[DMG] NOR's Progression & Raid Journal oct2012-mar2013

[Tundrra]

 Hail*NOR/Raiders!!
This is NOR, progression from Oct 2012-March 2013
April 2013+ Progression

Eternity Vault

Tier 1 Story Mode: Annihilation Droid XRR-3 | Gharj | Ancient Pylons | Infernal Council | SoA the Infernal One
Tier 2 Hard Mode: Annihilation Droid XRR-3 | Gharj | Ancient Pylons | Infernal Council | SoA the Infernal One 
Tier 3 NightMare Mode: Annihilation Droid XRR-3 | Gharj | Ancient Pylons | Infernal Council | SoA the Infernal One 

Karagga's Palace


Tier 1 Story Mode: Bonethrasher | Jarg & Sorno | Foreman Crusher | G4-B3 Heavy Fabricator | Karagga the Unyielding
Tier 2 Hard Mode: Bonethrasher | Jarg and Sorno | Foreman Crusher | G4-B3 Heavy Fabricator | Karagga the Unyielding
Tier 3 NightMare Mode: Bonethrasher | Jarg and Sorno | Foreman Crusher | G4-B3 Heavy Fabricator | Karagga the Unyielding

Explosive Conflict


Tier 2 Story Mode: Toth & Zorn | Firebrand & Stormcaller | Colonel Vorgath (Puzzle Boss)  | Warlord KephessTier 3 Hard Mode: Toth & Zorn | Firebrand & Stormcaller | Colonel Vorgath (Puzzle Boss)  | Warlord Kephess
Tier 4 Nightmare Mode: Toth & Zorn | Firebrand & Stormcaller | Colonel Vorgath (Puzzle Boss)  | Warlord Kephess

Terror from Beyond
      

Tier 2 Story Mode: The Withering Horror | Ciphas, Heirad, and Kel’sara | Operator IX | Kephess the Undying | The Terror from Beyond 
Tier 3 Hard Mode: The Withering Horror | Ciphas, Heirad, and Kel’sara | Operator IX | Kephess the Undying | The Terror from Beyond 

Scum & Villainy



Tier #: Dash'Roode | Titan 6 | Thrasher | Operations Chief | Olok the shadow | Cartel Warlords | Dread Master Styrak 

Milestone: (coming soon) Update 2.0 new level cap 55, new Higher Gear, new OP Scum & Villainy 

Milestone: 01.15.13 1st Time Completing HardMode Karagga's Palace.

Milestone: 12.26.12 1st Time Completing StoryMode Karagga's Palace

Milestone: 12.11.2012 We officially entered into a Raid Alliance with "The Corellian League".  Bringing with them knowledge and expertise of zones and a large player base to group with.

Milestone: 11.06.2013 1st Time Completing StoryMode Eternity Vault.

Milestone: 10.2012 On the 2nd of October our Raid team changed pretty drastically from what we had a few months before, we have gained several fresh lvl 50s and we will be starting our Raid Alliances in the near future.  Since this is a great time for a fresh start we will be tracking our progression here on out has a guild.  This will help us keep track of our victories and get excited for what is to come!!

Tundrra
*NOR/DK-BranchLeader:swToR 

[Tundrra]

I think I will start bumping this post each week with a new date and make it kind of a Raid Log:)

On Oct 2nd 2012

Agla: MainTank
Zyera: SecondayTank
Tundrra: MainHealer
Riveni: DpS
Burley: DpS
Valik: DpS
PuG 2nd healer and 4th DpS.

We entered Eternity Vault, it was Zyera and Valikk's first attempt into the 8 player Operation. We zoomed through the first couple bosses with ease, after reaching the puzzle boss one of the pug DpS players left we were able to finish the boss with 7 player. Due to a LFG tool error we were unable to get 8th replacement so we were unable proceed to the next boss the "Infernal Council" which requires a full 8.

Next week we will LFG tool random between Eternity Vault & Karagga's Palace.

[Zyera]

Can't wait!

[Tundrra]

Endgame Oct 9th 2012

Agla - MainTank
Zeyera -SecondaryTank
Riveni - Heals
Tundrra - Heals
Valikk - DpS

PuG
Aseph "Lights Chosen" - DpS (led grp )
Virania 'Daughters of the Force" - DpS
Bradesson - "Stormwatch" -DpS


After a couple tries of the GroupFinder which kept trying to put a Vallik impersonator into our group we zoned into Karagga's Palace This was a first attempt for NOR, even i had only zoned in once before and had never made it past the first boss. Luckily one of the pug DpS, Aseph was very familiar with the Op and was awesome enough to command raid with ts3.

