Ahoyhoy
So.. I got my Muni char to 30 today, was feeling pretty sick, so I didn't do my usual and experiment with the loadouts until I found whatever everyone else was using already hehe.. I used a Youtuber
Big D's loadout, and changed his Chain Grenade Launcher to Five Barrel Minigun, Which I found better damage & clipping.
I'm left with an RP milieu though, I don't really like guns. IRL I hate them..good in a zombie apocalypse, bad in real life. I made my char have an RP of a Fallout style to compensate, however the RP factor has lost grip for me. The only thing I can daydream about it is.. getting Fallout-like deco for his base.
I will get him to T7; like I have been doing with the rest of my chars, during league quiet time, but he might just stay there for a while.
In other matters.. the league has been going great, and as we return from holiday, its good to see staff back at their posts. I personally, found this sight very rewarding.
Ione has been doing a great job as our new Tactical Officer (TO) and it'll be good when Risky makes our PVP team. Looking forward to that.
Members are members..content to play and be helped.
The summer seasonal is on just now and ends on the 27th iirc of this month (July), I need to push hard for the feats.. with my shoulder being out for almost two months I slipped behind in my feats and haven't hit my target of 200 SP by summer, that I set in Dec. iirc I was 120 130?.. hmm I have loads of styles that just need one correct drop, but only *some* joy on that front.
I am glad to report my luck has *somehow* been fixed .. after 6 months of almost solid greens that I already owned, last month .. BAM!.. fixed. so relieved.. pheww I had been used to getting a few blues a day 1 or 2 purple and i reg used to get auras from lockboxes..fyi 6 months ago
that stopped. dead.
.. I am so glad its fixed now.
The new content came out.. Batman-fam and Legends of Tom storylines .. really good stories, fun content!
I think thats it.. thanks for reading :)
Sigma
Thursday 30 June 2016
Saturday 25 June 2016
Bulletin Points on Training an Officer (of ORS) ..
Hi..
I'll make this public, so it benefits everyone. but here are the bulletin points on officer training, even just so I remember:
The Induction:
Every part of the induction has a story behind it.. and here is it.
We are a friendly dedicated league, we like polite regular players, we don't like swearing or rudeness, we only like main chars and not other leaguers. we help each other and help the community at large.
When I joined KS, that was the first thing I noticed; everyone was friendly, we continue that today.
We are a dedicated staff; I rem when I was in a friends league when I returned after my 2 year break (Dec 2014), I was the *only* staff online.. not just that, days would pass without any staff online to help (even weeks). That friend (we'll call him S) S has since learned the value of dedication. We expect the same dedication from our members, perhaps not to the same extent, but if you do not care to play with us or bring *something* to our league; then we extend the same to you. You will be removed.
I reiterate these sentiments again, as they are important, and the player *may* not have caught it the first read. 'Polite' is a protective word.. it protects the members, but more importantly it protects the staff; who's dedication makes running the league possible. 'Regular' means they make a commitment to return and to keep returning.
The no swearing rule.. here's a story o.o
During my time as Drill Sgt. in KS.. we had this young german guy..he was 10 levels below me but still thought it funny to be constantly cheeky to me.. even swearing at me frequently. I was trying to emulate my mentor L, and said nothing about this to the german guy.. he must'a been 15 yo. he was level 15 coincidentally.. well one day I logged on and he's asking in league chat for help, which was my duty, I pm M and tell her 'I got it'. We group and he's got a friend (non leaguer) who he want us to level also.. he is laughing and showing off to his friend, mixing german and english.. after 20-30 mins of helping*.. Well.. I exploded. and said a few things.. I was a Drill.Sgt and could see all his mistakes.. I told him them.. and a lot more! He was shocked..
I went out of group and calmed down. he pm'd me I could tell he was crying in real life coz i did it in front of his friend. I was still mad so I didn't reply. after an hour I calmed down.. I suddenly felt horrible! .. I had let M & L down! they entrusted me with a member and I had betrayed that trust! :O
I didn't care too much about the obnoxious german teen; but I had been put in a position of trust by M & L and abused that by exploding.
I resolved to never do this again. and why it's part of the rules of ORS.* and if you're ORS staff reading this it's why it's part of your Officer training : to never lose your cool.
'We like main chars and not other leaguers'
I always feel I need to explain this bit, we don't mind other leaguers, just they are not allowed in ORS.
Offt.. I had planned to tell this story in the history of ORS, but you'll get a portion of it just now.
So we had this cr/ high SP guy join.. we'll call him T.. T had been playing with us off and on for around 5 days by the weekend he wanted to join.. well T had many many alts. all high SP and high CR.. we would be playing and need a role and he'd say 'wait ill just jump on an alt!'.. everytime he did this.. the staff would see his other league banner.. and I could *feel* the sigh of sadness within the staff morale. ..after a few days he was cheeky and griefed on me in duo.. but that stories still to come in the history of ORS.
It's just not good enough.. if staff are willing to spend 100 to 1000 hours helping, you should have the courtesy to remain loyal to ORS.
It's right there in the induction: if you don't like it; do. not. join.
We help each other (M) and help the community at large (L).
ORS was founded by Alden and I on the principles M & L taught us in KS. We try to live up to those today.. well.. Alden has retired from the game, but you get what I mean :)
Each league boss is the captain of their ship.. and each league boss runs their ship how they see fit. this is great! means there is a league for everyone! Some might find it odd that we ask adults not to swear; but we are upfront about the rules and ideals in the induction. if they do not like it, simply say 'no' when asked if you agree, and no invite to league will be sent.
We also have an age requirement of 18+.. we are a PC league in years, and as you may know the EUPC server had many many adults not many under 18's. we liked this. I and the rest of the staff, should not have to deal with any hormone infused teen drama. that's unacceptable.
Quick story..
So I was leveling one of my low alts last week.. and some guy in Gotham shout kept asking for help. I pm'd him saying I would switch and help. I did so. he managed to inv me to group after a pm. he had already ninja invited another high CR player (who I had been acquainted with in a duo that morning on another alt). i told the other high cr, that I would get this.
We went to ace chemicals, the guy we'll call R.. R had just hit 30 and was trying to do the alert solo. half way through I became curious about recruiting, as he was a non leaguer, I knew if i told him this and about ORS's age requirements he'd just lie and say he was 18 just for the help.. so I asked him 'what age are you.. whats your story R?'.. he replied '12.. england'.. well I dunno what to say to 12yo that i'm not related to.. so i said 'school hols eh?' .. I had *no idea*. then he replied 'dean trust'.. at first I thought it was his real name so I said 'no no R's fine.. don't tell me your real name' .. then he suddenly logged. it was a typo!it was 'don't trust'. flip.. what are 12yo doing in this game!! its bad enough we have teens. DB *really* should make it '18+' only if they don't already. I don't care about profits i don't want any stranger danger for helping low levels o.o
I was half way through ace chems too! but luckily enough I popped a treasure chest and it gave me something I needed... oh! and I got my *first* kick me epic back sold that on broker for 1 mil. nice!
Well I think thats everything..
in ORS, we staff spend perhaps thousands of hours helping people we just met.
We shouldn't have cheek for all the hard work we put in .. work done to benefit the community. work we do FOR FREE. cheeky behaviour is unacceptable.
Hope anyone and myself in the future enjoyed reading!
have a great and bizarre day!
Sigma
In ORS we try to protect our investment of 1. work spent. 2 community 3. morale.
The induction is set to do those things.
*(att he was talking to me like i was a dog.. a stupid dog.. with chat like 'why are you being nice to him? he HAS to help us he doesn't have a choice haha' and 'stupid englander' .. am Scottish!!)
*.. not to mention it was no-no in KS league chat.but it really has nothing to do with that. it was coz of the above story. I didn't repeat the swearing portion.
I'll make this public, so it benefits everyone. but here are the bulletin points on officer training, even just so I remember:
- Never lose your cool.
- Never dress down a member down in public.
- Teach them loot etiquette: PFC is very common with most leagues, and is also in ORS. Pass For Class. Members should PFC but also; they should pass on deco IF being helped by a higher cr; staff should always pass on gear unless they clear it with member first (for styles). a piece of random gear that will help the member increase their cr, should always go to the member.
- Morale is the oxygen of a league; recruiting is the lifeblood; we are a family.
- Drama is the cancer of MMOs; griefing destroys players and so destroys communities.Drama spreads like an infection through griefing. It should never be tolerated or allowed to exist.
- I don't work hard being a league boss, for an officer to go around swearing, only for that to result in the members swearing at me. being cheeky to me. also it's embarrassing for me as a league boss; like they had no training = scrub.
- Don't swear. as an officer it the easiest way to garner respect from members. and as everyone in ORS knows by the induction. no swearing. period.
- Try at all times to be understanding of other people's perspectives, it may be a simple mis-understanding of words or intents between you.
- Always ask in league chat if anyone needs help. best to do it when you log-on or when members log.
- Pass lead of group to Senior staff if suitable; first chance you get.
- At every opportunity; meaning when free; move to the staff voice channel.
- Help the community at large, you don't have to do 2-6 hours donkey work for them, their league staff's job is to help them, however; doing one *maybe* two missions with a community member is good for community morale. little each day in the Karma bank :)
- Don't be *too* quick to be angry with a 'bad player' .. it might be that they have no league staff contact or they are in a dead league. Feel sympathy empathy or pity for them; they probably didn't do anything wrong outside of the instance, simply they do not have the good fortune of an availed dedicated ORS staff, which we do.
- You are not 'LEET' you are player.. just like any other. I even teach at times the senior staff are just officers.. I was a Drill Sgt. I still am in my heart. From the lowest to the highest, we are all players. respect is earned by actions and courtesy is the currency of civilization.
The Induction:
Every part of the induction has a story behind it.. and here is it.
We are a friendly dedicated league, we like polite regular players, we don't like swearing or rudeness, we only like main chars and not other leaguers. we help each other and help the community at large.
When I joined KS, that was the first thing I noticed; everyone was friendly, we continue that today.
We are a dedicated staff; I rem when I was in a friends league when I returned after my 2 year break (Dec 2014), I was the *only* staff online.. not just that, days would pass without any staff online to help (even weeks). That friend (we'll call him S) S has since learned the value of dedication. We expect the same dedication from our members, perhaps not to the same extent, but if you do not care to play with us or bring *something* to our league; then we extend the same to you. You will be removed.
I reiterate these sentiments again, as they are important, and the player *may* not have caught it the first read. 'Polite' is a protective word.. it protects the members, but more importantly it protects the staff; who's dedication makes running the league possible. 'Regular' means they make a commitment to return and to keep returning.
The no swearing rule.. here's a story o.o
During my time as Drill Sgt. in KS.. we had this young german guy..he was 10 levels below me but still thought it funny to be constantly cheeky to me.. even swearing at me frequently. I was trying to emulate my mentor L, and said nothing about this to the german guy.. he must'a been 15 yo. he was level 15 coincidentally.. well one day I logged on and he's asking in league chat for help, which was my duty, I pm M and tell her 'I got it'. We group and he's got a friend (non leaguer) who he want us to level also.. he is laughing and showing off to his friend, mixing german and english.. after 20-30 mins of helping*.. Well.. I exploded. and said a few things.. I was a Drill.Sgt and could see all his mistakes.. I told him them.. and a lot more! He was shocked..
I went out of group and calmed down. he pm'd me I could tell he was crying in real life coz i did it in front of his friend. I was still mad so I didn't reply. after an hour I calmed down.. I suddenly felt horrible! .. I had let M & L down! they entrusted me with a member and I had betrayed that trust! :O
I didn't care too much about the obnoxious german teen; but I had been put in a position of trust by M & L and abused that by exploding.
I resolved to never do this again. and why it's part of the rules of ORS.* and if you're ORS staff reading this it's why it's part of your Officer training : to never lose your cool.
'We like main chars and not other leaguers'
I always feel I need to explain this bit, we don't mind other leaguers, just they are not allowed in ORS.
Offt.. I had planned to tell this story in the history of ORS, but you'll get a portion of it just now.
So we had this cr/ high SP guy join.. we'll call him T.. T had been playing with us off and on for around 5 days by the weekend he wanted to join.. well T had many many alts. all high SP and high CR.. we would be playing and need a role and he'd say 'wait ill just jump on an alt!'.. everytime he did this.. the staff would see his other league banner.. and I could *feel* the sigh of sadness within the staff morale. ..after a few days he was cheeky and griefed on me in duo.. but that stories still to come in the history of ORS.
It's just not good enough.. if staff are willing to spend 100 to 1000 hours helping, you should have the courtesy to remain loyal to ORS.
It's right there in the induction: if you don't like it; do. not. join.
We help each other (M) and help the community at large (L).
ORS was founded by Alden and I on the principles M & L taught us in KS. We try to live up to those today.. well.. Alden has retired from the game, but you get what I mean :)
Each league boss is the captain of their ship.. and each league boss runs their ship how they see fit. this is great! means there is a league for everyone! Some might find it odd that we ask adults not to swear; but we are upfront about the rules and ideals in the induction. if they do not like it, simply say 'no' when asked if you agree, and no invite to league will be sent.
We also have an age requirement of 18+.. we are a PC league in years, and as you may know the EUPC server had many many adults not many under 18's. we liked this. I and the rest of the staff, should not have to deal with any hormone infused teen drama. that's unacceptable.
Quick story..
So I was leveling one of my low alts last week.. and some guy in Gotham shout kept asking for help. I pm'd him saying I would switch and help. I did so. he managed to inv me to group after a pm. he had already ninja invited another high CR player (who I had been acquainted with in a duo that morning on another alt). i told the other high cr, that I would get this.
We went to ace chemicals, the guy we'll call R.. R had just hit 30 and was trying to do the alert solo. half way through I became curious about recruiting, as he was a non leaguer, I knew if i told him this and about ORS's age requirements he'd just lie and say he was 18 just for the help.. so I asked him 'what age are you.. whats your story R?'.. he replied '12.. england'.. well I dunno what to say to 12yo that i'm not related to.. so i said 'school hols eh?' .. I had *no idea*. then he replied 'dean trust'.. at first I thought it was his real name so I said 'no no R's fine.. don't tell me your real name' .. then he suddenly logged. it was a typo!it was 'don't trust'. flip.. what are 12yo doing in this game!! its bad enough we have teens. DB *really* should make it '18+' only if they don't already. I don't care about profits i don't want any stranger danger for helping low levels o.o
I was half way through ace chems too! but luckily enough I popped a treasure chest and it gave me something I needed... oh! and I got my *first* kick me epic back sold that on broker for 1 mil. nice!
Well I think thats everything..
in ORS, we staff spend perhaps thousands of hours helping people we just met.
We shouldn't have cheek for all the hard work we put in .. work done to benefit the community. work we do FOR FREE. cheeky behaviour is unacceptable.
Hope anyone and myself in the future enjoyed reading!
have a great and bizarre day!
Sigma
In ORS we try to protect our investment of 1. work spent. 2 community 3. morale.
The induction is set to do those things.
*(att he was talking to me like i was a dog.. a stupid dog.. with chat like 'why are you being nice to him? he HAS to help us he doesn't have a choice haha' and 'stupid englander' .. am Scottish!!)
*.. not to mention it was no-no in KS league chat.but it really has nothing to do with that. it was coz of the above story. I didn't repeat the swearing portion.
Thursday 23 June 2016
Discussing a Lantern Healer..
I have a few posts from the DCUO Forums I would like to expand on but can't edit.
so..
Here is the idea :
"I don't see why an Orange lantern would give out healing to anyone. but wadda i know? Indigo Tribe IS neutral as we seen in the WOL.. it is a DCUO world event.. part of the DCUO story of our lanterns. ref: when you have to fight Black Lantern Hal alongside Munk. earlier on that mission, he is surrounded by all the different lanterns.
umm.. making a healer lantern class.. then changing the ring color to suit.. it still my preference. coz they'll be alot of dudes..inc myself, who don't want to be a pink male lantern. .. make a ring colour slider, with gradiated colours, excluding the ones not allowed; black and white.
Hero:
Blue to Purple to Pink gradiated.
Villain:
Orange to Pink to Purple gradiated.
OR
Villain : Purple to Pink
and they do a separate Orange Troller or Tank class later.
Giving the remaining lanterns to us makes sure we stop asking and asking..which I imagine for the devs is not fun... but saying that it is SUPER popular.. and we should have the last one for the set imho.
The 'pink' thing needs the player's choice, not the devs.
(also I don't think anyone brought this up.. i might be wrong @ thread.. but wearers can have more than one ring.. so it makes sense to me)"
then I answered:
"Erm, kindly. I dunno how you can debate with the idea of 'choice'.. put the player in control.
The mission referenced* is "Oa Under Siege".
I went away after your comment, and watched the Winter Seasonal Alert.. Larfleeze's power is Light, like Sinestro Corps and Green Lantern Corps. (Avarice) Lex Luthor and Captain Cold I did not see them use any other powers other than the ones they have normally, in videos or in game.
Seems the developers have already made Larfleeze Hard Light.
*(had time to look it up now)"
Well I was just thinking.. why not give Hard Light Villains an Orange to Yellow gradient also. makes sense.
Larfleeze is already Hard Light, and the nature of his power is in controlling, greed. Controller class.
peace out :)
SigmaAtom
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Healer:
Hero:
Blue to Purple to Pink gradiated.
Villain :
Purple to Pink gradiated
Controller:
Villain:
Orange to Yellow gradiated.
