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Roo Stercogburn
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Don't normally post raid invitations here, but what the hey 
Sunday afternoon 2pm GMT / 3pm CET. Big chick in Malmo been sitting comfy for far too long.
My first thought was to see if this can be done with the mythical 50 peeps that Mythic reckon we can do this with but I get the warm and fuzzies when we get lots of Mids together so I've made it an open invitation. I'm just as happy if we get 50 peeps or we get 100. Absolute raid max is 200 though. This is the max we can get in CG and gives everyone on raid a very good chance of coming away with something. Should more peeps turn up, this means that the people that are on time have greater chance of getting in CG and hence will get a shot at a drop
One of the reasons I wanted to do this raid is because I know a lot of peeps like SBs have a lot of points spread across a lot of skills and want to shift them around more than a single line respec will allow them. Also, the new respec stone mob places are heavily camped by some guilds and the dragon throws it open to all.
(Slightly off topic: since patch I've done some testing with lvl47 lifetap vs lvl50 dark nuke and the lvl47 lifetap blows it away so no changes to my spec needed. No surprise there to anyone probably)
Because this is effectively a free for all raid on the dragon, lotto will be by individual, not guild. As always I will be chatlogging and will do a /cg who to get who is in the raid and assign everyone a number in the order that they appear then hit the random button. Should be fast and simple. If you have a buffbot, do not include it in CG simply to increase your chances of drop. I will find out and come for you, your family and your pet iguana in the night.
Whining and badmouthing is an automatic boot from raid, I won't even waste time on people that do this. People will be civil to each other or they are booted.
Anyone spamming me to ask for items will be removed from the lotto and /ignored forever more. Don't spam to ask for stats either
Level requirement is 40+ unless you are seer, which is 35+. Anyone else may come along but don't spam, follow orders and you are not elligable for drops. Respec stones are only to be lotto'd to lvl50s but the other drops anyone that is 40+ (35+ for seers) may lotto for. Until 1.64, the drops are not as good as crafted items anyway so don't bother annoying me about lvl restrictions on mundane drops
If we succeed and have more people than drops, you get only one drop then you are done. Otherwise we go around again after everyone has a drop. 24 skill respec + 24 realm respec + 16 drops means that there is a high chance of a drop for a large number of people. If your number comes up, you may choose a drop from remaining items, limited by above level requirements of course. I will not be lotto'ing for any items.
If you can set up pbae groups in advance of this raid, that would be appreciated.
I'll go over the plan at the entrance stone before moving in. We will not move from the entrance stone until just after the dragon's patrol, even if this means we just miss a chance. Previous experience on raids has shown that if we rush, we blow it each and every time. We will move through execs and bulldoze through, as I've found on previous raids too many people have killed lots of Svartalfs over time.
There are no limitations on armour procs or weapon procs. The only restriction is that if you are a ranged attack user (casters or hunters), that you cast any and all ranged attacks on the dragon from WITHIN melee distance; if you are unsure about range, do not attack. Do not /STICK the dragon as it warps all over the area with lag and you get everyone killed. Expect a torrent of abuse from your realm mates if you do this. Do not /FACE the dragon in case it moves out of melee range as you cast.
We fight on the mound. Do not engage the dragon before he gets there, even if she attacks you. Keep running to the mound when the Charge order is given. You will get a rez if you die, but nobody will get a rez if we all die
Bring health/end regen/power potions as appropriate. Don't rely on a pox or end regen buff from a seer as you will probably die at some point and lose the buff.
We will clear the guards from the surrounding area as usual then
Pet team will be set up to pull the dragon then everyone gets to the mound and begins melee. There is a new guard pop at around 40% health I believe. Casters not pbae'ing the dragon are expected to give these their priority. Some seers will be grouped to rez and not heal as on previous raids.
If you end up teleported somewhere you can't get back to main raid, wait for some more peeps to get teleported to your loc and then come back together.
The only thing that will stop this raid is if the Albs or Hibs come to visit us and we end up in realm level RvR. I, like many others, have lvl50s stashed away in Gral at all times anyway
As always, the most important thing to bring with you is patience.
I've probably forgotten to post a few details and suggestions as always are welcome.
