So.. Nem Invasion... When?

There's a thing on the front page advertising the Nemesis Invasion, but clicking it just links to Posi's new letter, which mentions nothing about Nem. So when can we expect this event to happen? The ad is such a tease!

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I always thought it was funny when they announced the schedule for the Rikti invasions. Very thoughtful of the Rikti to provide advanced notice!

The Nemesis invasion is set for May and it sounds like it will be a month-long invasion, which ought to be long enough to have some people demanding the devs turn it off because it is ruining the game/their karma/costume contests, etc.

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If its anything like the invasions we get now, oh can you imagine the veng they will get

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When you least expect it.

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This is Nemesis we're talking about. It's already happened.

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My hope/wish/suggestion for the Nemesis Invasion...

In un-populated city zones such as Boomtown, Perez Park, etc... Burrowers come up out of the ground and unload enemies by the score... all enemies will be standard Nemesis Soldiers and maybe a few new Elite Boss level steam-punk attack bots... The warning order will be "Unusual seismic activity has been detected in (appropriate zone)!"

In zones where there is a civilian presence it will go a little differently... Every citizen already on the streets will suddenly stop and do a "look up at the sky" sort of emote... a message will appear in Caption chat "Awaken my minions and fulfill your programming!"... at this point every civie in the zone will turn into a Nemesis Automaton and begin attacking... they will also begin to flood out of any office/building/warehouse door which a player is nearby... The warning order will be "Strange radio transmission intercepted in (appropriate zone)"

If you REALLY want to make me happy.... have all the contacts/trainers/NPCs become automatons too...

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It will be whenever you plan on running a Numina TF. /trollface

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I am hoping this Nemesis Invasion is more like the Rikti or Zombie Invasions, with big numbers of them coming out of the woodwork or teleporting in via Mole Machines. I enjoy those, even with the lag, a ton more than some of the recent Praetorian attacks, where it becomes "follow the bouncing GM" and everyone swarms to one zone.

Also, when they do it? Don't just go "Atlas is under attack!" Because that turns zones into a HUGE mess of lag as the entire server zones into Atlas or Talos or where ever.

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But will there be Nemesis ponies?

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Actually that'd be awesome if the invasion turns all the civilians into automaton spawns At least as a zone event or something >>

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How I'd like to see it:

Initial Announcement: Nemesis Macro Assembler deployed in (zone)!

Mechanics: Somewhere in the zone, a strange-looking, scaffold-like thing appears surrounding a building. Like the Paladin Construction, its health starts low and then rises, though more slowly than the Paladin Construction's does. As it does so, the building starts to look more cannibalized as the Macro Assembler converts its structure into various Nemesis machines. Meanwhile, groups of Jaegers and other Nemesis automata spawn to protect the Macro Assembler.

If the zone's populace doesn't bring the Macro Assembler's health down to zero within some timeframe, we get ...

Second Announcement: Nemesis Mega-automaton is ravaging (zone)!

The Mega-automaton (even I could come up with a better name than that, but it's late) is a Giant Monster, like an even more impressive Warhulk, but many times the size. It moves around the zone until the event timer runs out. Periodically, it spawns some powerful or unusual minions, up to some maximum number (to avoid the Paladin zone entity cap issue). For extra added amazingness, make it a Nemesis Zeppelin that lifts off and patrols the zone, like the Arachnos Flier, but hopefully easier to engage and catch.

Badges are awarded for defeating the Macro Assembler, defeating the Mega-automaton, and defeating the minions. After the anniversary event period ends, the zone event still has a chance to trigger based on player completion of some specified task. None of the existing task forces really focus on Nemesis (he's more a story arc character), so I'm not sure what would work well for this.

So, essentially, the Paladin event with the trigger conditions of other zone invasion events.

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More likely, it'll be something like the zombies or Rikti invasions. While this is fine, and Nemesis remains one of my favorite factions, I have trouble seeing how it could work well unless the devs remove the stackable Vengeance from the Nemesis enemies.

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I just hope it's the same as the first Nemesis invasion and involves loads of giant robots.

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I hope we get to play Rikti on Rikti Earth being invaded by Nemesis automatons.

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They could reskin the Atlas blimp model and use it for a fleet of airships, just for a bit of cosmetic detail.

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I have my money on tomorrow.

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The devs have put up some fiction to set the scene:

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=288739

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It's starting after the servers come back up next Tuesday.

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