It was a dark and stormy night, and I was on a TF
By
FunstuffofDoom,
Posted on: 2009-06-27 12:13 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
By
FunstuffofDoom,
Posted on: 2009-06-27 12:13 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
A RikTF, to be precise.
But, lets take a step backwards. View it from a fresh perspective, and with some background information. Im told that makes stories more interesting.
It began, strangely enough, at night. I logged on to my Night Widow Belbe, level 24, Virtue server. Shes looking for a team, in case youre interested. and I ran a mission. I do that a lot, because its Redside, and there are never any teams Redside unless you make them yourself. I hear its something to do with Devs hating Villains, but it could just be my lazy [censored] running stuff in Sharkhead, instead of a zone that actually has people.
Who knows?
Anyhow, after five minutes of waiting around, I began to get bored quick-like, when a message pops up in Virtue LFG Alpha, or some other similar global, about a RikTF starting that needs just one more person. Now, its been some time since I ran a RikTF, and I had wanted to play my Widow, but my memories are favorable, and Im really, really bored. Its been a whole five minutes, after all.
So, I responded that I had a character available, that I was willing to help out, and switched over my Scrapper Noble Intent, level 50, Katana/Regen, Virtue Server. Hes usually busy.
I joined up with the team, said my Hellos, and proceeded to get oriented. S been a while since Ive been on, and even longer since Ive been on Noble Intent in particular, so I was a wee bit out of stride. Also, I just returned from school, so Im using an ergonomic keyboard instead of a laptop to type, so it was all sorts of interesting.
I missed, however, in my warm-up phase, that the TF had already started, and that the mission was up. I headed on over to the door, and zoned in to find the team already beating up the first set of mobs. Mentally kicking myself in the head being late to the first mission because Im too busy getting into shape is not how I like to start TFs. Especially not Pick-Up ones. I found a not-dead yet mob, and began hacking away. It died really fast, but I chalked that up to the team having good momentum, and perhaps the mob being debuffed. So we moved on to the next group. And, again, I almost felt like a third wheel. Things were dead so fast, I was feeling like I barely contributed to the kill.
Now, as it happens, I was barely contributing, because Id been Speed Boosted and hadnt realized it, and was running Sprint, so I was moving way faster than normal, which destroyed my positioning. When I realized this, I stopped Sprinting, and my positioning improved. I then started playing like a bit more aggressively, and fit right into the flow. The first mission went smoothly. The Clockwork King and his entire group dropped in under a minute.
That isnt the cool part, though.
No, this is still all background information. The cool part is in mission 2.
See, like all good little /Regen Scrappers, I monitor my positional defenses, and a few times during the first mission they got a little high. Nothing exceptional, but I was running around with 60% for a couple mobs, which was quite nice. Then mission two came along, and this happened.
No, its okay. Take your time. Come back when you see it.
(Pst! Its right here!)
S right. My defense was almost one hundred percent higher than the soft cap.
Needless to say, I joined the TF to kick [censored] and chew bubblegum, and I conveniently left the bubblegum behind. And I exaggerate not at all when I say that is exactly what happened.
So, a-hem. If you decided tl;dr somewhere back near the top, the skinny is: I joined a PUG RikTF, and the people on it were all skillful and awesome, and I am also awesome. You may now regal me with tales of your own bodacity, or bow in worship.
Either one is good.