06-13-2005, 07:36 PM
(note: copied over from eqmac.com because not everyone reads stuff there. eqmac thread: http://www.eqmac.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5574)
Alas, this is merely a story, no screenshots.... But it's funny!
[Sat Jun 11 18:30:38 2005] Sikkorak tells the raid, 'MT, RT, and healers up the stairs to me.'
[Sat Jun 11 18:31:00 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, 'same room setup?'
[Sat Jun 11 18:31:09 2005] Sikkorak tells temraidcore:4, 'Yep'
It started normally. We were engaging DXXT for the first time. He's the same setup as DXV, so we did have some idea of what to do. However unlike DXV, DXXT doesn't try to root the tank constantly (thus DXV kills his own dps), and also rampages and oh yeah there's the 80' AE silence. We were down a few healers, but we thought it was worth a try.
41 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:31:50 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'far left?'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:09 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, 'ok'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:14 2005] Sikkorak tells the raid, 'Move into stair room and kill add'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:24 2005] You auction, 'we're setting up the SAME WAY that we did before for the last mob'
We got an add along the way, a trap that hadn't triggered yet. But that's okay, while the healers assembled outside of DXXT's room, the rest of the raid took care of the add.
10 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:34 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'so you should be able to be behind corner'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:43 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, 'which corner'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:48 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'far left like i said'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:52 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, 'behind which corner'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:57 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, '"behind corner" = ?'
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:04 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'look through door'
But then... the confusion started. Shylah was clearly suggesting some place for the healers to hide, but I couldn't quite picture it. But, ah ha! A good suggestion, I'll just take a look at the room.
A brief aside: to engage DXV, we run in, Shylah tags the mob with an arrow, and then pulls it to the corner. So her suggestion "look in the room" was not that unreasonable. DXV takes an actual tag to get his attention. Shylah was also looking in the room.
In retrospect, she said "look in the room", presumably meaning, get a rogue to open the door and F9 and try to see. But I was pretty far back, and moved up -- apparently just a *little* bit too far...
11 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Aristar's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Mechaike's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Grace's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Corinth's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Your mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Sikkorak's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Kwelynin's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Wotan's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Vector's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Shylah's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Hoggas's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:16 2005] You say, 'open door a sec?'
Huh. That's not good. I notice a "silence" icon on my buff bar. I wonder where it came from as I'm typing asking that the door be opened.
5 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:21 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:21 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 630 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:21 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall goes on a RAMPAGE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:21 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 390 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:21 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 510 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] You tell your raid, 'fuck'
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 450 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] Your skin is covered in a glowing black aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:23 2005] Corinth tells temraidcore:4, 'Aggro'
After the fact I recreated things somewhat -- DXXT aggroed before I'd even gotten to the door. Opening the door made no difference other than that I saw a 4-arm model heading towards me. My initial reaction, in fact, was that it was just an add. Then I saw above his head "Diabo Xi Xin Thall.... that's D X X oh shit...."
5 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:28 2005] You have been struck down by the judgement of the gods. You have taken 264 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall goes on a RAMPAGE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 630 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 750 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Your skin is covered in a glowing black aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:30 2005] Shylah's skin is covered in a glowing black aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:30 2005] Shylah assumes a defensive fighting style.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:30 2005] Shylah auctions, '-# Defensive 3min la~ #-'
Mine, and luckily Shylah's, reaction was immediate -- I ran for the pull corner hoping DXXT would follow me, and Shylah immediately tried to engage DXXT.
We were in a small area at the top of a narrow staircase -- engaging DXXT there would've been suicide given the 80' silence. We had to get him moved.
2 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:32 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, 'bad idea'
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:32 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'woah'
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:33 2005] Mechaike begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:33 2005] Wotan begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:33 2005] Grace begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:33 2005] Mechaike auctions, '--1-- Shylah --1--'
Expert raid analysis by me and Shylah!
And as you can see, all our healers were already on the ball. We're only 17 seconds past initial, rather subtle, aggro, 3 seconds past Shylah's "I'm tanking", and 3 healers jump in and react appropriately.
4 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:37 2005] You begin casting Supernal Remedy.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:38 2005] Shylah's wounds fade away.
I'd run to the corner and realized, via assisting DXXT, that he was on Corinth and not following me. He wasn't even aggro'd on Shylah so she could pull him back -- I found out afterwards the prox aggro (plus the fact that Cor was tanking the add) peeled DXXT off me.
