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 Tuesday and awards bonuses through the next week. Strike targets will be either two activities (one hero/one villain) or one co-op activity. Strike targets are typically announced several weeks in advance.
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 and has unlocked the Incarnate System, they are awarded with a Notice of the Well, used in Rare and Very Rare Alpha Slot boosts.
This feature originally required Going Rogue.
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.
Badges
Completing a strike target after the first of the week awards progress to a new set of Accomplishment Badges. Completions are cumulative, so subsequent strike target completions do not need to be completed within the same week.
Hero Badges
You helped a team complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.
You helped 10 teams complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.
You helped 50 teams complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.
Villain Badges
You helped a team complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.
You helped 10 teams complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.
You helped 50 teams complete a Weekly Strike Target even though you already received the bonus for the week.
Strike Targets
- Current Strike Target
- Positron Task Force Part One and Positron Task Force Part Two / Virgil Tarikoss Strike Force
- Next Strike Target
- The Lady Grey Task Force
Scheduled Strike Targets
Strike Targets scheduled to start on a particular Tuesday and last through the following week:
- 05/10/11: Positron Task Force Part One or Positron Task Force Part Two / Virgil Tarikoss Strike Force
Positron Task Force Part Two was the original WST. However due to a bug it was Positron Task Force Part One that was rewarding the WST. It was supposed to be changed so that both TFs awarded the WST, however, player testing indicated that it was still only Part One that is awarding the WST. This has been changed again in-game and the official notice updated:
Either Part One or Part Two will give a character the WST reward. And if you do the other one it will count toward the WST Assist Badge, but won't award the WST bonus again. (This note made May 13, 2011, 12:35 AM ET)
- 05/17/11: The Lady Grey Task Force
- 05/24/11: Terra Volta (34-43) / Tree of Thorns (34-43)
- 05/31/11: Admiral Sutter Task Force / Mortimer Kal Strike Force
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.