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    Mr.Pyropuffin

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    Shitshow bar night successfully avoided, time to bop some bosses
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    Kintari

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    Aidyn

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    I'm sorry that Dahk and I couldn't be there for the last two raids. My glasses broke, and Dahk had to superglue them back together, but it was at an odd angle, and everything felt like it was curving and falling away, so looking at screens was awful. The headaches were so bad by Friday (when I finally had my eye exam appointment) that I couldn't make it to work. I think a break is a good idea, too. The holidays are tough times in general. Dahk and I are going on a vacation for half of December, so we wouldn't be able to raid at all during that time, anyway. Re-examining all of this in January seems like a good move. Mold, I want to echo what others have said and offer my heart-felt thanks to you. Leading a guild is an incredibly thankless job, and raid leading can be even more so. It is very stressful to herd everyone, decide who gets to participate, handle no-shows, balance things for comp, call fights, circumvent drama... and do it all with some scrap of positivity. You care very much about the guild and about Bushmaster, and that shows through, even on rough nights. Thank you for dealing with all of these stressful components in order to provide us with a great raid experience. It's a privilege for us to just show up and have that experience basically handed to us because you are creating and maintaining it. It's understandable if you're ready for someone else to curate that experience so you can have a turn to just relax and enjoy it.
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    Sorry, I'll be at the Ravens game. To follow up on Tuesday: I really appreciated the discussion we had last night. I hope everyone had their voice heard. Personally, I feel like it was a real good start. I like the recommendation to clearly define the goals for the squad, what we mean by "fun" and "success". A lot of great ideas were shared. Still, I don't think we quite reached a consensus, which is fine. Amazing how quickly an hour can go by. So, hopefully we can continue the discussion to the point of reaching an agreement. And, I hope these are living, breathing definitions that can change and grow over time. For my worth, I had a lot of "fun" last night and deemed it a "success"
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    The best I can do is treat you to a tasty pic! On the menu, from right-to-left: Blackberry Chipotle (a double-order, my fav!), Asian Crisp, and Scotch Bonnet Pepper. Tacked on an order of Pulled Pork Pierogies there at the end. Courtesy of The Hideaway in Odenton, MD.
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    Maia

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    Hey everyone! The plan for tonight is to do Wing 5 (Dhuum=kill or 1 hour) and then move to the Call of the Mists buff wing (whichever that one may be). SH: Maia= pusher Dhuum: Vivid's= Scourge kiter & greens, Naxia and Khani = greens Cya tonight!
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    Mr.Pyropuffin

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    Go figure its the chrono player excited about forced swapping
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    Maia

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    Raid summary: Steady improvement We 2-shot Soulless Horror and had our best Dhuum pull yet of 15%! I'm optimistic next week is our week. @Mevic @Strangelove @Vivid (I would tell space too but he hasn't registered to the website yet) Please check your on boss dps (second column) on GW2 Raidar! Remember, the goal is 9k.
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    Maia

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    If we're not going to beat Dhuum this week, we might as well join him and KILL ALL THE THINGS! ( @spltscreen see what I did there?) The plan: Finish Wing 1 Wing 2 Wing 4 Wing 3 If you are interested in swapping roles for the night post here and I'll find (*cough* by force if necessary *cough*) someone for you to swap with.
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    Maia

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    Hi guys! I want to make sure we get in some Wing 5 quality time before tomorrow's patch just in case it breaks the game (that's never happened before, right?) The plan: Wing 5 all the way! We'll take a break around 9:30 ish. We will spend no more than 1 hour on Dhuum. We will move to Wing 1 ( I believe still the extra money Wing) after Dhuum. Cya tonight!
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    Maia

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    Hey guys! Plan for tonight: Dhuum (1 hr) Goals: Make it to 3rd suck consistently, 70% health at 1st suck Greens: Maia (1), Khani (2), Naxia (3) Kiter: Vivid (scourge) Dps: Bring whatever you can hit 9k on boss dps with (see Monday post for current dps numbers). Suggestions: Mirage, Condi warrior, weaver. Try something new if you need to! Break (10 min) Deimos (kill or 30 min) "I stepped in it" jar- If you step in oil, you donate 1g towards NPC wing 5 gold trophies! Stepping in oils was a serious problem on Monday (we won't kill CM if we can't avoid oils). I'm upping the ante! Squad choice (50 minutes) Vote for Wing 2 or 3 ( KC, TC, Xera) Don't worry @Strangelove, I have a KC instance
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    Maia

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    Hey guys! Looks like we are ready to roll for tonight! We're going to start with Wing 4 and then hit Wing 5. Please be on time (i.e., ready for an invite at 8:25) and bring your best dps for each boss. I know we've been starting late for various reasons, but we're putting a stop to that starting tonight
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    Maia

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    Thanks Ser! At this point I think we've got a full squad. I'll post if that changes.
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    Maia