See you Sunday
Sunday afternoon 2pm GMT / 3pm CET. Big chick in Malmo been sitting comfy for far too long.
My first thought was to see if this can be done with the mythical 50 peeps that Mythic reckon we can do this with but I get the warm and fuzzies when we get lots of Mids together so I've made it an open invitation. I'm just as happy if we get 50 peeps or we get 100. Absolute raid max is 200 though. This is the max we can get in CG and gives everyone on raid a very good chance of coming away with something. Should more peeps turn up, this means that the people that are on time have greater chance of getting in CG and hence will get a shot at a drop
One of the reasons I wanted to do this raid is because I know a lot of peeps like SBs have a lot of points spread across a lot of skills and want to shift them around more than a single line respec will allow them. Also, the new respec stone mob places are heavily camped by some guilds and the dragon throws it open to all.
(Slightly off topic: since patch I've done some testing with lvl47 lifetap vs lvl50 dark nuke and the lvl47 lifetap blows it away so no changes to my spec needed. No surprise there to anyone probably
)Because this is effectively a free for all raid on the dragon, lotto will be by individual, not guild. As always I will be chatlogging and will do a /cg who to get who is in the raid and assign everyone a number in the order that they appear then hit the random button. Should be fast and simple. If you have a buffbot, do not include it in CG simply to increase your chances of drop. I will find out and come for you, your family and your pet iguana in the night.
Whining and badmouthing is an automatic boot from raid, I won't even waste time on people that do this. People will be civil to each other or they are booted.
Anyone spamming me to ask for items will be removed from the lotto and /ignored forever more. Don't spam to ask for stats either
Level requirement is 40+ unless you are seer, which is 35+. Anyone else may come along but don't spam, follow orders and you are not elligable for drops. Respec stones are only to be lotto'd to lvl50s but the other drops anyone that is 40+ (35+ for seers) may lotto for. Until 1.64, the drops are not as good as crafted items anyway so don't bother annoying me about lvl restrictions on mundane drops
If we succeed and have more people than drops, you get only one drop then you are done. Otherwise we go around again after everyone has a drop. 24 skill respec + 24 realm respec + 16 drops means that there is a high chance of a drop for a large number of people. If your number comes up, you may choose a drop from remaining items, limited by above level requirements of course. I will not be lotto'ing for any items.
If you can set up pbae groups in advance of this raid, that would be appreciated.
I'll go over the plan at the entrance stone before moving in. We will not move from the entrance stone until just after the dragon's patrol, even if this means we just miss a chance. Previous experience on raids has shown that if we rush, we blow it each and every time. We will move through execs and bulldoze through, as I've found on previous raids too many people have killed lots of Svartalfs over time.
There are no limitations on armour procs or weapon procs. The only restriction is that if you are a ranged attack user (casters or hunters), that you cast any and all ranged attacks on the dragon from WITHIN melee distance; if you are unsure about range, do not attack. Do not /STICK the dragon as it warps all over the area with lag and you get everyone killed. Expect a torrent of abuse from your realm mates if you do this. Do not /FACE the dragon in case it moves out of melee range as you cast.
We fight on the mound. Do not engage the dragon before he gets there, even if she attacks you. Keep running to the mound when the Charge order is given. You will get a rez if you die, but nobody will get a rez if we all die
Bring health/end regen/power potions as appropriate. Don't rely on a pox or end regen buff from a seer as you will probably die at some point and lose the buff.
We will clear the guards from the surrounding area as usual then
Pet team will be set up to pull the dragon then everyone gets to the mound and begins melee. There is a new guard pop at around 40% health I believe. Casters not pbae'ing the dragon are expected to give these their priority. Some seers will be grouped to rez and not heal as on previous raids.
If you end up teleported somewhere you can't get back to main raid, wait for some more peeps to get teleported to your loc and then come back together.
The only thing that will stop this raid is if the Albs or Hibs come to visit us and we end up in realm level RvR. I, like many others, have lvl50s stashed away in Gral at all times anyway
As always, the most important thing to bring with you is patience.
I've probably forgotten to post a few details and suggestions as always are welcome.
See you Sunday