City of Villains: Missions

SA: Investigate Nemesis Base

Mission Info
Location:	Rikti War Zone
Contact:	Dark Watcher
Minimum Level:	45
Indoor:	No
Difficulty:	3/5
Story Arc:	The Horror of War
Posted By:	Sapir
Description: Those Portal Corporation technicians work fast. The portal is ready to send you into the Shadow Shard. It's time to learn if Captain Sherman was telling the truth. I recommend bringing some allies along. This one could be difficult. There may be more than one way to find the information you're looking for, so keep your eyes open. All you will need is one solid piece of proof or evidence, but get more if you can find it. Of course, with all that the Nemesis Army has done recently, you may want to take your time. That's fine. Just don't imperil the mission. Post Mission Debrief: I wouldn't have hoped for this much, but I'll take it. We'll talk to our Traditionalist allies and get all the corroborating evidence. And then we're going to get the truth out.

Writeup

Story Arc "The Horror of War" Part 2/6

Instanced Shadow Shard/Nemesis Army Base map with Nemesis mobs. Search the Safe and Collect remains of two Automatons once you defeat them. Do this and then find the mission exit to complete the mission. One Automaton is a Manticore Robot, Hero level, at a base structure with Nemesis Army and a Fake Nemesis. The other is a Positron Automaton who is inside the base portal cavern where the Safe is. He can follow you out of the cavern entrance so be careful.

User Comments

Difficulty should be higher

peasant007 on 05/05/08 22:45

Maybe it's just because I'm a MM...but this was far worse than a 3/5. Although, many of the other ratings that I read seem to be appropriate, particularly for soloing.

With this mission (soloing on villainous) the army (3 groups of at least 10 mobs, lieutenants included) of Nemisis troops is very overwhelming for my 6 robots, even when only pulling one group at a time...and forget about the Manticore Automaton. He's got an entire line of the Jager robots, a captain or two, and a fake Nemesis lined up in front of him. It's impossible to just pull one or two, especially when they all turn into a bunch of running bitches towards the Manticore Automaton.

Then there is the Positron Automaton. The room that he's in is very enclosed, so it's hard to get around and see. One of his positronic AOE blasts can kill my robots in almost one hit...and god help you when he gets a bead on you. After two attempts, I got my husband to bring on his 42nd level MM just to be extra fodder (and I got him to join after the mission was active and I had killed things. So the numbers weren't jacked up because of the extra person in my group).

All in all, I feel that I've been able to handle this game soloing for 47 levels (with the occasional fodder that my husband can provide), so it's not ineptness at the game. This Mission IS doable. It's just more of a 4/5 or 5/5 challenge rating...at least if you are playing a MM.

peasant007 on 05/05/08 22:46

As an addendum, I realize that in the mission deion is says to bring friends, but for most of the time I've been playing this game, I've rarely needed to. I'm a MM. I AM a group :)

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