Placta

Updated roster:
@Placta - elec/elec blaster
@Meltdown - rad/rad corruptor
@Stray Kitten - whatever
@Amygdala - kin/ene defender
@Ulysses Dare - AR/dev blaster
@Tenjoy - MA/SR scrapper
@Sinful le Delicious - kat/inv scrapper
@Koriel - emp/psi defender
@Spatch - peacbringer
@Sweet Justice - (dark/dark defender?) (maybe)
@Lifewind - emp/rad defender (maybe)
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See you all in about 13 hours in Pocket D!

Same deal as the last few weeks: Meet up in Pocket D, I explain the trial if necessary, break down strategies for badges, and we run until we either get the badges we need or break up.

All runs this week will start out trying for both Avoids the Green Stuff and Loves a Challenge. If you want to try for one of the other two badges (Anti-Anti-Matter and/or Bunker Buster), let me know and I'll work them in as well.

As always, make sure Rebirth destinies, and other powers that could cause confusion with the Oblit Beam, are not colored green.

Pocket D, Sunday, October 16, 4 PM EDT.

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@Placta - Elec/elec blaster

Only got in two runs, although who knows what would have happened had the queue not gone nuts on us for the second.

Bunker Buster was successful on the second run, although I think my heart stopped for a few seconds at the third bunker while I rushed my countdown.

As for Green Stuff/Loves a Challenge, we're getting there. I think future runs will focus on those two unless someone specifically asks for Bunker Buster/Anti-Anti-Matter.

Great job, everybody, thanks for coming out, and 'grats to those who got badges. Trying again next week, announcement/signup thread coming ~Tuesday, hope to see you all then.

See you all in Pocket D tomorrow! (Or later today if you're not in the Americas.)

Synapse wasn't sure if the Praetorian changes went through or not.

"Really, what goes into it is, if we see players struggling in a certain area, or just a lot of player concerns about, say, I'll use Praetorian enemies for example, that were really hard. They just had more powers than they should have, they were doing more damage than they should have, and some other system designers got together and calculated damage per second, and they're making adjustments, or they have made adjustments, I'm not exactly sure, but, yeah, so that is being monitored, and if enemies are just too hard, or too easy, they'll get adjusted. Eventually."

(Bolding mine.)

The good news: I created a new female widow, and all the costumes, including all 5 non-Arachnos costumes, were female.

The not-so-good news: Neither my existing widow's nor my soldier's default male costumes have been fixed.

So, the underlying issue is fixed but the damage has been done. If you have a female/huge widow that's using the wrong model for the extra costume slots and don't have Super Tailor access to fix it, bug support until they fix it for you.

Per a suggestion from Amy, I added a basic Keyes run to the start. If time becomes an issue this week, I'll change the start time for later tries.

Three runs this week:

First run: Introduction/warmup

No badges this run, just a chance for everyone to get on the same page and people who've never done the trial before (had newcomers each of the last two weeks) to learn.

Second run: Bunker Buster and Loves a Challenge

Avoids the Green Stuff won't be a priority for this run, but even still, the Obliteration Beam can easily kill you, so do try not to get hit. If Loves a Challenge fails and Green Stuff's still in play, we'll focus on it instead. In the event we get both, I'm sure I can manage my disappointment.

As for Bunker Buster... please follow instructions and we'll get it.

Third run: Anti-Anti-Matter and Avoids the Green Stuff

If no one needs Anti-Anti-Matter, we'll skip it. In that case, we can try again for Bunker Buster if needed.

If we didn't get Loves a Challenge the first run, we'll leave the terminals alone until someone dies or time becomes an issue.

Some general notes:

Please, please watch chat for instructions.

If you haven't already, please color Rebirth Destinies and other powers that can be confused with the Oblit Beam to not be green.

Sunday, Pocket D, 4 PM EDT.

Roster
@Placta - Elec/elec blaster
@Amygdala - Kinetics/Energy Defender
@Tenjoy - Scrapper
@Stray Kitten (possibly)

We get signal...

It's just as incomprehensible as the one in the game, too.

Thanks for leading, Amy. And congrats to everyone who got badges.

/petitions for a Babysitter badge for keeping Des out of the way the whole time everyone else was doing the bombs...

No badges this week. All three failed early. On the other hand, the non-badge parts went fairly smoothly, so, there's that.

I'm going to do two runs next week to break up the badges (Green Stuff and Loves a Challenge really don't play nice with one another), starting at 4 PM EDT. I'll get a thread up in the next couple days.

Including people I've talked to in-game, we're up to 7 so far:

Placta
Spatch
Amygdala
Tenjoy
Dublin Rage
Pingu
Dollmistress

The Underground run is forming now. I'll be in Pocket D after it finishes to start forming MoKeyes.

We'll be getting a later start this week to avoid conflicts with Amygdala's Master of the Underground run. I'm going to set the target start time for 5:30 EDT to allow time for the Underground trial to run long. -er.

Because of the late start, I'm only going to plan one run for this week, trying for Bunker Buster, Avoids the Green Stuff, and Loves a Challenge. If there's enough interest, I may go again for Anti-Anti-Matter and any that we missed the first run.

Again, please color Rebirth destinies, and other powers that could cause confusion with the Obliteration Beam, something other than green.

Pocket D, Sunday, October 2, ~5:30 PM EDT.

Roster
@Placta - Elec/elec blaster

The first run got Anti-Anti-Matter. The second run failed to get any badges; the one thing I didn't mention regarding Bunker Buster was "no pets," and the result was a perfect demonstration of why I should have.

As for Avoids the Green Stuff, I think we did well overall, with only a couple slips and badly timed time freezes stopping us from getting it today. I misjudged the time on one, and so the beam hit right before the time freeze.

Thanks to everybody who came out, and congrats to those who got Anti-Anti-Matter.

I'm going to try again next week, after Amygdala's Master of the Underground run. I'll get a thread up for it in the next couple days.

Forming up now.

Going to start forming up in Pocket D in about an hour.

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