The best way to never botch your character build?
By
Augury,
Posted on: 2005-12-08 01:48 in Union (EU)
This respec trial is insane. INSANE. But we finally made it. I might type more later but I think plenty of advice is being dispensed already about this and on the US boards.
All I'll say is, bring 5 shivans on everyone. You'll need them.
Also on an upnote, if you wipe in the ambush you can pick the ambushers off and there won't be another, so you don't have to freak out, and no amount of respawning of the vines will mean you can't hurt the core.
PS: Most unfun thing I've ever done in CoV, but I'm proud we got it done.
Actually, I don't find the respec trial that annoying... the missions before the main mission is easy and fast to do.
The tree there is a very simple way to make it easy (And having tried it with 8 people and 97 thorns, I don't see it as a cheat!)
Before entering the last mission, everyone log off but the leader (could be anyone though) then the leader enters the mission. Everyone else logs back on (a 2 min wait should be fine) and boom, 24 thorns to kill, no more!
This makes it alot easier and not that much of a hazzle 
however what I've found out is that if you cant manage to kill those 24 vines in time (with an 8 man team) they will respawn for the 8 man team.
"god, how many devs did hami have to sleep with to get ED?"
Total Cat @Stagefright
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however what I've found out is that if you cant manage to kill those 24 vines in time (with an 8 man team) they will respawn for the 8 man team.
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The Vines respawn no matter what... but when you get them down to 0, they don't count anymore... they respawn, but you don't need to kill them to attack the tree 
Try it with 97.... THAT is a pain in the,.. BUM!
And if 8 people can't kill 24 vines in time... they suck!
I remember not choosing the respec in coh the first time as I didn't see the top option and thought you got it automatically. I cried like a baby also when I did select it the second time, but forgot completely to add a travel power 
The Smoking Demon
Ash/Tar Corruptor
Union
@The Smoking Demon
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however what I've found out is that if you cant manage to kill those 24 vines in time (with an 8 man team) they will respawn for the 8 man team.
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The Vines respawn no matter what... but when you get them down to 0, they don't count anymore... they respawn, but you don't need to kill them to attack the tree
Try it with 97.... THAT is a pain in the,.. BUM!
And if 8 people can't kill 24 vines in time... they suck!
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yeah i know, but I did it once, using the trick to spawn 24.. rush in with 8 ppl only to find out all but 2 went afk or crashed while we were killing those 24, resulting in us 8 having to clear 97 because those 24 werent destroyed in time :P
"god, how many devs did hami have to sleep with to get ED?"
Total Cat @Stagefright
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however what I've found out is that if you cant manage to kill those 24 vines in time (with an 8 man team) they will respawn for the 8 man team.
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The Vines respawn no matter what... but when you get them down to 0, they don't count anymore... they respawn, but you don't need to kill them to attack the tree
Try it with 97.... THAT is a pain in the,.. BUM!
And if 8 people can't kill 24 vines in time... they suck!
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yeah i know, but I did it once, using the trick to spawn 24.. rush in with 8 ppl only to find out all but 2 went afk or crashed while we were killing those 24, resulting in us 8 having to clear 97 because those 24 werent destroyed in time :P
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Don't see how that happened... if you got 24 vines to begin with, that doesn't change... even if people drop or go afk...
I just did the respec with my SG today, all went perfectly! One thing... I got a respec... !! And I have already gotte it from the first one...
SO...
If noone knew this, the Respec trials are on timers... you can do them as often as you like, and I think that every 7 days you can be awarded a respec....
No more whining over only being able to get 3 respecs
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however what I've found out is that if you cant manage to kill those 24 vines in time (with an 8 man team) they will respawn for the 8 man team.
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The Vines respawn no matter what... but when you get them down to 0, they don't count anymore... they respawn, but you don't need to kill them to attack the tree
Try it with 97.... THAT is a pain in the,.. BUM!
And if 8 people can't kill 24 vines in time... they suck!
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yeah i know, but I did it once, using the trick to spawn 24.. rush in with 8 ppl only to find out all but 2 went afk or crashed while we were killing those 24, resulting in us 8 having to clear 97 because those 24 werent destroyed in time :P
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Don't see how that happened... if you got 24 vines to begin with, that doesn't change... even if people drop or go afk...
I just did the respec with my SG today, all went perfectly! One thing... I got a respec... !! And I have already gotte it from the first one...
SO...
