Flashback

Overview

By means of the Pillar of Ice and Flame in the Ouroboros Enclave, 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.

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)

• 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 - Valient
• Level 35-39 - Stalwart
• Level 40-44 - Lionhearted
• Level 45-50 - 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 40-44 - Reckless
• Level 45-50 - 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 40-44 - Devalued
• Level 45-50 - 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 40-44 - Indifferent
• Level 45-50 - 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 40-44 - Stemmed
• Level 45-50 - 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 45-50 - 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 40-44 - Limited
• Level 45-50 - Demarcated

No Epic/Patron Powers

Epic and patron powers are disabled. Doing a Story Arc in each level range earns a different badge:

• Level 40-44 - Cut-Off
• Level 45-50 - Marginalized

Hardcore Badges

Complete the hardest Task/Strike Forces in the game without temporary powers and without any deaths.

• Master of Statesman's Task Force
• Master of Lord Recluse's Strike Force

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 - 44	Reckless	Lionhearted	Missionary	Stemmed	Limited	Cut-Off	Indifferent	Devalued
45 - 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)

• Rumblings of the Past
• I Lost My Daddy
• The Mind of a King
• Tsoo Shenanigans
• The Vahzilok Plague

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)

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)
• Rescue the Mystic from the Circle of Thorns

Guardian (Level 16-19)

• Vahzilok Wasting Disease

Keeper of the Peace (Level 20-24)

• Stop the Mystic Madmen
• Retrieve Stolen Weapons from the Freakshow

Champion (Level 25-29)

• Find the Pantheon: Rescue the Mystics
• The Redemption of Alexander 'the Great'

Defender of Truth (Level 30-34)

• Stop the Pact
• Defend the War Walls

Vindicator (Level 35-39)

• The Arrival of the Oranbegans
• They Call Me the Doctor

Justice Incarnate (Level 40-45)

• Nemesis Weather Control
• The Clockwork King's Psychic Signal
• The Hydra Dimension

Hero of the City (Level 46-50)

• The Rikti Negotiator
• The Marauder's Cell
• 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)

See Also

Ouroboros Pillar of Ice and Flame