Rad Superteam and Midlevel Recipes

Chatting with a couple people during the past week gave me an idea. One discussion was about starting a rad "super team"; the other was about their participation in generating mid-level recipes with the Market Forum endeavor.

So far there are 4 of us interested in starting up a */rad super-team. It's been suggested that we start up a red-side team but nothing is finalized. Two of us are planning to eventually "park" our alts at 33rd or 35th, but there won't be a requirement that anyone interested in joining has to stop leveling.

Things to be determined may include, but aren't limited to:
-Required/Suggested power picks/template
-a Theme
-Supergroup (new or use/acquire an existing one?)
-use of existing global channel or creating (yet) another?
-will there be a designated night or time to play together?
-who is/are going to lead/spearhead this effort?
-red or blue?

I think one person taking vengeance should be more then enough. I do not have a preference either way as far as red or blue goes. I could use the help finally getting a villain off the ground. But theres a reason heroes hold my heart so either way is fine with. Weekends are usually best for me as the week can be a little unpredictable, i can always force Mrs. Scrappy to fill in if work screws up the occasional day though.

This sounds like it could be a lot of fun and I do love rad. Count me in for now and my vote goes to red side but blue is fine too.

I assume something like Cold Domination/Radiation Blast would be out of the question, right?

Just seeking clarification.

I'm game, you know how I love my /Rads.

"Sorry bucko, but CoH and CoV are the same game." -BackAlleyBrawler
"Silly villain, CoX is for Heroes!" -Saicho

Sign me up for the radiation goodness with any side being fine with me. Time to come up with a name....

I like this idea and would definitely be interested, I'm game with either side - both my existing rads are at 50, so I'd definitely be rolling a new toon for this.

As to SGs - I'd prefer using my existing SGs for my toons - they're both small and every bit of prestige helps. Perhaps using a global channel for this would work better.

When Badge was running Corruptor Days, there was a set day and time to run - this worked well, I think this is a good idea to consider.

My former SG had an all Defender team running on another server.

Fastest levelling toons ever.

Have fun guys.

Okay, I'm one of the people in the marketing group you mentioned.

We just ran a "slow" two hour 7-man Posi last night. I say "slow" because we didn't ghost. We just killed everything in our way. The only reason we had any deaths at all was we'd occasionally get split up (because we weren't paying attention). If difficulty of the TF wasn't locked at +0, we probably could have handled it at +2. 4 of us were Protector regulars.

Essentially, once you get to SOs, AM is perma on a large team.

If we planned to level much past 33-38, I'd LOVE to see what a Doc Q would run like.

I'd also post in the MidLevel Crisis thread(s) and let them know as well. It might make sense to have an alternate venue for the endeavor. Especially after we tried to engage in a Rikti Raid last night. *BLEEP*ing lag-tastic is about the nicest thing I can say about it.

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I've got a Plant/Rad I wouldn't mind throwing into this. If you're not full up and I'm about, count me in.

Here's a template and feedback is encouraged. We're going with the Villains/Redside.

Requirements:
- Accelerate Metabolism at level 4
- any 2 of [Radiation Infection, Radiant Aura, Envervating Field, Lingering Radiation] prior to level 20 and should have RI, EF and LR by 30th
- any 2 of Maneuvers, Assault, Tactics prior to level 24(?)
- AoE attack as early as available
- be friendly and have fun!

Optional/recommended:
- Hasten (highly recommended)
- Fallout and Choking Cloud (not available till 35th/28th)
- It would be nice if we had a couple people (or not too many) with: Grant Invisibility, Vengeance, Mutation, Recall Friend

Note that Stamina is not needed when teamed so is not recommended.


With the amount of interest we've received, I think we'll try for 2 "scheduled" playtimes; ideally they will be time windows that will give everyone a chance to team. People are encouraged to play together at other times since the new sidekick/lackey rules should make teaming different levels easy.
For discussions sake the proposed times are Sunday afternoon and Monday evenings. If these times conflict with other regular events or you think they'd be better spread out more, please make suggestions. Also if both times are bad for you, please chime in.

As suggested previously, we'll be using "STF Masters" since many of you have that channel already. It's open for anyone to join from channel search; an invite isn't needed. Everyone is free to use their own supergroups. If you don't have one, you're welcome to join Domain of Wrath with me. I'm sure others will welcome you into their SG as well.

