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The Omni SG will be doing the Manticore TF this Friday, December 16, 2011' at 9 pm Eastern. Please feel free to join us!

Thanks to everyone who made it out!

Angelica Byss
Demon-Link
Sean Morgenrath
Blind Tell
Keikotori
Golden Maiden
Madelyn Psyblaze

We had a lot of fun. We even ran across Jurassik while in Crey's Folly and took him down before moving on to fight him AGAIN in the TF!

On Wednesday, November 16, at 9 PM eastern, the OMNI SG will complete its Task Force Marathon with the Numina TF. Send AuricFyre a tell to join.

It's been a month and a half of fun, but all things come to an end. But don't worry, we'll still be doing TFs on Wednesday nights! I hope to see some of you there!

Tonight at 9 PM Eastern, the OMNI SG will be doing the Manticore TF. Please come out and join us! Send a tell to AuricFyre in game if you're interested.

Thanks to everyone who made it a success!

Blind Tell
Miss
Patrick O'Reilly
Terminus-
Mario Cooler
Static Black
Angelica Byss

Just a quick reminder... the OMNI SG will be running the Citadel TF this Wednesday, November 2, at 9 PM Eastern. Send AuricFyre a tell in game if you're interested.

Been here since COH Beta, and I have no plans to leave.

I've taken breaks from the game (but not breaks from paying for it), and I still have friends here. Perhaps some day, I will leave...

Good advice all around. I have a few more suggestions. My primary is an Empathy Defender who hit 50 back in May 2005, so you could say I've been around the block a bit.

Keep an eye on the archetypes in your team. Tanks, Brutes, and Scrappers can usually survive on Healing Aura, Heal Other, and Absorb Pain. Try to hit Controllers, Blasters, and Masterminds with Auras, Adrenalin Boost, and Fortitude. Basically, the "squishier" the archetype, the more they need boosts.

I really wish Clear Mind worked like Kinetic's Increase Density now does (getting multiple allies). It doesn't, however, so you have make do. If things are going too fast to keep the buffs going, I tell my group "Say 'ZZZ' if you get held" and then I free them up.

With some slotting, you can have up to three team members under Fortitude at once, though you probably will only manage two. I usually pick two team members (the squishiest) and keep Fortitude on them. As soon as I see Fortitude has recharged, I hit one of them with it. When it recharges again, I hit the other.

The advice of staying with the largest group is excellent. You can't do anything for team members who insist on running off to the next group. Focus on the ones you can help.

Concentrate on keeping rez and purple inspirations. There are macros that will automatically combine your inspirations to make them, put them on your screen somewhere. You can generally hit the soft cap for defense by taking three Luck (the smallest) inspirations, or two Good Lucks, (the middle one.) Do this before running into a battle with an AV or EB or a particularly large number of enemies. This lets you mostly ignore the bad guys while you focus on healing your party. Five percent of attacks will still get through, but you can't avoid that. The ressurection inspirations are so you can get back on your feet and start rezzing everyone else.

Get the Leadership Pool and run Maneuvers and Tactics. Defenders have the best stats for that pool, and every bit helps.

I find the Teleport Pool also useful, especially for Recalling Friends for rezzes after a TPK.

My primary travel power is Super Speed. Slotted with a Celerity: Stealth IO (it stacks with Super Speed's own stealth) I can become invisible to most mobs (except for Elite Bosses, Archvillains, Snipers, and mobs that can specifically see through stealth like Rikti Drones.) One toggle that lets me move fast and stealth missions... it can also help me avoid some aggro.

You can blast, but try to do it only when your group is doing well. I have a level 50 Empathy/Radiation Blast Defender. I usually only fire off Cosmic Burst (which disorients) and Irradiate (which debuffs opponents Defense). Basically, fire off a blast if no one needs healing and you've got Endurance to spare.

Anyway, that's enough rambling on. I know some of this isn't what you asked, but I hope that you find it useful.

Attention all heroes!

Citadel has asked the OMNI Supergroup to investigate some suspicious Council activity. Please join us at 9 PM Eastern on Wednesday, Nov 2, 2011, to undertake this task.

Contact AuricFyre to join in the action.

There are a lot of defeat all missions in this one, but we will stealth whenever possible to keep the length of the task force to a reasonable level.

