Mold

OK. Here's the working plan for tonight: We have 11, I think. We asked Gavin to sit at the start last time. I'll ask Ser to sit at the start this time. There are some minor comp swaps we could perform to optimize, but I'd rather folks play builds they will succeed with. So, let me know what you think. Best approach from a numbers POV would put Kintari in a pure DPS role rather than a healer. Chronos: Pyro, Mold Druids: Maia (primary push), Twisted (backup push), Kintari (I guess; If strange, gavin, or khani are able to play heal druid, that would be better. I'd rather Kintari DPS this fight.) Banner Warr: Bone (willing to swap Bone and Khani if they prefer;) Scourge: Khani (willing to swap with Bone...whatever will give our highest dps. If Khani can play druid instead, I'd put Bone here; that would be ideal.) Mirage: Temerity Other DPS: Gavin; Strange (ideally Condi SB, but whatever you can pull 17k on. If one of you is comfortable on Druid, that would be a better option (unless Khani can)). Strat notes based on the various kill vids/threads and on guild discussion over the last few days: We have just 3 pure DPS. These folks need to be entirely focused on dps. We'll probably want to aim for an average of around 17k per player for this to go smoothly. Focus on rotations, avoid scythes, rely on others to call walls. Golems: We're going to tank at about the circle line to avoid insta-cleaving golems. I don't want to get too close to the outside because of walls. Maia is primary push; she'll try to move to middle when they spawn and knock them to the outside edge. Scourge should epi once the add is near the center line on its way out. Mold will either hang behind group to give the add a path away from cleave or will focus-pull it back there. Walls: We'll place four squad markers around the circle line - north, east, south, west. Wall callers should use one of the following calls: Stay or Sidestep for a safe wall or one that requires minor zerg shuffles One of the markers for a major movement Ideally, scourge will bring Sand Swell and call it when we get a big wall. The best approach is to drop the entrance right on boss so that everyone knows where to go and press F. Mini-map will give the wall callers help in predicting where to go before they lay eyes on the wall models; particularly useful for predicting the big wall (ht: twisted)

Definitely an option! I think we need to try to be right on the circle line if we're going to go this route (in order to keep the golem from spawning too close to group).

Thanks for that breakdown, Maia. I'm pretty enamored with strat 1. SC's approach just seems much more fragile to me. And I think you're both right that putting more bandwidth toward anticipating the spawns and positioning yourself (as a druid) near the middle, is probably a crucial part of the process. I hadn't thought that through so much last night. For what it's worth, here's a vid of strat 1, executed pretty well.

I think we should start with wing 5 and move to other kills for the last 40 min or so. We'll stick with pyro and Mold on chrono. Twisted and Maia on Druid. Khani on scourge. We'd like to get more condi soulbeasts on the field, given their strength with ranged dps and the ability to help out with the golems.

Perfect. Have a hammer ready, but I think the usual setup might work.

Nice! And no worries if the girls need some extra attention. FB would be fine, I think. The aegis would be useful. But I don't really know. EDIT: it seems like power DH with hammer is popular for the KBs on the golems

Pyro, we might consider bringing the signet heal for the bonus blocks and evade. I don't know if that's stronger than the condi removal, but it's worth thinking about.

I think Gavin is in for tonight, but we'll try to get Odd or Fred if he's not. If Twisted and Gavin are both in, we'll need one person to sit for a bit. We're going to start with Wing 5. To avoid having an hour of fumbling, let's stick with the basics of the comp we had last night. Strange, that's going to include you on dps rather than Chrono. DH would work fine if you want to return to that, but it's up to you. I want to roll with me and Pyro for a bit on the chronos, as there's a double-tank mechanic that took us some time to adapt to. My instinct is to go with two Druids rather than the heal ele. At least the second druid can bring stone spirit & good breaks. And if we adopt the strat of kiting the golems to the edge of the platform, we'll need more ranged healing. Happy to hear other opinions, though. Maia linked Ren's kill video, in which they kite golems out very effectively. Chronos: Mold & Pyro Druids: Maia and...Kintari I guess? Warrior: Ser Scourge: Khani DPS: everyone else (including Strange)

Get your necro ready, Khani.

Oddgo is in, which makes 7 confirmed. I'm hoping Gavin is back and available, which would be 8. Khani would be 9, if she's in. We'll have to see about getting Fred or another guildie in to round it out.

Thanks, Maia!