Edit: hmm I'd like to expand this EVEN further!
Tank:
Villain:
Black to Red gradiated.
Controller:
Hero:
Green to White gradiated.
Update: I now think it should be a colour picker in the style menu of the individual lantern corps and not graduated. why?
Because the constructs need to match the ring colour. and it's much more practical anyway. clearer and easier to use in conjunction with the 'ring cooldown' see below.
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Update 29/July/2016
On the subject of Star Sapphires..and if they are hero or villain, they are both, Carol Ferris is a hero.. and The Predator is a villain.. a being who encases other beings in crystal with a view to brainwash them using a ring to continue the influence over them into mindless drones. Predator = villain so yeh.. There could be a SS villain healer.
Actually it's quite a dynamic between Carol Ferris and the Predator.. the Predator's number #1 lantern is a hero. This is smart, as even as Carol will not always obey.. she can inspire love easily.
Indigo Tribe.. is undoubtedly a hero faction but saying that; the ring is parasitic.. which means if some broke the rings control and took control over the ring.. there could be two sides. I know they are hero.. but in saying that.. that's not true either.. they are neutral.They work with Sinestro corps Red Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps & Blue Lantern Corps; and see no difference between them.
Will and Morality of the User
Fear
Will
Hope
Rage
Will and Morality of the Ring
Death
Avarice
Compassion
Love
Morality of the Ring and then User
Life
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UPDATE: 11th and 12th Sept. 2016. (on going)
Observed Power Moves
Larfleeze (Agent Orange)
Is observed to be identical to the Hard Light Power aka. Green Lantern / Sinestro Corps.
The following pictures are screen caps from Jens Andersen's video, and for non-profit educational purposes only. besides.. why not go and hit him up with a sub on his YT. Jens Andersen
:Video Here:
Carol Ferris (Queen Star Sapphire)
While The Star Sapphires have 'Fan' from GL/YL, Carol herself shows many more moves.
She has a unique variant of 'Lightblast'. ..like RL Ragebringer, these are similar. In the video this is called 'Violet Light Blast'.
here is a picture:
During the power, the blast targeted allies and enemies, and after the above move, the Star Sapphires had a defence buff, meaning it could be an opposite to Lightblast in Controller stance. And be a Healer defence buff.
Another variant is called 'Passionate Embrace', with wavy lines instead of straight.
See Pictures:
There is also a unique variant of 'Handclap' which has two sets of hands.
In the video the name of the power is 'Hand Clap'.
See picture:
One set hands claps the first target and the second the next closest.
Carol has a variant of Azure Shockwave also, this is a power of Saint Walker (Blue Lantern). In the Video the name of the power is 'Absolute Devotion'.
See Picture:
She also has a unique variation of Temperance/Lantern Ward, which has Star Sapphire insignia's searching the ground.
See Pictures:
The Pictures are in the wrong order as it was another SS that cast the second one.
Another power may be the Star Sapphire equivalent to Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps 'Ram'. It Corkscrews through the ground towards enemies.
See Pictures:
I did not observe these were infinite combo's like GL/YL, however even the mobs with GL/YL rings do not perform infinite combos. Much is unknown, but given that GL/YL/RL are precs based, it would follow that the other lanterns are too, including the Star Sapphires.
Saint Walker (First Blue Lantern)
Walker already has a legends character, I used : this : video by Kreese2007 to find out his moves. thanks to him.
Salvo of Adara, is a very loose variant of 'Ram' with a few improvements for DPS. The shot is 5 fold and becomes wider the further out your are.
Munk seems to have a non-supercharge variation of the blue lantern 'Hope'.
The move can be seen : here : in Balkan's video @ 8:44
Which Indigo-1 has also in Corrupted Zamaron duo.
Ever been in a raid.. and the healer prefers to spectate rather than participate? yeah, that's Indigo-1.
I am of course joking. I have been in that duo many times and she has helped. however after researching a few YT vids.. and her just standing watching during a boss fight, i thought it was funny.
Indigo-1 has a second variation of 'Hope', this time it blasts a huge circle of blue light from the epicenter.
can be seen in ApoSenseii's vid @ 7:30/31 .. look : here : and use YT slow-mo. :)
I will try to find the names (and pictures) for these, might be tough though.
Kyle Rayner
Having both a Green and Blue ring limits our knowledge of available Healer class lantern Heal/DPS abilities. but here are his powers.
While Construct Pencil is green, it could be retconned into DPS equivalent/variant of 'Entrap' if a book was added to snap close on the enemies. Variants could be : Construct Rose; entrap enemies of Love in light construct heart shaped chocolate boxes and let them know the pain they cause with a single construct rose. Construct Rubber Baton; entrap enemies of compassion within light construct rubber balls and make them feel the pain they cause with a construct rubber baton.
"Inspired Blast" is a variant of "Azure Shockwave" and the seemingly devastating "Absolute Devotion".
FWIW, Lantern Ward is my preference for the Lantern AOE Damage-out heal. With a 'Pull' instead of 'Push' effect, for making a 'Tank Mat'.. (the healer lays down the mat and Tank stands on the mat pulling mobs toward the center, while the group, gets damage based healing, players do not need to be in the AOE but mobs do)
Mind Over Matter, is a construct shield, I could easily see this being you + 3 group members, much like the other healers. Imho should time based, and damage in + power in.
Conflagrate is a power very unique to Kyle, I would think it like, Amon Sur's Yellow Lantern pet. Only he can do that.
A 'Inspired Blast' variant imho, should be the HoT and a variation of 'Recharge' for priority heal.
Already we have12 17 of the 24 powers. 2 trees of 12 powers, I would suggest that they are called 'Peace' (healer) and 'War' (DPS)
Violet Light Blast
Passionate Embrace
Hand Clap
Absolute Devotion/Inspired Blast/Azure Shockwave
Temperance/Lantern Ward
? Insignia
? Corkscrew
Salvo of Adara
Mind Over Matter
Recharge (Rejuvenate)
Hope Indigo Variant 1
Hope Indigo Variant 2 Supercharge
Fan and Spikequake are part of the Star Sapphire powerset.
Update: Found a CC from Star Sapphire called 'Dust Cloud' very powerful CC. would make excellent attack buff. Also they *seem* to have 'standard' Lightblast, the same one as the GL/YL's. If so, they have 2 Lightblast variants and the original. There is also 'Construct Grenade' adding one more power.
Another12 7 could be taken variants of GL/YL.. or even RL. For example a variant of 'Infuriate' for group healing supercharge. The Star Sapphires seem to have a variant of RL 'Dreadful Blast' but it was very difficult to see in the video. Update: this seems to be simply their 'range' attack and not anything special. However, a cloned variant of Dreadful Blast (Hopeful Blast/Passionate Blast/ Empathy Blast) would suit as a good DPS power. non-infinite combo.
A variant of 'Violence', could be used as a priority heal.
A variant of 'Snaptrap' with two huge pillows, balanced for *very* strong CC and not strong damage.
I'd like to see a 100% SC variant of 'Triage' as a raid heal; you + 7, time based.
Re-list:
Violet Light Blast
Passionate Embrace
Hand Clap
Absolute Devotion/Inspired Blast/Azure Shockwave
Temperance/Lantern Ward
? Insignia
? Corkscrew
Salvo of Adara
Mind Over Matter
Recharge (Rejuvenate)
Hope Indigo Variant 1
Hope Indigo Variant 2 Supercharge
Whats missing? 3 Supercharge abilities, 4 Powers. Description; definition of which powers do what.
I'd like to see the Healer Lantern have infinite combos like GL/YL. I think that would be cool.
Re-list + Suggestions :
Violet Light Blast (inf)
Passionate Embrace
Hand Clap (inf)
Absolute Devotion/Inspired Blast/Azure Shockwave
Temperance/Lantern Ward
? Insignia (inf)
? Corkscrew (inf)
Salvo of Adara (inf)
Mind Over Matter
Recharge (Rejuvenate)
Hope Indigo Variant 1 (inf, attack buff + damage-out heal)
Hope Indigo Variant 2 Supercharge (25% SC damage out heal + 50% health for all party members)
I would like to make a healer lantern whom I could switch rings at will, but that leaves us with the caveat that only females are allowed to be Star Sapphires.. which suits me fine. I have a female nature healer I would much prefer to be a Lantern and I would buy a extra char slot to make a male Blue Lantern, with both being able to switch to Indigo Tribe.
A 'ring cooldown' like an armory cooldown could be implemented to give time for the servers to load each blue/violet/indigo variant. this also sticks with lore, as removing your ring (for the other corps except GL and YL) is said be very 'draining'.
so..
Here is the idea :
"I don't see why an Orange lantern would give out healing to anyone. but wadda i know? Indigo Tribe IS neutral as we seen in the WOL.. it is a DCUO world event.. part of the DCUO story of our lanterns. ref: when you have to fight Black Lantern Hal alongside Munk. earlier on that mission, he is surrounded by all the different lanterns.
umm.. making a healer lantern class.. then changing the ring color to suit.. it still my preference. coz they'll be alot of dudes..inc myself, who don't want to be a pink male lantern. .. make a ring colour slider, with gradiated colours, excluding the ones not allowed; black and white.
Hero:
Blue to Purple to Pink gradiated.
Villain:
Orange to Pink to Purple gradiated.
OR
Villain : Purple to Pink
and they do a separate Orange Troller or Tank class later.
Giving the remaining lanterns to us makes sure we stop asking and asking..which I imagine for the devs is not fun... but saying that it is SUPER popular.. and we should have the last one for the set imho.
The 'pink' thing needs the player's choice, not the devs.
(also I don't think anyone brought this up.. i might be wrong @ thread.. but wearers can have more than one ring.. so it makes sense to me)"
then I answered:
"Erm, kindly. I dunno how you can debate with the idea of 'choice'.. put the player in control.
The mission referenced* is "Oa Under Siege".
I went away after your comment, and watched the Winter Seasonal Alert.. Larfleeze's power is Light, like Sinestro Corps and Green Lantern Corps. (Avarice) Lex Luthor and Captain Cold I did not see them use any other powers other than the ones they have normally, in videos or in game.
Seems the developers have already made Larfleeze Hard Light.
*(had time to look it up now)"
Well I was just thinking.. why not give Hard Light Villains an Orange to Yellow gradient also. makes sense.
Larfleeze is already Hard Light, and the nature of his power is in controlling, greed. Controller class.
peace out :)
SigmaAtom
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Healer:
Hero:
Blue to Purple to Pink gradiated.
Villain :
Purple to Pink gradiated
Controller:
Villain:
Orange to Yellow gradiated.
Edit: hmm I'd like to expand this EVEN further!
Tank:
Villain:
Black to Red gradiated.
Controller:
Hero:
Green to White gradiated.
Update: I now think it should be a colour picker in the style menu of the individual lantern corps and not graduated. why?
Because the constructs need to match the ring colour. and it's much more practical anyway. clearer and easier to use in conjunction with the 'ring cooldown' see below.
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Update 29/July/2016
On the subject of Star Sapphires..and if they are hero or villain, they are both, Carol Ferris is a hero.. and The Predator is a villain.. a being who encases other beings in crystal with a view to brainwash them using a ring to continue the influence over them into mindless drones. Predator = villain so yeh.. There could be a SS villain healer.
Actually it's quite a dynamic between Carol Ferris and the Predator.. the Predator's number #1 lantern is a hero. This is smart, as even as Carol will not always obey.. she can inspire love easily.
Indigo Tribe.. is undoubtedly a hero faction but saying that; the ring is parasitic.. which means if some broke the rings control and took control over the ring.. there could be two sides. I know they are hero.. but in saying that.. that's not true either.. they are neutral.They work with Sinestro corps Red Lantern Corps, Green Lantern Corps & Blue Lantern Corps; and see no difference between them.
Will and Morality of the User
Fear
Will
Hope
Rage
Will and Morality of the Ring
Death
Avarice
Compassion
Love
Morality of the Ring and then User
Life
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UPDATE: 11th and 12th Sept. 2016. (on going)
Observed Power Moves
Larfleeze (Agent Orange)
Is observed to be identical to the Hard Light Power aka. Green Lantern / Sinestro Corps.
The following pictures are screen caps from Jens Andersen's video, and for non-profit educational purposes only. besides.. why not go and hit him up with a sub on his YT. Jens Andersen
:Video Here:
Carol Ferris (Queen Star Sapphire)
While The Star Sapphires have 'Fan' from GL/YL, Carol herself shows many more moves.
She has a unique variant of 'Lightblast'. ..like RL Ragebringer, these are similar. In the video this is called 'Violet Light Blast'.
here is a picture:
During the power, the blast targeted allies and enemies, and after the above move, the Star Sapphires had a defence buff, meaning it could be an opposite to Lightblast in Controller stance. And be a Healer defence buff.
Another variant is called 'Passionate Embrace', with wavy lines instead of straight.
See Pictures:
There is also a unique variant of 'Handclap' which has two sets of hands.
In the video the name of the power is 'Hand Clap'.
See picture:
Carol has a variant of Azure Shockwave also, this is a power of Saint Walker (Blue Lantern). In the Video the name of the power is 'Absolute Devotion'.
See Picture:
She also has a unique variation of Temperance/Lantern Ward, which has Star Sapphire insignia's searching the ground.
See Pictures:
On second thoughts this *may* be a separate move.
The Pictures are in the wrong order as it was another SS that cast the second one.
Another power may be the Star Sapphire equivalent to Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps 'Ram'. It Corkscrews through the ground towards enemies.
See Pictures:
Saint Walker (First Blue Lantern)
Walker already has a legends character, I used : this : video by Kreese2007 to find out his moves. thanks to him.
Salvo of Adara, is a very loose variant of 'Ram' with a few improvements for DPS. The shot is 5 fold and becomes wider the further out your are.
Munk seems to have a non-supercharge variation of the blue lantern 'Hope'.
The move can be seen : here : in Balkan's video @ 8:44
Which Indigo-1 has also in Corrupted Zamaron duo.
Ever been in a raid.. and the healer prefers to spectate rather than participate? yeah, that's Indigo-1.
I am of course joking. I have been in that duo many times and she has helped. however after researching a few YT vids.. and her just standing watching during a boss fight, i thought it was funny.
Indigo-1 has a second variation of 'Hope', this time it blasts a huge circle of blue light from the epicenter.
can be seen in ApoSenseii's vid @ 7:30/31 .. look : here : and use YT slow-mo. :)
I will try to find the names (and pictures) for these, might be tough though.
Kyle Rayner
Having both a Green and Blue ring limits our knowledge of available Healer class lantern Heal/DPS abilities. but here are his powers.
While Construct Pencil is green, it could be retconned into DPS equivalent/variant of 'Entrap' if a book was added to snap close on the enemies. Variants could be : Construct Rose; entrap enemies of Love in light construct heart shaped chocolate boxes and let them know the pain they cause with a single construct rose. Construct Rubber Baton; entrap enemies of compassion within light construct rubber balls and make them feel the pain they cause with a construct rubber baton.
"Inspired Blast" is a variant of "Azure Shockwave" and the seemingly devastating "Absolute Devotion".
FWIW, Lantern Ward is my preference for the Lantern AOE Damage-out heal. With a 'Pull' instead of 'Push' effect, for making a 'Tank Mat'.. (the healer lays down the mat and Tank stands on the mat pulling mobs toward the center, while the group, gets damage based healing, players do not need to be in the AOE but mobs do)
Mind Over Matter, is a construct shield, I could easily see this being you + 3 group members, much like the other healers. Imho should time based, and damage in + power in.
Conflagrate is a power very unique to Kyle, I would think it like, Amon Sur's Yellow Lantern pet. Only he can do that.
A 'Inspired Blast' variant imho, should be the HoT and a variation of 'Recharge' for priority heal.
Already we have
Violet Light Blast
Passionate Embrace
Hand Clap
Absolute Devotion/Inspired Blast/Azure Shockwave
Temperance/Lantern Ward
? Insignia
? Corkscrew
Salvo of Adara
Mind Over Matter
Recharge (Rejuvenate)
Hope Indigo Variant 1
Hope Indigo Variant 2 Supercharge
Fan and Spikequake are part of the Star Sapphire powerset.
Update: Found a CC from Star Sapphire called 'Dust Cloud' very powerful CC. would make excellent attack buff. Also they *seem* to have 'standard' Lightblast, the same one as the GL/YL's. If so, they have 2 Lightblast variants and the original. There is also 'Construct Grenade' adding one more power.
Another
A variant of 'Violence', could be used as a priority heal.
A variant of 'Snaptrap' with two huge pillows, balanced for *very* strong CC and not strong damage.
I'd like to see a 100% SC variant of 'Triage' as a raid heal; you + 7, time based.
Violet Light Blast
Passionate Embrace
Hand Clap
Absolute Devotion/Inspired Blast/Azure Shockwave
Temperance/Lantern Ward
? Insignia
? Corkscrew
Salvo of Adara
Mind Over Matter
Recharge (Rejuvenate)
Hope Indigo Variant 1
Hope Indigo Variant 2 Supercharge
Fan
Spikequake
Dust Cloud
Construct Grenade
Orig. Lightblast
Whats missing? 3 Supercharge abilities, 4 Powers. Description; definition of which powers do what.
I'd like to see the Healer Lantern have infinite combos like GL/YL. I think that would be cool.
