02-09-2006, 03:43 PM
Necrali went to ZG last night with Keepers of the Dusk. Good group of mature players. Nearly half of the attendees were not KOTD but only myself and one other had never gone with them before -- they really are making an effort to keep the same people so they progress.
The raid took down three bosses: Venoxis, Jeklik, and Mandokir. FYI, we wiped once on a trash mob pull (feared into another group). We also wiped twice vs. Mandokir primarily because the raid leader didn't quite understand the encounter (but does now).
It was an extremely educational experience for me personally. I just wanted to point out a couple of things that are of interest in context for our own raids. I know we have people that know a lot more about this than I do so I'll be very brief.
The raid took down three bosses: Venoxis, Jeklik, and Mandokir. FYI, we wiped once on a trash mob pull (feared into another group). We also wiped twice vs. Mandokir primarily because the raid leader didn't quite understand the encounter (but does now).
It was an extremely educational experience for me personally. I just wanted to point out a couple of things that are of interest in context for our own raids. I know we have people that know a lot more about this than I do so I'll be very brief.
- We can do at least this much with our current gear and skill level. I'm sure we'll have some rough patches as we get things smoothed out, and we'll need some practice. I didn't see anyone clad in epics, and Durambar and Conc both have at least comparable gear as the main tank. Of the two priests, my gear was better. Of course Bloodlord's Defender dropped so their main tank is better equipped than he was.
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- Ventrilo is NOT a good option for linux users, and I don't think it is as good as Teamspeak even for Windows users. I used it just to listen, but it crashed and hung repeatedly on me. I'm sure that is due to running it via an emulator. It also caused enormous lag spikes (which weren't limited to just me either). Naturally the lag spikes were at the most critical moments. I spent nearly the entire Jeklik fight dead since a spike hit just as the first wave of bombs hit, and I couldn't move.
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- Those of us that have been putting off CTRaidAssist probably shouldn't wait any longer. The communication facilities within it, as well as the boss information mods, make it worth it in my opinion. For us old Doomhammer refugees, it is MUCH better than it was back in April.
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- Rep gains have been signficantly boosted. I got just under 1000 rep last night, so I'm 1/3 of the way to Friendly already.
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- Trash mobs have been signficantly reduced in number -- people were quite pleased at how much quicker we were able to move through some areas.
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- My efforts to collect multiple gear sets were finally rewarded.<>
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