What is a FOTM group?

Kallio · Dec 19, 2003

Like many, I´ve seen the word "FOTM" fly around all the time. Also a term "FOTM group" has come along. What does this mean? If there´s 2-3 savages?

It´s used for any mid group nowdays, does it only mean that there´s a savage and 3 healers in the group? Why does it mean that? If in a group was, 2 zerks, sava, skald, 3 healers shammy would it be fotm?

Is any savage player a FOTMer?

If you´d be rolling a light tank, and the choices would be either zerker or savage woulnd´t you roll a sava instead? Especially pre 1.62 since you´d know you´d be nerfed.

Am I idiot when I try to make a thread to RvR discussion that ISNT a "Grats" post?

zmurf · Dec 19, 2003

Alot refere to 2 or more savages in groups as 'FOTM' or 4 Seer's in group as 'FOTM' probably thousand more definitions out there ...

Originally posted by Kallio
Am I idiot

Yes

Aybabtu · Dec 19, 2003

in my eyes a fotm mid group is 1 skald - 1 shammy - 2/3 healers rest Savages and zerkers......

Hib would be 1 bard - 2 druids - 1 warden - rest BM's and Hero's

or 1 bar - 2 druids - 1/2 tanks - rest chanters and Eldies

Alb.....Well.... 1 Sorc - 1 Mincer - 2 clerics - 1 pally - 3 Merc (Doubt you'll ever come across this set up tho

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boni_ofdavoid · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by Kallio

Am I idiot when I try to make a thread to RvR discussion that ISNT a "Grats" post?

Grats

Arnor · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by Aybabtu
in my eyes a fotm mid group is 1 skald - 1 shammy - 2/3 healers rest Savages

hey JH! your not fotm anymore!

love your sig zmurf btw, got that mp3 on my playlist

vintervargen · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by Aybabtu
or 1 bar - 2 druids - 1/2 tanks - rest chanters and Eldies

thats not really Flavour of the month now is it?

old.CrazyMuppet · Dec 19, 2003

What is a FOTM group?

By watching #celticfist and #stealthzerg i've found that if you can't beat enemies it's easier on the ego to call them FOTM, regardless of what it stands for.

kirennia · Dec 19, 2003

Alb groups there is jsut one setup that is considered FoTM:

3 mercs, 2 clerics, sorc, pally, mincer.

In hib, 1 bard 2 druids and either filled with BMs or enchanters.

Midgard in general seems to be classed as FoTM atm...lol

Mainly it's not setups tho, it's the rolling of the currently overpowered class, swapping realms, in general jsut being 1337 that FoTM stands for. Classes in particular. All those who rerolled from a zerker to a savage or swapped realm to play a savage are all FoTMer 1337 12 year olds. Infiltrators in alb seem to have become a new annoyed fad too. And as since the dawning of time, enchanters are STILL FoTM. Probably would be better to be called FoTY now though :/

old.m0000 · Dec 19, 2003

any group with a savage in it is a fotm grp

hotrat · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by old.m0000
any group with a savage in it is a fotm grp

Yer any mid group with a load of savages is fotm, any hib group with loads of chanters in is fotm, and albs well they are fotm if they give up their main and roll an infil

Stallion- · Dec 19, 2003

chanters were fotm way back..
elds are fotm atm.. so are bms, savages, healers have always been popular...zerks are history =) nat druids were fotm for a while..

VodkaFairy · Dec 19, 2003

Mid Fotm (Set by JH definitely ;p)

skald
3 healer
shaman
3 savage

Alb Fotm (showh by AD, BF and FC _sometimes_ afaik)

sorc
2 clerics
mincer
3 mercenaries
paladin

Hib Fotm (mainly thanks to DH for showing how good it is)

bard
2 druids
warden
3 x eld/chanter
hero

or (shown well by BaF)

bard
2 druids
hero
3 bm's
mana eld / bm / druid

cougar- · Dec 19, 2003

all mid groups are fotm if they use any of the classes available in daoc for midgard.

zmurf · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by Arnor
love your sig zmurf btw, got that mp3 on my playlist

Annoying it takes up so much space though :/

But talking about it makes me wanna see the movie again, so afk ...

zmurf · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by cougar-
all mid groups are fotm if they use any of the classes available in daoc for midgard.

Got mate somewhere else mate ...

old.m0000 · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by Stallion-
chanters were fotm way back..
elds are fotm atm.. so are bms, savages, healers have always been popular...zerks are history =) nat druids were fotm for a while..

fotm does not really mean flavour of the month anymore

it stands for a class that is hideously overpowered, stupidly easy to play and that everone rolls for those reasons.

eg: Savages, Chanters, BDs, Infils & <ASSASINS IN GENERAL>

old.Emma · Dec 19, 2003

tbh the term fotms i kinda lame.

the problem isnt how the group is setup.. class's etc. its that that particular combination of class's makes the group so powerful they are incredibly hard to beat.

