Mother Ship Bombing Run

Hello to all my fellow Protectors! We're having nice solid turn outs for Rush the Rikti (AKA Mother Ship Raids, AKA Rikti Raids); admittedly, some do not go as well as others but the good significantly out weigh the bad. I want to take a chance and thank each and every person who comes out to Rush the Rikti on Wednesdays and especially those that come out to unscheduled raids that I and others have done.

So: Thank you! All of you make each and every raid possible.

Now then, to the new topic at hand: I would like to personally invite everyone to a Mother Ship Bombing Run on New Years Day. What is a bombing run you ask? A Bombing Run is when we assault the mother ship and plant a bomb at every bomb site on the ship. All eight-teen (18). So those of you that need the bombs this will be a great opportunity.

For now, this is only an initial announcement and I will be working with others to lead this.

When:
New Years Day
Saturday, January 1st, 2011
4 PM Eastern / 3 PM Central / 2 PM Mountain / 1 PM Pacific (Time has be adjusted to be One Hour earlier to allow for Hamidon Raid to proceed at regularly scheduled time.)

Do to testing performed during weeklies we have determined the maximum time for the shields to be down is 34 minutes; this has changed the plans a bit.

Unlike our typical runs of Rush the Rikti forming random Pick Up Groups will not see us through to a successful Bombing Run. All teams will need to be balanced and working together through out the raid.

In addition, the strict 34 minute time table will force us to have Ronin or Wandering players; to that effect we'll need 8 to 12 people who are willing and able to alt mid raid. More details to be presented later.

If you feel up to the task please speak up by replying with your Global Handle, preferred Character, their AT and power sets and if you are willing to be a Ronin/Wandering player please speak up.

The Plan

As of the time of this editing (2010-12-23 0300 GMT) it has not been proven that the time of the Mother Ship Shields can as a fact be extended beyond the 34 minute window. We do have theories but have not, as of yet, been able to test them completely and may not have an opportunity to do so prior to our Bombing Run. This will not deter us.

The Plan is simple, as this is not truly a large task, just a challenging one. We will proceed as a normal raid and destroy the Pylons; however, as opposed to planting bombs rapidly we will work carefully and diligently to plant bombs in a timely manner.

Ultimately, if the shield can be maintained in a downed state or not, we will work thus. We will start on the south section (Side A) of the ship as always and plant bombs on the left side of this section and only the left side until U'Kon'Grai is spawned, if the GM is not spawned by 3 bombs we will plant additional bombs on the right hand side until he is. Once the GM is dealt with we will proceed to the north west section (Side B), again planting on the left (south) first. Should the GM be spawned by this set of bombs he will be pulled and dealt with once more as per normal raid procedure. This pattern will repeat, going around the ship clock wise until no bombs are left to plant or until time runs out.

All teams will need to move as a unit as we will not be able to camp the center of the ship while making our attempt at this bombing run; however, this should not be an issue.

I am currently looking for team leads to take point and more people to volunteer to be Ronin players that are not tied to a team and can thus plant and alt as needed.

Thank you again,
Drake Crator
aka Diffidentia Angelus

(This post may be edited at a later date for further details and information regarding the event described.)

Fun fun fun, I'll mostly likely be there.

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Originally Posted by DrakeCrator If everything goes well the shields may be down for as long as one hour.

While I've never been able to nail down the exact mechanics behind the timer for the raid, I've never seen one last longer than 34 minutes. At one point I set up character in zone near the ship, cleared a bunch of grates and swapped through as quickly as I could. The total number of bombs set was 10 and the raid still only lasted 34 minutes, so I doubt it's possible to get it to last longer.

Well I'd love to test it out and see what happens.

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Originally Posted by StarGeek Fun fun fun, I'll mostly likely be there. While I've never been able to nail down the exact mechanics behind the timer for the raid, I've never seen one last longer than 34 minutes. At one point I set up character in zone near the ship, cleared a bunch of grates and swapped through as quickly as I could. The total number of bombs set was 10 and the raid still only lasted 34 minutes, so I doubt it's possible to get it to last longer.

oh yeah, bug Stalemate to add it to the calendar.

