We had our first MSTF Thursday since May and ended up running two teams. Talbein and Jen were good enough to form the lead on the first team which fell short in the Vine room or during the real Chief search. I think they had just finished with the Inner Circle when I logged for the night; they still had only that one death.
I led the second which wasn't your typical team, but I went with it because "Master of" was possible. We had a rad controller, a kin defender, an emp defender, a sonic defender, 3 scrappers, and me as tank. Having 3 scrappers was possible in large part because 2 of them had ranged attacks from their epic pools. The team was patient with the long instructions and were good at following them. We had a few close calls along the way but prevailed in the end.
Congratulations to Endurance-Thief, Aoi Lunaris, Arion Elan, fire-balls, Amanyta, and onry stoker of Master's badge. Aoi Lunaris also earned her "Saved the World" badge last night.
Team or Team
Technically we had our first death at about the 2:45 mark when we went to drop the Flier a second time, (after we had completed the Task Force). 
Whens the next one?
Congratulations new MoSTF badgers. 3 Scrappers is a bit unconventional but turned out just right for you guys heh.
Our run took quite a bit longer and though we lost out on the "Mo" badge we were still able to complete. We took 3h47min in all. Our first drop was during the security chief phase and then two more during LR/tower phase.
We had several inexperienced players as far as STF goes so quite a bit of time was spent explaining situations. Hopefully, they'll pick up on the tips which will help them on any future runs.
Quick breakdown of team composition:
1x stone tank
4x defenders (rad, kin, sonic, emp)
2x blasters
1x scrapper
Look forward to the next run.
The Mentor Project - Because we were all new to the game at one time...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=212083
Unless I get reliable confirmation that there is nothing wrong with the STF or that the repairmen bug has been fixed since i15 went live, MSTF Thursday won't be run this week.
Repairmen bug?
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
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Repairmen bug?
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Yes with I15 a Repairmen bug came.
Mateo_06 said in this thread
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I reported this on Monday night. We had a scheduled STF event on Freedom with 3 teams running simultaneously. It ended in Epic failure!
The TF as a whole was fine, but the repairmen healed the tower every time, regardless if they died or not. It seems there was a slight AI change that makes foes use healing powers sooner and more often, and it causes them to begin healing the tower before they are even targetable, which means it still gets healed for over +3000 even if you kill them immediately.
Somebody else reported actually completing the STF later that night, but it took longer, and a couple towers were rebuilt repeatedly for the same reason, and they had to be taken down again. I guess it's still possible, but it can be a pain in the neck if you don't have a way to kill the repairmen sooner. I have not personally attempted again since that night.
And by the way, several of us did already /bug and /petition, and we got confirmation from GMs that it was an unintended bug being looked into.
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"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"- Chesty Puller US Marine Corps
Wow! That's one hell of a bug. 
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
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And by the way, several of us did already /bug and /petition, and we got confirmation from GMs that it was an unintended bug being looked into.
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The jaded side of me says its an "oopsy, did anyone notice" stealth tweak to make the STF more challenging.
Just have to run something else Thursday nights until fixed.
The Mentor Project - Because we were all new to the game at one time...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=212083
Hi everyone
I just wanted to give everyone an update based on what I (think I) know currently. I believe there is or was a patch for the repairmen on Test and, the last that I know of, it hasn't gone live as of yet.
It is possible to run and complete STF/MSTF with the bugged repairmen but the team needs a way to deal with the repairmen. The most popular way to deal with them seems to be with hurricane or force bubble. Our test run showed that there are other ways to deal with them also such as Burn or Oppressive Gloom.
A team of STF vets including Dignan and Faint successfully ran a MSTF recently using a force bubble to deal with the repairmen. (I wasn't on this team)
I've chosen not to run recent Thursdays in part because I didn't want to deal with the extra specificity of powers needed to run MSTF when I may have to organize multiple teams. Hopefully we'll start running again soon.
Can't wait to start running these again it as been some time from my last run
"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"- Chesty Puller US Marine Corps
Well its been a few since somebody has posted to this thread especially in light of the new issue release, seasonal event. Have been concentrating on running MoReichs/MoITF quite a bit lately. However, last night/early morning, finally got that chance to do a MoSTF. We started a little after midnight pacific time so it was a night owl run heh heh.
