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Originally Posted by InfamousBrad
As someone who's tried it several times, I can't endorse this idea.
Unless they've changed it since the last time I was on, the League Queue feature stops adding people to a team, even if they check the "I'm willing to join a raid in progress" button, at 1 more than the minimum to get in. So if you queue for a Lambda (minimum 8, maximum 16), it will launch you into it with 9 people, and never add any to it. And I do not believe that the Lambda Sector raid can be completed by a pick-up group of only 9 people. A carefully chosen team of 9 level 50(+1) people, absolutely, but a randomly selected group of level 50s, that may not even have a tank or a buffer/debuffer? Almost certainly not. However, people will be repeating these raids a lot; it takes at least 3 of each raid just to get enough XP to unlock the first of its slots, let alone craft anything for it, let alone unlock the 2nd slot. I don't think there'll be a shortage of teams on most servers. So find out where, on your server, people end up gathering cross-faction to recruit for leagues: it'll probably be RWZ, Pocket D, or Studio 55. I predict that even on the fairly low-pop servers, it won't take you very long to find at least enough people to join a Lambda raid. (On the lowest population servers, you may have to schedule them, like you probably already have to do for mothership and Hamidon raids.) |
I honeslty think the LFG queue is going to massively fail.
I won't be using it unless I am in a Preformed Raid team and Queuing with them.
If I cant do the trials that way, its time to let my sub expire.
When something good happens to me, I can never enjoy it....
I am always too busy looking for the inevitable punchline...
BEHOLD THE POWER OF CHEESE!
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We finished a Lambda with just 8 last week. With 8 of us that just happened to be on at the time. I think it largely comes down to having at least 1 person who knows the trial and can direct those unfamiliar. I believe only 3 of us had any of the new powers, but in the end it just came down to someone calling the shots.
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Originally Posted by InfamousBrad
As someone who's tried it several times, I can't endorse this idea.
Unless they've changed it since the last time I was on, the League Queue feature stops adding people to a team, even if they check the "I'm willing to join a raid in progress" button, at 1 more than the minimum to get in. So if you queue for a Lambda (minimum 8, maximum 16), it will launch you into it with 9 people, and never add any to it. And I do not believe that the Lambda Sector raid can be completed by a pick-up group of only 9 people. A carefully chosen team of 9 level 50(+1) people, absolutely, but a randomly selected group of level 50s, that may not even have a tank or a buffer/debuffer? Almost certainly not. However, people will be repeating these raids a lot; it takes at least 3 of each raid just to get enough XP to unlock the first of its slots, let alone craft anything for it, let alone unlock the 2nd slot. I don't think there'll be a shortage of teams on most servers. So find out where, on your server, people end up gathering cross-faction to recruit for leagues: it'll probably be RWZ, Pocket D, or Studio 55. I predict that even on the fairly low-pop servers, it won't take you very long to find at least enough people to join a Lambda raid. (On the lowest population servers, you may have to schedule them, like you probably already have to do for mothership and Hamidon raids.) |
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No offense, 3 of us had 50(+3) as well as all tier 4 powers :-p
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Originally Posted by Stratoman
We finished a Lambda with just 8 last week. With 8 of us that just happened to be on at the time. I think it largely comes down to having at least 1 person who knows the trial and can direct those unfamiliar. I believe only 3 of us had any of the new powers, but in the end it just came down to someone calling the shots.
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2. Wait
While there will be SOME teams that form before and then enter the Trail queue, on live there should be enough people in the general queue to form trails.
Unless they've changed it since the last time I was on, the League Queue feature stops adding people to a team, even if they check the "I'm willing to join a raid in progress" button, at 1 more than the minimum to get in. So if you queue for a Lambda (minimum 8, maximum 16), it will launch you into it with 9 people, and never add any to it. And I do not believe that the Lambda Sector raid can be completed by a pick-up group of only 9 people. A carefully chosen team of 9 level 50(+1) people, absolutely, but a randomly selected group of level 50s, that may not even have a tank or a buffer/debuffer? Almost certainly not.
However, people will be repeating these raids a lot; it takes at least 3 of each raid just to get enough XP to unlock the first of its slots, let alone craft anything for it, let alone unlock the 2nd slot. I don't think there'll be a shortage of teams on most servers.
So find out where, on your server, people end up gathering cross-faction to recruit for leagues: it'll probably be RWZ, Pocket D, or Studio 55. I predict that even on the fairly low-pop servers, it won't take you very long to find at least enough people to join a Lambda raid.
(On the lowest population servers, you may have to schedule them, like you probably already have to do for mothership and Hamidon raids.)