If noone knew this, the Respec trials are on timers... you can do them as often as you like, and I think that every 7 days you can be awarded a respec....
No more whining over only being able to get 3 respecs
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Are you sure that's not just because you've hit the level range to get another respec? 34 sounds right, assuming it's the same in CoV as CoH.
Has the Trial become more difficult, then? I'm only asking since I plan to do the 2nd one soon...
The team I did it with back when didn't have too much trouble. I think we had a nice balance of ATs, and most of us were Exemped down for it. There was I think 1 team wipe, with a fair amount of sundry deaths along the way, but the last room, which people seem too find the hardest, we cleared quite quickly.
This was when the Trial worked fine, but the respec itself was bugged, though, so maybe things have changed?
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....and most of us were Exemped down for it.?
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Do it at the "proper" level - 24-30 - then come say it's easy the first time.
We went back there, around level 31, to help a lower level friend with it, and the tree was absolutely thrashed. SOs make a huge bloody difference.
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however what I've found out is that if you cant manage to kill those 24 vines in time (with an 8 man team) they will respawn for the 8 man team.
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The Vines respawn no matter what... but when you get them down to 0, they don't count anymore... they respawn, but you don't need to kill them to attack the tree
Try it with 97.... THAT is a pain in the,.. BUM!
And if 8 people can't kill 24 vines in time... they suck!
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yeah i know, but I did it once, using the trick to spawn 24.. rush in with 8 ppl only to find out all but 2 went afk or crashed while we were killing those 24, resulting in us 8 having to clear 97 because those 24 werent destroyed in time :P
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Don't see how that happened... if you got 24 vines to begin with, that doesn't change... even if people drop or go afk...
I just did the respec with my SG today, all went perfectly! One thing... I got a respec... !! And I have already gotte it from the first one...
SO...
If noone knew this, the Respec trials are on timers... you can do them as often as you like, and I think that every 7 days you can be awarded a respec....
No more whining over only being able to get 3 respecs
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Are you sure that's not just because you've hit the level range to get another respec? 34 sounds right, assuming it's the same in CoV as CoH.
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If that was right (think it's 31 actually, since the other is 24-30?) Then I should have done the second respec to recive the respec right ? It was the first... Well.. I'll do it again in a week See what happens :P
But if anyone else can confirm this?
Oh, sure, it can be really easy.
Say the person needing a respec is level 27.
You have 5 others who are 31 or 32.
You log off before every mission and have the level 27 enter the mission with one higher level PC who can run through the mission and ghost it.
Result? Mobs spawned for 2 players at level 29 and 30, 24 vines, and 5 players decked out with SOs who can mess up the core and defeat the ambush.
Of course if you do it with a bunch of 26s and 27s who all actually need the respec, it's really NOT that easy.
EDIT: I believe 34 is the minimum level to get another respec. I did it at 31 again and it wasn't an option.
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however what I've found out is that if you cant manage to kill those 24 vines in time (with an 8 man team) they will respawn for the 8 man team.
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The Vines respawn no matter what... but when you get them down to 0, they don't count anymore... they respawn, but you don't need to kill them to attack the tree
Try it with 97.... THAT is a pain in the,.. BUM!
And if 8 people can't kill 24 vines in time... they suck!
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97!! Damn thats a lot, tried it other day with 50+ vines and that took some doing, so i tip my virtual hat to you my good man.
Also has anyone else found that in whole the respec mission is a damn sight easier than the Terra Volta trial....but dont let the dev's know that or its a nerf'in for sure, knowing my luck i'll try it and would've stuck Hami in with the shrub
It's to know what the respec trial involves.
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Thanks to the following people tonight:
My girlfriend Augury, a Grav/Energy Dominator.
One of the first people I grouped with: Hexyn, also a Grav/Energy Dominator.
The seven foot tall butch amazon lookalike Misantrophia, a Rad/Rad Corrupter.
And finally, the healer that kept us together; Aleph, a Rad/Dark Miasma Corrupter.
It was a slog (We started around midnight and finished at around 3:30am), but we shot through things at a solid pace; wiped a couple of times (Due to panicking and adds), but we bounced back and eventually - with a healthy use of Shivans and cuss-filled ranting - tore open the Spirit Tree and claimed our prizes.
We all plan to respec tommorow, when we've had some sleep.
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Please, people; I beg you. Don't mess up your build. Just think of the damn respec trial. Please.