Prisoners of Eden

Tzadkayle, Amethyst Archer, Lumeir, Magnan, Da Zi and Mighty Thorn
Sunday afternoon we gathered around the Woodsman in Eden, seems Hami had captured some heroes and it was our job to free them!

First, was the little DE hunt...200 of them! And then we headed inside the depths of the DE's subterranean tunnels, with the 4 hour timer ticking. The only fun thing about these tunnels is the awesome free falls, as you fall deeper and deeper into the cave. Once in we were met with the rock wall (AV) which spawns boulder and carin, that wall musta be build by some mighty tough rock cause it wasn't going down. Mag tried to keep the 2 Quarries (GM's) off us. Lumi, Da Zi, and Ame tired to keep us alive and get rid of the boulders, while Tzad and I (thorn) smacked at that wall. Once the wall was down we headed in, but those dang Quarries kept following us. So we headed back out...Tzad and Lumi hovered precariously over one of those awesome holes and blasted at the Quarries, down the holes they fell, don't hit the sides on your way down boys! :)

We headed for the mold wall (AV), now that's a science project gone awry! The lichen had to be taken out first, I'd tell ya how that went but I was stung by an angry swarm on the way and was stuck sitting in the dark cave all alone, one sting and -fly, -tp, -recharge...I couldn't fly and no one could tp me, I had 18 stings so I danced around and did a bit of yoga before continuing on. I arrived just in time to catch the last remnants of lichen being zapped out. The mold wall was...well moldy..it also spawns boulders, etc...but eventually we "broke the mold"! (that bad pun was put in just for Cap!)

Then down the hole we jumped again and landed by some really nice waterfalls. We were faced with the incredible task of clearing away the DE from this room...a huge amphitheater for the Crystal Titan (AV) to deliver his speeches to the hundreds of minions gathered there. Mag rounded up group after group as we blasted, held and spined them to death. Finally, reaching the back of the room where the heroes were held captive in cocoon type prisons, there was a spines (quill) , a rock tank (slate), a storm (gale) and one more I don't remember...I can tell you how they were captured, however, these heroes only attack if you bring the DE very close to them, no travel powers! Poor things, didn't even have sprint!

the AV waving hello
Once all the DE were killed, oddly the Titan never noticed all his minions were being picked off, we headed up to kick some Titan butt! Now this Titan has a foot stomp that deals over 2k worth of damage so you need some special inspirations (ambrosia) in order to survive, which you get from killing DE in the caves, we had some left over from the last attempt at this trial so we didn't pick up extras, bad move! I'm not sure what happened next it was all a blur of dying, rezing, more dying, let's just say that Titan wasn't done with his speech and he didn't like being interrupted. All out of ambrosia and wakes we headed out to the base to restock and regroup, on the up side we got to jump back down the holes again. :) Then we started killing some DE to earn more ambrosia's, once we had a lot we were about to head back to the Titan when a swarm blew in, intermission while we wait for travels to come back! Once again we entered the amphitheater, this time with no minions to talk to the Titan gave Lumi the bird (I saw it!). We popped the ambrosia and started smacking that big rock down...he didn't go easy, but a few ambrosia's, and a couple shivans, later his speech was done, no encores! I got a shiny new enhancement a quartz... Kinda like a mini Hami (I got a damage/range). A fun trial!! Oh I had a few ambrosias left over so I put them in the base storage for the next suckers...I mean team...who wants to do this. :)

Crystal Titan on the rocks

p.s. It's not letting me load pics on here, so I'll have to have Az do it later. :)
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Upcoming Raids

Old School/Shadow Empire agreed to a raid. I put forth December 3rd to them and have not heard back.

RoA have agreed to a re-engagement on December 10th (Sunday) at 4 pm pacific once again. If you want to see what the #1 prestiege earner on the server, most of the IoPs available, and a 40 million dollar base looks like, look at their little video. Congrats to Riders on their new #1 status. And a big thanks for letting us see your layout before we raid you. . .

Did Eden Trial over the weekend with Feline Fellowship. Chaud's turn to tell ya about it!. . . pictures ready to be inserted. :grin

Issue 8 should be up tomorrow! Ya hoo!

Hurry Up and Wait

Violet Warmth, Garl Darklord, Tech Blade, Makin Debt, Zandryne, Lost Senpai, Azrhiaz, Colder, DeepCut, Giant Stone, Ebon Mauler, Metoid, Hutokaze Remastered, Evincar Ascendant, Elitess and Rulltran
Well it was a long 2 weeks of preparing for what promised to be the raid of the year! Toons were played so that levels could be reached and prestiege earned for new weaponry. Warburg was farmed for rad pistols and the base was reconstructed completely! Debt Brigade was edgy but ready to meet the Riders of Apocalypse in battle. So we waited. And waited. And waited.

