I'm just wondering if anyone has ever accomplished the "Bonus" of setting all 4 charges before the Spawnmother dies AND before the bugs evacuate.
So far, this seems to be impossible as Lt Vanderveer takes hours to set even a single charge. Not only that but he's apparently made of glass because one of those bugs up top dousing him with acid ONCE sends him calling for a medic.
Anyway is this maybe bugged and/or too hard or is there some strategy I'm not aware of? I actually really like Bug Hunt and enjoy playing it but I would like to get the Bonus at some point too
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edit - by chat I mean the elitestf chat channel.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
I was in a pre-made team and we tried waiting for him but in the end we just gave up and blew the big bug up.
They could do with making him a bit tougher or immune to certain effects. What do they expect players to do, bunch around him like human shields?
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Accolades channel is better for these sort of things.
PUGs will simply nuke the Spawnmother and ignore Vanderveer.
The strat is pretty easy, just keep everything aggroed on everyone except Vanderveer, as well as keeping him healed.
Who would be nuts enough to run with those... people?
Such a mission is doomed to fail, even with the simplicity of Bug hunt.
Rant: Since Timers and optionals on space STFs for average/casual players (low DPS) are pain in the arz. I play for fun, really enjoy the content, just not the crappy post DR rule changes. But I still dump $ to by Zen like a dumbbell. But that coming to a halt. It takes to long to do anything even on one toon. They are slowly sapping the fun factor out of the game. Good Job. I won't quit I will ride this thing out till City of Hero ending. Hope Game has another 3-4 years left I know wish.
Yeah I mostly just do that but I would like to finish the charges at least once
uhh ok, your favorite group then. I pretty much pug so I don't know where the awesome group is. And not too much of that anymore.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
I'm really curious, I never did Bug Hung that way. Always gank the queen so fast she doesn't have enough time to scream.
If anyone calls out for a group to do those objectives I would not mind trying again. I just go with the flow since its iffy if we can even get the alarm bugs in some groups its hard to know if your going to succeed or not.
I had one last night where I am pretty sure 2 out of the 5 avatars were actually being controlled by someone in the group so they just sat in dumb places causing me to die repeatedly so I kinda avoid stf's as they are now. We completed it but it was not nice watching as two guys sat in a corner doing nothing and only when i went up to them and stood beside them did they move and then not for long.
so half the time i dont even know if we have a truly full group with 5 people controlling 5 avatars soo yeah .. no.. but if i see something in zone chat one day i might send a pm just to do it.
And yes I only pug organization in MMO's is highly overrated. I found since I stopped joining fleets and organizations that my game enjoyment has gone up.
2/4 is the best I've gotten.
Most groups are reluctant to spend the extra time to do it.
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It's something we don't even consider anymore.
we had to bail and kill the queen (in seconds, the group was pretty strong)
the progress bar just doesn't move fast enough, imho
EDIT: on elite
In ancient Rome, there was a defense called the "tortoise": shields outward in the front row, and shields over the heads of the entire group. But I don't think that's what you meant.
Fighter with 3 INT and 18 STR: "No, you will *not* use me as a shield again! I'm not *that* stupid!"
debuffs for them, buffs for you. It helps, try it
And that is what it comes down to, the additional kudos for getting the bonus is not worth the risk of a total fail because of the time needed to get the bonus. Every team I was with during the DR rep grind was focused on getting in, getting queen, and getting out.
well, get a tac and a sci,
but engineers really can rock this level better than tacs... cover shield, medical generator protected by the shields, turrets and mines