This is a great idea and should spice up some of the older content a bit for people. Especially, RPers like myself. Count me in!
That does sound like fun. 
Let us stifle under mud at the pond's edge
and affirm that it is fitting
and delicious to lose everything. ~ Donald Hall
I like positive responses thus far! Maybe I'll run another one this afternoon.
*starts to contemplate what to run*
50s: Bla- Arch/Mental Cont- Mind/FF, Earth/Cold, Ill/Therm, Earth/Rad Dominator- Plant/Psi, Elec/Earth Corr- Fire/Storm, Arch/Sonic, Rad/Kin, Beam/Sonic, Psi/Time Stalker- Elec/SR Def- Storm/Dark, Emp/Psi, Dark/Elec, FF/Arch, TA/Ice, TA/Elec, Kin/AR, Cold/DP, Traps/Psi Scrap- Fire/Shield Tanker- Dark/Mace, Ice/Kin Brute- Claws/WP, SS/Energy, BS/Elec
(( Note: These contacts are based off what I remember for Ouroboros arcs, not all the contacts with the arc ))
Clockwork Sweep!
Get the Clockwork out of the warehouse before the Skulls get involved
Contact: Maurice Feldon
Level Range: 5-9
Mission Breakdown- 1 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
*Single Badge Mission- Negotiator Badge*
Clockwork Captive
Contact: Athena Currie
Level Range: 10-14
Mission breakdown- 4 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Hunts, 1 Talks
Mind of a King
Contact: Colleen Saramago
Level Range: 15-19
Mission breakdown- 3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 2 Hunts
Synapse Task Force
Contact: Synapse
Level Range: 15-20
Mission breakdown- 9 Door Missions (5 Defeat All), 1 Hunts, 2 Talks, 1 Patrol
Investigate the psychic signal
Contact: Tina Macintyre
Level Range: 40-44
Mission breakdown- 1 Door Missions
*Single Badge Mission- Emancipator Badge*
(( You could also toss Penelope Yin into this sweep due to the Clockwork summon ))
Or...
Faultline Zone Sweep
The Rumbling of the Past
Contact: Jim Temblor
Level Range: 15-19
Mission breakdown- 3 Door Missions
'I Lost My Daddy'
Contact: Penelope Yin
Level Range: 15-19
Mission Breakdown- 3 Door Missions, 1 Hunts, 1 Talks
*Badge for completing the last mission- Rescuer*
The Buried Past
Contact: Doc Delilah
Level Range: 20-24
Mission Breakdown- 3 Doors Missions, 2 Talks
A Faultline in the Sands of Time
Contact: Agent G
Level Range: 20-24
Mission Breakdown- 10 Door Missions (3 Defeat All)
(( Since the last one not only has multiple AVs multiple times, but it's 10 missions long and for 1 sitting will probably be equivalent to a TF, that and unlike other Story arc Zones, Faultline lacks a Trail to unlock and play. ))
50s: Bla- Arch/Mental Cont- Mind/FF, Earth/Cold, Ill/Therm, Earth/Rad Dominator- Plant/Psi, Elec/Earth Corr- Fire/Storm, Arch/Sonic, Rad/Kin, Beam/Sonic, Psi/Time Stalker- Elec/SR Def- Storm/Dark, Emp/Psi, Dark/Elec, FF/Arch, TA/Ice, TA/Elec, Kin/AR, Cold/DP, Traps/Psi Scrap- Fire/Shield Tanker- Dark/Mace, Ice/Kin Brute- Claws/WP, SS/Energy, BS/Elec
I have a relatively new Elect/Elect Scrapper - Rattletrap - whom I wouldn't mind running through the Clockwork sweep with you, but he's only like level 4, so I don't know what difficulties that would cause.
(Sometimes, I wish there could be a Dev thumbs up button for quality posts, because you pretty much nailed it.) -- Ghost Falcon
At the start of the arc, you have to meet the minimum requirements, as per any task force. So barring the last mission, you'd have to be level 15 minimum to participate in the entire thing. Though there's nothing that says you can't come and go as you please between arcs.
50s: Bla- Arch/Mental Cont- Mind/FF, Earth/Cold, Ill/Therm, Earth/Rad Dominator- Plant/Psi, Elec/Earth Corr- Fire/Storm, Arch/Sonic, Rad/Kin, Beam/Sonic, Psi/Time Stalker- Elec/SR Def- Storm/Dark, Emp/Psi, Dark/Elec, FF/Arch, TA/Ice, TA/Elec, Kin/AR, Cold/DP, Traps/Psi Scrap- Fire/Shield Tanker- Dark/Mace, Ice/Kin Brute- Claws/WP, SS/Energy, BS/Elec
And ideally, I'd need to be at least level 10 to start, otherwise I could only do the first mission if I understand correctly. I don't think I can get him up that high in such a short time, although I could try doing a sewer run for some relatively quick levels. We'll see.
(Sometimes, I wish there could be a Dev thumbs up button for quality posts, because you pretty much nailed it.) -- Ghost Falcon
Woot! Had a blast with this today! Btw I'm free most Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Sunday is my Aion day and Monday is my Task Force/Trial/RWZ Raid day ;-).
