Okay, seems to be some really good positive feedback to make this one worthwhile.
Thanks so far to those who've stepped up to help on the leading roles and to those brave heroes willing accept the challenge!
The method is one we've tried before (and it worked) with a couple of small tweaks, i'll be posting this in the next few days.
"Like War_Hero said, leave it as it is, it toughens up the softies." - Naz Nomad
Union Heroes
War Borg - Leader of The Paragon Knights
Union Villains
McCabe - Co-leader of The Rogue Knights
Defiant - Supreme Hero
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Take it we wont be spaming holds for 2 hours this time? Aside from that, they won't make much difference
Oh no, does this mean i got to make my hami cossie again 
[/ QUOTE ]Holds - you'll have about five minutes of holds needed simply to make the green(?) mitos vulnerable to attack.
I won't be changing my primary outfit for this. I considered it last time but only when we'd started. Then again it was some months ago when that happened and would've been a waste of influence.
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There's no need to change cossie really, as its capped at 50 its not as much of a lagfest as old skool Hami. Tho id still stick to the no Aura/Wings/Cape thing tho as it does help.
If im not away that weekend, i will be there for sure. Ready and waiting in PI! 
Okay heroes, read the following and then read it again, if you're a hero on one of the leading teams, that's right you guessed it... read it again!
It's been done before and it's not offering anything new, I'm really just out there to get a bunch of people together for a much needed Hami kicking and a damn good laugh with the community.
Now if you've lead any of the teams previously, let me know. I've got some names from our previous Hami scraps and will testing the water shortly, meanwhile can any heroes who've led before e-mail War Borg in-game and let me know as I'm gonna start getting an idea of the AT's we have lots of and those we don't.
Right, the plan!
Below is a brief outline of the plan we'll be trying, if you find a problem with it please tell me, as it might be tricky on the day if there are any.
For the first part of the raid we will need to obtain some Essence of earth inspirations, (EoEs), these are vital as they are the only thing that gives damage resistance to Hamis attacks and those of most his mitos. They cap the dmg res against hamidons electrolyte damage for each AT.
We can get EOEs be defeating the monsters on Monster Isle in PI before the raid from half 6. Each time one is defeated, one person on each team that contributed significantly will receive an EoE, there is also a small chance that anyone who helped will receive one.
In order to get a good amount of these quickly, please form into teams of 7 only. A leader for each team will be designated so do not invite people unless asked pls, this will save us from ending up with a dozen teams of 4.
Make sure you have 2 insp slots free, otherwise you wont be able to receive EoEs.
DO NOT use the EoEs you get, any EoEs you get should be given to tankers and scrappers, as they will be holding aggro and are hopefully going to be the only ATs being hit by the electrolyte attacks. Other Ats may want to grab Breakfrees.
Once in the Hive Hamidon will be spawned when enough of the Monsters are defeated in the Hive. Apparently this is somewhere between 8 and 50 judging by the US raids.
Dont leave the hive if you die, its better to wait for a rez in case you lose your place. Some exceptions will be made in case of emergencies.
Hamidon deals Electrolytic damage using his attacks, his old AoE some of you will be familiar with and a new single target sniper like attack. These attacks also Stun and lower Regeneration and Healing.
A few shots form those will nullify all heals and regen. The Essence of Earth insps are important for tanking Hamidon and his range is around 600 feet, enough to reach the gathering areas so dont stand in his line of sight.
Mitochondria antibodies (Yellows), are basically Hamis blasters, there are 6 per wave. They deal a lot of Electrolytic damage and like hamidon they have a 600 foot range, both by ranged area attack and also have a point blank area attack.
These attacks also Stun and Knockback. Sadly the EoE insps do not protect from mez effects so powers like CM, ID are a must and should be spammed continuously, mez shields should be enough in most cases however. These Yellow Mitos Have insane Ranged Defense meaning melee attacks are the best.
Yellow mitos are in range to be supported by Blues and healed by Greens. A single Melee Scrapper can deplete the Yellow's 7k hit points in under 3 minutes if its not being healed so taking them out shouldnt be too difficult.
Mitochondria electrolytes (Blues) are very annoying sappers and there are six of them each wave. They deal Electrolytic damage over time and also drain endurance. This attack can even bounce across multiple heroes, so be careful.
Blues also have a melee range end drain that can deplete your end in seconds, so dont get close. Blues have high melee defense, but no real ranged defense.
Blasters Ranged attacks are perfect here. Melee attacks are useless but claws and spines scrappers can help out still once they are done with the yellow mitos.
