NY Raid Sunday 22 September 2013 18:00 GMT

[Claretta]

Am wondering how many have the Red Hand uniform from Slaughterhouse...

Going to be videoing the attempts, just in case we do get 5 minutes. And for some reason I want to set this video to Russian music and do a Red Hand theme.

[GaboonViper]

Ewww

[Claretta]

Pfft, it will be funny.

I will just dress up myself if I have to!

[Claretta]

This will be the team. I have listed what kind of utilities I would like people to have. This is just confirming what people have brought along in the past which has worked well.

Tank group

1. Kadyn - tank (Breaching Shot, Breach Party)
2. Katelin - tank (Breaching Shot, Breach Party)
3. Claretta - leech (Breaching Signet)
4. Uragon - fist healer podder (Breaching Shot, Breach Party)
5. Kisshoten - ranged DPS for add control and pod breakouts (Suppressing Fire)


DPS Group

1. Torniquet - melee DPS
2. Isera - melee DPS
3. Riora - buff DPS (Deadly Aim, Breaching Shot)
3. GaboonViper - buff DPS (Deadly Aim, Breaching Shot)
4. MissShadow - buff DPS (Deadly Aim, Breaching Shot)


Reserve

Kaitlina

[Isera]

Will the tanks bring Crack/Binding/Whiplash, or should Melee DPS support that debuff?

[Claretta]

Tanks will have rocket jump for positioning. You can bring crack if you want, but you need to be back a little on the grate to actually hit with it, as the lurker's head is actually hanging over the crate. Funnily enough, pistol users can actually hit with crack from the front of their buff circle.

Am going with breaching party in the tank group again because it adds DPS, helps healing, and helps me keep breaching signet uptime constant, in case anyone is wondering why that passive is recommended for our tanks and podder. Looking over the last raid's logs when we used three breach party's, my pen rates were up near 50%, which meant breaching signet was on almost all the time.

Also because of that I can't help out at all with adds, as I need to keep my debuff on the lurker. So our ranged DPS also needs enough AoE to take down the add waves solo. Suppressing Fire and maybe a good AoE consumer or + Dragon's Breath should be enough.

[Claretta]

We'll have Isera use Crack with Whiplash. Should give the raid +7% more damage and healing.

Here's a handy picture Ciritty made to show where you'll need to stand in phase 3.




As it shows, you can't stand too close to the Lurker. Basically, the whip needs to cross across the grate front for it to hit.

[Katelin]

I am disappointed.. there is no pink, and no ponies in it.

[Claretta]

I probably won't be able to video this after all. With my current PC, recording makes my game jittery. Maybe I'll wait till I can upgrade more.

[Claretta]

Thanks all for the attempts.

We almost had it, were just a few learning mistakes.

We won't attempt 5 minutes on Thursday, but will practice the new approach. On Sunday we'll do it for 30 minutes only. If not down in 5 by end of 30 minutes from first pull, will just complete it regardless of anyone dying.