As Talbein said we were unsuccessful as well. We lsot a controller in the tree room. Very important to watch the map and know your location at all times. We ended with 7 deaths because we chose to experiment and have fun. Our warshade tanked Aeon successfully and Lord Recluse not as successfully but that wasnt surprising since we went without an empath. We also had two deaths at the inner circle due to Sciroccos crazy AoEs and us intentionally pulling all 4 at once for the excitement.
Fun run Scrappy! Next time, I'll bring some inspirations along for tanking Recluse. He's a tough [censored].
PRTECTR4EVR
There was no victory last night; we finished with 3 deaths (the final 2 most likely wouldn't have happened if Master's was still possible).
The key death, to Ghost Widow's Soul Storm, makes one wonder. As far as we saw she never turned to face the team; I think she fired it at me and missed, catching the team in the process, (the team was positioned behind her). After the battle, I did a rough measure of the distance by setting a teammate as waypoint and he was over 45 feet away, which should be well outside of a Targetted AoE on me.
It was a preventable death. The Ghost Widow fight went really long because we had 2 other melee that were held out of the battle to avoid Soul Storm plus we had a DC during the fight. As such, I was very focused on my attack chain and agro. In hindsight, the team was much closer to her than I would like but I didn't see how close they were until a teammate was dying.
We had 2 blasters, 1 emp defender, 1 rad controller, 1 rad defender, 1 scrapper, 2 tanks.
*shakes fist*
Damned Ghost Widow!
*shakes fist some more*
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
Two of those would have been me dying. I am not sure what the heck happened on the first. I got "held" with four ticks of soul storm damage, yet there was no hold animation or chance for damage ticks. One second I was up, there was a flash and I was face planted. I was standing at the edge of my power burst range which is where I normally get for her, so i am really not sure what happened there. My second death didn't matter because of the first.
Sorry all.
"Sorry bucko, but CoH and CoV are the same game." -BackAlleyBrawler
"Silly villain, CoX is for Heroes!" -Saicho
There seem to be a lot of tricks that Ghost Widow has that we haven't figured out yet.
I'm still curious if she has a PBAoE hold with the size of Scirocco's EMP, because many of the reports we've seen of squishies being held have been when she is facing the other direction.
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
A spur of the moment MoSTF team came together earlier today.
The short: We got MoSTF! 
The long: Team makeup consisted of:
2x tanks (both stone)
2x controllers (emp, kin)
2x defenders (TA, rad)
2x blasters (energy, fire)
Most of the team consisted of regulars with one being having never run an STF, another old time player returning to the game and another who has yet to finish successfully. A couple of teammates were dealing with conn issues including one of the tanks. Despite this, we took a different tactic than 'standard' procedure when it came to inner AVs.
Inital observation based on AV takedowns (Arbiter Sands, Viridian, Korol, Shadow Spider, etc) indicate a slow takedown of GW. We decided to try and leverage fulcrum shift by using one tank to taunt and position mob group by the team while the other kept the AV taunted. We took quite a bit of time to talk and visualize positioning. After we developed a plan, we practice first on Mako. Then BS. Then Scirocco and finally GW.
The team kept tight to take advantage of FS as well as emp and rad's heal auras.
All damagers were focused on targeting AV with support alternating heals and attacks. A big key was to not damage the mob group in anyway to cause aggro. Now most mob group will have aoe/cone psionic so popping purps/breakfrees for protection and relying on CMs and IDs so nobody gets mezzed helps here. The emp was busy.
We finished MoSTF with a time of 3.5 hrs which is a bit longish but mainly attributed to the time taken to develop strategy, also to a nasty 4x AV pull heh heh. We also played it cautious with LR when 5 banes were spawned. We retreated and waited for them to despawn and tried again.
So hearty congratulations to Straight Arrow (first timer), Iconofcoil (has not previously completed the stf successfully) and Red (welcome back). Also big thanks to Mortal, Mom, Van and Doofus! I'll try to get a team pic up soon. Great effort guys.
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
Congratulations!
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
Congratulations on the successful master's run.
We'll be running tonight at 6pm pacific as usual.
I thought these were on Saturday nights, and if so, I need in with my scrapper
Suriel- Scrapper MA/SR
Star Centurion- Peacebringer
War Forger- Blaster EB/Devices
Dedjinn- Stalker CL/DA
Cycnus- Mastermind Mercs/Traps
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I thought these were on Saturday nights, and if so, I need in with my scrapper
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Thursday nights and sometimes saturday mornings
Well I can be there as early as Saturday morning: 7 am Pacific time. I'll be online and check this forum occasionally to see if there is anything going on. But if you are up that early send a tell to Suriel around then and I'll answer. I'll probably be in Bloody Bay or Warburg.
Suriel- Scrapper MA/SR
Star Centurion- Peacebringer
War Forger- Blaster EB/Devices
Dedjinn- Stalker CL/DA
Cycnus- Mastermind Mercs/Traps
Thursdays are at 6 pm pst and Saturdays are usually 10 am pst. Thursdays are guaranteed, Saturdays are not. Be on the boat early cause they are typically first come depending on the level of interest.
This past Thursday saw a pretty good turnout of heroes for the MoSTF run. We were able to put together two full teams to take a crack at LR and his minions. Both teams were able to successfully finish the tf, but unfortunately only one managed to pull off Master of...