Corinth had now promixity (mob was near him not me) plus social from his add, but one advantage a cleric has is ability to get more aggro. That, and Shylah needed healing.
Alas, I didn't manage to peel DXXT -- proximity aggro is strong and I was starting to compete with other healers.
8 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:46 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'move Corinth'
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:48 2005] You shout, 'get the mob on shylah'
Shylah was trying to move him, Cor was occupied with the add and either didn't notice or couldn't move because of the mass of people. DXXT staying there was definitely a wipe for us, and respawns are so fast that a wipe probably means starting back, 2.5 hours ago, at our last CoH point.
5 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:53 2005] You begin casting Supernal Remedy.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:55 2005] Wotan's wounds fade away.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:55 2005] Build tells temraidcore:4, 'add dead'
DXXT was on Wotan at this point. Also, we've finally burned down that mob that we'd engaged way back at the start.
2 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:57 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:57 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:57 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You begin casting Supernal Remedy.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:00 2005] You have been healed for 1856 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:00 2005] Your wounds fade.
At this point I realized that my health was probably in the worst shape. I'd gotten two spots from a druid before but my HP bar was still not full. You can always tell when I'm rushing to get a heal in... darn that extra re-cast time on SR!
Luckily, SUCCESS! Of a sort:
2 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:02 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 180 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:02 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:02 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 390 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:02 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 300 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] You shout, 'DXXT AGGRO'
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 750 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 480 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:04 2005] You shout, 'move it'
YAY! Mob was on me and nicely in the corner! Now I only had one problem remaining....
(the shouts were because I didn't know how much of the raid had caught on to what was going on. Things were exciting where we were, but they were mostly out of line of sight.)
0 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:04 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:04 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 510 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:04 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 510 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:04 2005] Your skin is covered in a glowing black aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:05 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 180 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:05 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 390 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:05 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] You begin casting Supernal Remedy.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 450 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] Your skin is covered in a glowing black aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 180 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:07 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 180 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:07 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 240 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:07 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:07 2005] Your spell is interrupted.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:08 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 360 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:08 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:08 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall goes on a RAMPAGE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:09 2005] You begin casting Divine Aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:09 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:09 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:09 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 210 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:09 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] You regain your concentration and continue your casting.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] The gods have rendered you invulnerable.
I'm at 2% health. 6200hp goes fast.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall goes on a RAMPAGE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:11 2005] Vector auctions, '~~ 4 ~~ Shylah ~~ 4 ~~'
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:11 2005] Mechaike begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:11 2005] Grace auctions, 'RT heals silenced'
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Mechaike auctions, '--1-- Shylah --1--'
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall goes on a RAMPAGE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Grace begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Kwelynin tells the raid, 'RAMP'
The mob was under control. It's been 51 seconds since the initial aggro on DXXT. The hits on me are now rampage, not main aggro.
With DA up, my aggro was well below Shylah's, so I backed out until I was out of ramp range, and Kwel ended up on ramp instead of a cloth caster (nice!) I ended up with 4 rounds total of ramp until I was out of range, but I love DA....
Now I only had one problem: no cleric in my group with Divine Arbitration except me, and 2% health.
We'd seen low HP aggro before in VT, so I knew I'd draw it.
I moved away from the bulk of the healers, positioned my mouse over the DA icon to click it off, and hovered my hand on my supernal remedy spell key....
23 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:35 2005] Your invulnerability fades.
DXXT turns and starts to run at me
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:35 2005] You begin casting Supernal Remedy.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:35 2005] Mechaike auctions, 'silen'
I screwed up and still caught some of the healers in the AE
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:37 2005] You have been healed for 2039 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:37 2005] Your wounds fade.
DXXT turns back to Shylah
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:53 2005] You tell your raid, 'next time someone tells me to move up and look in room I'm not gonna
'
And... that was it. The rest of the fight went uneventfully.
51 seconds to get DXXT fully under control, an additional 23 for me to click off DA and heal. Zero deaths, other than DXXT.
--
Kyth, Officer of Temerity
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Alas, this is merely a story, no screenshots.... But it's funny!
[Sat Jun 11 18:30:38 2005] Sikkorak tells the raid, 'MT, RT, and healers up the stairs to me.'
