New "Who Will Die" TF question

Does anyone know if the hero merit clock resets for the new TF, or do I have to wait a week after claiming one for the Synapse TF?

the timer is across ALL of the arcs, however each arc gives 1 freebie reward table first time through

thanks for the quick response!

Let’s say you have character that have never done either of the 2 SSA’s, the first time you did part 1 you would be able to clam an alignment merit, you could then move on and do part 2 and clam yet another alignment merit. Further more you could then do either of the two parts again and clam yet another alignment merit. This third run through either of the2 arcs would start a 7 day cool down period during which time and additional run troughs would trigger a different reward table that did not include alignment merits.

After the 7 day cool down period you could then go back and run either of the two arcs again for another alignment merit, until part 3 goes live and you would be able to once again clam 2 merits on one character within a 7 day period.

What is the best way to find people forming teams for the SSAs?

I soloed the new arc on my Shield Defense/War Mace Tanker, at +1/x3. She's 41, and exempted down to 30 for the so two of her nice AoEs are missing. She not Incarnated (obviously) and she's still on SOs, although I think she had the Steadfast +3% Def slotted.

Technique: Stand there and beat on stuff until it stays down.

I've also soloed the previous arc on my mastermind, my tanker, my widow, my brute, and my fort. Mostly it's easy. Mostly I just laugh at stuff and button mash until I win.

This last arc gave my Fort some trouble. Spoiler alerts....







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The end boss seems resistant to Psi, which gave my Fort fits. I actually died once. And I forgot to pick up any Insp at the hospital, so I had to make do with the two useful Insp I had left and the three or four that dropped while killing the spawn.

Technique: jump around like mad and basically joust the boss. Do not let him close with you. Do the same to the rest of the spawn until it dies, then work on the boss. Ignore the natterlings. Hope to god you took Poison Dart and Dart Burst because the -Regen (and lethal, and toxic) in those attacks seemed to be the only things that debuffed him enough to kill. Besides that I used Subdue and Dominate on him as my best damage attacks.

In contrast, my SD/WM Tanker stood there, mashed everything including the end boss in a couple of minutes, and wasn't fazed by the higher levels or the increased spawn.

I can solo the first arc on most of my scrappers and brutes in less than 10 minutes. Less than 9 minutes on some runs.

I solo'd through the second arc tonight with little trouble on my 41 StJ brute. Took my time, read everything, though the conversations in the Midnighter's section went by too fast to really follow.

I was definitely wondering about this myself. I wondered if we'd get into a situation where you could get 10 alignment merits in one day. I guess they're more careful with them than that.

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Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU Dispari has more than enough credability, and certainly doesn't need to borrow any from you.

Oh well looks like I won't be doing any more of these arcs. The first one I could do easy on any AT, this second one the end boss I have no chance to solo (at least on my DB/DA Scapper). Get a team you say? Well yes, if there was anyone else on the same time as me I would (only on weekends do I get a chance to team and then I'm normally doing iTrials). Besides I, like a lot of others, perfer to solo.

I don't mind difficult missions and either those that require a full team, but these I thought where going to be special missions that everyone could enjoy, seems not.

Maybe I'm just missing some simple trick...

it depends if you're running hero or villain side too because there are some pretty key differences.

SSA1.1
First mission - The Circle character is a boss for Heroes, but Villains can talk and strike a deal (suggested for solo'ing).

Second - As said, pop purples and *run*. This is a mad dash before you get *swarmed*. Solo'able, but you might die at least once. Boss for both.

Third - Heroes do this completely by themselves and since it's mostly just an elite boss fight, you might die. My ill/rad controller got beat pretty hard, but managed it eventually. Villains, if they struck a deal, get a *very* nice helper NPC that makes this an absurd breeze. Lemkin can bring a beat down, but if you're halfway durable or can fly in any capacity, you ought to be fine.

SSA1.2
First mission - Night and Day difference. Heroes have a number of mobs followed by three big ambushes, though you get some very nice NPC support. Villains.. this mission is like 3 minutes long.

Second - Same for both. As said, mobs with glowies, but the mobs really aren't that difficult. At worst, turn down difficulty to -1/0x, the Rulu-shin will just spawn 3 at a time nearly all blues and they go down without much trouble.

Third - Heroes have a super easy time in the opening *so long as you do not piss off the guards*. Its just a glowy, then a chase and a fight against a few mobs and a weak horde, then the finale. Villains are *required* to upset the guards, but only really have to deal with 3. But then there's an extra boss in the vault that hits pretty hard. Melee classes shouldn't have a big problem, anything squishier though... >> After that it's the same as Heroside. The elite boss at the end might be more difficult for some. He doesn't really hit super hard, but he does like to spawn a natterling companion to bug you and he just has a *lot* of HP.

Brute should have no trouble. The controller... can probably solo 95%, but may just have problems dealing with the Elite Bosses. SSA1.1 villainside is probably the easiest to Solo because you get a very nice helper NPC in mission 3 if you cut a deal in mission 1. SSA1.2, Heroside is probably easier overall, villains get a super easy first mission, but their third mission throws in an extra boss in the middle.