Hidden Praetoria counter

I recall a thread from a long while back that was asking about the tentacles past the sonic fence. Maybe this is related.

During the unity rally former dev by the name of PaulNeverGotRedNameG said there were easter egg "counters" that cause a Hamidon tentacle to spawn when the count was reached in some amount of time. He didn't say what the time limit was but when I found the Nova Praetoria one it was at about 2 and a half hours with 33/100 as a count.

The count was for PPD officers killed. I brought it up to 100, heard a roar and saw a tentacle come up out of the forest. Unfortunately I didn't think to take a screenshot until It ducked back into the trees so I need to try again. Unfortunately the counter has vanished.

Here's the bit I managed to copypaste from the LFG channel. He said more but I missed it.

[Looking For Group] PaulNeverGotRedNameG: One of the zone event volumes is over a bridge. The bridges in Imperial City to the posh side out town... a simple jump height off the top of one of the struts will get you into the volume (it is about the size of a normal character)

another ZE volume is in Nova Praetoria... one of the taller buildings near the biggest building... it has four boxes with Xs on them at the top... stand in the X closest to the river, and jump straight up. (OP note: this building is the stairstep building on the east side of the island)

I found the original thread about the tentacle.

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...toria+tentacle

i remember hearing about it before, but its quite interesting, i might have to try that out since ive seen every other easter egg in the game so far

That's pretty awesome, didn't know that could happen

The Nova Praetoria counter is directly above <-6191.7 380.1 -848.4>, approximately one standard jump height up. I haven't managed to find the Imperial City one.

Which one gives the power up mushroom?



Spoiler: In I24, you wouldn't have had to hit a counter to see tentacles roaring up over the skyline of Praetoria.

I just tried filling up the counter in Nova but nothing happened and the counter disappeared.

Couldn't find the Imperial one, those instructions are not very helpful at all. I did manage to find the Nova one, but after counting out to 100 PPD (based on what the counter was when I found it), nothing happened and now the counter is gone.

I should also add, there's no WAY the trigger point is one normal jump height up, I had to use Ninja Run just to get enough height to trigger it.