I10 is live and the Rikti have invaded Paragon City. What are you doing reading this? Go kick some alien behind!

So I10 is still extremely imminent, so much so that the devs are having a special event on the test server tonight, but that's not what this is about.

I've been gearing up for the Issue since it was announced. With one hero sitting at the high levels, and 2 holding at level 35, I've been working on a new brute to get him up to 35 as well. I don't know why, but any time a new content issue comes down the pipe I always go into overdrive to get prepared for it. In my defense, from what I've played on the test server, the Rikti Invasion is shaping up to be one of the biggest updates for the game, at least story wise. Not to mention the fantastic, game wide, events that go on constantly. I'm really looking forward to it!

When I checked in this evening with Peter Stemitz, he told me that he'd had a chance to talk to Azuria about those crystals I found in the Circle's Magic Library. With the information that Akarist passed on to Azuria through me, she had found out what those crystals really were, and Mr. Stemitz told me she sounded shaken. So I went over to see what she had found out, and what I might need to do about it.

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Today a Council base near the radio antenna in Eastgate Heights came under attack from soldiers dressed up like the old Nemesis soldiers, whose leader tried to take over the United States in the 1940s. Meiyen volunteered to go in and prevent the violence from spreading, by separating the opponents. While doing so, she found evidence that the Council members of this base were tasked with determining if the armies of Nemesis are run by the same arch-villain who called himself in the 1940's. The order was signed by the Center himself. A file was also discovered which detailed the similarities between the current armies of Nemesis and the previous armies. According to the file, both groups use similar tactics and weaponry. The evidence may not be conclusive, but it certainly seems likely that the long-forgotten arch-villain is working on a comeback.

Note that this mission from Neal Kendrick or Tina Chung, called “Defeat raid leader & his men” requires you to find the Council Orders and Council File, even though the mission description doesn't mention them. I have bug reported this, so hopefully it will be quietly fixed soon.

I've been trucking along steadily with one of my Dominator alts lately, the Ice Control/Thorny Assault one (I have two, they're related in backstory and have a similar theme). I was taking some missions from Doctor Percy in Cap Au Diable, but I don't recommend doing the same, with the exception of one of her first missions (it involves a Nictus, and is rather cool). After that, it goes downhill, with long, slow missions in generic labs filled with foes to wade through from room to room, and a bugged mission at or near the end of her main arc, which necessitated a truly frustrating session with a GM who must have been new, and had communication issues (remember that scene in Wayne's World 2 where the main characters are talking to the radio DJ? That's how I felt, only without the humor, or being able to have fun with it). AAAARGH! There, I feel better now.

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Apparently I'm not the only one to be frustrated by the whole "plant bombs" thing: http://boards.cityofvillains.com/showflat.php?Cat=&...;fpart=1#4076160

Check out BillZBubba's post though, it really helped me out. It introduces this bind: /bind F12 "targetcustomnext notmypet"
Quite handy. We shouldn't have to resort to such things, and I still say it's a real lousy implementation of a mission type (one would think it'd be easier to find spots to place bombs rather than finding actual bombs and defusing them). Still, at least this'll make it possible to complete one of these missions in under an hour (it still proved to be something of a pain).

Thanks BillZBubba, you've allowed me to continue.

I'm not as excited about the game as I once was after running into this crap, and seeing the staff's attitude regarding it (loook into our eyes....everything is working fiiiine...you are feeling sleeepy..), but I'll try to move past it. My main guy R.O. is now 17th TL, and I have yet another idea for a new alt, so I'll keep messin' around in CoV for a while yet I think.

Well, perhaps my heading is misleading...you see, the support staff are insisting that it's working as intended. I'm talking about the "Plant Bombs in Arachnos base" mission of annoyance. I've been a happy camper up to this point. I've talked about the fun I've had. But this bothers me. If it really is working as intended, then the intention is not a good one, clearly.

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After returning from work and checking the homepage for City of Heroes, I found that Issue 5 had finally been released, and my chance to become a Archer had come. I quickly got on, and made a character....which I deleted...then another, which I deleted, and then finally found the right one. I named him the Cian Celtic, Cian meaning "Ancient", so, the Ancient Celtic...meh, seems like a cool name.

Anyways, I got invited to my SG, and got promoted to leader by a fellow SG member who was willing to help. Anyways, I only reached lvl 4, and there is still a lot more for me to discover with this new character, so not much to write about right now.