Discussion: Vanguard Reports Success
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Posted on: 2007-08-06 18:20 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
I agree with those calling for the triggered raids to be one hero and one villain zone at minimum. That way there can be no complaints of bias if the random generator picks one faction over the other for a few raids in a row, and it gives each faction a shot at an invasion.
Fairness FTW.
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O thank GOD its over. Maybe a lot of the ppl will comeback. I know several that have taken this whole month off because of the invasion and lag that it has generated. Now that its over maybe they can fix all the bugs that it I10 has created also.
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And many others..
Dev's With all the Great new content, Please!! dont forget to fix the bugs with the old content. There is a storm a brewing because they are not getting fixed. If its a problem that no one is reporting them? Well Maybe you need to look at your tech support then..
I dunno, seems to me that's the perfect time to steal a purse: the capes and cops are all busy with alien invaders, the mark is (presumably) a bit distracted by all the hullabaloo... and I heard somewhere that some Skull actually *got* a purse once! For real! So really, it's now or never. Plus you never know if there's some of that waterless hand cleanser in there. You're definitely gonna need some more of that stuff.
Anyway, I'll kind of miss the Rikti invasions, and look forward to hopefully completing my main's accolade (those darn UXBs!) on the promised days to come. Issue 10 rocks hard. 
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I really enjoyed it.
I figured that it would be ending today, so I made a point out of taking my blaster, who's father is employed by Vanguard, to as many of the invasions as she could make it to last night. In a lot of cases, I simply worked my way around until I found a lowbie whapping desperately on a bomb and helped them finish it off.
Kudos to the devs for making the event work and within CoH's ruleset. The GM code invaders, bombs, and EBs were fantastic. Ship raids inside the revamped RWZ are incredible. Better yet, you have truly succeeded in making the CoX universe a more dynamic, changing place.
You guys earned a LOT of whuffie during this eventful launch.
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I agree with those calling for the triggered raids to be one hero and one villain zone at minimum. That way there can be no complaints of bias if the random generator picks one faction over the other for a few raids in a row, and it gives each faction a shot at an invasion.
Fairness FTW.
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My friend and I were tracking where the random invasions from the Lady Gray TF took place one Saturday. And after a few hours we decided that it almost always switched sides every other TF completion. It would spawn one event in a Villain Zone and then one in a Hero Zone, and would swap back and forth each time. Only on a few rare occassions did it spawn twice on the same side. This seems to me to be pretty fair.
But, I guess it all has to do with perception, and if you are waiting for a Hero side event and it justhappens to spawn twice in a row on the Villain side, that may seem unfair... at the time.
Anyway, I am not too worried. Especially since the LGTF is actually very fun and I intend to run it off and on with the STF mixed in for flavor and SHOs.
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Agreed! I had a BLAST these past 2 weeks. I got the accolade on all my main toons that I care about, so I'm set on that. It was so much fun (And Madness) to see everyone in a zone rush to 1 location to "make a stand". The best was in Mercy last night, there were so many Rikti porting in I couldn't see anything on my screen but aliens. (Although I never want to get that "up close and personal" to a Chief Mesmerist again!!)
Standing shoulder to shoulder with lvl 1s and 50s was just.. wow.
Now... ahem... "WHEN are we getting Issue 11 on Test??"- you know someone HAD to say it.
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Woot random days in september! WOOT!
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As I said, it would be great if the triggered raids would be three to four zones, each side. And have them staggered out enough for people to be able to get there and participate in more than one. Time enough for the TF who did it to get to the right zone, and for others to cobble together a group.
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IMO, the Rikti War Zone itself should be subjected to a raid upon every successful LGTF.
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I have to say, this has been the most fun event ever. Even more fun that giant pumpkin hunting on Halloween.
I had more fun in the last two weeks than I have in a while. Luckily I backburnered the RWZ content, so now I have something else to do.
Well done Devs!
I really loved the invasions and will be sad to see them go. I am a bit concerned of not seeing them spawn on the lower populated servers, especially the ones I don't have any higher ups to do my part and run the TF. But at least we know we'll see some more in the next couple months and hopefully get some advanced noticed. Thanks for the great fun!
Argh! I needed three UXB's, THREE!
Bad timing! >_<
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Ummm, they said before Issue even hit live that it would only be 2 weeks.
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No, they did not say exactly 2 weeks.
I suppose it was too good to last.
Pity.
The Invasion events were the best times this game ever saw, at least since before Issue 4 and the Invasion of the Blanket Nerfs.
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I wish it had run a bit longer, I lost about 5 days due to a religious retreat, and I'm SO close to getting that darn accolade on my two characters who want it.
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Even with the lag the event has been fun. Only the raids to the ship in the war zone were impossible for me to join. The lag was so bad, it made it impossible for me to move.
I hope the rikti go home and charge their batteries, we will be waiting . They can watch some old tv shows in the meantime.
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In addition, we are planning on bringing the full-scale Invasion event back on random days throughout August and September, and possibly beyond.
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So, does this mean that Issue 11 is scheduled to be released in early October? Hey, I know some of you are thinking the same thing.
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Well, I will miss the Invasions. Would have liked another couple of weeks to get the Accolade on some alts but I guess the Full Scale Invasion Days will be exciting when they occur.
Thanks for a fun event Devs!
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I too will miss the invasions, it made the game really fun.
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The Invasion will be ending Tuesday 8.7.07 as a daily event.
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Yay!
Could the Dropships and bombing runs be added to the RWZ as a permenant fixture to the zone?
I think it would add greatly to the "War Zone" feel. Where better a place to find unexploded bombs then the middle of a battlefield? Imagine fighting a spawn of enemies when suddenly BOOOM!! everyone is scattered as the bombs start falling because.....well......war is hell!!!
P.S. I also tried to revive an old thread of this in the suggestion forum
I enjoyed the invasions as well but the fact that the mass invasions are over leading to only TF/SF triggered means that there will still be a means to get some of the badges. It is like savoring the flavor.
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I must admit, that while I'm not upset it's ending (I figured from day one it wasn't permanent), nor do I think it's ended too quick for most (I wanted the accolade on a couple more alts, I just haven't been well enough), I am upset at how little notice. The information was no more than made publicly available and it ends. And when one is told something ends on a day, that's figured to be the last day. With 6 hours of not seeing any rikti attacks, I'm figuring it in fact ended on the end of the sixth, not on the seventh. So, next time, clearer, more advanced notice would be greatly welcomed.
I am going to miss the invassions