Just a resource thread for City of Heroes (CoH) Giant Monster spawns (i think most, if not all, of the PR Republic is up to speed on GM's, but i figured a thread that listed them wouldn't hurt).

*NOTE: "Giant Monster" refers to the actual classification of the enemy (what you would see in the targeting window if you targeted one).

This is current as of i4, and i'll update it when i5 goes live. When we can upload bigger files, i'll post pictures that i have of some of the GM's.

NOTE ON SPAWNS: According to the Devs, all spawns are random and player interaction with the spawn site does not effect spawns. In other words, wiping out all of the clocks at a Paladin spawn site is supposed to have no effect on whether or not Paladin spawns. Likewise, there aren't supposed to be any static precursors to a GM spawn (IE: you're not supposed to be able to tell if a spawn is going to happen based on what's happening on or around the site).


Multi Team Badge Spawns:

There are only 2 GMs that allow more than one team to get a badge (they're considered "events" and therefore don't have the 1 team badge cap):

Paladin: Giant Clockwork Monster that spawns in King's Row at one of 3 spawn sites (see link for locations): http://www.vidiotmaps.com/coh/index....&map=kings_row
In order to get the Knight Errant badge, players must stop the construction of Paladin. If Paladin gets built, then there is no badge for it's defeat.
Pics of Pali builds (first is a partial, second is Pali almost completed):
http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paladin10au.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=paladin23fh.jpg

Luska: Giant Octopus that spawns at one of 3 sites in Independence port (arguably, of all the GMs Luska spawns the most frequently): http://www.vidiotmaps.com/coh/index....ependence_port
In order to get the Devilfish badge, players have to take out Luska one tentacle at a time, then finish off the head. After each tentacle is defeated, Luska will sink beneath the waters of IP and pop up in another location (nearby where it disappeared) within a few moments. Luska's attacks scale to character level (even a lvl 50 toon can be dispatched). Luska has 2 attacks: tentacle (heavy damage) and ink (will knock flyers out of the air).
Pic courtesy of Enko: http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?im...62249139rx.jpg


Single Team Badge Spawns:
The Single Team badges go to the team that does the most damage to the GM (note: it may be possible to poach Babbage -non Boomtown spawn- or Kronos from the team that actually had the TF or mission that spawned it). That would be super uncool. As a matter of good sportpersonship, don't jump in on those spawns unless the team requests assistance. In the case of the Kronos ambush, it's often possible to get an invite to the team that is being ambushed .

Adamaster: Giant Banished Pantheon Monster that spawns at one of 8 sites in the Moth Cemetary in Dark Astoria (minimum lvl 21 hazard zone) : http://www.vidiotmaps.com/coh/index....p=dark_astoria. Defeating Adamaster yields the Keeper of Secrets badge.
Pic of Adamaster: http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?im...amaster4hm.jpg

Babbage: Giant Clockwork Monster that Spawns at one of 6 spawn sites in Boomtown (minimum level 11 hazard zone): http://www.vidiotmaps.com/coh/index....o&map=boomtown . Babbage also spawns as an ambush in the Synapse Task Force. Defeating Babbage yields the Clockstopper badge.

Ghost Ship: While not a GM per se, the Ghost ship spawns in either Talos or Independence Port (look for the dotted lines with arrows on the maps - they mark the route and direction that the Ghost Ship travels): http://www.vidiotmaps.com/coh/index....p=talos_island
http://www.vidiotmaps.com/coh/index....ependence_port
In order to get the Ectoplasmic badge, a character must defeat 50 spectral passengers. Spectral passengers spawn in the wake of the Ghost Ship and are generally level 25ish (you should really be at least level 20 or have a SK to attempt this badge...the spectre's hit pretty hard until you reach the upper 20's depending on your AT).
Ghost Ship pics (pics of spectral passangers coming as soon as i snap some ):
http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?im...stship13iv.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?im...stship20dt.jpg

Jurassik: Jurassik is a Giant Devouring Earth monster that spawns at one of 6 sites in Crey's Folly (minimum lvl 30 hazard zone): http://www.vidiotmaps.com/coh/index....ap=creys_folly
Defeating Jurassik yields The Solution badge. (NOTE: you will not get the badge for defeating Jurassik in Numina's TF).
Jurassik pic: http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=jurassik9mm.jpg
The following pics courtesy of Enko:
http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?im...80243355hj.jpg
http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?im...80248476bo.jpg

Kraken: The Kraken is a Giant Hydra that spawns at one of 5 sites in Perez Park (minimum level 7 hazard zone) : http://www.vidiotmaps.com/coh/index....map=perez_park
Defeating the Kraken yields the Unleasher badge.
Pic courtesy of Enko : http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?im...51752159rb.jpg

Kronos Titan: The Kronos Titan is a giant Malta monster that is a mission specific ambush in Founder's Falls (no spawn sites), and is also available in a train mission. Crimson gives this story arc: http://www.nofuture.org.uk/coh/story...tail.php?id=49
Kronos ambush pic: http://img15.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kronosff8ks.jpg

there's also a badge for defeating Baphomet (you get Demon Slayer). Not sure if he's a a GM but he only spawns in one of the Portal Corps Story Arcs or Faathim's TF I'm guessing its in one of the Lvl 45-50 Story Arcs since I haven't seen him in any of the story arcs up to Lvl 45. I got pics of most of the GMs so I'll post the ones I have as well when we can post bigger pictures (mine were taken on a 1680x1050 res so I'll have to do some cropping.

