Discussion: The Rikti are back!
By
2short2care,
Posted on: 2010-11-04 11:24 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
On justice we waited quite some time... maybe 2 hrs last night in between attacks... The problem really for me though is.. instead of spreading them out over s few maps... just have them hit one REALLY hard. zombies hit harder than the rikti do.
also, when i was on, everyone went to one map anyhow, and ignored the other two... so just thrash one map really hard for a longer period of time... especialyl if we have to wait for so long in between.
Ok,I got on yesterday and Today and I waited 1 hour and 30 minutes with my friends and we waited and finally did 1 invasion and then we waited another 2 hours and nothing, Today i Logged in at 4:45 pm eastern time and as of this minute (6:30pm Eastern) we have yet to have an invasion. if this is supposed to be a constant invasion then the DEV team needs to expand it for two weeks at this rate i will get maybe 1 or 2 toons in during this ALL weekend event. And from what i have read alot of people are paying for this game and are not having fun waiting, this is not a good thing to happen when you have Lego universe and so DC universe starting up. i hate to mention other online RPGs, but if i was playing both games i could get alot more accoumplished playing the other game in 2 hours than i could here. just my .02, In the past it was never this long of a wait so i am not sure what needs to be done but something in the next 2 days needs to change so that people can get on and have fun.
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@laveria
Do Rikti attack Praetoria by chance?
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Good question Big King, I was wondering that myself. It would be cool if they did.
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Originally Posted by Big_King
Do Rikti attack Praetoria by chance?
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Originally Posted by 2short2care
Good question Big King, I was wondering that myself. It would be cool if they did.
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This event is so much fun. Thank you CoX team!
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What part of it is so much fun? Waiting and waiting and waiting for attacks to arrive? Massive Laser Death from Above because there's hardly anybody in the zone (probably because many players got sick of waiting and logged off)? This event is a giant disappointment compared to previous Rikti invasions.
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Originally Posted by Gemini_2099
This event is so much fun. Thank you CoX team!
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No - they haven't discovered the Praetorian dimension yet.
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Originally Posted by Big_King
Do Rikti attack Praetoria by chance?
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Like to thank all of the villains, rogues, and vigilantes I had the pleasure of leading in today's Rogue Isles war effort on Infinity. All in all we managed to get between ten to fifteen people their accolades, and several of those people even ran Borea missions in breaks between waves.
Even the mass of back to back Full on heavy spawns in Grandville within shooting distance of passing dropships didn't manage to stop us, and it was amusing to see heavies running AWAY from the group on a few occasions.
Solid fighting, Solid healing, solid buffing, and really solid rally times all around.
It was a blast Infinity, and I wanted to personally thank everyone who landed in my group today, or that other group that we hooked up with in St. Martial that one raid.
Thanks for the fun and the badges!
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Maybe i misread it, but i'm pretty sure it's canon that the Rikti encountered Praetoria when tracing the origin of the Nemesis attack that precipitated the Rikti Invasion.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
No - they haven't discovered the Praetorian dimension yet.
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Edit: Although most sources suggest Nemesis as the instigator of the war using his automatons to impersonate the Freedom Phalanx, automatons you encounter in a CoV arc, but at least one mid-ranked Rikti agrees with you:
"Though he didn't seem like the type to talk much, the Rikti Psi-scout called Lk'Onik had something he wanted to say: 'Longtime Didn't: Trust Humans.
We Thought: Humans Attacked: First.
Was There: First Attack.
Thousands: Dead. Lost: Everything Important.
Looked like: Freedom Phalanx.
Further Attacks: Dozens.
Finally Traced: Point of Origin.
Thought Justification: Protecting Ourselves.
... : ...
Since then, seen: Freedom Phalanx; Seen: Earth-Heroes.
Phalanx = Attackers: Impossible.
My Theory: Praetorians. Nothing Else: Makes Sense.'"
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Maybe with luck they'll extend it and ramp up the invasions for another 1-2 days. We could also supplement it by having folks run speed versions of the LGTF to trigger some more. 
And woohoo, my "Dropship Down" video is once again live on YouTube! 41 dropships. 60 minutes.
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They've just never heard of a Nemesis plot, that's all |
Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Maybe i misread it, but i'm pretty sure it's canon that the Rikti encountered Praetoria when tracing the origin of the Nemesis attack that precipitated the Rikti Invasion.
Edit: Although most sources suggest Nemesis as the instigator of the war using his automatons to impersonate the Freedom Phalanx, automatons you encounter in a CoV arc, but at least one mid-ranked Rikti agrees with you: "Though he didn't seem like the type to talk much, the Rikti Psi-scout called Lk'Onik had something he wanted to say: 'Longtime Didn't: Trust Humans. We Thought: Humans Attacked: First. Was There: First Attack. Thousands: Dead. Lost: Everything Important. Looked like: Freedom Phalanx. Further Attacks: Dozens. Finally Traced: Point of Origin. Thought Justification: Protecting Ourselves. ... : ... Since then, seen: Freedom Phalanx; Seen: Earth-Heroes. Phalanx = Attackers: Impossible. My Theory: Praetorians. Nothing Else: Makes Sense.'" |
The devs were actually asked about Rikti in Praetoria as Hero Con last year, and Hero 1 said that they hadn't found Praetoria, and weren't even looking for it.
