The OFF Rift Raid Mon / Tue / Wed 11th - 13th August

[Raedwulf]

Anyone marked in red is in the lineup for that run. Otherwise, please be online & on-time & I will select who I see fit according to what's available.

Legend
Name - Signed up and in raid for that night
Name - Maybe
[s:14qsuc1e]Name[/s:14qsuc1e] - Cancelled
Name - No show

Barz / Zurm / Fruz / Zogtark
Gems: Boots / boots / gloves / leggings
Date: Monday, August 11th
Time: 19:45 GMT (20:45 CET)
Gather: Bree-town, West gate
Lock: 0
Hunters[list:14qsuc1e] Aloisa[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Captains Bothorn[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Guardians Skelsamu[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Minstrels Bino[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Eldiron[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Lore Masters Melagil[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Rufus[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Champions Raedwulf[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Brondhae[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [s:14qsuc1e]Fezeryk[/s:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Burglars Tiermond[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Baro[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e][/list:u:14qsuc1e]

Nurnabalat / Shadow-Eater / Thrang
Gems: Chest / None / Helm
Date: Tuesday, August 12th
Time: 19:45 GMT (20:45 CET)
Gather: Bree-town, West gate
Lock: 4
Hunters[list:14qsuc1e] Aloisa[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Elnar[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Captains Bothorn[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Guardians Skelsamu[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Minstrels Bino[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Eldiron[/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Lore Masters Melagil[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Rufus[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Champions Brondhae[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Fezeryk[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Burglars Tiermond[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Baro[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e][/list:u:14qsuc1e]

Balrog
Gems: Shoulders & weapon/shield
Date: Wednesday, August 13th
Time: 19:45 GMT (20:45 CET)
Gather: Bree-town, West gate NB: We will not have the chain link from the w/e run.
Lock: 7
Signups:
Hunters[list:14qsuc1e] Aloisa[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Elnar[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Captains Bothorn[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Guardians Skelsamu[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Minstrels Bino[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Eldiron[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Lore Masters Melagil[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Rufus[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Champions Brondhae[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Fezeryk[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Burglars Tiermond[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Baro[/*:m:14qsuc1e] [/*:m:14qsuc1e][/*:m:14qsuc1e][/list:u:14qsuc1e]

The Rules
Preamble: Unless contradicted by anything below, the normal RRU raid rules apply.
1) This is not first come, first served. I am an inexperienced raid leader & will therefore be selecting who comes along with my needs in mind.
2) Expect to die more & suceed less! No, I am not joking - see various points below.
3) Rhy is not leading this, nor is Joerg. I am. Rhy (probably along as Melagil) can de-brief me afterwards; he will not be interfering in the run, so do not look to him for orders.
4) You can sign up for the Balrog only, but you will be strictly a reserve. I am not dropping someone who helped clear on the first two days in favour of someone that didn't.
5) I do not like hanging around waiting. Please be courteous to everyone else by being on-time (note the slightly later start time). See also 7 below.
6) I am perfectly willing to experiment. This may mean trying out new tactics, going in with an unbalanced or short group, inexperienced raiders, or whatever. We ought to be good enough to cope.
7) I have a boot & I'm perfectly willing to use it. I would rather be under-strength than have to put up with an idiot that doesn't listen or an incompetent that can't play or learn. Either is more likely to wipe the entire group than being 1 or 2 short. If the Balrog can be done with 6 (allegedly), anything else can be dealt with too.
8) The Off-raid is, essentially, a training ground. If things go wrong, they go wrong. We've all got cash to spare for repairs, so don't whinge. I've killed the Balrog 5 times running, I don't care particualry if delays on earlier sections mean we don't get to him. That's life (or death, as the case may be...). Speaking of delays, be aware that on days 2 or 3, you may be starting from somewhere in the previous day's schedule!
9) Bearing in mind the previous clause, try to read the Raid Training Guide (http://annonamarth.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=366) so you know what's expected of you, especially in regards to using the TS channel, & Fellowship manoeuvres/
10) I've 20 years more practice at being a complete bastard than Rhy has. You would be unwise to forget this! ;)

Please all read this page (http://annonamarth.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=113) on what to bring.