Congratulations to everyone who helped make our Sister Psyche run a success!

Angelica Byss
AuricFyre
Belgag
Blind Tell
Herr Feuer
Late Night Snacks
Sasukara
Sigma Sentinel

OMNI will be back next week with the Citadel TF!

Greetings!

Sister Psyche has asked the OMNI Supergroup to look into Freakshow activity of late. Residents of Independence Port have seen "trick-or-treaters" with suspiciously realistic cyberware around.

If you'd like to join our investigation, we'll be starting at 9 PM Eastern on Wednesday, Oct 26, 2011. Contact Auricfyre in game. Hope to see you there!

Due to the task force's length, we will stealth missions when possible. This is part of our Task Force Commander Marathon. We will be doing more task forces in the weeks ahead.

11/02: Citadel TF
11/09: Manticore TF
11/16: Numina TF

Thanks to everyone who came out! We were stopped the Clockwork King's clock

Let's see, I believe our members included:

War Justice
Miss
Match St1ck
Black Smasher
Joan of Dark
Late Night Snacks
Aureole

Thansk guys, you were a great team.

Next Week, it's Sister Psyche! Hope you can join us then!

Just a little reminder that we're going out there tomorrow night to stop the Clockwork King from stealing Blue Steel's candy!

Whups, sorry about that!

I've heard that 4E has underperformed financially for WotC/Hasbro, and their "D&D Essentials" didn't do much to improve things. You can also find sales numbers online that suggest Pathfinder exceeded 4E in sales (http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/20743.html)

So, naturally, they think a new edition will fix things. It all comes down to money in the end. If Fifth Edition doesn't pan out, then who knows what will happen? Probably they'll either sell the brand name or just nix the RPG and focus on board and card games (like the Wrath of Ashardalon and Castle Ravenloft board games).

The OMNI Supergroup is concerned about increased Clockwork activity around Steel Canyon. Our intelligence experts believe that the Clockwork King is planning a major operation to steal Blue Steel's Halloween candy.

To ensure that Blue Steel keeps his candy, Synapse has deputized us to hunt down the Clockwork King and take him out.

If you're interested in joining us, we will be gathering by Synapse at 9:00 Eastern on Wednesday, October 19.

Note: The Task Force is rather long and has several Defeat Alls and an appearance by Babbage, the Clockwork's Giant Monster. Because of its length, we will stealth whatever missions we can to speed up the completion of the Task Force.

Thanks to everyone who made it a resounding success!

Remember, don't drink Dr. Vahzilok's Kool-aid!

Next week will be the Synapse TF

Just a little reminder that OMNI will be running Positron Part 2 tomorrow at 9 PM Eastern! Hope to see you there!

On Wednesday, Oct 12, the OMNI Supergroup will be taking on the Positron Task Force, Part Two, as part of our Task Force Commander Marathon. From Positron to Numina, we're doing them all, and we welcome any heroes who want to join us!

Task Forces start around 9 PM Eastern at the appropriate contact.

Here's the revised schedule for the rest of the marathon:

Oct 12: Positron, Part Two
Oct 19: Synapse
Oct 26: Sister Psyche
Nov 02: Citadel
Nov 09: Manticore
Nov 16: Numina

Hope to see you there!

Congratulations to the heroes who came out last night!

Angelica Byss
Auricfyre
Blind Tell
Kel Kram
Late Night Snacks
Miss

It was a tough fight, especially against the doppelgangers at the end. They cheated. But we managed to whittle them down and take them out in the end.

Because it took so long, we didn't get to Part Two of the Positron TF, so we'll do that next week.

Paragon Wiki has helpful data on how Stealth and Perception work and which critters can see right through it and which are just very perceptive.

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Stealth

Just a reminder, OMNI is running the Positron TFs at 9 PM Eastern on Wednesday, Oct 5. Hope to see you there!

I have a Fire/Kin Controller, and I find Bonfire perfectly fine for battlefield control. Like you, I use it to protect squishies, destructible items, and even block corridors so the bad guys can't follow us around corners.

Sometimes, the power just keeps smacking a bad guy repeatedly against a corner. If I could make it do that every time, I'd have another hold.

I Know, right!?