Keyes Badge Run

Amygdala, I believe @Sovereignsavior wanted in, putting team two at a full 8 members.

Are you all aiming to use voice chat? I have vent installed, but can't offer a server for this event, so it would have to be obtained elsewhere.

Voice chat was discussed, but I think we are going to try and skip it for now. If it's too hard to do it without Vent, I'm sure we'll reconsider that option.

I have access to a server if it's 100% necessary down the road.

Team 1
1) @Amygdala - Ice/Thermal Corruptor
2) @Captain Drej - Thugs/Pain MM
3) @BigMoneyHustla - Ice/Fire Blaster
4) @ResplendentMs - Emp/Dark def
5) @Cherry Cupcakes - fire/dark corr
6) @MAH - Emp/Psi Def
7) @Ascendant Destroyer - Elec/Elec Blaster
8)@Hospy - Robotics/Force Field MM

Team 2
1) @Cobalt Azurean (Elec/Elec Dom [probably])
2) @Zubenelgenubi (BLASTER, baby!)
3) @ChicagoDoodler (Mind/Psy Dom)[tentative on attendance]
4) purplemanwolf (MA/SR scrapper) [tentative on attendance]
5) Stray Kitten (scrapper?)
6) ZeroForce (blaster?)
7) @Jitsurei
8) @SovereignSavior

Team 3
1)@Disciple of Horus (whatever, probably DM/SD or fortunata)
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8)

"With great moustache comes great responsibility" - Zee Captain

Team 1
1) @Amygdala - Ice/Thermal Corruptor
2) @Captain Drej - Thugs/Pain MM
3) @BigMoneyHustla - Ice/Fire Blaster
4) @ResplendentMs - Emp/Dark def
5) @Cherry Cupcakes - fire/dark corr
6) @MAH - Emp/Psi Def
7) @Ascendant Destroyer - Elec/Elec Blaster
8)@Hospy - Robotics/Force Field MM

Team 2
1) @Cobalt Azurean (Elec/Elec Dom [probably])
2) @Zubenelgenubi (BLASTER, baby!)
3) @ChicagoDoodler (Mind/Psy Dom)[tentative on attendance]
4) purplemanwolf (MA/SR scrapper) [tentative on attendance]
5) Stray Kitten (scrapper?)
6) ZeroForce (blaster?)
7) @Jitsurei
8) @SovereignSavior

Team 3
1) Horus
2) @Magenta Phoenix (MA/Inv scrapper or Emp/Psi def, as needed)
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7)
8)

I should be able to be there. My badge toon is my scrapper, but my emp defender is available as needed.

As much as I'd like join this Keyes trial badge run. It's a bit too early for me as I'm working until 3pm east this saturday. However, I'd like to join if you are still running and have room some room when I actually log in.

I won't put my name on the list (since I know I can't attend the first run). But anyway, I'd bring my tanker Lady Clara (WP/Axe).

1) @Amygdala - Ice/Thermal Corruptor
2) @Captain Drej - Thugs/Pain MM
3) @BigMoneyHustla - Ice/Fire Blaster
4) @ResplendentMs - Emp/Dark def
5) @Cherry Cupcakes - fire/dark corr
6) @MAH - Emp/Psi Def
7) @Ascendant Destroyer - Elec/Elec Blaster
8)@Hospy - Robotics/Force Field MM

Team 2
1) @Cobalt Azurean (Elec/Elec Dom [probably])
2) @Zubenelgenubi (BLASTER, baby!)
3) @ChicagoDoodler (Mind/Psy Dom)[tentative on attendance]
4) purplemanwolf (MA/SR scrapper) [tentative on attendance]
5) Stray Kitten (scrapper?)
6) ZeroForce (blaster?)
7) @Jitsurei
8) @SovereignSavior

Team 3
1) Horus
2) @Magenta Phoenix (MA/Inv scrapper or Emp/Psi def, as needed)
3)@Sweet Justice (dark/dark def most likely could get another if need be)
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5)
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7)
8)

Just a heads up, we're now at 19 people on the sign up. Having numbers in a league over this amount has caused some to be kicked due to a bug.

I will try to accommodate everyone, but this may not be possible. Therefore, I will be giving priority to the people who have signed up thus far. What I will likely do is invite the first 19 and then have the remaining people join via the queue. From my experience, this seems to have resulted in fewer people getting kicked.

Also, to help limit confusion with other trials, we will be forming up in Pocket D, not RWZ.

Great job today guys, see you all again next week. I hope you all stay when issue 21 comes out. Champion really has a great set of players!

Thanks Amy.

Twice on the last run, got caught in the Obliteration Beam, no green on the ground, and menu said 19 seconds until next firing. Think this happened on others runs, but, did not check the timing. Also, got caught in the first run, and, I know I was not in the circle.

Got the Bunker Buster for today's effort, thanks all that came out.

Our first Keyes badge session is now complete. We did 4 runs total and did manage to get Bunker Buster on the first try. Unfortunately, were unable to get Avoids the Green Stuff, though we came extremely close several times. Overall people today should be extremely proud of their work today. It takes most groups several attempts. The fact that even on our first run only one person got caught in the beam was impressive to say the least.

Below are some notes:

What Worked Well

Bunker Buster
- Started at Bunker Lepton. There were 3 teams total; each team was assigned to a door. We beat them down to about 10% health, counted to 3, on 3 fired Judgements, etc. Rinse/repeat for remaining bunkers. Badge was awarded at the end of the trial.

Increasing Beam Visibility
- Lore pets were not used.
- Cameras zoomed all the way out at all times.
- Rebirth powers were changed to anything but green.
- Melee were asked not to melee the terminals during Anti Matter's regeneration, but instead use Judgements. (This prevented melee folk from being caught in the corners and allowed them to see the beam more effectively).
- Kept all players on the ground as much as possible to keep beam footprint on the ground. This means: No flying, and all hopping should be kept to a minimum.
- Anti Matter himself was also kept on the ground to limit the tendency for players to fly/jump up to fight him, causing the beam area to spawn in mid air.

Avoiding the Beam
- Powers with long animations or rooting effects were not used or limited around the time the beam struck.
- Captain Drej called out a 10 second warning before the next strike via macro.
- Anti Matter was moved to each set of terminals before he reached the health thresholds (80%, 50%, 20%). This limited the duration of time frozen, reducing the chance of getting hit.

Trial in General
- We were able to get over 19 people on each run with no one kicked. Having those over 19 join via the queue worked extremely well to avoid this problem. We also had people wait until triggering the cutscene until teams were sorted.
- We were able to complete the reactors fast. There was a team dedicated to collecting temps. Other teams went to clear around terminals at relevant reactors. We were able to secure many reactors before Anti Matter showed up.
- For Reactor Genesis, we were able to secure all 10 terminals before Anti Matter showed up twice in a row. Amazing job there!
- We had one run done in 17 minutes! Awesome!

Room for Improvement

- People are still getting caught in the beam, mostly due to a visibility issue. I had a couple report they could not see the beam effects on the ground prior to firing. Perhaps we could designate a few 'safe people' to put on follow before the beam strikes.

- On our third run we would have had it except for poor timing. Time was frozen and the beam struck. Not much you can do. On future runs we may have to call for a cease fire if the timing between the time freeze and beam is close.

I think that is it for now. Please post if you have any other ideas and continue to reflect on our work done today. I will be posting a sign up for next week soon and will probably bump the time to 3pm Eastern since that seems to work for more people.

Thank you very, very much for coming. Everyone did an exceptional job.

I hate my internet, I would like to state this for the record. Grats on Bunker Buster you all.