Gem winners:
Tiermond (Boots)[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Baro (Boots)[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Raedwulf (Gloves)[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Derigar (Gloves)[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Skelsamu (Leggings)[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Melagil (Chest)[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Brondhae (Helmet)[/*:m:14qsuc1e] (Weapon)[/*:m:14qsuc1e] (Shoulders)[/*:m:14qsuc1e]
Teal item winners:
Tierwulf (Sword of Thrang)[/*:m:14qsuc1e] (Thaurlach's Blade)[/*:m:14qsuc1e] Melagil (Haematite band)[/*:m:14qsuc1e]

Gem signups:
Boots: Bino, Baro, Tiermond, Aloisa
Gloves: Raedwulf (140), Skelsamu, Eldiron
Leggings:
Chest: Melagil (120),
Helmet: Rufus (160)
Shoulder Guards: Bothorn
Weapon/Shield:
Not declared: Brondhae, Fezeryk
Rolls are a straight 100, unless otherwise noted.

PUGs in italic

Please all try to be on teamspeak (http://annonamarth.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=119), even if you have no microphone. Explaining all tactics is so much easier on voice.

[Rhyaehar]

Melagil for all save Balrog, Rhy on Balrog please ;)

Oh and Mel will roll chest.

[Raedwulf]

If we get that far! :shock: Any particular reason why?

[Rhyaehar]

Well, in the off chance Wig-Feld or Wanir-Men drops (or other nice goodies) I'd like to have those on Rhy, not on Mel.

[bothorn]

i'll go , hpefully have me new PC built by then, if so i dont mind who i take, captain for shoulders or hunter for chest i reckon

[skelsamu]

im in :lol: seems like a great idea _O_
(the off rift raid for getting more chanche at rift gear!!)
gloves and leggins fine by me.

[Rhyaehar]

Just one please, Skel

[Fezeryk]

Hello! i'd like to sign up for all 3 days if is possible _O_ ,and roll for the leggins :) !

[skelsamu]

Just one please, Skel
i ment or :Y
(you must says t befor, i read t)
cause tonight (maby tommorow to) ill go raiding again and dont know if i win a roll.
so sat/sunday ill say t ;)

[Rufus]

I'd like to try the OFF raid - what time does it start? I can fill in whatever gaps you have but then what I roll on will depend who I bring :/

How about we say helmet - I don't think I have that on any of mine yet :)

Ruf

[Rhyaehar]

Just one please, Skel
i ment or :Y
(you must says t befor, i read t)
cause tonight (maby tommorow to) ill go raiding again and dont know if i win a roll.
so sat/sunday ill say t ;)
If you go raiding tonight, you'll have locks. If you have locks, you can't join.

[skelsamu]

Just one please, Skel
i ment or :Y
(you must says t befor, i read t)
cause tonight (maby tommorow to) ill go raiding again and dont know if i win a roll.
so sat/sunday ill say t ;)
If you go raiding tonight, you'll have locks. If you have locks, you can't join.

true :? ,
ill go for the gloves and im in for the 3 days.

[Bino]

Hi
i'd like to sign up for all three days.

Roll for the boots please

Cheers

[Derigar/Tarinas]

Locks reset on thursday with the weekly maintenance. If you raid before then and beat any bosses you will gain raid locks, if you have any raid locks thar our leader does not (ie, if you have ANY locks at all) we will not be allowed to enter unless you are leader, which would mean skipping all those bosses you beat, which is something i'm fairly sure the group is not prepared to do. So you will have to make a choice this week (assuming you have not aquired any locks yet), go with them or go with us, because it is highly unlikely you will be able to do both.

Oh and i'm in for the run, would prefer Deri so i could roll on the gloves, but will bring whoever is required

[Raedwulf]

What Deri said. When the header page goes up (tomorrow mebbe, when I'm shober *hic*), it will say this:

No Raid Locks, pleash!

Or summat like that... ;) Barz is good practice for group work. Even if no-one needs the boots, the group needs the practice...

[skelsamu]

What Deri said. When the header page goes up (tomorrow mebbe, when I'm shober *hic*), it will say this:

No Raid Locks, pleash!

no problem ;) .

Hi


Roll for the boots please

Cheers


Or summat like that... ;) Barz is good practice for group work. Even if no-one needs the boots, the group needs the practice...
ill agree.:Y

[Mortharan]

On Hol's for 2 weeks as from tomorrow, so good luck to you all, or I would say all 3 days please :'(
But I will be back in 2 weeks so please keep up the Graft ( ooooooooooooooops hard work)
oh and BY THE WAY kick some for me

[Baro]

Ill come :-)

Baro the Burglar...

I aint got none of those items yet, so lets take down Barz so I can get me som boots :-)

[Brondhae]

I'm in for all three. Will update this post with my roll, need to check what he needs first.

[Update] Will roll for the helm again (if we get that far this time!)

[Tiermond]

I can be there for all 3 days, roll for boots

[Aloisa]

Hello,

I would like to join for all three if there is space. :)

As for gem rolling, I would be happy with any that I don't already have (leggings and helm).

