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The PvPEC is pleased to announce the beginning of a fun and exciting PvP league that will be taking place on the Freedom Server.

The League is designed with the player in mind. By creating a system where each team is composed of two squads, one drafted squad and one selected squad, we have joined the competitive nature of the PvP Ladder with the easy going format of the PvP League into one style of play that everyone can enjoy.

• Division 8 teams, which are selected by captains before the draft, will run in the traditional 8v8 format only against other Division 8 teams. This provides a medium for those wishing to participate in the fast and highly competitive nature of arena 8v8 matches.

• Division 6 teams, which are composed of drafted players, will play in 6v6 format and only play other Division 6 teams. With this system, Division 6 will fight other squads in a no stress scenario that welcomes any and all players, no matter their powersets or PvP experience.

• Both squads compose a single team so everyone is contributing no matter what division they belong to. Rounds will be scored for wins/ties/losses and the team with the highest cumulative score at the end of the season will be deemed the winner!

We are always working to get some sweet prizes for you guys for showing your support of the PvPEC and it's not gonna stop here. The League will have more prizes than any event we have held before! The details will be announced later so stay tuned!


Don't let those free server transfers go to waste, transfer a character over to Freedom and come join in the fun! Everyone is strongly encouraged to participate!

The League Sign Up Thread

The League Rules

The PvPEC is pleased to announce the beginning of a fun and exciting PvP league that will be taking place on the Freedom Server.

The League is designed with the player in mind. By creating a system where each team is composed of two squads, one drafted squad and one selected squad, we have joined the competitive nature of the PvP Ladder with the easy going format of the PvP League into one style of play that everyone can enjoy.

• Division 8 teams, which are selected by captains before the draft, will run in the traditional 8v8 format only against other Division 8 teams. This provides a medium for those wishing to participate in the fast and highly competitive nature of arena 8v8 matches.

• Division 6 teams, which are composed of drafted players, will play in 6v6 format and only play other Division 6 teams. With this system, Division 6 will fight other squads in a no stress scenario that welcomes any and all players, no matter their powersets or PvP experience.

• Both squads compose a single team so everyone is contributing no matter what division they belong to. Rounds will be scored for wins/ties/losses and the team with the highest cumulative score at the end of the season will be deemed the winner!

We are always working to get some sweet prizes for you guys for showing your support of the PvPEC and it's not gonna stop here. The League will have more prizes than any event we have held before! The details will be announced later so stay tuned!


Don't let those free server transfers go to waste, transfer a character over to Freedom and come join in the fun! Everyone is strongly encouraged to participate!

The League Sign Up Thread

The League Rules

Date: Sunday 01/31/10
Time: 5pm EST
Location: Pocket D Arena
Host: @CriticalKat


Format: Random Draw 2v2
Weight: SHW (47-50)
Match Duration: 10 Minutes
Match Options: Travel Suppression On, Heal Decay Off, Diminishing Returns On.
Maps: Random. All maps will be in play.
Additional: Tier 1 Inspirations and Arena temps are permitted. One reset is permitted within the first 60 seconds of the match if a player disconnects. Sudden Death Mode does not count.

• This event will consist of 4 preliminary rounds to determine four finalists.

• Preliminary rounds will be 2v2 format with random partners.

• New partners will be drawn after every round.

• New opponents will be drawn before every round.

• Scoring will be as follows: 3 points for a win, 2 for a tie, 1 for a loss.

• In the event of odd numbers, one player will have a bye round. No player may have more than one bye round.

• Partners selected for the finals will remain until a winner is decided.

• Finals will be in a best 2 out of 3 format.

• Ties count as a win for both teams.

• Additional rounds may be played in the event of a tie.

• Winners will receive their choice of a costume code, an in-game Gold Title(Duration TBD by NC) and a custom signature banner detailing the event that was won!

• All participants will also be entered into a game-wide raffle with a 500 million Influence/Infamy prize! Everyone has a chance to win!

Costume Code Selection is as follows:

• Carnival of Shadows Ring Mistress - PAX '09

• Carnival of Shadows Harlequin - Hero-Con '08

• Knives of Artemis - Comic-Con '09

• Freakshow Tank Boss - Comic-Con '08

• PPD Hardsuit - PAX '08

• Praetorian Clockwork - Hero-Con '09

I kept buffs up and blinded Dex one time.

Truff.

Depends on your definition of broke. Based on what the Devs consider working as intended, most things are not broke. Based on those of us who remember brighter days of frollicking in the fields of non diminished bliss, everything is broken.

Being dwelling on what "was" doesn't help matters any I am going to go with the concept that most everything is working as intended.

Here is the official word of the PVPEC being it doesn't seem to be clear.