I'd say half the team was 'experienced' and the other half just getting their feet wet so that meant taking some time to do prep work at various points on the tf....such as the vine room, inner AVs, tower phase, etc etc. Our time to finish was basically 4 hrs (eep!) but it was a winner!
I believe everyone on the team got the Master badge with several getting the whole run (diplomat, peerless, heatseeker, saved the world).
So hearty congratulations to...
Burned Faceless (stone/fire tanker)
Ridgey Didge (fire/kin troller)
Dr-Apocalypse (regen scrapper)
Satanna (fire/rad troller)
Sabel Nyte (dark/elec defender)
Ms. Wonka (emp/rad defender)
Seismic Cloudess (earth/storm troller)
Vik Volcanic (earth/thermal troller)
Everybody did a great job of teamwork and coordinating. It was a pretty smooth run and we didn't run into any hiccups at all. We did have to deal with some vines regenerating in the vine room but everybody played it smartly. GW posed no problem at all, just took a bit of time to wear her out. Tower phase went smoothly but took a bit of time with prep work. Such that after the red tower went down, we did a strategic retreat to the ship so that the flier respawn wouldn't catch us in a bad position. All in all, a win albeit a slow one heh.
Note: I'll see if I can get the team pic up to the MoSTF photobucket in the near future.
Update: Here is the link to the team pic http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...2-Nov-2009.jpg. Thanks Imp!
Congratulations new badgers and looking forward to the next run.
The Mentor Project - Because we were all new to the game at one time...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=212083
So another midnight owl run (after midnight pacific time) got fired up for MoSTF. Had to recruit some off the usual global channels (STF Masters, Vigilance, ProWatch, Protector TFs) but was able to fill the last 3 spots quickly. Our total time to finish was 3hr25min.
This was one of the oddest MoSTF runs I've been a part of which I'll explain further on. We had for the most part an experienced team but since we picked up some randoms who may or may not have been familiar with the run style. We had one who has never ran an STF before so some time was spent on prepwork for various phases throughout the tf. We had had no issues at all in the vine room, inner AVs, flier, tower/LR.
However, we did deal with disconnects from each member of the team in the last mission. The team experienced a few 'jeebus' moments. The first dc's happened when taking on our 2nd inner AV (Scirocco). He was at half health and the emp and I (on WP tank) disconnect and had to go through re-verifies but to my relief, I relogged on and saw the team made it through without us.
Our next dc happened with our regen scrapper in melee range of Mako who was somewhere at mid health. As he was in inert state, he got aoe'ed by Mako and went orange and I believe he had tp prompt on. We lucked out that he finally dc'ed. He came back on with dread hoping he would not find a bunch of angry teammates around his fallen body. 
During the tower phase, the first two towers went down without a hitch and then we had Protector, Embress and Fantasy dc and reverify at various points taking down the last two. Finally, we started working on LR and when we got him down to half health, we lose Megabolt to a dc and a reverify so we wait it out (good thing before the bane spawn). When he relogs back on and realizes we're waiting for him, we get a "tytytytytyty!"
Then we get back to working LR over and when he brings on his bane spawn, Scrappy dc's. Jeebus! LR is on the closer end of dropping and we make the decision to hold out for Scrappy but it was rough as aggro management becomes tenuous for me. Thank goodness for dual PA and quick heals. I'm sure we're all hoping that Scrappy makes it back in a hurry. Luckily, LR's banes despawn and holding aggro became a lot easier.
And finally, Scrappy makes it back and LR and a subsequent bane spawn are finished off for the MoSTF win. A 3.5hr run is long but despite the issues of the last mission and a couple of inexperienced players, we all coordinated well and completed successfully. Excellent work everyone!
So hearty congratulations to...
Protector 2814 (FF/Nrg troller)
Diosa Dementia (Ill/Emp troller)
Dr-Cryonix (Elec/Regen scrapper)
Mr. Fantasy (Ill/Rad troller)
Embress (Fire/Rad troller) <-- Happy birthday!
Megabolt (Nrg/Nrg blaster)
Scrappy Freeze (Cold/Ice defender) <-- welcome back Scrappy!
