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Yep, just punch him in the face a lot. But thats kind of the thing, with only 1 person in range the healer heals for crap. It was actually the dmg aura nictus that caused the most trouble. A few times i actually thought it was dead or something because it wasnt even healing.

I know people have done this before but last night I tried to solo an MoITF on my SS/fire/soul. It' was my 3rd time an i finally did it.
I must say, im really liking i20.

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A little side note is that i *actually* could have been done in about 1:03 but i ended DCing twice on the last mish. The first time i had finished romi and was 63 kills away. Then I DCing WHILE fighting romi. I'll have to run it again to see if i can beat that time.

Bad teams are bad.

That seems to be whats up with you, I've been running pug basically and think i failed 1st 3 Lambda's ive done and a few BAFs otherwise i havent failed very often.

Of course, lots of crashs and bugs right now. Which i expect will be fixed soon.

General rule of thumb i like to go with is 2 end/sec after toggles.

Radial. Even with only 25% chance you will hit the cap (right now they only stack 4 times, hear it was supposed to be 10 though) for that -res, and its only -2.5%. That extra dmg is the reason reactive is good.

But if it’s a high DoT build (like fire/ or /FA) it might not matter either way. Because it can proc for every tick of dmg in an attack, rather than every 10 seconds like IO procs.

But that’s just a theory right now with no numbers to back it up.

I actually do plan to get more than one of the interface slots. Eventually, that is.
But when its comes to soloing or even running of in another direction or ahead of your team reactive is lightyears ahead of every other slot, hands down.

While i highly recomend reactive interface i would go with more -regen than -tohit.

I think all incarnate slots work down to 45

Also, no ion fix yet? Yay, a judgement power does dmg you would expect from an incarnate power! I say just buff the rest of judgement :P

...seriously though

I have to agree with everything Syntax said. Except for one thing Mocking Beratement is fine it consume, as it’s +rech is quite nice, SS/ toons DO NOT need acc. However, 1-2 end mod IOs are very helpful in there.

But I’m going to put some extra emphases on Glooms slotting, blazing aura, shield wall being pure crap, LotGs, and you want to get to the s/l soft cap and ignore melee/ranged def. That will provide a surprising amount of def to ranged and AoE attacks, and it’s almost ALL melee attacks
Oh, and summon widow is PURE ****. I'd grab dark oblit, it’s an amazing attack and -tohit is quite useful actually. Especially if you get rang in there, really sweet dmg mit. I for one would actually drop darkest night, but that’s just me.

I generally try to shoot for s/l soft cap and 65% +rech on an SS/fire. Oh and 12 -kb.

Edit: *sigh* i take too long to post stuff

Interface is, imo, the best of the new iSlots. I really highly recommend getting it. My personal favorite is reactive as that DoT is epic, at least when you solo. But since you dont want reactive I believe one of them offers -dmg (or am i thinking of void?) maybe that would be nice, storm lacks that if i remember correctly. But the -regen would still be *okay.*

1. DO NOT SLOT FOR DEF. +rech, +rech, and more +rech. Insp can cover def, the one thing they can’t cover is +rech.
2. You shouldn't have any end problems.
3. When soloing you want about 3-4min tops, once you are IOed. Even on a cheap build. If you’re in it to make money you want the highest ticket/min possible, which is where the money is. If it's taking any longer you either need to find a different mish, change the way you run it, or take a look at your build.

Also, Drake. The soft cap is 45% no matter what, well +8s get extra tohit but that’s +8. Increased relative lvl only increases acc, which doesn’t affect the soft cap at all.

I would like to mention that the trials are actually quite easily succeeded in a pug, baf especially but hell its just plan hard to fail that one.

When it comes to farming you should easily be able to go with spirit.

As long as you like the toon then yes, of course its worthwhile. And yes, a lot of the mobs hit hard...really really hard. We brutes can no longer go off in a different direction then everyone else, or deal blaster lvls of dmg while also acting as the main tank. You really do need to stay with everyone.

I recomend ion due the the higer target cap. Dont expect that bug to last very long. And yes reactve, go the route of extra DoT not -res. Destiny, when it comes to farming yes i would go with ageless. Even though its not that great for normal gameplay. It's really not that much +rech, but its still +rech.

