Please share with me your preferred flashback for earning merits...
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Catwhoorg,
Posted on: 2009-08-31 11:41 in Player Questions
A friend of mine did this guide - it is mainly aimed at badges but gives a good description of which arcs are easier to run than others.
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=180196
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
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ty much.
The above giude is good as well as http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=122075 this one from HighBeam.
Badging in a PvP zone?
If you are treasure hunting on a battlefield wearing an enemy uniform, there is a high probability that you will be attacked.
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I run a variety of arcs, basically whatever takes my fancy at the time.
A couple of funs for me
For a quick dose of a few merits: The Strange Case of Benjamin Decker, also when run as a 50 does give some small chance of a purple drop.
I run a lot of the zone arcs (Hollows, Faultline Croatoa and Striga) to minimise travel time and find they have the most interesting stories and foes.
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Redside, I run the Mender Silos SF. Takes half an hour or so, gives 9 merits, but you need to have a character capable of soloing EBs. If I just need a few quick merits, I run "The Unlucky Artifact" from Hard Case (35-39 range). Including travel and load times I can usually do that one in 2-3 minutes (zone into mission, stealth to end, kill boss), it's worth one merit and gives a badge.
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Personally, I don't do flashbacks for the merits because task forces are 'calibrated' by the devs for a higher rate of merit earning. The Positron task force is easily soloable (I've done it with a defender, controller, scrapper and tanker).
You need 3 on the team to start it, then one should quit the TF. The other person can then log out or shop in Wentworths or whatever. The TF will spawn for a team of two whether your 'anchor' is logged in or not. If the 2nd person quits, the TF will disband.
If you don't have to rest too much (I generally use a /regen scrapper), you can easily do it in under 3 hours. If you have any stealth ability, faster than that. If the other person helps, rather than just anchoring, even faster yet since it's spawning for two anyway (plus they get the merits).
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I can do the Viridian arc in under an hour, and in I16, its Merit reward is being increased!
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
As the title states I'd like to pick the brains of any/everyone. One detail I would like people to consider is the flashback should be manageable for solo play. I ran a flashback with my lvl 50 fire/mental and it worked out well.
This is primarily a question for blue flashbacks although if you'd like to share some redside insight as well that's fine.