MBarUK

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I've got 2 people up for joining on Sunday, me and my flatmate. A choice of characters as we both have 4 x lvl 30's ready to go

Mine:
Electric Eels (Energy Blaster)
Chicken Hawk (Broadsword scrapper)
Sand Siren (Rock Controller)
Seismic Fire (Fire Tanker)

My Flatmates :
Polar Star (Ice Controller)
Psylana (Emp Defender)
Count Caldera (Rock Tanker)
Atomic Force (Fire Controller)


So Let me know who you want us to bring, to pour on the pain to crey!

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As I say, Tankers and Defenders have been in relatively short supply so far in the Onslaught, so either would be appreicated.

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I'll put MedBot Emp/Grav, down for one - which ever is quickest - as 4 hour sessions on PC require delicate negotiations

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Come to the 10am run, we'll rush it and stealth when possible because of the need to be done by 2pm for the second run. The quicker we are, the more chance there is we'll get some sort of break between the runs.

The mighty Onslaught goes from strength to strength as a contingent of some 30 heroes takes the fight to the Council and comes out victorious. Vandal and his Citadel-powered mechs are truly smashed … but word has it that the multinational conglomerate of Crey is up to no good, and are in need of a damn good “investigating”.

So once again, the Onslaught rolls out to meet with another of the Freedom Phalanx, Manticore, on Sunday, 12th March, at 10am and 2pm. Sign-up below to confirm your attendance or simply show up at the signature Natural Bow/Arrows Defender himself (just beside the Trainer, Swan, in Brickstown) at the time which best suits you.

TF information here and here.

Level range is 30-35, minimum team size required is 7. Evidence indicates that we could hopefully get this done in 3 hours, 4 hours at the most, with the Paragon Protectors within the missions slowing us down somewhat. So, I suggest that the morning run uses stealthily tactics on some of the missions, and if you’re an XP [censored], come to the afternoon session where time is not so much against us and we can kill everything that moves more easily.

I’ll be doing both sessions as my Blaster I think, as MBar has done Manticore previously, and Amanda could always use more XP. So any Tankers that show up will be most appreciated.

Any questions, ask below or get me in game @MBar.

Well, that concludes the bigggest onslaught to date. Two different times and four different teams totalling a mighty 30 heroes took the pain to the Council, and came out winners and usually one or two levels higher.

The morning session, Team 1: Task Force Granite, the immovable object.
(Left to Right) IX, Sammael, MBar, Vitruvius, LastChance, Shadewar, Echo Lima Tango, Zorch
Our lunch break: Fried Calimari all round.

The afternoon session, Team 1: Task Force Copper, the unstoppable force.
(Left to Right) Ballbearing, Aiwan, Jacob Hell, Amanda Pierson, LastChance, Dr. Nexus, White Rabbit

Thanks to Hibernal Flea and StormingPheonix for leading the second teams, both of which beat us on Team 1, although <<insert lamer excuse here>>.

Manticore comes next week for all those lvl 30+, and since MBar's done it already, Amanda's going to be doing the double next Sunday most likely. Sign-ups and info thread here.

Just a little reminder, just show up at Citadel (just outside the Talos train station, he's the big guy in the blue suit) at whatever time you want, 10am or 2pm, and I'll get teams sorted then. Bring whichever alt you want, we'll be fine.

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I have arrived safely in England. It's bloody cold, but I do not expect this to keep me off the streets.

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Could be worse, you could have moved to my little corner of the United Kingdom, where it is currently snowing so hard, the lorries can't make it up the hills.

<ul type="square">[*]MBar (Tanker) / Amanda Pierson (Blaster)[*]Powermage (Controller) / Indestructable (Tanker)[*]Deluge (Blaster)[*]Geth (Blaster)[*]Zorch (Blaster)[*]Reactor Core (Defender) / Midnight Thunnder (Scrapper)[*]Shadewar (Scrapper)[*]Scarlet Stormer (Controller)[*]oozyShade (Warshade)[*]Aiwan (Scrapper) / Hydra101 (Defender)[*]Jacob Hell (Scrapper)[*]Moondog (Warshade)[*]IX (Controller)[*]LastChance (Controller) / Arrowsmith (Defender)[*]Force of Will (Controller)[*]Lucion (Scrapper)[*]Speedin Bolt (Blaster)[/list]
Stupid snow here is keeping me from my CoX computer.

Yay, referals ftw!!!