I see, ill likely go with Ion then. I do quite a bit of ambush farming so higher target cap is REALLY REALLY useful. But now do i do core for extra dmg, or radial for the hold which would be nice when i do other stuff. >.<

So, I’ve decided which powers to get, at least at first, for all the iSlots but judgement.
Reactive
Barrier (extra duration rather than rez i think)
WWs, sexy robot assassin ftw! :P

But for judgement i just can’t seem to decide...It's down to pyronic or Ion.
I’ve noticed that the rare (very rare?) ion says it has a target cap of 40. However, like all chain attacks, my guess is it’s not going to do that very often.
And then pyronic's highest target cap is 32, or 24 for the extra dmg. So which one is better?

Lambda Sector

Stage 1

Objective: kill 60 enemies

Strategize! (Highly recommended actions)
• Clear out all enemies on the road for extra iXP and thread drops
• Take out all the turrets on the wall of lambda. So people who die will be able to get back in.
• Clear the courtyard.
• DO NOT OPEN THE MAIN DOOR. Doing so may allow Marauder to escape, which means failure.

Be a leader not a wiener (what, if you are leadering, you need to do)
• Since this portion is not timed I think it is a VERY good idea to give people a rundown of the plan for the entire raid, and of course you will be giving those instruction again.


FAIL! (how you can fail the trial during this stage)
• It is not possible to fail this stage. However, if someone opens the main door you *might* fail during the Marauder fight.


STAGE 2

Objective: Kill security team, prepare for stage 3.

Strategize!
• Make sure NO ONE goes up the elevators, doing so will surely result in failure if your team is unready.

Be a leader not a wiener!
• This is the last time the trial is not timed. So once again you need to go over the instructions.
• Make sure both teams are balanced to have equal numbers of melee and squishy toons on each team.
• Make sure everyone is in position and knows where to go. Generally have team 1 goes to the warehouse and team 2 go to the training facility, but as long as each team goes to the right spot you will be ok.
• Make sure to tell everyone to stick with their team leader and STAY TOGETHER.
• Choose who will be the designated acid mule (all Molecular Acid will be give the them in stage 3.5) and the grenade mule (all Pacification Grenades will be given to them).
o I personally like to get the acid myself and then have a tank get the grenades, they will be less likely to die and thus will be there to use grenades. But really as long as it’s a good player who knows what to do you should be fine.
• Give a countdown as you prepare to finally enter

FAIL!
• Someone goes up the elevators before you and your team were ready.


Stage 3.1 This is the most important phase, **** up here and you failed the trial.

Objectives: destroy weapons cache in warehouse and containment chambers in in training facility.

Strategize!
• The weapons caches and containment chambers are always in the same place, use this to your advantage.
• Do not attack anything but the objectives.
• There is a 5 minute time limit. However, each time both teams destroy an objective you get an additional minute.
o I’m going to quote Garent because he explains this extremely well. “If team 1 destroys two objectives, and team 2 hasn't destroyed any, there is no time bonus. Once team 2 destroys their first objective, there will be a time bonus. It is possible to gain time instead of losing it if you move fast enough."

Be leader not a wiener.
• Again, make sure everyone knows what to do.
• Make sure the teams try and stay together. It is best if each is following someone who knows the locations of all or some of objectives.
FAIL!
• Either team fails to get enough of the temp powers before timer runs out. Does not end the trial outright, but makes success much more difficult.

Stage 3.2 (This is technically part of stage 4. Thus you now have 20 minutes remaining for the rest of the trial)
Objectives: All you do here is make sure the acid and grenade mules get all their temps.
Strategize!
• That’s it
• Hopefully it doesn’t make longer than 1 minute.

Be a leader not a wiener.
• That’s it

FAIL!
• If someone on your team fails to give the temps to the mules you can end up losing A LOT of time


Stage 4.1
Objective: Close portals and destroy Marauder's buddies.
Strategize!
• Have the acid mule close all the portals.
• IF you were unable to get enough temps you may need to destroy the extra weapons caches and containment chambers. This of course it something you do NOT want to end up doing.
• Marauder will be surrounded by a very large mob, it’s size can range from F*CKING HUGE to very large depending on how long it took to close the portals. You must clear this mob before you finally engage Marauder. Make sure everyone is staying together as a team.

