet that I can use )


@Ebon3 Thats a very nice looking figurine you have there. Made for or made by you?

Making the List of current proposed names.

Currently Suggested SuperGroup/Villain Group names:
Union Rogues
Union Vigilantes
Preatorean Union
Loyalist Union
Resistance Union
The Shafted
Shadow Dwellers
Justice League Europe <--- not sure if that will work or is copy righted
Inferior 4
EU WHAT!!!
All server squadron
European Confederation (Blueside)
European Syndicate (Redside)
EU Survivors
Europe United
European Outcasts
Forgotten Europe
The Marginals
The Outsiders
EU Gotta Be Joking
EU FTW! (Forever The Wasteland)
The DOOOOM Squad
EU Dodo’s
European Black Sheep

Suggested Global Channel Names:


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Alot of different names with various motifs. I would recommend though that the Suggested Chat channel name would be short and precise and tell sort of in a word what this channel entails. Be it a shortened word from the SG name or something else.
Keep the names coming and lets have a poll soon.

Well sorry Damz.
My speculation was based on a few things:
1. Supposedly the GR Beta is on EU server (sorta confirmed)
2. Supposed that the GR Beta is past the alpha stage (in-house) and that the few first waves have come out.
3. Suppose that the first wave are mostly players on the NA servers.

If that would be the case then the NA servers must either have changed their updater into pointing to the Eu test server, rather then their normal NA test server.
Or
The Devs (War Witch hinted something, wish I knew what) could have changed or made an updater that points to the NA and EU Test server (to save the testers from the need to reinstall, reverify etc...

So my speculation continues really, IF the Devs have done the last thing well what will stop them from making the one thing the EU have wished for (server list merge)?
Ofc the Devs might have gone for the easy/boring bit and just made the testers Test updater point to the EU instead of the NA test server.

Did this clear up my thoughts a little?

True Truemetal.
Due to the fact that the Test servers are there to well.. to test builds and it can all be deleted overnight etc... (aka this is a gesture thingy)
and
That we did sort of get news on the secret thing that is on the eu server (a certain major beta)
I don't really thing this was a shafted experience.


Speculation follows:
When I read the reason well a few thoughts sprung up on my mind.
We are a few months from launch so i'd expect (wrongly maybe) that the family (inhouse) beta is over and that the first wave of people have gotten in.
That means mostlikely (unless new server tech... could be) every NA tester have had to update their test to go directly to the EU one.
Unless they secretly are doing things to the updater that we cannot know, but may have asked for for a very long time.

@Night Hornet
Reason I asked for suggestions of names now is that well, its better to come up with several good names, then decide which server we shall base the (if one) base on.
Then we can either have a poll (which I believe we will have anyway) of which Sg(s) go to which server.

Lets say we have a hero and a villain base (thats 150+150 each), those two could be put on each of their server. I realize that i use max two servers (and refer to Defiant and Union) only due to the reason of languages. I do not know about you, but it is a long time since I read german (and I have forgotten most of it), I do not know french... and when doing missions, I prefer to understand the mission text... ;P
The good part is that if the numbers grow, we can add new names and sister coalitions and they will have in the beginning have access (hopefully) to the teleporters

I like a few of the names already, so keep them coming and I (or another) can prepare the list and we can have a poll/vote on them.

As long as we have decided A. Name(s) of sg, B. Global channel name and C. Had one or more players "made" the sg's before the GR Launch, then we will have the basics.
Although I would also advise that if this project has a chance of life, we will also have to tell the non-forumites about this in the channels that we use (aka spreading the word).
But then we come back to the... names


@Dante
True, we do not know what the Preatorian characters will be like sg wise. At worst it will be after lvl 20 that they can join an sg (or the lvl they finish their quest and have to decide). But then the sg can be ready (and the channel will be there ready for them.
Somehow I doubt that they will be unable to join an sg at the start, but doubts aside. We do not know for sure. I guess we just have to continue as planned (if we all are serious on this).
Only problem is that at that time, such a server, the player must have chosen which side he or she will end up on. Take the wrong path and well, it may take some time before you return to Preatoria.

