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At one point I noticed my cataphract was +9 and I was only +3 lol, I did hear about the only 16 players get the buff, but folks also told me you had to be next to tyrant when the wells went down to get the buff, I'm glad to hear thats not true :D
It was my understanding that when the lightning strikes it ticks at least once on everyone -- maybe some folks can be out of range? but some folks say they just don't get hit by it when they are moving fast. I have noticed maybe twice that I didn't appear to even take one pulse but its possible I was receiving a heal. (the more nasty case is when you get hit by it but it doesn't render)
Myself and a few others have noticed something odd when fighting Pendragon and crew, and thats that sometimes things like transfusion and radiant aura simply stop working (noticed on multiple runs). Also I had a full tray of respite and I was almost dead but no longer taking damage and I ate about 7 respites and my health did not change one bit. Also as I tend to put my kin in melee range, when transfusion stops working I almost always die lol. Also when our incarnate powers get siphoned I noticed that my charged armor also dropped yet I still had plenty of endurance, however I'd like to see it happen again so I can confirm it wasn't me being stupid.
As for rewards table, I have also a few times gotten just threads, as have many of my league mates, even on runs where we got badges and made Tyrant drop like a wet bag of sand lol. I guess I don't care that much but it is a little O.o
Anyways kinda off topic but I do like the final fight I think it was pretty well thought out. Other than fixing the level shift bug, please don't go making it easier :)
The hardest part now is getting teams to do it, as they are scared of it or they just want to farm it. Thankfully I have gotten a number of people through the trial and afterwards they said "Oh, thats not so bad", so hopefully they will spread the word. Although it doesn't help that the +0 and +1's who have lore and destiny unlocked want to do it and ***** and moan. Granted you don't need Lore at all for this trial unless attempting hard way or something like that, as I have run it quite a few times and had folks hold lore and he died before I could even call for it.