Amygdala

This.

Sounds great, Bramph.

Just a reminder that Placta's RHW run is at 3:30pm on Sunday.

I try to watch for both quite often. Which is easier to spot depends on the nature of the task at hand. Certain situations will be more revealing than others. In terms of accidental vs purposeful, I'd say consistency plays a role in deciding that. I try to make notes about players if they do something that stands out to me, be it good or bad, which makes it easier to judge consistency.

The extent to which skill is necessary or important depends on your goals as a player and, as long as you are not playing solo, the goals of other players. It is all well and good to play how you please, but remember that other players have this same right. If how you play interferes with how they want to play, chances are they will not want to team with you. On a small scale this may not have a noticeable impact, but if your goal is to team it becomes relevant in terms of limiting your available options. By the same token, a reliable player may have increased opportunities to team by having shown to be a valuable team mate.

I think the flat space works well when you have him out in the open. However, there seem to be some places that he gets wedged into that are just as bad, if not worse, than the area with spikes in the bowl. The idea behind pulling him there in the first place was to allow people to maintain line of sight at all times as they are dodging the lightning. So I think the most important point is that wherever we decide to fight him, be it in the bowl or on the flats, he has to be out in the open, and keeping him in the open should be a priority.

As for the run itself, it was a great effort by all. I have no doubt in my mind that the league we had today could have pulled it off. The fact we got him down to around 27% without even summoning Lore is very impressive. That is probably the furthest I've seen any league, including successful leagues, make it without using Lore. So in my mind the badge was well within our reach.

I think an important lesson from this run would be that there is a such thing as taking too much time. I'm not talking about running out of time, but as time goes on the more the fatigue of doing the same thing over and over again sets in and can result in more deaths which essentially translates into wasted resources (Ultimates and Lore specifically). So I think next time if we get him down to 30% with relative ease, we shouldn't worry too much about finding out where our "wall" is and instead just pull out the big guns and be done with it. Once we start losing ground after a bad round of lightning it's very difficult to regain it.

Overall though, solid attempt. I'll try to make it to the next one.

When Keyes got changed, the pulse damage got lowered as well. It now hits for a maximum of 35%, meaning Anti-Anti Matter isn't nearly as painful as it used to be.

This part isn't as time intensive as you might think. How we usually do it:

• Split the league into 3 teams. Assign each team to a door (left, center, right).

• Get a volunteer from each team to be in charge of damaging the door their team is responsible for down to about 500-750 HP or a threshold of your choosing. This helps control the rate of the damage as it can be much more difficult to control several other people attacking the doors.

• Once all 3 doors are at the stopping point, call for teams to fire Judgement at their door. I usually count down from 3 (3, 2, 1, FIRE!).

• Rinse/repeat for the next 2 bunkers.

Note: You can control when Anti-Matter arrives by limiting the number of glowies clicked. After 5 glowies, the timer for his arrival starts.

The Time Stop happens when he reaches 80%, 50% and 20% health. He will regen until he is either at full health or the terminals are destroyed. Since the badge requires you to not destroy any terminals, he will regen to full health each time.

What makes this badge easier (aside from talented players with healing powers, Rebirths, etc.) is if people are good about managing their Disintegration. It is entirely possible to heal yourself through Disintegration without any outside help. All anyone has to do is remember to fill up on greens, back away from Anti-Matter and pop greens as they take damage so that they are at full health again before the next damage tick.

This badge is simple conceptually but probably the most difficult of all the Keyes badges. There's a lot I could say about it but the main points are:

• If people aren't so great at watching the actual timer, remind them that there is a large red text warning that tells you the beam is about to fire. Once they see that pop up, everyone should stop attacking, watch the ground by their feet and get ready to move.

• Make sure no one is flying during the fight, as it can cause "air beams". If a beam spawns in mid air, everyone below it will get hit. These can be difficult to spot.

This is the part of the trial where you fight an AV in a tech map with Voids floating around. You are unable to damage the AV until a Void is defeated next to her. Defeating a Void creates a pink bubble (called "Eye of the Storm") in which the AV is vulnerable. There are several ways to get the Voids over, but the main thing is that once they are next to the AV no KB, Repel or any powers that would cause the Voids to move away should be used. If you have a high DPS league you should be able to defeat her using 4 or less Voids. If you think you need a DPS boost you can use Lore for this part. Just make sure no one summons ones with KB/Repel (e.g. Storm Elementals with Hurricane).

Aurora is definitely buffable and healable, so lots of things are useful in keeping her alive in terms of support. I would also recommend taking out the spawn attacking her.

If you have a Tanker or Brute, have them pull Mother Mayhem behind one of the pillars so that she is out of the portal's line of sight. This prevents the portal's decay, allowing you full access to Aurora's room throughout the fight.

Good luck on your runs!

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