Flashback
Overview
By means of the Pillar of Ice and Flame in the Ouroboros Enclave or in a Supergroup Base, heroes and villains can revisit lower-level Story Arcs and missions.
How It Works
To do a Flashback mission or Story Arc, click on an Aspect of the Pillar. A dialog box will appear with a list of Story Arcs and Badge Missions, sorted by level range. Arcs you have already completed will have a star next to them.
When you pick one, the box displays the introductory mission description from that arc's contact. Accept the mission, and you're given another dialog box filled with buttons and dropdown menus. These are a selection of optional challenges. If you're looking to test your might, or hunting for badges, these options are a treasure trove.
Badges
When 'flashing back' to a story arc, you can select from a range of bonus challenges. What fun is easy? When you complete the story arc, if you fulfilled the challenge requirements, you earn a badge.
Challenge settings can also be used on Flashback single-mission Accomplishment badge missions and on Task Forces and Strike Forces. However, none of these types of missions will count toward or award challenge badges. Only Story Arcs will grant the Challenge Badges.
Total Completed
Complete a number of Flashback Story Arcs
- 5 - Troubleshooter
- 10 - Adjuster
- 15 - Calibrator
- 20 - Alterist
- 25 - Balancer
- 30 - Correctionist
- 35 - Repairman/Repairwoman
- 40 - Overhauler
- 45 - Time Fixer
- 50 - Ouroboros Mender
Time Limit
Complete a Flashback Story Arc within a certain time limit. Different arcs have different time limits. (30, 60, 120 minutes is a pretty common setup, though). The timer begins at the moment of accepting the story arc. When the time limit is set, the arc must be completed in the amount of time specified in order to earn the associated badge. If you log out or are disconnected during the course of the mission, the timer will still be active.
- Fastest - Gold Medalist
- Second-Fastest - Silver Medalist
- Third-Fastest - Bronze Medalist
Limited Lives
Complete a Flashback Story Arc with a limited number of team member deaths.
- No deaths - All For One, One For All
- One death - Divided Mastery
- Three deaths - Proportional Supremacy
- Five deaths - Shared Victory
Buffed Enemies
All enemies are buffed. Doing a Story Arc in each level range earns a different badge:
- Level 1-14 - Audacious
- Level 15-19 - Courageous
- Level 20-24 - Bold
- Level 25-29 - Valorious
- Level 30-34 - Valiant
- Level 35-39 - Stalwart
- Level 40-45 - Lionhearted
- Level 46-50 - Intrepid
Debuffed
You are debuffed. Doing a Story Arc in each level range earns a different badge:
- Level 1-14 - Venturous
- Level 15-19 - Headstrong
- Level 20-24 - Adventurous
- Level 25-29 - Daredevil
- Level 30-34 - Rash
- Level 35-39 - Venturesome
- Level 40-45 - Reckless
- Level 46-50 - Temerarious
No Enhancements
Your enhancements have no effect. Doing a Story Arc in each level range earns a different badge:
- Level 1-14 - Lessened
- Level 15-19 - Debilitated
- Level 20-24 - Anemic
- Level 25-29 - Weakened
- Level 30-34 - Deflated
- Level 35-39 - Decreased
- Level 40-45 - Devalued
- Level 46-50 - Unenhanced
No Inspirations
Inspiration tray is greyed out. Doing a Story Arc in each level range earns a different badge:
- Level 1-14 - Cliche
- Level 15-19 - Unimaginative
- Level 20-24 - Flat
- Level 25-29 - Unoriginal
- Level 30-34 - Dull
- Level 35-39 - Phoned It In
- Level 40-45 - Indifferent
- Level 46-50 - Uninspired
No Travel Powers
You'll have to hoof it. Travel powers are disabled. Doing a Story Arc in each level range earns a different badge:
- Level 1-14 - Refrained
- Level 15-19 - Shut Down
- Level 20-24 - Desisted
- Level 25-29 - Barred
- Level 30-34 - Still
- Level 35-39 - Stalled
- Level 40-45 - Stemmed
- Level 46-50 - Suspended
No Pool Powers Whatsoever
Primary and Secondary Archetype powers only. Doing a Story Arc in each level range earns a different badge:
- Level 1-14 - Contributor
- Level 15-19 - Vocational
- Level 20-24 - Professional
- Level 25-29 - All Business
- Level 30-34 - Archetypical
- Level 34-39 - Obligated
- Level 40-45 - Missionary
- Level 46-50 - Undertaker
No Temporary Powers
No Shivans for you. Doing a Story Arc in each level range earns a different badge:
- Level 1-14 - Diminished
- Level 15-19 - Curtailed
- Level 20-24 - Capped
- Level 25-29 - Inhibited
- Level 30-34 - Hindered
- Level 35-39 - Bound
- Level 40-45 - Limited
- Level 46-50 - Demarcated
No Epic/Patron Powers
Epic and patron powers are disabled. Doing a Story Arc in each level range earns a different badge:
- Level 40-45 - Cut-Off
- Level 46-50 - Marginalized
Hardcore Badges
Complete the hardest Task/Strike Forces in the game without temporary powers and without any deaths.