The easiest thing will be to make said channel, then, no matter if you make a character for the base (for a clean slate thingy) you will always have the channel. (Then comes the secondary bit of who is actually going to be the OP's on the channel, policy of the channel (sg chat mainly, loosly talk of everything, tf and team creation) which is another important bit).

Great Putting you up for the main tank team then Sarge.

I would prefer though that names for a group or channel is made not to symbolise server connection.
Only drawback to this is the proper description of "union" and the fact that there is a union server ;P (I atleast hope we can have members from every EU server)

Not sure if it should have Europe or European or something similar tag in it, but keep the names coming.

But keep suggestions coming and to question who is organizing this at the moment... I have no idea really.

Seems there is interest in this Damz soo

Perhaps we should make a few threads here and polls for:
1 SG Name(s): In this thread we can come with suggestions to one or more sg names.
Which could end in a poll.
But to get more of the EU into this server we must also ask in various chat channels on the 4 servers of who wants to join in. And hopefully get them to post in here aswell... OR
Simply make the channel asap and get people to join it. But again... its the name of the channel...

So err.. we need to start thinking up a few alternative names for this sg & chat channel. The good thing about this is that even if we become more then 150 players we can simply make coalitions bases that are extensions to the "main" themes group.

So... suggestions for NAMES for the HERO & Villain group?

Not gotten any such e-mail and played it at launch (free month).
Game itself is gorgeous though, but I was not impressed on launch itself. (400k pre orders cramped on too few servers at launch when EVERYone (and their hamster) want to log in)
Think I'll play it again a little later (loved the Cold world of Daeva's due to the by far better organized city of pandemonium) And it was fun playing a fantasy game
But back to the e-mail.. nope, not one french letter.

Here is my entry, in advance sorry for alot of text.
Character name is Lady Arete




Lady Arete is a natural and very gifted sorceress that currently specializes in fire magic (Tossing Fireballs, holding people with fire, without hurting them etc). As a Sorceress she knows many other spells in particular warding magic and teleportation. She can dabble with alchemy and can fly. Somehow she also knows a little, if pressed on the matter, about soul magic; Binding and freeing. But she does not use that much (was fun though rp'ing that out) She serves the group she is in with magical expertice and teaching new members (and old) if they got the ability etc to control their magic and learn a few new spells.

Apperant looks:
She is about 25 years of physical age (she is older then she looks due to magic) and apperantly she will not age above that. This is due to the fact that at the age of 25 she completed a magical ritual that allowed her to tap into the power of a phoenix.
She has dark red hair with eyes that are deep of magical wisdom (eye color is green). She is comly and slender. Hight: Using the slider in the game 6' (feet?) But I do believe she is about 1,80 meters.

Background:
For full background Click me and go to the Handbook
The short version:
The short version is, born in England atleast 50 years ago. her father was strongly religious and her mother was a sorceress. Naturally they clashed and the mother took the child named Carolyn (Lady Arete) with her as she joined various magical societies in europe. In these societies the girl grew in magical strength and popularity while her mother where placed in the shadow of this brilliant little girl.
As Carolyn became adult she had long since surpassed her mother and the magical groups and she and her mother had an argument. A few years later Carolyn had married into british aristocracy and used her husbands status to aqquire more of british knowledge of magic. It went as far as she adopted a moniker, Lady Arete, and did some criminal things. She was however not found out.
Taking a little vacation, she arrived in what is known as Paragon City where she continued her low key crime spree. There she met Duncan, a fellow mage and a person involved in a big magical society called Circle of Thorns. They both kept hidden and the Midnight Squad did not spot them.
However her doubts and fears of Duncan and this Circle of Thorns grew and proved right. They had occationally asked her if she wanted to get more magical power, but when she heard that it involved the piercing of her heart with a thorn, she was reluctant. The circle tried something else another night, scared she left them and abandoned contact. The Circle however did find her and those she had not seen nor devulged information of and made her meet them in Perez Park. There before her eyes her sister and husband died, angered and terrified she unleashed the power of the phoenix for the first time in a uncontrollable rage. She managed to flee, but Perez was never the bright park it used to be as her fury added to what should twist this park later.
She flew through the city and was tried to be apprehended by both heroes and circle, but she evaded them all, but one. She managed to find a place where she could simply allow herself to cry and shake the fear and there a hero found her. She opened up as the hero listened and she gave herself up to the police. She was sentenced and sent to jail and forgotten. In her cell she could think and come to terms with herself. Some time after this the Rikti invaded for the first time and when it was over a few heroes remembered the sorceress. She was enlisted as a hero and has been one ever since.