We quickly made it to the first boss, a Rancor named Bonethrasher, After a long a tatics discussion we made our attack, losing one of our healers within the first few moments of the attempt. Some how we managed to defeat the Rancor with the last remaining healer and half the op group on our first attempt!

Being new to the zone we progressed at a cautious pace and conquered the 2nd boss with easy "Jarg and Sorno". Once reaching the 3rd boss, Forman Crusher we hit our snag, on our 3rd attempt we lost 2 of our pug DpS's and had reached our normal finish time so we called it a night. With it being our first try in the zone i think everyone felt pretty satisfied with how well we did.

Next we will use the group finder again to decide which of the 2 OPs we do, once we are able to complete both EV and KP we will move on to storymode Explosive Conflict and Terror from Beyond!

[Tundrra]

With the 1.5 update bringing some new PvE content to us soon, and patch days normally being on a Tuesday. When this goes live in a week or 2 we should do the new weekly/daily zone for the BH Comms "Section X" then the following week do the 2 Flashpoints needed for HK-51 quests.

[Tundrra]

Endgame 10.16.12

The Raiders!
Agla - MainTank
Zyera - SecondaryTank
Tundrra- Heals
Riveni(Syrynx)- Heals

Authric 'All that Remains" - DpS
Darnell " The Beacon of Hope" -DpS
Greenknight, "Old Templars", dropped out and replaced by
Corran "All that Remains" - DpS

We almost had Gilen joining us for his first swToR Raid but for unforeseen season premieres he was unable to join us:p We got the event going using the GroupFinder, and as much as I like the finder for FlashPoints it has caused more of our Operations to end premature:( After a few mins getting everyone in Ts3 we managed to kill the first boss in Eternity Vault on the first try and made our way to Gharj. Our group was primarily Melee DpS which is never a good fight for Gharj's Stomp attacks and the raid members fell quickly. Greenknight left the group before the fight was even over. From there the battle with the group finder began, and in the end we had to disband and regroup then reentered the groupFinder, which placed us in a new zone, Karagga's Palace. We made it past the Rancor on our first try, and Riveni even got a chance to heal this week:) Unfortunately the battle with the groupFinder and replacing members took to long and we lost another right before the 2nd boss in KP, we gave it a couple tries with 7, but the lack of Range again could be felt.

So the plan next week is to try and balance the raid as much as we can and /crossfingers that we will not need to replace people with the groupFinder:)

[Gilen]

I hate that I could not be there but it sounds like I would have only added to the misery as I am also playing a melee dps. I guess it is time to start working up a ranged DPS or a healer?

[Tundrra]

I hate that I could not be there but it sounds like I would have only added to the misery as I am also playing a melee dps. I guess it is time to start working up a ranged DPS or a healer?

Riveni and Agla both have healer alts at 50, and I'm slowly working on a DpS range, so pick which ever toon you want. By the time it's 50 its hard to say what we will need:). Personally I like to have one dps, one healer and one tank alt so I can swap to what's needed and I believe Riveni has just recently accomplished that with his newest 50:)

[Zyera]

Valikk and I are working on our alts!
He will have a ranged dps Gunslinger and I'll have a Sage healer! ^^

[Tundrra]

Endgame 10.23.2012

Karagga's Palace

Raiders:
Zyera - Tank Vanguard
Burley - Range DpS Commando
Valik - Melee DpS Shadow
Riveni - Melee DpS Shadow
Tundrra - Heals Commando

In-go "Sixtieth Elite Attack Corps" - Tank Guardian
Volcrum - "Azure Blades" - Melee DpS
Skyrison - "Legacy of the Eternal" - Heals Sage

Aside for several technical difficulties the Raid performance went great:). Unfortunately we had some Ts3 mic issues and one of the PuG players had some issues getting into our server, it seems that using the ts3 address doesn't work in Ventrilo:p.

To begin the raid I made a couple new announcements that I plan on expanding and using regularly before the Raid. Such as our expected end time and our Ts3 info, I will be adding loot rules to these announcements this week for easy cut and pasting.

As i mentioned before the raiders couldn't have been better, we defeated the first boss without a single death, and the second boss with only 1 man down who was quickly combat rezed with everyone standing by the end of the battle.

Once we reached the 3rd boss, which we have not yet made it past, we encountered our first wipe. From there Skyrison had to leave to walk his dogs, and then a Burley disconnect occured in the end we were once again defeated by groupFinder. I think the consensus is we will no longer be using the group finder for Ops till it gets a major overhaul:(. Also this week Tundrra is gong to try and create us a balanced constant Raid Team:)

Thanks for coming everyone, the battles themselves have been going really smooth it just seems like we keep being defeated by outside sources.