Of course, Nemesis getting Praetoria to attack the Rikti homeworld, but then creating Freedom Phalanx automatons on Primal Earth as a decoy would be quite typical of his way of operating
@Golden Girl
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Ah, i hadn't looked into the Rikti and Praetoria story stuff since GR was underway, so it may have been retconned, or i may be remembering incorrectly. |
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
They've just never heard of a Nemesis plot, that's all
The devs were actually asked about Rikti in Praetoria as Hero Con last year, and Hero 1 said that they hadn't found Praetoria, and weren't even looking for it. Of course, Nemesis getting Praetoria to attack the Rikti homeworld, but then creating Freedom Phalanx automatons on Primal Earth as a decoy would be quite typical of his way of operating |
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Hope not. I've sent a few alts into the invasions that I wanted to secure the accolade on, but when lag gets so bad that an alt is practically frozen and powers are suffering major recharge lag doesn't inspire me to enter any more invasion events.
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Maybe with luck they'll extend it and ramp up the invasions for another 1-2 days.
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It's still fun, but not as fun as it used to be. The invasion needs a serious overhaul.
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Gotta admit, we had fun!
We mixed it up on Guardian, Freedom and Pinnacle between me and my SG/VG mates.
On Guardian, Friday night with the Challengers SG, we did a variety of zone invasion hops to get the accolades for mains/alts for our SG members, did a few RWZ mishes and RWZ street sweeping while awaiting for zone invasions.
On Freedom, Saturday night, we had a coalition event "Arachnos vs Ritki" (hosted by Legion, Champions and Knights of Arachnos VGs) with several VGs participating throughout the day/evening for several hours, where we did the same as on Guardian, but also did Ritki Story arcs, a LGTF and a Ritki AE mish. We could not, however, get enough at the right time to take out Drop Ships. It was a high speed, rollercoaster of activity where everyone said at the end, "WOW! What a ride!".
On Sunday, to celebrate the Russian October Revolution anniversary, the Soviet-themed Red Guard VG on Pinnacle took to the streets and street swept RWZ, jumped to various zone invasions, and also did a Ritki AE Mish.
New members had a blast! Returning members forgot how crazy the drop ship bombings were! Veteran players found a new level of excitement in what is constured by otehrs to be a rehashed invasion event. SG/VG-wise, we had a great time teaming up together to do some consolidated fun!
Sorry to hear that others here didn't quite enjoy the event, but it is what you make of it.
If you go into this event with "been there done that, don't care", instead of "what can I do differently or creatively to make this more fun or worthwhile not only for me but for others",you'll get highly varying results.
Challenge yourself to find a way to take an event you consider bland and use the gray matter between one's ears to twist the facade of the event with new creative ideas as tools. Some in other SGs/VGs on this post did that, and I'm impressed with their efforts, just as I was happy to see my SG/VG mates enjoying our take on this particular invasion.
Dare yourself to be creative; you might surprise yourself!
Thanks devs and OCR team for an invigorating Ritki weekend!
...so...about Issue 19 release date....when?
NOW?
No?
Ok, how about NOW?
Still no?
Well what about....*drones on into the ether*
I19 will be around Novemebr 16th - or if it's delayed, after Thanksgiving.
@Golden Girl
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Maybe the Rikti in general don't know about Praetoria, but Lk'Onic heard about them through his work with Vanguard.|
Originally Posted by Golden Girl
They've just never heard of a Nemesis plot, that's all
The devs were actually asked about Rikti in Praetoria as Hero Con last year, and Hero 1 said that they hadn't found Praetoria, and weren't even looking for it. Of course, Nemesis getting Praetoria to attack the Rikti homeworld, but then creating Freedom Phalanx automatons on Primal Earth as a decoy would be quite typical of his way of operating |
In any case, the Dark Watcher's arc makes it clear that it was Nemesis automatons that attacked the Rikti. That quote comes from Serpent Drummer's arc, before that particular revelation.
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I have actually seen several people that "claim" to have done this. I admit to a little bit of skepticism since I did not witness it myself but, apparently it can happen.
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
The Dropships should be able to be brought down
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It CAN and HAS been done. I know from experience dude, if you know what I mean. We led a Dropship assault team on Protector during the recent invasion and took down 2 over Talos. |
Originally Posted by GMan3
I have actually seen several people that "claim" to have done this. I admit to a little bit of skepticism since I did not witness it myself but, apparently it can happen.
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Those things are nothing but a big bag of hitpoints, and if you have about 30+ people with good DPS you can drop one easily. The trick is you can't slow them down and they move fast through the zones, so you have a limited time to blow them up before they leave the zone.
Samuariko made a video of teams taking out the drop ships, you can probably find it on her site, or on you tube.
Found it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZHWhE6JQ_U
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