Ugt

The counter only starts when you get in range. Damage does not set it off.

Yeah, I was pretty sure of that, had gotten confirmation of that prior to last nights run.

If phase 1 goes well on Friday, I'm not gonna care -- if we have one toon on the league that has an attack that exceeds a range of 150 feet, that person will get a work out.

The lining up on dual sides of that hallway - theoretically, could and should work - but some folks are faster on the draw. After the first bomb on the left went down, I advanced to the next, and there was only a couple of people by me, instead of a bunch - which is what I was expecting. Probably my fault for not mashing a forward! macro. Hard to move forward and use macros and mash attacks at the same time.

There's still a learning curve involved with this one, so it may be awhile before everyone likely to be running it is reasonably comfortable with what to do, when and how... But I do think we'll get to that point eventually. It's just going to take time.

As for those bombs, as fond as I am of running my Kheldians through the Underground, if we're seriously going to aim for that badge next time I may bring Keiranen (Archery/Energy Blaster with a T4 core Cardio Alpha, Boost Range and a snipe attack) to the party instead. He's got Rebirth rather than Clarion and has a narrower range of abilities than a Peacebringer over-all, but on that final batch of bombs, he could come in handy. I know he can hit them from well outside their trigger range.

Fubu and I thank you for running these! Always fun, win or loose.

And as of today we have two new trials to run

Had to drop a line and give a congrats to Ukase leading on Thursday, And also to the Leagues that accomplished two successful MoUGT's in a single day. Very nice work.

For those that want a fuller understanding of what is killing you, damaging you, etc. during the UGT, I think it would be worthwhile to take a peek here:

http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/g...ound_guide.php

I noticed on ugt during the bomb phase that my stalker will not start the bomb countdown timer until I attack. So...If liberty has 6 stalkers out there, that could be a much easier way of doing the bomb badge for ugt on 2nd phase. Just a thought to throw out there. Highly unlikely that 6 stalkers will be on 1 ugt(especially on liberty) , but its ok to dream right? Been on 2 failed runs back to back. My thoughts are......Too many plp just want to use ugt for ixp. No problem with wanting xp, but that messes with the plp who are lvl shifted and want to actually complete the trial for a component they need.

It has been a pleasure leading the scheduled UGTs on Fridays and Sundays with you folks.

@Nights Blood, (whom you may know better as White Hariem) would like to start leading these.

So, you all should still be able to get your UGT fix in if you want it.

The times will be the same, as will the location.

After the MSRs in Pocket D, approx. 10:10pm eastern.

This will provide me with a little break from having to be such a horrible person, actually inviting 2 people to help out and not be able to because I'd overbooked!

Now, someone else can be the hero or villain in my place.

I will be forming some UGTs earlier during the week and weekend, but they will be unscheduled as my schedule permits.

After a brief discussion with folks who are smarter than me, I was told that the spore's DOT would or could interfere with AS, so it might be an unreliable way to do things. I have not confirmed this, as my highest stalker is still level 4 on some forgotten server.

I'll confirm it for sure next time we run through, but having taken Grey Kestrel on a couple of UGTs now, the spore damage in the hall doesn't seem to break Hide. It might well interupt AS, though. You'd have to be careful with the timing, or open with something else.

That said, even with her build-up and an uninterupted attack there's no way Kes could even come close to one-shotting those bombs. Granted, as ludicrously well-equipped as she is, Kes was built for Recharge and not Damage... and those bombs (Like pretty much everything else in the game-) are probably resistant to Lethal attacks.

I'd be curious to see what a non-Lethal, high-end Damage-build Stalker could do to them...

The closest to that I have is a moderately well-equipped KM, so not an ideal candidate.

@Nights Blood, playing White Hariem did a fine job leading the UGT tonight. For those of you that think I talk too much, this is the guy to lead you!