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You don't have to start from scratch. Once you have crafted a tier you can craft the next tier up using either a thread or shard based recipe. As long as you have what the recipe requires the game doesn't care if you crafted your tier 2 with shards or threads.

Overall, iTrials are just an easier and faster way to craft Incarnate powers. There are quite a few options to convert different materials and rewards as well. If you're really set on using shards, you could always use Astral Merits from iTrials to buy shards from Astral Christy in Ouroboros.

There's also the fact that Lady Clara is an extremely experienced and competent trial leader. Since they are committed to running trials at the times listed, that essentially guarantees you will get the salvage you need before the game closes for good. You can always look into different global channels on Champion that are listed in our directory, but given the state of the game and the decreased population, I don't think they would be as reliable as attending a scheduled event.

Same.

I can respect this. Your run, your rules. I salute the fact that you are organizing one in the face of the game's closure. At the same time, there is a difference between being selective and justifying your selectivity using false or misleading statements.

For example:

As someone who is generally interested in trial strategy, I would love to see proof of this. The data collected by several people on different servers, including screenshots of his stats using Surveillance, strongly indicates that -regen debuffs do not affect him. Unfortunately, I don't consider "my runs are successful so -regen must work" to be proof. There are a lot of factors that can come into play during these runs and it can be difficult to assign responsibility to a single element for success or failure.

The above is misleading because you mention Reactive in the context of -regen debuffs. Reactive is a mix of fire damage and -resistance debuff, not -regen. Also, the fact you have a lot of Rads on the league also means you have a lot of -resistance debuffs, to which we know he is vulnerable. I believe this is most likely to be one of the reasons for your success rate.

All I'm trying to say here is that it's fine to stick with a formula that has worked for you in the past because that's what you feel comfortable with and you don't want to risk failing. I think that's completely fair. However, just because something works doesn't mean every part of the formula is actively contributing. It's also not helpful to anyone to spread misinformation about the trial.

Good luck with your run.

Same.

I'm fairly certain that @MistressShaana plans on running one at 10pm Eastern this Saturday the 27th. If that time interests you please contact them.

I'm not sure what you mean by "aligned SG" but basically the CoP is launched from a base. If it is an SG base only heroes and vigilantes are allowed to join. If it is a VG base only villains and rogues may join. The maximum size of the league is 24, so you will need 3 people in the same SG/VG to lead the teams (1 person per team of 8). It can be done with less than 24 people, but you'll want 3 teams that are fairly balanced. The rest of the participants do not have to be in the same SG/VG. They just need to be the correct alignment.

Please see my sig for a CoP guide that includes what you'll need in your base, strategy, team set up, a video, etc.

There is a Sara Moore run scheduled for tonight at 10pm Eastern hosted by @MistressShaana. It's posted in the ChampioNexus MotD.

Respectfully disagree. You may have a league set up that works for you but it has been done with different combinations and therefore is not required.

I'd like to add that I have gotten this badge without tons of Kins or Corruptors. I think it's important to not confuse what is "helpful" with what is "necessary". The first time we got this badge on Champion we only had one Kin and one Corruptor. See this post for a break down of the strategy and our league composition.

Overall, I would say the following things are most important to a successful run:

• League co-ordination. Forget all the fancy stuff for a moment, but if you can't dodge the lightning patches and maintain DPS effectively, it doesn't matter what your league is made of. People need to be comfortable with the mechanics of the fight.

• Ultimate Inspirations. These are necessary. It is extremely important that people bring them, use them, and have enough for the entire fight. Each lasts 3 minutes, so 7 total should cover you for the entire fight assuming that you a) use them at the start and b) don't die. Different leagues use them at different points though. I've watched people forget to use them during runs and it hurts damage output immensely. I would also highly recommend team inspirations.

• Resistance debuffs. Everyone gets really wrapped up talking about Kins, but let's not forget that even though -regen debuffs are not helpful, -resistance debuffs are extremely helpful. They are also available from several different sets across a few ATs, which gives you some flexibility.

I'm interested in transferring over to help but there's a good chance I won't be available at that time. Best of luck to Triumph!

I am up for hosting a Saturday team for this. Thursday is kind of up in the air at the moment. Anyone else willing to lead teams or interested in participating on Champion?

This has left several people unable to upgrade their accounts to VIP status for the remainder of the game. (I've heard of some kind of work around but I haven't looked into it extensively). This has also left people under the initial assumption that if their subscription ran out during the final 3 months they would be unable to renew it, thus preventing them from doing Incarnate content entirely. However, it seems that some people's accounts have remained frozen in VIP status so far (we don't know for sure how long this will last). There are also efforts underway to upgrade everyone to VIP, but this is not a guarantee.

Overall, there is a large degree of uncertainty surrounding what will happen to players' accounts and this has left some people not wanting to invest the time in certain activities not knowing for sure when they will be disabled (up until November 30th). The announcement did mention that there would be a more detailed timeline released, but at this point we are taking it one day at a time.

Personally, I used to run iTrials almost every night and have since stopped. I can't speak for others, but I don't intend on running them with that degree of frequency for the reasons mentioned above. However, this is not to say I wouldn't be willing to help out with scheduled runs/badge requests/etc. So if you'd like to run a Magi, throw up a date and time and I will try my best to make it. My subscription runs out today, so I'll have to see what happens.