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When the number of AH procs you have exceeds the number of powers that can slot them, you have too many.

EDIT - I do believe the proc affects enemies as normal when slotted in pseudo-pet powers. The procs that don't work normally are the ones that affect you. For example, a healing proc will heal the pseudo-pet.

My general rule of thumb is this (and keep in mind I could be wrong): It all comes down to who the proc affects. Since you and your pseudo-pet are both attacking the same enemy, any procs that affect the enemy will attack whatever enemy you (or your power) is attacking. If the proc affects who is doing the attacking, then slotting it into oil slick (for example) will heal the oil slick if it procs.

Mako and a bunch of Corallax popping in out of thin air? Badge for defeating enough Corallax to spawn Mako and defeat him?

I'll pass.

Now if Mako and his coral-covered minions crawl up out of the ocean? I'm totally there.

Yes, it makes a difference. If Nemesis and his troops had arrived via mole-machines I wouldn't have ignored that one, either.

Otherwise it's just a regurgitated Rikti invasion.

Sprayed out like, I don't know, bile, or something.

Blaze Mastery: Soul Drain+Fireball=baby back ribs and beer awesome!

Have you thought about/have the ability going villain long enough to run a patron arc and pick up Soul Mastery? Shadow Meld is a handy compliment to MoG.

OR you could go Leviathan Mastery and pick up the I Win button of Waterspout.

Just some thoughts. If you don't have access to Going Rogue, you might even consider picking up an insta-change alignment token from the market.

Okay, so I'm digging the Summer Blockbuster event. I LOVE Casino Heist (although - as a suggestion for next Summer, could we have it give us a costume swap power for the non-hideout parts like the DA personal story arcs? Would be a nice touch!)

And it's a damned good thing I love it, because of the six times I've run the thing on four different characters over two days I've gotten SIX of the Damage/Recharge/Endurance enhancements.

Sigh... oh well. Pass the popcorn. Good movies are worth seeing seven times, I suppose. Or eight... Or nine...

Six isn't so many times to run it, I guess.

EDIT - oh right. The question. Is the reward random, or performance based? Maybe I'm doing a crappy job....

This isn't detailed enough?

What about this?

Paragon Wiki's Incarnate Trial visual guides can be easy to miss if you use the site's search function, I suppose. But there's a link at the bottom of each trial's page to a visual guide and a strategy guide.

Here's a link to visual guides to every trial from BAF to MoM and here's one to the strategy guides for trials and many task forces.

I almost forgot one:

9. IT'S NOT YOUR TRIAL! If you load into a trial first and end up the league leader, HAND THE EFFING STAR BACK TO THE ORIGINAL LEAGUE LEADER!!!!

Not noticing that you have league leadership is one thing, but deliberately keeping the star because you (rightly or wrongly) think you "know better" how to win the trial results in me (on the rare occasion that I'm on a trial) giving you one star and avoiding any trial you might form in the future like the plague, I don't care how good you may be as a league leader.

1. Listen to the league leader.

2. It's not your trial. Do as the league leader says.

3. It's not your trial. Don't try to change the stated goal of the league just because you see an opportunity to get what you really wanted to begin with (ie - a more experienced leader logging in that can get you that last MO badge.)

4. It's not your trial. You don't have the right to demand who gets invited or not invited based on how many stars you, personally, have above their head. Feel free to ask, but no is no. You can give your spot to someone else if that's a problem.

5. It's not your trial. Somebody screws up and gets called out by the leader, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT while the trial is in progress! The offender has been corrected, no need to join in. In fact, it's probably best for the entire league if chatter over the league channel is kept to a minimum anyway so instructions can be seen and heeded with more reliability.

Sorry. Had to get that out of the way. Now, reading that you might think I'd led a few trials and been burnt. You'd be wrong. I've led a total of two trials since they came out, both times when no one else would step up to lead them. The first one I led succeeded, and everyone was very grateful. The second one failed, and everyone was very gracious. Since then, I've found the behavior I've seen from a surprising number of members more than a little sickening. To the point that lately I've preferred the small team incarnate path of DA to the trials, regardless of how long it takes.

I have nothing but respect for anyone willing to pass out the cudgels to up to 47 other people and risk being verbally beaten with them if everyone isn't A-1 spiffy happy when it's all said and done. Hat's off to ya, folks.

BUT to the OP, some screen layout tips that have helped me on the occasions that I HAVE run in trials:

I tend to like a few windows being open (like the map) more than most, so I go into the preferences and knock the window size down to about 85%.

The big thing I like to do for trials, raids and anything involving a league is to designate the fourth custom chanel (the "4) on the menu options above the chat window) as the League/Request channel on all my characters. THEN I click on the upper left button on the window frame to unattach it from the chat window and return the league view to its proper place. The new "League/Request" window I drag down to the left of the chat window and size accordingly. My inspiration window is always popped out and kept down front in the center of the bottom, and since my eyes tend to be in that area anyway (to see what inspirations to click) it's easy for me to see instructions as they come out.

IMHO every member of the league ought to know how to create a chat tab and keep it out during the trial.

Now I think it helps to have read the guides for the trials (although I will again repeat my desire to see those official guides placed in some sort of contact dialogue in-game similar to the RWZ raid coordinator) but it isn't absolutely necessary. And I sure don't think it's necessary to communicate your knowledge to the league leader. But just as a league leader has a spare tray full of macros for giving instructions, every trial participant needs to have a spare tray for macros that they can use over the course of the trial. Like the acid/grenade selection macro, for example. You've got a handy-dandy little "plus" sign over on the far right of your power tray menu options along the top of the tray. It opens up a floating power tray that you can customize to fit. Use it. Love it. My extra tray is 2 across and three deep and sits down to the left of my normal power trays.

(so if you're keeping track, the bottom of my screen has ::Global andTeam Chat/Team Members::League/Request Chat::Inspirations::Extra Power Tray::Power Tray:: )

I can't recall them all right now, but a list of Trial Macros might be a handy thing to publish here and/or keep in an in-game email to send to people.

That's it off the top of my head - hope it helps.

You might try coupling -regen with the -resist. Might I suggest Robotic Drones?

It's true. He does.

It's why we all love Microcosm.

I can't tell you about "most" players, but I can tell you about those with whom I play and know in the real world.

I can't remember ever using a mouse to activate the main powers. Ever. It was just intuitive for me to associate slot number with a number key. Now the secondary and tertiary trays? Sure. I'll use the mouse for those, but then I also relegate non-combat or long recharge powers to those trays, keeping attack chain powers in the lower tray.

My wife hardly uses a mouse at all. She uses the arrow keys for movement and the number keys for the primary tray. The mouse activates secondary/tertiary powers and selects enemies.

Both my parents use the mouse mainly for movement, as well.

Having said that, I am the only one I know who uses keybinds (including binding my wife's warshade trayswap commands). I tried to get my parents (and my sister and brother-in-law) into kheldians, but it was the keybinds that in the end drove them away. Just too non-intuitive.

Fantastic work, Rakeeb!

I agree very much with your conclusions on the forms.

Question: Had you thought to try the dwarf numbers with a force feedback +recharge proc slotted in every dwarf attack? It feels like it helps my dwarf's attack chain(I monitor recharge in combat numbers), but I've never really taken the time to quantify how it affects damage output.

Overall, though, a well-wrought analysis! Good work!