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Yeah. The new IoPs were implemented pre-incarnates.|
Originally Posted by JayboH
I just wanted to thank Star Incarnate for letting me try the Cathedral of Pain for the very first time.
 I can't believe how incredibly short and easy this thing is. Here is the video of my first experience with this trial. Does the IoP change randomly for people? The one I got was completely pointless as I have a tier 4 Nerve Alpha - I got an acc IoP. |
And, now that we're this far along the Incarnate chain, I'm betting that these things ought to be STUPID easy.
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Loved some of the comments made..|
Originally Posted by JayboH
I just wanted to thank Star Incarnate for letting me try the Cathedral of Pain for the very first time.
I can't believe how incredibly short and easy this thing is. Here is the video of my first experience with this trial. Does the IoP change randomly for people? The one I got was completely pointless as I have a tier 4 Nerve Alpha - I got an acc IoP. |
Come here you little dorks! LOL
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From past experience with the CoP.
Yeah. Trying to taunt enemies to the center is kinda useless. It's usually just more efficient to go in and hammer them down. ESPECIALLY now that you can have overlapping Judgements (of different types) on them. Pulling them just wastes time that you could spend kill them and the the AV.
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Ah ok - isn't this the trial that was taken away for a reaaaally long time and then reintroduced?
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Yeah. The new IoPs were implemented pre-incarnates.
And, now that we're this far along the Incarnate chain, I'm betting that these things ought to be STUPID easy. |
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Playing a tanker is a real eye-opener if you've played range sets a lot - it's kinda like playing a controller/dom in that you are constantly keeping aware of enemy status and control - yet you can have a blast just messing around because you will likely survive anything thrown your way. Tauntbot ftw! I tell my wife who also plays, that enemies are actually my fans and that I'm the celebrity getting swarmed - heh. |
Originally Posted by Duneman
Loved some of the comments made..
Come here you little dorks! LOL |
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Yeah - might as well just pull them to the AV so that they get AOE damage spam.
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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
From past experience with the CoP.
Yeah. Trying to taunt enemies to the center is kinda useless. It's usually just more efficient to go in and hammer them down. ESPECIALLY now that you can have overlapping Judgements (of different types) on them. Pulling them just wastes time that you could spend kill them and the the AV. |
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Originally Posted by JayboH
Ah ok - isn't this the trial that was taken away for a reaaaally long time and then reintroduced?
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Yep. And was (mostly) abandoned because it just wasn't reallya lot of fun. Being SG locked hurt it.
Also, there were some mechanics problems with one of the AVs that made victory a very VERY binary proposition.
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That's probably why the UG trial doesn't get run very often.
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there are 2 reasons why i dont do the CoP more:
1. the major focus of the trial is all the gosh danged simul killing, that stuff is very annoying to me, even more annoying that simul glowies
2. the rewards for this are AWFUL, you get NO drops the entire trial, and all you get is a mediocre inf reward
otherwise i like the idea of an sg trial, it gives you some more reason to be part of an sg than just a giant storage warehouse
Sorry I missed your first CoP trial, i was having internet problems all day other wise I would of been there for all the events he hosted that night.
No problem - I jumped on it since I had never seen it after all these years.
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You should come to our villain side one sometime :3
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I've converted nearly all villains into heroes - you know, so I can find teams and stuff.
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You should come to our villain side one sometime :3
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HAHA
Loved the video!!!
"Where is Quiller?" I say that often... he's a slippery bugger. 
I missed this CoP, but glad you got the opportunity to do it.
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If you guys run stuff regularly, maybe I should move all my toons into those SGs. I always keep SG mode on no matter what.
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Originally Posted by Tax_E
HAHA
Loved the video!!! "Where is Quiller?" I say that often... he's a slippery bugger. I missed this CoP, but glad you got the opportunity to do it. |
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Weekends are definitely SG time. We'd be glad to have ya. Look me up if you need or anyone listed as our leaders on our website. *cheers*
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Do you have a link?
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My apologies. Yes... http://sba.guildportal.com/
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Do you have a link?
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I have my own SG but I do have 1 in that SG
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There are a handful of SGs related to the "Freedom Hami Raids" channel that run this trial several times throughout the week. I encourage you to join the channel so you can be informed of upcoming events.|
Originally Posted by JayboH
I just wanted to thank Star Incarnate for letting me try the Cathedral of Pain for the very first time.
I can't believe how incredibly short and easy this thing is. Here is the video of my first experience with this trial. Does the IoP change randomly for people? The one I got was completely pointless as I have a tier 4 Nerve Alpha - I got an acc IoP. |
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there are 2 reasons why i dont do the CoP more: 1. the major focus of the trial is all the gosh danged simul killing, that stuff is very annoying to me, even more annoying that simul glowies 2. the rewards for this are AWFUL, you get NO drops the entire trial, and all you get is a mediocre inf reward otherwise i like the idea of an sg trial, it gives you some more reason to be part of an sg than just a giant storage warehouse |
1. If you ran with us more, you would see how easily we handle the simultaneous killing. It really is not that difficult.
