Discussion: The Rikti Return!
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Absinth_Incubus,
Posted on: 2008-06-12 16:46 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Wanna be the greatest single hero in a world? Go play a single-player game. Or go find an MMO that does have one-off events so you can either participate and then smugly hold it over the heads of those players who missed it, or likewise complain when you miss an event and have it held over your head by the players who were there for it.
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This is exactly what I got out of his diatribe, also.
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Wanna be the greatest single hero in a world? Go play a single-player game. Or go find an MMO that does have one-off events so you can either participate and then smugly hold it over the heads of those players who missed it, or likewise complain when you miss an event and have it held over your head by the players who were there for it.
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This is exactly what I got out of his diatribe, also.
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Just sort of a general question: how can you be "THE HERO" in an MMO where the devs have to create long-lasting content for 1000's of players?
The only thing CoH could do would be to create a system that randomly generates unique named enemies, with a random costume, of a random AT and having random powersets from that AT, and shovel some prefab story arc the players' way. Then, they could truly put an end to "Generic Villain 1234's" scheme to destroy the world. The next player would get "Generic Villain 12345", with a different look and powers, and put an end to his reign of terror. No one else would ever get "Generic Villain 1234 or 12345" as opponents, and then you could say you saved the world from X while no one else ever can...
That system may not be as satisfying as you hope, though.
I guess I still don't get the whole Event Channel thing. I added an "Event Announcements" chat tab on each toon I played Friday and Saturday, and I never saw a single invasion announcement on it. Clearly I did something wrong because other players seemed to be getting the announcements.
As a result my quest for the badges didn't progress very far. I only participated in three or four invasions total, and those only because I accidentally happened to be in the right zone at the right time. There's still four nights left this go-around, so can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong?
Also, is there a reason the invasion announcements were removed from the Global channel where a casual player is much more likely to see them?
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wooohooo, already crushed like 5 of these invasions in talos already on the freedom server!
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Anyone know what time the invasion ends on Thursday the 19th? Is it Friday AM Maintenance?
Was hoping to get one more accolade completed tomorrow night if the Rikti are still landing.
Thanks!
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Anyone know what time the invasion ends on Thursday the 19th? Is it Friday AM Maintenance?
Was hoping to get one more accolade completed tomorrow night if the Rikti are still landing.
Thanks!
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Its likely to be switched off during maintenance.
For sure If I was after an accolade though I'd make sure to have it before I logged on Thursday.
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Its likely to be switched off during maintenance.
For sure If I was after an accolade though I'd make sure to have it before I logged on Thursday.
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Yah, I am hoping to get it done tonight.
Thanks Cat!
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Anyone know what time the invasion ends on Thursday the 19th? Is it Friday AM Maintenance?
Was hoping to get one more accolade completed tomorrow night if the Rikti are still landing.
Thanks!
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Traditionally events like Rikti Invasions and Holiday Events start and stop with server maintenance. Keep on hunting
I am a little disappointed in the number of Bombs I am finding during the Invasions. I rush to the zone and wait and wait and wait, scanning the skies for Drop Ships. Once I find where the bombs are landing I rush around trying to get to them before they explode.
Tonight I was able to destroy ONE Bomb before the Rikti started teleporting in.
Also.... there needs to be some changes made/ The same thing over and over and over again just gets boring and tiresome. Give the Rikti some goals. Have them attack certain targets in each zone and have the zone reflect the destruction for a few days. Make the Rikti attacks MEANINGFUL. Everything in too well scripted now. Give the Rikti some objectives and make us GUESS what they are up to.
I'm glad I signed back up in time for this round of invasions. I missed the Rularuu invasion because of hurricane ivan, I missed the first rikti invasion because I didn't have an active account.
I'm glad the devs continued this, I wish I had more time to play because I managed to get 1 badge (sentry) on 1 character this entire week. Only once was I in a zone when the walls went down, that was interesting. I'm looking forward to the next invasion. I might schedule my vacation around it 
FWIW, I teamed with three people over the course of this week who were on trial accounts, and had been convinced to purchase because of how much fun they had during the raids.
I think the current schedule *may* be a little too frequent, though they definately shouldn't renege on the one's they've already announced. After that, once per issue is probably enough - that gives any chars created with new/proliferated powers sets to get the bagdes, without making the event too commonplace.
"Trust me, it worked in the Simpsons." - Calash
I started playing after the original Rikti invasions and am glad to have these periodic assaults. For one, I've always tended to play angst-ridden loner type characters as far as RP is concerned and these invasions have opened up many of my toons to friend sets I never would have been exposed to due to teaming for the invasions. I've actually got friends I can team with outside the invasions and still keep to my 'loner' rp more or less.
Another point in favor of these periodic invasions is the fact that it's the only time as a lower level character that one is able to see the wonderment of dozens of heroes (or villains) fighting together. Face it, no matter how many times I've done invasions now, it gets me juiced to see the mass mayhem going down.
Now a complaint..... when in the middle of invasion one defeats an opponent, the A.I. automatically targets a new opponent when you hit a power. Well, I noticed this last week that my toon spent an awful lot of time standing around and waiting because the next opponent targeted had NOT ported in yet and so my error messages filled up (from me hitting power buttons) because that opponent was not yet physically there. It would increase player satisfaction and team xp if it could be adjusted so that the next targeted opponent were one that were actually physically on the battlefield and not the 'port zone' of one that had not yet arrived.