Be a leader not a wiener.
• There are two possible “orders” you can give to the rest of your team. It is up to you to choose what if best
o 1: have them stay back until the portals are closed
o 2: have them begin clearing the surrounding mob by marauder while the portals are being closed
• Make sure the grenade mule DOES NOT use any grenades until the mob around Marauder
• Let people know that if they die go to the hosp immediately and GET INSP. It is in the zone. On return they should not open the main door but jump or fly over the lambda walls.

FAIL!
• You take too long and don’t have enough time to fight Marauder
• If someone opened the main door marauder can escape very easily.

Stage 4.2
Objective: engage and destroy marauder.
Marauder’s abilities:
• NOVA FIST, if you see “Nova Fist” (similar to the orbital lance from tin/apex) in red letters flash in the middle of your screen back the **** up or you likely die.
• ENRAGED, this gives Marauder insane def/res. If Marauder is enraged the grenade mule must use a Pacification Grenade on Marauder before the team will be able to do any dmg to him.
• Every now and then he will use super jump, this appears to happen at HP intervals.
• At low health he will use Unstoppable, you will want to try to keep on as many regen debuffs as possible so you can still work on killing him during the period.

Strategize!
• If someone did open the doors to lambda (mentioned earlier) try to move him away from it. If the doors are left closed all you need to do it punch him until he is dead and follow him when he uses super jump.

Be a leader not a wiener
• Its pretty simple. Just make sure people are only attacking Marauder, the grenade mule is using the grenades.
• Make sure people know to go to the hosp ASAP (or tell them to wait a few seconds for veng to be used etc) when they die. And to NOT return using the main door, they should fly/jump of the walls where you cleared the turrets.

FAIL!
• The most common way to fail is to run out of time. This is almost ALWAYS due to a stage 3 failure. If someone was hording temps you may also lose too much time.
• If Marauder should leave Lambda you will fail. This most often happens if someone opened the main door.

Macros
When it comes to lambda there is a lot of info the people need and very little time to tell them. For that reason I use quite a few macros, which I use during the 2 rundowns and the section of the trial they are about. I expect they may eventually be unneeded in the future once people generally know what to do already, and when everyone is +3 >.<

/Macro 1, say Phase 1: clear road, turrets (clockwise), courtyard. In that order. DO NOT open the main door. Opening the main door will make failure much easier.

(Notes: The direction you go to clear the turrets doesn’t matter, as long as people stay together.)

/macro 2, say phase 2: kill security team, do not enter elevators until I say to.

/macro 3, say Phase 3: move quickly and focus on objectives, stay together. 5 minute time limit. For each objective that both teams destroy, there's a time bonus of an additional one minute.

/macro 31, say Team 1: weapons cache in warehouse. Team 2: containment chambers in Training Facility. If one team should finish before the other, go help out the other team.

/macro 32, say Phase 3: temp powers: Molecular Acid is dropped for every containment chamber destroyed. Pacification Grenade is given away for each weapons cache destroyed. They are given away at random. Check if you have any of either under temporary powers.

/macro 4, say Phase 4 prep: Give all Pacification Grenades to $target. All Molecular Acid to me.

/macro Mar, say Phase 4: Hold at entrance until portals are down. Once they are down, we need to clear the mob around Marauder before we attack him. Stay together as a group target thru me. Then and only then do we attack Marauder.

/macro fight, Say Marauder’s abilities: NOVA FIST, if you see “Nova Fist” in red letters flash in the middle of your screen back the ***** up or you may die. Every now and then he will use super jump. At low health he will use Unstoppable.

/macro die, say If at any point you should die go to the hosp immediately. It is in the zone. Do not open main door of Lambda on return, jump or fly over walls.

And there you go. That’s my first attempt at a guide, hope it’s helpful. I will *hopefully* end up adding a map of the objective locations, at least for the warehouse as test facility is a lot easier imo, but that is going to be awhile if it even ever happens.
If anything can be made better or you see a typo I didn’t see please let me know.