After a brief 10 minute foray in the red room with our enemy, the waiting began anew. Zandryne took some Vicodan to ease her nerves about the "Kill the bubbler!" cries from the Riders. We continued to wait.

Riders apparently had a ton of DCs. We, fortunately, did not. They never made it back to the base. They apologized profusely for the issues and requested a rematch.

Alas, the common quote amongst the team was that RoA were scared. I didn't say it, but I know who did! :grin: But perhaps they should be? Because we all know it's better to give, than to receive! Grats to all who dished it out, who earned a ton of prestiege, leveled their toons, farmed for rad pistols, downloaded vent and/or tested the defenses! Hopefully, our rematch will be more satisfying.

Eden trial sometime this weekend. Stay tuned.

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Oh and btw. . .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAUD!
I hope I put enough candles on it . . .:)

Raid Day on Sunday!

Hi all!! The Apocalypse is nearly upon us!! Can we turn away the Riders or will the world end? Sunday at 4 pm pacific. Please get to the base early for the pre-raid rundown!

I need 8 unstable rad pistols! These are available in Warburg missions off of the non-glowie missions. Make sure you are carrying 20 spells of power and 20 alien techs so you don't get more of those stupid things! We are nearing our prestiege requirements for the best possible raid scenario, so great job on earning it! Below is an updated list of who is coming:

me, Chaud, Colder, Elite, Evincar, Sword, Megeara, Tech, Rulltran, Violet, Baba, Garl, Incredible Sam, Hutokaze

-(possibles)Deep, Ebon, Project XII, Lost, Makin' Debt, Metoid, Ulti-Chica

Please know we will most likely be running with the full 16-man team, so you may not make the cut. My priority is getting 4 tanks. However, I imagine there will be no-shows so hopefully we will all get in. Speaking of getting in, the "no raid scheduled" join bug can be averted by zoning, I have been told. If you encounter this bug I recommend starting outside the base portal. Then when the raid warning flashes, go into the base and try to join again.

Rulltran and I had a blast testing out the defenses last night using Melqar and Zorayas. Gave Violet a heartattack when the raid warning flashed, but we definitely learned a lot about the weapons! I will be emailing you all an updated floorplan of the base! Learn it! We will also have to return the favor to Riders by attacking them at some time in the future. Make sure your wills are up to date. :grin:

DB Ramblings

Garl Darklord Hits 50

Congratulations to our newest Fifty!! Garl Darklord finally made the big bad in Warburg last night! Great job!

I offered up Dec 2nd or 3rd to Shadow Empire for the raid and said maybe around 3 pm. How's that working for everyone?

We are getting closer to getting back into shape for the Riders raid. Great prestiege earning all! So far for the raid I have:

me, Chaud, Colder, Elite, Evincar, Sword, Megeara, Tech, Rulltran, Violet, Baba, Garl, Incredible Sam

-(possibles)Deep, Ebon, Project, Lost, Makin' Debt, Metoid, Ulti-Chica

Did I miss anyone?

Manticore tomorrow at 3 pm Pacific hosted by Rulltran!

Flying with Style!

Okay, so I had a bit to much fun on test today...lol I thought I'd share some pics with you! Didn't try using the respec's. Some of the new costume options are really cool, fat pigtails would need the right toon. Lots of new ear styles. Haven't tried the wings with SS but hoping they move, someone on test said they are working on getting them to move when you jump-that would be nice.



Chaud with her axe!


Picking a new sprint power. :)


Woot! Wings with the sprint power on.

Manticore or level 24 respec?

I'm trying to level my bubbler Rulltran, who is currently 32, up a bit over the next week and I've been trying to come up with a good way to do this. I've settled on either the Manticore task force (my first pick) or the level 24 respec. I was thinking of getting a team together for this Saturday or Sunday of this weekend. Does anyone have an interest in this? If so, what day and time would be good for you?

Raids

Hi All! I went in and gutted the base so please excuse our appearance while we are under construction! I was able to eek out 2 more defensive rooms which will allow us 3 more weapons! However, we will need about 400k to get the base back up to raiding standards and reinitialize some of the teleporters. So please run in SG mode for the next two weeks and run some task forces or something! If we can't earn it, say good-bye to 2 of those guns! :pout: Go in and map the place out so you don't get lost during the raid! :)

The villain group, Shadow Empire has accepted our invitation to raid. They are asking for a date. How does Sunday the 26th sound? It is right after Thanksgiving so it could be really good for you or really bad. Please let me know and I will get back to them.