Savages are and will be the best tank for a group by far. Not only do they have all the ups of a pure tank. good defense, Det etc. they also output the most melee damage out of all tanks.

I know there is a "fix" coming for savage which will make it easier for that kind of group setup to be taken down, but that would stop a savage from one-two shotting 99% of casters.

Bare in mind that yes quad rates are drastically lower. but triples will be much higher. So instead of getting hit for 700-900 with a quad you`ll still get twatted for a good 500-650 if they are lucky with a triple.

Czaedes · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by old.m0000
fotm does not really mean flavour of the month anymore

it stands for a class that is hideously overpowered, stupidly easy to play and that everone rolls for those reasons.

eg: Savages, Chanters, BDs, Infils & <ASSASINS IN GENERAL>

Savages aren't easier to play than any other light tank just because they're very (too) powerfull.
And yes I agree, everyone rolls BDs. I mean there has to be at LEAST 40-50 lvl 50 BDs on mid/excal. And no less than 4 of them are above rr5! NERF!

[EDIT] 54 lvl 50 BDs found on the un-updated Duskwave.

kirennia · Dec 19, 2003

Why the hell did they come up with the term 'Flavour of the month' anyways? It sounds bloody stupid. Ooh cup of tea old chap? Perhaps this glorious evening one would like to take part in a round of two of golf? Okay my dear fellow, tally ho!

argh, why not call it 'spawns of satan', 'rejects united' or 'I used hacks in CS brigade'. Something to symbolise the shitness of rerollers for FoTM chars.

kirennia · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by kirennia
Why the hell did they come up with the term 'Flavour of the month' anyways? It sounds bloody stupid. Ooh cup of tea old chap? Perhaps this glorious evening one would like to take part in a round of two of golf? Okay my dear fellow, tally ho!

argh, why not call it 'spawns of satan', 'rejects united' or 'I used hacks in CS brigade'. Something to symbolise the shitness of rerollers for FoTM chars.

I can't beleive I jsut slagged off the saying FoTM then used it myself...I feel so dirty

ormagaa · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by VodkaFairy
Mid Fotm (Set by JH definitely ;p)

skald
3 healer
shaman
3 savage

Skip skald for a warrior or healer, and you have the
NEW ultrafotm JH setup.

Giga · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by ormagaa
Skip skald for a warrior or healer, and you have the
NEW ultrafotm JH setup.

yer soudns grate, just one thing, i wonder how good that group will make it on sprint+endregen and aug healer speed

Freppe^^ · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by Giga
yer soudns grate, just one thing, i wonder how good that group will make it on sprint+endregen and aug healer speed

They will do just gr8. FOTM as they are

g0g0

ab_fluid · Dec 19, 2003

JH are the definition of fotm

ask lethul

agon · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by kirennia
Why the hell did they come up with the term 'Flavour of the month' anyways? It sounds bloody stupid. Ooh cup of tea old chap? Perhaps this glorious evening one would like to take part in a round of two of golf? Okay my dear fellow, tally ho!

argh, why not call it 'spawns of satan', 'rejects united' or 'I used hacks in CS brigade'. Something to symbolise the shitness of rerollers for FoTM chars.

-RG-Jaond · Dec 19, 2003

fotm = infil

fotm group = a group of infils

alithiel50 · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by VodkaFairy
Alb Fotm (showh by AD, BF and FC _sometimes_ afaik)

sorc
2 clerics
mincer
3 mercenaries
paladin

For an Alb group to be FotM, the Mercs all have to be Thrust spec...

FC's 'usual' main group is currently 2 Slash Mercs and 1 Theu/Friar/Reaver/Arms/Necro/Wizard/2nd Minstrel... hardly FotM

Asha · Dec 19, 2003

bf usually have an ialkarn

hardly fotm

wouldn't say fc are anything like fotm either.... nor gol

truth is that we don't have a class that you can pack in to a group in 3s that outshines it's counterpart in hib/mid (savages/healers/chanters/elds). Thrust mercs are ok, but they aren't outstanding.

Aybabtu · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by vintervargen
thats not really Flavour of the month now is it?

Sorry that would be Flavour of the year

old.Lethul · Dec 19, 2003

Originally posted by Giga
yer soudns grate, just one thing, i wonder how good that group will make it on sprint+endregen and aug healer speed

it works quite good tbh, or 4 healers 3 savage 1 shammy for maximum pbae box interupt

Originally posted by ab_fluid
JH are the definition of fotm ask lethul

yepp yepp, doenst matter what setup we use tho

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