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Lambda, how to do it

Agent White

By Agent White,
Posted on: 2012-04-19 01:57 in Victory

 

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Originally Posted by Minotaur View Post
I did it as the leader wanted and said nothing till afterwards. I felt I tried to start a discussion and got my head bitten off so couldn't get the answers I wanted at the time hence this thread. It also got my goat when the "nice and fast" messages started coming from the leader when all we'd done was spent 2/3-3/4 of the time for a more normal lambda (and 2-3 mins more than a sLAM would take) for 1/3 of the IXP/catalysts and an astral less than normal (although that wasn't so much the leader's fault, people (not me, I had grenades) used acids when she didn't intend that).
The extra 2-3 minutes to get the acids guarantees that you get an additional astral merit with the possibility of another it you meet (usually incidentally) the requirements for the 'Synchronized' badge. That's why many of us consider it the best reward over time method of running it.

I apologize if I've come off as overly-harsh in my responses. Your original post came across as more critical than you may have intended. Tone is something that doesn't always come across well in print.

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Originally Posted by Mr_Morbid View Post
The extra 2-3 minutes to get the acids guarantees that you get an additional astral merit with the possibility of another it you meet (usually incidentally) the requirements for the 'Synchronized' badge. That's why many of us consider it the best reward over time method of running it.

I apologize if I've come off as overly-harsh in my responses. Your original post came across as more critical than you may have intended. Tone is something that doesn't always come across well in print.
On the second paragraph, agreed.

Since I only ever use astrals to convert to threads, I tend to get 4 threads from doing the outside, so recoup the astral there. I would have thought if you do it sLAM style, but spend the extra time up to say 4m40 killing stuff in the grenade area rather than grabbing the last grenade which you get as the timer is about to run out, you would also recoup much of that astral, with the added potential bonus of catalysts.

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