NO POWERS ARE BANNED.

Team Leaders will vote on the "suggested" banned powers when the time comes to do so.

It has been stated many times over that what we came up with is not the final written in stone version. We are here to serve the pvp community and in doing so realize we have to take that communities wants and needs in to consideration.

From what I understand though Peril had been in contact with several team leaders already to discuss the suggested banned powers and that is why they were added in there to begin with. Just saying.

As far as LR being broke or not broke, I haven't a clue. Looking at what is being posted about it, seems like some are saying it is and some are saying its not. If its deemed to not be broke then I am quite sure the final decision would be to not ban it.

I don't know why it was banned. I do know 2 things though. No one is arguing the fact so I am assuming there is something legitimately wrong with it. Also the other day in KB I had LR on me and had no powers up and could barely move for like an entire minute so I am going to assume its not non-existant.

When you type I can hear your voice in my head. Its very odd.

If you leave the map random it will put you on any map regardless of how many people. However now if you only have 2 people you can only select the maps for 2 people or more.

The PvPEC is pleased to announce the beginning of a fun and exciting PvP league that will be taking place on the Freedom Server.

The League is designed with the player in mind. By creating a system where each team is composed of two squads, one drafted squad and one selected squad, we have joined the competitive nature of the PvP Ladder with the easy going format of the PvP League into one style of play that everyone can enjoy.

• Division 8 teams, which are selected by captains before the draft, will run in the traditional 8v8 format only against other Division 8 teams. This provides a medium for those wishing to participate in the fast and highly competitive nature of arena 8v8 matches.

• Division 6 teams, which are composed of drafted players, will play in 6v6 format and only play other Division 6 teams. With this system, Division 6 will fight other squads in a no stress scenario that welcomes any and all players, no matter their powersets or PvP experience.

• Both squads compose a single team so everyone is contributing no matter what division they belong to. Rounds will be scored for wins/ties/losses and the team with the highest cumulative score at the end of the season will be deemed the winner!

• City of Heroes/City of Villains T-Shirt

• In-Game Gold Title

• Archetype Pin

• Blinking "Awesome" Button

Don't let those free server transfers go to waste, transfer a character over to Freedom and come join in the fun! Everyone is strongly encouraged to participate!

The League Sign Up Thread

The League Rules

The sign up thread is there for this exact purpose. Everyones toons are listed, if you see someone you think might work on your team just shoot them a p.m. and ask them.

We havent gotten to advertising this across all the servers yet so I am quite sure there will be many more to choose from soon.

I already mentioned the same thing about Hanks team. Ego is not exactly a fair example because her friend was Brynn, who was friends with Reaver who was friends with...you get the point. We are not talking about the average new pvp'r when you talk about how A.S.S. was started.

I cannot speak about every team. I can only speak about what I experienced on test. I started out with PCJL which was a team from Champion and I was friends with one of the leaders. I had to do internals and practice with them for quite some time before officially being allowed to join the team. When I left them I had to try out for PE. When I left PE I had to try out for A.S.S. I posted on the boards before ever finally making it to test that I was lft and not one single person sent me a p.m. They didn't know if I was good, sucked or whatever at that point. Now of course all of this was before Hank formed his team. I suppose had his team been in existance when I started on test maybe it would have been easier to get in. The only experience I had with a test team offering spots on their team was Ressurection when it first started when I joined(and I played on Champion with both the leaders and knew both of them) and Renegades when they asked me to join after Res fell apart. Scooping up what was left of Res was probably just a tactic to try to rebuild the lack of villain pvp on the ladder on part of the Renegades.

New pvpr's needs to be the focus when we create events/leagues/ladders. Or we could just keep fighting the same 16-25 people on Freedom day in and day out. That is bound to get boring. If we don't find a way to entice new people to join the community that is exactly what we will be stuck with.

Yanno what I am thinking. I am thinking that any type of organized competitive pvp that isn't just the same 10-20 people fighting each other every night should be fun and appreciated. I know I am looking forward to it. The great thing about test was logging in for practice and knowing that some other team was willing to do matches. Knowing that there were other like minded teams that just wanted to pvp. Win , lose, or draw.

NO plan is full proof. I mean look at IPvPL's last season. Ajax was the best team captain. He picked the people he trusted the most first, those he knew were the best. His team was slightly stacked. They didn't win because his team was slightly stacked though. They won because he took the time to mentor his noobs a little. REalize the draft part of this is going to be kickball style. Any team leader is only going to be able to get so many good players on their division 6 team before the good ones run out and all that is left is new players. EVERY team is going to have that same problem.

