New Shroud Raid Tactic - The Blue Dawn

[haku-ba]

So this week the forums have been up in arms about balance and raid compositions and what not. So I thought it was time to even things out. This raid tactic will restore the balance and let melee re-take their rightful place in the game. I urge all concerned melee to try this tactic out, as I am pretty sure you can't fail when using it. I am thinking of using it on all my shrouds from now on

So, 'How does it work?', I hear you ask. Well it can be a little complex to get going initially, especially if you are new to this tactic, but once you get going it tends to look after itself and you can just kick back and relax. I forgot to get screenshots of each part of the shroud, but I am sure you can work it out from these four The main part is the last one anyway, as that is where it all counts. Lets look at what you need to do.

First off, you need to make sure that you get in a good position so that you get a clear and uninterrupted view of the battlefield. That way you can respond to problems, bad luck, poor players quickly and keep things under control. Under no circumstance should you leave this position and try to join in on the Harry beatdown. As that will increase the chance of raid failure. Remember, stay high. Stay in control!



Next off, make sure your Druids are using the Polymorph spell to effectively control Harry's aggro. At this stage you can leave the high position to check your team from a different location, making sure that the Druids (Hezrou) in the pic below, have the big fella locked down. As you can see, some of the Druids were piking on the outside and/or forgot to pick up Polymorph at the last shrine, so make sure you remind them to before you head into part 5.



Thirdly, once you have successfully pounded Harry into dust, and you will with this tactic believe me, make sure you let people have a chance to recall. I find the best way to do this is to get everyone around the altar, facing away from the chests and listening to my final instructions. This way their minds are not wandering and large ingredients do not occupy their thoughts, so they can give you 110% focus for your final orders. Make sure you type in caps too, as the Druids still in Polymorph form have a hard time reading due to the vision problems it induces.



Finally, I honestly recommend to all shroud leaders that you acknowledge and reward your team's excellent job before everyone leaves. Take some time to go through the raid blow by blow and list the most stunning moves/kills that happened and by who. That way you know everyone will be ready to use this tactic again the next time you are off timer. For example, on this run the reward was a good boning for the toon with the highest kill count, and Gen won. So I hope he is looking forward to getting the boning as much as I am looking forward to giving it



And there you have it. The best strategy I have used so far. Thanks very much to all the team players who came along on this run and helped me get this perfected.

On a final note, you can clearly see that this strategy will also lead to an increase in your own personal dps/kill count. Something all melee love. My kill count was up a full 300% on all the shrouds I have done in the past. I really love this new tactic!

I strongly encourage all melee to give this tactic a go. Best of luck all



PS. All my melee were on timer, so I went with the bard. I mean, come on, who doesn't love a bard!

[Ngha]

epic troll is epic

[haku-ba]

Nah, it was only a shroud run. Haven't decided to use this tactic in epic run yet. I suppose I could try it in some VoN runs, if that is what you mean as they are the only epic runs with trolls that I have done.

Thanks for the suggestion though

[Vellrad]

Wow, u play DDO on ur mobile!

[theKman]

Id like it to be known that Cleetus really worked hard in this run.. props to him for his effors, even if it didn't show in his kill count

[theKman]

Nah, it was only a shroud run. Haven't decided to use this tactic in epic run yet. I suppose I could try it in some VoN runs, if that is what you mean as they are the only epic runs with trolls that I have done.

Thanks for the suggestion though

For the record, im in for epic... Happy to start with VoN or Phiarlian (havent done either with FvS yet)

[MeliCat]

Part1 took ages. Parts 4&5 were nice and fast.

Was fun. Pretty strange being the only one meleeing on my mosquito bite clonk. Loved having Mr Cuddly along (although thanks Draz for the components to make it happen) and I always wanted to just break the crystals in part 3 - good to get it out of my system in case I ever fail the temptation on a normal run (up to 200 medium batteries and counting... don't need those underwater chests )

Let's do it again! And hopefully Ry won't dc this time and miss most of it.

[MeliCat]

For the record, im in for epic... Happy to start with VoN or Phiarlian (havent done either with FvS yet)

We went on after that to do house p on casters only.

[haku-ba]

Part1 took ages. Parts 4&5 were nice and fast

Oh It wasn't that long was it Mel? Sure, a little longer than a normal PuG run, but not a lot

I am sure it will happen again too. Probably regularly

[theKman]

We went on after that to do house p on casters only.

Noooo!!!!!!!
*shakes fist at heavens*
Curse you time and your differences....

Oh well.. look for me when im on, if not in guild runs.. im there

[Blank_Zero]

My casters just did parts 1 and 2 of deleras tonight

I'm in for the next one as soon as I get my little wizard up to appropriate levels

[Khellendros13]

Ahh that was a lot of fun. Nice screenshots too...I guess this means we can replace all the melee with Cleetus and friends

I loved the idea to just smash all the crystals since a few summons were already out in pt2.

Pt2 was crazy, about 10 or 12 summons and us just hammering at the 4 named mobs...

I hope Geneves got the boning he deserved!

[Blank_Zero]

Ok, I'll be on tonight to power level Dhaar I guess....

[Khellendros13]

Ok, I'll be on tonight to power level Dhaar I guess....

What level? My fvs is only 5 still lol.

[Blank_Zero]

What level? My fvs is only 5 still lol.

7 now.

I wont be on...gotta be up early now....ugh

[dakkon75]

Loved having Mr Cuddly along (although thanks Draz for the components to make it happen)

No problem Meli, couldn't have Cleetus along without his little buddy Mr. Cuddly.

Id like it to be known that Cleetus really worked hard in this run.. props to him for his effors, even if it didn't show in his kill count

Yeah I have to give it up to my little pet, I think that all of his skill comes from all that drazinhispants™

Ahh that was a lot of fun. Nice screenshots too...I guess this means we can replace all the melee with Cleetus and friends

Now see you are being really hard on our fellow melee based Khyberians. While Cleetus and Pals are very capable melees, they are not here to replace melees , just to show melees that they needn't be so selfish with their "precious" shroud slots.

Well folks I have had much fun running this shroud. I truly enjoyed running with such a lively group of folks. I would also like to pass a message on from Cleetus. He wants to thank Jim Bob, Billy Ray, Jethro, Jesse, Mr. Cuddly, and all the other Pals that came along, as he couldn't have done it without yall. Here's some drazinyourpants™.

[Khellendros13]

Can we do this again tonight?

[Blank_Zero]

Can we do this again tonight?

No. You have to powerlevel my wizard for me

[Khellendros13]

No. You have to powerlevel my wizard for me

LOL

Me and new toons? Need a kick to come back to reality from within those dream levels?

Yea I am still digesting Inception.

[Blank_Zero]

LOL

Me and new toons? Need a kick to come back to reality from within those dream levels?

Yea I am still digesting Inception.

nothing hard about that movie.

Ever had a dream within a dream? Lol