Discussion: Rikti Invasion: Coming!


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I have. They port in. Stand around. Then despawn. Unless a Drone is present, of course. Same with Zombies.
That wasn't what DarkCurrent was claiming however. They said that stealth powers keep the Rikti from seeing characters so they don't teleport down.


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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
I could probably have worded it better by not using the word "ignored" but the following sentences made it clear in what context I was using the word.


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well to all that complain about the upcoming invasion,I expect a full and humble "I was wrong and I am sorry" if the DEVS have upgraded the invasion .

yes this could be a same invasion that we have had for years, or they could be using this to last minute test stuff for shark week. It would look pretty bad if a much hyped event had a few major flaws. After all the blockbuster that is ending had 1 or two to start(but were fixed quickly). but with that they had a whole month for the event.


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Originally Posted by Lucretia_MacEvil View Post
Can someone please explain why an invading army would announce its invasion beforehand?
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To Positron from U'Kon Gr'ai...
Valentine A message appears on your cell phone in the Rikti alphabet.

A moment later it is translated into the following message:

Intended Recipient: Positron.
Introduction of self: U'Kon Gr'ai.
Subject: Earthlings too weak.
Consideration: Earth's surrender.
Reason: You cannot survive.
Request: Worthy adversaries.
Purpose: Improvement of battle skills.
Conclusion: You are grey to my threat scanner.

This appears to be a message from the Rikti Master at Arms, U'Kon Gr'ai, to Positron, in which he claims that Earthlings are too weak to challenge his battle skills and that Earth should surrender because we cannot survive any other way. This could mean an impending Rikti assault; Positron should be informed immediately!
As you can see, it is a desperate plea for help, because they are getting beat back so often.




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It might be a good time to take a vacation... (grumbles about reenacting the stupid invasion events happening again)

...as for why they announce it, think about it this way, they chose to look like that, first to look like the lost, then the rikti, they are obviously stupid. There are plenty of ways to get power w/o making yourself into something that hideous, and worse yet, joining a group where everyone looks like that, no beauty left in the species. Looks might not be everything, or even the most important thing, but it IS a thing.
So they are like Cartman thinking the South can win the reenactment.


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I know that the Rikti always want a piece and I am happy to serve them a slice of fresh alien woopin, but what about rularuu? I remember running my security level 20-something behind off when the eye-balls of doom dropped in. Considering that Darin Wade just got the Ravager closer to freedom than normally allowed, I am surprised by the absence of watchers outside my window. So please send a letter to the Shadow Shard for me:
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Dear Ralaruu the Ravager,

I don't think you have it in you anymore. You couldn't devour our dimension even when we brought you to it. Come see me, because I am sick of traveling all the way to your home to take your kora fruit and hang out with the Kind One.

Sincerely,

One of the Earthlings that helped fortify your prison plane.

"
There it is! In fact, I think the Rikti would love to meet the Rularuu. Send more paramedics... I mean invaders.


 

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I'll just do what I did last invasion: beat up Rikti and the Ghost of Scrapyard at the same time. At least that way, they'll both have a chance.


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In case anyone cares, on the Pinnacle server, if a Zwillikti invasion happens on Friday night between 8p and 10p, or on Sunday evening from mid-afternoon or so...

Brawling Humiliator will be there to tank the GMs that Zwillikti spawns. Wherever it is. And also brawl them to their ultimate end. Just like the Zwillmesis invasion in AP that time. w00t.

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I gotta ask, what is the purpose of the War Walls?

I know they're supposed to keep out the rikti, or keep them in, or something. But they obviously don't work. They don't go high enough to stop space ships, and the rikti appear to be able to turn them off at will. So they're just obtrusive.


 

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Originally Posted by Mad Grim View Post
I gotta ask, what is the purpose of the War Walls?

I know they're supposed to keep out the rikti, or keep them in, or something. But they obviously don't work. They don't go high enough to stop space ships, and the rikti appear to be able to turn them off at will. So they're just obtrusive.
LOL, yeah, that - I guess they get hacked from time to time. Also, last I read red-names discussing it, they were kind of making remarks that they ment more than that to them. I took that as them symbolizing working under a prior oppressive management and that they are still up as a kind of monument to those days as they had no intentions of making an "open" environment like Preatoria or south PI where one could just run off the map and splash-screen into the next zone.

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Originally Posted by Mad Grim View Post
I gotta ask, what is the purpose of the War Walls?

I know they're supposed to keep out the rikti, or keep them in, or something. But they obviously don't work. They don't go high enough to stop space ships, and the rikti appear to be able to turn them off at will. So they're just obtrusive.
They're supposed to disrupt Rikti teleportation, so that the invaders couldn't just teleport an entire army wherever they feel. That's why, when the Rikti invade, the War Walls get taken down. Once they're disabled the Rikti can just waltz on in and attack anything at their leisure. So to nutshell it...

You had one job, War Walls. One job!


 

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You had one job, War Walls. One job!
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I liked it more when this event was a week long. Since im typically busy on most of the weekend I don't usually catch these very often.


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Originally Posted by cursedsorcerer View Post
As I said before, I suspect the coordinator of this invasion is the infamous (and surprisingly still alive) Napo'Leon Bon'Parte

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_invasion_of_Russia
The Rikti apparently continue to fall victim to one of the classic blunders: never get involved in a land war in Rhode Island.


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The Rikti apparently continue to fall victim to one of the classic blunders: never get involved in a land war in Rhode Island.
That... is sort of an interesting point. Rhode Island repeatedly single handedly repels a planet of hostiles with much higher technological capabilities.

The rikti just sort of suck.


 

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The Rikti apparently continue to fall victim to one of the classic blunders: never get involved in a land war in Rhode Island.
Only slightly less well-known is this: never go against a Primal Earthling when death is on the line!


 

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The Rikti apparently continue to fall victim to one of the classic blunders: never get involved in a land war in Rhode Island.
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Only slightly less well-known is this: never go against a Primal Earthling when death is on the line!
Ha:ha. Ha:ha:ha. Ah:ha:ha. Ha...

*thud*

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Originally Posted by Freitag View Post
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.
Rikti: Sisyphean metaphor.

Humanity: Worried about purse snatchers

Heroes & Villains: Grind invasions for badges. Probability: decreasing

Invasion: Old hat. Needs update.

Resistance: irrelevant

Expect: Criticism of the invasion system from players who don't want to see such a wonderful game bogged down in what it used to be just because there's no micro-transaction profit to be had in making the invasion system better


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Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
The Rikti apparently continue to fall victim to one of the classic blunders: never get involved in a land war in Rhode Island.
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Only slightly less well-known is this: never go against a Primal Earthling when death is on the line!
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Originally Posted by Dark_Respite View Post
Ha:ha. Ha:ha:ha. Ah:ha:ha. Ha...

*thud*
This Result: Inconceivable.


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This Result: Inconceivable.
This word: You keep using. My belief: Meaning of this word: In reality. Dissimiliar to: Meaning of this word: Your belief.


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Well as of 922 am est, the devs have failed to delivery the invasion event.


 

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Hey guys, you forgot to turn the invasion on.


 

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I ran across a theory once that the longer you live, the less amount of time each day is to your overall life. A week in the life of a 7 year old passes sooo slowly because each day is more a percentage of their age (7 days out of a little over 2550 days) than say a 35 year old's (7 days out of over 12700).

Which means that a day passes really quickly for beings as old as Rikti.

Which means the Rikti, like me, had to stop and look at the calendar to remember "Hey, today's Friday. Where did this week go?"


 

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Scratch that. They turned them on an hour later.