Re-list + Suggestions :
Violet Light Blast (inf)
Passionate Embrace
Hand Clap (inf)
Absolute Devotion/Inspired Blast/Azure Shockwave
Temperance/Lantern Ward
? Insignia (inf)
? Corkscrew (inf)
Salvo of Adara (inf)
Mind Over Matter
Recharge (Rejuvenate)
Hope Indigo Variant 1 (inf, attack buff + damage-out heal)
Hope Indigo Variant 2 Supercharge (25% SC damage out heal + 50% health for all party members)
Fan (inf)
Spikequake (CC + target damage out heal)
Dust Cloud (Strong CC; low damage, but attack buffs group members AOE)
Construct Grenade (high damage + inf)
Orig. Lightblast (Def debuff in healer role + inf)
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Hopeful/Passionate/Empathy Blast (Dreadful Blast)
Construct Pencil/Construct Rose/Construct Rubber-Baton (Entrap) (inf)
Knowledge/Commitment/Sympathy (Violence)
Hold Fast/Hold to Love/A Kindness (Snaptrap) (inf)
Last Hope/All for Love/Charity (Triage) Supercharge (maintains full health for all party members)
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Hopeful/Passionate/Empathy Blast (Dreadful Blast)
Construct Pencil/Construct Rose/Construct Rubber-Baton (Entrap) (inf)
Knowledge/Commitment/Sympathy (Violence)
Hold Fast/Hold to Love/A Kindness (Snaptrap) (inf)
Last Hope/All for Love/Charity (Triage) Supercharge (maintains full health for all party members)
I would like to make a healer lantern whom I could switch rings at will, but that leaves us with the caveat that only females are allowed to be Star Sapphires.. which suits me fine. I have a female nature healer I would much prefer to be a Lantern and I would buy a extra char slot to make a male Blue Lantern, with both being able to switch to Indigo Tribe.
A 'ring cooldown' like an armory cooldown could be implemented to give time for the servers to load each blue/violet/indigo variant. this also sticks with lore, as removing your ring (for the other corps except GL and YL) is said be very 'draining'.
Tuesday 21 June 2016
The History Of Order of the Red Sun by SigmaAtom
Hi www
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Firstly; Disclaimer: let's get this straight, the following is going to contain massive errors, mis-remembered events, emotionally recoloured events, and all sorts of jiggery-pokery. You have been warned!
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Firstly, we must travel back before ORS, to give a complete picture.
I bought the 'Fight For The Light' DLC 3 weeks after Free To Play on PC, The movie was popular at the time, having been released only that summer 2011. I made SigmaAtom, and begun my adventure. It was hard work to even progress one level, players who didn't play at launch don't remember that, no higher content or high cr players to help.. making it to level 10 was a huge achievement.
EUPC Server.
The Battle of The Superman Statue 2012
Mxyzptlk's Mischief's seasonal event had been launched super early in 2012, no idea why. The low level players inc myself, were trying to do the event.. all seemed well, until we hit the Superman Statue in Centennial Park. Out of what seemed like nowhere! villains kept attacking and killing us.. this went on for 45 minutes. high level villains wiping us low level heroes out. Well.. back then... I had never spoken to anyone in-game, even after months of off and on playing.I got mad.. and started talking in [Shout] "High Level Villains killing low level Heroes".. I kept this up for an hour at first, then a few level 25+ heroes came.. we landed together on top of the Lexcorp Bank, using [say] we just hangout and talked about the situation.. we had around 12 players including lower levels to fight, we tried an assault but failed..I shouted for another 2 hours; I never gave up*.. then the cavalry came! we had around 30 Heroes strong, some T1 and some T2.. I arranged we landed on top of Ellsworth Memorial Hospital roof.. standing around.. one female char pm'd me.. i didn't know how to pm back, so I 'made do'. She was being kind to me.. and tbh kinda flirtatious*. haha (We will call her M). M and her friend L were near level cap like lvl27 or such, M was Nature att.. and disguised herself as a nature dog and went down to the statue in stealth .. by that time a huge crowd of villains had appeared.. she came back laughing.. L asked 'didn't they see you?' to which she replied 'no hahah' and 'I was right next to them :) '. by now we had grown to over 30 heroes.. as word had spread.. we tried another assault.. but failed. It had went better this time though and we had enough courage to try again almost straight away, I tried to stay next to M and help her whichever way I could* .. M was doing the healing but also fighting, I was actually surviving, at one point M got knocked out, I popped my shield and saved her, popping a second shield on revive. We smashed them! I went and got my seasonal marker and we went back to Ellsworth roof, next to the brother blood instance.. M said 'shameless plug.. but are any of you guys looking for a league?'..
Kryptoniansnipers was the league, and M was League Boss and L was First Officer. From what I gathered later KS had been started sometime around November/December 2011. There were around 10 to 15 members when I joined. I was level 14.
L started to teach me about the game.. I had no idea what PVP was or PVE, to upgrade my gear, no idea about anything really. after some time went by, which seemed like.. hehe.. weeks but was i guess only one week, I asked L if there was anything I could do to help..slowly we started to form into a group of regulars and friends. by the second week, I was 'inner circle'.. let me explain, M did not use the ranking system for staff, if you asked for a task you probably got it. I started coming online everyday at 4pm, one of the other 'inner circle'.. which from now on i'll refer to as 'staff' as that was what it was.. just none of us realized, K came online at the same time, he would always challenge me to duels, and tell me stories about 'Aldencek'.. I wasn't much of PVPer, would play legends with L, but not much in arenas, some, but not much. Alden was a VERY strong player, and I would always see L asking him to PVP with him. within our little community.. yes we had grown to 20 to 30, Alden was our PVP 'capt'.. he'd get much league chat asking him to come and PVP with them.. 2, 3, 4, offers of PVP each time he spoke on League chat.
I had suggested to M I was like Geordi LaForge, who captained the Enterprise at night when everyone was sleeping.. the graveyard shift.. I looked after the league in unsociable hours.She found it funny and liked the idea. I was also doing my duties leveling players, and working out strategies for leveling quicker so we could all raid at the same level/cr. I was level 25!! so happy.. L was preparing me for my level cap, teaching me all the things I would need to know once I hit 30.. I had been much slower than the other staff, this was becuase I was in controller stance all the time. seems silly now knowing what I know, however back then, people were unsure what each role was.. not so much L, but i don't remember if I was stubborn and he was polite.
I would level other players until around 8 or 9-ish and M and L would inv me to play and level with them, other staff too. We had been together for two months, seemed like forever. K was.. jealous, and would say mean things to me in the hour we were alone before everyone would come online.. I would have duties, and he would ninja me to group, and I would try to be polite. The day I hit level cap, I had not finished all the missions, which was common at that time, as the structure was different than what it is now..he was.. well its better left forgotten. We sorted it out four months or so later, in a *very* short but *nice*, facebook message. but before then there was a bit of tension. In real life.. I had began to notice my age.. that I didn't have children yet.. and tried some internet dating.. it was disastrous! this Blog is not for that, but I mention it as.. I stupidly left without saying anything. I now see what a grievous error that was.But I was just some dude helping in my mind.. i didn't know, I know now.
I left for two months..I had only really played single player games; so the idea that the people on the other side of the screen needed me or wanted me, was alien to me. I came back, expecting M to have kicked me, but there I was.. I pm'd her asking what was going on and saying sorry for being away so long and thanking her for not kicking me. She was gracious as ever.. she welcomed me back (in pm), but told me we had a problem. L had gone on holiday, and before and while that was going on, a new guy, some Batman themed name, had offered to help, he suggested to M that she should open the invite to league to everyone, including non-staff..M was unable to cope with no staff.. Alden had left a month before, or at least dormant,M was swamped with 50 60.. doubling everyday.. by the end it was around 200 members iirc and no staff.. no logs. * M defended him at first but I suggested she shouldn't be so trusting.. and right enough he was using a tactic to break apart KS, and siphon the members for himself. Poaching in it's worst form. Like I said, by the end barely anyone would log, including M. She put me in charge.. first thing I did (ooohw! *i had day dreamed for months about fixing the ranking system*) lock the league down. no new invites unless by me.... I saw the list and started contacting the inner circle, leaving them messages, even out-of-game on fb wherever I could get a hold of them... and luckily enough one day Alden logged and I PM'd him.. he replied' just a minute i'm in a legends match :D'*
The Founding of 'Order Of The Red Sun'.
Alden and I founded ORS on the principles M and L had taught us.
M = Caring (motherly love)
L = Wisdom ( understanding perspectives, acceptance)
We began recruiting.. and even had L's blessing. actually he came and helped us for the first year, of which we were very grateful.
ORS is named that way for a few reasons.. in KS we had our own facebook, and I had posted a pic of me hanging around the T3 room with the caption 'I can dream :}'.. it was liked by our little community, it was the max cr gear at the time.or as far as i knew. .. hmm I rem the pic of all the staff in the banner too.. much feelz much pridez. hehe
We were a child league of Kryptoniansnipers, the Kryptonian part, being dear to us. Many leagues name themselves after the DLC, that was current when they formed, it shows their age; The T3 Kryptonian gear was the max cr during our time in KS and as far as I knew at the time; the max cr when ORS formed.
After a while we met Barbaa, he became ORS's first 'Tactical Officer' third in charge of the league. Barbaa was and is a friendly happy guy. Argentinian, Alden; Bosnian, myself; Scottish. somehow we made things happen, even if only a little, things moved forward.
I remember early on, me and barbaa were in PVP exo/collection/briefing collecting and we were attacked by three villians.. well a healer and troller not doing so good against 3 higher level DPS's.. we were 20 to 30 mins inside the bubble, step outside and BAM dead!.. then Alden come on. 'BB' barbaa's nickname said 'help us Dx'.. I said' we're trapped by three villains in Gotham'.. he said 'i'm coming :D' .. well you want to see what happened! Alden to the rescue, he smashed all three of them (no PVP gear), they thought it was a fluke.. THEY WERE WRONG.. he smashed them again.. one tried to get away but he chased him!.. third time.. (this had been 40 mins all in).. 2 of the guys came back but one chickened out after the first hit, and Alden smashed the one guy.. then but let the second guy get away. I said to him 'aren't we going to get the last guys' he said 'no, it's fine'.
For the next few weeks we were recruiting as best we could, including recruiting friends of Barbaa and Alden..soon Lightray and Amiraga became our first ever junior staff.
But this did not work out so well.. it was my first time training staff to be Officers, and I was a little forceful with them.. which I had also been with members. I teach the staff of ORS now.. my courtesy is not the weakness that I cannot make a decision, I do not need their permission, I want to know what they want from a situation. But back then.. I had no clue!! I didn't know how to handle staff .. didn't have a real clue what morale was..about 2 to 3 months after the forming of ORS Alden's PC kinda blew up, due to overheating. Barbaa and myself kept going, keeping in contact with Alden via FB.We kept going until just before Christmas (Nov).. which I had a break for a bit and came back in January, but Barbaa had winter exams and could not return. Attendance had slowed due to Alden's absence. I was the only one left. I removed everyone in february 2013. I was hardly logging myself.
Only a few times not more than 4, in those 2 years.
My fiancee and I had been watching The Green Lantern Animated Series.. WOW what a show! recommended! .. we had been watching it on Netflix.. we had totally gotten our heads into it.. and I mentioned 'I used to be a green lantern in DCUO'..she was like 'Really? what's DCUO is that a game?'.. then she said.. 'I wanna see' .. we turned the cam round so she could see the screen, I DL'd DCUO*..and fired up the game!
There was everything.. just as i had left it.
She said 'that's enough now'* I said.. 'Don't be cheeky to me and no.. i might start playing again.'
I returned a month later with much hope. Dec. 2014.
I returned..played for a month getting used to the new content and new systems.. of which I failed to understand 99% of it. But I liked that (in membership) I now had a proper lair.
I did the Winter Seasonal for the first time, but don't remember much of it as I was alone a lot. I would run the content and talk to people, but not really make friends, or recruit.
At the start of February I met S.. S had a league. I was standing around broker and he pm'd me saying hi.. we started chatting. He was looking to recruit, my CR was 94* which was much higher than S who was at 72. iirc max cr at the time was 108.
He asked if id' join I had told him about being league staff before, and wish to do that again. He didn't really understand what I meant by Drill. Sgt. But was kind enough to make a rank just for me.
I met FeartheFears in that league.. on my birthday I gave him an expensive in-game item, which he was really grateful for, and finding out it was my birthday.. he offered to get me some replys with real money.. i was shocked, skeptical and pleasantly surprised. He said he'd give me it on Monday when he had cash.
I stayed my excitement to see what he would actually do.I was not disappointed. This return and doing what he said he would do made me trust Fears.
a week or two later *something* happened in that league.. and I just *had* to leave. Fears logged as I was leaving.. I added him to my FL and left.
I messaged him about leaving.. and he logged off. he came back after 10 minutes and wanted to meet up. We met on top of Stagg Industries building in Gotham* I told him everything that happened.. told him old stories of KS and ORS.
By the end of the stories he confessed he was going to leave that league anyway. But this had helped him. I said to him 'I wish we could start my old league back up' he said to me 'I was just thinking that..'
The Second Iteration of ORS
March 14th 2015.
We started just Fears and I.. we had no league hall. Fears was and is a great recruiter.. I'd log in every day and almost always he had met new people and recruited them. We started building up in the first week and I came up with the Induction. At the time..oofft.. on PC server big leagues were ninja inviting people..just random non leaguers going about their day. I found this offensive. and you should *want* to be in the league you're in.. or what's the point of coming back? where is the community?
The next week, we met RAGEner.. who I am glad to say has returned to ORS in the last few weeks as a legacy. We saw he had potential to be staff.. and he was willing. I did my best to train him as an Officer.. if anyone here knows RAGE.. he's a bit of a impatient guy :)) .. but he believes in ORS, It's principals; what it stands for. even today. much feelz RAGE!
Soon after.. we met Kaya.. wow what a PVPer!! Kaya gladly became our Second PVP capt.. but also our Tactical Officer. Fears and I were blown away by Kaya's loyalty, level headedness and skills as a PVP player*.
With Fears, Kaya, Rage and myself.. we were growing stronger and stronger. We had many recruits and members, so much so we needed more staff, as it is with the way of things.
We met Bas.. and Bas slowly became a very fine Officer.
We had members so I thought it best to ask around for staff volunteers. I talked to a regular member.. we'll call her 'V' V was easy to talk to.. and she had a quality i saw in her.. potential to be an Officer.
Her BF was also in the league from RL. We talked it out in group and she agreed and we began her training.
1 week later.. Fears met a group of 4 people in a raid.. they were friends IRL and played online together regularly in various games.They were interested in joining.. I grouped with them and gave them the induction. One of them had told me he had been a league boss before.. this peaked my interest as he had league staff experience, and so would be easy to train for ORS. We'll call him 'D'.
D lived up to my expectations and became a fine Officer.
We were happy.. a group of friends. 2 months of good morale as you may know if you are league staff.. is something, special; impossible. hehe. unlikely.
But we had it.
Then at the end of May.. we had a problem.
"So we had this cr/ high SP guy join.. we'll call him T.. T had been playing with us off and on for around 5 days by the weekend he wanted to join.. well T had many many alts. all high SP and high CR.. we would be playing and need a role and he'd say 'wait ill just jump on an alt!'.. everytime he did this.. the staff would see his other league banner.. and I could *feel* the sigh of sadness within the staff morale. ..after a few days he was cheeky and griefed on me in duo.. but that stories still to come in the history of ORS."
There is a story in the Officer Training Article about how I exploded on a young german guy for being cheeky to me. Well.. I had learnt my lesson not to explode in anger. I contacted V via steam chat. asked her to handle the situation, as to remove myself from it. 3 hours we tried mediating with him. he refused to apologize.. as you can see we tried to make it a peaceful thing. but he just refused.. and kept saying.. 'tell Bas..he will always be my best healer and etc..' after three hours he left without me kicking him.
I had been playing all night.. it was very early in the morning and I was very very tired. I said to V 'please let the other guys know what happened with Te'.. which apparently she did.
When I woke up it was Tuesday.. my night off from the league and my night to hang out with my brother. Half way through the night .. Fears messages me saying they have all left..I come in and the group of 4 have left. I was unsure what to make of this.. and my brother was pressuring me to come out becuase this was our one night a week.. his night off.I told Fears to 'do damage control'.. meaning save the league morale so we don't have a rats = sinking ship situation.I logged out.. and 30 mins later V contacts me on skype chat.. I try to be like my mentor and be understanding..but this draws out and draws out into a 3 hour conversation. I say to her if you want to leave then yes thats OK. She was angry becuase she couldn't understand what happened.
What happened was.. one member of the group who were from Cyrpus ( american but background cyprian .. we'll call her T ).. one of the Cyprians the female one, had decided she was unhappy with the rules of ORS and with a 'who do you think you are' attitude to me decided to break up our little family. V knew nothing of this..Im sure they not only laughed at me and the rest of the staff behind our backs, but V and her BF also..no matter what they said to their faces. After a month or so of having their own league.. and me trying to be peaceful with them. They realized what a good deal ORS was.. and they missed us and hated us. So did what they could to destroy us.
I would guess D wasn't too into it. he always seemed like a sensible guy. he even PM'd me apologizing for T's actions, and saying that he was locked in becuase they were friends in real life.
