Some Raids just dont go to Plan

Im proud of the fact that Harpers do not read strats for bosses before trying them as I have written before, but last night was one of those frustrating nights where nothing worked.

With the recent kill of Perah Celsis and Roehn Theer it left us with just all the hard modes to kill in the current raid content of SF.

Last night was the first real night of tries on Hard mode Toxxulia.  We had tried this before but only a pull or two.  But last night was THE night.

What we knew before we went in was the following:

1.  You still get Vulaan and have to deal with his complete script including going around and killing eggs.

2.  Toxx has two AOEs

3.  Toxx eats tanks at regular intervals

4.  Toxx spawns green blobs on the ground which you need to move away from

So in we went, with a less than optimal setup but hey we are Harpers.

After 3 and a half hours of trying this boss and close to 70 pulls, we then knew the following:

1.  You still get Vulaan and have to deal with his complete script including going around and killing eggs.

2.  Toxx has two AOEs

3.  Toxx eats tanks at regular intervals

4.  Toxx spawns green blobs on the ground which you need to move away from

That’s right, 3 and a half hours of wiping within 2 minutes of the pull and learning nothing.  We tried adjusting the tank spot, swapping tanks, different kite paths, different healer positions everything.  But the nitty gritty of it was that the AEs she was kicking out her back end fucks the groups up.

Both myself and Mrs B were getting chewed out by the AEs it wasn’t even fun.

I think in the end we came to the conclusion that we need to put on max crit mit gear for it, which I can understand, I was only around 70% in my dps/heal gear so maybe I need to drop some other stats to get my crit mit up, which I can do, I still have the gear in my pack.

Close to the end of the raid we pulled Vulaan easy mode and downed him in 4 minutes although our dps was much lower than normal, I put this down to being tired.

I did buy the Scout Chain shoulders for 100dkp for my assassin.  Im at the happy place where im happy with my heal gear (can you say 14k big heals on the tank?) and im nearly there with my Zerk (need legs dammit) that I can now gear my Assassin.  So far he has a new offhand and the shoulders yay!

This weekend I have been mostly playing…….

A Mix!

I had a busy bank holiday weekend when it came to gaming and spent my time in a couple of different places.

Firstly, Mythic had enabled transfers of European characters to the US servers on DAoC so Borg got transferred.  Not a lot else was going on there so I logged off after snagging a new house lot.  Im not sure if I will continue to play DAoC.  You really DO need a guild to run in or an alliance to RvR properly, maybe if I can get my arse in gear and look for one I might, if not then ill most likely slum around Thid.

I also played Everquest 2 a little.  Only a little as im taking a small step back from it so I don’t get burnt out.  I tanked Vistigial Cella on my Zerk and bagged his Mythy buff which was great.

I also sodded about on my Assassin and got him some AA.  The assassin is so fun.  Overall im still liking EQ2 but if I step back and play a little less it will save the burn out ive been getting.

Lastly I rolled a new trial account for Warhammer.  Yes I know I have a proper account but I wanted to experience the “Greener grass”.  I had a couple of particularly bad Scenarios so I rolled Order on the same server, Karak Norn.

I rolled the usual Slayer and started to kill.  MY GOD THEY ARE SQUISHY WITHOUT SUPPORT.  Ill just add that there.

My playing obviously struck a chord with Mrs B as she was soon making a trial account for herself and rolled an Archmage.

By the end of the weekend we were both level 10, RR10.  Which then led to Mrs B resubbing.  Which is a good thing as it means I can have a relatively pocket healer again.

Was the grass greener?  Well I couldn’t tell you right now, since the level we were playing at the BWs cant bomb, but maybe.

From what I hear, T2 is quiet but T3 is very active.  Maybe if I get really bored ill sub the 2^nd account and take a look.

Oh and I also hit RR50 on Borg.  Its taken a while with my break but im getting there.  Just some more scenario marks needed before I can start to earn Invaders so yay!

Talking about those scenario crests I want to get this down on the page.  You need to buy something from the current tier before you can get the next tier.  I understand why this works so no qualms there, what I do find odd is that if you wish to buy a 2 hander you pay double.  Now I can sort of understand that everyone else needs to buy a main and off hand but look at it this way.  Nobody is going to wait double the time to get a 2hander of a tier when they can start earning the next tier and get to Sovereign faster.

My aim is most likely to buy a 1 hander or shield from Invader onwards as my 1 hander isn’t the best but my shield is ok.  Ill evaluate at the time.