Ok, Champion. The time has come where we, as a group, assault the Rikti Drop Ships . This Saturday, July 18th at 8pm est is your chance!!
Im putting the challenge out to all of you to gather up for something I know a lot of us have wanted to do, but wasnt sure if it was possible. Thanks to Dark_Respite
posting this video they made, it became a very real possibility!
Now for the details..
Clearly this is going to require all team members to have flight. There are jet packs available for purchase in FBZ or run some bank missions and get 1 that way. Or you could buy 1 for like $6 bucks from the NC store.. the mini booster pack.
According to paragonwiki there are 2 types of drop ships : Red, Is wave 1 with UXB bombers and wave 2 is Yellow with NO uxb bombers. Clearly we will be chasing after wave 2 ships.
Here are the maps of the flight paths
The following is something I copied from a post from people that have done these before and also plan on doing them on Virtue. I found the information helpful. May as well emulate those that have done this already:
Let's start with some information on the enemy, Rikti Dropships (not to be confused with the Mother ship):
- cannot be slowed
- are GM's (Giant Monsters); they scale damage based on character level (any level character can attend but SK's are recommended to increase power benefits)
- deal an initial energy blast of approx. 900 pts damage to a level 50 (try to keep above the ship)
- Enter a zone in 2 Waves. Each Wave files in 2 seperate Routes. Approx. 9 ships stream in through each route for an approx total of 36 ships per Invasion in one zone.
The key to success is damage and debuffers. At 20 bodies ( extensive forum searches showed that other servers assembling as many as 18 bodies would fail to complete a ship before it sailed outside of the zone) strict tactics need to be enforced. leap-frog tactics will be needed. A team would have to get in their initial round of hits in the race ahead of the ship to get another shot off. Each team doing so creates a "gauntlet" from which the ship eventually wears down and explodes. Now, last time, we had over a dozen captains with full teams start off (18 team leads each carrying 6-7 others). The leap frog tactic was drowned out by the sheer number of damage dealt in a "swarm" attack. We had ships down in a little over a minute each. 41 ships in all over a 60 minute span. Pretty much, as long as we have a good deal of debuffers, a good sized unit of 50 people should have the same results.
(information provided by Angry Angel.
HERE is the original post)
We need team leaders! Im calling out sgs to organize teams for this event. If you wish to be a team leader please post here with your global so I can reach you for further details.. same goes for sgs that plan on attending.
Here is some information I found useful for team leaders :
To make assemby easy (last time we started assembling a full hour before start time and still had more show than expected.. in the end we had over a dozen team leaders) I need volunteer team leaders to: 1. Show an hour early. 2. Be vocal in /broadcast and fill spots 3. Be friendly and give a basic outline of what to do, who to target off of. 3. Give the maps linked above a good once over so even if you and your team lose sight of the targeter, you're still aware of ship paths for the random invasions.
Basically, a team lead will fill his team and wait for the pre-set Event channel to announce a zone. You'll take your team there and head to the path of your assigned targeter. Keep an eye on the /Request channel for recaps and signals.
I think starting this in Atlas is a bad idea, for obvious reasons.. too many people with their heads in AE and we may not be able to get as many people in as needed . Id like to start in Steel and go from there. Also, If you could please use your lvl 50 toons, that would be great.. yes, im sure there will be sk room.. but.. Lets optimize our chances, please.
Drop ship flight path:
Steel Canyon
We will be following Squadron Pink.. if there is enough interest we will follow on to different zones. Team Leads will keep teams posted on this.
Now Im sure there is going to be a lot of confusion at 1st, please be patient, Were all new to this venture. Also, Im sure there is going to be a learning curve and may take some trial and error to get it going smoothly.. again, please be patient.
If Ive missed something, or if you have something to add, post here or send me a tell @Cherry-2000.
Thanks and hope to see all of you there.
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