Discussion: Halloween Event On Now!
By
Adelie,
Posted on: 2008-10-18 20:42 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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Please use this thread to discuss the below announcement.
2008 Halloween Event Has Begun!
As a special thank you to all City of Heroes and City of Villains players we've begun this year's Halloween Event early! We've had such a great weekend at Hero-Con with the players that came out to our event and wanted to give something back to everyone else playing online! Now through November 2nd, enjoy the 2008 Halloween Event!
This year's event has a new twist with a group of unwanted guests looking to spoil the trick or treating, Zombies!
Zombies
These homely fellows seem to be literally rising from the ground beneath us and attacking heroes, villains and citizens without discrimination. Their taste in fashion is despicable, not to mention the flies and the smell! Be sure to have the zone event channel added to one of your chat tabs in-game to see the event notifications and take part in all the fun!
Badges, Temporary Costumes and Other Rewards
But know this! With new challenges come new rewards! All of last year's trick or treating goodies are back this year. Heroes and Villains can collect Classical Costumes (and wear them) for Trick or Treating throughout the city. Badges will be available for those who collect the most Classical Costumes. It's almost enough to make heroes and villains set their differences aside. Almost.
Old Enemies Return
Ravenwing Cabal's Annah will be in Croatoa to explain more about some of the activities, as will Granny Beldam in Nerva Archipelago.
The fun begins today, October 18th, and continues through Sunday, November 2nd at 11:59pm EST.
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Cool. My other um... home... crashed... so this is perfect timing! 
Anyone know what the new badges are?
4 badges that I got in the first 5 mins or so
100 zombie minion kills
33 Lt. kills
25 Boss kills
1 EB kill (comes with a costume piece)
Awesome! Only I'm at work all night 
@Radmind - Justice Server
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Okay, that was the best event launch EVER!
The skies just turned red, eerie music played, and next thing I know, zombies are climbing out of the ground!
Fantastic!
Oversurge-Level 50 Blaster
Sentry-Man-Level 50 Tanker
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4 badges that I got in the first 5 mins or so
100 zombie minion kills
33 Lt. kills
25 Boss kills
1 EB kill (comes with a costume piece)
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Those are the new badges from this years event, the rest of the event I beleive is the same.
This was great! For once I didn't see it coming. I didn't read anything about it and was just playing as usual and all of a sudden zombies come up from under me!
I loved the surpise!
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Okay, that was the best event launch EVER!
The skies just turned red, eerie music played, and next thing I know, zombies are climbing out of the ground!
Fantastic!
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Agreed!
I was in FF just hanging out when it happened and I started laughing, my boyfriend across the room was like "What are you... OMG ZOMBIES" as he got ambushed in St. Martial loading out of a mission.
LOL, ok spill.. who got tipsy at HeroCon and enabled the event ahead of schedule?
Lvl 50 fire/rad troller Wantonya - Infinity
Too many other alts and servers to bother counting
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This was great! For once I didn't see it coming. I didn't read anything about it and was just playing as usual and all of a sudden zombies come up from under me!
I loved the surpise!
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All the people hate the Hero Con were surprised too...
Especially, since most of us aren't anywhere near home.
Sometimes, I impress my boss. Sometimes, I impress myself. The rest of the time, I scare people. I can live with that.
That was fun I had not read the forums so I wasn't expecting it this early. Our team hastened through our mission to get outside and check this out.
Was quite the surprise hehe.
Friends don't let friends buy an ncsoft controlled project.
That was just awesome. I didn't have the zone channel on my tab... hear my friends going "Already??" "isn't this early?" "ZOMBIES!" and then zombies started appearing around me.... best... launch... EVER!
--Virtue--
My 50s:
Tigra Swipe (BS/SR/Dark Scrapper)
Galena Storm (Emp/Ele/Ele Defender)
Master Tolarin (Psi/Fire/Force Blaster)
Is the dropping of Tier 1's from Treats intentional or a bug?
Awesome!
Doom/Batman in 2012
The Resistance has boobs too, and better hair!
The Resistance has boobs too, and better hair!
I was in croatoa when it happened. Best Ambiance ever for a suprise zombie attack.
Then I get a hecatomb from a trick or treat mob later... my Halloween event was made on the first night! Woot!
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Is the dropping of Tier 1's from Treats intentional or a bug?
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This is very disappointing; I've been waiting for weeks to refill my coffers with Tier 3 inspirations from the event. Sadly, without those for an incentive, I think I'm already done with the event. I have all the previous badges, the new ones took me about 7 minutes to get, and I have no interest in the costume change temp powers. Less than an hour into it, and I'm already over the event.
