Gotham City Impostors

Gotham City Impostors

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Hero of the Hour

Hero of the Hour

Turn the tables in Fumigation when the enemy team's victory is imminent.

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How to unlock the Hero of the Hour achievement in Gotham City Impostors - Definitive Guide

This achievement's description is somewhat misleading. Because the phrase "turn the tables" often implies victory, one might interpret it to mean you must WIN a Fumigation match after coming dangerously close to losing it. This is NOT the case!

To be clear, this achievement corresponds directly with the Feat called Turning the Tide. It does NOT correspond with the feat of the same name, Hero of the Hour. That feat is, believe it or not, completely unrelated to this achievement.*

The description for Turning the Tide reads: Capture a second Gasblaster when the enemy team’s victory is imminent.

“Imminent victory” is defined as a team having control of all three gasblasters, with their gas total reaching 90%. At that point an alarm sounds and the sky turns an ominous red if you are about to lose (for the team with 90% the sky turns a glorious green).

Your team must then recapture at least two gasblasters. And that’s it! You don’t need to maintain control of them in order to regain gas percentage. All you need to do is CAPTURE TWO GASBLASTERS after the alarm sounds and the sky turns red. These two captures must be concurrent so that your team controls two of the three.

Really, it's not so much turning the tide as it is producing a slight momentum shift.** As long as you are in imminent danger of losing, the achievement pops the moment you capture the second gasblaster, even as the enemy's gas total is still near 90%. I won this achievement the instant I captured our second gasblaster under a red sky, in the middle of a match we ended up losing.

To view the feat linked to this achievement, choose Track Record > Feats of Prowess > Game Modes > Fumigation > Turning the Tide. Unfortunately, the Game Modes category of feats (and all corresponding XP bonuses) cannot be accessed until you reach level 35, but the achievement is unlockable from day one.

Good luck!

NOTE: There are conflicting reports as to whether this achievement is awarded only to the individual who captures the second gasblaster, or if it's awarded to everyone on that team. Some have said it only unlocked if they were the one who captured the second gasblaster, yet others have reported that it popped when they were nowhere near a gasblaster. Please comment if you can offer any insight here.

EDIT: GsO Light affirms that the achievement unlocks for the whole team. If anyone else can confirm this, that would be great.


ALSO: Some have reported a glitch whereby this achievement unlocks prematurely. Please see the comments regarding that.



*The description for the feat Hero of the Hour reads: In Fumigation, finish a match with double the score of the player in second place.

**In the context of Fumigation's gameplay, the expressions "turn the tables" and "turning the tide" would imply that you were able to get out of the ditch gas percentage-wise, improving from 10% to at least 51%.
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11 Feb 2012 14:13

11 Comments
was playing a match and my friend got the achievement and I didnt... Do I have to be the person who is actually taking over the second gasblaster?
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By BATZMANZ on 11 Feb 2012 22:27
Got it while playing Team Deathmatch... A good glitch for once.
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By Macfly77422 on 13 Feb 2012 13:55
yeah mines glitched, I started playing with another friend and he got it in the first 10 seconds of the match.
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By BATZMANZ on 18 Feb 2012 03:16
this achievo is glitched. I started a match with a mate and we both got it within 10 seconds after the match had started. At that point it was still 50-50 between both teams and neither of us captured a gasblaster...Still, not complaining. Rather have an achievo unlockig when it shouldn't then vice versa ;-)
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By Vinchucca on 19 Feb 2012 12:59
I wish I could get this glitch, i'm trying to get this achieve and actually doing what was posted and it's not working. We were at 9% and they were 91% we took over two gasblasters and went on to win the match. What am I doing wrong?
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By Gamejunky2 on 05 Mar 2012 02:00
Gamejunky2, if you did as you said it should have popped. Was the Turning the Tide feat fulfilled for you?
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By z 4assed monkey on 05 Mar 2012 09:59
Just unlocked this recently, our team only had like 3% left the rest of my team captured the first gas blaster while i captured a lonely second one (yep i'm so sneaky with my ninja bomb) ... we almost captured them simultaniously, the achievement popped instantly after i gained control of the second one.
Not exactly sure if the rest of my team got the achievement too (as i was playing with randoms and didn't bother to check).
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By on 24 Apr 2012 09:55
I got the achievement when i captured the 2nd gas blaster and the other team was at 98%, i cut it pretty close.
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By JamP0und on 28 Apr 2012 19:03
Okay guys, my thinking is not 10%, but 5%. I have tried with 7-8% before and turned the tide around to win and achievement didn't pop.

Note that I just unlocked the achievement with the following.

The enemies were at around 95-97% and had control of 2/3 gasblasters.

I neither captured nor assisted with capturing gasblaster #2 to turn the tide, I had literally just spawned.

We got it back up to about 6%, I netted the achievement, before the enemies took back gasblaster #2 and won a few moments later 100-0.

This is the method that has just worked for me 10th August 2012.
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By Dr Popodopolus on 10 Aug 2012 20:13
I too was nowhere near a gasblaster when this popped for me.
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By LoneSt4r1836 on 26 Jul 2014 03:34
The whole team unlocks it
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By GsO Light on 28 Dec 2014 05:18
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If you are not playing with your friends or boosting it in order to plan things this achievement requires some luck...

To unlock the achievement your team must capture 2 or more gasblasters when the enemy has over 90%. As you can see in the video you will unlock it even if the enemy is trying to get the gasblasters back. As soon as you have 2 or more gasblasters even for a second during their 90%+ it will pop. Good Luck !
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03 Sep 2014 14:28

No longer possible due to server closure.

When the enemy team's % is around 95%, go mental and capture as many as you can. This will be a lot easier if you do it with a few friends.

Thanks to 8BitArtist for the following information:

For Hero of the Hour, you need to have 1 GB captured and the other team has 2. At about 97%, start capping a second GB while you still have the first capped. You will end up capping the second GB with 1-2% left and, as long as you still had the first capped, you will get the trophy.

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In a game of Fumigation you must gain a second Gasblaster for your team when the enemy team has less than 10% to go until victory.

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In a game of Fumigation you must gain a second Gasblaster for your team when the enemy team has less than 10% to go until victory.

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