Just like on the ladder. "Most" teams formed up with the best of the best. Anyone who was not the best couldn't get on the team. There were some honorable teams captains such as Hank that was willing to mentor and teach the new players and take the risk of being in last place. Sadly most teams are not willing to do that.

With this format we were simplay trying to find a happy medium. Something where everyone would be happy to a certain degree. Is it designed to make the test pvp'rs dominate? No. Is it designed to make the new pvp'r stand a better chance? Yes. That was the goal, and hopefully that is what we will achieve.

This format is designed to make both the hardcore pvp'r happy, and the new pvp'r happy. This is a combo ladder/league. Teams will organize, a few already are. They will put up their roster just like on test. Then they will draft out of what is left that signed up.

The PVPEC has to put together events that embrace the new pvp'r. This event is not only meant to embrace them, but is also designed to make it where the Veterans teach them. Where its in their best interest to do so. If your Division 8 team does not mentor and help the Division 6 team then you will not win the season no matter how good your "stacked" Division 8 team is.

The problem with the test ladder is you had to try out to get on a team. If you were not known or were not that great you didn't stand a chance of getting on. The problem with the old league was being it was all draft the good players wouldn't show up because their teams sucked. The not so good players didnt stand a chance because they didn't have anyone to mentor them. This League is designed to be a happy medium to hopefully solve both problems to make a viable team competition.

No matter what format we chose there is always going to be one or 2 teams that are going to dominate. That has been true for every organized pvp event in this game. Atleast this way though its not just an "elite kool kids" society, everyone gets to play and have fun.

Furthermore, as far as the powers that are banned......this can be voted on before the season actually starts. No rule is written in stone. Team captains are the final deciding voice on this.

Pretty sure banned powers does not mean you cannot have them in your build. It means you cannot use them. Other team showing screenshots of the damage log would be needed as proof that a team was using a banned power.

Kind of like vengence on test. Lots of people had it for the bonuses to their builds but you just weren't allowed to click it during a match.

A smart man indeed. She made a decent catch I suppose. :-)

Not necessarily true. As an emp my number one priority is to give cm to the blasters. Second priority is the other emp or therm. Last priority is everyone else. So if the other teams disruption is doing a good job or if I am dieing a lot.....as a blaster your cm would be a priority. The cold however, not so much.

Of course ideally everyone would always have cm, doesn't always work out that way though.

It is really a toss up. I need 2-4 more brutes than we normally need for a raid. Then again we also need a few extra healers and kins. So its about equal in need this time.

Anyone who has a brute, kin, pain or therm please bring them as a priority.

Fabulous! Welcome to Champion and glad to have you!

Ok general run down of how this is going to work. We start out with all teams how they are normally ran. We clear the first set of mitos. The MM stream is still going. At that point I will coordinate between the MM leader and the taunt team leader for a brute to take over taunting. Once that brute has hami aggro the MM stream will close down and join the rest of the spike team.

2 Brutes will be cycled in to taunt hami. One dies, the other one is running in. Just like how we do on blueside except being all the mitos are dead. We will not do anything at this point until that team is stable. We may possibly have to adjust and have another brute or 2 to cycle in. I know nothing about brutes so I am not sure how long they will last or if it will be long enough for the dead brute to be tp'd, rezzed, buffed and sent back in.

So once that team is stable everyone but the hami taunt team will gather on one side of hami. The hami taunter will be on the other side of hami. At this point I will call for single target buffs only.

This is where everyone needs to pay extra close attention to instructions.

This is the order of instructions so that everyone will know in advance what to expect. The following instructions will be one right after the other and all be done in less than one minute.

1. Do not attack or debuff hami at all.
2. Aoe buffs fired off (A.m., etc.)
3. Warburg buff nukes (I will call for certain teams only to fire them)
4. Warburg debuff nukes (I will call for certain teams only to fire them)
5. Yellow taunters run out quickly and get in position ready to taunt yellow aggo off of us, this includes their support team.
6. EVERYONE Pop an EOE and a Break free.
7. I will then call for permanent AT pets to be brought out. (imps,jack, drk servant , thugs, bots etc.)
8. Shivans, Mechs, any other temp pets out. (Including taunters, yours can help keep some extra mito aggro off of us.
9. Attack hami with everything you have. Please have either accrobatics on or hover during this. The KB will be bad. When you are kb'd you can not attack.
10. Warburg buff nukes (I will call for certain teams only to fire them)
11. Warburg debuff nukes (I will call for certain teams only to fire them)
12. Hami should be dead here if everything goes right.
13. Collect your reward and have a fabulous evening.

I will be running this raid on LES's vent and will give out the vent info at the time of the raid. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to hop on. All I ask is that during the important parts we keep the side chatter to a minimum so team leads can coordinate.