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    This week we need to go back to focusing on filling our roster. We have two spots to fill: Druid and DPS. Tonight we'll have Duke back on Druid and hopefully I can find someone who wants to trial on DPS (I don't have anyone as of right now, but I'm hoping that changes this afternoon.) Just a reminder, to evaluate the new people we need to see how they perform on the older content, so we'll need to hold off on going full out on Dhuum for awhile (hopefully not too long.) Tonight's plan: Wing 1 Wing 4 Break SH River of Souls Statues
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    Maia

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    Dhuum time (cranking it up a notch) Hi guys, I've been thinking about Dhuum. This fight is hard. Very hard. It takes most groups lots of pulls to get it down the first time. I think we're not getting in enough practice. I want to get in 2-3 hours on it this week. I'm going to look into buying an instance for us to start with tonight. If anyone has time to clear up to Dhuum on their own today that would be great (I'll try to.) This week, I want to make some small changes. The main one is, I want to start calling gg only if we get to a catastrophic failure. The reason for this is I want us to see and practice more of the fight. That means we gg if Pyro dies or more than 3 people die (we won't be able to do the seals at 10% without people alive) To do that, we need to build more redundancy into the team. Also, I want to assign someone to call the suck mechanic and the shackles. Roles: Tank: Pyro (chrono) Greens: Naxia (off chrono), Khani (BS), Temerity (Condi Renegade or scourge) Green back up: Vivid (Weaver) Boon strip at suck: Strange (Condi renegade) Boon strip back up: Temerity (Condi Renegade or Scourge) Kiter: Maia (Druid) Kiter back up: Options: 1) Strange brings hammer 2) Temerity takes over on Scourge but that means Vivid has to run greens 3) On group Druid takes over-bad for heals 4) we gg if kiter dies Calling shackles: Abys (Weaver) Calling soul suck and placing symbol: On group Druid (If I don't find one, this is going to be Mevic) Back up soul suck symbol placer: Maia Helper for kiter to kill spiders: Strange (they are weak to Condi. If Temerity brings scourge and isn't currently up in the sky he could help with a shade instead.) The soul suck: I'm going to place a yellow X where everyone should stand for the first suck. To survive it, we'll need protection (stone spirit from on group Druid), Condi clear (both Druids will have traited healing spring and brown bear), healing (both Druids will go into CA right before the knock back and heal on the symbol), and the kiter will use the utility skill "guard" (reduces damage on allies 33%). However, this will only work if everyone is on the symbol, back to the wall at the knock back. For the second soul suck at 5:05 the Druids will move the X and it's everyone's responsibility to get to the new location. Everything else will be the same. I also wanted mention I'm confident we can do this. This past week we regularly got to the first soul suck, which is better than the weeks before. In last week's best run we got to 54%, and we're going to beat that this week Tonight I want to start with Dhuum for 1.5 hours (or until kill) and then move to the first part of Wing 5. We will take a break around 9:55.
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    Maia

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    Hi all, Just found this videoguide on the Dhuum fight. It's specifically about tanking , but it has a lot of go information (and a funny name )
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    Maia

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    It's Dhuum time again! I want to mix it up a little bit tonight and only run 2 healers. That means we will need a dps person to run greens as one of the Druids will need to kite and the other will need to stay on the group. Here's the plan: Tank: Pyro Kiter: Guest Druid (The person I recruited for tonight says he has killed Dhuum and Dhuum CM) Druid on group: Maia DPS: Sub (Ser or Bone), Vivid, Mevic, Abys. Bring your best deeps! Mirage: Temerity Greens: Khani, Temerity, Naxia After we kill Dhuum (thinking positive) or 1.5 hours is up, we will break. Then we'll kill Xera and Wing 1.
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    Maia

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    Raid status update: I want to let everyone know I'm not sure if we're going to have enough people to raid without either people bringing friends or getting someone off of lfg. Ive got replacements for Naxia and Strange, but Abys is a maybe and we still need a Druid. I'm fine with pugging if everyone agrees, but I'm also willing to cancel if people would rather do that. If we raid tonight, I propose we start with Matthias, then hit Wings 1 and 3. If we have any time left we could give Soulless Horror a few tries.
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    Maia

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    Hey guys. The plan for tonight is to start with Wing 5 and move to Wing 3 after break. I know things are in flux because of the balance changes. We will talk about what (if any) group wide changes we need to make tonight. If you want or need to make changes to your build, make sure you can still fill the role the group needs. Special assignments: Soulless Horror/ Ice King: Mevic-auramancer Escort: Abys-back warg PS I just found a new Druid who wants to trial with us.
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    Mr.Pyropuffin

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    No worries Naxia, enjoy the evening with your wife
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    Maia

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    No worries Ser! That one was unexpected (and while we were on break). I really appreciate you supporting the squad
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    Bone

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    Happy anniversary, Khani and Osh!
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    Twisted

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    I think the home front has stabilized. If anything changes I will be sure to update. Looking forward to continuing W5 and I will be watching videos of upcoming encounters before Wednesday's raid.
  24. 1 point
    Mr.Pyropuffin

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    I take full responsibility for creating this monster. I am sorry
  25. 1 point
    Maia

