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Ok Midnight EST wedesday (wedesday going into thursday morning)

Good for me

Azmat Manyeyes 26th level Froglok Paladin
Nabal 25th level Froglok Shaman

Ready and active.

Thier both in Athica ATM, but not hard to pop over to Oasis (Hit Cauldron portal, to sunder, to Oasis)

So i will be in Oasis at Midnight as well. We all meet at docks, since thats the safest place I would say.

Now Server are being reset, so I am not sure what that does to the Adepts. Now if its like live, then raid mobs should repop even if they had been killed recently. If not then Spectral hunter is out.

Also Midnight.. if my caculation are correct is Day time. So we would be ok to hit Hunter. If its night time and hes up I wont bother. Hes ALOT tuffer at night.

So thats leaves Wind Hag in Obsidan Shard, and Huntfang

Huntfang is a 26th level Max Engage that roams near the Guard tower in West Badlands, you just needs to run throw Centuar hill and the North Badlands, to Westbad lands

So I say we looking at those two


Wind Hag

Max Level Engagment: 25
Adept Level: 28

Ok from what I can find for info, Wind had is a caster, and will throw Knockbacks. At around 70% health she spawns 2-4 Low 20s Air Elemetnals that also stun/knockback. Those Air Elementals Need to be kiting away from main force or thier going to be a royal pain in the butt.

Wind Hag is going to be intersting. Knockbacks are very problematic for Mts and Healers. having your heal rank constantly chaing due to MT being knocked around is not good.

If shes a stationary Adept, then we need to see if thiers a rock or something to wedge MT with near by. If she wanders then we have to see if again we can get to to were thiers a rock or something to wedge MT. Room to kite away Air Elemetnals would be nice as well. Preferably not having to go over the top of the heals ;D

HuntFang

Max Level Engagment: 26
Adept level: 29

Couldn't find any info on Huntfang. However I had the unfortune experience of attacking Huntfang with out notcing that he was an Adept with my characters. So I have a few details.

Huntfang is total Melee. Summons (guess most adepts summon) he runs at Sow speed. Hits in the 50s on a well armor tank from what I saw. hits may to higher as I was running for my life so didn't pay super attention to the hits other then at 19th they were HARD. Huntfang probley has some special abilit later.. Flurry? Rampage? Will see, just have ot be perpared.

But as Straight melee tactics on him are simple (not easy just simple)

Mt Engage, biuld aggro, call for Assit, KILL it before before MT dies hehe (with Healings chain healing most likly).
 
I'm hoping the server being down can actually be used to our advantage to grab some people browsing through the forums. Ok so we're going to try Spectre one more time at oasis at wednesday night (12 am so technically it's thursday for clarity's sake), anyone who wants to participate MUST post in this thread. This will let me know who we've got and assign groups.

We will meet in Oasis docks, no matter what mob we're fighting, and once we're gathered we will get into groups. If it is daytime we will move into North Tarhyl and set up on the coastline in front of Spectre's spawn point. If it is nighttime we will go through Sundered Mountains and take the portal to Starfall and go to OSM (meet at the blackscale camp close to starfall zone) to fight windhag. If we find we are unable to tackle windhag after a couple tries, we will take the starfall portal to everfrost and walk to west badlands to fight Huntfang (I don't know what a good safe spot is in WBL can anyone suggest one?). What this means is that YOU SHOULD GET THE THREE CORRESPONDING RUNE TOKENS. Since the server is down you might have to wait till wednesday to grab them. Of course this would all be made easier if any one of us has a porter who can take us to the designated areas. I will try to get a hold of one before raid but we won't have a lot of time, so I hope everyone can get their tokens in time. If you are sure you cannot get your tokens before raid PM me and we'll see if we can work something out.

I thank everyone for their valuable insight regarding general raid tactics. Like I said before I have very little of it. Could one of you specify and elaborate on certain mob actions that tanks should be concerned about such as Rampage? Midget mage, do you have a character that is participating in raid? If you do I think you'd be a steller candidate to manage the raid channel. If not, I would like to have a talk with you concerning the specifics of how I should moderate it.

