I would be down for some more Trials. I like the idea of just doing the bust in and take names, with a monster at the end.
Loads of enemies, AVs, jumbled around. All you need is yourself and a team to go bust heads.
I am /signed for this.
I like this idea. Of the current trials the only one I really enjoy is the Sewer Trial. The respec trial is extremely dull and the Cavern and Eden trial offer horrible rewards due to the number of speed teams (yes I know, rewards aren't everything but if I'm going to spend time fighting my way through it would be nice to get a decent reward).
The hour long -fly effect from the swarms. The fact they were everywhere. The god damn - TP effect... I mean, NO other group in the game has that bloody effect!
No map...I utterly despise having no map. I mean, I've been there, ergo I will have it noted or something. Not just 'No Map'...I mean, the hells?
My trial experience so far has been an excercise in patience and pain management, so far. If they can do a Trial that doesnt make me feel like taking a flamethrower to the nearest batch of innocent weeds, thats good. If its anything like the current trials then no, thanks all the same...
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.
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NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.
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well, I've felt generally "meh" about trials, as my only experiences with them were bad, in both respec and Abandoned sewers, but those were probably due to bad planning more than anything else. the other day I played the Eden trial, and I was blown away by it. a single setting, yet pleanty long, with a basic challenge: get to the end and beat up Mr. big. it was reallyno more complex in terms of mission objectives than a newspaper mission, but it was on such a grand scale! the Lake of Acid! the mile long caverns! the elaborate honeycombed area in th first room! the carcasses of eons dead leviathans! this thing was huge, and SERIOUSLY delivered both in terms of challenge and fun without needing byzantine knowledge of how the thing worked. I ran the Respec trial like last year, so I don't remember much about it, but it too was edging towards that.
I propose more trials in the spirit of the Eden trial, HUGE, awe inspiring places worthy of recall, with some prize lying at the end of it (i.e. a 10 story tall monster made of diamonds. could also be robot, demon, dinosaur, etc.)
I keep hearing pleas for more task forces, but have yet to hear anything about more trials. why is that? they offer the promise of a straight-up superteam smashing through a villain's evil cheme without having to work your way throug his entire org chart first, or consistently fail to do anything meaningful to stop it. as funa s the ITF is to play, the first two missions are... um... kind of useless in story terms. what's the distinction between a TF and trial, anyway?
Praetoria trial?
Nemesis Trial?
5th Column trial?