Ten hours — with breaks — of task forces against the Council: Hess TF and Citadel (Bastion) TF. Started at about 1 p.m., finished the the second up around 11 p.m. or so. Took a dinner break, Kitten break, etc., inside, but pretty much took up our Saturday.
On the other hand, dinged Psi-clone and Amorpha two levels. On Hess, we were joined by Hyperion, Synoptic, Shock.Therapy, and Leroy Jones. On Bastion, we were again led by Hype and Syn, along with Kinetica (exemped down, dropped midway through), Puck Bunny, and Shock.Therapy (who also dropped midway through).
Biggest goof: during the climactic battle in Hess, not firing up a couple of the cool temp powers (Wedding Ring, Cryo Armor, Wolf Whistles, Electromagnetic Grenades) while we were being cut to shreds. Died three times in that final scene, including staggering out the emergency hatch, dead.
The two TFs are similar enough (and Hess is probably the better one) that it was a shame to run them back to back that way — sort of ended up feeling “Oh, no, not another Council mission/map/mob again” — but it was good people, good fun, and, as noted, good experience.
Might give our alts a bit more time at bat this coming week, though.
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***Dave Does the Game
I got the invite from Hype just before I had to leave for work. I couldn’t believe it when I saw the lot of you still teamed up when I got home nine hours later!
I was on top of the Icon building chatting with Johnny Richter when I heard shooting. I peeked down, and whom do I see but Synoptic and Hyperthermian, fighting some of those Cry I had just encountered for the first time that day (on missions with Fixette–don’t tell Allegro!), so I chipped in against them.
I was surprised to see how far Synoptic has advanced! I was at the ferry the other day when I spotted her at the door. She said “Bird guy” and went through the door before I could respond. I was laughing for quite a while afterward.
But, man, everybody’s passing Avocet! Those two weeks of enforced abstinence really retarded his advancement, and since then I’ve been getting so heavily into the RP side of the game, what with all this stuff going on with Allegro, that I’ve hardly been fighting any crime.
By the way, if anybody doesn’t know what I’m talking about, take a look at the complete chat log of our private conversation that Allegro posted (at http://freedomphalanx.com/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?p=13325&highlight=#13325 ) and at Avocet’s attempts to marshal his thoughts on the subject (at http://www.freedomphalanx.com/v-web/bulletin/bb/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=177 ).
By the way, who are Mr. and Mrs. Azure? I saw them online, but don’t recall if you mentioned them before.
And, in case I’m not getting far enough off topic, did anybody else get tapped for the Auto Assault beta?
Don’t talk to me about “everyone passing me up” … 🙂
That reminds me of the other interesting episode, which was between missions, on the train platform at Talos. Boom! A couple of Level 45 Crey (a Galaxy and a Warwolf) come bounding in, zapping the locals.
An ambush? An ambush that the person ran to the train station to escape? An intentional grief?
Anyway, Shock went down, and Psi-clone almost did. I sat there and, like in the missions (when I was usually fighting purples) I did a bunch of heals, a Phantom Army, an invis for the contenders, and tried to hang on to do my “civic duty.”
Exhilerating, if irksome. There were some very angry people standing around afterwards.