Rikti Invasion Incoming! ~Discussion~

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Moar zombie invasions kthnx.

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Rikti > Zombies

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Wow. Some of you people sound like you're jaded beyond enjoying the game anymore. Myself, I've only been playing since January, and I can't wait to see this. I get all excited when the sky turns red or green...

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I've been playing since I 6 and I still get excited by it. Not as much as I did when the invasions first started, of course, but I love that they're in the game.

Especially Rikti. I remember when those invasions first started. It was like the whole world changed. Nowhere was safe for long. Those mournful warning sirens were almost spine-tingling. It was great.

Don't listen to the fuddy-duddies. Gear up and get ready to face the invasion!

Yeah... still excited after all this time!

Woo!

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If people dont like it, dont do it. Tired of the game? Quit.

Me, I always like these things no matter how much I have done them. Plus, I still need the accolade for some of my toons. Can't wait!

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Moar zombie invasions kthnx.

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Rikti > Zombies

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Definitely. The zombie events should have happened more like a Supatroll raid - massive amounts of zombies pouring forth from a set spawn point (probably several spawn points given the zone-wide nature) so it felt like a zombie attack. If it were really cool the citizens would be running around and the zombies would attack them and turn the citizens into zombies. Of course, the zombies shouldn't hit quite as hard given the numbers they'd be appearing in.

But as it is, they just feel like a sawed off Rikti attack. I'm surprised hellish Necromancers in flaming chariots don't fly around dropping pumpkin bombs.

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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound

WOOHOO! Time to refilm my Issue 10 "Invasion" video PROPERLY!

Dropship teams, start your engines...

Michelle
aka
Samuraiko/Dark_Respite

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Wow. Some of you people sound like you're jaded beyond enjoying the game anymore. Myself, I've only been playing since January, and I can't wait to see this. I get all excited when the sky turns red or green...

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Me too! Sky turning eerie and then crowds of players pumping up to take them down the min they arrive... I love it.

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Yep, but wait until its there are a few more, then a few more, and then another is announced.

A few more will be posting that it gets tiring to have the same "special event" happen over and over again.

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Moar zombie invasions kthnx.

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Rikti > Zombies

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How about Rikti zombies?

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Like Inquizitor, I enjoy the random invasions spawned by players doing raids in RWZ, but these server wide events are just horrible. On paper they sound great, but the server lag and crashing ruin the experience.

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that im going to have to agree with. I wish things were a bit more stable. my superteam wont be much use if they have to reboot/verifyfiles/login/ invasion over....

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Ignoring anyone is a mistake. You might miss something viral to your cause.

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I wish things were a bit more stable.

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How dare you expect a stable software? >:O

CoH Engines needs a revamp. A major revamp. I'm only hoping they do it in Going Rogue. Hopefully.

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Wow. Some of you people sound like you're jaded beyond enjoying the game anymore. Myself, I've only been playing since January, and I can't wait to see this. I get all excited when the sky turns red or green...

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Me too! Sky turning eerie and then crowds of players pumping up to take them down the min they arrive... I love it.

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Yep, but wait until its there are a few more, then a few more, and then another is announced.

A few more will be posting that it gets tiring to have the same "special event" happen over and over again.

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Quick, without looking it up, can anyone name the last time we had an Invasion event? These things don't happen very often, and even during the event, as someone else pointed out, you'll only see the invasion once every three hours, unless you change zones alot and catch more, or hang out in a zone that doesn't have them and don't see any at all.

At least the badges you get from the Rikti Invasion give you something halfway useful.

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Loose --> not tight.
Lose --> Did not win, misplace, cannot find, subtract.
One extra 'o' makes a big difference.

The last event was last month that got me real excited. Why? Because it broke the routine. AE missions are either boring or farms or so hard they make it hard to solo. And lets no get on the old mission that are outdated and over done I can sleep in a FrostFire mish and still win. This is a comic book universe, there should never be boring in the universe. DC and Marvel has proven that. World events are cool, but they have to be cool tho. Winter Events? Not so much awsome sauce there.

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Ummmm.....They kinda never really left?

PS: Why cant the Rikti win once and awhile also?

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Moar zombie invasions kthnx.

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Rikti > Zombies

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How about Rikti zombies?

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I like the way you think

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Wow. Some of you people sound like you're jaded beyond enjoying the game anymore. Myself, I've only been playing since January, and I can't wait to see this. I get all excited when the sky turns red or green...

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I've been playing for over 2 years now... and I totally agree with you!

