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Shardtober 2012 The Reckoning Week 3 Justin Augustine TF

Alannon

By Alannon,
Posted on: 2012-10-15 06:12 in Champion

 

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Just a quick notice: I used to have sign-up sheets on this forum to get people signed up and prepared for a particular Shard TF run during the weekend. But two things:

1) We've got Looking For Group chat options in-game now, so lining up people that way has helped;
2) Considering this is the LAST SHARDTOBER RUN WE WILL EVER HAVE, I did not want any constrictions on when to play a Shard TF. We can run these at any time on any day for the week of that particular TF and Zone. I'm pretty sure we've all got at least one 40-50 hero available to play the TFs... ;-)

That said, up now is the third of the Shard Task Forces: Justin Augustine TF, established at the entry point to The Chantry zone (accessible via the shortcut portal in FireBase Zulu (FBZ).

This is arguably the most fun of the TFs: very quick to run (most of them are hunting missions) and with a relatively enjoyable endgame mission of RESCUING a God rather than fighting one.

Team sign-up once again requires a full 8-player team. Flight power is again a must, and be forewarned The Chantry is one of the largest zones in-game (bigger in some ways than Indy Port) so there is a lot of travel time still involved. Team balance helps a bit, although a tanker isn't all that needed (healers and buffers, though, will be. Controllers will love this TF). Minimum level does bump up to Level 44, but if you've run the first two Shard TFs - Dr. Q and Sara Moore - you should have gotten to that level by now. ;-) It caps to Level 50, so any 50+1 Incarnate Heroes will have their incarnate powersets unlocked, which should make this easier.

Do note, the Shard realms did get additional exploration badges in one of the later Issue updates, so check the badge hunter maps for where you can find exploration badges for easy merits and XP while you're visiting the Chantry.

I do plan on making a stop on each day this weekend - Saturday evening after 7 pm EST, Sunday evening after 7 pm EST - so I hope to see a good number of Shardtober enthusiasts those evenings. I also hope to get a Shard TF team running for this week's Tanker Tuesday tour stop in... which server this week, boss?

Good luck. Hope to see you in-game. SHARDTOBER! SAVE OUR CITY!

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I don't know what happened this weekend. Saturday, no chance for that. Sunday, never saw anybody wanting to do one. Oh well, maybe this weekend. Sunday, 7pm est is a good time and I'll be there.