Discussion: Issue 21 Special Update: Media Blitz -December 13, 2011 [Live] Build 2165.201112010605.1

I haven't run the trial yet but couldn't the telepathists being highly resistant to intangible be an ok change, as it could allow players to intangible the civilians around them and let loose the dogs of AoE-war?

Updated these notes with a known issue.

Yup, got hit with the winter trial bug, as did a number of other league mates. Rather, less a 'crash' and more 'disconnected from the map server'. ;p

Really I'll just be happy if they just give me the badge, the trial really isn't worth re-running.

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Incarnate Rewards - The Underground
It will be easier for all players to achieve the requirements for the guaranteed Rare and Very Rare table at the end of the Underground. Please remember, however, that this is only offered to players present and working with the league for the entire trial.

I am still confused on what "present and working with the league for the entire trial" means.I ran it a week or so ago,with a ROB/FF MM,and at the end i got a common,yet I was there the entire time , used my bubbles, bots on attack mode,and had my leadership powers on to help with the final boss( They were on the whole TF except when i faceplanted).

It may be my perception,but it seems AT that are controller types(MM,Dom,Controllers) that get lesser rewards.yet my melee types (stalker,tank,scrappers) seem to get better rewards(when i face off with the AVs) if i do crowd control and take down NS and seige support troops mostly,i get lesser rewards also.Is there some kind of min damage or such that controls the reward given?, i must be doing at least enough to get reward and not just threads?

"Participation" is not based on damage dealt. This assertion is based both on past redname posts and on player testing.* It appears to be correlated with number of power activations per unit time of powers that have enemy hit rolls . Other factors that appear to matter are proximity to "active" teammates, and overall league success (which has other, much less clear scoring mechanisms).

The dependency on power activations/time means that pets and toggles don't count for much. When the "participation system" was first in play, Masterminds in particular had serious problems getting rewards. Something was changed which made it easier on them in other trials. Whether that was to somehow count what pets are doing or to simply lower the "activity" threshold for MMs (or everyone) is not clear. However, your best bet for getting a reward is to actively use direct-activation powers (meaning powers your MM has, not those of his/her pets) that target foes and can miss. If your MM has no such powers, that could be a problem.

That this can happen is one of the core complaints about the very existence of the participation system.

* Arcanaville did extensive log analysis on game logs submitted by numerous players, and I did (likely less extensive) analysis of my own game logs. I believe we both found there was no visible long-term correlation between rarity of reward with metrics available in logs such as damage dealt, damage taken, iXP earned (when earning was in effect), or even Astral/Empyrean Merits earned. The correlation to power activations was wholly Arcanaville's - I added this to my own log parser after she posted about the correlation, but my accounting of power activations was very brute force and likely counted activation of powers the participation system does not.

There was a use for phase? And they nerfed it already?