HT the BF of T.. came at me with strong words, I could tell he was emotional. But no longer was that my responsibility. He started goading me.. you'd think he would stear clear of me but no.. so I said to him 'So.. couldn't make it my league so had to make your own league eh?' ..this stung him a lot. as he was not offered a staff post. His name was a strange porno name.. I nearly didn't recruit them because of this... he replied with a racist remark 'at least I'm not a pedo'.. i was shocked.. I said to him 'what do you mean by that?'..he simply answer 'you know.'.. I replied.. 'coz ruthie's asian??'.. answer 'hahaha'.. then I said 'i'm a big lad.. I travel the world.. better hope I don't travel to Cyprus'
Racists piece of trash!!!!!!
This is sadly not the end.. for the next ? months.. they 'revenge joined' .. getting into league then.. who knows what they were doing while I was offline or even online.They rest of the staff had exams and while one or two staff were there to help me.. the pressure of keeping morale going was just too huge!.. I couldn't handle it and I cracked.. they destroyed ORS 4 times..hundreds of hours of joint hard work lost.
I mothballed ORS with my healer. we now had a league hall..which the cyprians would say was their hard work.. but that's nonsense.. as their prestige was very low.. it was actually Kaya who had donated more prestige winning in PVP to the league than all 4 combined.
So Sigma was leagueless.. felt both good and bad at the same time. The empty chat when I logged felt bad.. the freedom of no work felt good!
Kaya contacted me on steam saying she'd/he'd like to reform ORS again.. I contacted Fears and Bas. Fears was interested but too busy but said if i had Kaya on board he'd be willing. Bas did not reply.
It had been a tumultuous time for us, and I don't' blame him. I told Kaya I had started ORS going again.. she said she wanted us on the US server.. this whole thing was full of crossed line of communication between Kaya and myself.. so i'll skip to the end; Kaya was respectful and appreciative. I got the mentor vibe from him.. which was truly an honor. we left it there.
For the next month.. only I and my alts we're in the league.. we had the ORS US Outreach Program, still in place, and Nexo was still watching over this idea. The program is for Officers who wish to have a US alt that they don't have to do all the work alone.
A dear friend returned to DCUO after 6 months absence.. Beatrix. Bea was and is a bit of a celeb in DCUO EU PC server. Bea knows *everyone* and is famous for her morning WT trolling.. making everyone laugh. I ofc couldn't condone this... the guy hopefully known for community strength and teaching the value of morale.. but quietly id laugh to myself. ( well she was famous for it but stopped.. and this is part of her story).
We grouped up.. and I told Bea everything that happened.. he was sympathetic understanding and angry. He said to me 'I know how important it was to you' meaning the league work. I said to him.. 'but that's not really it.. its that im.. alone'..I said to him 'would you do it?' he said 'forget those guys they are idiots'.. I said' I don't know how I ever can be staff again, if they rip down everything i build'.. then I had an idea..
The Third Iteration of ORS
In my explanation of the idea to Bea.. Bea would be like an attack dog, and tear down the cyprians should they return. Everyone in EUPC had seen her tear people to shreds verbally, without any effort.. imagine what she could do if she was *actually* trying!
To Bea.. I hope you read this.. I can never thank you enough for giving me the confidence to return! thank you.. you're a real and true friend! I cannot repay you!
We continued; Bea recruited and I trained staff.
We met Sammy and he became our TO and PVP Capt. amazing guy, still chats to me on skype every so often, rarely but still.
Bea and I had a disagreement and Bea left ORS but we remained friends.
What happened in ORS? .. I had trained some staff and we had Riisky and couple of new staff, we regularly won in Star Labs PVP hehe :)
We had a traitor, who jumped ship without a word, he was an Officer in ORS, but now a traitor.
Horakti had taken over from Vet to FO, and I will say while, I do not feel I did totally right by him, his engament with members was short for a FO, he did much to his credit, do all his shifts, earned a HUGE amount of prestige for ORS and never turned on me, and in this he was great! Thank you Horakti!
which leads us to the Fourth Iteration of ORS.
The Fourth Iteration of ORS
da2 had just became an Officer and Sammy was retiring, after a while (4 weeks April-May 2016 iirc) I asked da if he would like to train to be senior staff, Ione had taken over as TO from Sammy retiring.
Sammy sadly did retired and we were a little lost without him, but da filled that gap & I'm glad to say went on to make us very proud.
da took over as FO, Ione lapsed in duty for 2 months, but recruited an old friend, who went on to be a ORS Vet 'Jupiter Tonans', he was Former Boss of the Popular Vil. League 'Smoke Break' . He, da and I became firm friends.
Sadly for seemly no reason we lost Vukie, a long term ORS Vet. He was missed.
The new content of AFIII came out and I was pretty unhappy, and also had became fascinated with the idea of a Lantern Healer, as I pumped money into Time Capsules, the more I did, the unhappier I became with the game.
A person, whom's league I joined before the Second Iteration, contacted me, letting me know he had returned to the game. We had left things on an uneven keel last we had spoken in Feb 2015. He had exploded at a member, and with all my training and inspiration from L, I knew this was unacceptable, I had also spent a month alone working 10 hours a day, he had logged twice in those 4 weeks. Disgraceful behaviour.
We began a dialogue, including giving him officer training by me, he joined ORS with his main, while running his own league. He didn't finish the officer training, but he returned to his own league, I felt he had improved enough, and talked it over with him about returning to his own league, and we were both happy.
After a while, meeting his staff, we began to bond a bit more and it was discussed if we should join together. Ultimately he decided no, which I respected, and with nothing to do in game, I decided to retire until the next content would be released. I told Jup and Da they should find somewhere they could play and happy, and when I found out they had joined Freaks'n'Geeks, I was very content with their choice, as I am friends with Akbar Khan, and know him as a good person, who treats other people fairly (even if on *rare* occasion he has a temper hehe but otherwise totally chilled dude).
I spend the next 4 months building Justice League Elite, shoring up staff, educating them on morale and conduct, helping members when I could.
I logged in on my Celestial and had been struggling with the DPS side and one of the staff was a Celestial DPS and a good one, so I asked for tips and a lesson. While I was getting my lesson on Celestial DPS, the Boss Pm'd me saying one of his staff wanted Senior staff training, I told him I wouldn't do it as the person was too young at 12/13yo and I didn't want to 'jade' him with adult politics. Besides da was there to help and the boss had just made da, not 4 hours earlier FO, he already had a TO whose job does not contain politics. After some time (20 mins) he started at me in Staff Voice Chat in front of everyone, which I had warned him against while doing his training, take it private, whatever you do take it private.
Telling me 'how dare you disobey me!' then 'get out of my league!'
I would have NEVER spoken to L that way! I was meant to be there in a mentor role.
Shameful behaviour!
So I left.
Not one hour later, I pm'd Khan and asked to join FnG with a trifecta.
I joined on my QDPS my Fire and Nature.
Da eventually left FnG as his friend who had left FnG was in JLE too.
I spoke to da recently, it was good to catch up.
I have been in FnG at the time of writing around 3 weeks to a month, and I think the guys are funny and make me laugh, I like them. Hang out with jup often too.
I have been upfront with Khan, letting him know that I start ORS when the new content comes out, but won't remove my FnG chars, as that would be shameful to do that to them.
understandably this is a long process to include all these stories. I will be back to edit and update.
* I never gave up.. but had decided that was my last night in DCUO before logging on.. events took a different turn. hehe
*this is where I learned my SigmaAtom costume was sexy.. I get attention from girls from time to time.
* I teach that the Controller is the Healers bodyguard.. THIS^ is where the nucleus of that idea came from, protecting M, who would become my league boss! I may have been the first player to teach this,.. on EUPC.. or even in DCUO.
* I didn't understand that before.. about morale.. if one leaves or doesn't log for a long time.. more do the same.
*M and L dissolved the league 2 weeks later. I had managed to fix most of it.. but the hearts were already broken, and M had too much work for uni.
*actually the truth be told earlier like a month or two before.. I had an email saying to keep my char for the move over I needed to log, which I did. did a vault then left.
*She's Asian so that was being cheeky and she knew it.
* That's a guess but by the end of March I have a photo of it being 105 in troller stance.
*there's four to current recollection.2 in the north, 1 in the west. This was the one in Diamond District overlooking Gotham Uni and Robinson Park. update: I recently found out its the intergang penthouse building.
*(really i'm not overselling him.. in game female char so gender switching he/she might happened while typing)
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Service Records
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SigmaAtom
EUPC
Drill.Sgt : Kryptoniansnipers. single iteration.February 2012 - April 2012.
resumed; Acting Boss; July 2012. Dissolved August 2012. aprox. 400h of service. 2 DLCs.
League Boss: OrderoftheRedSun, all iterations. September 2012 - February 2013. March 2015- July 2015. as XigmaAtom; League 'mothballed'. October 2015 - Present.
First Iteration; aprox.1000h of service. 3 DLCs.
Second iteration; aprox. 900h of service. 2 DLCs
Third iteration: aprox 1800h of service. all 'modern' content and 2 DLCs.
notes:
Returned after 2 year absence (see service record).
Does moonlighting for other league bosses who are having issues in league.
ORS has had three 'child leagues' since it's formation. all dissolved to present knowledge.
Addendum: 'Justice League Europe', (formally League of Nations) currently active. Is considered a partial child-league of ORS, due to the boss having been trained by me.
Update this relationship has since degraded.
After 4 months of helping during my retirement. The League Boss spoke to me disrespectfully and when I refused to 'obey' him, it was time to go. The new name of the league at time of writing is ' Justice League Elite'. I would have NEVER spoken to my mentor like he did to me. 4 months of work for nothing! wasted, because he had man-child tantrum.
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Aldencek
EUPC
PVP Capt: Kryptoniansnipers. single iteration. Late 2011 - July 2012 .
Dissolved August 2012. aprox. 150h of service. 2 DLCs.
First Officer: OrderoftheRedSun, first iteration.September 2012 - February 2013.
aprox.700h of service. 3 DLCs.
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Barbaa
EUPC
Tactical Officer: OrderoftheRedSun. first iteration.September 2012 -January 2013.
aprox.900h of service. 3 DLCs.
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FeartheFears
EUPC
First Officer: OrderoftheRedSun, second iteration.March 2015 - August 2015.
aprox.1100h of service. 3 DLCs.
Honourably Discharged due to absence. No return; legacy.
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Kaya Scodelario
EUPC
Tactical Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. second iteration.March 2015 - August 2015.
aprox.800h of service. 3 DLCs
PVP Capt. OrderoftheRedSun. second iteration.March 2015 - August 2015.
aprox.800h of service. 3 DLCs
PVP. Capt. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration. August. 2016 - present Oct. 2016.
approx. 50h of service.
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RAGEner
General Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. second iteration March 2015 - May 2015.
aprox. 270h of service. 1 DLC.
Honourably Discharged due to absence. No return; legacy.
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Basman
EUPC
General Officer: OrderoftheRedSun, second iteration.April 2015 - August 2015.
aprox.900h of service. 3 DLCs.
notes: was considered for Tactical Officer should Kaya have to leave due to real life commitments.
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Beatrix07
General Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.November 2015 - February 2016.
aprox.700h of service. modern content.
Note: Was 'Standing First Officer' of ORS for tenure.
Honorary title.
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Horakti
EUPC
First Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.February 2016 - Sept. 2016.
aprox.1000h of service. modern content.
Notes: was a Veteran before taking the post.
has returned to Veterancy since Sept. 2016.
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Tactical Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.June 2016 - present - July 2016.
aprox.200h of service. modern content.
General Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.March 2016 - present - June 2016.
aprox.180h of service. modern content.
Honourably Discharged due to absence. No return; legacy.
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Riisky420
General Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.Feb 2016 - present - August 2016.
aprox.350h of service. modern content.
Honourably Discharged due to absence. No return; legacy.
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QuantityUK
EUPC
General Officer: OrderoftheRedSun, second iteration. May 2015 - August 2015.
aprox. 200h of service. 3 DLCs.
notes: absent due to illness often. Loyal despite this :)
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Solmac
EUPC
General Officer: OrderoftheRedSun, second iteration. June 2015 - August 2015.
aprox. 220h of service. 2 DLCs.
notes: was angry about the end of the second iteration of ORS, this is understandable as he did not see what was happening.
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Firstly; Disclaimer: let's get this straight, the following is going to contain massive errors, mis-remembered events, emotionally recoloured events, and all sorts of jiggery-pokery. You have been warned!
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Firstly, we must travel back before ORS, to give a complete picture.
I bought the 'Fight For The Light' DLC 3 weeks after Free To Play on PC, The movie was popular at the time, having been released only that summer 2011. I made SigmaAtom, and begun my adventure. It was hard work to even progress one level, players who didn't play at launch don't remember that, no higher content or high cr players to help.. making it to level 10 was a huge achievement.
EUPC Server.
The Battle of The Superman Statue 2012
Mxyzptlk's Mischief's seasonal event had been launched super early in 2012, no idea why. The low level players inc myself, were trying to do the event.. all seemed well, until we hit the Superman Statue in Centennial Park. Out of what seemed like nowhere! villains kept attacking and killing us.. this went on for 45 minutes. high level villains wiping us low level heroes out. Well.. back then... I had never spoken to anyone in-game, even after months of off and on playing.I got mad.. and started talking in [Shout] "High Level Villains killing low level Heroes".. I kept this up for an hour at first, then a few level 25+ heroes came.. we landed together on top of the Lexcorp Bank, using [say] we just hangout and talked about the situation.. we had around 12 players including lower levels to fight, we tried an assault but failed..I shouted for another 2 hours; I never gave up*.. then the cavalry came! we had around 30 Heroes strong, some T1 and some T2.. I arranged we landed on top of Ellsworth Memorial Hospital roof.. standing around.. one female char pm'd me.. i didn't know how to pm back, so I 'made do'. She was being kind to me.. and tbh kinda flirtatious*. haha (We will call her M). M and her friend L were near level cap like lvl27 or such, M was Nature att.. and disguised herself as a nature dog and went down to the statue in stealth .. by that time a huge crowd of villains had appeared.. she came back laughing.. L asked 'didn't they see you?' to which she replied 'no hahah' and 'I was right next to them :) '. by now we had grown to over 30 heroes.. as word had spread.. we tried another assault.. but failed. It had went better this time though and we had enough courage to try again almost straight away, I tried to stay next to M and help her whichever way I could* .. M was doing the healing but also fighting, I was actually surviving, at one point M got knocked out, I popped my shield and saved her, popping a second shield on revive. We smashed them! I went and got my seasonal marker and we went back to Ellsworth roof, next to the brother blood instance.. M said 'shameless plug.. but are any of you guys looking for a league?'..
Kryptoniansnipers was the league, and M was League Boss and L was First Officer. From what I gathered later KS had been started sometime around November/December 2011. There were around 10 to 15 members when I joined. I was level 14.
L started to teach me about the game.. I had no idea what PVP was or PVE, to upgrade my gear, no idea about anything really. after some time went by, which seemed like.. hehe.. weeks but was i guess only one week, I asked L if there was anything I could do to help..slowly we started to form into a group of regulars and friends. by the second week, I was 'inner circle'.. let me explain, M did not use the ranking system for staff, if you asked for a task you probably got it. I started coming online everyday at 4pm, one of the other 'inner circle'.. which from now on i'll refer to as 'staff' as that was what it was.. just none of us realized, K came online at the same time, he would always challenge me to duels, and tell me stories about 'Aldencek'.. I wasn't much of PVPer, would play legends with L, but not much in arenas, some, but not much. Alden was a VERY strong player, and I would always see L asking him to PVP with him. within our little community.. yes we had grown to 20 to 30, Alden was our PVP 'capt'.. he'd get much league chat asking him to come and PVP with them.. 2, 3, 4, offers of PVP each time he spoke on League chat.
I had suggested to M I was like Geordi LaForge, who captained the Enterprise at night when everyone was sleeping.. the graveyard shift.. I looked after the league in unsociable hours.She found it funny and liked the idea. I was also doing my duties leveling players, and working out strategies for leveling quicker so we could all raid at the same level/cr. I was level 25!! so happy.. L was preparing me for my level cap, teaching me all the things I would need to know once I hit 30.. I had been much slower than the other staff, this was becuase I was in controller stance all the time. seems silly now knowing what I know, however back then, people were unsure what each role was.. not so much L, but i don't remember if I was stubborn and he was polite.
I would level other players until around 8 or 9-ish and M and L would inv me to play and level with them, other staff too. We had been together for two months, seemed like forever. K was.. jealous, and would say mean things to me in the hour we were alone before everyone would come online.. I would have duties, and he would ninja me to group, and I would try to be polite. The day I hit level cap, I had not finished all the missions, which was common at that time, as the structure was different than what it is now..he was.. well its better left forgotten. We sorted it out four months or so later, in a *very* short but *nice*, facebook message. but before then there was a bit of tension. In real life.. I had began to notice my age.. that I didn't have children yet.. and tried some internet dating.. it was disastrous! this Blog is not for that, but I mention it as.. I stupidly left without saying anything. I now see what a grievous error that was.But I was just some dude helping in my mind.. i didn't know, I know now.
