strike pack

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Second Measure


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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Paragon Studios
Posts: 6

Announcement: Strike Pack!
Greetings comma salutations comma

I wanted to take a moment to reintroduce Tim “Black Scorpion” Sweeney
and ask him to give some more details on the upcoming Strike Pack
release in early February. Black Scorpion has been working closely
with Positron on the Incarnate System over the last year as well as
leading up some of the other features you will be seeing in Issue 20,
but in particular he is responsible for the features of the Strike
Pack. Now if only he’d fix the hydraulics system in that power armor,
these carpets don’t clean themselves!




Black Scorpion

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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Grandville, Rogue Isles
Posts: 13

Re: Strike Pack!
Hello to everyone! Black Scorpion here to make a little announcement.

In early February we are launching an update to Issue 19 called the
Strike Pack. The Strike Pack introduces the Weekly Strike Target and
the Rare and Very Rare tiers of the Incarnate Alpha Slot.

Weekly Strike Target: Every week, we will announce one Task Force and
one Strike Force (or instead one Co-Op Task Force) that will give
increased rewards for that week. The first time a character completes
the Weekly Strike Target in the week, they receive double merits and a
bunch of additional XP. Even if you “go rogue” and do the other side’s
Weekly Strike Target as well, you’ll only get that reward for your
first in a given week. After running it once, your character can earn
progress toward some brand new badges for helping others by running it
as many times as you like. Of course, you can run the WST on as many
characters as you have the inclination for and get the increased
rewards on each. The Weekly Strike Target will change every Tuesday
morning.

But wait, I hear you say, how does this get us more Incarnate power?
Black Scorpion hears your pleas.

Alpha Slot Upper Tiers: With the Strike Pack, you will be able to
expand the Alpha Slot to the Rare and Very Rare tiers. Running the
Weekly Strike Target on an Incarnate-enabled character adds to your
once-a-week bonus a “Notice of the Well” reward, which is a necessary
component to craft the Rare tier abilities of the Incarnate Alpha
Slot. Save them up, add a few Shards, and your “Notice of the Well”
can be upgraded to a “Favor of the Well” which is necessary for
crafting the Very Rare abilities in the Alpha Slot. Of course, once
Issue 20 launches, you will be able to build these abilities with
stuff found while completing Incarnate Trials as well.

In addition to their tree-specific benefits, when you slot a Rare or
Very Rare Alpha Slot power, a level shift will be applied to your
character. Your level 50 character will fight with the same strength
as if they were level 51; your actual level will not change, and the
level shift only applies when you have a Rare or Very Rare power in
the Alpha Slot and it is active. Characteristics which take level
differences into account like damage and control duration will be
affected, but basic stats like hit points and movement speed are
unchanged. This should come in handy on tackling challenging content
like the Tin Mage and Apex TFs (or any other high-level content), but
you will find it is of tremendous value in improving your
effectiveness in the Incarnate Trials launching with Issue 20!

More detailed information will be released in the coming weeks.

Your bud in the Incarnate-powered armor,

Black Scorpion