Kinslayer_

OK, there is a post regarding this over on the Union heroes forum HERE.

I'm posting again as I now have someone with the mission lined up and have scheduled a time and day to actually attempt to get the 'Master Of Olympus' badge. This badge is very hard to get and, to my knowledge, has not been done on the Union server by a villain(I don't think it's been done on any of the European servers TBH).

Obviously, this will all be on a need to know basis to prevent any PvP griefers interfering with the attempt. So far, I have a total of 9 villains which is more than enough to take the GM down but we may as well go for two full teams of 8.

Those who do want in, please post with your global name here and I will be in touch with you in game from tonight onwards to inform you of when the attempt will take place. A couple of rules I must insist on as I'm very wary of certain PvP elements turning up just to ruin the attempt.

- I will ask around about all applicants to see if they are known PvP gankers.

- I will be checking to see if the person is a genuine badger. Spaces are limited and there is a trust issue involved in keeping this quiet.

- The attempt time/date MUST be kept to yourself. No telling friends in your VG or anyone else when the attempt will be. If you know people who may want to join, get them to post here.

- Posting your name is NOT a guarantee that you will be contacted. Any suspicion someone may 'blab' to some heroes when the attempt is made will result in you not being contacted.

Apologies for the OTT way of doing this but given it takes a while to coordinate with heroes, villains, the mission in question and a PvP zone involved I'm trying to minimise the chance of griefers ruining it. On the plus side, I did decide a secret handshake would not be necessary

These are the globals of those who have expressed an interest so far.

Ara
Salacious
Fireblazer
Scar
Tech Tower
Belgaroth
Stagefright
Black Jon Bludd

Guess I should have said which server and game I was on with my entry.

Exofrost MK IV - Corruptor - CoV Union

OR (If I can't get Exo to the minimum level in time)

Kal'tk - Scrapper - CoH Union

Anoyne out there who can knock up a decent lvl 50 katana/regen build for PvP?

Would do it myself but not played my scrapper since ED and don't have a clue how to respec him

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the "lives" relate to team losses, not deaths - so you can be on 2 losing teams, but not three.

Also, we would be looking to have the first "Fight Night" on Thursday 1st of June.

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OK, I definitely want a spot then. Will try to get Exofrost in but if he doesn't level in time, I'll bring Kal'tk instead.

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kin, change Belgaroth (hero name) for Lord Kalistoh (villain name)

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NP Bel, I've tried to put globals in though

Hmm, I would love to enter Exofrost MK IV for this but only 34 at the mo. Depending on when it is, I may be able to make the levels (the alt is only 4 weeks old so levelling quick)

One question though. Is the '3 death' rule not a bit biased to the non squishy AT's?

EDIT: Ignore that, just seen it's by fight not by individual deaths. What I get for reading the forum so late

OK, I now have a couple of people lined up to help with this and I've PM'd all the members who've offered the mission on here to try and organise a time.

There is a degree of secrecy to avoid unnecessary PvP attention so I'm listing the global names of those villains I will be confirming the time with. If you want in and you name is not listed, please post your global here:

Ara
Salacious
Fireblazer
Scar
Tech Tower
Belgaroth
Stagefright

Black Jon Bludd is also interested but I think he has too many badges already

Should send a global to all 9 of you over the next few days as soon as the attempt time is organised.

Fine to be discussed here as it makes it easier with all the info in one place.

OK, had a look at your post now and here's my comments.

Thermal
Definitely the most versatile and I think a thermal should be included in all villain teams TBH. Not only are the heals good but with shields, buffs and debuffs, it's a very good all rounder and forge is probably the best mez resist on the CoV side

Dark
This is one I've been toying with and I've looked into having a 'pure' dark MM who skips the primary pool entirely and concentrates on the buff/debuff side. Really not sure how viable this is but it's one I'd love to see tested. With a free respec coming up, are there any high level /darks who'd be willing to test this out on the test server?

Kinetics
the heal on these guys really doesn't seem viable for PvP. Getting near the enemies when you need healing just seemes like suicide. Despite that, Kin's are a must for a villain team to keep the brutes end going.

Medicine Pool
Not even worth considering. PvP is all about mobility and the animation times on these are a killer.

No matter which way I look at it, Villains one strength seems to be Corruptors when fighting heroes.

First up Nekomin, I don't think much of your VG. what sort of fear inspiring name is 'Example Supergroup'

Group name
Bloodline

Description
A mainly PvE VG with no RP'ers. We are over 75% lvl 30+ with over 30 level 40's(something we REALLY want to change. New or low level players, look us up). We have a strict 'no alt' policy in the main VG but have a seperate one for alts (Blood Pack). We play the game for fun and fun only. Not fussed with being 'uber' or only having good players. Made up of LLOD SG members, New blood Rebellion SG members and assorted other players we've collected along the way. Only requirement is that players are on at least once a fortnight as we're always full and inactives are culled. Every players input is valued and we do not insist on VG mode.

