iTrials, repeat iTrials, repeat...iTrials...
By
Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2011-11-28 16:47 in Virtue
RWZ on virtue..PD is full of smut.
I hear one more person call it an itrial and im gonna start slapping people..giving advance warning 
as Ood Sigma said....We will sing to you, Doctor. The universe will sing you to your sleep. This song is ending. But the story never ends.
The bus for an IncTrial ( 
) leaves RWZ1 in Virtue every 5 minutes. It's rarely advertised in globals anymore since everyone goes to RWZ1 and hooks up there in /broadcast.
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I dunno, I usually advertise mine in Virtue TFs 2010 and Virtue LFG Beta. But then I often do them later at night when RWZ isn't as crowded and trial leagues don't fill up the instant someone mentions forming one.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
The bus for an IncTrial (
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I see a lot of itrials advertised in Virte LFG Beta, VirtueTFs and other channels.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
The bus for an IncTrial (
) leaves RWZ1 in Virtue every 5 minutes. It's rarely advertised in globals anymore since everyone goes to RWZ1 and hooks up there in /broadcast. |
Virtue TFs 2010 works best for me, or just stand around in RWZ1 waiting for someone to broadcast iTrial forming.
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Yeah, I been rolling pretty good. 50'd late Sunday night, worked yesterday. Ran maybe 7-8 trials last night. Caught a VR.
The Leagues are really really hit or miss. Seems you either get a sweet mix of people that know what is up or a really mediocre team. I was on a LAM last night that was a complete flustercluck. It could only have been more perfect if half the team stood in the courtyard /animate pick nose, while the other half ran around screaming what do we do? what do we do? It was actually kind of funny, sad, but funny. Didn't bother me any more than someone griefing the cadaver bade in the sewer, since I'm planning on running about 200 of these on this toon I just watch these folks for 15 minutes be really really odd. Tried to help, but since I just 50'd was not even level shifted. It's a nightmare in there for a new character.
Side note, I have yet to be on a team that managed to ace the BAF escapee portion. Is it common to miss that one on Virtue? I haven't run trials in months, but I recall (maybe incorrectly) that we nailed that 75% time.
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In general Virtue PUGs don't seem to be hitting it as often. As a general observation, BAF trials seem to have a higher percentage of non-level shifted characters than the other trials, so I think a lot of the higher tier characters aren't running it as much (I know for me BAF is pretty much my last choice for trial, I do it if I've already done Lambda and Keyes and it's to late for Underground).
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Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
Side note, I have yet to be on a team that managed to ace the BAF escapee portion. Is it common to miss that one on Virtue? I haven't run trials in months, but I recall (maybe incorrectly) that we nailed that 75% time.
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BAFs usually represent the least amount of effort involved in a successful Incarnate Trial - You can stand around while someone else pulls, move 10 feet, attack until the next pull, and you're done. As a result, a fair amount of players queued probably won't be that concerned with meeting a badge requirement. As long as the trial proceeds to the end, it's enough.
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Badge? I want the little extra reward lol. Over 200 trials those things add up.
Hands down the most popular spot for iTrials on Virtue is the rwz. Between runs you have easy access to crafting tables, the store, contacts for inspirations and depending on which side fairly quick access to the market.. Cap is right out the door red side and Atlas isnt too long a trip on blue.
Occassionally you see trials start in pocket d, the midnighter club or even in cimerora but no where near as many as the Z.
As for globals I use as many as possible to advertise but Virtue TF 2010, Virtue TFs, Virtue LFG Beta and Virtue United Forever.
Now on to more pressing issues.. iTrial, iTrial iTrial hehehehe Okay Cien come get me. Note this is a warning to others less familiar with the Cien .. I know and have teamed with him and I am just too cute to get more than a smack on the butt. The rumors of players that have joined him on pugs and upset him ... then disappeared never to be seen or heard from again are real.... FEAR HIM! 
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I agree and would add that because so many trials run the success rate is affected by the availability of players using characters that can control mobs and ones with tons of AoE. Ive seen teams with a couple masterminds and a few SoAs make the escape phase look easy. I have also been on pugs that had almost no control and a ton of melee and it almost always seems like at some point something slips through. |
Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
In general Virtue PUGs don't seem to be hitting it as often. As a general observation, BAF trials seem to have a higher percentage of non-level shifted characters than the other trials, so I think a lot of the higher tier characters aren't running it as much (I know for me BAF is pretty much my last choice for trial, I do it if I've already done Lambda and Keyes and it's to late for Underground).
