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Cathedral of Pain/Rikti Raid/Cathedral of Pain SIGNUP - 12/5/2010

Armeros

By Armeros,
Posted on: 2010-12-04 09:00 in Guardian

 

Posted

Note: I've got another post that will be the schedule for any CoP's that I'm running. It'll cover my CoP's through the the end of this year and into 2011.

I will be organizing a CoP double-header on Sunday (12/5/2010) at 5pm EST (2pm PST). We'll start gathering in Pocket D approximately 15 min before. If you are interested in running do one of three things.

  1. Reply to this post
  2. Send and in game email to @Omega Shockwave
  3. Send a tell to @Omega Shockwave
Please let me know the name/AT/primary/secondary of the character you'll be bringing. If you have multiple options to bring, that's great, but please let me know who you would prefer to use. This is NOT meant to exclude certain AT's/sets. This is to help assign players to teams as quickly as possible while balancing the teams out properly.
(Side Note: If your character has a quirk to it, such a being a tank without taunt or a bubbler/thermal without the shields, please let us know about if ahead of time. And no, it doesn't mean you can't participate, just let us know.)

I'm going to be a little picker about the characters selected for the next few. Mostly this means once certain roles fill up, additional players wishing to participate for the same role, will be listed as an alternate. If we can't find 24 to fill all roles, obviously we'll take what we can get.

I've expanded (and touched up schedule) for The Cathedral of Pain Trial. Here's what it currently is.

4:30pm - Start Gathering in Pocket D (please show up before 5pm, it help me a ton with team placements)
5:00pm - Targeted start time for Blue Side CoP. (if we don't have 90% of the 24 person roster by 5:30, I'll call off the Blue CoP. )
6:15pm - Rikti Raid; One run only, enough so players can get the vanguard heavy. (to begin immediately after the 1st CoP)
7:00pm - Start gathering in Pocket D for the Red CoP. If you need Shivans, use this time to go get them.
7:30pm - Targeted start time for Red CoP. (If we don't have 75% of the 24 person roster by 7:45, I'll call off the Red CoP. )

This week the first run will be blue side and the second will be red side. Every week this order will be flipped so that the opposite side starts first. For example, if you set up a character to run a villan/hero morality mission, you'll be able to run your morality mission after/during the rikti raid (if doing this make sure you've got shivans/HVAS taken care of ahead of time) and run 2 CoP's with the same character in the same day. So if you're a vigilante and want to run twice this weekend, set up your character so you have done 10 villain alignment missions and only need to grab/run the villain morality mish to become a Villain, .

Couple of things...
  1. Make sure you are of the correct alignment. Blue = Hero & Vigilante; Red = Villain & Rogue
  2. Have at least 10 or so uses of the Envenomed Dagger at your disposal. Make sure it is in your power tray to use too.
  3. If you can get Shivans/HVAS, please try to do so. This is not a requirement, but it does help out. A LOT.
  4. Stock up on inspirations. (details in the guide)
  5. Actually READ the CoP Guide. Can't stress enough how much this helps out our chances of a successful trial.
  6. Add yourself to the Guardian CoP Channel. We'll use this channel to communicate during the trial. FYI, I may switch this to the Request channel.
    1. If you don't know how to get in on the channel, here's how. Right-click in your chat window and select "Channel Search". Type in "guardian" as the search terms and click "Search". Select "Guardian CoP Trial" and click the "Join Channel" button.
    2. I recommend creating a new chat tab that only displays the Guardian CoP Trial channel.
Other notes:
  • Grab a jet pack if you can't fly.
  • If you're planning on an I19 respec, please consider adding in Assault. If we get 10 people on this trial with it, that's somewhere between a 105-188.8% damage buff for the group. Maneuvers & Tactics are helpful too, and if you've read the guide, you know where vengeance falls into place for this.

@Omega Shockwave
Server: Guardian
SG: The Omega Revolution
VG: none

 

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I'll be there. Bringing Shard Guardian for the Blue Side and Princess Felena for the Red Side.

 

Posted

I'll be there with whatever. I'd like to use my Dark/Sonic Def for the Blue and, probably, my Demon Summoning/Pain Dom MM for the Red. I'd like to bring a 50 for, likely, obvious reasons and I'm limited Red side but am open to change to suit my whim or the teams needs, as almost always.

 

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Had some more via in-game email:

@Psynder - red (night widow)
@Anne Marie - both (blue: fire/fire blaster; red: plant/thorn troller)
@Arrowny - red (Dr. Macsheen - robots/ff mastermind)
@voltmeter2 - blue (Mental Misfit - fire/mental manip. blaster)
@Dark Energon - blue (Nephila - crab spider)
@BloodBath - both (blue: night widow; red: fire/fire blaster)
@Mr. Ultimate - both (blue: Mr. Ultimate - energy/energy blaster; red: Mindgasm - Mind/Psi dominator)
@Leen - blue (Alita - night widow)
@Busta Move - both (blue: VIP - widow; red: Dollmation - brute)
@drhmccoy - blue (FL-8 - rad/rad defender)
@Mind Over Matter - red (traps corruptor)
@jray - blue (jray - inv/SS tanker
@Crymsen - blue (Provost Star - kinetic/SD scrapper)
@2BeOrNot2Be - blue (ill/kin troller)

@Omega Shockwave
Server: Guardian
SG: The Omega Revolution
VG: none

 

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I'm in for 12/5 Blue side
2BeOrNot2Be - Ill/Kin

Guardian Server:
Kami5 - lvl 50 Natural Dark Melee / Dark Armor Scrapper
2BeOrNot2Be - lvl 50 Magic Illusion / Kinetics Controller
EngiNerd - lvl 26 Technology Energy / Electrical Blaster

 

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Provost Star - blue Kin/Shield Scrapper

 

Posted

I am in with Celtic Thermal - fire/kin troller but I can switch as needed.

global handle: @Celtic Coders 1, @Celtic Coders 2

 

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Another fantastic run.

Blue CoP = Storm Aspect (crushed Stormie)
Rikti Raid = Nearly flawless and a bunch of merits to buy goodies
Red CoP = Big Red Aspect (defeated Big Red)

Omega and the crew by far run the best CoP trial that I have been on, and I have been on several others over the past couple of months since the CoP was re-introduced. I look forward to the next run, in two weeks as one of my last CoH events on US soil (before I head off with the misses to Colombia for 2 weeks +).

Thank you, Omega and everyone else who ran and participated in tonight's triple header.

Global: @Armeros
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Basically what Armeros said.

Fantastically well organized CoPs. I think we started about 15 mins after scheduled start both sides and for herding 24 people that's really impressive and a testament to the quality of the organization and the people joining the CoPs.

The Obelisks were utterly flawless. All three teams just punched through the mobs and the shield. No danger of having to regroup at that area now. So simple.

The cube/av section went really smoothly. Oddly red seemed tougher than stormy this week but they both died, so that's all good. I was on debuffers/support chars both times and I don't think anyone needed healing against Stormy. Very little against Red. Awesome teams.

Rikti raid - flawless. I particularly enjoy it because they aren't many pets used so the lag is no where near as bad as on other Raids I've been on where people rely on shivs and heavies you can't see much for the pets.

Really great job all. Thank you again Omega for running these so well.




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