Pit Trials

Summary

Pit Trials are a time-based, competitive Monster Arena where 3 Players battle against waves of increasingly difficult monsters
To start a Pit Trial, players must have access to an Archeology Desk and accumulate sufficient Survival Gear

Players will encounter Survival Gear as somewhat Rare Loot from most loot-generating systems
Players will need 10 Survival Gear to start a Pit Trial
Survival Gear can be stored within a Resource Stockpile

On the "Pit Trial" page of the Archeology Desk Menu, players can start Pit Trials by clicking the "Start Pit Trial" button
In order to start a Pit Trial the initiating player must have 10 Survival Gear in their backpack
Players cannot start a Pit Trial if there is already a Pit Trial still in progress that was initiated from that same Archeology Desk
Once a player starts a Pit Trial, they will automatically be added as a participant to it
Up to 2 additional players can also participate in the Pit Trial, but they must be in a Party with the initiating Player in order to join
Players cannot enter a Pit Trial if they are already part of an existing Pit Trial currently in progress

Each participant can enter the Pit Trial by clicking the "Enter Pit Trial" button
Players can immediately enter a Pit Trial once it has been initiated, however Creature Wave Spawns will not begin for 30 seconds (i.e players will have several seconds to "prepare" before creatures arrive)

Upon entering the Pit Trial players will automatically have a Pit Trial Hotbar that tracks the current Wave, Time Remaining, and Team Gold Earned
Players can relaunch the Pit Trial Hotbar by typing [PitTrialHotbar or [PitTrialsHotbar or [PitHotbar

As as soon as a Pit Trial is initiated, waves of creatures will begin to spawn within 30 seconds
Players will see countdown system text informing them how much time they have until these creatures begin spawning

Pit Trials are instanced and will occur in one of 8 Random Pit Trial Arenas, with each featuring a different visual theme
Pit Trials last for 30 minutes
Pit Trials are Mountless
There are no restrictions on Items, Skills, Templates, or Followers for characters within Pit Trials
All PvM-based bonuses available to players such as Codexes, Mastery Chains, etc will apply to players and their followers

During Pit Trials players will face waves of creature spawns
Each wave consists of a random collection of creatures
Players must kill all creatures of the current wave before a new wave will spawn
Each subsequent wave increases the combined total CreatureDifficulty of creatures spawned as well as raises the floor and ceiling of the individual CreatureDifficulty of creatures spawned (i.e. players will face more and harder monsters with each wave)
Additionally, for each Wave after the first, all enemy creatures receive a cumulative +10% bonus to their Damage they inflict against players and followers

When a Pit Trial creature is killed, they will not drop Loot on their corpse
Instead, the Raw Gold Value of the creature be added towards the team's collective Team Gold Earned score
Gold-increasing bonuses from players (such as Fortune Aspect, Mastery Chains, etc) will not increase the Raw Gold Value of a creature
Players can view their Team Gold Earned score during a Pit Trial at the bottom of the Pit Trial Hotbar