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What I meant was, move away from him so that you're not taking damage from him in addition to damage from Disintegration. I did not mean to imply that moving away from him would cancel the effect.

When I lead Keyes, I tell people to do the following things if disintegrating:

1) Step away from Anti Matter.
2) Make sure you're not standing in the Obliteration Beam.
3) Call for help via macro so people with heals can assist.
4) Each time you take damage, pop green inspirations until you're at full health again.

The idea being that if you're only taking damage from Disintegration, it is a lot easier to limit deaths. As long as you're at full health before the final tick, you should be able to survive.

In terms of Entanglement, for the most part I tell people to ignore it. I have seen it kill someone disintegrating though when a bunch of people with PBAoE heals ran in to try to save them, but this isn't terribly common. If it looks to be an issue, I advise people to use single target heals if possible on those disintegrating.

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At least in my experience on Champion, I've never seen people turned down for trial invites due to the mindset that PuGers are potentially not 'high performance'. Most of the time people advertise in zone and in global chats until it appears that all the interested parties have been invited. The only reason leagues are closed is because most people want to get going and not stand around for an extra 5 minutes.

Also, thanks Leandro for collecting and sharing your data.

If you go into Menu > Options > Graphics and Audio > Audio you can turn down/off 'Sound Effects', which should mute the sounds of all powers, while leaving your 'Music Volume' setting up.

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I can't say this with 100% certainty because I was not present in your trial, but my guess is that most people would be willing to help you if they could. If you didn't receive the kind of help you felt you needed, it's likely that people did not understand your situation, how to help you through it or in the case of the trial itself, didn't know enough about Keyes themselves to confidently give advice. Many players are still figuring it out as you are and could have also been lost or confused.

It sounds like you have a clear understanding of what your needs are. Maybe before trying unfamiliar content you could do some things to give yourself a sense of understanding and control so that you do not feel overwhelmed during the trial. For example, there are overviews of the trials on this website as well as a few guides. Giving them a read over would help you identify troublesome elements before being exposed to them as well as familiarizing yourself with the maps so that you do not feel lost. Ask if the league leader will go over the trial before you enter it. It's much easier to digest information while you're not busy fighting things, especially if some of the objectives are timed. If you still have questions, ask them. Bottom line is put the odds in your favor as much as possible so that you'll have a positive experience. No one will know how to do that better than yourself.

I am sorry you had a poor experience with Keyes. I sincerely hope you do not allow it to ruin trials for you, however, as they can also be quite fun. Of the three, I'd probably recommend BAF as it's less running around and less chaotic.

This had also occurred to me after running it a couple times. The fact that the terminals were accessible and then locked later. After being on a few PuG runs I also wanted to develop a way to split teams up and tackle multiple things at once. I believe in VoodooGirl's Guide she mentions doing just that. However, since the trial is still new for so many people, keeping everyone together and showing them the ropes I feel is still useful until we reach a point where I could say "Team 1 go clear this area" and people would know what I'm talking about.

I lead two PuG Keyes trials yesterday, the vast majority of members having never done the trial. One succeeded and one failed due to several unlucky heals from Disintegration right near the end. One thing I noticed is that people are getting a lot faster at the reactors, even when dragging Anti Matter around. Whether you use the method you posted or just plain drag him, the reactor phases seem like they could be improved upon. In contrast, during the final phase I see less room for improvement. The league I was on used macros and everything, but with some people being nearly dead already and then getting hit with Disintegration it didn't help much. That is something I would like to give more thought to. Other than using macros or avoiding the Orbital Strikes one obvious thing would be to have everyone in the league spamming Rebirth, but I don't like relying on one power for anything. I still would like to entertain some other solutions.

Thanks for testing and posting, though! I find the Keyes trial to be fun, but extremely monotonous during the reactor phase and this looks like a promising way to cut down on that. Where I see it really shining is while trying to get the Anti-AntiMatter badge (complete the Keyes Island Reactor Incarnate Trial after having brought Anti-Matter below 10% of his health while attempting to take control of Reactor Hope, the western-most reactor.) I have never experienced a pulse while Anti Matter was at less than 10% health but I imagine it to be strong. Not having to drag him around for the terminals leaves only the pulse to deal with, potentially making this a lot easier.

No, he was there to lead a team. What I meant was, I overbooked by one so I let someone have my spot for that base. There were at least two full teams that saw it and (hopefully) took pictures.