LAMDA bites

I've posted this before and I guess I need to again.

LAMDA is pointless to do if you're a squishy, in particular one which has just got to 50. I just died about 20+ times, if I survive not being one shot then I can burn all of my inspirations only to be chased down an slaughtered.

There is no skill in being one shot, there is no fun in spending 90% of the time in the hospital. I die casting once, I die not even casting, I die running, I die standing and fighting. There is no safe place to get like in a pack of other players since the AoE on them kills me.

And don't bother telling me it will get easier once I've level shifted because I doubt I will EVER play it once I have the absolute minimum from there.

You need to give the players some type of tools to figure out what's wrong with the character, like some way to know I need more X defense or more Y resistance and how to obtain such. Just letting them die like tissue paper .... well it just makes me want to close my account and find a game that some kind of skill is still involved.

I've died more times on my scrapper than I have on my defender and controller COMBINED.

It will get easier once you're level shifted.

If your group stays (somewhat) together and supports each other, it's usually easier. Get scattered, and yeah, you'll get swatted a fair bit trying to get back together.

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I generally don't have problems with my controllers and defenders on Lambda as long as I let a melee type (or an uppity blaster) grab aggro first.

But then, every one of my squishies has some power (superior invis) or combination of powers/IOs (e.g., super speed + celerity stealth) that gives them the equivalent of invisibility, so I can run around most of the maps that don't have Rikti Drones or Nem Snipers without trouble. I'd recommend looking into that as an option, since it's easy to fit Stealth into many builds now, and Sprint will take either Celerity or Unbounded Leap stealth pieces to stack with it.

Here's an idea: YOU lead the raid and YOU set the tone and speed.

First, kill mobs in the street. When that's done, destroy all the guns around the complex. You know, those giant ones on the roof of the outer wall? That's what's shooting you.

When it comes time to split up for temps, order your party to stick together through the warehouse/Lab. Threaten to kick anyone who gets too far from you. Let tanks and controllers take care of agro while you toss out a few AoEs. Make your way through whichever portion you're in and get all the glowies. Remember, since you're the league/team leader and have power over the kick button, people have to listen to you (granted, if you're a jerk about it and don't give people a chance to make up for not hearing you the first time and kick half your team in a fit of cursing, everyone will drop and not team with you again. I'd recommend making it very clear before forming the queue that you're going to insist on your team sticking together). Also, make sure you're not too close to a container when it explodes, it'll stun and repel you and do a lot of damage.

When it comes time to face Marauder, have the people who grabbed acids take care of the portals. Do not engage the AV yet. Once everyone is back, have people cast their buffs and go after the Big Dawg. Stay about 60 feet from him at all times, and make sure a tank is near you to grab ambush agro, if necessary (Too much closer and you may get AoE'd. Any further and you might get hit with orbital strikes).

If you need more temps, grab a tank and a scrapper on your team and go after the shipments while everyone else continues to fight. Maybe a Defender/Troller/Corr to keep you buffed, too. Everything should go smoothly from there.

TL;DR: Run it yourself and use your team to keep you safe.

Running Lambda gets you incarnate stuff. Stuff that makes you less squishy.

I died a fair amount on my uber multi-billion inf main claws/sr. Now I can solo the crates and canisters without breathing hard.

I fail to see the problem here.

I think it's recommended 4 blues + breakfire to 'catch' back up after a splat. In any case, realizing I could buy insps at the hospital helped reduce my chain-dying time in Lam.

I've done LAMBDA a couple times on my emp and regen scrapper (squishiest scrapper ever) and neither one died very often. Agge has one (1) (a single) IO slotted (BOTZ -KB), and Maggie has half of her enhancement slots empty due to a rework of her build. Neither have any incarnate abilities slotted at all.

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Inspirations
get them, use them, love them.

A few days ago I did both Lambda and BAF with a controller I hadn't touched in over a year. I died 8 times total, the rest of the time I was actively playing and supporting the team. My own squishiness was irrelevant when I could cuddle other people while they were using their tasty Destiny buffs.

Remember when squishies died all the time on regular missions? The solution was that they learned to target through the tank and stop exposing themselves to agro.

Same here.

As a squishie, particularly one who is completely unprepared to solo in this trial, you need to learn something very important. How to FOLLOW.

NPCs go after the first thing they see. If you're doing things right, that's a big tough melee type, not you. The second key to following is, when the guy you're following stops you keep going a little bit until you're just past him. That way if anything is mad at you and not him, they run into him before they run into you, instead of shooting you in the back.

"But I know how to follow!" is inevitable at this point. Clearly you do, but you don't know the best ways.

Here are some tips to make it easier, particularly on Lambda:

1) Before the trial even starts, open your minimap, and disconnect it from your Nav bar and move it to the side of your screen. You don't need it all the time, but during the Sabotage phase it helps a lot.

2) When the raid leader tells the teams which side to go on, and WHO TO FOLLOW, you click on that name in your League window, right click, and Set as Waypoint. This gives you a yellow beacon so it's easier to see when the move, and it works through walls.

3) when you get to the minimap your team is on, open your map and zoom it out all the way. The game has a bad habit of zooming the map in partway. Zoomed out and you can easily see where you should be at all times.

Those are the tips for following. IF you die, buy some more purples in the hospital and get back, and use the minimap to find your group again.

Between those tips and obviously smart things like not firing off AoEs or staying to fight when everyone leaves, you should be fine.

This is about learning, and clearly you're sort of trying to do the incorrect things and not getting it quickly.