As far as I can tell this is our current confirmed roster

Draknor lvl 25 war
Nabal lvl 25(?) sham
Marmee lvl 23(?) clr
Drawde lvl 24 cr

This means we need the people who have said they have characters who can participate to confirm their availability. Time is running short. I have a few people who have not posted on the forums and I'm going to tell them they need to confirm if they want to participate. We cannot waste time discussing strategy in-game. I've tried that and it takes at least an hour just to get everything straightened out. If by wednesday afternoon we don't get enough people for the 25 max mobs, I'm going to say we should move straight to huntfang, as it seems he is actually easier than the other two, plus we'll have Azmat's capable hand at our side. If we make the call that it's gonna be huntfang on wednesday night then we're going to work out a loose structure that can accomodate a wide range of classes with a few tweaks and we'll pull in the forum no-shows and some random peeps, no more than 4 or so of those should do it.

Marmee, if it all possible could you get to 24, as your healing spells will be remarkably better. If not, then it's no problem and your presence would still be greatly appreciated :)

I'm going to see if the server opens up late tonight to try to recruit some more in /ooc and direct them to this thread.

I know I'm forgetting something that I'll add here when I remember.
 
Only got on server a few days ago and have only one toon at about lvl 5 so not really going to be all that useful. as time progresses im sure ill hit a few of them. you can PM me here or punch this screen name in to yahoo IM to get a hold of me. If you need a different IM service SN let me know over a PM and ill shoot it your way.
 
Hello again. Marmee is barely into 23 but I have the day off on Wed and I will see what I can do to hit 24 (hopefully). Put me down as a go for Wed night raid. On the lighter side . . I have never been to Oasis on SoD since Freeport is now evil. What is the best way to get there assuming I have no port and am on my own power?

Warning~~ I am dusting off my raid knowledge here. This will be first time in a long while. Will be asking lots of questions as to avoid dumb mistakes. If you have another cleric more skilled with raids I would gladly follow their lead/advice and humbly request some guidance here. PM me or respond on forum.

Also, please spell out for me which 3 tokens I need to get. Thank you!
Marmee 23 cleric
 
Sure thing Marmee, I have no problem answering any question you have, and I don't think the rest of us do either.

The three rune tokens you need are in Lake Starfall, Everfrost, and the Sundered Mountains

Just in case you need to know where to get them, I'll tell you that too. (A note about portals: DO NOT STEP INTO ONE WITHOUT A TOKEN IN YOUR AMMO SLOT. You will wind up in athica which has a one way portal that won't take you anywhere, forcing you to run or find a porter)

To get to lake starfall you can run to south badlands and then zone into Lake Starfall (there are birds there which may try to attack you, so you might want to get an invis and maybe levitation so you don't have to worry about it)[/list]

Once in starfall, head to the middle of the lake where there is a little tower, go inside, there should be a little bag on the table. Click on it and you will pick up the Starfall Runtoken. The portal is at the top of the tower.

The safest (longer) way to get to Sundered Mountains (and oasis) from Newport is to take the same route that you would take to go to OSM, but then continue on through greenmist, stinger's bog, south ro, and then north to Oasis. It seems like a looooong walk, but its relatively safe at your level, and not as bad as it looks. Just stay away from sand giants. To be extra safe you can bind at every zone past Starfall and start from there in the unlikely case that you die.

Once you get to sundered mountains by way of talking to the froglok at the docks, head north. This is a long walk, but once again pretty safe. Keep going until you hit a barbarian camp at the top of a mountain, check your map you can't miss it. Once there, look for the entrance to a loooooong tunnel and go inside it and head towards the end. Once you get past the gnome and the digbot, stop running and slowly proceed forward, keeping your eyes on the ground. The bag with the rune token is on the ground, but since its brown its easy to lose sight of it on the brown floor. Once you see it click on it from as far away as possible, as the portal is right behind it and tends to be veeery sensitive. Keep moving forward slowly, clicking until you pick it up, and once you do, back up so you don't get caught in the portal.

I'm assuming you know where Everfrost is, but just to be safe, once going into blackburrow go around the big hole in the ground till you're on the other side of it, the zone to Everfrost it right there. To see it easier, turn on the height filter on your map. The rune token in Everfrost is on top of the wizard portal, which also happens to be the tornado portal, so watch your step. Don't get too close to the tornado without a rune token in your ammo slot, so if you accidently fall in, it's at least not into a one way portal on the other end. The rune token is closer to the north side of the structure that serves as the wizard portal. To be safe follow the same protocol as with the Sundered Mountains portal.

In regards to having a more experienced cleric, there is a guy DCing a warrior and cleric who may come, and I think he has some experience, though I'm not sure. I'm certain the more seasoned folks coming along will have some good advice for you.

Please do not hesitate to ask any questions you may have.
 