Web Page
www.supergrouphub.com

In game contacts
@Kinslayer
@Fireblazer
@Scar

Favoured Activities
Gotta say the doing the CoV respec in less than 32 minutes which is our current record. If anyone wants to do SF's/respecs, they just need to let me know when and I'll arrange the team for them even if I can't join myself. One thing I do pride myself on is working at being a leader by organising anything the members want, not leaving them to fend for themselves.We also have three of the servers most active badge hunter in me, Scar Child and Dark Merchant.

Other activities
We have a pretty neat raid ready base and run raids regularly (when it's working), SF's happen at least once a week.

Admission Requirements
Anyone who's on a lot and always willing to team/LK/Exemp to help out other members. We are particularly looking for low level members to help move the VG on and have an important part in keeping us active

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Group name
Last Legion Of Destruction

Description
Pure PvP group for newcomers and experiences players alike. Set up by various PvP playes from CoH and Defaint server as well as a good mix of Pve players from Union. This group is all about PvP builds and creating arena teams to give heroes a challenge. We have some of the most recognised PvP players from Union, Defiant, CoH and CoV all keen on creating a group to compete equally with the heroes

Web Page
www.supergrouphub.com

In game contacts
@Kinslayer
@Scar

Favoured Activities
PvP of all forms

Other activities
Pvp, levelling, experimental PvP builds... Err, did I mention PvP?

Admission Requirements
Anyone who wants to add to CoV PvP. We are not here to be the best or anything like that but are here to get more people interested in PvP. Complete newcomers to PvP are welcome and advice from the experienced players is always available. We do NOT want PvP griefers, we're here to make PvP what it should be about, fun and friendly banter.

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I went in phase shifted to get this one, cos if I remember rightly invis doesn't work...

You might be able to TP to the spot, but expect to be taken out instantly again.. haha.

Is there an SG out there that is based around badge collecting? I have a character, Badge Hunter that I would like to get in a badge collecting SG if I can...

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a quick patrol mission in Warburg will give you a phase shift temp power(if phase shift works)

The way I done it though was just to fly very high over Hami, check coordinates with /loc and vidiotmaps then just switch fly off when I was in the right spot

Thanks for all the replies guys and among those who've offered it, we should have it covered.

Those who have offered it, please let me know when you get to the mission and are ready to do it.

I will then get in touch with all the badgers interested and we can sort out the best time to do it.

I also now have the EXACT method for spawning him

Thanks a million Gol Kan!

Previously all our efforts on the test server were to try to get him into Warburg so we could kill him in a more private setting. Like others, all we accomplished was setting the Kronos loose in KR. We had actually given up on getting this badge.

Here's a step-by step on how it worked (for us):

1. A channel was created for communication between the heroes and villians. This is VERY important. Do not use local, broadcast, or any other public channel while doing this.

2. Mish holder met me in FF and teamed. I picked the mish and he left for Sirens. Villian team formed in Sirens and started "discouraging" heroes from hanging around the beach.

3. AFTER the mish holder zoned into Sirens he gave me the go ahead to enter the mish. While clearing the mish I was updated on the conditions at the beach. Got the final go ahead, I cleared the mish, exited to FF and logged off my hero.

4. Logged on my villian who was at the copter in Sharkshead, zoned into Sirens (Only because I zoned into Sirens during our tests, didn't want to add a variable. Never tested whether having my villian sitting in sirens mattered) and joined villian team.

5. Mish holder logged off after the Kronos spawned and logged on villian. The rest is Guardain Server badge history.

Notes:

The Kronos always spawned on the beach. We had to fight Tsoo and a few heros while fighting the Kronos.

Again, VERY important to have a dedicated channel for this. While I was clearing the mish a hotspot spawned near the beach, so I stopped fighting till it was cleared. Little things like that are good to know.

Do a few runs on the test server before trying this live.

Good luck to all and THANKS again to Gol Kan!

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Well there is the one-shot-prevention change coming to AS. I have no idea whether its any good, as there has been very little chance to experiment on test server for me. Simply not enough villains (and zones apart from recluses victory are mostly abandoned).

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Doesn't look any good from what I've seen on the patch notes.

If a hero with full HP is hit by a 'one shot' move, they will be reduced to 1HP. If that attack has a DoT component (fire blaster snip for instance), the DoT will still take effect. Meaning you have to be VERY fast with any countermeasure. Seeing as that will porbably be a heal, chances are you're going to die from the follow up attack anyway.

