LAMDA and new squishy 50

I just got a new fire/rad controller to 50. I puts some IO sets on him. I didn't put any purples or anything like that but I may need a few more sets to fill him out nicely.

I tried lambda and this is pretty much my experience.

first group POOF, I'm dead. I don't even see what hit me, probably just LAG. I think I only got one cast off. There were one or two more POOFs before going inside, I can't even get close to anything for my choking cloud to even try to hold anything. for the most part none of my Mez works on anything worth using mez on. I can't see any indication my char or flash fire do anything but put aggro on me. I end up lagging behind everyone to hope someone else might take aggro first.

Once in the warehouse the first group goes ok with the same wait technique but by the second or third container the tank is at his aggro limit. I'm one shot and POOF I'm dead. self rez using phoenix and die before my body leaves the ground.

I want to know what the developers were thinking when the made this instance. Tanks apparently don't need healers since the healers would just die for the same reason I died. LAMDA can be fun with the right character but it's HORRIBLE on others. I seem to like it the most on my illusion controllers followed by my tanks. I seem to HATE it on almost everything else. Other than hiding in the hospital until this part is over I find it pointless to try and help. It was the worst on my ice/kin controller since slow doesn't seem to scale down like other powers. ( one ice cast and I'm dead ). The whole one shot thing means no healer could save me if they wanted to.

I'm really hating LAMDA and wish I could get my XP doing regular TFs and what not.

Well a third trial is due out before i21 and the Devs have mentioned creating a solo/story path for incarnat experience as well.

You can also do BAF and use threads and astrals to unlock experience for your interface slot without running Lamda at all.

so you have options right now, and more will come in the future.

As far as your experience goes, I haven't had such problems with aggro on my blaster or dom. Typically spawns die so fast I can only get in one attack or at most two. Until we're at the final stage that is and all the adds keep coming in, but at that point I just stay at a distance and focus on Marauder so no worries.

I do recommend avoiding choking cloud as it won't really help much and there are a lot of AoEs if you get in close. Stay back and blast instead of focusing on control. Once you get the hang of the flow of combat mix in your debuffs and controls, both of which do draw more aggro than pure damage alone does. You can also focus on single-target attacks over AoEs for the first few, then AoE when the mob is smaller and already attacking someone else.

Last, don't worry about purples, only one gives significant defense (but it is the best ranged defense available anywhere), they are mostly used for recharge. If you are dying alot, look into thunderstrikes, Multistrikes and other reasonably affordable yellow sets with ranged and aoe defense bonuses.

OutaControl,

I laughed when I read your post. I have controllers and dominators...both are consider squishies. I have had the same experiences that you have had. I will say this first...this is the most humbling experience in the game. I have even been kicked from teams immediately because of this.

Let me say this first, these two types are crowd controllers, they are not frontline fighters....I just say that to set expectations. I have tried very hard to semi-adapt them. Personally, I prefer Dominators to Controllers because they have assault powers. For example, I'm in the process of replacing my hero controller with a hero dominator just so I can get more punch/power to my characters. To get the good stuff you must having killing power in this game. Plain and Simple.

Potential solutions:

1. Add stealth/invisibility
2. Let other's take the aggro on targets first, you should be last to enter the fight. I can't say this enough. Use ranged, PBOE, Pets but don't physically get near ground zero. I have been successful with this.
3. If you desire heavy hand to hand, consider a different Archetype.
4. Watch your back, Lambda enemies have constant attacks that will quickly drain you to zero.
Avoid the Warwork and Heavy Troopers, their weapons are designed just to drain you.
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Warworks
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Imperial_Defense_Force

Remember every team member has a role but if people crossover sometimes it can create more problems. The controllers/dominators have low hit points because they should not be leading combatting or heavily engaged in it.

Hope this helps.

Also remember you're fighting +4s here. Until you get your level and incarnate shifts, you should be fighting from range. Get to know your powers. Choking Cloud for example, will barely affect +4, maybe a second or two of hold at the most.

Print out the lambda sector map and basically just leech during the warehouse and training facility parts until you memorize the path. Once you can keep up with the speed runners on that part it becomes a lot less painful.

Just to round things out and re-emphasize... I'm not bothering with the trials on any of my characters until they are done with their alpha slot, which is the rare level for most of them. Being only -3 really helps, versus -4 (and even then, my Blaster without any buddies can get hurt in the Lambda warehouse/lab runs).

Also, be really careful of how you engage your foes... as someone with control powers, make sure you fire those before they can see you: if they see you before you use your mass control, their alpha will still hit you... and that will hurt on any squishy, not matter what you hear the braggarts say in the forums or on channels.

Last but not least, do NOT go it alone, even if you are used to it (at least until you get all your level shifts). For most of the trials, you will be working in a larger group and you may not notice this, but the mobs in these things are designed to at least challenge a group of Incarnate shifted people. You alone are much, much weaker than that, no matter how bad you think you are. Lambda makes this point clear for you, as people tend to race about too much in the warehouse. Running together in groups and attacking crates together is much more helpful than going it alone.

Case in point, my Tank had a harder time on this portion of Lambda, and I was getting annoyed about it. Then he started getting more powers and it was much easier... Diamagnetic's -to hit made a huge difference for his survivability, and then Barrier and level shifts make death much more rare. I still have to make sure not to take on too many mobs at once, though. These things are supposed to be a challenge, so take care with your tactics and work with your team.

They did not nerf the "B" in Lambda.