Master Zaprobo

Well said. You probably don't even need to get to Rare or Very Rare. Even a Common/Uncommon Judgement power in the hands of many of your leaguemates can make short work of unwieldy mob sizes.

Don't give up, even in the face of certain death - simply kill more for iXP and threads so you can come back stronger next time!

Actually, the Trials don't encourage soft-capping since the Praetorians can cut through 100% Defense like it wasn't there (the Battle Orbs, Seers and 9CU's get lots of +ToHit buffs to hand around). Resistance amd Team Buffs are what makes these Trials succeed.

It's a big learning curve from the rest of the game, even for those of us on Test as we've not been handed Threads by the devs to make the Incarnate Abilities that smooth the way.

My recommendation is run with the maximum size League for the Trial, read the guides beforehand and then hope everyone else who hasn't can follow instructions.

I've had a Lambda win over on Defiant, and two losses with substantially the same people on the Trial.

Many people are pre-forming Leagues and queuing like that. You will not be able to solo queue and get into a preformed (which will fill all/most of the slots).

Either hit up your local Global Channels for teaming, or wait longer for enough soloists to queue up.

WST is running this week as normal, not just "resuming" next week. This week is ITF.

Plus, if you're a villain (or have redside access) you can do the new SF to get another Notice

The artillery barrage in the final stage does barely any damage - simply pop your henches on Passive so they don't then go attack Marauder and you'll be fine.

If you're talking about the turrets around the Lambda Sector compound, then these can be defeated in the earlier stages so they're no issue in the final.

Two runs, one fail and one success for Lambda over on Defiant - sitting at 53% unlocked for Interface.

Also got the badge for simultaneous glowie defeat in the sabotage stage, which was nice

I have now updated the guide with the new Incarnate abilities launched with issue 20. Enjoy!

Strategy for the Behavioural Adjustment Facility (BAF) Trial

After completing the BAF Trial, on a few occassions I reckon I can give a fair approximation at a guide to the Behavioural Adjustment Facility (BAF) Trial. At least until another (better) guide surfaces.

Remember, there are also dev-made guides located here and located here as well.

Overview
The BAF Trial is a lot simpler in premise than the Lambda Trial - requiring no collection of Temporary Powers to achieve its goals. It consists of three AV-fights (one with 2 AV's simultaneously) and (what the community have dubbed) a "Tower Defence" section.

Map of Key Points


Stage One: Defeat WarWorks
This stage is non-timed and allows you to go around and take on some Praetorian WarWorks. The spawns are solid, but easy enough with the critical mass of PBAoE Buffs, etc. a League can pack. You will need to defeat a total of 40 units.

Special Mechanics: None

Failure: Impossible at this stage as there is no timer in action.

Tactics: Spawns are far enough apart that you can stay as a single massed unit, and plow through the spawns. Ideally (IMO) you should head to the right and clear a path towards and around the Tennis Courts (so you're in position for a safe zone for the next stage, or at least heading towards the bivouacs where Nightstar spawns).

Stage Two: Defeat Nightstar
In this stage, all the WarWorks from the previous stage despawn, sentry turrets become active and Nightstar spawns at the eastern Bivouacs and in range of several turrets. She calls for reinforcements (Mark VI Victorias) every 15 seconds and they come running in (not just appear next to her).

Special Mechanics: Nightstar (and later Siege) will use an attack called "Sequestration". If this stacks on you three times, you and any allies around you will be automatically held (regardless of protections). If you get a "Second Warning", you should move away from your allies.

Failure: This section can be failed due to the introduction of a timer - a common failure cause is due to a critical mass of reinforcements.

Tactic #1 (Safe Zone): As soon as the first stage is over, the League heads straight for the tennis court, while one designated puller goes and brings Nightstar over (preferrably a Mastermind Henchman). This tactic means that no player is in range of the tower lasers at any stage during this part and defeating Nightstar should be relatively painless. Take note of where Nightstar's "corpse" is as you will need to return to it.

Tactic #2 (Spawn Point): With sufficient Destiny/Judgement powers you will be able to rush Nightstar at her spawn point and ignore the bulk of the attacks by the turrets, relying on Barrier and Rebirth to keep the team standing and Judgement to clear the MkVI Victorias. Take note of where Nightstar's "corpse" is as you will need to return to it.

Stage Three: Stop the Mind-washed Escapees
After a brief delay, from all over the map the mind-washed Resistance spawns will appear and begin to head for the exit(s). These are all marked on the ingame map as waypoints. This has been termed a "Tower Defence" section, as the League acts as the towers, stopping the Mind-washed from escaping the base.

Special Mechanics: The Resistance Commandos are fully immune to all forms of controls - from holds and immobilises to cages and sleep. They are literally immune to everything except damage.

Failure: This section is subject to a failure condition of allowing 20 escapees of any class.

Tactics: As Commandos can not be mezzed, but everything else can, heavy hitters (like Scrappers/Brutes/Stalkers/Blasters) should go after the Commandos, while other characters with control abilities lock down the regular minions. Positioning is important, making sure all the spawn points are controlled, while the main pathways are patrolled.

