Preservation Specialist Thought Experiment
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DarkSideLeague,
Posted on: 2011-11-10 09:19 in Badges and Gladiators
the times that ive run for that badge, we always just had 5-10 poeple with snipes take out the bombs before they started even counting, its a little slower but basically guarenteed assuming nobody does a doodoo-dunderhead move and runs up through all of them
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I thought that attacking with a snipe started the count down? The times I've tried we only had one or two snipe characters (I was on my Rad/Sonic Defender).
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Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
the times that ive run for that badge, we always just had 5-10 poeple with snipes take out the bombs before they started even counting, its a little slower but basically guarenteed assuming nobody does a doodoo-dunderhead move and runs up through all of them
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Originally Posted by Shubbie
Im very good at taking a problem and making it worse.
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nope, the countdown only starts when poeple enter the 60ft or 80 ft trigger radius, sniping from outside that doesnt seem to set them off
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Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague
I thought that attacking with a snipe started the count down? The times I've tried we only had one or two snipe characters (I was on my Rad/Sonic Defender).
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I've been on several successful Preservation Specialist badge runs just by applying the classic "Leeroy Jenkins" maneuver down that last hallway. If you get at least 8-10 people rushing each bomb simultaneously you can pop each one in like a second or two which gives the group plenty of time to simply charge up on each one along the hallway and get them all.
The irony of course is that most of the time pulling a Leeroy usually produces an epic failure.
In this case for this badge it seems to be the easiest means to success. 
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This has been my experience also, and has worked on numerous occasions, including the final corridor.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
I've been on several successful Preservation Specialist badge runs just by applying the classic "Leeroy Jenkins" maneuver down that last hallway. If you get at least 8-10 people rushing each bomb simultaneously you can pop each one in like a second or two which gives the group plenty of time to simply charge up on each one along the hallway and get them all.
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the times ive attempted the badge we leeroy all the bombs except for the final corrider, to ensure we dont do something accidental we sniped the final corrider until there were only 2 bombs left then just rushed them
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Originally Posted by Eric Nelson
This has been my experience also, and has worked on numerous occasions, including the final corridor.
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Every time I've been on a league that's attempted this we've failed in the final corridor since it's very difficult to down a bomb from maximum range - if you close in to use your most powerful attacks it triggers the countdown of the next bomb.
But, what if you could destroy every bomb at the same time? Consider:
- Cryonic Core Final Judgement, Cryonic Radial Final Judgement, Cryonic Partial Radial Judgement, and Several Vorpal Judgement powers (Both t4, and supposedly the two core T3s) have a range of 120 feet.
- Clarion Radial Epiphany gives +80% Range for 22.5 seconds.
- The range cap is +400%, meaning 5 CREs would cap all those with the Judgements I mentioned at 600 feet.
If everyone fired at once, how many would be needed to destroy all the bombs simultaneously (+2 or so to accommodate for misses), and would the max range be necessary for that final corridor?
EDIT: And before anyone asks, yes, Clarion Radial Epiphany DOES affect the range of those judgements - my Blaster has been using this combo for months.
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