Master of Keyes Island or bust...

I'm setting up the next round of attempts for the MoKeyes. I'm planning on working really hard to get these badges done this weekend. I'm only going to list beginning times because I don't want to limit the time we spend on these.

• Friday, 7/15/2011: Starting at 8pm EST(7pm CST)
• Saturday, 7/16/2011: Starting at 2pm EST(1pm CST)

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Originally Posted by Omega Shockwave Our objectives: Loves a Challenge badge - During final stage no one can die AND none of the terminals can be destroyed Avoids the Green Stuff badge - During final stage no one is caught by the Obliteration Beam (green location AoE) Requirements: Have Ventrilo installed. I want EVERYONE on voice communication. I don't care if you don't have a microphone (actually want talking at a minimum), but I want everyone to be able to hear directions. Bring a character worthy of this... I'm not saying everyone needs to be +3 shifted..., but I would like for everyone to have all of their incarnate slots unlocked and have at least a tier 1 slotted for each. These powers are going to be very helpful during these badge runs, hence the requirement. This is not intended to be used to get your IXP, please do that on other trials. I'll reserve the right to make exceptions on this, but it will be highly unlikely. You need to have run this trial before. Too easy to blow the MO badges if you don't have a clue as to what you're doing. Our goal here is to get the badges, not be learning this. We should already know how to do the basic trial. (also a good idea to read up on this unless you are very very familiar with all parts of the trial. Be respectful of others in the league trying to work for this badge. Shouldn't need to say anything more about that. Check any egos at the door. If you commit to a run, make sure you have time to finish it. Soon as the green button comes up, you better be able to click it. I'm sure something will come up or DC's, but let's do our best to prevent mid-trial interruptions. This DOES NOT mean that you need to commit for the full 4 hours. Just be able to finish any run that you started. Remember to use the Rejoin via LFG, if you DC. Pay attention and follow directions. I'll have a chain of command established before we start running these (likely will be Main Lead > Team Lead > Team Member) . I think it's going to be very important to keep order with 24 people in on this so it doesn't turn into a mess that no one can hear what is going on. Group coordination is the name of the game here. More on this when it's go time. Be patient. Will things will go perfect on the first run. Not likely. Mistakes WILL be made during this. As long as we learn from them, that's fine. It's probably just how this is going to work out. Let's just not make any stupid mistakes and not chastise anyone that makes a mistake during these. Strategy: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Loves a Challenge - During final stage no one can die AND none of the terminals can be destroyed ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roles Needed: AV tank (with taunt, and preferably with good energy resistance) 3 primary healers (1 per team; should have a ranged heal) 3 secondary healers (if short on healing, the primary healers will have to cover each other... I'll cover this in depth on Friday) Setup: Bring healing inspirations... lots of them. If you are one of the healers (especially a primary one) make sure to bring break frees too. Special Considerations: Control your pets! We can't destroy any of the terminals during the final phase, so if you can't make sure they are not damaging the terminals... don't use them. (a scheme to avoid this is detailed in the plan below) The Plan: Just like a normal run up until the final showdown with Antimatter. We'll be avoiding the Obliteration Beam here just like we would for the "Avoids the Green Stuff" badge, but for this we do not have to worry about our pets. Disintegration is possibly the biggest hurdle for this badge. If you are disintegrated... call for help immediately and head toward a healer. If calling for help on the voice server, say your team number and character name so the healers can find you. If using the chat window... just type "help" and your team number (eg. "help 3"). The idea is to quickly let the healers know you need healing. During this phase make sure all chatter on the voice server is related to the trial so nothing critical is missed. Alpha