You need Sunder Mountains Rune, it is located in the barbarian village at the top of the mountain in the middle of the zone. In the back theirs a tunnel.. a very long tunnel at the very end is the portal, and the Rune Token spawn righ thier on ground. Looks like a bad.

Everfrost, Run throw Blackburrow and enter everfrost. The portal is listed on your map, if that fails its the temple in the middle of hte map thats still standing. Portals thier, and once again a bag spawn on ground with the Rune token.

Starfall Lake, is on the island near the Greenmist jungle (ogre starting zone) its in the tower. NOTE!!!! VERY IMPORTANT the RUne Token is NOT I REPEAT not on the top of tower. The portal is thier, the Rune token is on the table down stairs. The portal on the top is VERY VERY sensitive, if you climb the ladder it will suck you in. (hense why Azmat does not have this token hehe)

Raid healers at this level are a bit simpler in a way. Your heal happens alot faster then 10 secs so heal chain is alittle different. Unless thesee mobs hit like Freight trains (and from my experience Huntfang does not) YOu can basicly Heal as needed. We seem to have 2 Clerics so each cleric could simple take turns. We may not need to spam heal. But I would rather start off strong and then slack off a bit, then start weak and have MT die and ruin raid.

My friend has a 19th Ranger and a 19th druid and wants to raid with us. I told him his Ranger wouldn't be to usefuly other then track (which could be very handy with them if they roam.. I know HuntFang does) his Druid has a 100hp heal so as long as hes awake He have another healer to help.

Like said, if we do Huntfang Azmat can Help out. I seem decent at Holding aggro. Was just in a 6 man group, and we deceded to try killing a Brute Bloodclaw (orc) he coned red to Azmat at 26.. HAD ALOT of hps. red to 26 means 29 at least (huntfangs level) I am guessing the Brutes are level 30 from what I have seen of other orc.

Our team was
26 Paladin
24 Warrior
23 Cleric
19 Ranger
19 Druid
25 Shaman

And we took him down easy. Cleric/shaman healed MT (me) and my hps never went below 80%
 
I see we have a confirmed

Warrior 25
Shaman 25
Cleric 24
Cleric 23

Plus* 19th Ranger and 19th Druid (if hes awake hehe)

That right thier is a Very Solid Raid begin, what we need now is DPS.
2 Clerics should be able to keep MT healed and alive, Hopefuly if I can land my Debuffs we can get Slows in. Once Slowed the battles half won. If the mobs are to resistant to debuffs and slows, then shaman turns into another healer.

I know you guys said you tryed the Hunter once. Can you give me details? Hits, casting? how did you aggro (pull, rush etc)

I also read that theirs puma mid 20s that are in zone. If so If you want to live alittle dangerous My Shaman can Charm one and use it on the hunter. I can have Azmat Waiting on the side line ready to attack the puma if it breaks charm. Azmat can't help heal, buff, or attack the Hunter, but I can kill Adds and a puma that gets out of control.

So if things arn't messy I see.

Warrior aggroing Hunter (running by, or moving up) Clerics begin healing warrior as warrior for 10 sec biulds aggro. After 10 secs Warrior Calls for Aid, Shaman Trys to Debuff/Slow While DPS engages hunter from the rear.

Mmm... to make sure we get maxium Puma time, I can have Azmat aggro a puma and drag it over, so Shaman can Charm it during the fight and attack hunter with it.

if my brother has the nite off (I dont think he does) I can get another 24th Warrior and 23rd Cleric but thats only if he doesn't have to work.
 
Normally I would advise against charming unless it was from an enchanter, but if azmat if there then I don't see a problem with that, and it may be a great idea.

Our last raid was plagued by the mistake of attacking the spectre at night. He hit for around 90 and I was down before we even got him past 90%. Once I went down the casters (three of them two necros and a wiz) started nuking him, and he actually started losing a lot of HP. What this tell me is that if I had hung in there a little longer we would have done much better.

The raid before this one had 6 people, with no cleric, and I managed to get him down to 80% before the nuking began, this was during the day. The obvious conclusion is that he is obscenely buffed at night. Also, there was a 21 ranger, and he reported being almost completely unable to land a hit on spectre, so I don't know if the 19 ranger would have much luck in this raid. He could be good for pulling though. The druid would be a useful addition for the extra little bit of healing involved, and the buffs and other benefits he could bring.

I really hope your brother can come along.
 
realy kicking myself for leveling.
Azmat can Cleasning Blow for over 100 dmg. And has a Increase Aggression, Increase Parry Style thats killer.