There's a few other GMs that spawn that don't give badges like Quarry or Stropharia that are pulled occasionally to Portal Corps (usually by a lvl 50 who gets his kicks from watching lowbies get slaughtered by them).

Hydra has an exploration badge on his head and you get Charmer when you finish that Trial but don't remember if he is a GM or an AV.

Do you want this thread to be only on the GM spawns or any GM period?

Ho ho ho! Anyone miss me?

Heh if he is banned from PR then I guess he can come in and play in this world correct?

well guess this answers the question of if tekx actually kept reading pr after he got banned . ..

Quote: Originally Posted by Enko there's also a badge for defeating Baphomet (you get Demon Slayer). Not sure if he's a a GM but he only spawns in one of the Portal Corps Story Arcs or Faathim's TF I'm guessing its in one of the Lvl 45-50 Story Arcs since I haven't seen him in any of the story arcs up to Lvl 45. I got pics of most of the GMs so I'll post the ones I have as well when we can post bigger pictures (mine were taken on a 1680x1050 res so I'll have to do some cropping. There's a few other GMs that spawn that don't give badges like Quarry or Stropharia that are pulled occasionally to Portal Corps (usually by a lvl 50 who gets his kicks from watching lowbies get slaughtered by them). Hydra has an exploration badge on his head and you get Charmer when you finish that Trial but don't remember if he is a GM or an AV. Do you want this thread to be only on the GM spawns or any GM period?

Baphomet is an AV (Arch Villian), and there are other AV's that yield badges, but i didn't list them because they aren't classified as GMs (when you target a GM, the target window will list the enemy as a Giant Monster). Until i5 goes live, i believe that i've listed all of the GMs that currently exist in game.
The DE monsters that get pulled to the portal Corp are indeed giant, but their classification is Monster.
I thought about listing some of the other badge yielding baddies, but i think listing them in another thread would probably be better (to avoid any confusion over what is what). Basically, my intent with thread was to list stuff that you would hear about on the Freedom Monster channel (er...excluding the spam ), and i'm basing it solely on the enemy classification - "Giant Monster" (ie: what you would see in your targeting window if you targeted one).

heh, well if you ignore the following players, most of the spam disappears:
Tacticgirl
Under
Demented Juggalo

Quote: Originally Posted by Enko heh, well if you ignore the following players, most of the spam disappears: Tacticgirl Under Demented Juggalo

Hehe...no comment

I edited the original post to clarify what i mean by, "GM".

Quote: Originally Posted by Enko heh, well if you ignore the following players, most of the spam disappears: Tacticgirl Under Demented Juggalo

You forgot the global name, "spytheguy", too.

Bump: In the original thread, i linked to some pics of some of the GM's ( i kept the images at 150k or under).

Kraken roaring at me:
http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?im...51752159rb.jpg

Lusca with some Dark Defender's tentacles around one of its tentacles:
http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?im...62249139rx.jpg

Jurassik going for a walk:
http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?im...80243355hj.jpg
Jurassik glaring at me:
http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?im...80248476bo.jpg

(sorry if the images are a little big. haven't installed something to cut down the quality yet)
first time using imageshack for me. how long do they keep your pictures up?

I've got some GM pics to post, too, tomorrow.

Rob

Quote: Originally Posted by Enko heh, well if you ignore the following players, most of the spam disappears: Tacticgirl Under Demented Juggalo

heh, quoting myself . ..
anyways, I got Tacticgirl silenced on Freedom Monster last week I think when she started spamming. Got Demented Juggalo silenced last night since he kept begging for help and wouldn't shut up. Took some flak from the mod though since demented complained that i was being "rude" to him so I'm going to have to lay low on getting Under silenced or risk getting myself silenced . .. though I got the other people to say some stuff about Under to Frost so he said he'll be keeping an eye on him for his stupid paragon dance party spamming

Frost is awesome. He definitely cracks down on spam (if he's not on/present, don't bother...you'll only get flamed). Frost is both fair and level headed...i wish he was on 24/7.
Ahh yes, the /ignore command is a godsend

EDIT:
i'm shamelessly stealing your link(s) and posting them in the first post (i'll give you credit ). Nice pics, BTW.

my first i5 GM!!
Eochai
http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?i...12152213hm.jpg

http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?i...12152173kl.jpg

got Jack in Irons too
not a very good pic since we were fighting to do the most damage when there were 4 or 5 other team there too. luckily, my team got the badge.
http://img380.imageshack.us/my.php?i...12214211fr.jpg