and Beta entanglements aren't too much of a problem, just try to make sure you aren't next to someone that has a different bubble color. We will only be fighting Antimatter at his initial spawn point (at least that is my intent). We're fighting at that spot so we can use AoE's/Pets to help defeat Antimatter without risk of destroying the terminals. (I figure it's easier doing it that way than trying to control pets, stick with only single target attacks, etc.) The AV tank will grab Antimatter's aggro (a healer will have the tank's back here) and the rest of us will unload on Antimatter. Pets/AoE's/etc are all fair game as long as they are not going to hit the terminals. Once Antimatter is down to 75% or so health, he'll freeze time and run to one of the spots with the 4 terminals to regenerate back to 100%. We'll NEED to let him get back to 100% before we can fight him again. The AV Tank will then grab aggro again (and ONLY the tank will go over there) and pull Antimatter back toward the initial spawn point again. Once he's down to about 50% health, he'll freeze time again, regenerate fully, and our AV Tank will pull him back to the spot again. Around 25% health, Antimatter will fully regenerate one last time. The AV Tank will pull to the spot again and we'll finish Antimatter for good. As long as no one dies during this final stage, we'll get the badge. Healers, be on top of your game here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Avoids the Green Stuff - During final stage no one is caught by the Obliteration Beam (green location AoE) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Roles Needed: Beam Watchdog (calls out the beam and where it's located) Mez Protection Buffers (as needed) Setup: Once the final reactor is shut down we will DISMISS ALL PETS (Lore, Pri/Sec/Epic/Patron, Temporary). Everything must go! Mastermind pets included. Stone Armor tanks/brutes will drop out of Granite Armor and Rooted. Everyone will need to be able to move quickly to get out of the way of the beam. (Hibernation would be good to avoid too) Bring break frees too in case something mezzes you. Special Considerations: Pets: Last I knew, pets caught in the Obliteration Beam would disqualify the league from the badge. This is a known issue and once fixed, it will not matter if pets are caught in the beam. Visibility: I'd highly recommend everyone zooms out as far as they can for the final stage to get maximum visibility. The Plan: Just like a normal run up until the final showdown with Antimatter. First, all pets will be dismissed. No exceptions. If you die, remember to NOT re-summon pets if it's a habit. Stone Armor tanks and brutes will be ditching Granite and Rooted. I'll be asking that everyone zooms out as far as they can so we've got the best chance possible to get a visual on what area the Obliteration Beam is targeting. I'm also going to be asking that everyone is at ground level during this fight. (Note: This does not mean you need to turn off flight/hover, just keep it as low to the ground as you can... very low) If you are lying on the ground dead and the beam is about to fire, hit the hospital. I have no idea if that counts or not if you're in the beam but dead. Best not to take any chances. We'll try to fight Antimatter in the wide open area where he initially spawns. (we'll have to see how well this will work, no promises on this part of the plan.... so be able to adjust on the fly if needed) After each 25% we'll have a tank try to quickly pull him back to that initial spot. I want the Obliteration Beam AoE to appear on the ground, in the open area where we can all easily see it. Aside from the no pets request, we should be able to throw everything else that we have available at him. I'll call out over the voice server whenever the Obliteration Beam is being used and where at. When the call is made, move away from the beam as quickly as possible (keeping low). We'll need to cut out the chatter over the voice server during this time to ensure everyone can hear the calls. (The only exception will be if you are mezzed by something other than time being stopped. If that happens, call out your team number, your character's name, and that you are mezzed.) Hopefully we don't get caught by the Obliteration Beam due to time being stopped, but that's not entirely in our control. I will be keeping an eye on when the time stoppages are about to occur, and will try calling those out as well. This badge is going to take a lot of attention and some luck to get.