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    One of the few time I RSVP late Mold figures out how to ping me. sheesh!
  26. 1 point
    Maia

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    I admit I can't even fathom Ser in the labyrinth. Oh the humanity!
  27. 1 point
    Khani

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    I have no life and don't do anything really.....so I'll be home.
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    Twisted

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    He is in.. texted him
  29. 1 point
    Twisted

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    Im in
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    spltscreen

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    Maia

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    So, I figured out how to upload videos to Youtube (Yes, that's sad. I'm old give me a break). I just realized my sound is messed up. It only has our voices and not the game music. This was our most successful run from Wednesday. I'll upload more soon if people want. https://youtu.be/aezbrq_nEzY
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    Mold

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    Kill logs from Monday: Sloth 3-13 kill w pugs.html Matt_3-13_Kill.html MO 3-13 Kill.html Sam_3-13_Kill.html Deimos_03-13_kill.html Cairn 03-13 Kill.html
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    I should be available off the bench to fill in starting at 8:00 PM. Will bow out as soon as all starters arrive.
  34. 1 point
    Maia

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    "Dump stone" For some reason that made me giggle
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    Maia

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    I realize that the nature of this fight doesn't help with glyph up time, but Glyph of empowerment is kinda important for AF generation. It's the only glyph I'm running on heal Druid. It also helps with condi cleanse and Gotl up time. I'm willing to try something else. Just thought I'd bring up why qT recommends it in this fight. Maybe I just need to use it more strategically.
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    Mold

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    And my initial impressions after perusing the Xera stats (Mini-games make it hard to parse fury/might/alacrity/quickness): Might was maxed out almost all the time (we even overcapped a fair amount). Some folks are standing too far from boss (fury, quickness, and alacrity rates). One of us is likely over-capped on precision, given relative rates of crit and fury. But another one of us likely has too little precision. Our seaweed users managed a max of 66% movement. Not sure if that can be improved or not, given the mini-games and waiting. Maybe we can wiggle on buttons? We had some fury problems, some of which was likely exacerbated by folks standing too far from boss. But there were other issues on this particular run. We brought one stone spirit, but I wonder if we need it. Glyph of emp. rates were nice on this fight, but they could be better .
  37. 1 point
    Mold

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    OK. I got those into a spreadsheet (/drools). Here's what Matthias taught me: We have a couple of folks who should be fighting close to boss, as they have abnormally low fury, quickness, and alacrity for their sub-squad. We may have one player over-capped on precision, as the Crit% was higher than the fury rate would justify. Alacrity and quickness were pretty consistent, with the exception of one 2min passage. We have at least two players wiggling too much in rain phase (move rate was at or above 50%, as compared to <10% for some). We can be smarter about who we put in the heal-druid party to maximize gotl on our highest dps toons. Mold's dps is shit. our glyph of empowerment uptime is really really low; not sure if it's worth bringing.
  38. 1 point
    Mold

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    Yes, please, Kitty.
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    Bone

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    I, too, am fine starting late. Also, I'd like to get some Xera work in this week and next if possible.
  40. 1 point
    Maia

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    My family are invading my house for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, I can't figure out a way to hide from them so I can raid 😔.
  41. 1 point
    Maia

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    Hi all. I know I'm a relatively new member of the group, so I hope no one takes offense at me chiming in here. First, I wanted to say that the thought of not raiding with you guys makes me inexpressibly sad (I'm actually tearing up a bit right now). I've enjoyed the raids I've participated in with you guys so much. It's given me something to look forward to in the rough patch I've been going through. I want to say "thank you" to everyone for that. Second, I want to echo Ser's words about Mold's leadership. I think we all share responsibility for the atmosphere, just like we all share responsibility for turning it around (myself included of course). Additionally, I hope If we decide to take a break and reconvene that Mold will consider leading us again. Finally, I agree that with the holidays coming up a break may be beneficial for the group. I know I haven't been the reliably attending member that the group needs (I apologize to everyone for that), and I know Thanksgiving and Christmas will make it worse. I think a break will be refreshing for those of us who are getting bored or frustrated with the content. I hope that we'll find "absence makes the heart grow fonder" and there is interest in picking up again in January to revisit old bosses and prepare for (and tackle) new ones. I know I'll be ready. 😀 Maia PS I won't be able to make it Tuesday. My family is invading my house for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately that means they start arriving Monday afternoon (no joke) ☚ī¸
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    Please feel better, Aidyn! Sorry to hear about your glasses... I wish I could frame a better reply. Hope your optician lens you a hand in repairing them!
  43. 1 point
    KittyKat

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    keen to try and tank gors this week, if ya all dont mind wipes
  44. 1 point
    Mold

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    We'll be inviting a prospective raid member, Jakken, to join us--Tuesday will be a mutual-fit test.
  45. 1 point
    Mold

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    A quick note to say that pick-up-snake raids start at 8:30 EST as of about 3 weeks ago. We usually go until 11:00 EST.
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    Maia

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    I'm traveling for work this evening and can't make it. You're up @Mr.Pyropuffin
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