Weekly Strike Target

Overview

The Weekly Strike Target (WST) - also referred to as the Weekly Task Force (WTF) or Weekly Strike Force (WSF) - was introduced in the Strike Pack, a mid-issue update between Issue 19 and Issue 20, referred to as Issue 19.5.

A new strike target is updated every Sunday (04:00 UTC every Monday morning) and awards bonuses through the next week. Strike targets will have three activities most weeks, including co-op and Villain SFs. Strike targets are on a rotating schedule that repeat every 13 weeks. On the last week of the cycle, a "Respec Week" occurs allowing all three Terra Volta/Tree of Thorn trials eligible for the WST bonus that week.

Rewards

Completing the target activity awards an extra amount of Reward Merits equal to the normal amount of merits awarded in addition to the normal rewards.

Additional rewards may be earned:

• If the character completing the activity is not Level 50, approximately half a level (could be more or less depending on the average completion time of the activity) of bonus experience is awarded.
• If the character is level 50 when they start the target activity, they are awarded with a Notice of the Well, used in Rare and Very Rare Alpha Slot boosts.

For example:

• Completing the Lady Grey Task Force normally awards 37 merits. The LGTF as a strike target awards 74 merits.
• Completing the Lord Recluse Strike Force normally awards a choice of a Synthetic Hamidon Origin Enhancement or 25 Reward merits. As a strike target, it awards either a SHO plus 25 merits, or 50 merits.

Both of the above examples also award the bonus experience or Notice of the Well if it applies to the completing character.

Note that all of these rewards are only awarded once per week, even if more than one Weekly Strike Target is available to a character; this means that a Vigilante or Rogue cannot gain the Weekly Strike Target rewards more than once by participating in both the Hero and Villain Strike Targets during the weeks where each side has a different target.

Completing a strike target after the first of the week awards progress to the following Accomplishment Badges. Completions are cumulative, so subsequent strike target completions do not need to be completed within the same week.

Hero Badges

Assistant

You helped a team complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.

Backup

You helped 10 teams complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.

Partner

You helped 50 teams complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.

Villain Badges

Accomplice

You helped a team complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.

Confederate

You helped 10 teams complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.

Conspirator

You helped 50 teams complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.

Strike Targets

In-game within the LFG window, under the Task Force tab, look for task forces highlighted in purple.

Calendar Link with WSTs: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/calendar/

Forum Topic list: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/21722-weekly-strike-target-double-merit-guide/

This section contains information that no longer applies to the current version of City of Heroes/Villains. It is provided for historical purposes.

Scheduled Strike Targets

Strike Targets are scheduled to start every Tuesday at 8AM US Central Time, and last through the following week. Characters must meet the minimum level shown, and higher level characters are exemplared to the maximum level of the strike or task force.

• 2012-08-28 - Ms. Liberty Task Force (45-50) / Lord Recluse Strike Force (45-50)
• 2012-09-04 - Tin Mage Mark II Task Force (50, VIP)
• 2012-09-11 - Moonfire Task Force (23-28) / Operative Renault Strike Force (25-30)
• 2012-09-18 - Numina Task Force (35-40) / Ice Mistral Strike Force (35-40)
• 2012-09-25 - Respec Trial (24-33) / Respec Trial (24-33)

Past Strike Targets

This list contains information about the last time a particular activity was scheduled as a Strike Target. Only the last time is recorded. The final column in these tables is the number of times each activity has been chosen to be a Strike Target.

Previously Scheduled Targets

 

Paragon City Tasks

Activity Name	Level Range	Date	Times Chosen
Positron Task Force Part One	10-15	2011-08-09	3
Positron Task Force Part Two	11-16	2011-08-09	2
Sister Psyche Task Force	20-25	2011-08-23	3
Terra Volta Respec Trial	44-50	2012-03-06	4
Manticore Task Force	30-35	2012-04-17	5
Dr. Kahn Task Force	45-50	2012-05-15	5
Statesman's Task Force	45-50	2012-05-29	5
Terra Volta Respec Trial	24-33	2012-06-06	6
Numina Task Force	35-40	2012-06-26	6
Terra Volta Respec Trial	34-43	2012-07-03	6
Eden Trial	39-41	2012-07-10	6
Moonfire Task Force	23-28	2012-07-24	6
Admiral Sutter Task Force	20-40	2012-08-07	8
Penelope Yin Task Force	20-25	2012-08-21	2

Rogue Isles Tasks

Activity Name	Level Range	Date	Times Chosen
Virgil Tarikoss Strike Force	15-20	2011-08-09	3
Tree of Thorns Respec Trial	44-50	2012-03-06	4
Barracuda Strike Force	45-50	2012-05-15	5
Lord Recluse Strike Force	45-50	2012-05-29	5
Tree of Thorns Respec Trial	24-33	2012-06-06	6
Tree of Thorns Respec Trial	34-43	2012-07-03	6
Ice Mistral Strike Force	35-40	2012-07-10	12
Operative Renault Strike Force	25-30	2012-07-24	10
Mortimer Kal Strike Force	20-40	2012-08-07	7
Silver Mantis Strike Force	20-25	2012-08-21	5

Cooperative Tasks

Activity Name	Level Range	Date	Times Chosen
The Lady Grey Task Force	45-50	2011-08-16	3
Tin Mage Mark II Task Force	50+VIP	2012-06-19	6
Imperious Task Force	35-50	2012-07-31	5
Apex Task Force	50+VIP	2012-08-14	6

External Links

• Weekly Strike Targets on the Official Forums