Don't worry about posting which time you want to attend, just show up (on time would be a bonus ) at Citadel at whichever time you want, 10am or 2pm.

Sign-up'ees so far:

<ul type="square">[*]MBar (Tanker) / Amanda Pierson (Blaster)[*]Powermage (Controller) / Indestructable (Tanker)[*]Deluge (Blaster)[*]Geth (Blaster)[*]Zorch (Blaster)[*]Reactor Core (Defender) / Midnight Thunnder (Scrapper)[*]Shadewar (Scrapper)[*]Scarlet Stormer (Controller)[*]oozyShade (Warshade)[*]Aiwan (Scrapper) / Hydra101 (Defender)[*]Jacob Hell (Scrapper)[*]Moondog (Warshade)[*]IX (Controller)[*]LastChance (Controller) / Arrowsmith (Defender)[/list]

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Warning: Citadel is DULL and Tedious...

Rather a dull AV fight at the end, too.

Doesn't take too long though. A couple of hours, maybe 3.

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Yes, I think it took six hours the time I did it on an alt, but maybe it just felt like six.

<ul type="square">[*]MBar (Tanker) / Amanda Pierson (Blaster)[*]Powermage (Controller) / Indestructable (Tanker)[*]Deluge (Blaster)[*]Geth (Blaster)[*]Zorch (Blaster)[*]Reactor Core (Defender) / Midnight Thunnder (Scrapper)[*]Shadewar (Scrapper)[*]Scarlet Stormer (Controller)[*]oozyShade (Warshade)[*]Aiwan (Scrapper) / Hydra101 (Defender)[*]Jacob Hell (Scrapper)[*]Moondog (Warshade)[/list]

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Are you skipping Moonfire or is that being lined up for a future Sunday?

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No Moonfire for a while, see the Onslaught 3 thread for reasonings.

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Oh if you do plan a 10pm one this week please give us some more notice .. i know a controller who like to do this to.

! Do we have time to do a 10pm one, whats the running time on this tf !! anyone know.

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10am, I assume you mean. And yes, there should be time if we rush again.

There does seem to be sufficent interest to get a 10am run going at this as well. My blaster could attend again, so why the hell not.

Attend whichever time you want, 10am or 2pm, we'll get teams organised then.

<ul type="square">[*]MBar (Tanker) / Amanda Pierson (Blaster)[*]Powermage (Controller) / Indestructable (Tanker)[*]Deluge (Blaster)[*]Reactor Core (Defender) / Midnight Thunnder (Scrapper)[*]Zorch (Blaster)[*]Shadewar (Scrapper)[/list]

A King and a Clamour have fallen. Plots to destroy Paragon City Dam and the Ziggurat have been foiled. But tyranny is not finished yet. Citadel has requested that the members of the TF Onslaught next investigate some disturbing data regarding a henious scheme being devised by the Council.

So on Sunday, 5th March at 10am AND 2pm (two runs again, by popular demand ), the assembled posse will send the Council packing. Sign-up below to confirm your attendance or simply show up at the Robot-formerly-know-as-Bastion (Just outside the Talos tram station) at the time.

TF information here and here . Level range is 25-31, minimum team size required is 6. Evidence indicates that we could get this done in 3 hours, 4 hours tops. And if the sparkling runs at Sister Psyche are any indication, us mighty people may get it done quicker than that.

Any questions, ask below or get me in game @MBar.

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Shouldn't Moonfire be next? It's level 23 - 28 whereas Citadel is 25-30.
http://cityofheroes.gameamp.com/coh/viewTaskForces

Not that I'm complaining - I'm there even if it's Positron!

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It's the Freedom Phalanxer TF's I'm doing atm, the other TFs and Trials might come after. I'm afraid I'm kinda suiting myself here, as MBar's done most of the other TF's but managed to dodge most of the Phalanx TF's.

Although, when we're done with those, I still have Hess, Caverns of Transcendence and Shadow Shard 1 to do. And the CoV ones.

Apologies if it seems selfish, but I also figured that doing them this quick will introduce me to a lot more new people within the game, as has already happened with the varied attendees to TF's thus far.

Edit: Citadel sign-up and info here.

Edit 2: I forgot to mention times:
The 10am run: 3 hours 40 minutes
The 2pm run (Team 1): Just over 3 hours
We kicked [censored].

Congratulations one and all to all the successful runs at Sister Psyche's TF and the destruction of Clamour's insidious plot to destroy the defences of the Zig.

