Raid Preparation Questions?

[Ode1st]

Hi all, I checked out the "Help! Am I Raid Ready?" guide and it's obviously useful, but doesn't answer all my questions. I'm currently a level 14 mechanic rogue and haven't yet been on a raid. I mainly play in a static group of myself and my friend who plays a cleric. We haven't tried any raids yet and probably wouldn't do too well because of our party dynamic/numbers.

I know I'm not the most useful raid class since I'm not an optimal DPS rogue, but I'd just like some general raid advice. Such as what kind/how many potions and scrolls should I bring? Where are the optimal places to get these potions/scrolls? Should I generally expect healers to heal me frequently, or should I expect to burn through all of my scrolls and not have much healer help? And other things I should know before I go into a raid. You know, general preparation kind of advice .

Anyway, thanks in advance.

[phalaeo]

Hi all, I checked out the "Help! Am I Raid Ready?" guide and it's obviously useful, but doesn't answer all my questions. I'm currently a level 14 mechanic rogue and haven't yet been on a raid. I mainly play in a static group of myself and my friend who plays a cleric. We haven't tried any raids yet and probably wouldn't do too well because of our party dynamic/numbers.

I know I'm not the most useful raid class since I'm not an optimal DPS rogue, but I'd just like some general raid advice. Such as what kind/how many potions and scrolls should I bring? Where are the optimal places to get these potions/scrolls? Should I generally expect healers to heal me frequently, or should I expect to burn through all of my scrolls and not have much healer help? And other things I should know before I go into a raid. You know, general preparation kind of advice .

Anyway, thanks in advance.

Hi there.

It's always best to have a stack of curse removal pots and cure mod/serious pots on you at all times, not just during raids. Poison removal, too- if you don't have an immunity item. Best place to get them is wherever you have favour to get reduced prices in the vendor stores- i.e. if you completed Delera's, you'll get reduced prices in House J.

Healers will be healing you during big battles. If you want to be "topped off", expect to do it yourself in between fights.

You're a little bit high for Tempest's Spine, but if someone is running it on Elite or for favour, I recommend that you start there to get a feel for the "first raid" in the game. It's halfway in between a 12 man party and a later "real raid".

Also, don't forget that you need to flag for many of the raids, which involves (usually) completing pre-quests to obtain flagging materials. Example- for the raid in Gianthold, you need to complete three quests located in the Gianthold explorer area. You need to collect 20 of three different relics, which enables you entry into Tor, which is the pre-raid. After you complete those objectives and complete Tor, you can go into the raid.

Are you on Argo, by chance? I've just hit 14 on my TR'ed Cleric and will start raiding again as soon as I get flagged. I'd be happy to explain most of it to you over voice chat also, should you like.

[Lehrman]

Bring cure crit pots/wands, haste pots, bark pots, remove curse pots, lesser restore pots, poison neutraliztion. The clerics will heal you, but in a pinch its better to be able to heal yourself.

Some clerics will heal you, some will expect you to heal yourself between fights. Some casters will haste you, others will not pay attention to see if the melee are still hasted, still others "Do not have that spell".

A raid is a giant pick up group, so personalities vary. Try to get into a guild that raids often.

[phalaeo]

Actually.... PM me even if you're on a different server. I'll just make a vet status toon to come in and explain stuff to you via voice chat- that way you can ask all the questions you need without having to type them out. Just let me know a server, your toon's name, and what time is good for you guys.

Hope that helps.

[Angelus_dead]

I know I'm not the most useful raid class since I'm not an optimal DPS rogue, but I'd just like some general raid advice.

For best results find one person who is going to do a raid, and ask him to bring you along and tell you whatever he wants you to do.

Chances are high that you won't be asked to do very much at all.

[Ode1st]

My friend and I play on Argo, yeah. I really don't have any specific questions I can think of other than the ones I asked, just felt like there was probably stuff I should know :P.

[phalaeo]

My friend and I play on Argo, yeah. I really don't have any specific questions I can think of other than the ones I asked, just felt like there was probably stuff I should know :P.

Oh, awesome! Well, I hope you got your questions answered, and if you want to PM me the names of your toons, I'll look out for you when we're putting raids together. I run the Gianthold Tor pre-raid on a regular basis (curse you, blue scales!!!), can run you through 4 of the Vale Shroud flagging quests (every one except for Coal Chamber), and I have a higher level guildmate who knows his way blasting through Crucible (which I think we're doing in the next few days) if you are interested in any of those. Rainbow in the Dark is a blast the more Clerics we would have, as is Running with the Devils (both in Vale).

Our guild also does Shroud Farming and completions on a regular basis, but you may wish to do those levels 17 and up to give you some more time to develop/get familiar with your characters.