Magisterium incarnate trial badges: July 7th, 2012
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Posted on: 2012-07-03 23:09 in Protector
Best of luck with this.
I won't be able to join you since I do not have any 50+3 characters, but best of luck nonetheless.
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I may need to nap in the evening and stay up for the night to join.
Sounds like a well thought out attempt at those badges!
Leader of the Paragon Punishers SG and the Phantoms of War SG
One additional note: I do not intend on going for both the Ready to Rumble and Triple Threat badges during the same trial.
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
I'll be there.
Smart money says that I'll be playing Taserbot.
There are no hard iTrials, only hard peo-... er... wait.
I'll be there, you know what my choices for this are. 
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If I can make it, I'll be there. The start time is going to be tricky for me.
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There will be more than one attempt (more than likely in the neighborhood of 3 attempts for each badge), and I believe that I won't be able to get everyone that shows up on the first one.
Showing up later doesn't mean you won't go on any attempts, it just means you won't go on the first one.
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
These attempts are set for tomorrow. To improve the odds of acquiring these badges, please consider acquiring Ultimate inspirations. They can be purchased from Astral Christie in Ouroboros for 2 Astral Merits.
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
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I'll be there
Bringing a +3 blaster with assault hybrid.
Recap: We did quite a few attempts at both badges with full 24 player leagues.
The first attempt at Ready to Rumble and Triple Threat were overwhelming successes.
The second, third, and fourth attempts at Ready to Rumble were not as rewarding. We experienced numerous crashes: it appears that Chimera can still mark Lore pets, which resulting in several deaths from his Rain of Arrows at inopportune times.
We also experience an odd bug that resulted in disappointment: We defeated the first version of Tyrant, but the small version of Tyrant did not spawn, thus we were unable to finish the trial.
The other attempts were also not as successful for a variety of reasons, one of which was the fact that I didn't properly balance the teams on the league. I will not make that mistake again.
I intend on running another series of Magi badge attempts in the near future. stay tuned.
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q
Thanks for all this. I'm quite happy with the badges I did get and the trial isn't all that annoying anymore, so had fun as well.
So when is The Really Hard Way run? 
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I'd be happy to help out next time as well, if I'm around.
Hopefully with a more sedated "throw fortune" reflex.
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Thank you very much, Major T. My badger got the Mo badge thanks to your efforts and it is much appreciated.
Sorry I missed this, I was mostly dead (tired) all day.
"Don't you know dead is spelled m-e-n-t-a-l in CoH? - SapphireShot
On Saturday, July 7th, 2012 starting around 7pm Eastern (4pm Pacific), I intend on leading a series of Magisterium incarnate trials in the Bullwark neighborhood of Dark Astoria.
The intention will be the acquisition of the badges required to get the Master of Magisterium badge: Ready to Rumble, Triple Threat, Shadow Master, and The Hard Way. As of the writing of this post, I am not going to lead any trials in an attempt to get The Really Hard Way... yet.
We, as a server, have been able to acquire Shadow Master regularly, and the Hard Way by accident on more than one occasion. Now let's see if we have what it takes to get the other two.
The first couple of attempts (2-3) will be the most tightly controlled. Subsequent attempts will be less stringent as I get a feel for what is required to be consistently successful.
League composition
As the league is limited in size to 24 people, we are going to work with 3 teams of 8 (obviously) 50+3 heroes/villains. Each team will be composed of 1 lead Tank, 2-4 ranged/melee damage dealers, and 3-5 buffer/debuffers.
For the first attempt, I have already contacted several people and designated the lead tanks (the reason for this will become apparent shortly). For the ranged/melee damage dealers, I am looking primarily for Blasters, Scrappers, Stalkers, and some Dominators and Brutes. For buffer/debuffers, I am looking primarily for Defenders, Corruptors, Controllers, and Masterminds (in particular Kinetics, Dark Maisma, and to a lesser extent Radiation).
I will give preference to toons that complement my ideal version of league composition.
Ready to Rumble
To acquire the Ready to Rumble badge is acquired by defeating Black Swan sooner than 8 minutes after entering the Magisterium. This requires that the first 3 phases are completed in rapid fashion, especially the first (defeat 250 IDF).
To do this, each team will split up in different directions to cover as much ground as possible. Team one will go left (west), Team 2 will go straight (north), and Team 3 will go right (east), following their lead tanks. The objective is to wipe out the Lieutenants and Minions as quickly as possible and move on to the next spawn. The ranged types are to use Lore pets during this phase. The lead tanks role is to taunt the bosses into the next group. For this reason, I have already contacted players with tankers that I trust and briefed them on the execution of this plan.
The next phase is simpler: Teams 1 and 2 will attempt to defeat both Shadowhunter and Nega-Pendragon (focusing on Shadowhunter first), while the third team attacks Chimera. The objective is to defeat all three of them as quickly as possible.
The third phase is also simple: Everyone attacks Black Swan. All remaining Lore pets are to be used and set to exclusively attack Black Swan. When the portals/rifts open, everyone except the Tankers are to switch targets and destroy the portals/rifts before returning to attack Black Swan.
If all goes according to plan, Black Swan should be defeated inside of 8 minutes.
Triple Threat
The Triple Threat badge is acquired by defeating Nega-Pendragon, Shadowhunter, and Chimera all within 5 seconds of each other. To do this, each team will attack a different AV. Team 1 on Nega-Pendragon, team 2 on Shadowhunter, and team 3 on Chimera. The objective will be to weaken the AVs to approximately 20% health, then 10%, and then 5%, and then defeat them. Lore pets will not be used during this phase.
Chimera will mark and teleport various members and of the league and himself around the map. It is imperative that you find your way to your AV as quickly as possible so that you are in position to defeat the AV when the call is made to take them down.
"Goodbye, Jean-Luc. I'm gonna miss you... you had such potential. But then again, all good things must come to an end..." -- Q