Since when did PP Captains do such heavy recruit?
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AkuTenshiiZero,
Posted on: 2009-07-22 24:36 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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i use to love the bank door..run in the talos mayhem and rush to the bank door and just wait for the hordes of longbow to come in''
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Either that or they are Kheld melds... who figured out how to replicate via mitosis. You see, people?! This is what happens when you equip too many hami enhancements.... CLONES!
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Looks like a perfectly normal number of ambushers...
who lost track of you and all went to the same location.
Ambushes were broken before the last patch in that they didn't show up at all. Now, they got the wrong address.
Blame dispatch.
And /bug it.
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I did a Mayhem earlier and after completing the Smash & Grab had about 6-8 PPD (nothing like this, but I was on Difficulty 1) swarm into the Pwn Shop. I ran out and they chased me all the way to the bank; it took two red insps to fight them off. Something definitely seems off about the spawns.
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Love the second picture where someone is saying "we can do another mission".
Obviously doesnt appreciate the value of a true challenge!!! Ah the scrapper in me is calling out for that mission now!
I've had similar "problems". It happens sporadically, acctually. I call it "The Half Circle of Death". An army of Longbow who all gather at one point in a neat semi-circle, because I somehow spawned a ton of ambushes who got lost and regrouped in one location.
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Aku, what you described is the "Longbow Eagle Death Squad". I'm guessing this happened after you flew/SJed to the bank?
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Looks like a perfectly normal number of ambushers...
who lost track of you and all went to the same location.
Ambushes were broken before the last patch in that they didn't show up at all. Now, they got the wrong address.
Blame dispatch.
And /bug it.
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Its not an ambush the Police Captains summon them. They give no experience at all they are summoned. The bank (Which I could not get a screenshot of) had like 2-3 captains making them. There was so many in the bank it crashed your game when you went in.
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Aku, what you described is the "Longbow Eagle Death Squad". I'm guessing this happened after you flew/SJed to the bank?
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Oh no, I am well aware of that one. I often trigger it on purpose for the grande finale of a good Mayhem 
These are ground troops. The usual Nullifers and random mixture of minions, except for Eagles and Spec-Ops. They seem to be triggered seperately from the Longbow Air Force, as I call them. This is an entirely differant phenomenon, which I believe is somehow tied to side-missions. Completing one sometimes coincides with the spawn. Frankly, I have no idea what causes it.
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Tee hee, Ambush Bug.
The Longbow Eagle Death Squad is not an ambush. They are in flight when the map spawns, hanging around the bank. If you fly or leap anywhere around the bank they'll probably agro. They have extended agro range and can't be grounded by any means.
I haven't seen these PPD mobs that summon other PPD yet. I'll have to take a look in MA and see if they're listed....
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The Longbow Eagle Death Squad is not an ambush. They are in flight when the map spawns, hanging around the bank. If you fly or leap anywhere around the bank they'll probably agro. They have extended agro range and can't be grounded by any means.
I haven't seen these PPD mobs that summon other PPD yet. I'll have to take a look in MA and see if they're listed....
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Its the Police Captains, I think it might of been when Castle tweaked NPCs so they made use of all their powers. Here's what happens:
The Paragon Police Captain will do the Whistle animation and sounds like he is whistling, two-three minions or summons a lieutenant will run up next to him. (Just like the Mastermind summon)
Here's the bug, they do it OVER and OVER again and pretty soon they have a GIGANTIC army. These NPCs are worth no experience, do not eventually die from a duration timer, and there is an infinite number. I would say the only good thing about this bug would be you could easily farm Paragon Police for the badge for part of the accolade.
The bank was literally so crowded, because they kept constantly spamming whistle, that you could not move. It was insane.
Yeah, I found the mob in MA last night. I haven't tried using it in a test mission to see what it does, but the power is listed as Call For Backup.
It definitely sounds like it's bugged. Sadly, if the pets don't give XP they probably don't count for the PPD badge either, not that it's any kind of ordeal for villains to get that one.
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In other words, they are doing a bug and spawn infinite soldiers. You should of seen the bank...