Mending mitochondria (Greens) are Hamidon's Healers, and are also six each wave. They have some form of Personal Force Field and need to be held by a pack of Controllers or Blasters to drop it.
Greens have a melee range area heal for about 300 hit points, and a single target ranged heal for over 1200. Their odd attack deals Toxic damage and inflicts a -Regeneration and -Heal effect that can nullify heals and regen in two hits.
In order to effectively take these out the raid will be split into 4 teams.
A Team will consist of all scrappers, and a number of defenders, if there are enough it may be split into two teams. These scrappers will follow the team leader and attack his mito, continuing in a clockwise pattern.
P (Perimeter) team will consist of 5 scrappers and any spare empaths, they will each be assigned a yellow mito to hold aggro on, when A team reaches their mito a select scrapper will taunt it to draw aggro at a distance, while A team and any perimeter members who do not have a mito to aggro anymore attack it.
Team B will comprise of all blasters and most controllers, they will be split into 2/3 teams, their job will be to hold and destroy the green mitos, in order to stop them healing the other mitos. Only greens matter at first, spam holds until your team leader announces the order to attack, at which point switch to ranged attacks, any controllers with poor or no ranged attacks stick to holds.
None of you will need EoEs, so give any you have to tanks and scrappers. It's very important that the tanks and scrappers get these. Once all the greens are down move onto the blue mitos and simply down them with ranged attacks.
Team C are in charge of aggro, mainly Hamidons, all tanks will be in this team, as well as a kin with ID, and multiple empaths, theyre primary job is to hold Hami aggro.
One tank will hold aggro while using an EoE and being spammed with CM, when it starts to run out use a second EoE, when that is close to running out the heal and regen will have left the tank with little hp.
At this point the 2nd appointed tank pops an EoE and takes over, the first is pulled out, healed and the cycle is repeated. This may be adjusted depending on tanker HP.
Once all the mitos are down anyone with recall friend returns to the safe point, in case of emergencies and the rest of us attack Hami, When he hits 75% of his health he will respawn his mitos.
When I yell RUN, run faster as they will open fire quite quickly. Return to your designated safe points and we will then repeat this process, hell do another spawn at 50% and 25%, after those we just gank him and we win.
No pets allowed during the raid, they have a habit of aggroing a lot.
Whew, now all i've got to do is read it again.... 
"Like War_Hero said, leave it as it is, it toughens up the softies." - Naz Nomad
Union Heroes
War Borg - Leader of The Paragon Knights
Union Villains
McCabe - Co-leader of The Rogue Knights
Defiant - Supreme Hero
the yellows will mez over tanker/scrappers normal mez protection. just sayin.
my regen never seemed to get mezzed by em, although i did notice certain players getting mezzed through em in the last raid
I would like to put Techno Llama forward for the Blaster team. See you on the 26th.
Can you opt to do this Sunday evenings instead? I mean Friday nights? Oh come on! 
Having come up with the ultimate, best-in-the-entire-world, Inv/SS, build. I need to earn hami-s and also sell some of them for inf etc, etc to achieve it.
I am quite prepared to add team TP and Grp Fly to my Empath and villain side my MM. 7 teams of 7 leaves a spare person out of team, the number 50, who could in an emergency get invited to any team for team tping etc.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
This is notching up rather well.
Any more for any more joining Friday's Hami beat down!?
"Like War_Hero said, leave it as it is, it toughens up the softies." - Naz Nomad
Union Heroes
War Borg - Leader of The Paragon Knights
Union Villains
McCabe - Co-leader of The Rogue Knights
Defiant - Supreme Hero
I might be able to come.. not sure about this though as my gf is quite spontanious
i have a few toons to pick from so just say which u would need and ill bring it, if i can
Chimeratech Overlord - fire / kin troller (no ID)
Stupid healer - ill / emp troller (no tp or rez )
Spine Stalker - spine / sr scrap
hannibal. - rad / son def (45) has tp and rez
Fancy a crack at it this way?
http://uk.boards.cityofheroes.com/showfl...ge=1#Post967968
Just need 6 people with debuff toggles to do it. Don't have to do the TK thing but it would be interesting if we could find a good way to distract hami too.
@Sweet Chilli
The time is drawing near War
Might it be worth getting an admin to put a message on the union badgehunters channel and the hami channel if anyone is still in the hami channel?