Is there one item that most people have already? If so then I will pick that gem.

EDIT: The boots I shall choose to roll for then. Thankyou Derigar/Tarinas :)

ps. I would prefer to take a hunter, but also have a minstrel if there is great need.

[Derigar/Tarinas]

Boots, without a doubt boots are the most common :)

[Notiane]

By the looks you'll have a BIG group going! I may not be able to make tuesday in time, but either Notiane or Eldiron will be there if there is a spot to fill (Eldi would like to/roll (100):morethentheothers on the gloves)

[Fezeryk]

i'm very sorry but tomorrow (Monday) i can t come because i have lock 2 :N

[Raedwulf]

No prob, Fez, thanks for letting me know. I have now updated the header page. Everyone that's signed so far is IN! We have a full raid for Wednesday; subject to Noti making it in time (START TIME: 19:45 folks!), we have a full raid for Tuesday; Monday we are presently one short because of Fez's lock. We can either nab someone from whoever's around (I don't expect we'll need a PUG, thankfully), or with any luck, Deri/Tari may be around to help out for Barz & Dave, after which he may well be happy to drop out & Fez can join up after all. :)

I'm expecting Bothorn, Rufus, & Eldiron from you either / or's, everyone else is on their stated alt. Not to my advantage since I'm still after the gloves, but it would have have been underhanded to have asked for Rufus' MNS & Notiane as LM... :twisted: I'm still waiting for Brondhae & Fezeryk to declare gem rolls (leggings look good...), other than that we're ready to rock & roll! Oh, & I'm leading from the front tonight (Raedwulf), and the rear the next two days (Elnar)!

[Derigar/Tarinas]

Locks reset on thursday with the weekly maintenance. If you raid before then and beat any bosses you will gain raid locks, if you have any raid locks thar our leader does not (ie, if you have ANY locks at all) we will not be allowed to enter unless you are leader, which would mean skipping all those bosses you beat, which is something i'm fairly sure the group is not prepared to do. So you will have to make a choice this week (assuming you have not aquired any locks yet), go with them or go with us, because it is highly unlikely you will be able to do both.

Oh and i'm in for the run, would prefer Deri so i could roll on the gloves, but will bring whoever is required

Knew i should have made it a seperate post :P

[skelsamu]

No prob, Fez, thanks for letting me know. I have now updated the header page. Everyone that's signed so far is IN! We have a full raid for Wednesday; subject to Noti making it in time (START TIME: 19:45 folks!), we have a full raid for Tuesday; Monday we are presently one short because of Fez's lock. We can either nab someone from whoever's around (I don't expect we'll need a PUG, thankfully), or with any luck, Deri/Tari may be around to help out for Barz & Dave, after which he may well be happy to drop out & Fez can join up after all. :)

I'm expecting Bothorn, Rufus, & Eldiron from you either / or's, everyone else is on their stated alt. Not to my advantage since I'm still after the gloves, but it would have have been underhanded to have asked for Rufus' MNS & Notiane as LM... :twisted: I'm still waiting for Brondhae & Fezeryk to declare gem rolls (leggings look good...), other than that we're ready to rock & roll! Oh, & I'm leading from the front tonight (Raedwulf), and the rear the next two days (Elnar)!

oke, but 3 for the gloves including me, non so far for the leggins.
can i then roll for t and not for the gloves?

[bothorn]

Well todays the day and i've only got half my new PC in so far , still waitin on the ram but i'll still be happy to come along altho dont expect too much of me as i will probably have 2fps on this laptop. Hopefully have the rest of my parts tomorrow and be running at full power if nothing goes wrong and im not totally knackerd from work lol

[Rufus]

Hi, it looks like I'll have to pull out of the Tuesday run as I have to stay late at work tomorrow. I won't be able to roll on the helmet either in that case so it'll have to be the shoulders.

Ruf

[Derigar/Tarinas]

Hi, it looks like I'll have to pull out of the Tuesday run as I have to stay late at work tomorrow. I won't be able to roll on the helmet either in that case so it'll have to be the shoulders.

Just checking. If you were planning on rolling for the helmet, are you sure you're eligable to be rolling for the shoulders?

[Rufus]

Hi, it looks like I'll have to pull out of the Tuesday run as I have to stay late at work tomorrow. I won't be able to roll on the helmet either in that case so it'll have to be the shoulders.

Just checking. If you were planning on rolling for the helmet, are you sure you're eligable to be rolling for the shoulders?

