Madame Pistacio

No Hami Raid for 5/12... instead please join PERC for A Victorious Spring Fling!

Theme for 5/5 is Beach Wear OR Cinco de Mayo, your choice!!

Question if I may... is the goal to get 16 people? 2 teams for each Apex, Tin, Sutter, then have 16 for the itrials? (since Lam/MoM only take up to 16 and the others are all 24). Or are you just going to advertise for each and go with the flow? My OCD brain wants to know

Theme for 4/28 is.... Grease Lightning!

Tonight's raid will be led by @Arkyaeon or @Einthos (Arky). Thanks in advance! Theme is Golden Age Hero!

Rolling 30-34 will get you a crack at pretty much everything (except sting of the manti and the crap that ends at 25, farstrike, salvo, etc). This would also leave you out of rectified reticule, which can be a big money maker. I usually go with 30-34 anyways if I am 50 because I get a lot of useful recipes and occasionally the bonus steadfast or regen tissue (etc). I could also make a case for 20-24, but there is a lot of "worth nothing" recipes in that category.

What level is the character you want to roll with?

Shopping for baby items and getting the house ready to sell!

Perhaps you were "exchanging" with someone else, but it was not with me! I RAN the Lambda, but I did not talk with you about it afterward (unless you mean like 2 lines in a chat channel... but that does not seem like what you mean).

I am always very clear about how I am going to run a trial before I start and I always maintain, if you (general you for all of this) do not like the way I am going to run it, I fully support you quitting and forming your own trial the way you like it. I believe the person putting the effort into forming the trial and recruiting people deserves to run it how they want to.

I run a quick Lam as I call it, not a sLAM which is the Freedom standard because that is how I enjoy running the trial. I am not interested in button mashing and killing things for the sake of killing them (normally). I want the end reward and a chance at some drops. I do both acids and grenades just in case things go south and also because we get 2 astrals instead of 1.

On the time you are describing.. I personally ran a 2.5 as Mr. Morbid describes. I don't care if people use acids, but I kind of think it is a waste of time. So I say, use them if you want to. Unless I really want that extra astral from the mobs (then I would say no acids at all and wait like 60-90 seconds for a build up- if I did this though, I probably cleared the outside too, re #2).

For me, the end reward is what matters- the emp, the table, and the astrals along the way. The iXP and the few threads are inconsequential. This is just my opinion anyone is welcome to disagree . Now... the faster you run a trial, the faster you get to the end reward. So if you just run the trial twice you'd get 2 tables and 1 emp which is equal to at minimum 2 basics and 20 threads. You need 20 threads for a basic, and there is no way in clearing the turrets and the outside mobs that you will get 20 threads, so already you are ahead. Plus in the speed of things, you have probably gotten more iXP for just a slightly longer period (2 quick trials versus 1 slow one) (clearing outside/turrets lam get's about 34% Interface, just doing courtyard Lam get's about 28%. 28+28=56. 56 > 34). If you switch and make your 2nd trial a BAF or a Keyes, you will be even more ahead of the game (Keyes being better because that 2nd emp could give you 20 threads which is 66% ixp for interface or judgment).

Regardless of what is efficient or inefficient, the correct way to do anything is the way it is more fun for you. If you like to play "hardcore style" or "casual style" or whatever style, that will obviously change what is most fun for you. It's a game and the point of a game is to have fun.

And I would like to note... this is why I never want to join Lam because people complain if we don't run the turrets or if we do, or if we don't get the astral or if we spend time to. Prior to the Lam in question, I did not do one in over two-three weeks. I think I will go back to abstaining from them. Just not worth the headaches.

GP- you completely missed my point(s). Forget I said anything

MM- cookie cake... interesting. Glad you liked the builds.

I am most excited for the new trial and the Hybrid slot. I have been itching for a new incarnate power to play with! I think this one has a lot of potential.

It's not a TF, but shouldn't Maria's arc be included in here?

Also it is Dilemma Diabolique (if that matters to you).

There is a specific section on the builds forum where you can request a bid in mids. Or you could just remind me which ones I forgot to give you and save yourself the pain of looking at some awful ones :P

I would in general call it a sandwich, but in NJ it would be either a sub, hoagie, or an "Italian" depending on what kind it was.

1. Definitely Soda
2. Neither, but if I had to pick one it would be chucked
3. Northeast US, specifically NJ and currently NH

Unfortunately, team Kamikaze Geckos will be withdrawing from the ladder. We've missed two weeks of challenges already. Good luck to all still in!

@Aiolos would like to continue to play if anyone has a spot to pick him up.