I am afraid I can't make this on a Friday
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The time is drawing near War
Might it be worth getting an admin to put a message on the union badgehunters channel and the hami channel if anyone is still in the hami channel?
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hehehe, it's been on Badgers channels twice and keeps getting replaced!
Will have see about the Hami raid channel (i'm not in it anynore) or maybe use the Mothership Raid one?
I'll ask.....
"Like War_Hero said, leave it as it is, it toughens up the softies." - Naz Nomad
Union Heroes
War Borg - Leader of The Paragon Knights
Union Villains
McCabe - Co-leader of The Rogue Knights
Defiant - Supreme Hero
Sorry, I have no debuff toggler but I am willing to come if you announce the time soon enough and I can make it...
The gathering of heroes is to begin around 18:00 BST to start the EoE obtaining process, make sure everyone has at the very least 2 on them. Better to have more and whole stashes in your bases! Feel free to start gathering earlier.
The raid will start a little later, ideally wanna start around the 19:30 mark but wanna good to go by 20:00 BST.
The more we have getting the EoE's at the start, the sooner we raid!
I'm more the host of the raid rather than the leader, I've done several but certainly won't turn down any assistance!
War Borg is leading one of the Blaster/Controller teams.
To those of you that have previously stepped forward and mentioned to me you'd like to lead a team, please PM me here with toon(s) name so I have an up to date idea of those still attending.
"Like War_Hero said, leave it as it is, it toughens up the softies." - Naz Nomad
Union Heroes
War Borg - Leader of The Paragon Knights
Union Villains
McCabe - Co-leader of The Rogue Knights
Defiant - Supreme Hero
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I've done several but certainly won't turn down any assistance!
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Was successful?
We won't need hamidon costumes - we've got Halloween ones instead. A Halloween Hamidon bash?
I'm up for it. See you there tomorrow
The Intrepid's / The Institution - Union Server Hero / Villain Supergroups
Weekdays I am, on call. Should I not be at work tomorrow I will try to be present with a team teleporter.
Either way good luck with this.
Try SUs debuff method. Always good to try new ways. Debuffs would need range in them and the bigger the AoE they have the better. I'd like to learn of the result.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
The debuff itself would not need range. The method we used for putting the debuff on was as follows...
Debuffer needs:
Mezz protection
KB Protectiopn
EoE
End drain protection
A tank/empath/stormy (for the end protection for tank/empath) taunting hami or anything else that may hit the debuffer.
Runs in, puts both toggle/toggles on yellow mito, then either runs back or clicks accept on teleport prompt that is already waiting for him and take him to his point on the closest rock.
Note. Some rocks are just in range, but not all of the rock is in range and only part of it in some cases. There are exact places to stand without the debuff going out of the 200 yards range in some cases.
@Sweet Chilli
The other thing to remember is that people shouldn't go near the debuffer when they are behind a rock. If that person draws agro then the chain attack will hit the debuffer as well and the debuffer will be mezzed.
You'll see what I mean....its bound to happen at some point.
@Sweet Chilli
I will come with Iaso, an Ice/Empath troller.
I've got a lvl 50 Scrapper (Bot-Eireann) and provided I get out of work in time I'll join up if theres room.
I would still like to join as my fireblaster who has char as a hold if possible. Will be in PI for monster killing from 6.30.
Will you be setting up a raid channel for leaders to pass on important information? Ususally good to silence all but the main leaders of the raid.
FireBlazer Level 50 Fire/Fire Blaster
New Blood Foundation/Rebellion
Dark Merchant Level 50 Ninja Stalker
Bloodine
Global Chat: FireBlazer
Hey all
Super sorry for lateness
long story short, some events came up at work that could not be avoided.
Here now, let's kick Hami.
I have got the hump as I very nearly missed this (after all the hype) but will grab a beer and make merry!
"Like War_Hero said, leave it as it is, it toughens up the softies." - Naz Nomad
Union Heroes
War Borg - Leader of The Paragon Knights
Union Villains
McCabe - Co-leader of The Rogue Knights
Defiant - Supreme Hero
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Take it we wont be spaming holds for 2 hours this time? Aside from that, they won't make much difference
Oh no, does this mean i got to make my hami cossie again
[/ QUOTE ]Holds - you'll have about five minutes of holds needed simply to make the green(?) mitos vulnerable to attack.
I won't be changing my primary outfit for this. I considered it last time but only when we'd started. Then again it was some months ago when that happened and would've been a waste of influence.
Tyger (50), Mutation-Controller Mind/FF - oldest Mind/FF on Union