Themed TF/SF Saturdays

[Bananiac]

In other news today:

 

 

Theme Team Assemble!

 

 

Edited Friday at 04:45 PM by Bananiac

[FrauleinMental]

6 hours ago, Bananiac said:

 

Theme Team Assemble!

 

Interesting.  In honor of Valentine's Day, should we replace next week's theme (15 Feb - LGTF) with a run through the KK&S arc for Spring Fling?  Say, whatever character you want, but wear your wedding best?

[Burnt Umber]

3 hours ago, FrauleinMental said:

 In honor of Valentine's Day, should we replace next week's theme (15 Feb - LGTF) with a run through the KK&S arc for Spring Fling?  Say, whatever character you want, but wear your wedding best?

 

I'd certainly be up for it.  The two missions are relatively short, and they also yield a few ancillary defeat badges that can be otherwise annoying to get.  Also, if we do the Nemesis bonus stage, it's certainly a bit less of a headache on a team (it also speeds up the "Officiator" badge).

[Purple Enchantress]

Also, the nemesis fight gives a vanity pet for beating it.

[FrauleinMental]

13 hours ago, Burnt Umber said:

Also, if we do the Nemesis bonus stage, it's certainly a bit less of a headache on a team (it also speeds up the "Officiator" badge).

 

The Nemesis bonus stage looks absolutely crazy to solo...fourteen 54 Hero/AVs plus all the B-tier LTs.  I haven't even survived the alpha yet.

[Bananiac]

I am particularly keen on getting my hands on the Enhancement Rewards that were mentioned!

[FrauleinMental]

1 hour ago, Bananiac said:

I am particularly keen on getting my hands on the Enhancement Rewards that were mentioned!

 

I got one this morning, can get one per 20 hours, like most rewards.  Looks like an interesting set bonus structure, plus a Confuse proc.

[FrauleinMental]

Pics for 8 Feb - “Brute Force of Fury” - The Eden Trial (Woodsman, Level 39-41) - All Brutes, any costume

1. @FrauleinMental Radical Flambe - Rad/Fire
2. @TygerDarkstorm Lil Bo Peep - Staff/Rad or Cutsie Wutsie - Savage/Bio
3. @Burnt Umber Tiny the Barbarian - BS/Fire
4. @Bananiac Thundergodess - War Mace / Electric
5. @Purple Enchantress Diamond Will - MA/Will
6. Lightningforge - Electric Blaster

Our initial lineup

 

We got one more before launch, but I didn't get the global.

 

We did pretty well clearing mobs at +2 throughout the place.

 

Looking up at the problem.  Crystal Titan really needs a less melee-focused theme, since Ambrosia is basically worthless now.

[FrauleinMental]

15 Feb - “Rikti Infiltration” - The Lady Grey TF (Lady Grey, Level 35-50) - Rikti costumes with matching weapon-based powerset

15 Feb - "Red/Blue Wedding" - Kadabra Kill (red) & Sigil (blue) Spring Fling mission (Pocket D, next to the Chalet entrance) - Any AT/powers, dress for a wedding!

• I haven't seen a level minimum posted anywhere, and there might not be one (DJ Zero's missions, for example are level 1+).
• It's pretty quick to run it once.  Running each side gets you a badge, so we'll plan on starting blueside (hero/vig) and switching to red (villain/rogue).
• There's a badge for defeating all 9 signature heroes and all 5 signature villains (which requires multiple runs).  I was able to solo this in 5 runs total (with 1 EB spawning in each of 3 waves of enemies), but teams might get more to spawn per run.
• There's a badge for getting kicked off the stage (teleported into the pool).
• The last badge is for triggering the Nemesis bonus run after you have both red and blue badges.
• I've linked the Dev Diary and the HC Wiki (which has already been populated pretty thoroughly).

Signups for 15 Feb:

1. @FrauleinMental Fraulein Mental - Mind/Kin CTRL
2. @Burnt Umber Veneficio - Crabbermind
3. @TygerDarkstorm Ashe Flaye - Pain Dom/Beam Rifle Defender (tentative)
4. @ZamuelNow Ebony Gyro Elec/Elec Blaster
5. @Purple Enchantress Bone Dandy - Dark/ Broad Sword Tanker

Valentine's Day Event 2025 - Unofficial Homecoming Wiki

Edited Monday at 10:58 PM by FrauleinMental

[Burnt Umber]

4 hours ago, FrauleinMental said:

15 Feb - "Red/Blue Wedding" - Kadabra Kill (red) & Sigil (blue) Spring Fling mission (Pocket D, next to the Chalet entrance) - Any AT/powers, dress for a wedding!

 

I'll bring Veneficio - Crabbermind

[TygerDarkstorm]

I also grabbed some pics from our adventure today.

[TygerDarkstorm]

4 hours ago, FrauleinMental said:

15 Feb - “Rikti Infiltration” - The Lady Grey TF (Lady Grey, Level 35-50) - Rikti costumes with matching weapon-based powerset

15 Feb - "Red/Blue Wedding" - Kadabra Kill (red) & Sigil (blue) Spring Fling mission (Pocket D, next to the Chalet entrance) - Any AT/powers, dress for a wedding!