My two bits,
Bill
Is there any other way to get the Rikti Ninja Blade without the Watchman Badge?
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I guess I still don't get the whole Event Channel thing. I added an "Event Announcements" chat tab on each toon I played Friday and Saturday, and I never saw a single invasion announcement on it. Clearly I did something wrong because other players seemed to be getting the announcements.
As a result my quest for the badges didn't progress very far. I only participated in three or four invasions total, and those only because I accidentally happened to be in the right zone at the right time. There's still four nights left this go-around, so can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong?
Also, is there a reason the invasion announcements were removed from the Global channel where a casual player is much more likely to see them?
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Well, they were removed from the global channel because a bunch of vocal people complained & complained about it on the boards. Personally, I appreciated them when they were bright red before they were changed tio green.
As for your original question, it took me half the invasion to figure it out. Sorry I didn't see your post until now. On my Villains I added the maroon Villain Event channel to the general tab and a tab of their own. On my Heroes I added the red Event Channel to the general tab and one of its own. My villains quickly got their badges, but my heroes saw not a message. By chance one of my heroes got caught in a wave and my PUG leader told us all to go to Steel when they faded. Obviously she was getting messages I was not. I looked again.
There is a half purple, half translucent Hero Event Channel, that is not the event channel. I added that and got the messages, but often didn't notice it because it is hard to read and doesn't stand out.
No problem BurningBear. I monkeyed around with all the tab and event stuff enough that I finally got it working on the one character for whom I really wanted the accolade two days before the end of the invasions.
As luck would have it, just then my SG-mates decided they wanted to team with me, so I didn't have a chance to particpate in more than one or two invasions until the last night. I fought in five or six that night, following them from zone to zone. I got the bomb badge after 3 invasions that night, and I already had the Sentry badge, but for some reason no Heavy Suits were spawning, so I was still around three away from that badge and the accolade when I got discouraged and went to bed. Ah well, there's always August 1-7, if I don't get lucky between then and now.
Oh, and I figured that was the reason for them moving the announcements away from the easiest place for everyone to find them. I can't tell you how many times I saw players broadcasting "Where are the Rikti attacking?" "Why aren't they announcing the attacks???" last week.
(Sometimes, I wish there could be a Dev thumbs up button for quality posts, because you pretty much nailed it.) -- Ghost Falcon
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I guess I still don't get the whole Event Channel thing.
There is a half purple, half translucent Hero Event Channel, that is not the event channel. I added that and got the messages, but often didn't notice it because it is hard to read and doesn't stand out.
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Putting the Alerts in a different tab just makes them that much easier to miss. I EDITED each of my Heroes's Lower Chat Box to include the Event Alerts. The Chat Box they appear by default is the Broadcast channel and that tab has too much traffic - you can easily overlook them there.
I wish they hadnt changed the color of the alerts to purple. I am too used to overlooking Purple NPC dislogue in the heat of battle. 
I like the Rikti Invasions but there needs to be something different besides the old Bomb Runs and then gather 'round for the Invasion beam-ins. There should be some purpose behind the RIKTI besides just random attacks.
The Rikti need to beam in and march toward an objective - destroying that objective if the marching troops aren't stopped, for instance.
Another Scenario would be a Rikti General trying to set up a base camp and the Heroes trying to fight thru his perimeter to get to him.
Lastly, lets see some consequences of the Rikti Invasion. Destroyed Buildings. Disruption of Traffic. Holes in the Road. Lets see some evidence wether the Heroes are protecting their city or not.
Make it a point of PRIDE wether we can keep beloved Paragon City safe from the Invading Hoards! Make it an event where people Rally 'Round the Flag to defeat the Monsterous Heathen and not just shrug and yawn.
A question, was the Rikti Raid on Talos Island early monday (july 7th) morning (on Justice Server) a part of this event?
(I wasn't sure where else to put this question.)
It doesn't match the dates listed, so chances are it was some team completing the LGTF.
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It doesn't match the dates listed, so chances are it was some team completing the LGTF.
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Good call.
*sigh* And here come the Rikti again for a whole week at the start of August to interfere with my game again.
Sick.
Of.
Invasions.
I wish it were one weekend rather than one week. A week's way too long.
Oh, well. Makes a good excuse to go play something else instead for that week. Breaks are good.
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*sigh* And here come the Rikti again for a whole week at the start of August to interfere with my game again.
Sick.
Of.
Invasions.
I wish it were one weekend rather than one week. A week's way too long.
Oh, well. Makes a good excuse to go play something else instead for that week. Breaks are good.
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A lot of people enjoy the invasions tho. Yes not everyone will like it, but like you said breaks are good.
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*sigh* And here come the Rikti again for a whole week at the start of August to interfere with my game again.
Sick.
Of.
Invasions.
I wish it were one weekend rather than one week. A week's way too long.
Oh, well. Makes a good excuse to go play something else instead for that week. Breaks are good.
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Either take the week off, or else get into a mission or use your Ouroborus portal to warp to the O-Zone and chill there until the attack is done. Presuming you are in the zone that is being attacked in the first place.
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I had flash backs of Starship Troopers!
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I've long said that this game needs more co-ed shower scenes...
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I second that emotion...
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