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Imortant thing to keep in mind ... I have also seen leagues form that have done back to back to back mini BAFs and seed Lambdas on Virtue. At the end of the day when you have all the Emps you can get and a ton of Astrals .. losing one or two on a couple escapee at 4 threads er Astral hardly seems worth worrying about. Heck I have joined leagues that did a speed lam, mini BAF, full sized Keyes and ended with a full sized UG in just over 2 and a half hours.. I wound up with 4 emps and close to thirty astrals not to mention the threads and comonents.. I dont rercall caring a bit that 1 or 2 prisoners escaped.
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I can't speak to how often it happens on other servers, but my experience on Virtue lately has been acing that part on somewhere around one in three attempts, possibly a little more (but not one in two -- 5/12, maybe?). I can't count on it every time, but it happens often enough that it's a "nice surprise" and not a "total shock."
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Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
Side note, I have yet to be on a team that managed to ace the BAF escapee portion. Is it common to miss that one on Virtue? I haven't run trials in months, but I recall (maybe incorrectly) that we nailed that 75% time.
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FUN FACT: That burst of light when you level up is actually the effectiveness escaping from your enhancements all at once.
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While they're all saying iTrial, we'll move on to something completely different...The Spanish Inquisition.|
Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy
Now on to more pressing issues.. iTrial, iTrial iTrial
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Weren't expecting that, were you?
@Mistress Rue
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Do you suck at COH/COV? not yet...
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In all seriousness, I have to agree with this sentiment. I don't run the insane amount of trials I used to, but when I do, my focus is on stacking large numbers of Astrals in the shortest time possible, and not sweating the small stuff. Yes, it's nice getting extra astrals, which is why I attempt both zero escapes and Strong and Pretty (with little success) on every BAF run - but I never do more then shrug when either is missed |
Originally Posted by Wicked_Wendy
I wound up with 4 emps and close to thirty astrals not to mention the threads and comonents.. I dont rercall caring a bit that 1 or 2 prisoners escaped.
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@Mistress Rue
Yes, I RP and play Redside on Virtue - No, Rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated
Do you suck at COH/COV? not yet...
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Nobody ever does.
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Originally Posted by Mistress Rue
While they're all saying iTrial, we'll move on to something completely different...The Spanish Inquisition.
Weren't expecting that, were you? |
FUN FACT: That burst of light when you level up is actually the effectiveness escaping from your enhancements all at once.
Re: PuG trial failure, being good yourself and knowing what to do makes a big difference. If your build can solo the Lambda warehouse/lab, it really doesn't matter if the rest of the team is falling to pieces. One skilled, well-prepared player can stop the Avatar/warwalker from wiping leagues on Underground, or singlehandedly make the Keyes reactor phase a cakewalk by being fast with powercells. Hard for a fresh 50 to do, yes, but you'll be +3 in no time at all so you are only at the mercy of the league's competency for a handful of runs.
On BAF some builds can solo doors on their own. I'll usually ignore the league leader's instructions to go to chokepoint, and camp the NE or SW door instead. By doing this, the chokepoint only has to watch for enemies coming from one direction, which increases their efficiency; NE door has the extra advantage that any runners from the choke will pass very close by you.
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Yup. Into mind numbing boredom that makes one shelve a 50 and move on to something fun. New toons!
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Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
Over 200 trials those things add up.
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Ack Wendy right won't slap.... Grrr cuteness overwhelming
Everyone but Wendy.....SMACK!
as Ood Sigma said....We will sing to you, Doctor. The universe will sing you to your sleep. This song is ending. But the story never ends.
Okay, I finally stopped endlessly alting and am back to one character (50'd last night) and for a while at least running tons of iTrials.
Where is the best place to do PUG ITrials on Virtue? RWZ? or Pocket D? (I heard the floors were sticky there...)
Is there a good iTrial channel? I'm on a Virtue LFG, trying to remember if it has an extension. Anyways, where can I get some serious iTrials happening?