Tera_Storm

Hmm... I'll drag out the ol' blaster at some point, FG - my SG HAS been running low on prestige...

Just a minor thing... *dons spelling-nazi hat* My blaster's name is Tera Storm II, not Tere...

Will be dragging the ol' blaster out again, for the mito clearing, holding, and bad joke phases.

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As for the list of powers.. it helps, sure does. But you will always have those few in the pack that just are too stupid or too ignorant.

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*Rant begins* What especially gets me is those adamant that my Tesla Cage is somehow either a standard attack, or a sleep... yeah, got 3 Hold Duration SOs that say otherwise... *Rant ends* Anyway, if you see me firing bolts of lightning during the holding phase, it is in fact Tesla... though I'll still have people saying "Stop attakin or I petishun j00" no doubt...

*Shakes the dust off of his blaster/holder... then promptly sneezes*

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Atm we are not planning on setting up a GM team or teams if things change I will of course let people know but adding extra teams can just add complexity, hopefullly we wont have the same issue this time and I am sure we will all have a wary eye out just in case.

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Well, I'll be there as an eye-in-the-sky during the holding phase, if the blasters don't get called in again - I need something to do, and I'm better at watching Hami's health than making jokes

I'll try to make it with my blaster with 3 holds, but given that I'm going to a funeral, I might be late... I'll see what happens...

Count my blaster/holder in yet again... need a better HO than the Travel Speed/End Cost one I got last time...

Guess I may as well drag my blaster along for the ride...

Electrode gets a second 50 by fighting... Electrodes? The irony - gratz mate!

DING!

Finally, at long last - Tera Storm II can be added to the list! Elec/Elec/Munitions Blaster - leveled more this week than I have the previous MONTH

If you need someone to lead the blasters into battle, I'll be there with Tera Storm - been meaning to find an excuse to brush the dust off of him...

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One other thing - would it be worthwhile having a couple of people running Tactics during the hold phase? Since most people will slot holds 3 Recharge/3 Hold Duration, they'll be missing 25% of the time at least. Chuck in Tactics, and we'll get more holds stacked with the same number of people... or would Tactics produce too much of a lag issue?

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You will not need +Acc to hit Hamidon. So it's fine, 3Hold 3Recharge is fine.

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Really? Because the amount I was missing on the Union raid the other day, I couldn't help thinking we could do with a few +Acc buffs...

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How many RI's didja have on him? :P

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Dunno, couldn't even see the bugger

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One other thing - would it be worthwhile having a couple of people running Tactics during the hold phase? Since most people will slot holds 3 Recharge/3 Hold Duration, they'll be missing 25% of the time at least. Chuck in Tactics, and we'll get more holds stacked with the same number of people... or would Tactics produce too much of a lag issue?

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You will not need +Acc to hit Hamidon. So it's fine, 3Hold 3Recharge is fine.

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Really? Because the amount I was missing on the Union raid the other day, I couldn't help thinking we could do with a few +Acc buffs...

One other thing - would it be worthwhile having a couple of people running Tactics during the hold phase? Since most people will slot holds 3 Recharge/3 Hold Duration, they'll be missing 25% of the time at least. Chuck in Tactics, and we'll get more holds stacked with the same number of people... or would Tactics produce too much of a lag issue?

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Tried Psy, didnt work, i say its the flashbang kings row temp powers from level 5-10

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Nah, you need the Isolator badge from Outbreak - it'll allow you to one-shot him, I swear

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Maybe ooo.. ooo maybe.. .. Isolator (when used as a title) uber-boosts the effectiveness of RAD Defenders and Controllers, turning Hamidon, into radioactive mush

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And if that ever works, I'll turn up to the next convention dressed as a Prinny...

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The name of this game is hold Hamidon or we loose. The indicator that Hamidon is held is if he stops shooting at the tank.

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Not true anymore, remember one of the last patches? He has an attack he can use while held now (frickin' laser beams...) Dunno if it's a case of the attack being weaker, or something, so there may still be some visual cue for successful holds, but the tank WILL be getting hit.

Hmm.. any chance of some help reaching 45 in time for the raid? At level 42.39 at the mo... Will be bringing a blaster with 2 ranged holds, 1 melee hold, should be hami-slotted by then, IF I get to 45...

Oh, and before I forget, 4-time raid veteran on Union, with a very similar toon, so I know what I'm doing

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Tried Psy, didnt work, i say its the flashbang kings row temp powers from level 5-10

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Nah, you need the Isolator badge from Outbreak - it'll allow you to one-shot him, I swear

The only way I see raid24 working under current conditions, is if there was some way to completely remove all the mitos, including the chance for Hami to spawn more - that way, he becomes little more than an uber-Arch Villain, that needs more damage dealing, aggro management, and protective healing than just one team alone. I somehow doubt that the devs would have tested Hami with such a lopsided group as having loads of kins and hardly any blasters - it wouldn't be fair on every AT - therefore, they must have had balanced teams. There's SOMETHING out there, but not necessarily in The Hive itself... guess the first port of call would be the area in Eden called the Hive - same name, different zone, could it just be coincidence? Then again, the Crystal Titan TF starts there, so again it could be a red herring...

OK, been musing upon this further at work, and have narrowed it down to 3 possibilities:

1) As someone already mentioned, maybe there are special insp drops somewhere on the map, either from GMs or swarms.

2) The fact that the Portal Corp building has no monsters within it seems suspicious, but as we know the doors are shut. Maybe a nearby GM has the key?

3) A contact that we have yet to come across, due to avoiding all the swarms and GMs...

Gonna check (2) out in a few mins, and maybe try to kill a swarm as well - Zapp at 415% power wiped off 750hp from one swarm, if I follow up with TB I can kill, see if they drop anything.

EDIT - OK, scratch the swarms off the list, just killed one, only got the xp and inf/prestige... as for 2, if you see any monsters different to the following, they might be our answer:

Quarry - 70680HP, Thorn - 70680HP, Stropharia - 70680HP, Lattice - 70680HP

OK, sorry if this has been said before, but I just had to check this now (I wouldn't be able to sleep if I hadn't) - so, we know that practically all the enemies in The Hive are GMs, Monsters etc. We also know that the majority of those that aren't, the Devouring Swarms, appear in groups above certain hills at levels 48-50. We also know they have 1500hp max, and that the hills they are above have these inaccessable cave entrances. Now, I just had a quick pop in to The Hive, and read their description... and I think it's hinting at something. The words 'You've encountered these before, but these somehow seem different' just sends alarm bells off in my head, so I just wonder if they are the key to the mystery... then again, it's 2am and I've had too much Red Bull...

The real problem is the devs forcing us to find their way of doing it, without so much as a hint in the right direction... all we know is there are groups of swarms over certain hills, cave doors that don't activate, a disused Portal Corp facility with non-working doors, and walls of GMs... and anything else I may have missed out... There must be SOMETHING there that seriously de-buffs him, but what that is...

Definitely bringing Tera Storm - level 50 Elec/Ice/Munitions Blaster with Tesla Cage and Cryo Freeze Ray, 3 Recharge/3 Hold Duration SOs at level 52 as standard

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kinda answered your own Q there really

i guess once its down to AoE only, constantly, we'll know he's held

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Or when the trollers start doing double damage...