Nearly Nightly CoPs

I don't think I CAN join tonight, I may not be home in time, (9/1), but I am certainly interested on joining on a regular basis. I need the badge for my red-side badger. Necro/Dark MM. But I also have other toons to help for other runs, for other roles needed. Fire/Kin Corr, Rad/Rad Corr, Mind/ Psi Dominator.

@Hellfire Warlock

Alright. It is our first night tonight. I know there is alot of interest so if you dont get taken this run just know I will make sure you get to join us some time. We will be meeting in Pocket D at a litle before 9pm EST / 6 PST. I will want you to split up into 3 groups like i once did for Mo runs. I will explain once everyone is there. If you dont have Nukes and want to get one the most important wil be Bio nuke followed by Chem Nuke.

I'll go try and get myself some temps then, see if I can't get in on the run.

Gonna steal BTs thunder....

WE DID IT!

Got Raludek the Mad (Big Red). Took less than a half hour all together. I think we spent more time forming teams XD

But anyway, GO US!

My Thunder! Noooo
Yep Night one was a big sucess ill write up a review of the run and where i think we can improve. Even with some small hickups we were able to get together and do it. Thank you everyone especially for waiting so long that was no where near when i wanted to start. Hopefully word will get around and we will get more interest.
Tomorrow night Hero side. We will meet in RWZ as the D was just to loud and crowded.
Anyone who ran tonight and has any sugestions please send a tell ingame or a PM here im always welcome to input.

Awesome start!

First Nights review:

We had a little issue getting the timing down but after a reset we got the oblisks down without any issue. The way we set up to do the oblisks is pretty solid even with the issues it only took 15 mins to take them down. That leaves plenty of time to get the AV down.

After we entered I was asinging nuke orders and one went off. That caused a quick start that i wasnt expecting but it was managable. Remember Bio nukes are a click power not a targeted power. I took too long to call in the rest of the fighters and the brutes took a little too much damage to start i think next time having the whole group moving into the center at once will work better and just let the taunting and attacks draw the spawns in. After his shields went down all the nukes dropped and we pounded him into goo. He had 1/4 hp left when the respawn happened. We litteraly were tossing the last attack on the final baddie of the respawn when we had another respawn. If we had got the last one down a second or two sooner we would have finished him then. We took down the second respawn and dropped his shield which by that time let him regen quite a bit but with the team now used to the pattern of engaging the AV and splitting off to get the respawns it was just a matter of damage untill we dropped him.

All in all it was a great run with a somewhat pick-up group. We only had 22 of our 24 and we lost one due to a crash so that should go to show that you do not need to optmize the team to run this. To me the Nukes were helpful but not the needed aspect. The shivians and HAVS were the real important part of this allowing to increse our damage output. I would ask everyone to come with atleast a shivian for the next runs. Any nukes gathered are of course always welcomed.

It took us quite some time to get set up. depending on how the attendance is in the next week I will decide how often we will run these.

Keep an eye on this post for updated info on the NN CoP runs

I ended up with a SG meeting that kept me from the previous run- I'm definitely in for tonights. I've got Shivans (those are easy to pick up solo), and I even managed to get a rocket run together, so I've got a Chemical Burn to throw in as well- my very first rocket ever! ^.^

Yeah, I'm sorry about popping my Bio Nuke early there. I got it confused with my Enchantment of Serafina, the symbols are the same on the tray... Anyway, the obelisk strategy worked great. Teleporting a group for help for the last obelisk worked like a charm. We were only mere seconds off in our first two attempts, after the second reset, on the third try we were sucessful.

***Assemble the Team or Group Teleport strongly recommended.

Once we got into the Cathedral and began our assault is was clear that Bio and Chemical Nukes were needed, more so the Chemical Burn. The AV was regenerating suprisingly quick during shield phases, I recommend a sizable amount of -regen attacks. I believe in our 24 there was a /Rad and /Traps, Envenomed Daggers might help. And those Vanguard HVAS really helped in the damage department as they also seemed to take more punishment than the Shivan's could.

It was my first CoP run, it was frantic. It took three shield phases to put the AV down. At no point did our team have more than 2 members down for more than a few seconds. Also it's a necessary need, because Vengence helps, too.