I left for two months..I had only really played single player games; so the idea that the people on the other side of the screen needed me or wanted me, was alien to me. I came back, expecting M to have kicked me, but there I was.. I pm'd her asking what was going on and saying sorry for being away so long and thanking her for not kicking me. She was gracious as ever.. she welcomed me back (in pm), but told me we had a problem. L had gone on holiday, and before and while that was going on, a new guy, some Batman themed name, had offered to help, he suggested to M that she should open the invite to league to everyone, including non-staff..M was unable to cope with no staff.. Alden had left a month before, or at least dormant,M was swamped with 50 60.. doubling everyday.. by the end it was around 200 members iirc and no staff.. no logs. * M defended him at first but I suggested she shouldn't be so trusting.. and right enough he was using a tactic to break apart KS, and siphon the members for himself. Poaching in it's worst form. Like I said, by the end barely anyone would log, including M. She put me in charge.. first thing I did (ooohw! *i had day dreamed for months about fixing the ranking system*) lock the league down. no new invites unless by me.... I saw the list and started contacting the inner circle, leaving them messages, even out-of-game on fb wherever I could get a hold of them... and luckily enough one day Alden logged and I PM'd him.. he replied' just a minute i'm in a legends match :D'*
The Founding of 'Order Of The Red Sun'.
Alden and I founded ORS on the principles M and L had taught us.
M = Caring (motherly love)
L = Wisdom ( understanding perspectives, acceptance)
We began recruiting.. and even had L's blessing. actually he came and helped us for the first year, of which we were very grateful.
ORS is named that way for a few reasons.. in KS we had our own facebook, and I had posted a pic of me hanging around the T3 room with the caption 'I can dream :}'.. it was liked by our little community, it was the max cr gear at the time.or as far as i knew. .. hmm I rem the pic of all the staff in the banner too.. much feelz much pridez. hehe
We were a child league of Kryptoniansnipers, the Kryptonian part, being dear to us. Many leagues name themselves after the DLC, that was current when they formed, it shows their age; The T3 Kryptonian gear was the max cr during our time in KS and as far as I knew at the time; the max cr when ORS formed.
After a while we met Barbaa, he became ORS's first 'Tactical Officer' third in charge of the league. Barbaa was and is a friendly happy guy. Argentinian, Alden; Bosnian, myself; Scottish. somehow we made things happen, even if only a little, things moved forward.
I remember early on, me and barbaa were in PVP exo/collection/briefing collecting and we were attacked by three villians.. well a healer and troller not doing so good against 3 higher level DPS's.. we were 20 to 30 mins inside the bubble, step outside and BAM dead!.. then Alden come on. 'BB' barbaa's nickname said 'help us Dx'.. I said' we're trapped by three villains in Gotham'.. he said 'i'm coming :D' .. well you want to see what happened! Alden to the rescue, he smashed all three of them (no PVP gear), they thought it was a fluke.. THEY WERE WRONG.. he smashed them again.. one tried to get away but he chased him!.. third time.. (this had been 40 mins all in).. 2 of the guys came back but one chickened out after the first hit, and Alden smashed the one guy.. then but let the second guy get away. I said to him 'aren't we going to get the last guys' he said 'no, it's fine'.
For the next few weeks we were recruiting as best we could, including recruiting friends of Barbaa and Alden..soon Lightray and Amiraga became our first ever junior staff.
But this did not work out so well.. it was my first time training staff to be Officers, and I was a little forceful with them.. which I had also been with members. I teach the staff of ORS now.. my courtesy is not the weakness that I cannot make a decision, I do not need their permission, I want to know what they want from a situation. But back then.. I had no clue!! I didn't know how to handle staff .. didn't have a real clue what morale was..about 2 to 3 months after the forming of ORS Alden's PC kinda blew up, due to overheating. Barbaa and myself kept going, keeping in contact with Alden via FB.We kept going until just before Christmas (Nov).. which I had a break for a bit and came back in January, but Barbaa had winter exams and could not return. Attendance had slowed due to Alden's absence. I was the only one left. I removed everyone in february 2013. I was hardly logging myself.
Only a few times not more than 4, in those 2 years.
My fiancee and I had been watching The Green Lantern Animated Series.. WOW what a show! recommended! .. we had been watching it on Netflix.. we had totally gotten our heads into it.. and I mentioned 'I used to be a green lantern in DCUO'..she was like 'Really? what's DCUO is that a game?'.. then she said.. 'I wanna see' .. we turned the cam round so she could see the screen, I DL'd DCUO*..and fired up the game!
There was everything.. just as i had left it.
She said 'that's enough now'* I said.. 'Don't be cheeky to me and no.. i might start playing again.'
I returned a month later with much hope. Dec. 2014.
I returned..played for a month getting used to the new content and new systems.. of which I failed to understand 99% of it. But I liked that (in membership) I now had a proper lair.
I did the Winter Seasonal for the first time, but don't remember much of it as I was alone a lot. I would run the content and talk to people, but not really make friends, or recruit.
At the start of February I met S.. S had a league. I was standing around broker and he pm'd me saying hi.. we started chatting. He was looking to recruit, my CR was 94* which was much higher than S who was at 72. iirc max cr at the time was 108.
He asked if id' join I had told him about being league staff before, and wish to do that again. He didn't really understand what I meant by Drill. Sgt. But was kind enough to make a rank just for me.
I met FeartheFears in that league.. on my birthday I gave him an expensive in-game item, which he was really grateful for, and finding out it was my birthday.. he offered to get me some replys with real money.. i was shocked, skeptical and pleasantly surprised. He said he'd give me it on Monday when he had cash.
I stayed my excitement to see what he would actually do.I was not disappointed. This return and doing what he said he would do made me trust Fears.
a week or two later *something* happened in that league.. and I just *had* to leave. Fears logged as I was leaving.. I added him to my FL and left.
I messaged him about leaving.. and he logged off. he came back after 10 minutes and wanted to meet up. We met on top of Stagg Industries building in Gotham* I told him everything that happened.. told him old stories of KS and ORS.
By the end of the stories he confessed he was going to leave that league anyway. But this had helped him. I said to him 'I wish we could start my old league back up' he said to me 'I was just thinking that..'
The Second Iteration of ORS
March 14th 2015.
We started just Fears and I.. we had no league hall. Fears was and is a great recruiter.. I'd log in every day and almost always he had met new people and recruited them. We started building up in the first week and I came up with the Induction. At the time..oofft.. on PC server big leagues were ninja inviting people..just random non leaguers going about their day. I found this offensive. and you should *want* to be in the league you're in.. or what's the point of coming back? where is the community?
The next week, we met RAGEner.. who I am glad to say has returned to ORS in the last few weeks as a legacy. We saw he had potential to be staff.. and he was willing. I did my best to train him as an Officer.. if anyone here knows RAGE.. he's a bit of a impatient guy :)) .. but he believes in ORS, It's principals; what it stands for. even today. much feelz RAGE!
Soon after.. we met Kaya.. wow what a PVPer!! Kaya gladly became our Second PVP capt.. but also our Tactical Officer. Fears and I were blown away by Kaya's loyalty, level headedness and skills as a PVP player*.
With Fears, Kaya, Rage and myself.. we were growing stronger and stronger. We had many recruits and members, so much so we needed more staff, as it is with the way of things.
We met Bas.. and Bas slowly became a very fine Officer.
We had members so I thought it best to ask around for staff volunteers. I talked to a regular member.. we'll call her 'V' V was easy to talk to.. and she had a quality i saw in her.. potential to be an Officer.
Her BF was also in the league from RL. We talked it out in group and she agreed and we began her training.
1 week later.. Fears met a group of 4 people in a raid.. they were friends IRL and played online together regularly in various games.They were interested in joining.. I grouped with them and gave them the induction. One of them had told me he had been a league boss before.. this peaked my interest as he had league staff experience, and so would be easy to train for ORS. We'll call him 'D'.
D lived up to my expectations and became a fine Officer.
We were happy.. a group of friends. 2 months of good morale as you may know if you are league staff.. is something, special; impossible. hehe. unlikely.
But we had it.
Then at the end of May.. we had a problem.
"So we had this cr/ high SP guy join.. we'll call him T.. T had been playing with us off and on for around 5 days by the weekend he wanted to join.. well T had many many alts. all high SP and high CR.. we would be playing and need a role and he'd say 'wait ill just jump on an alt!'.. everytime he did this.. the staff would see his other league banner.. and I could *feel* the sigh of sadness within the staff morale. ..after a few days he was cheeky and griefed on me in duo.. but that stories still to come in the history of ORS."
He tried to topple me with griefing and I wouldn't have it.
There is a story in the Officer Training Article about how I exploded on a young german guy for being cheeky to me. Well.. I had learnt my lesson not to explode in anger. I contacted V via steam chat. asked her to handle the situation, as to remove myself from it. 3 hours we tried mediating with him. he refused to apologize.. as you can see we tried to make it a peaceful thing. but he just refused.. and kept saying.. 'tell Bas..he will always be my best healer and etc..' after three hours he left without me kicking him.
I had been playing all night.. it was very early in the morning and I was very very tired. I said to V 'please let the other guys know what happened with Te'.. which apparently she did.
When I woke up it was Tuesday.. my night off from the league and my night to hang out with my brother. Half way through the night .. Fears messages me saying they have all left..I come in and the group of 4 have left. I was unsure what to make of this.. and my brother was pressuring me to come out becuase this was our one night a week.. his night off.I told Fears to 'do damage control'.. meaning save the league morale so we don't have a rats = sinking ship situation.I logged out.. and 30 mins later V contacts me on skype chat.. I try to be like my mentor and be understanding..but this draws out and draws out into a 3 hour conversation. I say to her if you want to leave then yes thats OK. She was angry becuase she couldn't understand what happened.
What happened was.. one member of the group who were from Cyrpus ( american but background cyprian .. we'll call her T ).. one of the Cyprians the female one, had decided she was unhappy with the rules of ORS and with a 'who do you think you are' attitude to me decided to break up our little family. V knew nothing of this..Im sure they not only laughed at me and the rest of the staff behind our backs, but V and her BF also..no matter what they said to their faces. After a month or so of having their own league.. and me trying to be peaceful with them. They realized what a good deal ORS was.. and they missed us and hated us. So did what they could to destroy us.
I would guess D wasn't too into it. he always seemed like a sensible guy. he even PM'd me apologizing for T's actions, and saying that he was locked in becuase they were friends in real life.
HT the BF of T.. came at me with strong words, I could tell he was emotional. But no longer was that my responsibility. He started goading me.. you'd think he would stear clear of me but no.. so I said to him 'So.. couldn't make it my league so had to make your own league eh?' ..this stung him a lot. as he was not offered a staff post. His name was a strange porno name.. I nearly didn't recruit them because of this... he replied with a racist remark 'at least I'm not a pedo'.. i was shocked.. I said to him 'what do you mean by that?'..he simply answer 'you know.'.. I replied.. 'coz ruthie's asian??'.. answer 'hahaha'.. then I said 'i'm a big lad.. I travel the world.. better hope I don't travel to Cyprus'
Racists piece of trash!!!!!!
This is sadly not the end.. for the next ? months.. they 'revenge joined' .. getting into league then.. who knows what they were doing while I was offline or even online.They rest of the staff had exams and while one or two staff were there to help me.. the pressure of keeping morale going was just too huge!.. I couldn't handle it and I cracked.. they destroyed ORS 4 times..hundreds of hours of joint hard work lost.
I mothballed ORS with my healer. we now had a league hall..which the cyprians would say was their hard work.. but that's nonsense.. as their prestige was very low.. it was actually Kaya who had donated more prestige winning in PVP to the league than all 4 combined.
So Sigma was leagueless.. felt both good and bad at the same time. The empty chat when I logged felt bad.. the freedom of no work felt good!
Kaya contacted me on steam saying she'd/he'd like to reform ORS again.. I contacted Fears and Bas. Fears was interested but too busy but said if i had Kaya on board he'd be willing. Bas did not reply.
It had been a tumultuous time for us, and I don't' blame him. I told Kaya I had started ORS going again.. she said she wanted us on the US server.. this whole thing was full of crossed line of communication between Kaya and myself.. so i'll skip to the end; Kaya was respectful and appreciative. I got the mentor vibe from him.. which was truly an honor. we left it there.
For the next month.. only I and my alts we're in the league.. we had the ORS US Outreach Program, still in place, and Nexo was still watching over this idea. The program is for Officers who wish to have a US alt that they don't have to do all the work alone.
A dear friend returned to DCUO after 6 months absence.. Beatrix. Bea was and is a bit of a celeb in DCUO EU PC server. Bea knows *everyone* and is famous for her morning WT trolling.. making everyone laugh. I ofc couldn't condone this... the guy hopefully known for community strength and teaching the value of morale.. but quietly id laugh to myself. ( well she was famous for it but stopped.. and this is part of her story).
We grouped up.. and I told Bea everything that happened.. he was sympathetic understanding and angry. He said to me 'I know how important it was to you' meaning the league work. I said to him.. 'but that's not really it.. its that im.. alone'..I said to him 'would you do it?' he said 'forget those guys they are idiots'.. I said' I don't know how I ever can be staff again, if they rip down everything i build'.. then I had an idea..
The Third Iteration of ORS
In my explanation of the idea to Bea.. Bea would be like an attack dog, and tear down the cyprians should they return. Everyone in EUPC had seen her tear people to shreds verbally, without any effort.. imagine what she could do if she was *actually* trying!
To Bea.. I hope you read this.. I can never thank you enough for giving me the confidence to return! thank you.. you're a real and true friend! I cannot repay you!
We continued; Bea recruited and I trained staff.
We met Sammy and he became our TO and PVP Capt. amazing guy, still chats to me on skype every so often, rarely but still.
Bea and I had a disagreement and Bea left ORS but we remained friends.
What happened in ORS? .. I had trained some staff and we had Riisky and couple of new staff, we regularly won in Star Labs PVP hehe :)
We had a traitor, who jumped ship without a word, he was an Officer in ORS, but now a traitor.
Horakti had taken over from Vet to FO, and I will say while, I do not feel I did totally right by him, his engament with members was short for a FO, he did much to his credit, do all his shifts, earned a HUGE amount of prestige for ORS and never turned on me, and in this he was great! Thank you Horakti!
which leads us to the Fourth Iteration of ORS.
The Fourth Iteration of ORS
da2 had just became an Officer and Sammy was retiring, after a while (4 weeks April-May 2016 iirc) I asked da if he would like to train to be senior staff, Ione had taken over as TO from Sammy retiring.
Sammy sadly did retired and we were a little lost without him, but da filled that gap & I'm glad to say went on to make us very proud.
da took over as FO, Ione lapsed in duty for 2 months, but recruited an old friend, who went on to be a ORS Vet 'Jupiter Tonans', he was Former Boss of the Popular Vil. League 'Smoke Break' . He, da and I became firm friends.
Sadly for seemly no reason we lost Vukie, a long term ORS Vet. He was missed.
The new content of AFIII came out and I was pretty unhappy, and also had became fascinated with the idea of a Lantern Healer, as I pumped money into Time Capsules, the more I did, the unhappier I became with the game.
A person, whom's league I joined before the Second Iteration, contacted me, letting me know he had returned to the game. We had left things on an uneven keel last we had spoken in Feb 2015. He had exploded at a member, and with all my training and inspiration from L, I knew this was unacceptable, I had also spent a month alone working 10 hours a day, he had logged twice in those 4 weeks. Disgraceful behaviour.
We began a dialogue, including giving him officer training by me, he joined ORS with his main, while running his own league. He didn't finish the officer training, but he returned to his own league, I felt he had improved enough, and talked it over with him about returning to his own league, and we were both happy.
After a while, meeting his staff, we began to bond a bit more and it was discussed if we should join together. Ultimately he decided no, which I respected, and with nothing to do in game, I decided to retire until the next content would be released. I told Jup and Da they should find somewhere they could play and happy, and when I found out they had joined Freaks'n'Geeks, I was very content with their choice, as I am friends with Akbar Khan, and know him as a good person, who treats other people fairly (even if on *rare* occasion he has a temper hehe but otherwise totally chilled dude).
I spend the next 4 months building Justice League Elite, shoring up staff, educating them on morale and conduct, helping members when I could.
I logged in on my Celestial and had been struggling with the DPS side and one of the staff was a Celestial DPS and a good one, so I asked for tips and a lesson. While I was getting my lesson on Celestial DPS, the Boss Pm'd me saying one of his staff wanted Senior staff training, I told him I wouldn't do it as the person was too young at 12/13yo and I didn't want to 'jade' him with adult politics. Besides da was there to help and the boss had just made da, not 4 hours earlier FO, he already had a TO whose job does not contain politics. After some time (20 mins) he started at me in Staff Voice Chat in front of everyone, which I had warned him against while doing his training, take it private, whatever you do take it private.
Telling me 'how dare you disobey me!' then 'get out of my league!'
I would have NEVER spoken to L that way! I was meant to be there in a mentor role.
Shameful behaviour!
So I left.
Not one hour later, I pm'd Khan and asked to join FnG with a trifecta.
I joined on my QDPS my Fire and Nature.
Da eventually left FnG as his friend who had left FnG was in JLE too.
I spoke to da recently, it was good to catch up.
I have been in FnG at the time of writing around 3 weeks to a month, and I think the guys are funny and make me laugh, I like them. Hang out with jup often too.
I have been upfront with Khan, letting him know that I start ORS when the new content comes out, but won't remove my FnG chars, as that would be shameful to do that to them.
understandably this is a long process to include all these stories. I will be back to edit and update.
* I never gave up.. but had decided that was my last night in DCUO before logging on.. events took a different turn. hehe
*this is where I learned my SigmaAtom costume was sexy.. I get attention from girls from time to time.
* I teach that the Controller is the Healers bodyguard.. THIS^ is where the nucleus of that idea came from, protecting M, who would become my league boss! I may have been the first player to teach this,.. on EUPC.. or even in DCUO.