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Not again

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there really should be more to the event than just meet up in one spot and beat on stuff till the event ends, I think that there should be some sort of random objective the Rikti are after in each zone, some examples, in Atlas park the destruction of the atlas statue would crush morale in the city, if the rikti can plant enough bombs then they win (and a new place will have to be found for holding CC's, till the scene is reset anyway)
In Sharkhead the rikti could be planting bombs on one side of the pit, enough placed and boom, the pit becomes a giant pool till Cage can get it emptyed.
Far fetched I know, but I like to dream

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Unit 609-1231 mk VII lvl 50 Stalker claws/EA
BlazingWing lvl 50 Blaster Fire/Fire/Fire

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*RUBS TEMPLES*

Okay, maybe its time to kick the tires and see if the old "new idea machine" can come up with something...new.

I mean, another invasion?

Haven't the Rikti gotten the point, yet?

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Totally agree.

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Moar zombie invasions kthnx.

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Rikti > Zombies

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How about Rikti zombies?

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How about zombies have a bite attack that has a chance to turn you into a zombie! Zombie attacks would mean any zone could become a brief 10 minute cluster [censored] of PvP chaos. Also, your charcter would need to do the zombie walk while a zombie. THAT would be interesting. :P

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Maybe they could divert their attention to Citi Field for an evening and put me out of my misery?

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Ummmm.....They kinda never really left?

PS: Why cant the Rikti win once and awhile also?

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Honestly, that's what i was thinking. i just kicked some rikti carapace last night during what was supposed to be an invasion. *shrug*

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WAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Time to stomp some Rikti!!!!

For those negative nellies, remember the first time YOU were part of a Ritki Invasion, or any of the earlier issue invasions? The adrenaline pumping? The vastness? The epic battling? Bombs dropping all around you? Fighitng side by side with your friends, SG or VG?

Well, we have a lot of new folks over the last several months that may NOT have had the privilege we've had!

I'm sure those unwilling and non-desirous of participating can find another zone or AE building to hide in while espousing their ire.

I would imagine that well-played, veteran players would at least have the chutzpah to go the distance and show our new members how a community takes care of itself and the Ritki, especially to prove the words 'can't' or 'won't' are in your vocabulary in taking on a simple challenge, like maybe organizing your SG or VG to muster up members for a few hours of zone-hopping, Rikti Invasion-stomping at the SG/VG level itself, or upping the ante and organizing and taking down a Ritki Dropship during the invasion.

I'm sure the Devs know this is old to us veteran players. We, as vets, can do out part by making this a memorable event for the new players and SG/VG members alike.

The benefits of our actions may get some of the die-hard AE players to 'step outside' of their AE enclosures and try something new, maybe even be impressed enough to join SGs/VGs or try hopping to other invaded zones to re-experience the rush they got in their first invasion, which may be this weekend.

We once were in the same shoes as all our new members are now. Let's not forget those that made the difference in our early gaming experience, especially in unique events such as this.

[/ QUOTE ]I might agree with this point, if we never had Rikti invasions throughout the rest of the year. THEN this would feel like an event an not an annoyance. But I've been able to collect all the badges on the characters I wanted through the regular random attacks. A new player can do the same.

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Hey look! Aion beta even weeked that weekend. That's where I'll be. Then I'll come home once the invasion is over again of course.

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@bpphantom
The Defenders of Paragon
KGB Special Section 8

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The last invasion there was an organized server-wide Drop Ship take down... If I remember correctly we on Virtue won with over 40 I believe (I may be off by a few)... either way it was the best time I'v had playing since I started playing this game. I so hope we get to do it again.

If you haven't had a chance to take down a Drop Ship with over 100 other Hero's... man you are seriously missing out!!!

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If its broke, don't fix it... I like the chaos!

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So what's different between an invasion and when they appear regularly? Is the game play different? Or is it just more of those same invasions?

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It's pretty constant.

Good luck to anyone brave enough to attempt a Numina that weekend.

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No worse than starting Numina TF is any other time. Zombie events happen at least every few hours on Virtue most days. Don't know about the rest of the servers, but I know about half of the Numina TFs I've been on since the zombies started last year have hit at least one zombie-induced speed bump.

Rikti invasions don't happen nearly as frequently. The actual fighting also isn't as long because the bombing phase takes up a big chunk of the event instead of being the whole event. And the Rikti events actually offer a useful Accolade.

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The last invasion there was an organized server-wide Drop Ship take down... If I remember correctly we on Virtue won with over 40 I believe (I may be off by a few)... either way it was the best time I'v had playing since I started playing this game. I so hope we get to do it again.

If you haven't had a chance to take down a Drop Ship with over 100 other Hero's... man you are seriously missing out!!!

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I really want to be around for a drop ship kill sometime. I usually do invasions on red side with my MM though.

Do you plan on hitting any of the Virtue global channels to announce Drop Ship planning during the upcoming invasions?

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