You can check out the most recent teams that have succeeded at the following:
MoSTF photobucket
The lastest team consisted of:
1x fire tanker
1x peacebringer
2x blasters
2x defender (rad, emp)
1x controller (kin)
1x scrapper*lock
Congratulations to Valfreyia, Jerikko, Jace Vanguard, SoulBright, and Scrappy McBlaster for earning MoSTF badges. Thanks to Nic and Inferno for their roles as well! The total time was just a little over 3 hrs to complete.
The Mentor Project - Because we were all new to the game at one time...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=212083
ok I plan to be there before 10am pacific then today. i understand its a maybe for you.
Suriel- Scrapper MA/SR
Star Centurion- Peacebringer
War Forger- Blaster EB/Devices
Dedjinn- Stalker CL/DA
Cycnus- Mastermind Mercs/Traps
Wow just sent my morning getting all the nukes and the shivan and then I realize you can't use temp powers during the MSTF. Oh well save those for a rainy day.
Suriel- Scrapper MA/SR
Star Centurion- Peacebringer
War Forger- Blaster EB/Devices
Dedjinn- Stalker CL/DA
Cycnus- Mastermind Mercs/Traps
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This past Thursday saw a pretty good turnout of heroes for the MoSTF run. We were able to put together two full teams to take a crack at LR and his minions. Both teams were able to successfully finish the tf, but unfortunately only one managed to pull off Master of...
You can check out the most recent teams that have succeeded at the following:
MoSTF photobucket
The lastest team consisted of:
1x fire tanker
1x peacebringer
2x blasters
2x defender (rad, emp)
1x controller (kin)
1x scrapper*lock
Congratulations to Valfreyia, Jerikko, Jace Vanguard, SoulBright, and Scrappy McBlaster for earning MoSTF badges. Thanks to Nic and Inferno for their roles as well! The total time was just a little over 3 hrs to complete.
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It is unfortunate that my client became unresponsive prior to the team picture, though the faint glow of my character's toggles and auras may be seen in the background.
I fell asleep!!!!
Suriel- Scrapper MA/SR
Star Centurion- Peacebringer
War Forger- Blaster EB/Devices
Dedjinn- Stalker CL/DA
Cycnus- Mastermind Mercs/Traps
There was an MoSTF run that came together earlier this morning. Unfortunately, I should have explained the 10-2 concept in the vine room where we had our first drop. The AV decided to use a kin defender as fertilizer right as we dropped the last vine. The main group was regathering and unfortunately, the defender flew through the 10-2 area. Kersplatt!
I should have taken more time to prep better for the non-regulars so this one is on me. I know he feels bad about it, but it happens even to the best of them. The team did go on to finish the tf with a total time of 2.5 hrs. We'll get the deed done on the next one.
The Mentor Project - Because we were all new to the game at one time...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=212083
and i'll try to be there, if my lazy butt doesn't fall asleep again.
Suriel- Scrapper MA/SR
Star Centurion- Peacebringer
War Forger- Blaster EB/Devices
Dedjinn- Stalker CL/DA
Cycnus- Mastermind Mercs/Traps
Would be nice to know when this 'next one' is for that purpose. 
"If I had Force powers, vacuum or not my cape/clothes/hair would always be blowing in the Dramatic Wind." - Tenzhi
Characters
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Thursdays are at 6 pm pst and Saturdays are usually 10 am pst. Thursdays are guaranteed, Saturdays are not. Be on the boat early cause they are typically first come depending on the level of interest.
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Suriel- Scrapper MA/SR
Star Centurion- Peacebringer
War Forger- Blaster EB/Devices
Dedjinn- Stalker CL/DA
Cycnus- Mastermind Mercs/Traps
Another successful MoSTF was played tonight. At the usual Thursday 6pm PST time, Statesman's boat was full of heroes. We had not seen such a turn out in a long time. After a lot of careful work by Impyre, the heroes formed 3 balanced teams and the challenge began!
Unfortunately not all teams came out victorious. Only team "Awesome button" made it undefeated to the end!
If I am not mistaking the following players were awarded the Master of Statesman Taskforce badge: Mind of Yi, Dr Onyx-5, Energetic Stone, DieSektor, Molly the Mouse, D'Man and BudLighter. Congratulations & thanks for your great teamwork!
The team picture can be seen in the MoSTF album (team45).
Which is why I don't do the MoSTF. Number one is my powerset, AR/Dev.
Second and formost is my work schedule. I don't get off from work till 8:30ish PST. Hell the one time I did a STF with my SG I died like 8 times...hiding behid towers, even in a another zone.:P
I am taking my sig to MWO and MWT. Let them wonder what it means.
For today's scheduled MoSTF run, we were able to put together 2 full teams with a fair complement of AT types. One team led by Scrappy and the other myself. A big thank you for all those who came out for the run. I think there were at least a couple heroes who did not get onto a team and my apologies. Please come to the next run.
Unfortunately, both teams were unable to obtain the "Master of..." win we were all hoping for. That said, both teams successfully finished out the stf. My team completed a little over 3 hrs and we had our drop at Aeon. We did not experience any issues with any of the inner AVs even after a double pull of Sci and GW which is a positive to take away.
However, LR presented some issues as he popped some Banes which made things more difficult for the emp and we suffered some drops during this phase. We did get through it and greatly appreciate everyone's effort.
Looking forward to the next run already since it seems we've been taken a beating lately. Help Scrappy lift that curse!
The Mentor Project - Because we were all new to the game at one time...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=212083