Dragon Flight Raid - Lets talk strategy

[Tundrra]

Sounds pretty easy guys:p

Let's plan the core groups with a couple alternates in mind. And decide who will be group leaders for the additional healers and DPSers. That way we will be all grouped up with time to spare.

[RJC9000]

15 people, 4 High sets, at least 4 tanks and healers seems to be our setup.

Unless I am mistaken, this is our roster:
Vizier:
Thor/Aratech/Phel

Prophet:
Tyr/Phel

Tanks:
Ziek/Tundrra

Healers:
Rain/Juez/Blue/Gina(?)

DPS
Everyone else (can vary depending from day to day)


My Recommended Teams:

Green + Black Dragon:

Group 1:
Ziek/Juez/Myself/Thor!Vizier/Phel!Prophet

Reasoning:
Ziek has higher defense between the two tanks, resulting in more Into the Fray damage (which is needed for 2 dragons).
Juez has the buffs and the ability to keep people alive with his frame 1 reactions (jkjk I'm not even sure if this game runs at 60 FPS)
Thor's CW did not die in 2 hits vs. the Green Dragon.

(You do want my DPS buffed to the stars, yes?)


Group 2:
(Insert other DPS Here)/(Insert Healer here)

Reasoning:
Moar DPS!
And a dedicated healer to keep them topped off.


Red Dragon:

Tundrra/Tyr!Prophet/Aratech!Vizier/Q + somebody else

Reasoning:
Q does not know how to dodge the black dragon.
Aratech tends to soak up up a lot of damage in dungeon runs (here, we DON'T want that).


Other Notes:
Consider placing the Prophet user with the weaker PC at Red Dragon (ie: doesn't lag from the fog).

[nmates]

Don't treat Aratech and I (Benn) as interchangeable. Aratech is much more DPS-oriented, and routinely scores -- however DF is scored -- 4-6x higher than me. I -- like Thorgrim -- emphasize the control in the wizard. However, as I've said, that's a pretty useless skill in DF and other recently added endgame content.

[Ziek88]

Do I still have the highest defense? With the new Twisted Weapons set my defense in combat averages 42%. Unsure if Tundrra sits above that or not.

No worries Benn, I know you two are very different CWs. My point was mostly that you are both very powerful CW players and probably two of the highest geared CWs in the guild. I don't think there are any others that have cracked the 3k item level yet.

[Tundrra]

Do I still have the highest defense? With the new Twisted Weapons set my defense in combat averages 42%. Unsure if Tundrra sits above that or not.

Red dragon has been working ok with my current Conquerer build, but here are my stats:

[nmates]

I use a high iLevel to make up for my lack of skills ingame. Footwork, I'm pretty lousy at.

[Ziek88]

Do I still have the highest defense? With the new Twisted Weapons set my defense in combat averages 42%. Unsure if Tundrra sits above that or not.

Red dragon has been working ok with my current Conquerer build, but here are my stats:

We're probably about the same spot then for Into the Fray buff. I used to get around 50-52% DR before I went twisted weapons. I'm still conq as well. Changed from last version but when looking at going back to protector I found ways to increase my tankiness without giving up conq.

I have no complaints about running the black/green party. I'll take a look at my path between the two mid week so I don't roomba my way in to a corner like usual in stronghold.

[Phelaia]

A word about CW DPS...

Want DPS and then more DPS in a boss fight? Run this build: http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/never ... control/p1

I've tried it, and it's its own kind of fun, but it's not my thing. Because, there's always always more than one way to skin a cat...or a dragon. If you're do not build and play like IronZerg, then you have something very important to offer in a boss fight: debuff, debuff, and some more debuff. Regardless of your build, put Ray of Enfeeblement on TAB, and let the party GWF or TR go to town. As long as the boss is dead at the end, it does not matter who did most of the whacking.

It looks like I should work on that half orc DC of mine, because he's got no boons...

[Aratech]

Will attempt to be on tonight. Game has crashed multiple times when I've alt-tabbed and now, after a verification, it's doing a 1.2 gig patch for some inane reason. That's 2.5 or so hours for me. It's going to be close, most likely.

[bluebutton]

Will attempt to be on tonight. Game has crashed multiple times when I've alt-tabbed and now, after a verification, it's doing a 1.2 gig patch for some inane reason. That's 2.5 or so hours for me. It's going to be close, most likely.

I had that "patch" not too long ago--it was like downloading the game all over.

Glad you got in on DF, esp since you had the high score.