If my brother can join us, hes as good as in the bag.

2 Warriors
3 Clerics
1 Shaman
1 Druid (back up heals)

And a Ranger maybe pulling.

DPS is alittle light, but healing is massive, and if we do the puma trick thires our extra DPS.

ONly problem I fore see with the Ranger pulling is Aggro. A 28th level mob is not going to be easy to pull off a 19th Ranger. Even if he doesn't swing at all or cast on the Hunter his level Aggro is going to be massive. This is also why his Druid cannot heal the MT. His druid can only heal other people, healing MT alot in a chain will again cause to much level aggro.

90s at night.. Ouch. So that puts his day hits at like 60 I would say. From reports I have gather it ranges from 30%-40% increase in hps and attack power at night on undead. So 60-70 ballpark sounds right for day time. Which means he hits about as hard as that Brute Bloodclaw my group took down. You mention your wiz/nerco landiing nukes which is a godo thing. Means his resistance are not UBER, so I should be able to debuff (malise) and Slow. 25% speed decease makes a big deal.

Nabal Can Charm up to a 24th level mob. And Pumas attack fast.

Nabal Regs Mana Very Fast, but at the cost of his hps, dependingon how things go, perhaps my friends druid will be healing Nabal so he can generate more mana. (pack of FIre + Canniblize)

PS- who knows.. some of the Adepts level listed are wrong, Wiz has confirmed that so maybe the Hunter is realy level 26 Engage and Azmat can help. If he cons Red, then Azmat can engage.
 
Garison said:
I could bring a 21 or 22 Wizard.
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yes, please please bring your wizard! It's the missing component in our group! If you can lvl him to 22 or even 23 before midnight even better, but yes please meet us at oasis.

Ok, I will let this thread marinate until 1 pm wednesday, then I will organize the groups and see what you guys think.

People who are new to this thread, you still have a chance to jump in!
 
We can always make a prelim group in Mielecha (or wherever) to level, etc. before 12. I should be online prior to 12. I might be able to convince a friend with a 21+ monk to come as well.


Drawde.
 
Ok if more people have time to lvl up before the raid, go ahead an post it and we'll see if ebrow wants to get a group together to go hunting somewhere close by like Miel A.

As it stands this seems to be our confirmed roster

Draknor lvl 25 war
Nabal lvl 25 sham
Marmee lvl 23 clr
Drawde lvl 24 cr
19 Druid
possibly 19 ranger to pull
Garisons 22 Wizard

We also have some floaters

21 Monk
25 War
25 Clr
20 somethins War
and maybe a 25 Necro if he hasn't gotten impatient and leveled yet.

we also have Azmat if spectre's actually max engage 26, or if we go for huntfang

I would go in game to recruit more, but the server is still down. I just hope its up in time for the raid

If no one else shows up but the confirmed we'll make just one group and creat a separate raid channel for important stuff, leaving the chatter in group chat. The ranger will pull and I will jump in and try to get aggro. It is probable that the ranger will die, but I don't see another way to organize this raid except leaving him as the puller who takes one for the team. If anyone has a better idea tell me. If we had just one other tank I could divide the group into two, tanks and clerics with the rest on another.

If we have all the floaters, I'm not including Azmat's brother because he said it'd be unlikely, then we can have the tanks and clerics in one group, the rest in another, with the monk pulling.

With the possible entries we have, it seems that any tanks we get will get put in my group. This also will probably apply to the clerics, as I don't see them being much use in group two.

does everyone think this will work or do they have a better suggestion?
 
I hope the server is up before then and I get a chance to play, otherwise the wizard will be only level 21.
 
adept

Would love to join you all 21 ranger and 21 paly. I am available after 8pm Wednesday pac time.
 
Thank you very much for help with instructions for finding runes needed. Both your notes (Draknor and Kilin) are great.
I usally run/boat to where ever I need to be. Most helpful.

I will not pretend to be exp enough to tell you how to organize raid . What you have sounds good to me. I would love to level to 24 before the raid. I am carrying all my 24 level spells with me so I can mem them if I reach 24 today. If anyone wants to group to level ahead of time would be cool.

I am logging on soon to get Marmee set with her runes. I have Everfrost and Starfall, need the Sundered Mtns rune. Marm is parked in Steamfont helping a friend so might try popping over to Cauldren of Dawn & head that route. Sounds like we will be having fun with at least one solid group and poss two!

:)
Marmee 23 cleric
 
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