The 10am run: Task Force Vision stands victorious
Left to Right:
Night Fighter, Katianna, Shadowcaster, LastChance, Midnight Thunder, Scarlet Stormer, Amanda Pierson (thats me!), Sammael

The 2pm run, Team 1: Task Force Peregrine stands in triumph
Left to Right:
Zorch, Jacob Hell, Earth Wind and Fire, oozyShade, MBar (thats me!), [censored] Feedback, Arrowsmith
White Rabbit dropped out a few missions in.

Well done all, rendevous next week for Citadel. Sign up thread to come shortly ...

Ok, folks, there's plans afoot.

It would benefit myself and others if we were to do a run at Sister's TF at 10am on Sunday, and another at the scheduled time at 2pm.

Attend whichever time suits you, there's three of us guarenteed to be attending the 10am run atm.

Eddit: Apparently, my ability to do simple maths has failed today. We'll have to start at 10am if we are going to be done by 2pm. Changed the above to reflect this.

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Thirteen now - I hope that's not an unlucky omen....

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Christ, skyjunky, four mis-posts? Congrats

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Im sure that Cryptic will try and introduce it with the minimum amount of work involved so I'm sure you'll see lots of rehashed existing powers with altered values.

Don't expect anything too original.

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Cynical, but undeniable truth, most likely.

Again, I put the following together after having thought about the prospect of Electrical Tankers. Most powers are nicked from Blaster Electricity Manipulation and Electric Mastery, but some come from other sets too. The *'ed powers come mainly from Energy Aura and are to give only an idea of what I think may be implemented.

ELECTRICAL AURA

S/L/E Shield : Charged Armour
Damage Aura : Lightning Field
End Drain : Short Circuit
Dull Pain : Dull Pain, but with a fancy name, like Prevailing Static or something
E/N/F/C Shield : *Power Shield, but for Res
Mez Protection : *Entropy Shield
E/N Passive : *Energies Protection
End Rec : Power Sink
Panic Button : *Overload or EM Pulse


ELECTRICAL MELEE

Single 1 : *Scorch
Single 2 : Charged Brawl
Single 3 : Havoc Punch
Taunt : Taunt
Cone : Static Discharge
Build Up : Build Up
AoE Disorient : Lightning Clap
Hold : Shocking Grasp
Single 4 : Thunder Strike

Another two additions, Lifeline and Sabriel alts:

<ul type="square">[*]MBar (Tanker)[*]Jacob Hell (Scrapper)[*]Midnight Thunder (Scrapper)[*]Katianna (Scrapper)[*]Sammeal (Scrapper)[*]Lady Yatta (Defender)[*]Powermage (Controller)[*]Scarlett Stormer (Controller)[*]LastChance (Controller)[*]Moondog (Warshade)[*].oozyshade (Warshade)[*]Zorch (Blaster)[*]a Hydra101 alt (Defender or Scrapper)[/list]

All critiquing welcome.