Again, recap for the Riders raid: Sunday 19th @4 pm pacific. Who's in so I can get a head count?

I'm a tank! I'm a tank! (and vet rewards)

I always knew I was a freak but this is getting ridiculous! However, with this clever disguise and Ahne's skill, he trounced Trenton the tank boss back to New Jersey and retreived the Chameleon armor before the freakshow could upgrade and threaten Paragon City once more!!

More importantly, Riders of the Apocalypse have officialy accepted our invitation to raid. I have put forth a tenative date of November 19th (a Sunday) around 4 pm Pacific. Gear up boys and girls, it's gonna get NASTY! :grin: We will have to guard the generator well, and I think most of you know why! If we can make 1.5 million prestiege in the next two weeks, we will be able to upgrade to a secure energy room. This would be a super addition to the base because it allows for 2 more weapons. I think we're gonna need 'em!

*Also have put forth an invitation to Shadow Empire, a pvp oriented villain group. Get ready to rumble! Get those toons leveled and earn some prestiege so we can put down more weapons!

P.S. Great job on Silver Mantis SF all!

L to R: Planty Man, Melqar, SolidFade , Chaud comme l'enfer, and Kamikazi

Veteran Rewards on Test! The wings are REALLY cool. Azzie has to wait some yet, but here is her in a trench coat (with belly shirt) and sporting the new fat ponytails with disco shirt.

Couldn't seem to find the extra base details open to me. They should be in Add Personal Item but they weren't but the base still seemed a bit bugged (things were crooked and the teleporter beacons wouldn't atach). And I'm not sure yet how to claim my permanent new weapon or pick a special sprint look. But hey, I'm gonna be late to work now! damn. . .!

Saving PI

I figured I'd head over to the test this morning and do a little radio mission. The basic missions are just like villians...i.e. rescues, defeats, find an object. After doing 5 of these missions I got a save PI from vandals mission. First objective is to stop villians from robbing the bank you have 5 mins (your right Az this was a bit hard!) little bug was playing Tech, so we headed to the bank. We arrived just in time to see some huge brute by the name of Critical Mass headed out of the bank, slammed me up against the doors and I was a gonner, thank goodness for revive. :) Little bug and I smacked his big Energy butt down! woot bank saved and we get a nice temp power! Then the counter starts at 15 mins, there are vandals destroying the city (carnies and malta...can you say Blues please!) the vandals hotspots appear on the map and you have to get them quick or they vandalize to much and your outta there. Finally, we located our first "talkies" and uncovered a sinister plot to blow up an office building. Four bombs to disarm in 6 mins. woot! We were able to disarm the bombs, stop an arms deal, stopped the arson, and save the pawn shop! After an hour in the mission we decided PI was saved from evil. :)

P.S. while doing a croatoa mission yesterday Zan encountered these hostages that just wouldn't leave her alone! When they said "We won't forget it" they meant it, stalkers!! Sword and I had fun tping Zan all over the map to see if they would follow, they did...I even tp'd myself in this tree and they climbed it! rofl Just remember...be careful who you rescue!

Halloween Event on Test

Well the party was a blast. Followed suit of Cuppathon, so I dusted off Cuppa's SPOON. Metoid and I got to talk to a lot of devs. Cricket was there with the new wings...HUGE hit and they look sweeeeet! GW was as hot as always, Manticore hung out and basically chatted like a regular Joe for at least an hour per PD (8-10). Arctic Sun was there, Lighthouse, lots of DJs, good times. Classic end of party GM spawns...TWO EOCHAIs was fun. Well I could go on put we had a 160 push-up set at PT and at 120ish I was smoked, so my body is not up to typing lol. CYA Saturday for SF on CoV side.

Clear Skies Ahead!

Lumeir and Stoney ponder the future

Silver Mantis TF on Sunday, I'm thinking! 2 pm sound good?

Halloween ends tonight at 8 pm pacific, but the witches will be sticking around (according to Positron) so don't panic if you don't get that slot by tonight. Plenty of event salvage in storage in Debt Brigade if you need it.

Got the download this morning for 8, so I imagine it'll be out soon. Also the Eluder/Persuer badges will be awarded after Halloween is turned off for all toons logging in through November to celebrate CoV's one year anniversary. Speaking of i8, here is the latest patch notes. They took out the new fly animations and are reworking them so you can pick the one you prefer. One new hairstyle for females, "fat ponytail" :sigh: