Strike Force Saturdays

So I decided to start up a new thread for Strike Force Saturdays with a basic rundown for newer players.

Every Saturday at 5pm PST/8pm EST I'll be running a different Strike Force, going down the list posted below. Never run a strike force before? No problem! These are meant to be friendly for new players, so if you can follow basic instructions in team chat then you're welcome to join. Every week I will post the results of the strike force run along with screenshots of the team roster, our time, and our victorious team (preferably standing on the dead bodies of our enemies).

It's first come first serve, so as long as you show up on time you should have a spot. If the team is not full when the start time comes around then I will advertise on the global channels Protector Vigilance, Protector Watch, and Protector TFs to try and fill the team. I'm also a big fan of "bring what you wanna play", meaning I'll avoid asking for one specific AT or powerset whenever possible (exceptions being characters with holds for Lady Grey or a MM/Defender for Barracuda). These are meant to be fun so you should play whatever sounds fun to you at the time! We've even occasionally gotten "Master of..." badges by going with whatever showed up!

We run the strike forces in order of the minimum level required to join. Below is the full list of the SFs and Trials we will run as well as the location of the contact and the level range. (This is a combination of the Strike Force and Trial lists over at ParagonWiki)

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Strike Force Name     Location     Level Range     Avg. SFS Time

Tarikoss SF           Cap          15-20           1:13:49
Silver Mantis SF      Sharkhead    20-25           2:03:15
Mortimer Kal SF       Sharkhead    20-40           0:39:59
Tree of Thorns        Nerva        24-33           0:35:16
Renault SF            Sharkhead    25-30           1:28:17
Tesseract SF          Ouroboros    25-34           0:28:50
Lazarus SF            Ouroboros    30-39           0:40:35
Tree of Thorns        Nerva        34-44           0:35:29
Ice Mistral SF        St. Martial  35-40           1:04:09
Imperious SF          Cimerora     35-50           1:10:52
Tree of Thorns        Nerva        44-50           0:31:50
Lord Recluse SF       Grandville   45-50           1:28:49
Lady Grey SF          RWZ          45-50           1:36:16
Barracuda SF          Grandville   45-50           2:09:56
Mender Silos SF       Ouroboros    46-50           0:38:48
Apex SF               RWZ          50              1:02:07
Tin Mage SF           RWZ          50              1:03:28

Now, we've just finished a round of Strike Forces, which means this Saturday we're going to start over at the beginning with the Tarikoss Strike Force. That's the level 15+ strike force in Cap Au Diable, which awards the Binder of Beasts badge. So if you wanna join us in beating up a huge demon, meet up in Cap next Saturday, March 19th, at 5pm PST/8pm EST!

Also, if you ever have any questions or comments feel free to post them here so I'm not just talking to myself all the time!

Edit: You can also check the Protector Event Calendar for info on what next week's strike force is!

I'm gonna start trying to go to these again. I keep missing them.

I just realized I've been completely forgetting about the respec trials when running this. Do you guys think I should include them in this round?

Well we had a great run this week. We finished the Tarikoss SF in about 36 minutes, which according to my records (yes, I have records, who said I didn't?!) is the fastest Tarikoss we've had on SFS so far! And to top it off we had a zombie invasion waiting for us outside and got some pumpkin heads unlocked!
Team Size: 8
Time: 36:05
Deaths: 4

And some bonus screenshots can be found here, including like 3 or 4 of us waiting for ice shields to wear off.

Next up on the List is the Silver Mantis Strike Force, which is level 20+ and awards the Air Pirate badge. So if you want to beat up Tsoo, Lost, Freakshow, Council, Crey, and a TON of Sky Raiders, meet up in Sharkhead next Saturday, March 26th at 5pm PST/8pm EST!

Another great run this week, when the start time came around we only had 1 spot open on the team, and that quickly filled up! The final mission, which can get pretty messy, was well done with only a few deaths. Also we finished about 30 minutes faster than our last silver mantis run back in January!
Team Size: 8
Time: 1:14:54
Deaths: 5
Visit this week's album for extra screenshots, and see how lemon/lime awesome we were!

I wanted to start mixing the trials into our lineup, so next week we'll be running the first Villain Respec Trial. That one is for level 24+, so if you want to help beat up a tree without immediately wasting the power to beat up Dr. Aeon (I'm looking at YOU Statesman), then meet up in Nerva next Saturday, April 2nd, at 5pm PST/8pm EST!