As of right now, I don't have a cookie booth on this day/time, so I will tentatively be there on Ashe Flaye - Pain Dom/Beam Rifle Defender.

[Purple Enchantress]

23 hours ago, FrauleinMental said:

15 Feb - “Rikti Infiltration” - The Lady Grey TF (Lady Grey, Level 35-50) - Rikti costumes with matching weapon-based powerset

15 Feb - "Red/Blue Wedding" - Kadabra Kill (red) & Sigil (blue) Spring Fling mission (Pocket D, next to the Chalet entrance) - Any AT/powers, dress for a wedding!

• I haven't seen a level minimum posted anywhere, and there might not be one (DJ Zero's missions, for example are level 1+).
• It's pretty quick to run it once.  Running each side gets you a badge, so we'll plan on starting blueside (hero/vig) and switching to red (villain/rogue).
• There's a badge for defeating all 9 signature heroes and all 5 signature villains (which requires multiple runs).  I was able to solo this in 5 runs total (with 1 EB spawning in each of 3 waves of enemies), but teams might get more to spawn per run.
• There's a badge for getting kicked off the stage (teleported into the pool).
• The last badge is for triggering the Nemesis bonus run after you have both red and blue badges.
• I've linked the Dev Diary and the HC Wiki (which has already been populated pretty thoroughly).

Signups for 15 Feb:

1. @FrauleinMental Cosmique - Peacebringer
2. @Burnt Umber Veneficio - Crabbermind
3. @TygerDarkstorm Ashe Flaye - Pain Dom/Beam Rifle Defender (tentative)

Valentine's Day Event 2025 - Unofficial Homecoming Wiki

 

There's also a vanity mini pet for beating the nemesis wedding, which can bug out by just beating the villains. But even when clearing everything it doesn't give any of the other rewards sadly.

[FrauleinMental]

1 hour ago, Purple Enchantress said:

There's also a vanity mini pet for beating the nemesis wedding, which can bug out by just beating the villains. But even when clearing everything it doesn't give any of the other rewards sadly.

 

I might bring my main just for that, since the Nemesis round isn't soloable for me.

[Purple Enchantress]

If we attempt it I will bring whatever is needed, we beat it with the trials crew a couple times. Just need strong toons, pulling and focus in the right order. And when I say bug out it means the mission is "failed" but you do get the pet still.

Edited Sunday at 09:45 PM by Purple Enchantress

[Burnt Umber]

44 minutes ago, FrauleinMental said:

I might bring my main just for that, since the Nemesis round isn't soloable for me.

 

Minor thing:  you get the badge just by starting the Nemesis event; you don't need to reach completion/defeat all.

 

Also, a few other things I've noticed while doing this:

 

-The Nemesis event ends seemingly automatically if you defeat Lord Recluse and the Patrons, even if other heroes and villains remain.

-The Nemesis event itself has all 14 signature heroes and villains that are needed for the Officiator badge, so it's handy to do that with a group to try to pick off the badge with as few runs as possible.

-The Heroes or AVs that spawn with the groups seems random to some extent so you can get all the AVs in a Blueside run but need to do many Redside runs to get all nine Heroes.

[Purple Enchantress]

3 hours ago, Burnt Umber said:

 

Minor thing:  you get the badge just by starting the Nemesis event; you don't need to reach completion/defeat all.

 

Also, a few other things I've noticed while doing this:

 

-The Nemesis event ends seemingly automatically if you defeat Lord Recluse and the Patrons, even if other heroes and villains remain.

-The Nemesis event itself has all 14 signature heroes and villains that are needed for the Officiator badge, so it's handy to do that with a group to try to pick off the badge with as few runs as possible.

-The Heroes or AVs that spawn with the groups seems random to some extent so you can get all the AVs in a Blueside run but need to do many Redside runs to get all nine Heroes.

 

All this is true, but you need to at least beat the villains to get the mini pet.

[ZamuelNow]

On 2/8/2025 at 2:05 PM, FrauleinMental said:

15 Feb - "Red/Blue Wedding" - Kadabra Kill (red) & Sigil (blue) Spring Fling mission (Pocket D, next to the Chalet entrance

 

I'll join with Ebony Gyro Elec/Elec Blaster.  Do you need to have done the previous Valentines event to do the wedding?

[Purple Enchantress]

2 hours ago, ZamuelNow said:

 

I'll join with Ebony Gyro Elec/Elec Blaster.  Do you need to have done the previous Valentines event to do the wedding?

 

No, you can do the wedding without having done anything else. Only the Nemesis wedding needs having done both sides. Though you only need 1 person that has done that.

 

@FrauleinMental And will bring Bone Dandy - Dark/ Broad Sword Tanker, though will alt to anything that's needed if we try the Nemesis wedding.