Those patrolling/looking for commandos may find it useful to create a bind/macro using the /target_custom_next command (e.g. /macro Com target_custom_next alive Commando or /bind x target_custom_next alive Commando)

The escape routes are as follows (thanks to Zombie Man for seeking permission to reproduce & Arkyaeon for the original image)


Stage Four: Defeat Siege
In this stage, the sentry turrets become active again and Siege spawns at the western building entrance and in range of several turrets. He calls for reinforcements (9CU WarWorks) every 15 seconds and they come running in (not just appear next to him).

Special Mechanics: Siege will use an attack called "Sequestration". If this stacks on you three times, you and any allies around you will be automatically held (regardless of protections). If you get a "Second Warning", you should move away from your allies.

Failure: This section can be failed due to the timer - a common failure cause is due to a critical mass of reinforcements.

Tactic #1 (Safe Zone): As soon as the tower defense stage is over, the League heads straight for the tennis court, while one designated puller goes and brings Siege over (preferrably a Mastermind Henchman). This tactic means that no player is in range of the tower lasers for long during this part and defeating Siege should be relatively painless. Take note of where Siege's "corpse" is as you will need to return to it.

Tactic #2 (Spawn Point): With sufficient Destiny/Judgement powers you will be able to rush Siege at his spawn point and ignore the bulk of the attacks by the turrets, relying on Barrier and Rebirth to keep the team standing and Judgement to clear the 9CU's. Take note of where Siege's "corpse" is as you will need to return to it.

Stage Five: Defeat Nightstar and Siege Simultaneously
In this stage, the sentry turrets remain active and both Nightstar and Siege will respawn at the location of their corpses (you noted where they were before, right?). Both call for reinforcements (Victorias and 9CU's as appropriate) every 15 seconds and they come running in (not just appear next to them).

Special Mechanics: Both will use an attack called "Sequestration". If this stacks on you three times, you and any allies around you will be automatically held (regardless of protections). If you get a "Second Warning", you should move away from your allies. Additionally, once you defeat either of them a ten second timer will begin - if you do not defeat the second within that timeframe then the one you did defeat will respawn with full health.

Failure: This section can be failed due to the timer - a common failure cause is due to a critical mass of reinforcements or inability to get the simultaneous defeat timing correct.

Tactics: This is possibly the most difficult stage of the Trial, not in terms of the mechanics employed but in terms of the timing of the defeats needing to be dead on. There is sufficient time for a couple of attempts within the timer given if you mistime and a AV respawns but with sufficient practice this should be very doable.

The League should split into two teams which each fight an AV each. Keep any eye on the Objective Health bars and switch to attacking the reinforcements if one team falls behind on damage.

Once one AV is dropped, the entire League should ruch to drop the other AV as quickly as possible - if this fails, then the League should switch fully to the freshly rez'd AV until the health bars are even again.

We had a nice turnout for the competition, and all the competitors walked away with a [Plasmatic Taser] for their troubles.



After due consideration by myself and Dr Darkespark , we got down to out 8 finalists - Defective, Volt Hunter, Cocktail Companion, Cryo Unit N-Tech, The Mask of Damz, ExtraGonk, MDSU459, and Dread Bot. These competitors all got a [Backup Radio] for their outstanding costumes.

However, their could only be three winners!


From Left to Right: Defective, Cryo Unit N-Tech and Cocktail Companion

First Place went to Cryo Unit N-Tech who chose the Hecatomb: Chance for Negative Energy Dam. Second Place went to Defective who chose the Apocalypse: Chance for Negative Energy Dam. Third Place went to Cocktail Companion who received the Gravitational Anchor: Chance for Hold.

Thanks to all our competitors, we had a blast and hope you did too!

MZ

Shame this thread is getting bogged down with suggestions, instead of focussing on bug fixes. Worried the devs might not take notice of this if it's full of flights of fantasy.

Very happy with this move as I was mid-moving in to America last year's event and didn't realise there was new content in the form of the Tip mission. This gives me a chance to catch up on badges with the wife

I was very disappointed when I looked at this site to find that my Assault Bot, my Protector Bots and two of my Battle Drones had profiles and were looking for a new Mastermind.

Thanks a lot Titan Network

One hour notice! Hope you're going to make judging difficult

Actually I think it's an almost relevant thread-necro, hear me out...

The original post is talking about how APP's will homogenise AT's and we're seeing similar threads about this for the Incarnate Powers. Well, much as APP's have not worked against AT roles as the OP doomcried, I reckon the Incarnate doomcriers will end up looking just as daft if we look back in on their posts several years down the line.

A fine necro-post with actual thought behing it's ressurection.

Now someone get a [Ghost Slaying Axe] or [Ghost Slaying Rifle] in here, stat!

My two highlights were that...

1. All Incarnate slots will get more trees - like perhaps Psion Judgement or Nemesis Lore
2. That several NPC's (but not all) in Praetoria were actually a shape-shifted Protean