Please invite players from other servers to join us. This is a great chance to play on the redside with such limited redside opportunities on many servers. Protector has excellent redside players and they are well represented in the replies in this thread. RSF is run all the time and we've run successful Hami Raids. For those without a level 50, I'd recommend not to turn off xp, assuming we can keep this going that long.
I'll personally provide infamy for slotting SOs/DOs and maybe a bit more to those lacking resources, especially anyone not native to Protector.

As we get rolling we should be able to work on accessible accolades.

Does anyone have suggestion for a(n) (optional) theme for the characters?

I'm still looking for others to "take up the star"


I know "you can't make everyone happy" so make your voice heard while we're still getting organized.

If this lasts that long, I might bring in a /Rad Controller after rogue drops.

Impyre, is there enough interest blue side to run this, or maybe change it to a dark/* defender team as well as the rad aspect for blueside? I think dark defenders would chew through stuff almost as fast as rads, and we need more dark defenders!

Rad Iculous has been re-created as a Corruptor. I am willing to participate on the Blue side with this too if there is enough interest.

"Sorry bucko, but CoH and CoV are the same game." -BackAlleyBrawler
"Silly villain, CoX is for Heroes!" -Saicho

For this character, I will be taking a travel power late in the build if at all. I would rather pick up RI at 4 and AM at 6, so that there is some debuffage. I am iffy on how to combat invis. Superspeed + stealth proc? Stealth + stealth proc in sprint or stealth and superspeed. I am leaning toward Stealth and Sprint so that I can fit recall in there. I plan on using my own SG, since I am solo, I need every drop of prestige that I can get.

Anyway, I made a quick template of what I am thinking build wise:

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.601
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Rad Iculous: Level 34 Magic Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Fire Blast
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Concealment

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Fire Blast -- Empty(A), Empty(3), Empty(3), Empty(5), Empty(5), Empty(34)
Level 1: Radiant Aura -- Empty(A), Empty(7), Empty(7), Empty(9), Empty(9), Empty(34)
Level 2: Fire Ball -- Empty(A), Empty(11), Empty(11), Empty(13), Empty(13)
Level 4: Radiation Infection -- Empty(A), Empty(15), Empty(15), Empty(34)
Level 6: Accelerate Metabolism -- Empty(A), Empty(17)
Level 8: Hurdle -- Empty(A)
Level 10: Hasten -- Empty(A), Empty(17), Empty(19)
Level 12: Rain of Fire -- Empty(A), Empty(19), Empty(21)
Level 14: Health -- Empty(A), Empty(21), Empty(23)
Level 16: Mutation -- Empty(A)
Level 18: Enervating Field -- Empty(A), Empty(23), Empty(25)
Level 20: Stamina -- Empty(A), Empty(25), Empty(27)
Level 22: Lingering Radiation -- Empty(A), Empty(27), Empty(29)
Level 24: Assault -- Empty(A), Empty(29), Empty(31)
Level 26: Stealth -- Empty(A)
Level 28: Tactics -- Empty(A), Empty(31)
Level 30: Vengeance -- Empty(A), Empty(31), Empty(33)
Level 32: Inferno -- Empty(A), Empty(33), Empty(33)
Level 35: Fallout -- Empty(A)
Level 38: [Empty]
Level 41: [Empty]
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Scourge


That's going to make for one tight build, so I will probably take him to 36 before parking so that I can get the 3 additional slots

"Sorry bucko, but CoH and CoV are the same game." -BackAlleyBrawler
"Silly villain, CoX is for Heroes!" -Saicho

Vega: You can skip Stamina. With stacked AM's, there is no need for it. That will free up a couple slots and allow you to fit in some powers earlier. If you're concerned about being able to solo, create a second build that does have Stamina in it.

Some builds will be tighter than others depending on the primary but Panzer does bring up a valid point in using the secondary build to alternate between a soloing or team build. I think Imp's suggestions for certain powers by the 30s gives enough flexibility to still come up with something close (if not) the build you want to take through to 50 or until you level lock the toon.

The ability to "fight" while you wait for someone's AM to recharge if you die.

I would forgo Stamina myself, but that would probably be the reason.