Freakshow Sweep
Hand of Iron
Contact: Andrew Fiore
Level Range: 20-24
Mission breakdown- 3 Door Missions, 1 Hunts, 3 Talks, 1 Patrols
Retrieve Weapons From The Freakshow
Contact: Andrew Fiore
Level Range: 20-24
Mission breakdown- 1 Door Missions
*Single Badge Mission- Pwnz Badge*
Freaklympics
Contact: Collin Larson
Level Range: 25-29
Mission breakdown- 8 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Freakshow War
Contact: Neal Kendrick
Level Range: 30-34
Mission breakdown- 8 Door Missions (3 Defeat All)
Sister Psyche TF
Contact: Sister Psyche
Level Range: 20-25
Mission Breakdown- 11 Door Missions (2-3 Defeat All), 2 Talks, 1 Patrols
50s: Bla- Arch/Mental Cont- Mind/FF, Earth/Cold, Ill/Therm, Earth/Rad Dominator- Plant/Psi, Elec/Earth Corr- Fire/Storm, Arch/Sonic, Rad/Kin, Beam/Sonic, Psi/Time Stalker- Elec/SR Def- Storm/Dark, Emp/Psi, Dark/Elec, FF/Arch, TA/Ice, TA/Elec, Kin/AR, Cold/DP, Traps/Psi Scrap- Fire/Shield Tanker- Dark/Mace, Ice/Kin Brute- Claws/WP, SS/Energy, BS/Elec
I'd like to thank those that came out to the Clockwork Sweep on the first day of double XP weekend, it was great fun! I hope you all enjoyed it because frankly, I did.
I'll continue to come up with more and run them as time allows. It's mostly compiling and guidelines if another person decides to run these. Feel free to scale up or down as you see fit. Don't have a time for a TF after 2-3 arcs? Don't do the TF/Trial right then. Nothing is pressuring you to do so. Anyone who's on the last contact of zones will access the Trail themselves, so there's no need to worry if you can't make the TF since someone else will on your team will have access to it.
50s: Bla- Arch/Mental Cont- Mind/FF, Earth/Cold, Ill/Therm, Earth/Rad Dominator- Plant/Psi, Elec/Earth Corr- Fire/Storm, Arch/Sonic, Rad/Kin, Beam/Sonic, Psi/Time Stalker- Elec/SR Def- Storm/Dark, Emp/Psi, Dark/Elec, FF/Arch, TA/Ice, TA/Elec, Kin/AR, Cold/DP, Traps/Psi Scrap- Fire/Shield Tanker- Dark/Mace, Ice/Kin Brute- Claws/WP, SS/Energy, BS/Elec
I know it's not May nor the Winter time for shows, as they are just now starting to pick back up. This is a "new" kind of sweeps that I've decided that it sounded like fun. I personally call it Zone Sweeps. Basically the idea is you take the story arc zones (Hollows, Faultline, Striga, Croatoa) and we run the entire story arc via Ouroboros and then do the Trial at the end. This means that we'd be doing 4 contacts in Ouroboros (maybe even get some Ouroboros badges) and then do the trial after we unlock it from the last contact.
Now, I did this once with a group this last Sunday, and we had I think three of us stay for the entire thing, picking up 3 others that stayed for the other 3 contacts and the trail. We did a Hollows Sweep. It was quite entertaining as we ran through it, grabbing badges and having an overall fun time with what the zone had to offer from story lines. What I'm looking forward to, is maybe starting runs of this once a week or more, offering a different zone or set of story arcs and TF to do on each. Like do a Vahz Sweep and doing all the arcs that have them as the major enemy group including the defeat of Dr. Vahz himself and maybe do a Posi at the end since it features Vahz to some extent (Only a general starting idea).
As for dates that seem to be working for me recently (though subject to change) is any time Tuesday/Thursday and nights of Sunday and possibly Saturday (depends on when I get scheduled). I was thinking of starting to pick this up as a new interesting idea that allows people to come and go (since Ouroboros arcs are only mini-TFs and people don't have to stay for the entire sweep), and allows people a new venue and idea to get badges, experience, prestige, etc. It also will give people the chance to have a strong group that's with them while completing story lines and getting merits (since everyone gets Ouroboros arc credit and Merits when they are on the team for Ouroboros).
Just to give an idea of the perks of this:
- A scheduled time for people to meet and do arcs together if they wish (and fill the team if someone doesn't make it)
- Gives you badges of the following types- Ouroboros accomplishments, Defeats, Accomplishments (since it opens TFs and there are their own badge missions in Ouroboros), Achievements (since you'll get most of the stuff that's there while on the team), Gladiators (from defeat badges and the untold ones like FFG), Accolades from other badges gained above, and for a stretch for categories Invention and Wentworths (since you do get drops of Salvage and recipes along with Inspirations, so technically you could get them...)
- What other benefit besides badges? Experience, Merits, Influence, Prestige, IOs, Salvage. A reminder, the mission complete recipes will be given at your character's level (so 50s will get level 50 set IOs on mission completes if it drops for you) and mission level appropriate generic/set recipes and salvage.
I'd also like to note that with times and the like, others are more than welcome to take some of my themes and run with them, or come up with their own. I don't have to be the only one that leads things and get all those tasty leading team badges for myself. I just figured that I'd toss out this idea and get an idea if others would be interested in this enough for me to come up with the careful planning of times and what not. As for the themes for the Sweeps, I can come up with that on my own and do them as I run them and broadcasting on the channels I have. However, I want to also get the word out that I'm doing these in case you don't belong in one of the global channels.
Note: I'm going to start editing in links to various Sweeps that I've compiled for easily finding them.
Clockwork Sweep
Faultline Sweep
Freakshow Sweep
50s: Bla- Arch/Mental Cont- Mind/FF, Earth/Cold, Ill/Therm, Earth/Rad Dominator- Plant/Psi, Elec/Earth Corr- Fire/Storm, Arch/Sonic, Rad/Kin, Beam/Sonic, Psi/Time Stalker- Elec/SR Def- Storm/Dark, Emp/Psi, Dark/Elec, FF/Arch, TA/Ice, TA/Elec, Kin/AR, Cold/DP, Traps/Psi Scrap- Fire/Shield Tanker- Dark/Mace, Ice/Kin Brute- Claws/WP, SS/Energy, BS/Elec