Changing "Master of Lambda Sector" criteria *and* the Incarnate Trail reward table

*note* Cross-posted from the i20 discussion forums.

Amidst a lot of discussion regarding the "quasi-random" reward table that rewards people based on their participation, I was thinking of something. Personally, this is what I'd like to see ...

Entire league gets the same reward at the same rate (like what is already done on TFs).

In order to get the common/uncommon/rare/very rare, it would depend on how well the league does on the trail.

Met all of the "Master of..." objectives in a single run? Very rare table for everybody.

Get 3/4 of the objectives? Rare table.

2/4 objectives = Uncommon table.

1/4 objectives = Common table.

0/4 objectives, but complete the trail = 10 threads.

This would require changing the objectives for MoLambda considerably, to make it possible to get 1, 2, 3, or all 4 badges in a single run. Right now you can get either 1 (Synchronized badge), 3 (if you take down Marauder without using any temp powers but failed to get Synchronized), or all 4 in a single run. After the bug is fixed, you'll only be able to get 2 badges in a run at the very most. Instead, this is how I would do it:

MoLambda Badge #1: Get grenade / acid within 2 seconds of each other (Synchronized badge)

MoLambda Badge #2: Get 10 grenades *and* 10 acids (Well Stocked)

MoLambda Badge #3: Don't get any grenades or acids during Marauder fight (new badge name, "Didn't Need It"?)

MoLambda Badge #4: Defeat Marauder without using any temp powers (Lambda Looter)

The reason for #3 is because, well, MoBAF already has one extremely easy badge (the "don't click on any glowies" badge), and MoLambda should have a bade that's similarly easy.

Also, I'd give players the option to "climb down" the reward table if they desired to. After all, to get tier4 across all 4 slots, you need 4 very rares, 8 rares, 8 uncommons, and 64 commons. I imagine that many people would rather "trade down" to get a common instead of an uncommon or rare.

Of course, Standard Code Rant applies and all that. But that's how I would've done it. This way seems the most fair to everybody.

While not 100% perfect, it still sounds a lot better than the 'random' (read: Broken) junk thats in place at the moment. And that alone would encourage team work and 'participation' far more than the current way.

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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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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Congratulations on your successful Master run! For a reward, you get either 10 Threads, or One Super Inspiration.

If it ends that, I'll support it.

The random/participation-decided rewards was fine... when you could use just about anything it gave you. Now, when you only have that one piece of Very Rare salvage you need? Pfft. Hope you appease the luck gods.

I agree with this idea. Because its not like we didn't go through set parameters to get specific rewards before in CoH (like in the TFs/SFs...or Regular Trials...or the Special Holiday events...or the Rikti Invasions...or, Hell, the Alpha Arc itself...)

Apparently the current rewards table is based on power activations. I know one guy who did nothing but toggle Rest on and off the entire trial and got the Very Rare table. This is repeatable.

This royally disenfranchises MMs, Illusionists, Storms, Traps, and I don't know who all else since you drop your long recharge powers and they do the work for you.

That combined with the Bots bugs and deliberately fouled up AI (stealth nerf) have caused me to set my Bots/Traps MM aside until this is fixed. I am not happy, since I happen to like this character.