My original teammate is okay, but the new guy has less than a 0.5 K/D in lifetime Crucible. Okay well, once again, I figure I'll just see how it goes. Well, despite a few round hiccups here and there, we end up winning the next 7 games in a row to get both me, the original guy, and the new guy to the Lighthouse. I was actually pretty impressed with their strategy - they would mostly hang out toward the outside of the map, wait for me to start some sort of engagement, and then flank or crash in together. The low K/D guy even clutched a few rounds with his bow!

I have trained you well! :D ;D :P lol Glad to see you've succeeded so wel...

Long story short, getting to the Lighthouse is pretty achievable right now, and well, I only need 1 more "carry" of someone who has never been there to get that Triumph so...if you see me playing solo Sunday or Monday and want to give it a try, shoot me a message.

This is that message. Hi. How ya doin'?

Nah, I wouldn't wish that on you. I don't know if even your backpack is big enough.

Another fun one from last night. After Korny abandoned us, Insane and I were left 2v3 with the other team having 2 powerful supers. Let's see how it plays out:

Well, as you may have noticed with all this NAME DROPPING...

Squid: After Korny abandoned us, Insane and I were left 2v3 with the other team having 2 powerful supers.

Robot: Insane and I eventually rally and prolong the game enough to get Korny back in after a hard reset. At that point the game was in the bag.

...INSANEdrive (that's ME!:D)... with the assistance of Korny (when he was there) and a mix of Squid, Wu, and Cyberized Poultry had a VERY eventful (and LUCRATIVE) evening. Had I played my cards differently, I would have gone to the Light House (possibly) Twice. To say, "I can't believe I just said that" is an understatement.

Anywho, things happened and clipped as much as I could.

These are those clips.

And then there is THIS moment with Squid from my perspective.

- - - After this Squid had to depart, and WU joined up! - - -

Team: Holy Crap! We're Done Already?
INSANEdrive: *Odd Snarling Noises*

You see? Says so right here: "INSANEdrive can not be defeated".

So... about those last 4 clips. I know I know, those weren't games. More... Doom. Doomy doom doom, yes? Would you say that is an apt description? More than that when one random wimped out and bailed. It's due to the 3v2 nature that I do feel a touch of guilt, especially with the accolades I ended up getting. Then again, seeing as the speed of defeats didn't really change too much with the loss of one team member, it was probably fairer to say that it was really 3v2 the entire time.

So shoot, this PvE guy is take'n it. Holy crap I can't believe I actually had a flawless game of trails.

- - - After a time Wu joined up with others, and Robot Chicken joined up! - - -

No no, you don't understand. The screaming was robots thirst for the blood of his enemies.

Lighthouse!

That's a Wrap! Fun times y'all! :D

I'm having a great time!
I love the setup for Trials right now, from weapon metas to ability balance, it's honestly the best D2's ever been (even if it could still use some balance tweaks with certain fusion-based weapons).

Here's some of my clips from Monday:

I often can't hit a guy when he's right in front of me, but...

When I primed the grenade, I told Claude "Don't worry, it's over."

Speaking of "It's over", none of us even had time to fire a single shot:

On the flip side, having unlimited ammo has its perks:

Given my less-than-self-preserving playstyle, I don't end up in a lot of 'Last Guardian Standing' situations. That said, I always advise people to never back off, because it's always better when the enemy hasn't had a chance to coordinate against you.

See that botched grenade launcher round in the last clip? I do those quite a lot, actually:

Also, I love this moment where the enemy Warlock saw a flash of hope as his Nova Bomb charged:

So thanks to Insane's greed cup overflowing (TWICE!), I was unable to finish my Safe Harbor Triumph (assist another player in reaching the Lighthouse for the first time ever) that I need for the Flawless Seal. Who wants to help me get that last one? :P

Boy let me tell ya, Sunday Trials is a whole different beast than Monday Trials (and Sunday and Monday Trials are way different than Jerry!)...
Still, it was a fairly fun night with a continued diverse assortment of weapons out on the field (and this time I didn't run Warlock or Fighting Lion!).

I didn't think to capture too may clips though, and XBL has been really wonky this past month about uploading clips in general... but here's two!

The Uzumi RR4 was my main weapon this weekend, as Bannerfall is just way too open for the Lion. If you're like me, and you haven't been able to find a sniper that you mesh with in D2, I recommend giving that one a whirl (it's Nightfall loot sometimes!), it's been a revelation for me in Crucible.

And the final Lighthouse match was so good and tense throughout, I totally forgot to quit halfway through it! Complete with a totally explosive finale:

I panicked and totally botched turning the enemy's Squall into my own before I faced that Golden Gun. Fortunately, if Squid was going to land one good Shadowshot that night, I'm glad he chose that round. :P
And there's something poetic about F000ch being the last man standing with an unused Super as he rode off towards the sunset for the Lighthouse.