Outbreak tutorial...

[Peacemoon]

Just doing the ouroboros introductory storyline (at 50, yeah I’ve been preoccupied..), and of course, these days I set it to +3/8 for the challenge.

 

And then I find myself in the old Outbreak tutorial fighting hordes of contaminated at level...1! Interesting!! And talk about a flashback, WOW!

 

All I can say is thankfully I had a full tray of inspirations (these mobs didn’t drop any, or give any xp!), and being a dark/dark controller helped a lot too.

 

On a bright note I got the isolator badge for my hardship, another thing I forgot about. 

I love how this game sneaks up on you sometimes!

 

 

[Outrider_01]

Roll a new toon, trek through Outbreak to Coyote, and then set it to +4/8 .  Level 6 contaminated moshpit of goons in a tiny map when you enter that door, have fun.

[DougGraves]

did you kill 100 to get the badge?

[ArchVileTerror]

My own experience with Outbreak's Contaminated had lead me to believe that they're constantly level 1.  Other players have demonstrated that's not the case, though.  Sorry for shooting off at the mouth.

 

Original message for posterity:

Actually, nope, Outrid!  Contaminated can only be Level 1.

I know, since I use a special technique to service other players:

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/12679-rapid-isolator-badge-and-taxi-services-available-on-everlasting/

 

And, yes, DougG.  100 defeated Contaminated to get Isolator.

 

Edited April 15, 2020 by ArchVileTerror
Apology added.

[Peacemoon]

I got isolator, but was there another badge as well? I can’t remember now. But I have reached a wall with the shivans in atlas park. Radiation attacks counter my -hit dark so badly.. I might have to lower the diff

[Peacemoon]

1 hour ago, Peacemoon said:

I got isolator, but was there another badge as well? I can’t remember now. But I have reached a wall with the shivans in atlas park. Radiation attacks counter my -hit dark so badly.. I might have to lower the diff

Just to finish the story, a Thermal/Archery defender called Suncrow and a talented peacebringer (whose name I forget, sorry!) who kept switched between a tanking hulk and nuking alien came to my rescue. Between the 3 of us we took down the +3/8 Shivans! We all got the Man/Woman in Black badge before we finished. As a Dark/Dark controller I might actually use that...
 

Also, I never realised Peacebringers could be so tanky, so this really intrigued me. 

[justicebeliever]

1 hour ago, Peacemoon said:

I got isolator, but was there another badge as well? I can’t remember now. But I have reached a wall with the shivans in atlas park. Radiation attacks counter my -hit dark so badly.. I might have to lower the diff

In Outbreak tutorial there is just Isolator...I suppose you could get some of the damage given and damage taken badges, but that would be mentally...damaging.

[Peacemoon]

I seem to remember a second secret badge for the contaminated, now that it was mentioned. But perhaps I am misremembering it?

[justicebeliever]

Not as authoritative as it used to be, but I don't recall any changes to this since HC went live, and I've been here since June last year...

 

https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Contaminated - Only Isolator is listed.  I go for it everytime...

 

 

[Peacemoon]

I think you are right. I just remember spending a lot longer in Outbreak on live trying to get that badge! Of course it wasn’t set to x8 then..

[The_Cheeseman]

There's a way to get to the original Outbreak zone by exploiting Long Range Teleport. It may or may not be why my villain character has Isolator...

[Outrider_01]

On 4/7/2020 at 11:05 AM, ArchVileTerror said:

Actually, nope, Outrid!  Contaminated can only be Level 1.

I know, since I use a special technique to service other players:

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/12679-rapid-isolator-badge-and-taxi-services-available-on-everlasting/

 

And, yes, DougG.  100 defeated Contaminated to get Isolator.

I must be crazy than, but their level can change.  Can post screen shots tomorrow when I get home or you can try upping settings to confirm my sanity.  I know their level can be shifted, maybe not their strength level.

[ArchVileTerror]

Unless the Contaminated in the Ouroboros mission are different than the Tutorial Contaminated?  The ones in the Tutorial zone and instanced missions are always Level 1; even if the mission is level 10+4 (just tested it).

[Peacemoon]

1 hour ago, ArchVileTerror said:

Unless the Contaminated in the Ouroboros mission are different than the Tutorial Contaminated?  The ones in the Tutorial zone and instanced missions are always Level 1; even if the mission is level 10+4 (just tested it).

