The all new MoPTF- a bit of sarcastic humor
By
Brimstone Bruce,
Posted on: 2009-05-28 01:38 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
After recently completing the Positron TF, for the first time, this little bit of humor had me laughing hysterically. We finished just under 4 hours and "that" was a stretch. If this were actually made possible I would bow down to any that received the badge. And it would not seem strange, to me, that the character seemed to twitch uncontrollably whenever the owner was asked about it.
Hehehe Heck I hae found myslef twitching a bit after completing the normal Posi. Four hours is NOT a bad time at all for that. I did one early this week with a 37 level blaster, the last one she needed for the TF Commander, and we managed 4 hours and 5 minutes without a stealth/Tper. Awesome team.
I have a lot of characters and would love to have TF Commander on all of them for the boost.. did a quick survey to see who needed what. I had 15 characters between 45 and 25 and of those 12 still needed the Positron TF. OMG I need to run it THAT many times! *twitches nervously*
The reason for this horrid situation? 1) like most players it is not my favorite TF and I usually have to force myself to join one. 2) Because it isn't popular finding anyone doing it or willing to IF you try to start one can be a tough. 3) I tend to like to do TFs when they still give me the benefit of XP even if I max out at some point and stop getting it .. and since its so easy to outlevel the Posi without doing it once I slip past it I find it hard to go back after it. 4) OMG the things you give up.. okay if I take a 30 level back to get it at least she has a permanent travel power but stamina is gone and I find myself sucking blue inspirations like crazy. Something I always enjoy NOT having to do after I hit 20 level and get stamina to begin with.
So let's see it's long, it's all over the place at a time when many don't have any travel power other than a raptor pack, and you get to battle some of the favorite villian groups in game ( LOL yeah everyone just loves the Vahz and COT sooo much). Is it any wonder I throw things at Positron every time I get near him in Steel Canyon? 
�We�re always the good guys. In D&D, we�re lawful good. In City of Heroes we�re the heroes. In Grand Theft Auto we pay the prostitutes promptly and never hit them with a bat.� � Leonard
�Those women are prostitutes? You said they were raising money for stem cell research!� � Sheldon
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I dedicate this post to anyone that has tried repeatedly to accomplish the MoSTF with less than favorable results and to anyone that has actually lived through a succesful one and still has their sanity.
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How tempted will you be to find me and murder me in my sleep if I tell you Have never /failed/ an attempt at the MoSTF? *le grin* To be fair, Ive only actaully gone for it twice (though I really have to get to it on my new main sometime just as soon as i put a decent team together).
8) The players will randomly at some point in the MoPTF contract a disease similar to the Vahzilok wasting disease. Though this does not specifically debuff the character it does have the following symptoms: uncontrolled intermittent twitch emote, if the character stands still for more than 30 seconds they have a cumulative 5% chance of going into a combat level Sleep state, anytime the chat function is used the system will randomly switch around letters or replace words.
(That last one hasn't been verified as being a programming effort by the Devs, it may just be exhaustion on the part of the player.)
9) Whenever reporting back to Positron there is a 20% chance that he will ask the players to go to the far corner of a zone that is distinctly higher than their current level. Upon entering the door mission they will be confronted by a single NPC who will say "Oh, yer here fer Pos-ah-tron's laundry? Sure, jus' lemme go get it."
10) There will be new music that plays during every transition screen between zones and when entering mission doors. "Time Is On My Side" by the Rolling Stones. The whole song must play before the screen resolves; every time.
11) As psychological torture... er... as an added bit of entertainment the Tips screen will feature such tidbits as "You can quit a task force at any time from your team menu." or "I bet your family really misses you by now." or "Doctors have proven that holding it when you really have to go greatly increases your risk of bladder infections."
12) There is a new clock feature that keeps track of just how much time you've been on the TF. It is labeled "Amount of Your Life You Won't Get Back:"
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
Pff, back in my day, about half of this was true for the Posi. I think my first run took 13 hours.
Having Vengeance and Fallout slotted for recharge means never having to say you're sorry.
Bah. Just go play a Quaterfield. It'll be shorter...
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14) There will always be a large, level 21 Clockwork ambush hanging around Positron - alledgely waiting to intercept a fedex mission from the Synapse TF.
Teams are the number one killer of soloists.
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I dedicate this post to anyone that has tried repeatedly to accomplish the MoSTF with less than favorable results and to anyone that has actually lived through a succesful one and still has their sanity.
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How tempted will you be to find me and murder me in my sleep if I tell you Have never /failed/ an attempt at the MoSTF? *le grin* To be fair, Ive only actaully gone for it twice (though I really have to get to it on my new main sometime just as soon as i put a decent team together).
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Heh, we were doing a quick run once. Ended up finishing in about 47 minutes, no deaths, and nobody used a temp power. We didn't have the conditions set, but everybody had MoSTF on their characters already, so we weren't too bummed. That said, I have failed several attempts, but I've been on probably 15 or more, so that's to be expected. My only lvl50 toon that doesn't have it is, sadly, my namesake.
To the OP and Steelclaw: you are both sadistic. And I kinda like it. xD
Victory: @Brimstone Bruce
Brimstone Bruce (lvl50 Stone/Fire Tanker) Broadside Bruce (lvl50 Shield/WM Tanker)
Ultionis (lvl50 Dark/Dark Defender) Cortex Crusher (lvl50 Mind/Kin Controller)
Patronox (lvl50 Kat/Dark Scrapper) Harbinger Mk.7 (lvl50 Bots/FF MM)
NightShift for Life.
In the last ten days I ran Four POSITRON TF's. All on Virtue.
