THIS IS A PARAGON CITY EMERGENCY BROADCAST.

I've got an idea. Rather than a two-hour long invasion, how about a REAL invasion, you know? Like, one that lasts for a full WEEK so EVERYONE can get some fun out of it.

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I've got an idea. Rather than a two-hour long invasion, how about a REAL invasion, you know? Like, one that lasts for a full WEEK so EVERYONE can get some fun out of it.

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I've got an idea too... how bout you check your facts before complaining. For one thing, it went on all day long and is still going on. Further, there is very compelling evidence and clear rumors from the powers that be that this is the first wave of scouts with more of the true "invasion" yet to come. Have some patience.

Dwimble

Damn!!..I missed it..!!

DAMN YOU TROPICAL STORM JEAN!!!!!
DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!

My hero needs new glasses. Ran around KR for 1 1/2 hours and saw nothing!

Where were they in KR? Under bridges? Thought I covered the entire map...

Maybe I'll stumble on them tonight......At least I got a lvl out of the deal.

Yesterday morning I found quite a few on the Western side of the Gish, but they probably aren't static spawns.

There were L8 spawns in KR right across from the T as you come down the stairs, last night around 10:30 PM EST. Of course, I don't know where they went after that, as my L5 Scrapper next saw the hospital....

I found a portal in KR three times in the exact same spot. It was pretty much due south of the Galaxy City entrance. Maybe three or four blocks away.

I could find it again easily, if it is still there.

My lvl 7 Stone/Energy tanker called for help for nearly ten minutes on Broadcast, but no one came

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There were L8 spawns in KR right across from the T as you come down the stairs, last night around 10:30 PM EST. Of course, I don't know where they went after that, as my L5 Scrapper next saw the hospital....

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ROFL! We all gave those teleportation/healing tubes a workout last night, that's for sure. Tons of fun!

I saw them all over the north side (High Park?) last night, and I have the scars to prove it. Logged in my 16th level blaster and got my revenge though. Even so, closing that portal was still a little tough.

Dwimble

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My lvl 7 Stone/Energy tanker called for help for nearly ten minutes on Broadcast, but no one came

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You know, I noticed that too to some degree in King's Row, and to a lesser degree, Steel Canyon. It was weird, many people just weren't at all interested. I kept wondering if one of those eye beams the creatures were shooting was some kind of apathy ray. Even when people did come around they oftentimes just kind of stood around watching.

I don't know, maybe they were watching Joey or something...or maybe it was Utah.

Dwimble

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The portals do seem to be static spawns.
At least the three I see regularly in Founders' are. There's one vaguely near the TI gate, there's one quite near the Eden gate, and there's one that appears at the south end and on the east side of the Red River. Destroy these portals and they reappear in the same place some minutes later.

We had a small sweeper team on PI/Victory stopping the Rularuu for the better part of 5 hours. After taking down over a 1000 of them and at numerous points actually having cleared the entire island the forces of time prevailed (ahem 4am).

We had a competitive competition for the top Solider of Rularuu nemesis near the end, for which at one point I was actually winning. Thanks to my partners in crime (-prevention) Cint / Xaladin / Stoopdragon / Destukt Life and the many faces of Blue Haze (and the others I forgot).

Cint being the best example of the 1 man army i've ever seen and Xaldin for fighting alongside us at 44 when us 50's were having issues!

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at all interested. I kept wondering if one of those eye beams the creatures were shooting was some kind of apathy ray. Even when people did come around they oftentimes just kind of stood around watching.


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A lot of people just never grasped what was going on. I was constantly seeing broadcasts of "what are these eyeballs? When did they show up?" and even a few "hey, I think Issue 2 is live". I kid you not.

i'm sorry, maybe i'm just too low level ....i was running around Talos pretty much all night, but that "invasion" was pretty lame. i logged on around 9pm (CDT) and stayed on till about 2am and i saw exactly 1 portal open. it also happened to disgorge about 5 35th level ritki and seeing as i am 25th, i ran like hell! if that's as much action as there was then that's pretty weak...if all the action was earlier, then all i can say is they need to do this for more than just a few hours. can anyone confirm? was yesterday it? and was the "real" activity only for a few hours? i imagine i'm not the only one that has to work and deal w/other things on a daily basis before he/she can log on to beat....er....arrest some villains

the invasion is still going on. in Talos, a bunch of lvl 26ish portals are spewing out rularuu. Guardian just went down...AGAIN! and in KR, a bunch of lvl 9ish rularuu are storming the streets

also saw a few lvl 30 rikti running around. looked like they had somewhere they wanted to be

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A lot of people just never grasped what was going on. I was constantly seeing broadcasts of "what are these eyeballs? When did they show up?" and even a few "hey, I think Issue 2 is live". I kid you not.

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I of course believe you, but it is still mind-boggling. Especially when you consider the fact that when each of these people logged in, the client spend anywhere from 2 minutes to 2 hours downloading and applying files, and with:

"THIS IS A PARAGON CITY EMERGENCY BROADCAST"

staring them in the face the whole time.

Dwimble

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if that's as much action as there was then that's pretty weak...if all the action was earlier, then all i can say is they need to do this for more than just a few hours. can anyone confirm? was yesterday it? and was the "real" activity only for a few hours?

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I just saw a post from a dev that says the eyeballs we've been seeing are just scouts, and that they've reported back through the portal for reinforcements. So there is most likely a bigger invasion coming, with everything up to now just the teaser to let everyone know that a live event is coming.

By the way, the eyeballs are freaking cool. I got hosed yesterday because I got distracted by the way their irises open and close to shoot their death rays. Nice job.

oh yeah, i don't if these guys were attacking yesterday or not, but i saw some really big brute bosses. i think one was called noble brute.

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if that's as much action as there was then that's pretty weak...if all the action was earlier, then all i can say is they need to do this for more than just a few hours. can anyone confirm? was yesterday it? and was the "real" activity only for a few hours?

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I just saw a post from a dev that says the eyeballs we've been seeing are just scouts, and that they've reported back through the portal for reinforcements. So there is most likely a bigger invasion coming, with everything up to now just the teaser to let everyone know that a live event is coming.

By the way, the eyeballs are freaking cool. I got hosed yesterday because I got distracted by the way their irises open and close to shoot their death rays. Nice job.

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This is the 3rd post I've seen saying the same thing. It's not on the Dev Tracker, at least as far as I can tell it is not. Do you have a link or is this just a rumor?

I have to say that I was disappointed with this event. The reason was that I work and by the time I was able to play (8:00 PM Eastern US Time) the event was over. At least I found nothing in any of the zones I visted.

These events should either be done over weekends, when the majority of players have a chance to participate, or go on for 24 hours so that everyone gets a chance to participate.

uuuhhh... dude? Its not over yet. I was fighting the bastards half an hour ago

I like everything in this game, but this event was possibly the most boring in the history of my MMO career.

What was needed was a follow up to that "Stay Tuned" msg, telling everyone there was a massive outbreak in (e.g.) Steel Canyon, so that everyone would rush there and be swamped by hordes and hordes of baddies.

Of course that would crash the server, but somewhere in between what we got and what I suggested would be nice.

Are noble brutes part of the patch? If so then I did see something last night... killed it too!

Maybe I didn't miss out so bad afterall.

On a sadder note. Went home at lunch to take a 'quick' run through kr and see what I could fine... NO GUARDIAN!...

So bitter.

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This is the 3rd post I've seen saying the same thing. It's not on the Dev Tracker, at least as far as I can tell it is not. Do you have a link or is this just a rumor?

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It was buried (at the end) of another post... I forget where. You'll just have to take my word for it. Or don't. That's also OK.