Cheatsheet
This quick reference guide should make it easier to spot any flashback challenge badges you may be missing.
| Level | Players are DeBuffed |
Enemies are Buffed |
AT Powers only |
No Travel Powers |
No Temp Powers |
No Epic/ Patron Powers |
No Inspirations |
No Enhancements |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 - 14 | Venturous | Audacious | Contributor | Refrained | Diminished | N/A | Cliche | Lessened |
| 15 - 19 | Headstrong | Courageous | Vocational | Shut Down | Curtailed | N/A | Unimaginative | Debilitated |
| 20 - 24 | Adventurous | Bold | Professional | Desisted | Capped | N/A | Flat | Anemic |
| 25 - 29 | Daredevil | Valorious | All Business | Barred | Inhibited | N/A | Unoriginal | Weakened |
| 30 - 34 | Rash | Valiant | Archetypical | Still | Hindered | N/A | Dull | Deflated |
| 35 - 39 | Venturesome | Stalwart | Obligated | Stalled | Bound | N/A | Phoned it in | Decreased |
| 40 - 45 | Reckless | Lionhearted | Missionary | Stemmed | Limited | Cut-Off | Indifferent | Devalued |
| 46 - 50 | Temerarious | Intrepid | Undertaker | Suspended | Demarcated | Marginalized | Uninspired | Unenhanced |
Flashback Story Arcs
Heroes
- See also: Hero Story Arcs
Protector of Innocents (Level 1 - 15)
- Flux the Outcast
- Julius the Kind Hearted Troll
- The Heart of the Hollows
- Officer Wincott vs. the Trolls
- Warshades and Peace (level 15) - available only to Warshades
- The Clockwork Captive
- Bonefire
- The Vahzilok Pollutant Plot
- An Absence of Shadows (level 10) - available only to Warshades
Guardian (Level 16 - 19)
Keeper of the Peace (Level 20 - 24)
- A Faultline in the Sands of Time
- The Buried Past
- Hear and Now
- Ring of Peebles
- Shadow Science (level 20) - available only to Peacebringers and Warshades
- The Wheel of Destruction
- Hand of Iron
- The Sky Raider Secret
- The Tsoo Coup
Champion (Level 25 - 29)
- Piercing the Veil
- War of the Fir Bolg
- A Madman's Council
- Return to Vampyr Mountain
- Winslowe and the Cosmotron (level 25) - available only to Peacebringers and Warshades
- Ubelmann the Unknown
- The Scroll of Tielekku
- An Unnatural Order
- The Freakalympics
- The Mysterious General Z
Defender of Truth (Level 30 - 34)
- Crossing Over
- Hatred's Hungry Heart
- Fear and Loathing on Striga Isle (level 30) - available only to Peacebringers and Warshades
- The Rise of the Vampyri
- The Library of Souls
- Corporate Culture
- The Unity Plague
- The Freakshow War
Vindicator (Level 35 - 39)
- A Path Into Darkness
- The Envoy of Shadow
- Revenant Hero Project
- The Terra Conspiracy
- Mass Duplicity
- The Organ Grinders
Justice Incarnate (Level 40 - 45)
- To Save a Soul
- On the Run
- Melvin and the Mysterious Malta Group
- The Eternal Nemesis
- The Praetorian War
- Division: Line
Hero of the City (Level 46 - 50)
- Ouroboros Initiation
- The Strange Case of Benjamin A. Decker
- Welcome to the Vanguard
- Dreams of Peace and Acts of War
- The Red and the Black
- The Horror of War
- Upon the Psychic Plane
- Operation: World Wide Red
- To Save a Thousand Worlds
- A Hero's Hero
Villains
- See also: Villain Story Arcs
Soldier (Level 1 - 15)
- The Vahzilok Conference
- Spy Hunt
- Midas Touched
- Breaking Bows
- Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
- The Origins of Snakes (level 9)
- Weird Science (level 8)
- Earning Arachnos' Favor (level 9)
- Snake Uprising (level 8)
- The Council Cargo (level 10)
- The Hit List
- An Arachnos Ghost Story
- Power of the Spirit
- Give 'em Hellion! (level 9)
- Family War (level 9)
- The Book and The Burning (level 9)
Malcontent (Level 16 - 19)
- Echo Down the Aeons
- The Aeon Conspiracy
- High-Tech Gold
- Breakout at the Zig
- Master of Destruction
- There's a Sucker Born Every Minute
- Oh Wretched Man!