[*]3 man: 2hours 10 minutes[*]4 man: 3hours 10 minutes[*]3 man: 2hours 55 minutes (third man dropped out on last mission)[*]3 man: 2hours 1 minute (just missing out on the gold badge for that TF)
We used every shortcut we could. Teleport to mission, Ouroborus portal, Teleport to Base, Wentworths Teleporter, Assemble the Team teleporter, and of course we dropped every mission we could (*).
They were all pick-up-groups, not super-teams, and it was pretty good fun. All of my entrants were L30+ so no XP for me.
Master of Positron would be a collosal pain. Heartily recommend that people -avoid-.
The first STF I was able to go on, I was refused entry, because they decided they wanted to try Master of Statesman (they failed). I was annoyed about that for a while.
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Part-Troll, who used to be Excession777, now playing pantomime with people's mindlets.
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If there's a badge, I'll run this, no matter how painful.
In the Arena of Logic, I fight unarmed.
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If there's a badge, I'll run this, no matter how painful.
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Congratulations! You've earned the "Master of Masochism" badge!
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
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4. Once it is decided this is an official attempt to gain the MoPTF all IO enhancements slotted will be auto exempted down to Training Origin status.
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Uh, they kind of already are...
Wicked_Wendy wrote:
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This will include Lunches packed by you mom
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OH NO YOU DIH-INT!
--NT
They all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
But I showed them, and nobody's laughing at me now!
If I became a red name, I would be all "and what would you mere mortals like to entertain me with today, mu hu ha ha ha!" ~Arcanaville
On the bright side, the lack of lunch would help the ability to adhere to the no bio breaks rule...
Storm Summoning is great because it makes you better than everyone else in the game. - Camma
Knockback is mitigation. It won't be removed just because meleers ***** and moan. - Chaos Creator
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In the last ten days I ran Four POSITRON TF's. All on Virtue.
[*]3 man: 2hours 10 minutes[*]4 man: 3hours 10 minutes[*]3 man: 2hours 55 minutes (third man dropped out on last mission)[*]3 man: 2hours 1 minute (just missing out on the gold badge for that TF)
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Small teams are the Posi trick.. Just finished a duo run in 1:40.
Yes but I like LARGE teams with plenty of XP to be had by my lower level characters who also happen to have a full circle PLUS of patrol XP and until it runs out the seasoned law enforcer XP bonus.
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I did Posi early this week with a 37 level Blaster on an 8 man team. No stealth/tper so we ground through each mission and still managed to compete in 4 hours and 5 minutes. Good team Good time.
Let's see I HAVE successfully completed 1 STF and FAILED one MoSTF with one failed regular STF as well to my credit. The latest, and the failed normal STF, was just this Sunday with a group of friends .. we did fine until we hit Lord Recluse and then just could NOT keep the tank alive long enough to take down the towers. Still enjoyed spending time with good friends and hey whats a few hundred thousand points of debt when you are a 50 level?
I love that additonal requirements Steel
What me? I'm not a sadist... I've run, in one day mind you, A Positron, followed by a Synapse, followed by a Sister Psyche TF on the same character. Went from level 11 to level 26 on a lazy Saturday with little else to do. I'm no sadist I am a masochist LOL
�We�re always the good guys. In D&D, we�re lawful good. In City of Heroes we�re the heroes. In Grand Theft Auto we pay the prostitutes promptly and never hit them with a bat.� � Leonard
�Those women are prostitutes? You said they were raising money for stem cell research!� � Sheldon
Introducing the latest addition to COH the Master of Positron TF. Similar to the Master of Statesman TF there are some specific details that must be met in order to earn the MoPTF:
1. Players may not use any temp powers during the TF to enhance their abilities. This will include Raptor Packs, Jump Packs, Lunches packed by you mom or anything else that may hasten the TF along.
2. Players will not only NOT use travel powers but MUST go into the pigg files and create a way to WALK to every mission.. running is simply not allowed it would get you there much too fast.
3. Even if a 50 level has joined the TF as an exemplar raising the level of the villains to the maximum no one will be allowed to SK during the TF and must struggle along at level 10 or 11 unable to hit anything and dying frequently since even the minion's pet cat cons purple in every mission.
4. Once it is decided this is an official attempt to gain the MoPTF all IO enhancements slotted will be auto exempted down to Training Origin status.
5. Despite the new average time for competiion of 8 to 10 hours players may NOT take bio breaks and must be active in every mission from begining to end or the quest fails. Devs will be assigned to monitor team chat and will hit the TF Failed button if the phrase BRB BIO is uttered.
6. Once the MoPTF selection button is pressed all mission will automatically be moved into purple caves .. that one with the 5 layer cakes portion that has all the holes you can fall through and drop onto a waiting mob of villains.. Note every hole in every cave will automatically have a double sized mob spawn below it.
6. Minimum team size will be artificially increased to 9 players and if anyone dc's or logs off the TF can not continue until they are back.
7. Unlike the normal PTF the last mission in a MoPTF will have AVs. In fact all of the current bosses and EB found in the normal TF will spawn as AVs even when they are found in as big a group a 3 or 4 in the same spot.
Players that successfully complete the MoPTF will get a shiny new badge and several years or mental health care at a reduced rate. We hope you enjoy this new addition to one of the favorite Task forces in the game.. Have fun and try not to scream so loud it wakes the neighbors. LOL
I dedicate this post to anyone that has tried repeatedly to accomplish the MoSTF with less than favorable results and to anyone that has actually lived through a succesful one and still has their sanity.
�We�re always the good guys. In D&D, we�re lawful good. In City of Heroes we�re the heroes. In Grand Theft Auto we pay the prostitutes promptly and never hit them with a bat.� � Leonard
�Those women are prostitutes? You said they were raising money for stem cell research!� � Sheldon