count me in and i finally got a mic Well execpt saturday till 530 (dont get off work till then(work Sucks))

I am willing to lend a Hammer!
I'll send a tell when I am in game, but Friday is my wife's birthday so who knows when I'll get on?

Count me in for both days, Omega.
The later time on Friday sure helps as I was afraid I was going to miss the start of your last run (although I am not working on Friday - taking the misses to see Harry Potter 7-2. Looking forward to learning more and hopefully we'll get those badges this time around.

Rosa Quartz can be available Friday night. Not so much the Saturday.

Sorry I missed last week's run. I'm an idiot who can't figure out how to tell time. For some reason, I got it in my head that everything last week was happening at 9:00 PM EST, so I missed your MoKIR attempt.

I've made myself some scathing notes, so hopefully, I get it right this time...

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I will not rest until everyone knows to "Avoid the Green Stuff!"

Count me in both days!

I don't have vent - but if I'm available I'll try to be there.

I should be able to join in on the Friday attempt.

I'll see everyone tomorrow night.

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Edit: Clarification that I will only be available tomorrow, Friday Night, as I will be at sleeping before and then at work Saturday.

Got one more of the badges done for this... Loves A Challenge. Took about 6 hours to finally get it, but we ended up becoming very good/coordinated at this particular badge. We didn't quite get "Avoids the Green Stuff", but are close to it.

Lot of good stories to go along with this. Ask about our "Terminal Man", .

Here are the lucky ones who earned it.

• Princess Scarletta (@Omega Shockwave)
• Spring Chick (@Paish)
• Ion Defense (@Mad Skills)
• Calx Everto (@Rekatrednu)
• Ullikummis (@Ullikummis)
• Nephila (@Dark Energon)
• Vixen Healer (@Vixen Healer)
• Ampithea (@Kragothe)
• It Outta Be Botly (@Botley)
• SinnerSaint (@SinnerSaint)
• Lady Willow (@LadyWillow)
• Alita (@Leen)
• Armeros (@Armeros)

Terminal Man?
No.. his name was either Jarvis, Hale or Voice Over Man :P

But yeah.. basically that whole list was there for the whole 6 hours of 7 runs straight. Some came one or two runs later, but as far as i can remember, we had nobody drop, or come in half way.

I am proud that nobody left their head hanging when things looked like it wasn't going to happen. We kept each other on track and focused on the goal.

We gave people time to take care of some RL stuff, so we waited. This was also nice, since the grinding to get to the final fight is so long and we got that down like clockwork since we have been doing this pretty much more than anyone on our server. Most of this list have 'Bunker Buster' too, and i think we do not want to get MoKeyes without this little group we made.

The few that were not there to get this badge, don't worry, we worked hard to get this, and we will help you get it too!

Since the Obliteration Beam always targets someone on the league, it is easiest to deal with if you can make its location predictable. You can do this by having the entire league collapse into a tight group on the AV. Thus when the Beam starts to fire, everyone just has to move away from the AV. After the beam finishes, everyone just re-collapses on AM. That makes the times AM is in his regeneration chamber the only really dangerous time, although if you could stay together even then, that would be helpful too (but that is difficult).

This prevents the beam from firing on someone who is at range and having people accidentally move into the beam when trying to get away from it.

*testing....testing....testing....*
*can someone adjust the gain....oh, wait...there we go*

I am glad that we were able to get that badge last night (Loves A Challenge) and we gave it a good run for the other one (Avoids The Green Stuff). I am glad you enjoyed the soothing terminal calls as we progressed around the reactors. What I did enjoy most was the good times and camaraderie between all of us during the trial and during the cool down times between runs.

After being on for 8 hours and then taking the misses to Subway for dinner, since there was nothing else open, she was a great sport about it. Every bite of that Subway Club was made better by earning that badge last night. Should have ordered two of them.

I look forward to future runs, especially with such great people and players.

Kudos to Omega for putting it all together and for everyone not to lose heart after so many close calls.

.....and now let's get back to another 50 minutes of smooth, easy favorites....Dave....

Yes, much fun was had. While I don't really care about collecting badges I do really enjoy a good challenge and helping out. Thanks Omega, for putting it together and inviting me. I am definitely on board for the rest of it and any other challenges you want to do.

"A true hero has the strength to stand against evil
without wavering where all others despair,
even if it means standing alone." - Kragothe Valour

Dang, i missed it haha.

AWESOME way to go Guardians!! What I loved most about this..OTHER than beating Posi's dam mish...Was how everyone kept a good attitude. No one got grumpy. We all gave each other the 5-15 min breaks we needed to take care of the few little things around the house. OH, and the awesome players on that league! I can honestly say that it has been well over a YEAR since I sat at the CPU and gammed ALL DAY. (I ran a lam/baf and master STF in the morning before we started). Had a really great time. I'm looking foward to knocking out those other 2 badges and scoring Master of Keys. Wearing with pride my "Loves A Challenge".

Congrats all, wish I could have snuck on Saturday or stayed a little later on Friday, but thems da breaks. Congratulations!

Congratulations! Sorry I vanished, but my internet died.

I don't think I'm meant to have these badges...

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Gratz to all that got that badge! Maybe Rosa can get it when you all decide you need it for your alts.

According to this the pet problem for avoids the green is fixed in the next patch. (which is tommorrow)

Much as I would have liked to get this one the hard way...

We can always NOT use pets, if you want Ulli.