The Dark Watcher has posted an explanation of the criteria used to determine what will spawn during a Rikti invasion.

( For people without access to the boards )

Also note that he debunks the myth that stealth powers interfere with Heavy Assault Suit spawning.

I have the honor of being one of the last toons to hit 50 on Justice in issue 10.

Galac Tekk was created shortly after i10, made to be a theme toon in several ways.

Galac was made to be part of Emplitude, the all Empathy Supergroup on Justice. The idea behind this SG was to have teams of SG members buffing the living daylights out of eachother in order to crush the opposition like a superteam. We wouldn't rely on he direct heals as much as the other superior buffs. Well that didn't work out quite as planned. As with many theme SGs we had a good turnout at first that fizzled after a while. Still, Emplitude has a decent amount of members 20+, and now four level 50s.

All my Tekk Line have the same basic storyline. They were created by Exarch Technologies to bolster goodwill toward cybernetics as a direct counter to the ill feelings the populace had toward cybernetic beings after the first Rikti Invasion.

(Storyline wise) Galac Tekk's creation was a direct result of the second Rikti Invasion, an effort to combat the fresh threat by Rikti, to save those under duress of the Rikti, to buff those combating the Rikti, to hold back the new Rikti threat in whatever way it could.

It was only appropriate that Galac Tekk's level 50 ding was combatting Rikti directly in the War Zone near the crashed mothership, and the last thing Galac did before hitting 50 was a rockin' Lady Grey Task Force.

http://pics.livejournal.com/syrusb/gallery/0000fydq

Galac Tekk became a born member of the Gravy Train, a phenomenon on Justice that includes most of the regular and semi-regular Ventrillo night-crew. The Gravy Train with linenoise's Stone/Fire tank, Fire on the Mountain at the lead, carved through levels via ridiculous buffs and well-coordinated team work. It is for this reason Galac Tekk hit 50 in just 129 hours. Galac is also my first single-issue 50.

( Build Info )
Galac Tekk is my 7th level 50, my 6th Hero, my 5th Tekk, my second Controller, and had collected 189 badges before hitting the last level (which is actually a bit of an underachievement compared to my usual collecting nature).

Was browsing, and noticed that the CoH site was finally updated for the 39 month veteran reward

link


EDIT: A note that this is the Ardent badge, Boxing Costume, and free costume token. Nothing newer yet

I haven't been playing consistently since I10, but I happened to be on over the weekend and finally fought in my first Rikti invasion. It was kind of chaotic, but fun - I got to beat the snot out of an unexploded bomb, but didn't mind when I got killed by some nefarious Rikti beamed in behind me. Wily bastards! ::shakes tiny fist::

How long will they continue doing random invasions? I'd like to do more.

Today is an Invasion Day.

Tuesday, August 14th
Saturday, August 18th
Thursday, August 23rd
Sunday, August 26th
Friday, August 31st
Sunday, September 2nd
Wednesday, September 12th
Saturday, September 15th
Monday, September 17th
Saturday, September 22nd

24hrs, 10AM Central to 10AM Central.

COMBINED NOTES

Powers

*Rikti Drops Ships’ movement rate standardized. They are now completely immune to Slow movement effects.
*Stealth powers should once again function in PvP zones. Good hunting.
*The Power of the Hamidon temporary power is now Deletable.
*All Rikti should be targettable after they die.

Tasks

*Borea Repeatable missions to defeat 10 enemies increased to defeat 50.

Rewards

*Characters who are below level 47 will not be able to select a Hamidon (or Synthetic Hamidon) Enhancement as a reward. They can choose anything else they qualify for from the reward choice table, however.
*Rikti Monkeys in Invasions will now grant experience points when defeated.
*Characters should only get reward credit for placing a bomb once per assault on the Rikti Mothership.

Rikti Invasions

*Rikti transporters now shield incoming invaders from attack until they have fully materialized.
Badges

*Fixed numerous minor text and display errors with badges

Bases

*Fixed a crash when moving Slow Fields.

User Interface

*Fixed "Suppress FX When Close" option to work correctly, and to persist when a character logs/zones.
*Fixed Check Name to no longer show names of characters that were recently deleted as unavailable.