Yep, the rule is four items across your characters, I have 3 on Rufus and Lucretia and one on Maedlin, Ardoin and Brinion for a total of 9 parts :)

As it is there is no need to swap away from the helmet anyway as it's unlikely that Tuesday run will get that far.

Ruf

[Rhyaehar]

Yep, the rule is four items across your characters, I have 3 on Rufus and Lucretia and one on Maedlin, Ardoin and Brinion for a total of 9 parts :)

As it is there is no need to swap away from the helmet anyway as it's unlikely that Tuesday run will get that far.
Technically, rule is getting one of all items before Roggie stuff across your characters if you're a multi-alter.

[skelsamu]

i can t come because i have lock 2
i think we need a 2and guardian tonight.
and lets try dave one more time, otherways we could use Fezeryk lock 2. :roll:

[Raedwulf]

OK, so we've completed Day One in 2 days... They have definitely beefed up Zurm. Instead of being something of an afterthought to killing Barz, he is now pretty much as difficult. The difficulties on Monday weren't entirely down to errors on the part of any individuals - we went in over-confident & got our arses kicked. Lesson there - watch out for changes after a new book comes in! :Y However, I think standard Barz tactics should suffice (i.e. tank the Wave 1 Troll-Keeper where he comes in - there was some debate about this, but bringing him in close to Dave just seems to mean a whole lot more people suffer from AoE dmamge), with the proviso that you still need an off-tank hitting Zurm from behind to minimise his puke attack.

Fruz was interesting with only 1 LM, 1 RoT-equipped HNT, & only 1 in-combat ress. Nevertheless, he was duly despatched without too much fuss. One point of note. Not only do the adds heal Fruz if they get near him, they also seem to hit rather hard & fast when they're close as well. I don't know if that's what killed the GDN who went down early in the fight, I'm pretty sure that's what got Raedwulf! AoEing a wave when CC is on cooldown is a viable tactic on the whole, just slightly dangerous. I suddenly found myself being hit for at least 800-1000 damage per second with 3 or 4 of them on me - no-one had time to react to that, me included!

Zogtark seems entirely unchanged & we did very well to take one drake down before it even got off the floor. Apart from one unfortunate 3K fireball from the other drake, which nailed Tierwulf, the whole encounter was pretty straightforward, no scares or alarms.

Thanks to Rauk & Deri for stepping in at short notice & helping out. Well done to Skelsamu for some very good impromptu off-tanking on Tuesday, espcially on Zurm when the Main Tank went down. Compliments also to Aloisa, Tierwulf (first time in as GDN, I think) & Dimple (who was in entirely new territory!), all of whom also did well.

I think we may have 14-15 people available tonight for Narnu / Biters / Thrang (we won't get further than that), so please do not take the "Day 3" group, posted on the front page, as the final organisation even if you are down in red! At this late stage, and behind schedule, it may change. I will invite everyone available, & then trim it down to 12, so apologies in advance to anyone who misses out, especially if you are down on the original list.

See you tonight!

[Tiermond]

We definitely need more incombat res than we had last night, so many of the bosses have ways of instant killing anyone that we need the capability to respond.
The Drake's attack is unfortunate but nothing can be done, not sure if there is someway of interrupting or getting away from Zurm when he says something about trembling before him but that attack got a number of people over the last 2 days.

[Raedwulf]

He does have definite verbal cues, but I was too busy trying to track everything to link what he was saying with what he was doing. One of the verbals is "Running away? I think not!" Logically, that would precede his rock-throwing attack, which stuns you. The other two specials are the knockback attack, & the puke attack. If I'm right about the first, there must be verbals for these two as well. Again guessing, the "tremble before me" (precise wording anyone?) ought to be the knockback.

I've no idea what the verbal for the puke attack is, so if someone's got that, can confirm the tremble wording &, indeed, whether or not my guesses are right, I'll update the Guide!

[skelsamu]

OK, so we've completed Day One in 2 days..
:'(



Thanks to Rauk & Deri for stepping in at short notice & helping out. Well done to Skelsamu for some very good impromptu off-tanking on Tuesday, espcially on Zurm when the Main Tank went down. Compliments also to Aloisa, Tierwulf (first time in as GDN, I think) & Dimple (who was in entirely new territory!), all of whom also did well.


See you tonight!
:)
true, im a better off tank at the moment(used to that more often) then a main thank, think need more exp for that job.
by bosses.

the puke attack
cant recall t that he sad something befor, suddely he turned and puked immediadly.
and not defeated by t, the champ :Y

[skelsamu]

il enjoyed, raiding with ya guys.
wel intructed, clear leading ect.
btw.till next thu no new rift raids? cause next time im in :Y