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Exported from Ver: 1.7.5.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name:
Level: 50
Archetype: Controller
Primary: Gravity Control
Secondary: Kinetics
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01) --&gt; Crush==&gt; Acc(1)Acc(37)
01) --&gt; Transfusion==&gt; Acc(1)Acc(40)Heal(43)Heal(46)Heal(46)
02) --&gt; Gravity Distortion==&gt; Acc(2)Acc(3)Hold(3)Hold(5)Rechg(13)Rechg(43)
04) --&gt; Siphon Power==&gt; Acc(4)Acc(5)
06) --&gt; Propel==&gt; Acc(6)Acc(7)Dmg(7)Dmg(11)Dmg(13)
08) --&gt; Hover==&gt; Fly(8)Fly(9)Fly(9)
10) --&gt; Siphon Speed==&gt; Acc(10)Acc(11)
12) --&gt; Swift==&gt; Run(12)
14) --&gt; Fly==&gt; Fly(14)Fly(15)Fly(15)
16) --&gt; Health==&gt; Heal(16)Heal(17)Heal(17)
18) --&gt; Gravity Distortion Field==&gt; Acc(18)Acc(19)Rechg(19)Rechg(25)Hold(40)Hold(40)
20) --&gt; Speed Boost==&gt; EndMod(20)EndMod(21)EndMod(21)
22) --&gt; Stamina==&gt; EndMod(22)EndMod(23)EndMod(23)
24) --&gt; Assault==&gt; EndRdx(24)EndRdx(25)
26) --&gt; Wormhole==&gt; Acc(26)Acc(27)DisDur(27)DisDur(34)
28) --&gt; Tactics==&gt; EndRdx(28)EndRdx(29)TH_Buf(29)TH_Buf(31)TH_Buf(31)
30) --&gt; Repel==&gt; EndRdx(30)EndRdx(31)
32) --&gt; Singularity==&gt; Acc(32)Acc(33)Hold(33)Hold(33)Dmg(34)Dmg(34)
35) --&gt; Transference==&gt; Acc(35)Acc(36)Rechg(36)Rechg(36)EndMod(37)EndMod(37)
38) --&gt; Fulcrum Shift==&gt; Acc(38)Acc(39)Rechg(39)Rechg(39)
41) --&gt; Mental Blast==&gt; Acc(41)Acc(42)Dmg(42)Dmg(42)Dmg(43)
44) --&gt; Mind Over Body==&gt; EndRdx(44)EndRdx(45)DmgRes(45)DmgRes(45)DmgRes(46)
47) --&gt; Psionic Tornado==&gt; Acc(47)Acc(48)Dmg(48)Dmg(48)Dmg(50)
49) --&gt; Indomitable Will==&gt; Rechg(49)Rechg(50)Rechg(50)
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01) --&gt; Power Slide==&gt; Empty(1)
01) --&gt; Power Quick==&gt; Empty(1)
01) --&gt; Sprint==&gt; Empty(1)
01) --&gt; Brawl==&gt; Empty(1)
02) --&gt; Rest==&gt; Empty(2)
01) --&gt; Containment==&gt; Empty(1)
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Do I really need 2 Acc's in all those powers if I'm running Tactics, even if PvP'ing?

Or should I be looking at other powersets if PvP'ing? Mind/Storm?

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How strong is the status protection from Plasma Shield? Someone said that I'd need Acrobatics as well, but I'm hesitant.

(I have Hover for knockback, so that's not an issue.)

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If you're happy enough with Hover as Knockback er ... Protection, you shouldn't need Acrobatics. Plasma should provide plenty enough Hold Protection.

More, however, doesn't hurt.

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MBar I would like to join you again for this TF, although bit concerned about the time factor, if it's 4-5 hours, then that's ok, but 8? Not sure I'd be able to manage that long. Again, I have a choice of characters I can bring with me, either Hydra101 a lvl 24 empathy defender, or Aiwan a lvl 22/23 (can't quite remember) martial arts scrapper, or I could bring Ailwen along again, depends what you need on the day, if you already have enough controllers turn up I'd rather use one of the other two.

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Don't let Wammy scare you, he must've gone for a kip during the middle of it or something.

I'm estimating 4 hours for Sister Psyche, hopefully less if we can get a couple of decent, balanced teams going.

<ul type="square">[*]MBar (Tanker)[*]Jacob Hell (Scrapper)[*]Midnight Thunder (Scrapper)[*]Katianna (Scrapper)[*]Lady Yatta (Defender)[*]Powermage (Controller)[*]Scarlett Stormer (Controller)[*]Moondog (Warshade)[*].oozyshade (Warshade)[*]Zorch (Blaster)[*]a Hydra101 alt (Defender or Scrapper)[/list]
BTW, the lack of healers in general in the TF series will mean if you decide to bring your Empath, it will be most appreciated.

Ah, merci, Mr. Synaeswhassit.

Thanks to Varantus for the group shot

The team was:
Kyndel, Dystopia, Bilharzia, Varantus, Sauromalus, Satin Noir, Seethe.

The old brain hard-disk is still spinning trying to remember if there was one more. There's seven in the screenie, but I dunno ...

Well, thats more than a full team already.

<ul type="square">[*]MBar (Tanker)[*]Jacob Hell (Scrapper)[*]Midnight Thunder (Scrapper)[*]Katianna (Scrapper)[*]Lady Yatta (Defender)[*]Powermage (Controller)[*]Scarlett Stormer (Controller)[*]Moondog (Warshade)[*]Zorch (Blaster)[/list]

<ul type="square">[*]MBar (Tanker)[*]Jacob Hell (Scrapper)[*]Lady Yatta (Defender)[*]Powermage (Controller)[*]Moondog (Warshade)[/list]
Thanks for the input, people. Yeah, I'm guessing about 4 hours. Good ol' Energy Melee will serve me well.

... if I were to have access to Energy Transfer and Total Focus, that is ...