A solid run, we could use a little more practice, and when the clock is against you, you have a tendency to rush or panic when there was actually more time available. During the third shield phase teams stuck together better and took out spawns collectively, one critter at a time. That shield phase was shorter and the AV regained less HP during that phase, enabling success.

If I had to prioritize the temporary powers its:

1A) Chemical Burn
1B) Biological Mutagens
2) Vanguard HVAS and/or Shivan Shard
3) Envenomed Dagger

Truthfully any other temporary powers you can bring, really help. Nuclear Blast, Arachnos Mini Blaster, Enchantment of Serafina, Resuscitators all help.

We also had a few kins spamming transfusion, which helps.

The important thing is to get a wave of debuffs on the aspect JUST BEFORE his shield comes up. Best way to do this is to debuff him constantly, of course, but anyone with a decent sense of timing should have their debuffs ready at that time to prevent the AV from regening too much health or doing too much damage.

The first attempt at the obelisks should give a good indication of how balanced the teams are. It also shows where the AtT might be needed. If after two attempts have failed, it's probably worthwhile to pull out and reset completely at the zone entrance like we did. Determine if there's a timing problem (which we had briefly) or a team balance problem. I've seen several failed obelisk runs on other cop's where the teams just blindly kept pounding away hoping it would eventually time out correctly.

Inside, we did very well when we stayed together in the middle, stacking support and healing in a bubble. I noticed we were less effective the second shield run when people scattered a bit more, following the instinct to move toward the spawns. I think the HVAS (inadvertently) covered us here, as they kept in a perimeter around the middle and covered agro. We again regrouped in the middle on the third round and it went smoothly. Keeping together should be emphasized. (This of course does not necessarily include very survivable melees, who will need to chase the stragglers...just the squishier support and damage)

Even though I think everyone there was probably a long-time player, it doesn't hurt to remind players what their -regen powers are that should be spammed. Constantly applying -regen powers on the AV while the shield is down is extremely important. They need to last as long as possible through the shield-up phase. While I realize that a well-timed Howling Twilight could recover from a partial wipe, I think it better to use HT on shield down than save it for potential disaster. If the groups are wiping, it's likely they aren't going to succeed anyway, having lost buffs and pets in the process. Howling with some recharge should be on a 90sec recharge and will likely be available again as needed. Also, put healing on auto (rock the aura!).

A very efficient run and a lot of fun last night! I look forward to many more, and hope that people will continue to come out and help others get their badges, even after getting their own.

A thought about the RWZ: it's usually pretty empty, except when there's a Mothership Raid running. If we get two instances, it could be awkward trying to get everyone together. If it's Hero-only or Villain-only, maybe eventually settle on two different (relatively quiet) non-coop zones to assemble?

I'll be looking for the next redside run since that's where most of my 50s live.

We got the Storm AV so we called it. Tomorrow wil be heroside again. As this weekend is a holiday I will be doing the run after tomorrow on tuesday. Next week we will be discussing what nights will be best to make permanant CoP nights based on everyones interest and particapation. Feel free to add input on this. I know there are many other Virtue events schedguled throughout the week.

Again want to thank everyone that came out for the CoP and a big thank you to the Angels for letting us use their base!

Providing I'll have power Saturday after Hurricane Earl passes by where I am, I'll be there.

Tiger, will you post a vague, tentative Blueside/Redside schedule?

Also, is there a global channel we can watch for recruiting?

hey, wanted to appologize for not getting back to you last night, i didn't see/hear the tell until it was too late >_<

Might be able to make it tonight, might not, we'll see!

As of right now the schedgule is up to the game. Over the next week i will be formulating what days will be best to do thses and that is when i will have a more stable schedgule. As it stands i want to do the CoP on each side untill the Red AV spawns so each side atleast has the chance to fight against the easier AV.

As for recruiting. I would rather people just show up at the designated zone at the time we are going to start. The plan is not needing to have to recruit more last minute.

Tonight we will be meeting in Indie Port at 6pm PST (9 EST)

A wonderful run tonight everyone and another sucess. I will be making a new post about our new schedgule so look forward to that.

Thanks Tiger for setting this up, I'll definitly be interested in attending on my main character, a Mind/Storm Controller. Currently a villain, will look out for nights I can attend.

Also any chance of some different start times, perhaps over the weekend for the EU crowd? Cheers :-)