* I didn't understand that before.. about morale.. if one leaves or doesn't log for a long time.. more do the same.
*M and L dissolved the league 2 weeks later. I had managed to fix most of it.. but the hearts were already broken, and M had too much work for uni.
*actually the truth be told earlier like a month or two before.. I had an email saying to keep my char for the move over I needed to log, which I did. did a vault then left.
*She's Asian so that was being cheeky and she knew it.
* That's a guess but by the end of March I have a photo of it being 105 in troller stance.
*there's four to current recollection.2 in the north, 1 in the west. This was the one in Diamond District overlooking Gotham Uni and Robinson Park. update: I recently found out its the intergang penthouse building.
*(really i'm not overselling him.. in game female char so gender switching he/she might happened while typing)
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Service Records
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SigmaAtom
EUPC
Drill.Sgt : Kryptoniansnipers. single iteration.February 2012 - April 2012.
resumed; Acting Boss; July 2012. Dissolved August 2012. aprox. 400h of service. 2 DLCs.
League Boss: OrderoftheRedSun, all iterations. September 2012 - February 2013. March 2015- July 2015. as XigmaAtom; League 'mothballed'. October 2015 - Present.
First Iteration; aprox.1000h of service. 3 DLCs.
Second iteration; aprox. 900h of service. 2 DLCs
Third iteration: aprox 1800h of service. all 'modern' content and 2 DLCs.
notes:
Returned after 2 year absence (see service record).
Does moonlighting for other league bosses who are having issues in league.
ORS has had three 'child leagues' since it's formation. all dissolved to present knowledge.
Addendum: 'Justice League Europe', (formally League of Nations) currently active. Is considered a partial child-league of ORS, due to the boss having been trained by me.
Update this relationship has since degraded.
After 4 months of helping during my retirement. The League Boss spoke to me disrespectfully and when I refused to 'obey' him, it was time to go. The new name of the league at time of writing is ' Justice League Elite'. I would have NEVER spoken to my mentor like he did to me. 4 months of work for nothing! wasted, because he had man-child tantrum.
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Aldencek
EUPC
PVP Capt: Kryptoniansnipers. single iteration. Late 2011 - July 2012 .
Dissolved August 2012. aprox. 150h of service. 2 DLCs.
First Officer: OrderoftheRedSun, first iteration.September 2012 - February 2013.
aprox.700h of service. 3 DLCs.
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Barbaa
EUPC
Tactical Officer: OrderoftheRedSun. first iteration.September 2012 -January 2013.
aprox.900h of service. 3 DLCs.
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FeartheFears
EUPC
First Officer: OrderoftheRedSun, second iteration.March 2015 - August 2015.
aprox.1100h of service. 3 DLCs.
Honourably Discharged due to absence. No return; legacy.
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Kaya Scodelario
EUPC
Tactical Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. second iteration.March 2015 - August 2015.
aprox.800h of service. 3 DLCs
PVP Capt. OrderoftheRedSun. second iteration.March 2015 - August 2015.
aprox.800h of service. 3 DLCs
PVP. Capt. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration. August. 2016 - present Oct. 2016.
approx. 50h of service.
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RAGEner
General Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. second iteration March 2015 - May 2015.
aprox. 270h of service. 1 DLC.
Honourably Discharged due to absence. No return; legacy.
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Basman
EUPC
General Officer: OrderoftheRedSun, second iteration.April 2015 - August 2015.
aprox.900h of service. 3 DLCs.
notes: was considered for Tactical Officer should Kaya have to leave due to real life commitments.
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Beatrix07
General Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.November 2015 - February 2016.
aprox.700h of service. modern content.
Note: Was 'Standing First Officer' of ORS for tenure.
Honorary title.
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Horakti
EUPC
First Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.February 2016 - Sept. 2016.
aprox.1000h of service. modern content.
Notes: was a Veteran before taking the post.
has returned to Veterancy since Sept. 2016.
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Sammy18
Tactical Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.March 2016 - June 2016.
aprox.600h of service.modern content.
PVP Capt. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.March 2016 - June 2016.
aprox.600h of service. modern content.
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Ionetwo
aprox.600h of service.modern content.
PVP Capt. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.March 2016 - June 2016.
aprox.600h of service. modern content.
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Ionetwo
aprox.200h of service. modern content.
General Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.March 2016 - present - June 2016.
aprox.180h of service. modern content.
Honourably Discharged due to absence. No return; legacy.
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Riisky420
General Officer. OrderoftheRedSun. third iteration.Feb 2016 - present - August 2016.
aprox.350h of service. modern content.
Honourably Discharged due to absence. No return; legacy.
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QuantityUK
EUPC
General Officer: OrderoftheRedSun, second iteration. May 2015 - August 2015.
aprox. 200h of service. 3 DLCs.
notes: absent due to illness often. Loyal despite this :)
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Solmac
EUPC
General Officer: OrderoftheRedSun, second iteration. June 2015 - August 2015.
aprox. 220h of service. 2 DLCs.
notes: was angry about the end of the second iteration of ORS, this is understandable as he did not see what was happening.
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The Problem With Some People.. aka 'Fry's Ma Nut' . First ORS Blog
Hi www people
Firstly I won't name names; I'm not about that.
So recently, we had an Officer leave us.. this had been an on going thing with him for around a week.
He had decided he was better than all the other staff and members.. so much so, practically banning us from going in to SM in league/group chat. I PM'd him for a dress down about that.. but things turned cold. around a week later he just left not saying anything, even though I was online at the time.
I like to believe I am understanding, but as league boss of ORS, I knew he knew, how important the morale is, and here he was ignorantly tearing us all down. Seems his Officer Training did not take. I teach all the staff about the importance of morale and what it means, and what the combined work is. He was riding high on his friends, and forgot all about his leaguemates (supposed family).
He did no recruiting, and here, in my ORS Blog, I'll be honest, it's a pertinent problem with the current staff. I keep telling them to recruit, but I am the only recruiter at present. With FeartheFears* rejoining last month, we're having ORS Off-Season so when we resume on the 1st of July, I fully expect him and RAGEner* to show the current staff how it's done.
I digress.. What that person did was a betrayal. IF you respect someone you talk to them about your problems. You be straight with them.. he left and joined another league that night, without so much as a word. I noted on Wavedox he left that league.. I wonder if it was becuase I let on to one of that leagues members, he had been poached.*
now I gotta go.. i *may* be back to edit this.. and I plan to do a 'History of ORS' also.
TTFN
SigmaAtom
*ORS First Officer, serving second iteration, 2015.
*also rejoined, former Officer, now Legacy Vet. serving second iteration. 2015.
*(how do I know this? .. he joined that same night, i could see it on wavedox)
Firstly I won't name names; I'm not about that.
So recently, we had an Officer leave us.. this had been an on going thing with him for around a week.
He had decided he was better than all the other staff and members.. so much so, practically banning us from going in to SM in league/group chat. I PM'd him for a dress down about that.. but things turned cold. around a week later he just left not saying anything, even though I was online at the time.
I like to believe I am understanding, but as league boss of ORS, I knew he knew, how important the morale is, and here he was ignorantly tearing us all down. Seems his Officer Training did not take. I teach all the staff about the importance of morale and what it means, and what the combined work is. He was riding high on his friends, and forgot all about his leaguemates (supposed family).
He did no recruiting, and here, in my ORS Blog, I'll be honest, it's a pertinent problem with the current staff. I keep telling them to recruit, but I am the only recruiter at present. With FeartheFears* rejoining last month, we're having ORS Off-Season so when we resume on the 1st of July, I fully expect him and RAGEner* to show the current staff how it's done.
I digress.. What that person did was a betrayal. IF you respect someone you talk to them about your problems. You be straight with them.. he left and joined another league that night, without so much as a word. I noted on Wavedox he left that league.. I wonder if it was becuase I let on to one of that leagues members, he had been poached.*
now I gotta go.. i *may* be back to edit this.. and I plan to do a 'History of ORS' also.
TTFN
SigmaAtom
*ORS First Officer, serving second iteration, 2015.
*also rejoined, former Officer, now Legacy Vet. serving second iteration. 2015.
*(how do I know this? .. he joined that same night, i could see it on wavedox)
Thoughts on Powersets..(esp. Fire)
Hi WWW
First blog for here :)
Recently, I was fascinated with leveling my Fire alt 'XgmaAtom' I couldn't stop thinking about if I got him to end game with huge skill points if he could be a battle cross-role quasi-healer!! :)
I was mistaken in my belief that 'Inferno' group heals for small amount.. I had garnered this belief due to playing with a Fire player in 2012. Turns out this was a glitch. Back then Fire would give you some small heals and some very small ticks of power. When I found out this was no longer so.. this dampened my enthusiasm much like a fire going out under a wet rag.
We have cross-roles in Powersets, Sorcery Healer/DPS with a Tank Pet, Celestial Healer/DPS PoT Shields giving power back, Fire.. would make I feel, a great addition to these two. I'd like to see Inferno group heal based on the player's restoration. Enflame could tick 5 ticks of power too if done inside Inferno, all players would have to be inside Inferno to benefit from the effect. This does not replace healers, but DPS Fire or Tank Fire would support the front line.
I imagined myself and other Fire DPS's on the battleline fighting a boss, making mass inferno's hehe.
What would the idea do?.. encourage players to;
1. choose Fire as a powerset.
2. increase Skill Point hunting for the powerset.
Ice is a great Powerset, why can't we bring back some Glory to Fire? It is an 'Iconic Powerset'.(Superman). like Gadgets (Batman/Joker/Lex Luthor) and Celestial (Wonder Woman/Circe). Superman is healed by the earth's yellow sun..this is why Fire has SO many heals.. Fire is a mix of Tank and Healer, just like .. Superman.
The other powers.. Atomic especially, which is like Rage without the Rage Crash and has added damage mitigation on top!.. Atomic is powerful. Fire has no 'angle'.. and with the 'Blowout' mechanism*, not only ending your AM but stealing pretty much all of your power in the process;
I don't see why players should choose Fire.
I want Fire to be GREAT! I would love to see the 'Blowout' mechanic disappear, and group healing be in place.. especially with the upcoming #statsmatter
What I imagine..having high SP would enable the player to reach the necessary +30 Restorations, we are still dealing with DPS and Tank so using Resto as a secondary and tertiary stat. Fire doesn't need a damage boost imho.. it needs a AM that players can work with! That Blowout 'kills the mood', and we do not have damage mitigation to the order of Atomic or Ice.. We do not have their damage.
Fire should be next in line for an update. if any devs read this.. PLEASE consider making Fire a cross-role power while updating.
SigmaAtom
Quick Bio:
SigmaAtom, OrderoftheRedSun was formed from two Officers of one the first EUPC leagues; 'Kryptoniansnipers' League. The two officers were/are SigmaAtom (Drill Sgt) Aldencek (PVP Capt). ORS was formed mid 2012.. dissolved in 2013. Brought back after the cr increase of 2 years. SigmaAtom; 3000+ hours of league staff experience. currently proud but hates being a league boss as it's 'a dumper truck ton of extra work.. I just wanna be a drill sgt again, it's easy compared to this!'
*which I would guess was originally supposed to give massive damage but has since been nerfed.
First blog for here :)
Recently, I was fascinated with leveling my Fire alt 'XgmaAtom' I couldn't stop thinking about if I got him to end game with huge skill points if he could be a battle cross-role quasi-healer!! :)
I was mistaken in my belief that 'Inferno' group heals for small amount.. I had garnered this belief due to playing with a Fire player in 2012. Turns out this was a glitch. Back then Fire would give you some small heals and some very small ticks of power. When I found out this was no longer so.. this dampened my enthusiasm much like a fire going out under a wet rag.
We have cross-roles in Powersets, Sorcery Healer/DPS with a Tank Pet, Celestial Healer/DPS PoT Shields giving power back, Fire.. would make I feel, a great addition to these two. I'd like to see Inferno group heal based on the player's restoration. Enflame could tick 5 ticks of power too if done inside Inferno, all players would have to be inside Inferno to benefit from the effect. This does not replace healers, but DPS Fire or Tank Fire would support the front line.
I imagined myself and other Fire DPS's on the battleline fighting a boss, making mass inferno's hehe.
What would the idea do?.. encourage players to;
1. choose Fire as a powerset.
2. increase Skill Point hunting for the powerset.
Ice is a great Powerset, why can't we bring back some Glory to Fire? It is an 'Iconic Powerset'.(Superman). like Gadgets (Batman/Joker/Lex Luthor) and Celestial (Wonder Woman/Circe). Superman is healed by the earth's yellow sun..this is why Fire has SO many heals.. Fire is a mix of Tank and Healer, just like .. Superman.
The other powers.. Atomic especially, which is like Rage without the Rage Crash and has added damage mitigation on top!.. Atomic is powerful. Fire has no 'angle'.. and with the 'Blowout' mechanism*, not only ending your AM but stealing pretty much all of your power in the process;
I don't see why players should choose Fire.
I want Fire to be GREAT! I would love to see the 'Blowout' mechanic disappear, and group healing be in place.. especially with the upcoming #statsmatter
What I imagine..having high SP would enable the player to reach the necessary +30 Restorations, we are still dealing with DPS and Tank so using Resto as a secondary and tertiary stat. Fire doesn't need a damage boost imho.. it needs a AM that players can work with! That Blowout 'kills the mood', and we do not have damage mitigation to the order of Atomic or Ice.. We do not have their damage.
Fire should be next in line for an update. if any devs read this.. PLEASE consider making Fire a cross-role power while updating.
SigmaAtom
Quick Bio:
SigmaAtom, OrderoftheRedSun was formed from two Officers of one the first EUPC leagues; 'Kryptoniansnipers' League. The two officers were/are SigmaAtom (Drill Sgt) Aldencek (PVP Capt). ORS was formed mid 2012.. dissolved in 2013. Brought back after the cr increase of 2 years. SigmaAtom; 3000+ hours of league staff experience. currently proud but hates being a league boss as it's 'a dumper truck ton of extra work.. I just wanna be a drill sgt again, it's easy compared to this!'
*which I would guess was originally supposed to give massive damage but has since been nerfed.
Sunday 12 June 2016
Few Thoughts on Free Powers.. TL: DR warning
SigmaAtom, Oct 16, 2015.
Hi Guys
just a light hearted thread on my thoughts about pay-for and free powers. some thoughts id like to share.. please share yours :)
I think Electric should be free.. why? because its more fun than the 'hard core' style powers.. rage im looking at you! hehe .. the more .. well i found them .. complex powers, are probably best with experienced players.. celestial, rage. Also Nature is such a complete powerset, I wouldn't have that in the free section, I would definitely switch Nature and Electric.
I hope Atomic is not a way of phasing out Fire, the two (at present) seem so similar, but i guess we need to get used to and know the new power yet. ..and i'd like to see the ability to switch the flame colour of Fire in the style menu. that'd be cool. (OLD info)
Light is kinda broken imho..mm.. when the second move of a light combo switches to precs, we lose half our damage and this continues throughout the combo. I have 9334 might, which by the second move drops to 3992 precs even though im still using my powerset. you could say why not just clip individual powers and not combo, but i see it eat through the power quick enough to make me wonder why I have infinite combos :/
I think Light should be free. there are enough Lantern fans who would join just to try it out, going by the amount of Lantern's in game.
Erm the third switch I would make.. depends, if Gadgets gets the pet buff like Soc and and Earth, i'd make that a pay for power. Soc is free right now, but this would give us 3 'pet powers' one for each class. Gadgets pay for, Light free.
TBH, I have really enjoyed the pet powers, makes the game so much more fun for me. you could say 'lack of skill' or whatever but after years of being HL.. i needed a break from the slog. HL makes solo feel like grinding haha.. (there's bit more truth in there than i'd like to admit)
I think Soc should be a pay for power..but replaced by a new free power. Water will be pay for..but its a shame we couldn't switch these around.
Some people think the game should be harder.. some think easier. I think its already there and they haven't realized. if you want an easy game .. go a tank class. medium to hard go a controller class, hard to very hard go a healer class. tank dps is easy compared to controller dps (controller class in dps role)..and as for healer, I was celestial until T4 with 100+ SP on my alt before i switched to soc.. I got smashed regularly. it's hard even with semi-decent gear.
Have a great and bizarre day!
SigmaAtom
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I am recovering from food poisoning, some bad chicken on a flight to China , please be nice to me im very sick.
FWIW.. dont drink Chinese Coke..think that + chicken was what did it.
mmm....The Iconic Pet .. there for anyone with a power point. Ive asked before and i'll ask again, he needs his own skill tree, with his own skill points.
Hi Guys
just a light hearted thread on my thoughts about pay-for and free powers. some thoughts id like to share.. please share yours :)
I think Electric should be free.. why? because its more fun than the 'hard core' style powers.. rage im looking at you! hehe .. the more .. well i found them .. complex powers, are probably best with experienced players.. celestial, rage. Also Nature is such a complete powerset, I wouldn't have that in the free section, I would definitely switch Nature and Electric.
I hope Atomic is not a way of phasing out Fire, the two (at present) seem so similar, but i guess we need to get used to and know the new power yet. ..and i'd like to see the ability to switch the flame colour of Fire in the style menu. that'd be cool. (OLD info)
Light is kinda broken imho..mm.. when the second move of a light combo switches to precs, we lose half our damage and this continues throughout the combo. I have 9334 might, which by the second move drops to 3992 precs even though im still using my powerset. you could say why not just clip individual powers and not combo, but i see it eat through the power quick enough to make me wonder why I have infinite combos :/
I think Light should be free. there are enough Lantern fans who would join just to try it out, going by the amount of Lantern's in game.
