Tanker Tuesday: CHAMPIONS ONLINE

[Hyperstrike]

Okay goys and burls.
From now on, the first post of this thread will contain all the info for the current Tanker Tuesday event.

January 2013: TANKED AND SPANKED!
February 2013: TANKED AND SPANKED!
March 2013: TANKED AND SPANKED!

April 2013: OPEN TANKING SEASON!

Dates:

• 04/02/2013
  
• 04/09/2013
  
• 04/16/2013
  
• 04/23/2013
  
• 04/30/2013

Time:

• 9:00 PM Eastern
  
• 8:00 PM Central
  
• 07:00 PM Mountain
  
• 06:00 PM Pacific

Assembly Location:

• Millennium City Instance #2, In front of the Champions Building

What to bring?  Is it a tank?

• Yes: Cool!  You'll fit right in!
  
• No: Cool!  You'll fit right in!

In short, while we started off as a Tanker-only event, the differences between our original game and CO have made the distinction of straight-up tanking somewhat superfluous.  So come as you are.  We'll do everything in our power to get a team for you.


Other Requirements:

• A little bit of patience.

Most of us are still fairly "new" to the game.  Any assistance and guidance is always appreciated.


Resources for Tanker Tuesday:

Web: http://www.tankertuesday.com
Google Plus: https://gplus.to/TankerTuesday
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tankertuesday/
Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TankerTuesday

[Lily Barclay]

I'd come if I didn't have class at that time!

[Hyperstrike]

As I've said before.

Nobody is "obligated" to show up.

We're just holding the event at that time.

If you can't make it, just squirrel the info away someplace.  Just in case you CAN make it some time.

[Lily Barclay]

As I've said before.

Nobody is "obligated" to show up.

We're just holding the event at that time.

If you can't make it, just squirrel the info away someplace.  Just in case you CAN make it some time.

Yeah I know. I just wanted to be supportive and let you know I would come if I could. Tuesdays will become free for me in about two months.

[Todogut]

Here's an image of our team at the conclusion of the Aftershock Comic Series from last night's Tanker Tuesday.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday010813_zpsc66e46ff.jpg

One team member left before the finale, but the remaining four carried on and then discussed with Defender and Witchcraft.

As a newcomer to CO, I particularly appreciated our team's veteran leadership. I learned some things along the way... for instance, when I talked to Defender, I did not receive the 2,000 Questionite reward. Evidently, I had not spoken to the UNTIL Liaison individually to get the mission before the team set out, which meant I didn't get a reward--ouch! Oh, well, it was great fun sharing fellowship with ex-CoHers as we adventured through the epic storyline.

Thanks for organizing. I'll look forward to next time!

[Empyrean]

EhrMahGherd it makes me so happy to see familiar things like Tanker Tuesday on CO!  You are SAINTS for doing it.  Much love and "I'm not worthy" bows.

[Pep Rally]

Sorry about that Emp.  Even though I've been playing CO off-and-on since launch(LTS), the teaming protocols still baffle me sometimes. Teaming has always been pretty rare in CO, and mostly saved for Lairs.


I did use the "Share" command when I got the mission from "the guy next to Defender, Liaison something or other", and it seemed to work for the others. Maybe it didn't work for anybody, and they got it themselves.  CoH's team building tools just make so much more sense.

I did, however, have a very fun time, and it's the first time anybody has finished Aftershock on a TT I believe. I've now completed that, and Whiteout on TT's.

In previous TT's, Serpent Lantern failed for time, and Resistance seemed to be bugged at the end with an insanely regenerating Force Field on shadow destroyer, as well as only having 4 at the end.

[Hyperstrike]

We're slowly getting a handle on things.

About the only thing we can't plan around are game-breakers like that Resistance bug.

[General Idiot]

He is actually beatable, he's just orders of magnitude harder than anything else in the entire game. I believe what you're suppose to do is kill the rifts, which drops his forcefield and allows you to damage him. But I may be misremembering that.

And when I say orders of magnitude harder... imagine if doing it the Really Hard Way was the intended method of beating the Magisterium trial. That's how hard it is, almost.

[Lily Barclay]

He is actually beatable, he's just orders of magnitude harder than anything else in the entire game. I believe what you're suppose to do is kill the rifts, which drops his forcefield and allows you to damage him. But I may be misremembering that.

And when I say orders of magnitude harder... imagine if doing it the Really Hard Way was the intended method of beating the Magisterium trial. That's how hard it is, almost.

Yup. You have to pop the bubbles when he is by them and you have to do it fast. You can't let that aoe shadow attack thingy hit you because it leeches your health and heals him. The fight is a pain in the ass and really hard, but it's completable. I managed to do it with a group after hours of trying. It reminds me of the first day Cuda came out and we had the wrong team makeup to kill Reichsman and couldn't overcome his Regen.

[Hyperstrike]

No.  The one we were in was legitimately bugged.

All the enemies were conning Level 1 (like the destroid event bug), and we were killing everything.

But his shield just wouldn't drop.

[Todogut]

During Tanker Tuesday on 1/15/13, our team of five heroes braved Dr. Destroyer's Robot Factory Lair.

