Frankly speaking, I wouldn't recommend either the Cavern Trial or the Positron TF, unless you, y'know, really know what you're doing.
I've never done the Cavern Trial in the Hollows, but it requires a full team of eight. There are eight obelisks that must be activated simultaneously. That makes this somewhat problematic for a pickup group, 'cause...well, there's a chance someone's gonna drop out, start screwing around, or simply not groking the idea that everyone's gotta click the things together.
The Positron TF doesn't have anything like that, but it is rather long and tedious. The problem is, it consists of something like...I dunno, 15 missions, over maybe four or five zones.
So it's long, and travel time is an issue if some team members don't have travel powers yet. 'specially if nobody has Recall Friend. The TF also pits you against fairly tough enemies, like Vahzilok in general, or Circle of Thorns Ruin Mages, at a level where you don't really have the powers to deal with 'em.
That means that both the Cavern Trial (12-15) and the Positron TF (10-15) are...best done with a friends or an SG group, ie, people you can trust.
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That said, the Synapse TF (15-20), is a fairly easy and pleasant experience. Well, aside from the battle with Babbage...he ambushes you after you exit one of the later missions. That can be tricky if your team isn't properly set up to kill a Monster, but folks usually turn up to help if you shout for assistance on zone broadcast (or the VirtueUnited global channel, etc).
-- Acyl
I've never done the Cavern Trial in the Hollows, but it requires a full team of eight. There are eight obelisks that must be activated simultaneously. That makes this somewhat problematic for a pickup group, 'cause...well, there's a chance someone's gonna drop out, start screwing around, or simply not groking the idea that everyone's gotta click the things together.
The Positron TF doesn't have anything like that, but it is rather long and tedious. The problem is, it consists of something like...I dunno, 15 missions, over maybe four or five zones.
So it's long, and travel time is an issue if some team members don't have travel powers yet. 'specially if nobody has Recall Friend. The TF also pits you against fairly tough enemies, like Vahzilok in general, or Circle of Thorns Ruin Mages, at a level where you don't really have the powers to deal with 'em.
That means that both the Cavern Trial (12-15) and the Positron TF (10-15) are...best done with a friends or an SG group, ie, people you can trust.
...
That said, the Synapse TF (15-20), is a fairly easy and pleasant experience. Well, aside from the battle with Babbage...he ambushes you after you exit one of the later missions. That can be tricky if your team isn't properly set up to kill a Monster, but folks usually turn up to help if you shout for assistance on zone broadcast (or the VirtueUnited global channel, etc).
-- Acyl