Amygdala

If this is happening on Champion and the leader has my global, send me a PM and I'd be willing to work out what the issue is.

Could only make the last run but looked like a solid league. Congrats on the badges!

I should be around and more than willing to help.

Happened again on Champion. League wide crash just before the final fight with Maelstrom. Used the strategy that ignores Telepathists outside...

...Now I'm in a mission with some level 22s.

Already have the badges but I'll bring whatever and help out.

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas, Champion!

I realize that this topic has been brought up in the past, but I feel it deserves some more acknowledgement.

When iTrials first came out, I ran a lot of them as closed leagues. At some point months ago, closed leagues became bugged such that members in excess of 19 were booted from the trial upon loading and unable to rejoin. Not only that, but the league leader and teams would scramble. The team scramble is much more of an annoyance than anything else, but the fact that members over 19 are kicked is a huge problem. This is effectively limiting the number of people that can participate.

I noticed that the "19 kick bug" didn't happen on open leagues. For a while myself and a lot of other leaders switched to open leagues to avoid the issue entirely. Open leagues worked out just fine until I ran into issues with players using the vote to kick option to grief another player. This player was booted from a few trials by anonymous parties (since it doesn't say who initiated the vote). Additionally, the system is registering votes without players actually voting. It even told the player who was kicked that he had registered a vote to remove himself from the league.

This has basically left me with two highly unattractive options. 1) To start a trial as a closed league and tell people I'm full at 19, even in a zone full of people looking to join. 2) To run as an open league and allow my league members to be kicked at random due to a personal grudge or conflict, with no way to establish who is doing the kicking. So far, I have chosen to limit all my leagues to 19 people. I don't enjoy doing this, but I'd much rather limit my league size than deal with anonymous griefers.

As stated above, these are not new problems, as they have been going on for months. They were also discussed here, here and here. I have sent bug reports in game to help identify the above issues. So far, I have not seen these issues on the Known Issues list or receive formal acknowledgement. I understand immediate fixes are not always possible, but it would be nice to know if progress is being made. Alternatively, I would be more than happy to provide additional information regarding the circumstances of the bug if it would help to identify and fix it.

(If I have overlooked something, a link would be much appreciated.)

Congratulations everyone!

Special thanks to the people who made it out almost every week to support these runs, and of course, Placta for hosting them. Job very well done all around.

Having a league made entirely of +3s isn't necessary for a normal run of any trial. However, I could see why someone would make this request for certain badge runs. Are you sure the runs you were trying to get on weren't Master runs?

With that said, I would recommend being at least +1 for UGT, MoM and TPN since these trials have level shifted AVs (level 54+1 and 54+2 respectively) and tend to have a noticeably higher failure rate when there are several level 50s present. BAF, Lambda and Keyes still get done quite often and I've never seen anyone on Champion ask for level shifts for standard runs of those trials.

I'd also recommend taking the issue up with the leader of the trial directly and listen to their rationale first hand. Also keep in mind that not every leader is going to run trials the same way, so if you disagree with a particular leader, keep it in mind for next time and either join another trial or form one up according to how you think it should be done.

*Name:
Renaissance de la Veritas

*Currently Recruiting:
Not currently looking for new members.

RP Level:
Non RP.

PvP Level:
Very rarely do we PvP. We have had SG PvP nights in the past, but otherwise not a focus. Sometimes we PvP on lowbies just for laughs.

*Theme/Concept:
No specific theme.

*Activity:
We are a fairly small SG of about 10 to 15 members. Some are more active than others. Time zones and work schedules vary, but we're most active between 6pm and 12am Eastern on weekdays and generally have a good showing on weekends.

Requirements for Membership:
Our SG was built on the premise that people should actually enjoy the SG they're in and playing with the people in it. Despite the fact that we don't actively recruit, sometimes someone will appear to be a good fit in terms of playstyle, teamwork, sense of humor, etc. We also enjoy keeping our group small and fairly personal, and therefore are not constantly looking to expand. Sometimes we're just happy as is and don't feel the need to change anything.

*Leadership:
Amygdala

*In-Game Contact(s):
@Amygdala

*Out-of-Game Contact(s):
CoH Forum Profile

URL:
Renaissance de la Veritas on GuildPortal

Coalition(s):
We mostly have coalitions with smaller SGs that are starting out and may want to use our base.

Other Details:
I started Renaissance de la Veritas on August 18th of 2006. We're mostly a PvE SG that enjoys running TFs/SFs, teams and trials on a daily basis, as well as the occasional CoP. Our main form of communication is a global chat channel, as we play on both blueside and redside (our VG is called Umbras de la Veritas). Our SG website is used mostly for scheduling events and posting builds for feedback or ideas.

SG Base Picture:

Just wanted to say the work you've done looks amazing. Our directory was in desperate need of an overhaul. Thank you for taking the initiative on this one. I also hope that those new to our server will find it a useful tool.

I almost always ask the following question before starting a trial: "Is there anyone who hasn't done this before?"

The way people respond tells me a lot about the level of understanding the league has. I will then adjust according to the league. If there are a lot of people who claim to be new, I'll go over the trial in greater detail before we start and reiterate certain things as they become relevant during the trial. If there are only a couple people that are new, I'll go over the most important points before the trial starts and explain the rest as we go. Sometimes I'll also offer to explain the trial in more detail if people still have questions after we're finished. If everyone says they've done it before, I'll usually just hit the high points as we go so that we can get started faster.

Sometimes I get people who tell me that this is their first trial ever. At that point, I'll even go over things like how to add League Chat, how to open your League UI, where the hospital is, the fact that you can buy inspirations there, how to rejoin if you DC, etc.