Discussion: Rikti Invasion: Coming!
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Posted on: 2012-07-25 14:09 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
Can someone please explain why an invading army would announce its invasion beforehand?
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"It": Already brought'n
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Bring: It.
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(Lucretia, it's often done for morale purposes. It's an attempt to demoralize people in the army's path.)
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Sure - it works like this. (And looks like THIS.)
When the invasion starts, the sky goes green, the War Walls come down, and the sirens start blaring. All the mobs on the street disappear. About a minute or two later, a series of Rikti dropships begin flying through the zone, bombing everything in their path. Some bombs explode on impact, others sit delayed. You get a badge for blowing up the delayed ones. That lasts about 5 minutes. Then waves of Rikti (based on the # of heroes in the zone) begin teleporting in AROUND you. For crowd control, this is why heroes/villains tend to gather in one spot. AoE is your friend. The more in one zone, the better the chance that the invaders will bust out the Heavy Armored Assault Suits (you get a badge for those as well). Eventually the Walls come back up and they teleport away. When you attack, they are automatically ranged to your level, so EVERYONE is on an equal playing field. This is a great chance for healing badges, debt badges, inf, prestige, etc. If you're in a high populated server that's REALLY feeling motivated, you can put together a dropship team and go to town. Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
It is a shame it is a big effort and there is not even a blasted badge for it though! If there was it would be much easier to get a group big enough.
Teh devs should fix that.
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Originally Posted by Lucretia_MacEvil
Can someone please explain why an invading army would announce its invasion beforehand?
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I have a number of heroes who arose out of the rubble of what used to be Baumton. They always avail themselves of the opportunity to explain to the Rikti visitors their disagreement with the wholesale massacre of men, women and children that occurred back in May 2002.
"How do you know you are on the side of good?" a Paragon citizen asked him. "How can we even know what is 'good'?"
"The Most High has spoken, even with His own blood," Melancton replied. "Surely we know."
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*Edit* My bad. Thought you were talking about the raid in general. Not whacking down dropships. Sorry.|
Originally Posted by Liz Bathory
I will for sure....
It is a shame it is a big effort and there is not even a blasted badge for it though! If there was it would be much easier to get a group big enough. Teh devs should fix that. |
Actually there ARE badges (and an Accolade) tied to it.
One for killing bombs.
One for killing Rikti.
One for killing Assault suits.
Getting them all gets you the Watchman accolade and the Elusive Mind power.
There are also weapon unlocks for Rikti Sword, Rikti Katana, Rikti Axe, Rikti Blaster and Rikti Rifle.
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Hyperstrike,
Could you provide a little more detail on how the weapon unlocks happen? I looked on Paragon Wiki for the Rikti Invasion but it doesn't mention them.
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Because when they announce, "You: Get: Gonna", we're supposed to run away giggling secretly hoping they'll get us and tickle us.
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Originally Posted by Lucretia_MacEvil
Can someone please explain why an invading army would announce its invasion beforehand?
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I get what you're saying, but if you saw how gleefully murderous my villain is while he was doing work for the "greater good" you might hesitate to call his actions wholly charitable.
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Originally Posted by mousedroid
When the Rikti invade, villains are eliminated by virtue of the fact that they have to set aside their villainy to work for the greater good.
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You know, I stared right at those in the post I quoted and doubled-checked them, and still copied them down wrong! lol! Thanks for the catch! |
Originally Posted by Big_King
Wrong dates. From the linked post:
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As I said before, I suspect the coordinator of this invasion is the infamous (and surprisingly still alive) Napo'Leon Bon'Parte|
Originally Posted by Lucretia_MacEvil
Can someone please explain why an invading army would announce its invasion beforehand?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia
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...after we've beaten them back a gazillion times already? |
Originally Posted by Soundwave_NA
(Lucretia, it's often done for morale purposes. It's an attempt to demoralize people in the army's path.)
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Rikti strategists: moronic
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Similarly, my ninja-Widow loves working with Vanguard. Not only do they encourage her to slaughter astonishing numbers of Rikti, they give her UFO catcher tickets for it! ^_^
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Originally Posted by Warkupo
I get what you're saying, but if you saw how gleefully murderous my villain is while he was doing work for the "greater good" you might hesitate to call his actions wholly charitable.
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I was very confused about heroes rising out of the rubble of what used to be Batman.
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Originally Posted by Melancton
I have a number of heroes who arose out of the rubble of what used to be Baumton.
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For years the Devs have been saying the Rikti Invasion spawning code ignores stealth*. So is it lies or them knowing less about how invasions work than you do?|
Originally Posted by DarkCurrent
you forgot to mention how stealth powers ruin everything because the rikti can't see your numbers with their inferior tech so they never teleport down
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*Although it's not like there is an enemy type that ignores stealth**, so how could they possibly make the invasion code do it?
