Had a great time! For the record this was my second time through. I was with you about being quiet during the final dialogue because last time everyone was jabbering.

That's part of the reason I love my Astros. One of the cans is literally just two big buttons, so I can adjust the mix to all chat or all game with just a few taps. I did it when we finished Calus for the first time because everyone was still talking--three taps on the front of my right can and it was all game volume with no chat audio coming through so I could hear what he was saying.

Really you beat it already? Jerk get out the group :)

To think Damage was actually NOT our issue most of our failures.

What was it?

First off, well done, everyone!

That being said, the issue was simply player deaths. After a couple of tries we were getting the damage we needed; we just didn't have enough revive tokens to keep everyone alive through 4 phases. There were occasional mental mistakes, but the 5 or 10 seconds during the damage phase immediately after the shield drop is where the fire team is most vulnerable. Everyone is so focused on the damage (with craniums in hand), but the ads have recovered and in melee range, the nets are inbound, harpys are dive-bombing, and player-fired missles are flying... it's chaotic and easy to die if you loose track.

-Chappy

Pretty much what Chappy said. Death tokens. We were consistently able to take him out in 4 Phases, but then someone would die and no way to revive. So we did it in 3 (so technically it was Damage, as if we had the damage it would have been done in 3 those times).

The location we were standing and making sure everyone had a Cranium, as those extra 3 = 1.5 million damage, was important. We setup the Empowering Rift and then brought things down, shot, moved, then kept shooting. We have a Reload Wall too (whatever they are called), which allowed us to get quick damage at the start as well.

It was fun with You, Destroyoboy,Vtf (Vinny sp?!), Mr B, and Kermit. The drops were a let down of course but it was still fun to be able to knock that out. Only took us about an hour to get the hang of it and actually beat it.