If a hero is just a single HP from full, the one shot will still take effect as they are not at full health.

Given that most people hitting AS will already have the follow up queued, it seems a pointless change IMO as there's still going to be very little you can do to prevent yourself faceplanting.

OK, just wrapped up for the night and I have to say... it was bloody good fun!

Had a very good turnout with a peak of 20 people at one point and had some very good battles.

A couple of the 'experimental' ones involved scrappers V brutes. Most of us had our money on the brutes but the stalkers won.

Corruptors V Brutes was very even. The corruptors were debuffing and hitting but couldn't seem to call up the damage needed to finish the job and the brutes were killing the Corruptors when they got close. Finished up all even on that one.

Stand out powers were hurricane and fear for me as they had me disabled for a lot of it and in the smaller maps, hurricane was very uber.

Main concern on the villain side was really a lack of heals. Even with thermals, we just cannot heal efficiently enough compared to empaths and the other heals need enemies so weren't particularly effective.

We had a few heroes turn up and the mixed teams actually proved very interesting.

The 12 man battle at the end with 3 teams of 4 was also a bit manic as it decided to put us on the smallest map available

Hope to see you all there again next week.

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I actually just wanted to get in before you Max....everytime theres a "Looking for VG" post you always seem to be the first response. But seriously we are always on the look so feel free to ask any questions.

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That's because Max isn't a real person but is actually a brain in a jar jacked directly into the internet .

the only time a post slips by him is when he's redirecting Nuclear warheads and hacking into the NASA computer system!

But look at the plus side. You'll appreciate I7 even more when everyone returns and you have two or three 8 man VG teams running every night as everyone exhausts the new content

He he he, reminds me of a post I made ealrier regarding a bind I have set up for the lower level zones. Whenever I see spam SG advertising over broadcast I reply with...

"/b Yes, please join them. You've not teamed with them, know nothing about them and you may actually hate them and vice versa. But they'll take complete strangers into their group anyway so you can farm prestige for them. remember, spam VG advertising is bad. Find people you team with and have fun with then join their VG instead"

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Okay..I can suggest the perfect roleplaying Supergroup (have a look at my signature.)

I believe we are the most active RPing Villain group at the moment, and I can guarentee fun or something that passes for it anyway).

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Yup, that's the EVIL I meant.

One of my CoH SG guys is in there so when you join, say hi to Sunset Blood

I know it's defeinitely been spawned in the last three weeks on the US forum.

There was a patch to stop it spawning in Warburg IIRC but looks like they overlooked Sirens.

I've posted on badge-(ladies of ill repute) and City Info Terminal Forums for more info but read up on it quite a bit and have seen evidence of three seperate spawns in April

I'm looking to get a team together to do this at some point in the next few days.

If you're interested, please post here and let me know when is good for you. Looking at Wednesday, Thursday or Friday evening.

Requirement - Defeat 100 Mu Guardians

A team of 8 in Cap au Diable, with 4 villains circling Aeon City and the other 4 circle PTS in Mt. Diable is probably the quickest way to get it

Err, not sure this is the best place to put this as I'm pretty sure selling/buying accounts is against the terms of condition

OK, found some more detailed info on spawning this HERE

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Hehe, saw your spoof VG broadcast the other day Kin while you were loitering outside the sirens flier. Made me chuckle

The best advice I can give the OP is to a) check the RP board if you really want an RP VG, b) don't commit yourself to a VG until you have either teamed with a few of them, or spent a trial period with them. We try to make sure this happens in the Pirates of the Apocalypse, although it is tricky in the pre-i7 lull.

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He he he, I now have it set up as a bind and automatically hit it when I see spam recruitment

Definitely one of my pet hates. Quite funny as whenever I'm teaming with my VG mates who know what to expect they automatically groan as they know what's coming and ends up with me lecturing on the evils of broadcast spam recruitment

That's right a nice, new, unused HO is on offer for someone with this contact.

I'm looking for mission number 9 in the arc which is 'Stop all Wildflower agents' and is in Founders Fall.

Some patience will be required as the reason I am after this mission is so we can spawn the AV ambush in a PvP zone, allowing villains to get the badge.

I'm also willing to chuck in some inf on Union CoH and if we do get the badge, I'm sure the villains I bring along for it will pool some inf for CoV in order to get this very hard badge.

The contact is a lvl 45+ one so if you are in that range, can get him and are willing to be a little patient while I arrange it, it will be VERY appreciated.

Post here or PM if you think you can help

Happy to trade a few million myself. Send a tell to @kinslayer

I do have to say that the CoH side of the game are a little under represented on here.

I'm a member for both my VG and SG and it really is one of the more useful channels out there.

Definitely the source of some of the more interesting Co* discussions I've had in game.