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I think that's taking it to extremes. We're talking about people who wanted limited numbers. There have been plenty of leagues I joined that have started even though they were trying to find more people. No need for crying DOOM.

Johnny's (ill-conceived) argument is that it's not soloing if you use pets (that are your own power). He's not claiming he can do it better, just that what the OP did is not "soloing" by his definition. It's a minority stance, but he's allowed to bemoan it if he like.

Your challenge actually does sound flawed in its reasoning. But don't worry, we all agree Johnny is holding a grudge here.

Why? Because we want to keep leagues to a size we prefer? It's no different than running a team at a size we prefer.

What if 8 people want a bigger challenge by being limited?

What if 8 people want to try a very specific tactic that requires full team cooperation and planning that random players thrown into the mix aren't going to want to do?

What if you're going for Master of and the person joining doesn't want that?

What angle are we not considering that negates these concerns?

Actually, in the set up I had in this post, I used multiple popmenu files to allow the selections to stay up after making a selection, as well as giving an option to go back to a previous menu.

Oh. Just as lame. If you can't find a way for them to be equally useful, that's your problem.

Bwah!? If you're referring to primary tank pools, then color me confuzzled.

Wait, there's been an announced booster with a back pack? Linky?

How's it different from taking time to level up and get powers like Phantom Army? It's not. It just requires more effort, which would make it more of an achievement since you can't PL to Lore (not that I've heard of yet).

Though, it is different from Shivans as it's not a TEMP POWER!

So, if a controller soloing a GM were to use Barrier to help his survival, would he be disqualified?

In my book, unless it's a temp power, it's allowed. Kudos to the OP.

What took so long? Plenty of us have done it before Bruising

While Johnny's well known demands for Tankers are a bit misguided, I'm going to have to side with him on this one. If it's damage you're looking to do, you're still that 160% further with a Brute on Rage. It's not like any Brutes using Rage are saying to themselves, "Aw shucks, I wish I didn't have all this extra damage so Rage would look even better!" No, they're saying, "Sheeeeeeeet yeah, 240%, YO!"

That isn't to say what you said was false, it's just meaningless. Like when Geico says I can save up to 15% or more. You should be in advertising, if you're not already.

All that. If it had all that, I'd buy it. It's what people have been asking for (repeatedly) and would put some life back into being in SGs. Oh, but instead of 20 or so proliferated decorative items, I'd want more around 100.

Maybe you wouldn't be able to place those items, but if your SG leader did place them, you'd want to be able to access them, no? Even if YOU didn't, I'm sure plenty of people who hate to base edit would like to use them if they've been placed in the base. All in one shop stops, costume editing? If I could go to the SG instead of tracking around 4-5 zones to get some of these things done, I'd gladly pay $10 to use it.

Making the items in the pack unusable to those who don't own it would incentivize plenty of people to want to buy it. I'm sure the pack could pay for it's production cost as long as the items we're good enough.

Just saw this. You can always use your KB from above, I've found this reduces the distance objects go flying. YMMV.

I think your best options are:

A) Line your attacks up to KB foes into walls, pillars or corners. You're team will appreciate that your mitigation isn't causing them to chase things down if they're melee.

B) Skip the attacks that have KB, or grab an AoE immobilize that negates KB. OR, team with someone who does have an AoE immob.

C) Let go of your Brute habits, and play as a Blaster. More importantly, play as a smart blaster (see A).

D) And this is the option I had to settle for myself, stop playing blasters if you're just going to always play like a melee toon.

There's not exactly a ton of story in the Trials. Cut scenes tell most of it, anyhow. Also, there are parts where communications come in and tell you the loose layout of the trial, but we'll get back to that in a second.

First off, I'm not sure what trials you've been running, but everyone gets the messages in trials, and everyone gets the cut scenes. Keep in mind, there's only two trials to run right now, so most everyone running them has done them a hundred times and doesn't feel like giving a back story. If you really want to read it, let your team know.

As for leadership, are you doing the LFG queue, or actually forming leagues? If you're league leader isn't asking if anyone new needs the low-down on the trial, then that should be a good sign that maybe they're not up for the job. If you're in the LFG Queue, then I can see why you think there's no time for set up.

Many servers have global channels for forming TF, Raid and Trial groups. Find them and make use of them. They make the experience that much better because most people in those channels enjoy communication as a team tool.

This really ties back to being organized and taking the time to use strategy. Sooo...

If you're forming a league, there's no reason you can't discuss some strategy. I haven't been on one Lambda that the leader doesn't explain the clear out objectives and then ask everyone to wait before the next phase. If the "zerg rush" is for the timed parts of trials, well... that might be because they're timed, and rushing is the best option.

Also, try joining some Master Of runs, because there's different strategies used on those. As for getting one shotted by the AV too often, try changing YOUR strategy. Most of the AVs are melee, so if you're that squishy, do you best to stay away.

Well, if you're constantly choosing to wait in the queue and absolutely refuse to form a League or look for groups that form outside of the queue, then I can see why you're overall experience has been bad. Do yourself a favor and make friends with people you've met who do well on the trials. Global them if you have to, and try forming up leagues before entering the queue. There's no need for a staging area if you take the time to talk about it before entering the trial. Good places to look for Leagues are neutral zones like the RWZ.

Your neglect stings me!

*points to third post in thread*

Having played Elec/Stone, I can tell you that you'll have fun with it. Adding in Cryo should help a lot as well.

Alternatively, you could do Elec/Stone/Arctic, grab Reactive for fire damage and go Cryo or Ion (both extending your sets). And whirlwind, of course.