Edit: I've added a combined list of Strike Forces and Trials to the first post in this thread. Link.

I think the one time we had the respec trials in the rotation, we just ended up doing them all in one night. We got through them all in about the time it would take to do a single SF.

Just, you know, throwing that out there.

Edit: Found the post, looks like it took a little over 2 hours.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showp...&postcount=110

I've added the average completion times for the entire history of SFS to my list in the first post.

Note: I didn't include that time we came back the next day to finish LRSF, you know the one that was over 27 hours, since it was an aberration.

You're welcome. Did you get the ones from Sok's topic?

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=237819

Yeah, my original list was just from Sok's topic, since the end of that one was where I had taken over. I hadn't even thought of searching out the old topic.

This week we ran the first two Respec Trials, and got each done in under 30 minutes! The first one had a brief delay in the start due to unseasonable zombies in nerva. On the second one we had a team member D/C on the second mission, never to return.

Trial 1:
Team Size: 5
Time: 24:16
Deaths: 0


Trial 2:
Team Size: 6 (5 at the end)
Time: 29:39
Deaths: ? (I forgot to turn on the death count at the beginning, so it says 0 but I know I died at least once)


And click Here to see the album with a few additional screenshots from both trials.

Now, according to our List next week is the Operative Renault Strike Force. It's level 25+ and awards the Leviathan Badge as well as a random Coralax temp power (Coral Amulet, Coral Hammer, or Coral Shards). The average Strike Force Saturday time for this one is 1:20:53, though I'm betting we can do it in about an hour without rushing much. So if you're in the mood to beat up Longbow and fish people meet up in Sharkhead next Saturday, April 9th at 5pm PST/8pm EST!

Now, it's likely that issue 20 will be released soon, and with it a new strike force, level range 20-40 I believe. My tentative plan for now is to run it the saturday after next (so on the 16th) that way I have plenty of time to find the tip mission that unlocks it.

Sorry I didn't show up. I really meant to come, but I got my birthday present early this year and I was justa playin' the hell out of it.

Yeah, I just got the new dynasty warriors game so I haven't run nearly as many renault SFs this weekend as I originally was planning.

Dude! That's what I'm playing!

Cleared Wu and I'm at Chibi on Shu.

I finished Shu and now I'm halfway through Wei. Also been goofing around in conquest mode a lot.

Now, a SFS update: With i20 launching today do you guys wanna do the new SF on saturday or wait till the following saturday like I said in my last update? I'd be willing to learn it as we go if you are, I just want to know ahead of time so I can start searching for that tip to unlock it. If no one posts I'll just stick with the plan to run Renault next weekend.

With all the new shinies available this weekend we had a small team, but still a great run. And I even got to play my old fire/stone brute Volcanic Viking, who's gone unplayed for ages now.

Team Size: 4
Deaths: 2
Time: 1:57:49

Additional screenshots can be found Here!

Ok, so as I said in my previous posts, this week we're going to circumvent the list and do the Mortimer Kal Strike Force since it's new. That link has very little info so far, and I haven't run it yet so I don't know what to expect, so we'll get to figure it out as we go next week! Meet up in Sharkhead next Saturday, April 16th at 5pm PST/8pm EST.

I knew something was off. That stupid skull icon was suppressing my chest piece.

Ok, so last night I got a chance to run the new strike force, so now I know what to expect. I also threw together a page for it over at Paragon Wiki for any of you that are planning on running it with me this weekend and want to read about it before hand.

As for the temp power, it's an auto skill that grants a small MaxHP, Regen, and DMG bonus. Also it's currently bugged so that it doesn't go a way at 50, it stays until you claim the notice, so if you'd rather have the temp power than the notice you can keep it for now!

We had a good first run of the new strike force, though it turns out I was wrong about keeping the temp power at 50. Apparently you still have the power at 50 but it doesn't provide any of the bonuses.
Team Size: 7
Deaths: 0
Time: 39:59
SFS Photo Album
(1 was missing from the group shot because he exited the mission too soon )

Now, according to our List next week we do the two Ouroboros strike forces: Mender Tesseract Strike Force(Avg. Time 29:41) and Mender Lazarus Strike Force(Avg. Time 43:22). So meet up in Ouroboros next Saturday, April 23rd at 5pm PST/8pm EST!

Sorry I didn't make it. I really wanted to come, but I was watching a movie and I lost track of the time.