[Sat Jun 11 18:31:00 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, 'same room setup?'
[Sat Jun 11 18:31:09 2005] Sikkorak tells temraidcore:4, 'Yep'
It started normally. We were engaging DXXT for the first time. He's the same setup as DXV, so we did have some idea of what to do. However unlike DXV, DXXT doesn't try to root the tank constantly (thus DXV kills his own dps), and also rampages and oh yeah there's the 80' AE silence. We were down a few healers, but we thought it was worth a try.
41 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:31:50 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'far left?'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:09 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, 'ok'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:14 2005] Sikkorak tells the raid, 'Move into stair room and kill add'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:24 2005] You auction, 'we're setting up the SAME WAY that we did before for the last mob'
We got an add along the way, a trap that hadn't triggered yet. But that's okay, while the healers assembled outside of DXXT's room, the rest of the raid took care of the add.
10 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:34 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'so you should be able to be behind corner'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:43 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, 'which corner'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:48 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'far left like i said'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:52 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, 'behind which corner'
[Sat Jun 11 18:32:57 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, '"behind corner" = ?'
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:04 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'look through door'
But then... the confusion started. Shylah was clearly suggesting some place for the healers to hide, but I couldn't quite picture it. But, ah ha! A good suggestion, I'll just take a look at the room.
A brief aside: to engage DXV, we run in, Shylah tags the mob with an arrow, and then pulls it to the corner. So her suggestion "look in the room" was not that unreasonable. DXV takes an actual tag to get his attention. Shylah was also looking in the room.
In retrospect, she said "look in the room", presumably meaning, get a rogue to open the door and F9 and try to see. But I was pretty far back, and moved up -- apparently just a *little* bit too far...
11 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Aristar's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Mechaike's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Grace's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Corinth's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Your mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Sikkorak's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Kwelynin's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Wotan's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Vector's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Shylah's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:15 2005] Hoggas's mind is assaulted by horrifying visions.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:16 2005] You say, 'open door a sec?'
Huh. That's not good. I notice a "silence" icon on my buff bar. I wonder where it came from as I'm typing asking that the door be opened.
5 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:21 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:21 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 630 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:21 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall goes on a RAMPAGE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:21 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 390 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:21 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 510 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] You tell your raid, 'fuck'
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 450 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] Your skin is covered in a glowing black aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:22 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:23 2005] Corinth tells temraidcore:4, 'Aggro'
After the fact I recreated things somewhat -- DXXT aggroed before I'd even gotten to the door. Opening the door made no difference other than that I saw a 4-arm model heading towards me. My initial reaction, in fact, was that it was just an add. Then I saw above his head "Diabo Xi Xin Thall.... that's D X X oh shit...."
5 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:28 2005] You have been struck down by the judgement of the gods. You have taken 264 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall goes on a RAMPAGE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 630 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 750 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Your skin is covered in a glowing black aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:29 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:30 2005] Shylah's skin is covered in a glowing black aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:30 2005] Shylah assumes a defensive fighting style.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:30 2005] Shylah auctions, '-# Defensive 3min la~ #-'
Mine, and luckily Shylah's, reaction was immediate -- I ran for the pull corner hoping DXXT would follow me, and Shylah immediately tried to engage DXXT.
We were in a small area at the top of a narrow staircase -- engaging DXXT there would've been suicide given the 80' silence. We had to get him moved.
2 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:32 2005] You tell temraidcore:4, 'bad idea'
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:32 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'woah'
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:33 2005] Mechaike begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:33 2005] Wotan begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:33 2005] Grace begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:33 2005] Mechaike auctions, '--1-- Shylah --1--'
Expert raid analysis by me and Shylah!
And as you can see, all our healers were already on the ball. We're only 17 seconds past initial, rather subtle, aggro, 3 seconds past Shylah's "I'm tanking", and 3 healers jump in and react appropriately.
4 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:37 2005] You begin casting Supernal Remedy.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:38 2005] Shylah's wounds fade away.
I'd run to the corner and realized, via assisting DXXT, that he was on Corinth and not following me. He wasn't even aggro'd on Shylah so she could pull him back -- I found out afterwards the prox aggro (plus the fact that Cor was tanking the add) peeled DXXT off me.
Corinth had now promixity (mob was near him not me) plus social from his add, but one advantage a cleric has is ability to get more aggro. That, and Shylah needed healing.