Insider (Level 20 - 24)
- Iron Widow
- Kings of the Sky
- Operation Skyhook
- Coral Bonanza
- Breaking the Cage
- Any Body Will Do
- Disturbing the Dead
- Carpe Diem
- A Web of Intrigue
Undesireable (Level 25 - 29)
- Aurora Fades
- Power Mine
- Sabotage!
- Trust and Betrayal
- Zag Breakout!
- Forging the Blackwand
- Die by the Freak!
- Heavy Metal Doctoring
- The Cult of the Shaper
- On the Trail of the Leviathan
Wiseguy (Level 30 - 34)
- Taming the Tigress
- Brawling with the Big Boys
- Snuffing the Light
- Into Valhalla
- Nictus Dissection
- Psymon Says
- Strange Memories
- Breaking the Streak
- Silver-Tongued Devil
- Sold for a Song
- Chaos Unbound
Criminal (Level 35 - 39)
- No One Gets It
- Crossfire
- A Traitorous History
- The Secret of the Circle
- Bravo for the Shadow Shard
- Automatic Villainy
- Blurring the Lines
- Fat Cat City
- Pied Piper
- Chaos Affair
- The Missing Maidens
- Johnny's Squeeze
- Devil May Care
Captain (Level 40 - 45)
- Breaking Knives
- Absolute Vengeance
- The Arachnoid Cure
- Arachnoid Appetizers
- Building a Better Vermin
- Project Fury
- Countess Coup
- Kuhr'Rekt Diplomacy
- Kuhr'Rekt Revenge
- Apt Pupil
- Miss Francine the Freakshow teacher
- The Rebels
- The Bane of the Heart
- Shucking Souls
- The Hunt
- The Circle's Plot
Made (Level 46 - 50)
- Ouroboros Initiation
- The Strange Case of Benjamin A. Decker
- Welcome to the Vanguard
- Dreams of Peace and Acts of War
- The Red and the Black
- The Horror of War
- Vindication
- Light and Darkness
- Ancient History
- Escaped!
- Snake Fist
- Alone in the Darque
- Indigo Hunt
- Crimson Hunt
- The Code Merlin
- Vigilante Justice
- The TV Report
- Video Killed the Radio
- The TV Invasion
- The Conference of Evil
- Von Grun's science
- The Great Grun Gathering
- Von Grun's Lament
- Von Grun's Redemption
Flashback Badge Missions
Note: Flashback badge missions can not be used to earn the Flashback limitation badges. They do count towards the Total Completed badges.
Heroes
- See also: CoH Accomplishment Badges
Protector of Innocents (Level 1 - 15)
- Break up the Clockwork and the Skulls (level 9) (Negotiator Badge)
- Rescue the Mystic from the Circle of Thorns (Spelunker Badge)
Guardian (Level 16 - 19)
Keeper of the Peace (Level 20 - 24)
- Stop the Mystic Madmen(Spirit Warrior Badge)
- Retrieve Stolen Weapons from the Freakshow (Pwnz Badge)
Champion (Level 25 - 29)
- Find the Pantheon: Rescue the Mystics (Mystical Savior Badge)
- The Redemption of Alexander 'the Great' (3 missions, Redeemer Badge)
Defender of Truth (Level 30 - 34)
Vindicator (Level 35 - 39)
Justice Incarnate (Level 40 - 45)
- Nemesis Weather Control (4 missions, Meteorologist Badge)
- The Clockwork King's Psychic Signal (Emancipator Badge)
- The Hydra Dimension (Multidimensional Badge)
Hero of the City (Level 46 - 50)
- The Rikti Negotiator (3 missions, Bodyguard Badge)
- The Marauder's Cell (Agent Badge)
- Black Shroud Dimension
Villains
- See also: CoV Accomplishment Badges
Soldier (Level 1 - 15)
- Steal the Facemaker's Reanimation Chemicals
- Steal the Outbreak Virus (level 15)
- Hurt the Traitorous Vendetti (level 10)
- The Loa Bone (level 10)
Malcontent (Level 16 - 19)
Insider (Level 20 - 24)
Undesireable (Level 25 - 29)
- Retrieve Crash's Shipments (level 25)
- Bust Up the Dockworker's Strike (level 25)
Wiseguy (Level 30 - 34)
Criminal (Level 35 - 39)
- The Unlucky Artifact (level 35)
Captain (Level 40 - 45)
- Party Crasher
- Selestar
- Attack Longbow Portal Base (level 40)
- B4nKbUsTah (level 40)
Made (Level 46 - 50)