I'm assuming we have Gavin as 9. We'll need to pull a 10th from guild. I'll give Fred first crack; if you see him online before raids poke him and let me know what the results are. We're going to start with Wing 4 and work our way backward. Regular Roles: Chronos: Strange & Mold Druid: Maybe Khani wants to give that a shot, now that she has it geared? Maia should be ready as backup. Banner Warr: Pyro or Temerity Weird Renegade: Bone Encounter notes: Kintari or Pyro should heal-ele the Cairn encounter Let's try to go with one healer and more attentive distorts from the chronos on MO I think Bone is ready to get back on the Deimos hand-kiting horse Please no condi dps on KC; chronos bring signet on KC & Xera

Welp. This is dumb, sorry. I meant to put this last week! I'll change the date and nuke the comments. The date was wrong originally. It has been fixed for release night.

BTW: Happy to have anyone swap roles with another person; feel free to arrange that. If you want to tweak a comp to fit a different build in, also fine by me.

Maia, if you can Chrono tonight, that will help a lot. I'll update the plans above--even as I hang my head in the face of Pyro's scorn.

OK; I'm assuming yes from Strange, Twisted, & Kintari. That would give us 10. If that's right, I'm proposing we go with a clear-as-much-as-possible approach. We can get our shit straight and hit CMs after Thanksgiving. If ya'll are good with that, the plan is this (out-of-the-ordinary stuff in orange). No Green VG Minstrel Chrono (signet): Mold | Support Renegade: Bone | DPS: Kintari | DPS: Temerity | DPS: 10th? Chrono (signet): Maia | Harrier Druid: Twisted | Banner Warr: Khani | Firebrand: Gavin | DPS: Pyro [Gavin should make a point of trying to time aegis with blues] Insta-Break Gorse: Chrono (distorting smash + signet): Mold | Boon Druid: Twisted | Banner Warr: Khani | DPS: Kintari | DPS Temerity Chrono (distorting smash? + signet): Maia | Support Renegade: Bone | Firebrand: Gavin | DPS: Pyro | DPS: 10th? [Gavin should make a point of trying to aegis smashes] Sabetha Chrono: Mold (taking 1st timed bomb if possible) | Boon Druid (on group): Twisted | Banner Warr: PYRO | Kiting Scourge: Khani | DPS (even cannons): Kintari Chrono: Maia (taking timed bomb if possible) | Firebrand (odd cannons): Gavin | Support Renegade: Bone | DPS: Temerity | DPS: 10th? Sloth Chrono (signet): Mold | Support Renegade: Bone | Banner Warr: Khani (2nd Shroom) | DSP: Temerity (third shroom) | DPS: Pyro (4th shroom) Chron (signet): Maia | Firebrand (1st shroom): Gavin | Boon Druid: Twisted | DPS: Kintari | dps: 10th? Trio - DGAF Matthias Chrono (signet): Mold | Support Renegade: Bone | DPS: Temerity | DPS: 10th? | DPS: Kintari Chrono (signet): Strange | Firebrand: Gavin | Boon Druid: Twisted | Banner Warr: Khani Heal Ele: Pyro Shame Cave - DGAF Keep Construct Chrono (signet): Mold | Boon Druid: Twisted | Banner Warr: Khani | Power DPS: Gavin | dps: 10th Chrono (signet): Maia | Heal Renegade: Bone | DPS: Temerity | DPS: Kintari | DPS: Pyro Xera Minstrel Chrono (signet): Mold | DPS: Bone | 2nd druid? | Banner Warr: Khani | DPS: Kintari Chrono (signet): Maia | Boon Druid: Twisted | DPS: Temerity | DPS: Gavin | DPS: Pyro

We take a break from CM this week. Proposed Boss order: Wing 1 --> Wing 2 --> Deimos Regular Proposed Comp for VG Chrono: Strange | Druid: Twisted | DPS: Pyro| DPS: Temerity | DPS: Kintari Minstrel Chrono: Mold | Banner Warrior: Khani | Condi Soulbeast: Maia | DPS: Ser/Gavin | DPS: Bone Comp for Gorse, sab, sloth, trio Chrono: Strange | Druid: Twisted | DPS: Pyro | DPS: Temerity | DPS: Kintari Chrono: Mold | Banner Warrior: Khani | Condi Soulbeast: Maia | DPS: Ser/Gavin | Heal Rev: Bone Comp for Matt Chrono: Strange | Druid: Twisted | DPS: Pyro | DPS: Temerity Chrono: Mold | Banner Warrior: Khani | Condi Soulbeast: Maia | DPS: Ser/Gavin | Heal Rev: Bone Kintari: heal tempest

Hopefully, Gavin is available to fill the 10th slot. If not, we'll give Fred the choice (as is customary). It looks like Zorlock is available too, so he'll have first crack after Gavin and Fred.