Consider me there on Cilicis Scarab. you will need a brick wall to protect the bomb placers

I'd like to go, but I'll be in Georgia again for New Years.

Best of luck to ya'll.

My cousin doesn't have the game installed on his computer. And as far as I know, he still plays WoW.

Granted, if he did have it, I could crank the graphics all the way up and still run smooth. His computer is a beast, and it'd better be, considering it sounds like you're on a plane around it.

Besides, we always have a New Years party and other such merriment.

I could probably make a Christmas run, but I'm sure few others would want play then.

I think I still need bombs on my Ill/Kin, and besides that it sounds like a blast so either way I'll be there.

And of course, I'll be there.

Still haven't decided on what to bring though--will probably either be my WP tank or Fortunata.

It is his computer, Blue.

And, again, there will be a party on new years; they usually start around noon and last well into the night.

Again, well wishes to everyone involved.

Late on New Year for me with the Sunday coming up after? I will be there 11 PM Central European Time!
With whatever is needed.

Quick filling in of changes to original post.

Do to testing during our weekly runs it has been determined that there is a strict 34 minute limit on the shields; however, the event is in no way canceled.

Instead of having multiple rounds of bomb planting we'll Ronin/Wandering players that Alt mid raid to accomplish the goal of the bombing run.

I'll be giving more detail at a reasonable hour, presumably this weekend.

Thank you all for your interest and the continued success of our weekly raids.

I can be a teamless player if needed, since my kin won't need to be on a team to buff people with FS. I also have a few other 50s I could alt to mid-raid.

My vacation starts after Dec 17th, so after that for about a month and a half I'll be able to participate in the weekly raids again!

The Plan
(Update identical from first post in thread.)

As of the time of this writing it has not been proven that the time of the Mother Ship Shields can as a fact be extended beyond the 34 hour window. We do have theories but have not, as of yet, been able to test them completely and may not have an opportunity to do so prior to our Bombing Run. This will not deter us.

Current plan is simple, as this is not truly a large task, just a challenge. We will proceed as a normal raid and destroy the Pylons; however, as opposed to planting bombs rapidly we will work carefully and diligently to plant bombs in a timely manner.

Ultimately, if the shield can be maintained in a downed state or not, we will work thus. We will start on the south section (Side A) of the ship as always and plant bombs on the left side of this section and only the left side until U'Kon'Grai is spawned, if the GM is not spawned by 3 bombs we will plant additional bombs on the right hand side until he is. Once the GM is dealt with we will proceed to the north west section (Side B), again planting on the left (south) first. Should the GM be spawned by this set of bombs he will be pulled and dealt with once more as per normal raid procedure. This pattern will repeat, going around the ship clock wise until no bombs are left to plant or until time runs out.

All teams will need to move as a unit as we will not be able to camp the center of the ship while making our attempt at this bombing run; however, this should not be an issue.

I am currently looking for team leads to take point and more people to volunteer to be Ronin players that are not tied to a team and can thus plant and alt as needed.

Thank you again,
Drake Crator
aka Diffidentia Angelus

This evening I hovered over the center of the ship with the intent of figuring out exactly when U'kon spawned. When U'kon spawned he was invisible at first, but targetable. I quickly went to count how many bombs had been set off, and found four had gone off. I do realize now I only checked the area we normally start in though, and that sometimes people go off and set bombs down the other areas.

Drake, i will run Scarab solo if needed for this (at least for a bit until i have planted a bomb as have several others).

For those browsing new posts: THIS IS TODAY!

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Absolutely FABULOUS run! All 18 bombs on the ship in under 18 minutes.

AWESOME!

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Like Hyper said before me, that was an absolutely spectacular run. There's a long chain of expletives that I'd like to add but cannot here.



Thank you all for participating!

I've been on Protector for 3 or 4 years, and have never seen a raid or bomb run for anything on this server can someone get me the times of them, please.

Every Wed night (9 pm PT/6 pm PT) for over 3 years now. See the Rush the Rikti stickied thread.

Also see the calendar for other events HTTP://LNK.IN/PROCAL
Also check out some of the global channels such as Protector Vigilance and Jello Shooters. Events are often mentioned there as well.