Here, we battled against Dr. Destroyer's look-alike creation (kind of like a Fake Nemesis).

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0115131_zps7d3654dc.jpg

Pressing onward, we ran into even bigger trouble.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0115134_zps7217080f.jpg

Still, we managed to triumph.

Three of us stayed on for more adventure in the Serpent Lantern Adventure Pack.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0115133_zpsd694e6a9.jpg

We battled against Viper foes in their jungle base. Good times.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0115132_zps5b5192ca.jpg

[dwturducken]

I like that one. Sorry I couldn't make it last night. Next week? :)

[Atlantea]

I really need to go to these. I keep forgetting.

[Kaiser Tarantula]

Here's the trick to beating Shadow Destroyer at the end of Resistance.

When Shadow Destroyer spawns, several small Void Riflts also appear, and Shadow Destroyer will naturally approach one of them.  This rift sustains his hyper-regenerating damage shield - destroy it, and the shield will go down and Shadow Destroyer will be stunned for about eight seconds, giving you some time to pound on him.

Don't approach the big rift in the center of the battlefield.  Getting in the pink effect will cause steady damage-over-time and slowly drag you to the center.  If you touch the center itself, you've got a second or two to escape before you're instantly defeated.  The big rift is simply an environment hazard; at no point do you need to interact with it or even step in it during the fight.

Dr. Destroyer will happily tank everything that Shadow Destroyer puts out, if you let him, and will also tank the lesser Trey Kings monsters too.  If you can get them all hung up on Dr. Destroyer, then you can focus solely on Shadow Destroyer and his rifts.  Dr. Destroyer is pretty much impossible for Shadow Destroyer and his monstrosities to kill, even when he calls out Endbringer (see below).

When Shadow Destroyer gets low, he will retreat to the Qliphothic Rift and a cutscene will play, where he will summon Endbringer.  Endbringer is fantastically powerful, but Dr. Destroyer can still tank everything that Endbringer can dish out; let him do so and beat down on Endbringer mercilessly.  Periodically, Shadow Destroyer will emerge from the Qliphothic Rift to harass you while you're fighting Endbringer.  When he does, drop everything and maul Shadow Destroyer until his shield drops (Unlike with the void rifts earlier, it takes very little effort at all), and then he'll retreat back to the Rift.  Once he retreats, return to beating Endbringer down.

When Endbringer is defeated, you've won.  A cutscene will play, Dr. Destroyer will gloat, and you get your loot.

NOTE: I'm not sure if it's Normal difficulty or Soloing that activates it, but you may have the assistance of a couple Resistance members during the final fight against Shadow Destroyer.  They won't actively fight, but they will produce Green and Blue boosts for you to pick up.  If the Resistance members are there, make use of them.

[Todogut]

For Tanker Tuesday of 1/22/13, I wanted to run the Teleios Tower lair mission. Unfortunately, choosing this mission caused some problems with forming a team:

1) We didn't know how long it would take, and one person couldn't stay late.
2) One person hadn't been to Canada before and so got sent to the Crisis in Canada zone.

Sorry for the problems... I'm still new to Champions Online and rarely team, so I don't know how everything works.

Five heroes stormed the lair of the mad geneticist, Dr. Teleios. We fought his creations--dinosaurs and clones.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0122133_zps9dda6c33.jpg

Things got even weirder when we encountered the Ultimate Mind--a giant, disembodied brain.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0122135_zpsffb364dc.jpg

After quelling the threat in the Canadian wilderness, another team formed in Millennium City for Dr. Destroyer's Robot Factory. Notably, our unlikely ally, Foxbat, survived! He's almost as suicidal as Fusionette.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0122137_zpsbb2b0210.jpg

The team proceeded to the Destroids Rise Again open mission. For the final challenge, the team issued zone chat requests for help. Other heroes came to our aid (kind of like calling for help when Babbage appeared in Skyway City during the Synapse task force) and put down the last of the Destroids.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0122136_zps8e764554.jpg

[Todogut]

On the last Tanker Tuesday of January, our team of five heroes ventured to the Burial Caves lair in the Canadian wilderness. Inside, we battled against evil spirits and realigned magic totems in order to confront the necromancer, Necrull.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0129131_zpsbc496583.jpg

Victorious, we then answered a call for help on Monster Island and stormed the laboratory of Dr. Moreau, creator of the Manimals. Moreau's lab was guarded by the monstrous White Rhino.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0129132_zpsc9e2c62a.jpg

Next, we braved a Viper nest and fought the supervillain Ripper...,

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0129133_zps8f324f3f.jpg

... Dr. Dino Demogaard after he had activated his latent dinosaur DNA...,

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0129134_zps4063bd15.jpg

... and a Teleiosaurus hatchling.

https://i754.photobucket.com/albums/xx188/Elenlanta/TankerTuesday0129135_zpsf0945762.jpg

Not bad for one night's adventures.

[UruzSix]

I really gotta get on Pep's team next week.

[JaguarX]

"straight from the dead."

Any update on anymore Tanker Tuesdays yet?

[dwturducken]

Hyperstrike has a graphic for Tanker Tuesdays over on the CO forum, so I would assume so. I haven't logged in on a Tuesday in a couple of months, so I can't say for sure.