**Because actually there are multiple critter types that do so. i wonder why they didn't think to use it for the invasions?
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Originally Posted by Freitag
Humanity: doomed. We: conquer.
Heroes: demoralized. Villains: eliminated. Preparations: commencing. Invasion: imminent. Expect: us. There will be a Rikti invasion taking place on all live servers next Friday, August 3rd, 2012, lasting from 6:00am PDT (9:00am EDT; 2:00pm BST; 15:00 CEST) until 6:00am PDT (9:00am EDT; 2:00pm BST; 15:00 CEST) on Monday, August 6th, 2012! Resistance: irrelevant. |
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite
Sure - it works like this. (And looks like THIS.)
When the invasion starts, the sky goes green, the War Walls come down, and the sirens start blaring. All the mobs on the street disappear. About a minute or two later, a series of Rikti dropships begin flying through the zone, bombing everything in their path. Some bombs explode on impact, others sit delayed. You get a badge for blowing up the delayed ones. That lasts about 5 minutes. Then waves of Rikti (based on the # of heroes in the zone) begin teleporting in AROUND you. For crowd control, this is why heroes/villains tend to gather in one spot. AoE is your friend. The more in one zone, the better the chance that the invaders will bust out the Heavy Armored Assault Suits (you get a badge for those as well). Eventually the Walls come back up and they teleport away. When you attack, they are automatically ranged to your level, so EVERYONE is on an equal playing field. This is a great chance for healing badges, debt badges, inf, prestige, etc. If you're in a high populated server that's REALLY feeling motivated, you can put together a dropship team and go to town. Michelle aka Samuraiko/Dark_Respite |
I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.
Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.
So sad to be ending ):
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Unlocking Watchman unlocks those weapons.
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Originally Posted by DevilYouKnow
Hyperstrike,
Could you provide a little more detail on how the weapon unlocks happen? I looked on Paragon Wiki for the Rikti Invasion but it doesn't mention them. |
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
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If they used similar or the same spawn coding in the Nemesis Invasion, then the spawning does ignore stealth, though the mobs won't see you stealthed... unless its a drone. The increased perception is just evil |
Originally Posted by Schismatrix
For years the Devs have been saying the Rikti Invasion spawning code ignores stealth*. So is it lies or them knowing less about how invasions work than you do?
*Although it's not like there is an enemy type that ignores stealth**, so how could they possibly make the invasion code do it? **Because actually there are multiple critter types that do so. i wonder why they didn't think to use it for the invasions? |
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Originally Posted by DarkCurrent
you forgot to mention how stealth powers ruin everything because the rikti can't see your numbers with their inferior tech so they never teleport down
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Originally Posted by Schismatrix
For years the Devs have been saying the Rikti Invasion spawning code ignores stealth*. So is it lies or them knowing less about how invasions work than you do?
*Although it's not like there is an enemy type that ignores stealth**, so how could they possibly make the invasion code do it? **Because actually there are multiple critter types that do so. i wonder why they didn't think to use it for the invasions? |
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Originally Posted by Delmain
If they used similar or the same spawn coding in the Nemesis Invasion, then the spawning does ignore stealth, though the mobs won't see you stealthed... unless its a drone. The increased perception is just evil
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Rikti Invasion Mechanics
To re-affirm Dark Watcher's statement regarding stealth:
"Stealth powers have no effect on the Rikti's ability to select a Hero or Villain as a target and their counting scanners for determing threat levels are likewise not affected by stealth."
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I've never been ignored by the Rikti during raids even when stealthed.
I can be off by myself and they'll port in to where I am.
Most of my characters with Stealth use a Celerity in Sprint (always on) and Cloaking Device. One uses SS coupled with Celerity in Sprint (always on), two use Stealth from the Concealment pool with Celerity in Sprint (always on), one uses Group Invisibility coupled with Celerity in Sprint (always on).
Similarly, I've not had problems with the Nemesis invasion troops or Zombie Apocalypse in getting them to see me due to my stealth.
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I have. They port in. Stand around. Then despawn. Unless a Drone is present, of course. Same with Zombies.
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Originally Posted by Texas Justice
I've never been ignored by the Rikit during raids even when stealthed.
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You know what would be awesome? If the rikti actually had strategies. They should observe that players tend to gather to the highest concentration of enemies and concentrate all of the troops in one spot. When all the heroes have gathered to that spot, they teleport out their troops and send in a wave of drop ships which carpet bomb the heroes.
They'll also observe that the villains are too intelligent to be fooled like that and just leave them alone. Only for the villains to make portals of their own and attack the home world directly just for the evulz.
Then the villains turn on each other, I come out on top. Everybody wins! Except for those unfortunate enough to not be me.
Villains: Destroyed. Heroes: Eliminated. Rikti: Dead.
Grim: Victorious.
"Groovy."