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AnonTwo

What are the thoughts on forming Trigger Parties?

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I just wanted to know what people feel is the proper way to go around forming trigger parties, in particular when you don't already have an alliance you can throw those triggers at.

Ran some triggers yesterday and feeling a bit burnt out...and it's not from doing a lot of runs. It's the awkward air of "Is anyone going to actually join if I use this?"

It feels really stressful putting down a trigger, especially since i've already lost 1 or 2 (given, bad triggers) because of either not understanding how it works, or just people not joining and having to give up the trigger. I gathered a bunch of Deus triggers from fresh finds over the previous 2 weeks because it was a fun and rewarding fight, and despite that I only ever used 2 of them.

Now I don't even want to touch the iron assault triggers because of how many times i've shouted trying to see if people were interested, and just getting silence back.

The fact the trigger is just lost if not started makes them incredibly stressful to use.

Posted Sep 25, 2020, 3:51 PM UTC · edited

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sonicsonic3•

It's hard without an alliance.

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XHolyPuffX:luster:•

Without an alliance that mostly lives in your time zone, yeah. Spontaneous trigger groups on weekdays are impossible to join if you work mornings and everyone else lives in a time zone 3 hours behind you, and decides to schedule the events right when you have to go to bed.

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Rylica•

My complaint is that blocks in global are not named by difficulty/what are they for.. while JP does

JP experience

  • Even though there is a trigger block, no one uses it. So instead they go to the highest difficulty first block.. In most cases if the content is needed for progression.. I was always able to fill it in a pug without a alliance
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NekoMaidMaster•

Discord is usually more reliable than asking in lobbys.

Sertimg a certain time give more people ready to do it than a spur of the moment random asking in lobby

A big alliance is nice or even alliance alliances, my alliance has three groups (around 300 people) so trigger parties are easy to put together.

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Chozothebozo:weapon:•

Try hosting it on PSO2 Day or Premium Day. I spent all day on the 22nd running back to back Deus Triggers that pretty much filled instantly.

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AnonTwoOP:fo:•

What basically happened is after work I did try to do that

Other people got their triggers off, but then the actual Deus UQ hit at 11 PM EST

As soon as it ended, everyone was done. We couldn't fill.

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deahamlet•

I ran deus triggers right after the uq ended and filled... We ran 6 triggers. Block two, announced, used the trigger... Got 11. Told everyone when we started and ended that we have more. Shouted again in block 2, got 12, then pretty much didn't even have to shout anymore cause it got filled. This was on premium day.

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Astherisk1•

Having hosted multiple trigger parties, I can say that asking in the respective ship channel on discord is the best way of going about it. Keep updating it with who's willing to join and make sure to let everyone know the time among other things. If your trigger is something that people actually want, it shouldn't be hard to get a full group. (Unless you're on ship 4, that channel is pretty dead)

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FourEcho:etoile: Ship 1 Block 1•

Go to block 1, announce your trigger, profit. S1B1 triggers usually fill very fast during prime time. If hi are running more than 1, announce it in the mission so people know to be on the look out.

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AnonTwoOP:fo:•

Unfortunately prime time on ship 3 seems to be AM-6PM EST...which I work during.

I have in fact hosted triggers in block one and 69 (when it existed) and had them fail in both.

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TerrybleGamer•

Hey AnonTwo. Discord seems the way to go for me to get triggers going. I started out with a few friends and then made more along way to grow my discord and now we some what reliably get trigger parties going. Creating a group chat might help too. If you're interested in my discord send me a message at Monkey#0497

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LjacooFriendship ended with :he:, Now :etoile: is my best friend.•

Honestly, just find a populated block and say, "Who wants to run X Trigger?" and start forming parties.

You'll almost always get a full group of people, if not more.

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TroubadourLBGFOmar•

My friends from another alliance has made a specific chat group to announce and ask if anyone is available to fill triggers.

Stating something like "dues trig. 10/12. Block X". Sometimes we chat. But mostly, it's a great way to recruit and fill seats when you need it. Especially when your friends are from other alliances. It's first comes, first served fairness.

When there's STILL not much folks around. Don't start trigger until all parties are formed. Or at least mostly formed. And just got to advertise in lobby till someone joins at the counter. (if the trigger has already been used).

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SweatyEdge•

Why are you not in an alliance? And would you like to be in one?

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Grim01•

I've done triggers with only 3-4 alliance members before. Surprisingly it's only a few minutes slower than the 12man mpa. That really says a lot about the quality of randoms though lol...

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SuckHerClit•

Go to block 1 or somewhere similarly busy and spam "open trigger at counter, join as separate party! X/12" with x being the players already joined. Make ample use of caps if needed. This method has always given me a minimum of 10 people in my triggers and I do this at least once a week. I feel like a lot more casual players haven't figured out how to join as a separate party on their own so it really helps to point that out.

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