CITY OF HEROES

Rewards

*Characters over level 40 cannot select the Multi-enhancement from the Eden Trial. Added SO Enhancements to the Eden trial choice dialog box.

CITY OF VILLAINS

Powers

*Psionic Dart for Dominators’ endurance cost was set too high. It has been reduced to its correct value.

Graphical Effects

*Added special case to Carrion Creepers effects to prevent it from incorrectly persisting after the power ends.
*Dominator, Plant Control - Reduced particles for Vines and Carrion Creeper to optimize performance.
*Minor optimizations to various power effects for Corruptor’s Cold Domination and Thermal Radiation to reduce their framerate performance impact

City Zones

*St. Martial: all stores in the zone should now buy salvage and recipes.

x-posted to cityofvillains
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Who authorized the Hamidon Enhancement choice change and when do I get to strangle them!?

So what if I my level 45 or 46 can't USE the HO for a while? I can store that bad boy or sell it; I still worked my off hiney to get it. I was counting on being able to do Hami raids on my 45 Stormie who needs a few HOs so I would have the ones I wanted by 47! Grrrrrr.

Last night I was playing my Level 12 Peacebringer, Claire-Bear Radiant -- Yes, I rerolled my main. I ran a few missions solo and a couple more with an SG mate. It was late and I was going to call it an early night. I trucked back to Atlas Park to restock Inspirations and chat with Sunstorm about my next mission before logging. That's when the War Walls came down. A chill ran down my spine. At that instant I was no longer a tired computer programmer. I was a young hero in Paragon City and I would be damned if I let my city fall to the Rikti.

The heroes began to gather around Ms. Liberty. Some young, some seasoned veterans. One young hero was nervously going on about the procedure and the plan. I said, "The plan is simple. If you see an alien that isn't me, you blast it back to Rikti World." We waited, calm but tense, as the sirens blared to warn citizens of Atlas Park to take cover. They came slowly then -- those vile dropships -- hurling payloads of destruction on us to rend our hearts with fear and soften up resistance. I looked around and saw their actions would backfire. Our resolve was only strengthened with each errant explosion. Each bomb that did not manage to go off drew dozens to destroy it. Yet there we stood, resolute and ready, as the ground shook beneath us.

Infanty and Headmen first. Guardians, Communication Officers, and Mesmerists came next. As the invaders 'ported in around us, it became controlled chaos. A calm fell over me as I plunged into a berserk state of turn, lock-on, and fire. Repeat, repeat, repeat. Each time I was stunned, slept, or held, I came back stronger. Each time I was knocked from the sky, I took flight again. Half of me is not of this Earth, but this is the home of both my halves. The dropships returned to support the ground assault and still we stood. Heavy Assault Suits came and were quickly defeated by determined heroes. We fought for our very lives that day. Ten, maybe fifteen minutes of intense combat and then it was quiet. Human, mutant, troll, demon, angel, catgirl, or Kheldian, we stood shoulder to shoulder and we held that ground. Altas Plaza was a Rikti-free zone once again.

Which goes a long way to say, "Coolest... game moment... ever!"

I'm bored at work. This is entirely your fault, newroticgirl... (Um, not that I'm bored, that's not your fault... that I'm thinking of these things WHILE I'm bored, THAT'S your fault. Um. Yeah.)

"We got Rikti!"
"How many?"
"Uh, all of them, I think!"

"Okay... this Rikti is TOAST!"

"Westley, what about the ROUSes?"
"Rikti of Unusual Size? I don't believe they exist."

"Rikti... why'd it have to be Rikti?"

"These aren't the Rikti you're looking for..."

"Ray, when someone asks you if you're a Rikti, you say YES!"

"Bah weep granna weep Riktibom..."

"Rikti are like onions..."

"I am a bearer, I am a dwelling, I am a messenger-"
"YOU ARE A RIKTI!"

"I'll get you, my Rikti, and your little dog, too!"

*****

Let's see if we can beat the 60 comments on newroticgirl's post...

Michelle
aka
Samurai_ko

Current Mood: amused

Tonight, Monday July 30th, at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/6:00 p.m. Central, I'm going to do another episode of my somewhat infrequent City of Heroes-based talkshow, Exploring the Heroes' City. Anyone is welcome—in fact, everyone is encouraged—to call in and participate. Please come join our discussion; it promises to be a lot of fun!