Must be, they definitely conned red to me as level 4s. The tutorial zone provably isn’t effected by notoriety

[Haijinx]

Weren't there contaminated in some of the low level Redside arcs? 

[Lines]

3 minutes ago, Haijinx said:

Weren't there contaminated in some of the low level Redside arcs? 

No, they're Infected, which is something else, unfortunately. 

 

There is one single contaminated mob who spawns by the tram station in Recluse's victory. Every hour. Thanks, Devs.

[Haijinx]

there is a blueside ouro arc for it though? 

 

Weird I did all the low level ones I thought for my Stalker, but don't remember it coming up.  

[Peacemoon]

20 minutes ago, Haijinx said:

there is a blueside ouro arc for it though? 

 

Weird I did all the low level ones I thought for my Stalker, but don't remember it coming up.  

It’s the introduction to Ouroboros arc. In order to demonstrate what was then a shiny new feature called ‘temporal scaling’, one of the Menders send you back to Outbreak as a level one to give you an extreme example. 
 

The map counts as an outdoor mission and is sort of effected by notoriety. Only the kidnapped NPCs and the final area in the office are effected by bigger team size notoriety setting. However there are no bosses or lieutenants in that villain group, so it’s just a load of minions. 

[Peacemoon]

27 minutes ago, Lines said:

No, they're Infected, which is something else, unfortunately. 

 

There is one single contaminated mob who spawns by the tram station in Recluse's victory. Every hour. Thanks, Devs.

I think I’ve seen some contaminated spawn in Atlas Park near the southern wall by Back Alley Brawler, but now I can’t be too sure they weren’t infected now that you mention it?

[Haijinx]

1 minute ago, Peacemoon said:

It’s the introduction to Ouroboros arc. In order to demonstrate what was then a shiny new feature called ‘temporal scaling’, one of the Menders send you back to Outbreak as a level one to give you an extreme example. 
 

The map counts as an outdoor mission and is sort of effected by notoriety. Only the kidnapped NPCs and the final area in the office are effected by bigger team size notoriety setting. However there are no bosses or lieutenants in that villain group, so it’s just a load of minions. 

Can you repeat that one over?

[Peacemoon]

Just now, Haijinx said:

Can you repeat that one over?

I don’t think you can, but you can definitely hop into someone else’s mission and help them. 

The final mission is a shiva raid on atlas park which also gives a defeat badge. I got some help and got it one sweep with the mission set to x8. Shivans use radiation, which is rare for mobs, and super deadly.

[Peacemoon]

If you can’t find anyone to do it with I should be online tonight (UK time) and happy to run the arc again with an alt to help you out!

[Heraclea]

5 hours ago, Outrider_01 said:

I must be crazy than, but their level can change.  Can post screen shots tomorrow when I get home or you can try upping settings to confirm my sanity.  I know their level can be shifted, maybe not their strength level.

When I get 2XP buffs from the P2W vendor in Outbreak, the mobs attacking Flower Knight will be level 2 or possibly higher after running everything in the mission at double XP.   Not sure if they can spawn higher than that in Outbreak itself; all XP in Outbreak proper comes from completing missions rather than defeating Contaminated which give no XP. 

[Outrider_01]

No, this is not photo shopped.  +4/+8 with the character at level 1.

 

 

At level 6, with 5s towards the back of the map in Coyote's mission to rescue Flower Knight.  Its also a lot of goons at +8 group size.  I also didn't mean outside the mission, I am never clear on what I am saying a lot of

 

Isolated badge also count from the ones in the mission, best off finishing the mission then running to the hazard area to finish it off at level 2 for that extra little bit of damage.  Brutes also excel at it, Rage increases damage for the Origin powers so you can 1 shot them and use you single attack to get the second.

 

  

On 4/8/2020 at 2:32 AM, The_Cheeseman said:

There's a way to get to the original Outbreak zone by exploiting Long Range Teleport. It may or may not be why my villain character has Isolator...

Do tell, we just love gossip

Edited April 9, 2020 by Outrider_01

[Rathulfr]

48 minutes ago, Outrider_01 said:

No, this is not photo shopped.  +4/+8 with the character at level 1.

 

 

At level 6, with 5s towards the back of the map in Coyote's mission to rescue Flower Knight.  Its also a lot of goons at +8 group size.

 

I just confirmed this with a new level 1 char on Torchbearer.  They wiped the floor with me.

 

(edit: I captured video, but I can't share it, so... 😞)

 

Edited April 9, 2020 by Rathulfr