12-08-2005, 02:50 AM
Today, Wednesday, Rogoll is 59 with 12 bubbles left to hit 60. He has completed the Strat live prep. He still has 6 or 8 BRD quests in his log.
vor_lord,Dec 7 2005, 06:24 PM Wrote:Roll call info:
Code:Lurker Main Char Coming? Preference
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Alram Rogoll (58 Rogue) Yes Any high level
bonemage Durambar (60 Warrior) Yes 5-Strat Live, Raid-Strat Dead
Concillian Conc (60 Warrior) Yes 5-LBRS, Raid:LBRS
FlashNPan Gorohnt (56 Warlock) Yes 5-SM
Gnollguy Marntruehorn (60 Hunter) Yes 5-Strat Live, Raid-Strat Dead or LBRS
khgerg Octord (60 Warlock) Yes 5-SM
PapaSmurf Dunar (47 Druid) ?
swirly swirlytracks (46 Hunter) ?
ShadoweSpirit Tamainelka (56 Hunter) Yes
Treesh Mogoraindyn (60 Shaman) Yes
VoiceMan Gorkuk (60 Hunter) Yes 5-SM
vor_lord Necrali (60 Priest) Yes 5-Strat Live, Raid-Strat Dead
Urza-DSF Jandrey (53 Warrior) No
Xame Yuri (60 Mage) Yes 5-SM
klaus_weg Xarhud (38 Priest) Yes 5-SM
I took Sir_Die off the list, but I'd love to add him back if/when he gets interested in the druid again ;). I also took gantor (Kosch, 56 shaman) also off the list. He is planning on coming back to play sometime, so when he does I'll put him back on also. Until further notice I'm not expecting either one of them to show up until they tell us.
I put swirly on there -- maybe he's interested in playing his hunter with us on Fridays soon? Swirly?
I also include PapaSmurf who most of you know as Dunar. I don't think he has been regularly reading the forums (although I think he introduced me to the lounge back in 1999) so if you see him in game, ask him if he's able to come Friday night.
The plans below could change quite a bit when more people start coming on our increasingly complicated Friday night.
Alram, I believe the only instance left that has quest prep you can start before entering is Stratholme, specifically the entire Tirion Fordring quest line. You definitely should do this with Rogoll, as I'm sure that the Mark of Fordring will look attractive for Rogoll. Even if we don't do a Scarlet Strat 5 man on Friday, having that sequence ready will be a very good idea. I think GG, Treesh, myself, VoiceMan, Xame, Concillian, bonemage, and khgerg have this line done.
Need to double check, but I think all the other Strat quests are just pickups in EPL.
Front running ideas
I'll edit this as discussion progresses. Agenda may change, and so might attendees.
Currently it looks like the consensus is to not do ST on Friday as that excludes Urza. With that eliminated, and the fact of 4 people already planning on SM, it also seems that avoiding a raid would be best.
4 of the raid eligible 11 will be in SM, leaving 7 for a raid. That's not many more than a 5 man and we'd have to give up quests to do so, which seems unfortunate.
Big drawback is we have 2 people left out. I can volunteer to be one of those. It seems that some people sometime will end up being left out, and the number of times that works out with me sitting out is few due to the healer shortage, so I should do it when it looks ok to do so. I will have another chance at a five man sometime.
Again this is just something to work from -- improvements, suggestions, whatever. Please speak up if this idea makes you unhappy or if you have a better one. Our number and distribution do make it hard to include everyone but we're doing the best we can.
I think as soon as ST gets out of the way for Urza, Flash, and Shadowe, we'll be heading back into BRD with them as 5 man. The rest will likely be doing a single raid elsewhere, or if we have people taking a break or missing, a possible other 5 man.
Scarlet Monastery
Reasoning and Notes
Healer Development
Probable attendees
Xame
FlashNPan
khgerg
VoiceMan
klaus_weg
Stratholme Live side 5 man --
Reasoning and Notes
Obtain another key -- Yuri has one but he'll be unavailable next Friday.
Good 5 man quest rewards
Preferences look favorably on it for a 5 man
Attendees should have quest prep done
Probable attendees
bonemage
Treesh
Gnollguy
Alram
Concillian
Left out, or needing rearrangement
Shadowe
vor_lord
Variations and counter ideas
Could potentially have Conc bring his priest if the group would prefer a priest over a second warrior (see below). It'd be nice to get the Ornate Adamantium Breastplate for Conc if going in for a five man as he prefers the warrior (there are also nice rewards for the priest). Hmmm, Conc, your priest probably doesn't have that sequence done anyway.... ?
One possible alteration to this is to have Shadowe and I replace Alram and Concillian and they can go after the elusive Shanker. Tamainelka probably needs to do the quest line mentioned above -- getting her, Gorohnt, and Rogoll through that line would be a good idea.
Another possibility is doing SM with 6 -- I think the first time through any wing Xarhud would like to see it 5 man, but I bet Shadowe has SM ready characters who need loot. Another option is for one of the four originally planning on SM to step aside to allow Shadowe to play there with Flash, but still someone (other than me) still gets left out.
Here's another one that is probably not feasible unless ST gets done before Friday. If it does, then Drutar/Gorohnt/Tamainelka will need to do BRD prep which has nonsoloable parts in it. Since the schedules of those three generally align well on other days it could be done another time, but this is one option that allows everyone to play as part of a group that progresses their characters. I would replace Alram in the Strat 5 man, and the SM group would be a 4 man.
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