The subject of tonight's show is the changes that have come to City of Heroes over the last couple of months, particularly in Issue 10. I hope to be joined by other gamers for an interesting discussion, including some important tips for getting the most out of the new zone.

I've written a comprehensive page on the various methods of connecting to TalkShoe at http://terrania.us/talkshoe/ that covers in detail all the ways to listen or participate but I will summarize:

( After the cut, that is. )

To my delight, my announcement on the CoH board got pinged by Ex Libris, so it's on the Community Digest list now. Maybe next time I'll be able to schedule the show a little more in advance.

Please call in and join the conversation! I hope to see you there!

Current Mood: excited

Okay... this popped into my head last night:

You: Complete self. (Rikti Maguire)

followed by...


Query: Self: Inability to quit you. (Brokeback Rikti)


Any other Rikti-ized movie quotes? Heeheehee... this will keep me entertained for days.

Current Mood: giggly

Made a new look for my main lady, RaeD8, and took to the RWZ. I've been running pretty much alone with the old girl and find that most of the missions are quite soloable for a rad/def. That is until I started going up against some Vanguard bosses - ouchies. Other than the lag issues I really enjoy the new content and hope to make a run on the mothership soon.



( Has a few RWZ images but spoiler-lite )

Current Mood: lazy

Greetings, all.

My husband and I are collaborating on doing a video of heroes and villains going head to head with Rikti all over Paragon City as a trailer for I-10. However, for variety's sake, it'd be nice to get scenes from all over. If you have GOOD QUALITY Rikti invasion footage (ships flying past, bombs being dropped, or just slugging it out), please send an email directly to me at mtravis@samuraiko.com, subject line RIKTI INVASION VIDEO, to work it out on how to get it to me.

Footage WITHOUT the HUD would be nice, but if it's just ubercool and it still has the HUD, we can work around it.

EVERYONE who submits footage that we use will get a credit in the video, as well as on my website underneath the video.

Michelle
aka
Samurai_ko

PS - I don't belong to the City of Villains community, but if anyone here knows anyone there who'd like to contribute, I'd appreciate the help!

UPDATE: Yes, /demorecord footage would also work as well!

Current Mood: hopeful

Official Patch Notes Link

( Under the cut for those who might be blocked )

From the July 6 Beta version still on the training room and NOT LIVE patch notes:

"You must defeat Mary MacComber all ten times in order to progress the Katie Hannon Task Force."

I'm SO not surprised. I figured they'd do this exact thing to curb the clockwork like re-running of Katie's TF for rare recipes. It's still a pretty short TF, and is a plum level range for recipe selection. It just isn't going to be a 15 minute stealth/teleport quickie anymore.

Honestly, Mary Mac is the real core of the TF and I enjoy the challenge of fighting her. She's a tough opponent, but she IS defeatable. However, I do know many people have commented they have not succeded in a fight against her. So, if you need the TF badge for the Geas accolade, get the lead out. The so-called "Quick Katie" TF is about to end.

( X-Posted to Cityofvillains )

The first official i10 Teaser video is up.

But after you watch the official one, make sure you check this i10 Trailer video which Neutra made. It rocks.

This has probably already been discovered, but I was just looking at some of my screenshots and the translation of the new Giant Monster's name finally dawned on me...

U'Kon Gr'ai = You con gray

and how appropriate the name is: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v720/jillbamfette/?action=view¤t=wipe.jpg

I bet Positron named him.

Grats to those on the Test server who managed to take the Rikti Dropships down.

I wasn't there (mainly because I was at my weekly tabletop gaming session), but I think I saw our own Raye Gunn in one of the chat boxes in the screenshots.

So, while laying face down ontop of the Rikti mothership earlier tonight, I got a REALLY nice screencap of the Giant Mosnter, U'Kon Gr'ai. And figured I may as well upload the screenshots from the last part of the zone arcs. I have now officially done everything there is to do in the crash site, and have also participated in the zone invasions. I give I10 a big thumbs up.

anyway. U'Kon Gr'ai:
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Unforeseen technical difficulties caused me to have to delay the show by an hour, but it's live now and waiting for callers!

( details )

Update: show cancelled because nobody showed up. dammit.