Erm the third switch I would make.. depends, if Gadgets gets the pet buff like Soc and and Earth, i'd make that a pay for power. Soc is free right now, but this would give us 3 'pet powers' one for each class. Gadgets pay for, Light free.
TBH, I have really enjoyed the pet powers, makes the game so much more fun for me. you could say 'lack of skill' or whatever but after years of being HL.. i needed a break from the slog. HL makes solo feel like grinding haha.. (there's bit more truth in there than i'd like to admit)
I think Soc should be a pay for power..but replaced by a new free power. Water will be pay for..but its a shame we couldn't switch these around.
Some people think the game should be harder.. some think easier. I think its already there and they haven't realized. if you want an easy game .. go a tank class. medium to hard go a controller class, hard to very hard go a healer class. tank dps is easy compared to controller dps (controller class in dps role)..and as for healer, I was celestial until T4 with 100+ SP on my alt before i switched to soc.. I got smashed regularly. it's hard even with semi-decent gear.
Have a great and bizarre day!
SigmaAtom
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I am recovering from food poisoning, some bad chicken on a flight to China , please be nice to me im very sick.
FWIW.. dont drink Chinese Coke..think that + chicken was what did it.
mmm....The Iconic Pet .. there for anyone with a power point. Ive asked before and i'll ask again, he needs his own skill tree, with his own skill points.
Playing as old hard light was like playing DCUO: Dark Souls Edition. these days (june 2016) easier so far but im still leveling.. lvl 22 iirc just now.
New Cities in DCUO.. your opinion..
SigmaAtom, Aug 2, 2015.
Hi guys
I'd like to find out if other members would enjoy new cities, We have 2 splendid ones, however I have felt many times and hear around, people might like a new city.
With DB's new attitude of listening to the community, i'd like to know, if it's just a pipe dream of mine.
Firstly, this is a what ill call a [game mode of thought] we have experiences and they scale. So I'm suggesting we have cities as we do our scaling experiences*.
my ideas?
1. Open up Central City. I know it's just Little Bohemia in mirror image, however, reducing the 'white fog' area throughout the whole of dcuo i feel is a plus. This would be our Third city, and I'd like to see it open for everyone, not just subbed or premium but free* also, open for all T2 and above.. why? because when it was made; it was a paywall content that is no longer relevant, as we/DB have other ways of using the content. this 'grand opening' would only be for the city not the rest of the content. The Flash vendor *could* have a couple of items such as the lower gear even for free members. You would actually have to look for the bounties throughout the city, new paradox bounties could be easily added. PVP phase could be properly used with both Vil/Hero sides in the same place.
After another 2 years..
2. Open up the main Oan city. in the T6 duos.. you can see it outside, it seems like there is quite a bit work done already. Coast City could be done, but because it's pretty much all there, i didn't think there was the need, and Oa would be great reward for being both a GL fan and loyal DCUO player. a T6/7 City, I realize we have GUSiege, and I enjoy the content, but it's not a new city*.
then every 2 years after a new city to go along with the new tiers. 'you must be *this* tall to go on this ride'.. I think many have left after GU47, however with such content.. could they resist coming back??
let me know what you think guys :)
regardless
have a great and bizarre day!
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Update 12/July/2016
I've been fascinated for months with an idea..
Unbottling South Gotham.
Why couldn't it be our Star City??
I'd like to see Coast City too. open and available.. a T4 city.. low Brainiac presence.. but Red and Orange Lanterns Fighting in the streets. :}
Why do we *need* more cities??.. we don't.
It's just boring to have just two for the whole life of the game.
I realize..the devs will never do this.. which is truly sad. .. We have had many re-used play-spaces.. which I *actually* enjoy revisiting places.. coz if you live in a city you'll see that place again, under different circumstances.
It's not my job to think up ways of for the Devs to save money.. in all other game types, I am catered for, either the company will charge me for the content or some kind mod-dev will offer me it for free.
Only in MMO's do we think of the Devs profit margin.
Player bases in smaller cities.. but still cities is important for the focus of single player type experiences.
The Devs want us to be of a group mentality. I agree with this for very much the most part, however, DCUO has something unique you don't get elsewhere, as far as I know. a usable Single Player experience.
What about the Arrow style char? can he just live in Gotham? or the Speedster.. Metropolis is fine right? or the Lanterns..just R&R in Metro right?
With the new hardware of the PS4 and Xbox One.. we are no longer tied to old gen consoles. but ah! here comes the rub.. DB do not have the cash for this. Apparently even updating textures is hard for them now :/ .. I don't want to be hard on them, and anyways that isn't my job either.. to tell them how to run their business.
They recently lost a high up Dev. this is possible why all the delays and the recently announced return to larger content DLCs.
Where is my money going?
I spend a small fortune on my hobby.
I have no idea.
notes---
* I just realized that Gotham Wasteland IS our T5 city :) .. so in a way we have experienced this before. I saw how happy it made people, .. how friendly they became in GW.
*T5 is the end of free play content I respect that. I also respect free players who manage to get there. it's a great advert for DCUO in general also. at the start I was for a while a premium player, I liked it. I am now subbed, yearly, and enjoy it enough that I'll continue. all three states have value :)
*the new T7 play space *feels* tiny..like half the size of watchtower.
Hi guys
I'd like to find out if other members would enjoy new cities, We have 2 splendid ones, however I have felt many times and hear around, people might like a new city.
With DB's new attitude of listening to the community, i'd like to know, if it's just a pipe dream of mine.
Firstly, this is a what ill call a [game mode of thought] we have experiences and they scale. So I'm suggesting we have cities as we do our scaling experiences*.
my ideas?
1. Open up Central City. I know it's just Little Bohemia in mirror image, however, reducing the 'white fog' area throughout the whole of dcuo i feel is a plus. This would be our Third city, and I'd like to see it open for everyone, not just subbed or premium but free* also, open for all T2 and above.. why? because when it was made; it was a paywall content that is no longer relevant, as we/DB have other ways of using the content. this 'grand opening' would only be for the city not the rest of the content. The Flash vendor *could* have a couple of items such as the lower gear even for free members. You would actually have to look for the bounties throughout the city, new paradox bounties could be easily added. PVP phase could be properly used with both Vil/Hero sides in the same place.
After another 2 years..
2. Open up the main Oan city. in the T6 duos.. you can see it outside, it seems like there is quite a bit work done already. Coast City could be done, but because it's pretty much all there, i didn't think there was the need, and Oa would be great reward for being both a GL fan and loyal DCUO player. a T6/7 City, I realize we have GUSiege, and I enjoy the content, but it's not a new city*.
then every 2 years after a new city to go along with the new tiers. 'you must be *this* tall to go on this ride'.. I think many have left after GU47, however with such content.. could they resist coming back??
let me know what you think guys :)
regardless
have a great and bizarre day!
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Update 12/July/2016
I've been fascinated for months with an idea..
Unbottling South Gotham.
Why couldn't it be our Star City??
I'd like to see Coast City too. open and available.. a T4 city.. low Brainiac presence.. but Red and Orange Lanterns Fighting in the streets. :}
Why do we *need* more cities??.. we don't.
It's just boring to have just two for the whole life of the game.
I realize..the devs will never do this.. which is truly sad. .. We have had many re-used play-spaces.. which I *actually* enjoy revisiting places.. coz if you live in a city you'll see that place again, under different circumstances.
It's not my job to think up ways of for the Devs to save money.. in all other game types, I am catered for, either the company will charge me for the content or some kind mod-dev will offer me it for free.
Only in MMO's do we think of the Devs profit margin.
Player bases in smaller cities.. but still cities is important for the focus of single player type experiences.
The Devs want us to be of a group mentality. I agree with this for very much the most part, however, DCUO has something unique you don't get elsewhere, as far as I know. a usable Single Player experience.
What about the Arrow style char? can he just live in Gotham? or the Speedster.. Metropolis is fine right? or the Lanterns..just R&R in Metro right?
With the new hardware of the PS4 and Xbox One.. we are no longer tied to old gen consoles. but ah! here comes the rub.. DB do not have the cash for this. Apparently even updating textures is hard for them now :/ .. I don't want to be hard on them, and anyways that isn't my job either.. to tell them how to run their business.
They recently lost a high up Dev. this is possible why all the delays and the recently announced return to larger content DLCs.
Where is my money going?
I spend a small fortune on my hobby.
I have no idea.
notes---
* I just realized that Gotham Wasteland IS our T5 city :) .. so in a way we have experienced this before. I saw how happy it made people, .. how friendly they became in GW.
*T5 is the end of free play content I respect that. I also respect free players who manage to get there. it's a great advert for DCUO in general also. at the start I was for a while a premium player, I liked it. I am now subbed, yearly, and enjoy it enough that I'll continue. all three states have value :)
*the new T7 play space *feels* tiny..like half the size of watchtower.
League Hall Improvement Suggestions..
SigmaAtom, Jul 26, 2015.
Hi guys
I'd like to suggest a few minor improvements that, I feel, would benefit everyone. hope that's okay.
Vendors!
In the LH we have crafting benches but no vendors like we do in HQ/WT/HoD.. this I find makes the benches only useful if you want to salvage* as we do not have instant access to all the materials needed to craft mods. having a broker and robot vendor here also would I feel make the most sense.
Robots!
Random robots like in HQ but with matching LH colours.. whatever your LH colours are these robots will have appropriate colours. every robot being a cola and repair robot would make hanging around the LH possible as a staging area for raids.. and not having to go to the HQ for repairs everytime.
Teleporters!
Teleporters should be linked to the one you have at home.. this would make them of a more dynamic purpose and also much more useful. .. mm maybe that sounded poncy..okay.. rem Batman down the batpole in the 60's?? To action!!
Statues!
If the LH is deco'd in a way staff like, and suddenly a new recruit gets on the big plinth.. well that might upset members who are trying to earn their way up there. I suggest the Ranks allowed to spend prestige are also allowed to edit/chose the individual members of any plinth and name the grouping.
The above suggestions; I and many others I have spoken to feel these would be vital improvements. I have some frivolous ideas also..
Open Areas
Opening up all of the locked areas.
Living Quarters
Having individual dorm rooms for staff and members, where they can deco their own quarters, even if not allowed to do so in the rest of the LH.
Communal TV room.
nice place to sit.. IRL I'd have a smoke .. watching Gotham news hehe.
Building
Being able to change the appearance of the LH structure, add and remove rooms. add an outside glass dome with plant area. basic room exchange being free, and being given a certain amount of rooms for free every month*..but if you want the Atrium or additional rooms, that would cost prestige. We could also have a Dock with a ship, and the ship lets you teleport to any special events with the group you are in.. a 'walk-in' for events.
Well that's my ideas.. some of these were other peoples too.. said to me by many people repeatedly over a long period of time.
regardless,
Have a great and bizarre day!
Sigma
*(which I call 'grind'..no not *that* kind of grind hehe)
*1 or 2 rooms free a month
Pet Skill Trees and Colour Options..
SigmaAtom, May 29, 2015.
Hi guys!
I've been thinking about pet expansion for ages. Want to get the ideas out of my system* .
If we name our pets would that be confusing if two are named the same? But if we have our own name under theirs like we do with leagues eg.
iPod
<SigmaAtom>
This means no confusion as each char name is unique to each server.
I have found many times the pet colour clashes with my particular style. having access to a pet style menu, would be great imho, meaning we could design a few parts and of course change the colour to match our own. I'd like to see it accessed via Traits>Skills> then a third option of 'Pets'.
'Pets' would have a miniature version of some of our player menu options.
Stats.
Style.
Skill Trees.
Feats.
STATS
A list of the Pet's statistics, much like ours. The CR would have no overall CR, but *could* have D/KO critical success rate something like '85% of critical attacks killed the enemy and 15% of enemies critical attacks KO'd 'iPod' (insert your pet's name).
STYLE
Vanilla
Firstly, we have a colour palette selection for the Pets vanilla style and body type. This would work the same it is does with us, except you wouldn't be able to select each individual style, only each individual color.
Custom
The Pet styles could have a basic style for each powerset, extra ones you earn in raids, but many different ones could be sold in marketplace, pet body styles could also be sold in marketplace.
This is a very visual thing I am doing and so is very hard to explain in words..but please bare with me..
Take for example the Iconic Pet and 3 basic powerset pet styles; Quantum, Fire and Electricity* bodies..Firstly, each pet has an overall style, for Fire the Pet would have the Iconic Pet body but have no solid looking parts but look as if we had applied a Fire Material to their entire body. Or Quantum glowing swirling or Electricity static material. Then there are Basic Custom Bodies, I suggest 3 we can earn in raids, one that looks like Sorc 'Guardian', one that looks like Gadgets 'Turret' and one that looks like Earth 'Crystal' each start with the 'powerset pet material' .
For 'powerset pet materials' we can earn them in raids as a final reward choice from the last boss of a raid, not to be a hard RNG but medium RNG. For bodies, (see next section) if you have completed all the feats you get a medium RNG for the 3 basic body styles in the loot picker.
With the special OG pet styles and OG body styles, these are exclusive to marketplace.
SKILL TREES
Skills also determine role, unlike us, Pets can have 4 roles. They earn skill points just like us with feats, but these are accomplished by themselves. Feats like 'Do more damage than your master on a single opponent not more than 25 levels below you' and like; 'Take 90%+ damage but go on to survive and beat your opponent' or 'Deliver a deathblow that saves your master from knockout'
1 feat = 1 skill point
We have 15 power points, 15 skill points for pets could be earned, with access to all four roles, once one path is chosen the others become closed, spending your first skill point means that tree is the only tree that can be accessed.
Like our various weapon skill tab;
Tank
DPS
Healer
Controller
When the first skill point is spent this determines the style behaviour of the pet. And just like us there are health/damage/ healing/power boosts. inside it looks much like our power trees. But there are 15 abilities and skills. skill one is the 'personality token'. all pets have melee ability and a normal range attack. but nothing else until they earn skill points.
When we achieve feat points we get a great reassuring notification, I suggest a miniature one like ours in right hand corner, I imagine it in gold with blue text.
FEATS
(UPDATE 17th/Nov/17:
This could now be done .. and more easily managed by DB if the Artifacts system was used to level your Pet instead of feats.. it means that you wouldn't have to rely on your pet to complete a feat by it's AI alone.
Each level would grant a skill point that you could assign in your pet skill tree menu)
Upon your pet's first feat, you are sent a message by Alfred or Catwoman via the Batcave computer, stating you have successfully converted one of the Batcave's drones, and they hope you will use the pet as a formidable ally. attached is your pet's powerset material.
Once your pet has finished all feats you get a message from Batman or Joker saying they are glad you and your new friend are getting along so well. Attached is powerset pet bed deco; once placed in your lair, if you emote sleep while in your base, your pet will go and lay down on his/her/it's bed & join you for a rest.
Message:
'All Upgrades Complete!"
Feat for you:
It's Alive!
Now you can earn those extra styles and body styles in raids.
Completing all feats also gives your pet access to a powerful Supercharge of summoning 4 more of itself*.
I really enjoyed sharing my ideas even if in a swash of other good ideas from other members.
Have a great and bizarre day!
Sigma
*(I posted similar before but have had more ideas since)
*(these three I feel are the *most* to use the iconic pet)
*(this is like Mental; Mass Hysteria)
Hi guys!
I've been thinking about pet expansion for ages. Want to get the ideas out of my system* .
If we name our pets would that be confusing if two are named the same? But if we have our own name under theirs like we do with leagues eg.
iPod
<SigmaAtom>
This means no confusion as each char name is unique to each server.
I have found many times the pet colour clashes with my particular style. having access to a pet style menu, would be great imho, meaning we could design a few parts and of course change the colour to match our own. I'd like to see it accessed via Traits>Skills> then a third option of 'Pets'.
'Pets' would have a miniature version of some of our player menu options.
Stats.
Style.
Skill Trees.
Feats.
STATS
A list of the Pet's statistics, much like ours. The CR would have no overall CR, but *could* have D/KO critical success rate something like '85% of critical attacks killed the enemy and 15% of enemies critical attacks KO'd 'iPod' (insert your pet's name).
STYLE
Vanilla
Firstly, we have a colour palette selection for the Pets vanilla style and body type. This would work the same it is does with us, except you wouldn't be able to select each individual style, only each individual color.
Custom
The Pet styles could have a basic style for each powerset, extra ones you earn in raids, but many different ones could be sold in marketplace, pet body styles could also be sold in marketplace.
This is a very visual thing I am doing and so is very hard to explain in words..but please bare with me..
Take for example the Iconic Pet and 3 basic powerset pet styles; Quantum, Fire and Electricity* bodies..Firstly, each pet has an overall style, for Fire the Pet would have the Iconic Pet body but have no solid looking parts but look as if we had applied a Fire Material to their entire body. Or Quantum glowing swirling or Electricity static material. Then there are Basic Custom Bodies, I suggest 3 we can earn in raids, one that looks like Sorc 'Guardian', one that looks like Gadgets 'Turret' and one that looks like Earth 'Crystal' each start with the 'powerset pet material' .
For 'powerset pet materials' we can earn them in raids as a final reward choice from the last boss of a raid, not to be a hard RNG but medium RNG. For bodies, (see next section) if you have completed all the feats you get a medium RNG for the 3 basic body styles in the loot picker.