Alas, I didn't manage to peel DXXT -- proximity aggro is strong and I was starting to compete with other healers.
8 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:46 2005] Shylah tells temraidcore:4, 'move Corinth'
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:48 2005] You shout, 'get the mob on shylah'
Shylah was trying to move him, Cor was occupied with the add and either didn't notice or couldn't move because of the mass of people. DXXT staying there was definitely a wipe for us, and respawns are so fast that a wipe probably means starting back, 2.5 hours ago, at our last CoH point.
5 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:53 2005] You begin casting Supernal Remedy.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:55 2005] Wotan's wounds fade away.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:55 2005] Build tells temraidcore:4, 'add dead'
DXXT was on Wotan at this point. Also, we've finally burned down that mob that we'd engaged way back at the start.
2 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:57 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:57 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:57 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You begin casting Supernal Remedy.
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:33:58 2005] You haven't recovered yet...
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:00 2005] You have been healed for 1856 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:00 2005] Your wounds fade.
At this point I realized that my health was probably in the worst shape. I'd gotten two spots from a druid before but my HP bar was still not full. You can always tell when I'm rushing to get a heal in... darn that extra re-cast time on SR!
Luckily, SUCCESS! Of a sort:
2 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:02 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 180 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:02 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:02 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 390 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:02 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 300 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] You shout, 'DXXT AGGRO'
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 750 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:03 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 480 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:04 2005] You shout, 'move it'
YAY! Mob was on me and nicely in the corner! Now I only had one problem remaining....
(the shouts were because I didn't know how much of the raid had caught on to what was going on. Things were exciting where we were, but they were mostly out of line of sight.)
0 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:04 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:04 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 510 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:04 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 510 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:04 2005] Your skin is covered in a glowing black aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:05 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 180 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:05 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 390 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:05 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] You begin casting Supernal Remedy.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 450 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] Your skin is covered in a glowing black aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 180 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:06 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:07 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 180 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:07 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 240 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:07 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:07 2005] Your spell is interrupted.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:08 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 360 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:08 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:08 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall goes on a RAMPAGE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:09 2005] You begin casting Divine Aura.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:09 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:09 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:09 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall hits YOU for 210 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:09 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but misses!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] You regain your concentration and continue your casting.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] The gods have rendered you invulnerable.
I'm at 2% health. 6200hp goes fast.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall goes on a RAMPAGE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:10 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:11 2005] Vector auctions, '~~ 4 ~~ Shylah ~~ 4 ~~'
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:11 2005] Mechaike begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:11 2005] Grace auctions, 'RT heals silenced'
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Mechaike auctions, '--1-- Shylah --1--'
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall goes on a RAMPAGE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Diabo Xi Xin Thall tries to hit YOU, but Diabo Xi Xin Thall are INVULNERABLE!
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Grace begins to cast a spell.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:12 2005] Kwelynin tells the raid, 'RAMP'
The mob was under control. It's been 51 seconds since the initial aggro on DXXT. The hits on me are now rampage, not main aggro.
With DA up, my aggro was well below Shylah's, so I backed out until I was out of ramp range, and Kwel ended up on ramp instead of a cloth caster (nice!) I ended up with 4 rounds total of ramp until I was out of range, but I love DA....
Now I only had one problem: no cleric in my group with Divine Arbitration except me, and 2% health.
We'd seen low HP aggro before in VT, so I knew I'd draw it.
I moved away from the bulk of the healers, positioned my mouse over the DA icon to click it off, and hovered my hand on my supernal remedy spell key....
23 seconds later:
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:35 2005] Your invulnerability fades.
DXXT turns and starts to run at me
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:35 2005] You begin casting Supernal Remedy.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:35 2005] Mechaike auctions, 'silen'
I screwed up and still caught some of the healers in the AE
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:37 2005] You have been healed for 2039 points of damage.
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:37 2005] Your wounds fade.
DXXT turns back to Shylah
[Sat Jun 11 18:34:53 2005] You tell your raid, 'next time someone tells me to move up and look in room I'm not gonna
'And... that was it. The rest of the fight went uneventfully.
51 seconds to get DXXT fully under control, an additional 23 for me to click off DA and heal. Zero deaths, other than DXXT.
--
Kyth, Officer of Temerity
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