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Author: Protusion
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The Respecification (Respec) Trial in City of Villains is very unique and enjoyable. In order to accomplish it certain strategies must be incorporated to the team play to finish it. The first thing you need to do is form a team of at least four players that are level 24 or higher (the team can accommodate up to 8). I recommend a smaller team size, and that everyone’s reputation be set to the lowest setting of villainous. Once this is done you will need to visit the Trial Contact in Nerva Archipelago. Travel to the Crimson Cove area (on the southern half of the map), and on its far east coast, you'll find him (if you use the /loc command in your chat box to figure out your position, you'll find him at -1258, 11, 6411). He is a Circle of Thorns (CoT) Daemon Lord named Sparcetriel, and is standing at the end of a pier. The trial itself consists of three missions in all:
First Mission: Defeat 25 CoT (street mission)
Now, the nearest Thorns are all level 32+, and probably aren't the best choice for this, but the mission can easily and quickly be accomplished by going to the Cap Au Diable zone instead. When you get there go to the northwestern area of the map and kill accordingly. Their levels will be below yours so you may not get any experience points (xp), but you will finish it really fast, so you can move on to the next mission.
Be aware that from this point on, all enemy spawns will be set to +2/+3 of the level of the highest member of the party.
Second Mission: Defeat Heroes (door mission, enemy encountered are Wyvern & Longbow)
This under water mission is located in Nerva with the door being the top hatch of a submarine. Your mission is to defeat 3 Elite Bosses - one Longbow, one Wyvern, and one Legacy Chain. Be careful not to run around upon entering the mission because the first room will contain a Wyvern Elite Boss with explosive arrows and many companions (remember FrostFire the troll from City of Heroes?). Take out the group of Longbows first on the opposite end of the platform then work your way to the upper deck with the Elite Boss group. Once done with that group the mission is not any different from any other mission. You will have to kill two more Elite Bosses with one found about halfway through the mission and the last one at the end.
Final Mission: Defeat Thorn Tree (door mission, enemy encountered is CoT)
This mission is also located in Nerva at the northeastern area of the map, and is infested with Level 35+ CoT. Be very careful in your approach run, or you'll have to go right across the zone again from hospital. In the beginning, the mission is typical of CoT missions with narrow temple passage ways, large open caves, water falls, stargate-like portals, and mage bosses galore. You will simply need to work you way through the mission exercising typical CoT caution strategies. Once you make your way to the end of the mission you will be in a huge cavern with a gigantic thorn tree in the center of the room. IMPORTANT: DO NOT go towards the tree at this point because the tree is an Arch-Villain that shoots poisonous thorns (one shot kills). Your mission display will say to defeat vines; however, the room is full of CoT groups. You will need to work around the outside perimeter of the room clearing these groups with HellFrost bosses first before anything else. Now that the room is cleared, very carefully assemble the team near the front edge of the tree but not too close or in line of sight with the tree. Your team must work very quickly in a clock-wise sweep of the entire room to clear 40 vines or more because the vines will respawn. Killing the vines will weaken the Thorn Tree enough to engage. Everyone must attack the tree in full force, there will be some vines directly in front of tree so take them out as well. You will start to notice vines appearing while the team is attacking the tree. Send one of the stronger team members to tackle the vines while everyone else stays at the tree. With any luck your team will kill the tree before the CoT ambush happens, which will spawn when the tree hits half health. Otherwise be prepared to disengage the tree to handle the ambush. By the time the ambush is destroyed the vines will have re-spawned with the tree regaining both life and strength. Repeat the vine clearing process over again then attack.
The first team I was on had four members and it took us five attempts at the tree before we successfully completed the trial. With the second team we killed the tree in only three attempts at the tree since we knew what to do. You and your team will probably die a few times or more during the course of the trial so don't get too discouraged about that, it's part of the game. The good news is that you will earn a ton of xp anyway and get to fix your character’s shortcomings. To perform the respec itself go see the contact standing next to the trainer in Nerva. Good Luck.
Special thanks go out to dreamtwister for providing additional material for this guide.
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