With the special OG pet styles and OG body styles, these are exclusive to marketplace.
SKILL TREES
Skills also determine role, unlike us, Pets can have 4 roles. They earn skill points just like us with feats, but these are accomplished by themselves. Feats like 'Do more damage than your master on a single opponent not more than 25 levels below you' and like; 'Take 90%+ damage but go on to survive and beat your opponent' or 'Deliver a deathblow that saves your master from knockout'
1 feat = 1 skill point
We have 15 power points, 15 skill points for pets could be earned, with access to all four roles, once one path is chosen the others become closed, spending your first skill point means that tree is the only tree that can be accessed.
Like our various weapon skill tab;
Tank
DPS
Healer
Controller
When the first skill point is spent this determines the style behaviour of the pet. And just like us there are health/damage/ healing/power boosts. inside it looks much like our power trees. But there are 15 abilities and skills. skill one is the 'personality token'. all pets have melee ability and a normal range attack. but nothing else until they earn skill points.
When we achieve feat points we get a great reassuring notification, I suggest a miniature one like ours in right hand corner, I imagine it in gold with blue text.
(UPDATE 17th/Nov/17:
This could now be done .. and more easily managed by DB if the Artifacts system was used to level your Pet instead of feats.. it means that you wouldn't have to rely on your pet to complete a feat by it's AI alone.
Each level would grant a skill point that you could assign in your pet skill tree menu)
Upon your pet's first feat, you are sent a message by Alfred or Catwoman via the Batcave computer, stating you have successfully converted one of the Batcave's drones, and they hope you will use the pet as a formidable ally. attached is your pet's powerset material.
Once your pet has finished all feats you get a message from Batman or Joker saying they are glad you and your new friend are getting along so well. Attached is powerset pet bed deco; once placed in your lair, if you emote sleep while in your base, your pet will go and lay down on his/her/it's bed & join you for a rest.
Message:
'All Upgrades Complete!"
Feat for you:
It's Alive!
Now you can earn those extra styles and body styles in raids.
Completing all feats also gives your pet access to a powerful Supercharge of summoning 4 more of itself*.
I really enjoyed sharing my ideas even if in a swash of other good ideas from other members.
Have a great and bizarre day!
Sigma
*(I posted similar before but have had more ideas since)
*(these three I feel are the *most* to use the iconic pet)
*(this is like Mental; Mass Hysteria)
Wednesday 1 June 2016
SigmaAtom's quick crash-course to Strategy
Hi guys
Firstly, I'm no expert, but I make a small token of this to new players to ease the understanding of roles and what they do and how they are supposed to work together. and for advanced players, yes I'm a clutch player guys. slow methodical. :)
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First written for my old league in 2011, updated a bit.
Tank
first into the fight. highest defence. the tank leads the charge of the formation and should know maps well, a basic grip of the storyline helps too. the whole group follows the tank as a pinnacle of formation. can grant defence.
DPS
general fighter and/or heavy weight. does quest and story items. protects the controller and healer, does crowd control (killing mobs) good all rounder. information dps's move around a bit but should try to stay in the centre behind the tank, as the healer and controller should line up with the tank.
Healer
keeps everyone alive. essential. lowest defence. stays at the back of the charge and has the controller as bodyguard. should not be made to fight, if any dps's let hostile's stray a combination of the healer and controller is used to take down the hostile.
Controller
restores energy: keeps the fires burning. aerial attack, stays last in the charge to protect the healer, if you see me waiting for you and your a dps.. kindly move!. ill want to protect the healer first. the controller charges their energy by build ups of weapon discharge, then shares it with the group, the healer gets to heal the dps get to fight and the tank can grant defence to themselves or others.
and that's my brief guide to roles and formation.
Sigma
(mumbles under breath: dps' wandering off flip sake..)
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Tanks have ultracharged health.
DPS can tank, but without the bonus it makes it more difficult.
Healers are bit smashed in this game tbh. but the role is designed that way for good reason. if they were not they could repeatedly heal themselves (this happened at launch making them undefeatable iirc in PVP).
If the troller can't see the healer he can't power heal them, many tanks will say that the healer should go at the back, last, but this breaks the ability to power heal + BG (bodyguard). not all trollers fly, but i found many many do.. with good reason, you can see the whole fight from the sky easily.
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*Roles in Tandem
The Tank's job is to keep the whole group alive, if your group wiped quickly, and the healer was empty, the tank did not draw enough aggro.
The Tank's primary concern is the whole group's health. Tank buffs can also help the survivability of the group, but especially support. human shield distracting mobs/enemies by drawing the aggression toward them (aggro).
The Healer's job is similar but with emphasis on keeping the tank alive. Buff's to keep the DPS happy and hitting hard. Tank comes first and the healer should always reserve a little power for the tank.
The Controller's primary job is to keep the Healer alive. Debuffs are secondary, PoT's/Recharge thirdly. (second and third can be interchangeable depending on the situation, but never the first) always keeping enough power for the healer to keep everyone alive (meaning also and primarily the tank).
DPS's *should* be PoT'd and HoT'd at all times. The Controller can use debuffs on enemies to control the group's power eating by lowering defence, controlling the healer power out with weapon smashing and increasing the group survivability. The Healer can add buffs raising the protection and abilities of the group, increasing survivability and help alleviate power eating.
Recently I see more and more healers wondering off and ranging.. this is an upsetting trend, and I feel bad every time they die because of this, if they had stayed close I could have protected them and revived them from knockout.
Group Jobs.
The Tank is the *only* one who should open doors or trigger 'open door events', He/she should wait for the whole group. No DPS's should trigger the event.. why? becuase it grows confidence in the tank, that they can do their job without a DPS taking it off them. I heard recently from a friend 'so many leagues now don't let you express your role as a tank.. they just treat you as another DPS' .. that's became so true over the last few years from what i gather.
The Tank and Controller have a symbiotic relationship in regards to keeping ~the integrity of group formation.
The Tank should wait until all group members are in the trigger spot/door until proceeding, the controller should wait on the last group member to keep them with the group. When the tank checks his map, he/she should see no blue blips off map, if he does, it means 1 or more of the group have fell behind and the controller is probably there waiting on the lagging group member, and the he (the tank) should tell the group to wait.
I have seen LOADS of DPS's triggering a door event, only to die, coz I was the ONLY Troller in the raid. They needed me but I was busy collecting an errant DPS, so why would another DPS trigger the door event? the healer is almost certainly going to die without the controller present, then the tank then the DPS. you need to wait for the group to be whole.
Simply put the DPS's primary concern is dealing damage to mobs. Protecting support yes. but killing firstly. Story yes... but. you get me. :)
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Here are some Strategy Plays I thought up.. these are just to give ideas, nothing more :)
17th October 2012
Well, now after a month or two months Raiding off and on, before this Alerts was my staple diet, I have come up with some raiding strategies.. if you will indulge me..
Standard Raid
2+2+2+2=8, the raid most may use if available.
2 Tanks to draw fire and grant protection.
2 DPS to deal damage. protect the group and do story.
2 Healers to keep everyone ALIVE, also can add buffs.
2 Controllers to Regen charge and bodyguard each healer.
1+3+1+2+1=8 The Raid people use when they only use 1 Tank.
like above although..
1 Tank to draw fire and grant protection.
3 DPS, two of which do damage and do story, 1 keeps an eye one of the Healers, because 1 Controller, the controller that does the Buffs/Debuffs, cannot always bodyguard them.
1 Controller to do buffs/debuffs and drink colas as to not put a strain on the other controller, as the second controller has to 'feed' a group of six. but this controller should help out when possible, but it's not mandatory. also can bodyguard but again not mandatory. This Controller's job, is to try to ease the group's energy eating and so to ease the other controllers job. also helps kill bosses, as a kind of, second debuff Tank. kind of.
2 Healers that keep everyone alive :) can also Buff.
1 Controller, does Regen and Charge and stays at the back of the formation like normal, the other does the Buffs/Debuffs.
Some 'Plays' I have thought of but not had the pleasure to try yet.
This play , I call 'PopStar' haha.
1+3+3+1
That is 1 Tank 3 DPS 3 Controllers and 1 Healer.
This one is a full on assault, and puts strain on the Tank, with the Healer as 'PopStar'. 3 Controller bodyguards 'spamming' regens and charging, while DPS and Tank do all the heavy lifting. This play is a mirror, with the Tank at the front then 3 DPS then 3 Controllers, and 1 Healer. the Healer is surrounded.
Fire Tanks can also help in this situation by healing the front line DPS.
the Controllers are to keep everyone at full energy. but really to keep the healers energy full so the healer can spam health to keep the Tank and DPS alive.
If you're a big eater you'll like this play as you can always use your strongest attacks.
I kinda figure Aldin might like this.. haha. BB not so much. -.- (old leaguemates 2012)
I call this play, 'Two Legged Horse'
2+3+1+1
This a is a weak/slow/churn play. It's for very hard slow levels.
2 Tanks to draw fire and do story.
3 DPS who do crowd control and bodyguard the [support].
1 Healer to keep everyone ALIVE. hehe
1 Controller to charge the healer. the Controller needs time to rebuild energy to give to the [assault] and this is in relation to what was going to be a slow churn anyway.
Fire Tank again can aid healing the front line here.
With this play take your time and be thorough, and the DPS *has* to stay close to everyone and kill every bad guy.
Just in case you were unsure..
Tank and DPS are [assault] and Healer and Controller are [support].. think of them like.. a band. The Tank is the Singer, the DPS are the Guitarists, the Healers are the Bassists and the Controllers are the Drummers.
Well thats enough from me just now guys.
Sigma.
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Hope I haven't made a fool of myself and helped new players understand how the roles work together :)
Sigma 2015
have a great and bizarre day!
P. S if anyone is an expert and has any improvements, please PM me :)
update: I recently read the 'Tip:' about role-less buffs.. i'm not sold on it, but it must be a good thing right?..no idea how it works out though. no way to check.
*updated 26/05/15
Firstly, I'm no expert, but I make a small token of this to new players to ease the understanding of roles and what they do and how they are supposed to work together. and for advanced players, yes I'm a clutch player guys. slow methodical. :)
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First written for my old league in 2011, updated a bit.
Tank
first into the fight. highest defence. the tank leads the charge of the formation and should know maps well, a basic grip of the storyline helps too. the whole group follows the tank as a pinnacle of formation. can grant defence.
DPS
general fighter and/or heavy weight. does quest and story items. protects the controller and healer, does crowd control (killing mobs) good all rounder. information dps's move around a bit but should try to stay in the centre behind the tank, as the healer and controller should line up with the tank.
Healer
keeps everyone alive. essential. lowest defence. stays at the back of the charge and has the controller as bodyguard. should not be made to fight, if any dps's let hostile's stray a combination of the healer and controller is used to take down the hostile.
Controller
restores energy: keeps the fires burning. aerial attack, stays last in the charge to protect the healer, if you see me waiting for you and your a dps.. kindly move!. ill want to protect the healer first. the controller charges their energy by build ups of weapon discharge, then shares it with the group, the healer gets to heal the dps get to fight and the tank can grant defence to themselves or others.
and that's my brief guide to roles and formation.
Sigma
(mumbles under breath: dps' wandering off flip sake..)
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Tanks have ultracharged health.
DPS can tank, but without the bonus it makes it more difficult.
Healers are bit smashed in this game tbh. but the role is designed that way for good reason. if they were not they could repeatedly heal themselves (this happened at launch making them undefeatable iirc in PVP).
If the troller can't see the healer he can't power heal them, many tanks will say that the healer should go at the back, last, but this breaks the ability to power heal + BG (bodyguard). not all trollers fly, but i found many many do.. with good reason, you can see the whole fight from the sky easily.
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*Roles in Tandem
The Tank's job is to keep the whole group alive, if your group wiped quickly, and the healer was empty, the tank did not draw enough aggro.
The Tank's primary concern is the whole group's health. Tank buffs can also help the survivability of the group, but especially support. human shield distracting mobs/enemies by drawing the aggression toward them (aggro).
The Healer's job is similar but with emphasis on keeping the tank alive. Buff's to keep the DPS happy and hitting hard. Tank comes first and the healer should always reserve a little power for the tank.
The Controller's primary job is to keep the Healer alive. Debuffs are secondary, PoT's/Recharge thirdly. (second and third can be interchangeable depending on the situation, but never the first) always keeping enough power for the healer to keep everyone alive (meaning also and primarily the tank).
DPS's *should* be PoT'd and HoT'd at all times. The Controller can use debuffs on enemies to control the group's power eating by lowering defence, controlling the healer power out with weapon smashing and increasing the group survivability. The Healer can add buffs raising the protection and abilities of the group, increasing survivability and help alleviate power eating.
Recently I see more and more healers wondering off and ranging.. this is an upsetting trend, and I feel bad every time they die because of this, if they had stayed close I could have protected them and revived them from knockout.
Group Jobs.
The Tank is the *only* one who should open doors or trigger 'open door events', He/she should wait for the whole group. No DPS's should trigger the event.. why? becuase it grows confidence in the tank, that they can do their job without a DPS taking it off them. I heard recently from a friend 'so many leagues now don't let you express your role as a tank.. they just treat you as another DPS' .. that's became so true over the last few years from what i gather.
The Tank and Controller have a symbiotic relationship in regards to keeping ~the integrity of group formation.
The Tank should wait until all group members are in the trigger spot/door until proceeding, the controller should wait on the last group member to keep them with the group. When the tank checks his map, he/she should see no blue blips off map, if he does, it means 1 or more of the group have fell behind and the controller is probably there waiting on the lagging group member, and the he (the tank) should tell the group to wait.
I have seen LOADS of DPS's triggering a door event, only to die, coz I was the ONLY Troller in the raid. They needed me but I was busy collecting an errant DPS, so why would another DPS trigger the door event? the healer is almost certainly going to die without the controller present, then the tank then the DPS. you need to wait for the group to be whole.
Simply put the DPS's primary concern is dealing damage to mobs. Protecting support yes. but killing firstly. Story yes... but. you get me. :)
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Here are some Strategy Plays I thought up.. these are just to give ideas, nothing more :)
17th October 2012
Well, now after a month or two months Raiding off and on, before this Alerts was my staple diet, I have come up with some raiding strategies.. if you will indulge me..
Standard Raid
2+2+2+2=8, the raid most may use if available.
2 Tanks to draw fire and grant protection.
2 DPS to deal damage. protect the group and do story.
2 Healers to keep everyone ALIVE, also can add buffs.
2 Controllers to Regen charge and bodyguard each healer.
1+3+1+2+1=8 The Raid people use when they only use 1 Tank.
like above although..
1 Tank to draw fire and grant protection.
3 DPS, two of which do damage and do story, 1 keeps an eye one of the Healers, because 1 Controller, the controller that does the Buffs/Debuffs, cannot always bodyguard them.
1 Controller to do buffs/debuffs and drink colas as to not put a strain on the other controller, as the second controller has to 'feed' a group of six. but this controller should help out when possible, but it's not mandatory. also can bodyguard but again not mandatory. This Controller's job, is to try to ease the group's energy eating and so to ease the other controllers job. also helps kill bosses, as a kind of, second debuff Tank. kind of.
2 Healers that keep everyone alive :) can also Buff.
1 Controller, does Regen and Charge and stays at the back of the formation like normal, the other does the Buffs/Debuffs.
Some 'Plays' I have thought of but not had the pleasure to try yet.
This play , I call 'PopStar' haha.
1+3+3+1
That is 1 Tank 3 DPS 3 Controllers and 1 Healer.
This one is a full on assault, and puts strain on the Tank, with the Healer as 'PopStar'. 3 Controller bodyguards 'spamming' regens and charging, while DPS and Tank do all the heavy lifting. This play is a mirror, with the Tank at the front then 3 DPS then 3 Controllers, and 1 Healer. the Healer is surrounded.
Fire Tanks can also help in this situation by healing the front line DPS.
the Controllers are to keep everyone at full energy. but really to keep the healers energy full so the healer can spam health to keep the Tank and DPS alive.
If you're a big eater you'll like this play as you can always use your strongest attacks.
I kinda figure Aldin might like this.. haha. BB not so much. -.- (old leaguemates 2012)
I call this play, 'Two Legged Horse'
2+3+1+1
This a is a weak/slow/churn play. It's for very hard slow levels.
2 Tanks to draw fire and do story.
3 DPS who do crowd control and bodyguard the [support].
1 Healer to keep everyone ALIVE. hehe
1 Controller to charge the healer. the Controller needs time to rebuild energy to give to the [assault] and this is in relation to what was going to be a slow churn anyway.
Fire Tank again can aid healing the front line here.
With this play take your time and be thorough, and the DPS *has* to stay close to everyone and kill every bad guy.
Just in case you were unsure..
Tank and DPS are [assault] and Healer and Controller are [support].. think of them like.. a band. The Tank is the Singer, the DPS are the Guitarists, the Healers are the Bassists and the Controllers are the Drummers.
Well thats enough from me just now guys.
Sigma.
------------
Hope I haven't made a fool of myself and helped new players understand how the roles work together :)
Sigma 2015
have a great and bizarre day!
P. S if anyone is an expert and has any improvements, please PM me :)
update: I recently read the 'Tip:' about role-less buffs.. i'm not sold on it, but it must be a good thing right?..no idea how it works out though. no way to check.
*updated 26/05/15
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