14 Masterminds Walk into TPN Campus Trial

Yesterday was another round of my Sunday Mastermind group on Freedom. We decided that it would be fun to try the TPN trial. I figured the need to avoid killing the cameras and civilians might pose a challenge for us. And, I did caution the group that we might end up with a couple of failed runs before we figured out how to control our pets in that environment.

However, with some planning and good execution, I believe that the 14 of us managed to prove everyone WRONG about how difficult the TPN is.

1. You CAN use AOEs during the first part while outside. The key is to stay away from the buildings where the cameras hang out. All you need to do is have someone pull the mobs away from the cameras. Taunt/Provoke does this easily. Using the taunt/pull tactic, we avoided killing any cameras very easily.

2. Masterminds and/or pet-heavy characters are not at a disadvantage. If your group is smart about pulling mobs away from what you don't want to kill, your pets will not aggro on the wrong stuff. However, with how little of the fight is done while outside, this shouldn't even be an issue. Uncontrollable pets should be avoided. But, Masterminds should NOT feel useless.

Basically, if your group leader (or group members) cannot handle the simple mechanic of pulling the mobs away from the civilians/cameras, then you are on a bad group.

3. Once again, Masterminds working together own everything.

If this isn't enough proof that some people just don't know how to play the game, well, there is the good old ignore function.

An all-MM thing? I now have a valid reason to try a toon on Freedom! I'm even free most Sundays! Squeee!

The point of this TPN run was to prove to ourselves and others that Masterminds can do everything other people do. And, I would say that our group has been doing stuff better than anyone else.

We have completed Master of BAF and Lambda very easy. We have successfully run Keyes and TPN. The Underground was the only trial so far that wasn't a success - the Avatar's end drain seems to hurt us a lot more than expected.
As far as non-incarnate stuff, we have run Statesman TF, Imperious TF, and Lady Grey TF without any trouble.

I believe we may be on track to easily accomplish all of the level 50 content.

The funny thing is we actually have to turn away non-Masterminds who want to run with us because they are jealous of our success. I mean, who else walks into the BAF and makes the "Master of" BAF an instant win?

Eh, I suppose it is the nature of playing on different servers. But our success has been making a lot of people jealous.