It is after she became a hero that the phoenix power has come to better use. As the Lady brooded and thought of her actions (in the zig) a new understanding emerged and this opened the link between them. In battle when things really get intense I like to envision the soft blur of a fire bird looming in the background, (like an aura) but that is me. It does not show during normal battles though.
With the power she can get quickly up again. Like the bird from myth, she gets her life back again. She might be a little older and wrinkled after the effect, but she will return to her normal visage shortly afterwards.

Personality:
She is stern, she knows compassion and knows that people can redeem themselves (as she did). She is patient and often relaxed. She has no tolerance for stupid evil though. Stupid evil is: Lets destroy the planet, kill every person etc... Her comments are usually "Not as long as I live you fool. I want to continue to live on this planet!" Well atleast she tells herself that. She likes books, and Founders Falls restaurants.
Naturally her favourite enemy are the Circle, which she hates and fights with a passion (and this group is.. accident prone... go figure ). She believes Duncan to be dead, but that may not be the case.

Well... a fun idea. That I must admit and with that many active players from the get go...We would get plenty of stuff for the base pretty quickly.

But.. name... theme... magical/tech oriented (or both). I take it a non-rp group, however with options to do so later...

Who should be architect(s) of the base and build? (more then just portals etc)

Union or Defiant?

Just bringing up questions here though...

Disclaimer: Provided football or any other sport will not prevent this...

******NEWS, THIS is JUST in***********
From the PPD science lab, near you:
Our reporter has just gotten news that there might be a big threat to Paragon City in the near future... What is that Sue? ... that near?
Heroes, please prepare yourself for a big battle around... ok.. not around... THE 26'th of June.

____________Message ENDS___________

That is right UNION, barring football (Hope this will not stop us this date) or any other unforseen thingies, we will have another Hamidon Raid Saturday the 26'th of June. So please do meet up in the Hive for the spawning process around 7.30 BST/8.30 CET.
If we all meet up early (and as many as possible) we wont have to wait for the raid to start properly.

Like last time I need a few leaders to join me in this battle as I will be your host.. err coordinator for this event.

Coordinator: Lady Arete with Cyrene (just for extra rez/tp power).
Hami Taunt Team: Sarge
Yellow Taunt Team West: Helge with helge mauz
Yellow Taunt Team East: Sexy Kane with Mundunugu
Melee Damage Team (Yellow Kill team): Seph with Seph v2
Ranged Damage Team : Fire of the Phoenix
Lockdown team (Holder team) : Solen with Mistress Solen
Aux Team 1: Hana Li
Aux Team 2: Position Vacant

So do sign up here, pm me ingame etc..
'specially if you want to be leader. If you do not know what to do, read the guide I have written (will have to update the guide a little more), if you are uncertain... Ask me

The banner event in itself ONLY for a minimum, needs a team of 8 people to do (High lvls, mind, not low lvls).
This I and 7 others on Union experienced as we joined up on when a banner event hit Grandville.
There are 4 banners. Let there be two team mates to each banner. Stay in the banner, kill as many things as you can (and watch over each other) until the banners are vulnerable. During this killing decide on which banner is your 1, 2, 3 and 4'th target to kill. (Team teleport to the one far far away is good or tp the players from afar to the one where everyone is nearest.)

When all banners are defeated, the big boss with its remaining horde members appear somewhere (follow the fleeing npc's). As far as I remember the big boss have no timer.

Hope this post helps the people out there that have missed out on the badges (and event).