Kid Lazarus, 50 empath Defender
Freek, 50 mind/psi Dominator
Black Khopesh, 43 db/wp Scrapper
Circuit-Boy, 40 elec Brute
Graf von Eisenfaust, 38 db/wp Brute
Blue Banshee, 35 sonic Blaster
Blood Countess, 33 mind/storm Controller
Dr. Radon, 32 rad Corruptor
Phantom Pirate, 32 db/wp Stalker
52 tricks in a row. Damn.
Was about to start a Manti TF when DOOOOOOM skies went red and the team was "WTF!!!!" lol awesome, got all the badges within 5 minutes.
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Is the dropping of Tier 1's from Treats intentional or a bug?
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I had heard that if you got a treat with a rock, costume, or salvage, you got a tier 1 insp, otherwise it would be the tier 3. Is that what you are running into?
Pardon my ignorance, but how does one participate in trick or treating? My recollection of last year is hazy, but I thought it simply involved clicking on doors and getting either a trick (mob spawns) or a treat (akin to an inspiration). All of my door clicking endeavors have been met with "you cannot enter."
Are you in a zone within your character's level range?
Kid Lazarus, 50 empath Defender
Freek, 50 mind/psi Dominator
Black Khopesh, 43 db/wp Scrapper
Circuit-Boy, 40 elec Brute
Graf von Eisenfaust, 38 db/wp Brute
Blue Banshee, 35 sonic Blaster
Blood Countess, 33 mind/storm Controller
Dr. Radon, 32 rad Corruptor
Phantom Pirate, 32 db/wp Stalker
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I had heard that if you got a treat with a rock, costume, or salvage, you got a tier 1 insp, otherwise it would be the tier 3. Is that what you are running into?
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I've gotten about 95% Tier-1 inspirations with a few piddly Tier-2 inspirations tossed in, regardless of whatever other treats I may or may not have received.
Kid Lazarus, 50 empath Defender
Freek, 50 mind/psi Dominator
Black Khopesh, 43 db/wp Scrapper
Circuit-Boy, 40 elec Brute
Graf von Eisenfaust, 38 db/wp Brute
Blue Banshee, 35 sonic Blaster
Blood Countess, 33 mind/storm Controller
Dr. Radon, 32 rad Corruptor
Phantom Pirate, 32 db/wp Stalker
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Is the dropping of Tier 1's from Treats intentional or a bug?
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I had heard that if you got a treat with a rock, costume, or salvage, you got a tier 1 insp, otherwise it would be the tier 3. Is that what you are running into?
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I've gotten Treats that are just Inspirations, and they're Tier 1. I'm a bit annoyed, I was planning on hording a bunch of Tier 3s in my one-player Super Group base and selling them at Wentworth's on my lowbies in a few months. Great way to give a new character a cash boost. Oh well, the costume Salvage will still sell very well come summer. Does anyone know whether the Zombie attacks happen on a schedule, like Rikti Invasions, or are they random?
BackAlleyBrawler: I can't facepalm this post hard enough.
ShoNuff: If sophisticated = bro-mantically emo-tastic, then I'm going to keep to my Shonen loving simplicity dammit.
Problem solved. Many thanks.
Please use this thread to discuss the below announcement.
2008 Halloween Event Has Begun!
As a special thank you to all City of Heroes and City of Villains players we've begun this year's Halloween Event early! We've had such a great weekend at Hero-Con with the players that came out to our event and wanted to give something back to everyone else playing online! Now through November 2nd, enjoy the 2008 Halloween Event!
This year's event has a new twist with a group of unwanted guests looking to spoil the trick or treating, Zombies!
Zombies
These homely fellows seem to be literally rising from the ground beneath us and attacking heroes, villains and citizens without discrimination. Their taste in fashion is despicable, not to mention the flies and the smell! Be sure to have the zone event channel added to one of your chat tabs in-game to see the event notifications and take part in all the fun!
Badges, Temporary Costumes and Other Rewards
But know this! With new challenges come new rewards! All of last year's trick or treating goodies are back this year. Heroes and Villains can collect Classical Costumes (and wear them) for Trick or Treating throughout the city. Badges will be available for those who collect the most Classical Costumes. It's almost enough to make heroes and villains set their differences aside. Almost.
Old Enemies Return
Ravenwing Cabal's Annah will be in Croatoa to explain more about some of the activities, as will Granny Beldam in Nerva Archipelago.
The fun begins today, October 18th, and continues through Sunday, November 2nd at 11:59pm EST.
Lighthouse
Community Relations Manager
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