Major_T

So true, and so powerful.

I'm leading toward this, as it's being done on a Thursday and because of this excerpt from the post by Avatea...

Actually, we had an abundance of Controllers at first and we were light on Scrappers/Tanks. Some of the controllers (three, I believe) switched over to scrappers.

But once again, the problem was that we didn't have enough players arrive at the scheduled start time. Further, we were low on player participation as well. All things said, we had a high of maybe 35-39 in the Hive, and that didn't occur until very late in the third bloom.

Although I've heard complaints that the zone cap of 50 people is a problem, lately that hasn't been the issue, the problem has been interest.

Looking at the participation we had yesterday (and also for previous villain side raids), it is still more time effective and less problematic to organize an STF or an RSF to acquire an SHO than it is to do a Hamidon raid on either side.

I know Kid, Sooner, and I have discussed doing an evac-less raid, or at least attempting to do an evac-less last bloom. However, the more I think about it, the more I believe that it may not be worth the effort right now: the quantity of interest just isn't there. Sure there are some that are ready and willing to put in the time to get it done. The problem is that the number of people in that group is barely enough to do a Hamidon raid smoothly. And further, those players would have little trouble putting together and doing STFs and RSFs. So why should they extend themselves to do Hamidon raid for the same benefit and more difficulty?

If there is anyone that disagrees (which I hope there are), I want you to take it as a personal challenge to attend future raids on time and in force (bring your friends). Without consistent and regular participants, the desire to organize and lead hero side Hamidon raids will taper off similar to how villain side raids have not been scheduled recently. And that would be a shame.

*chuckles*

I think my scrapper is still living in that fantasy world (according to the way Sooner wrote him)

I could have!

>.>

<.<

No... Seriously!

Stop laughing

Wait... what?

It takes near a minimum of 35 villains to defeat Hamidon. Fewer than that is possible, but it requires a perfect set of circumstances: lots of EoEs and the perfect mix of ATs.

Lately, it has been difficult to get 35 villains in the Abyss. The last time we attempted it, it took nearly 45 minutes to get enough to start, and then Hamidon spawned after a couple of DE GMs were defeated. That left us in a difficult position with a small number of players and EoEs.

Then, the perfect storm of catastrophes took place: several of the group leaders (at least one of which was dual boxing) disconnected due to loss of power. We had a small number of Dominators and Fortunatas, which made downing the Green mitos time consuming, thus making defeating Yellow mitos very difficult.

Needless to say, it isn't that I don't want to do the villain version (and I think Kid would agree), it is that there realistically isn't as much interest. If there was more interest, we would do it.

I wonder how many heroes/people (like police officers, soldiers, etc) went through the moral dilemma that Cerise is experiencing and got a "pep talk" like the one Six-Four gave her.

Ahren tried, verbally.

*wipes brow from forehead*

Ditto

This is truth. Plain and simple. We don't call him the "RSF Nazi" for nothing.

NO DEATHS FOR YOU!

A paraphrasing of the Seinfeld's "soup nazi"

Ditto!