2. For a trial that takes 5-10 minutes to complete, the rewards are actually pretty good. The game asks you to spend around 10 minutes to acquire an Accolade-level buff that lasts for the whole week. And, the numbers on those buffs aren't too shabby.
Also, keep in mind that if the game allows you to run it as many times as you want on the same character until it comes up with a reward that you like (you just can't pick the same reward twice in a row for 7 days).
I'd say the reward is actually on the "Overpowered" side for the little bit of effort you put into it.
Honestly, I'm not sure why more people don't run this trial more frequently.
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1. i dont play on freedom, was merely response to what was being said about why poeple dont run this that much|
Originally Posted by DrGemini
To be blunt...
1. If you ran with us more, you would see how easily we handle the simultaneous killing. It really is not that difficult. 2. For a trial that takes 5-10 minutes to complete, the rewards are actually pretty good. The game asks you to spend around 10 minutes to acquire an Accolade-level buff that lasts for the whole week. And, the numbers on those buffs aren't too shabby. Also, keep in mind that if the game allows you to run it as many times as you want on the same character until it comes up with a reward that you like (you just can't pick the same reward twice in a row for 7 days). I'd say the reward is actually on the "Overpowered" side for the little bit of effort you put into it. Honestly, I'm not sure why more people don't run this trial more frequently. |
2. it only takes 10 minutes if you have a solid group to run with, otherwise its 1-2 hours of forming, then you spend 45 min in the trial cause nobody has good timing to take down the obelisks to make it to the 2nd part, ect, and no drops at all is still extremely awful, its like running an AE in test mode with the only difference being you get like 2.5 mil inf for completing it (which isnt all that hard to make in the first place)
when we first got this back, i was also extremely disappointed about the new items of power, the old items of power were fine, they could still have lasted for 7 days but it would give the sg something to show off and everyone would get the bonus
the few times i ran it, it was nothing more than a half hour frustration, the no drops + the simul kill stuff wasnt fun at all, and the change to items of power didnt make it any better
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I would encourage you to make at least one character on Freedom (or transfer one if you have something to transfer) and run a few times with us. Failures happen rarely, if at all, due usually to a bug that shows up.|
Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
1. i dont play on freedom, was merely response to what was being said about why poeple dont run this that much
2. it only takes 10 minutes if you have a solid group to run with, otherwise its 1-2 hours of forming, then you spend 45 min in the trial cause nobody has good timing to take down the obelisks to make it to the 2nd part, ect, and no drops at all is still extremely awful, its like running an AE in test mode with the only difference being you get like 2.5 mil inf for completing it (which isnt all that hard to make in the first place) when we first got this back, i was also extremely disappointed about the new items of power, the old items of power were fine, they could still have lasted for 7 days but it would give the sg something to show off and everyone would get the bonus the few times i ran it, it was nothing more than a half hour frustration, the no drops + the simul kill stuff wasnt fun at all, and the change to items of power didnt make it any better |
Our groups form up fairly quickly and we can often fit around 3 runs in the course of an hour. In fact, we often do our runs before kicking off a Hamidon Raid event on the weekends. The idea is to allow people to get a nice little buff prior to running Hami/MSR events.
Perhaps our success can rub off on you!
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thx, but im good, i ran it a few times when it came out so i could get the badge on my main, havent touched it since because the rewards are not worth it in my opinion, same reason why i rarely do hami raids is cause i dont feel the rewards are worth it|
Originally Posted by DrGemini
I would encourage you to make at least one character on Freedom (or transfer one if you have something to transfer) and run a few times with us. Failures happen rarely, if at all, due usually to a bug that shows up.
Our groups form up fairly quickly and we can often fit around 3 runs in the course of an hour. In fact, we often do our runs before kicking off a Hamidon Raid event on the weekends. The idea is to allow people to get a nice little buff prior to running Hami/MSR events. Perhaps our success can rub off on you! |
when they changed the original IOPs to the current retarded temp powers it killed all interest i had in running CoPs, the only thing worthwhile to me in a hami raid is 54 reward merits, and even then i can get about the same with less people doing a tf
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Well, I've done what I can encouraging you to join us and have a positive experience. If you don't want to run it that's your call. But, please take your negative stuff elsewhere now.
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Originally Posted by Necrotech_Master
thx, but im good, i ran it a few times when it came out so i could get the badge on my main, havent touched it since because the rewards are not worth it in my opinion, same reason why i rarely do hami raids is cause i dont feel the rewards are worth it
when they changed the original IOPs to the current retarded temp powers it killed all interest i had in running CoPs, the only thing worthwhile to me in a hami raid is 54 reward merits, and even then i can get about the same with less people doing a tf |
@ Dr Gemini
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| �If we would come together and be great role models, it would be amazing to see how the next generation turns out.� |
I just wanted to thank Star Incarnate for letting me try the Cathedral of Pain for the very first time.
I can't believe how incredibly short and easy this thing is.
Here is the video of my first experience with this trial. Does the IoP change randomly for people? The one I got was completely pointless as I have a tier 4 Nerve Alpha - I got an acc IoP.
My new Youtube Channel with CoH info
You might know me as FlintEastwood now on Freedom