This event will occur on the 10th of July at 8pm EST. What is Rikti: Annihilation?
Backstory: With the death of Statesman and the heroes of Paragon City being spread thin in the aftermath of that event and the extended conflict with Praetoria and Emperor Cole, the Rikti Restructurists seize upon an opportunity, perhaps the only opportunity that they have to finish the mission that they started nearly eight years ago. Overloading the Mothership’s shield generators, they intend to bring down the War Walls and finally end their imposed confinement by Vanguard.
Structure: This isintended to be no more than two hours in actual playtime, though there’ll be ample opportunity to roleplay organising groups beforehand. ‘Suiting up’, to quote the Avengers movie, is not only welcome but encouraged, meaning if your character wears ‘battle dress’ or some equivalent, this is a perfect time to do so.
So what’s required?
As this will be done in conjunction with the Mothership Monday raids, the regular raid leaders and organisers are heartily encouraged to participate in this event, and I will be contacting them personally for their help.
However, as the point of the roleplay is to simulate the Rikti trying to push forward on all key areas and gain access to the Vanguard base as well as the four forts of Fort Bastogne, Fort Montgomery, Fort Baldy, and Fort Plum. So to ‘hold’ the Rikti back, not only will a Mothership raid need to take place with as many people as possible, but the four forts need to be held as well, with any team or league defeats totalling over fifty percent of their numbers meaning the fort has been overrun and needs to be reclaimed. Any unoccupied base will necessitate a team needing to be dispatched to hold the line. U'Kon Gr'ai must be defeated for the overloading of the Mothership’s shields to be averted.
As a result, this event is freely open to really anyone who can get into the zone and ideally is in the 35-50 level range of the zone itself.
I will be coordinating amongst team leaders through tells to measure the progress of each team. In addition, Broadcast and League chat is encouraged to keep the roleplay feel of the desperation of the situation going, encouraging cross-team chat where possible. I will also be contacting the Community Team to see if I can facilitate additional spawns and even Dev-controlled bosses.
This is an opportunity to go for that ‘big feel’ moment from the aforementioned Avengers movie, except there will ideally be dozens of characters with you, not just five! I would like to see the RWZ full if possible and people enjoying this moment to look back on an old part of City of Heroes history and reminding ourselves of just how fearsome the Rikti were.
I hope this event is of interest to you, your Supergroups and anyone else you may find interested in this event.
S.
Part of Sister Flame's Clickey-Clack Posse
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Oh, cool. This looks really interesting... and I hadn't done a Mothership raid in a long while.
This event will occur on the 10th of July at 8pm EST. What is Rikti: Annihilation?
Backstory: With the death of Statesman and the heroes of Paragon City being spread thin in the aftermath of that event and the extended conflict with Praetoria and Emperor Cole, the Rikti Restructurists seize upon an opportunity, perhaps the only opportunity that they have to finish the mission that they started nearly eight years ago. Overloading the Mothership’s shield generators, they intend to bring down the War Walls and finally end their imposed confinement by Vanguard.
Structure: This isintended to be no more than two hours in actual playtime, though there’ll be ample opportunity to roleplay organising groups beforehand. ‘Suiting up’, to quote the Avengers movie, is not only welcome but encouraged, meaning if your character wears ‘battle dress’ or some equivalent, this is a perfect time to do so.
So what’s required?
As this will be done in conjunction with the Mothership Monday raids, the regular raid leaders and organisers are heartily encouraged to participate in this event, and I will be contacting them personally for their help.
However, as the point of the roleplay is to simulate the Rikti trying to push forward on all key areas and gain access to the Vanguard base as well as the four forts of Fort Bastogne, Fort Montgomery, Fort Baldy, and Fort Plum. So to ‘hold’ the Rikti back, not only will a Mothership raid need to take place with as many people as possible, but the four forts need to be held as well, with any team or league defeats totalling over fifty percent of their numbers meaning the fort has been overrun and needs to be reclaimed. Any unoccupied base will necessitate a team needing to be dispatched to hold the line. U'Kon Gr'ai must be defeated for the overloading of the Mothership’s shields to be averted.
As a result, this event is freely open to really anyone who can get into the zone and ideally is in the 35-50 level range of the zone itself.
I will be coordinating amongst team leaders through tells to measure the progress of each team. In addition, Broadcast and League chat is encouraged to keep the roleplay feel of the desperation of the situation going, encouraging cross-team chat where possible. I will also be contacting the Community Team to see if I can facilitate additional spawns and even Dev-controlled bosses.
This is an opportunity to go for that ‘big feel’ moment from the aforementioned Avengers movie, except there will ideally be dozens of characters with you, not just five! I would like to see the RWZ full if possible and people enjoying this moment to look back on an old part of City of Heroes history and reminding ourselves of just how fearsome the Rikti were.
I hope this event is of interest to you, your Supergroups and anyone else you may find interested in this event.
S.
Part of Sister Flame's Clickey-Clack Posse