Deklan Purifier (Wp/Axe tanker)
Team pic at http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...3-Dec-2009.jpg
Everybody on the team received the Master of STF achievement badge with a couple getting the whole run of the badge (diplomat, heatseeker, saved the world, etc).
Congratulations everyone and looking forward to the next run.
The Mentor Project - Because we were all new to the game at one time...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=212083
Thanks for the welcome back and the great job leading and tanking.
Grats!
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
I'm pleased to report that we had another successful run with a veteran team that came together. It only took 2 hrs for the win.
The entire run went very well with the only "Uh-oh" moment coming when Scirocco EMPed and put two of the squishies into the red but all turned out well.
Without further adieu, the team:
Le Baron (Stone/Fire tank)
Alber d'Arc (Emp/Nrg defender)
Lil Lexie (FF/Psychic defender)
Mystic Fusion (Rad/Dark defender)
Hyper Sonja (Kin/Dark defender)
Sonoluminescent (Sonic/Ice blaster)
Leech Hawk (Ice/Nrg blaster)
Creepy Sonja (Plant/Kin troller)
I made the boneheaded mistake and lost my team pic (starting to get habitual). Hopefully, another one can be found and posted to the MoSTF photobucket album.
*Update: Thanks to Lil Lexie for providing a team pic for posting to the MoSTF photobucket album.
http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...2009_Lexie.png
It was good to team with several long timers as it made for an 'easy' run though two on the team had not run an MoSTF before. Several people got the achievement badge knocked out for their alts so hearty congratulations! Looking forward to the next run.
The Mentor Project - Because we were all new to the game at one time...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=212083
We'll be running tonight with the team forming at 6pm, Pacific Time
Please be ready to run when you arrive; clear your inventory in advance and have an appropriate inspiration tray. As always, come first as the alt you'd prefer to play.
I will mostly abide by first come, first served but that will be subject to putting together a team capable of completing a Master run in a reasonable time.
I'll be trying to have regular Thursday night runs again if there is enough interest.
Is that Eastern time?
Edit: Well, crap. Maybe next time.
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I'll be trying to have regular Thursday night runs again if there is enough interest.
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"Sorry bucko, but CoH and CoV are the same game." -BackAlleyBrawler
"Silly villain, CoX is for Heroes!" -Saicho
And the return engagement was successful right away!
Link takes you to the gallery and the full-size images (1920x1080)
From left to right:
Blastion (Me)
Siig Vikshus
Mrs. Icy Jen
Impyre
Aletia
Doc Jen
Bike Thief
Scrappy McBlaster
Nice and smooth most of the way through. Only three close calls.
Had a bad pull right at first with the four hench-AVs.
I happened to duck in to drop a Burn patch just as Fish Lips dropped an AoE on us (survived).
And Imp got himself Soul Stormed (but survived).
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
Grats!
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
I need this on my hero and still need the MoITF on my villain Yeti - look for me on next run
"Many people say the Yeti is only a legend while some people believe in its existence but nobody has been able to prove it,"
We had a great run last night that ended with a MoSTF win.
Total time was 2hr6min and featured and would have been a bit quicker if we didn't have to go through all the security chiefs heh.
Hearty congratulations to:
Impyre (fire/fire tank)
Aletia* (plant/rad troller)
Bike Thief* (fire/kin troller)
Scrappy McBlaster (fire/nrg blasty)
Doc Jen (emp/elec def)
Mrs. Icy Jen* (cold/ice def)
Blastion* (fire/fire blasty)
Siig Vikshus* (BS/invuln scrapper)
* denotes new MoSTF badgers
Here's the URL for the team pic dubbed the Ice Cube Team in the end.
http://s537.photobucket.com/albums/f...4-Feb-2010.jpg
It was a smooth run and really only to Depends moments in my mind which Hyperstrike brought up. Imp was lovingly caressed by GW but managed to say "No thanks" and Blastion got melee AoEd by Mako which took him to red. Thanks for all the buffs and timely heals.
After the inner AVs, towers and then LR went down like clockwork and overall, was a good run.
In the more good news department:
I chatted with Mom recently and we will be seeing her a whole lot more. Her ears must have been ringing when we were talking about her and the flier. Look forward to seeing her on future runs again. Welcome back!
The Mentor Project - Because we were all new to the game at one time...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=212083
Grats!
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q