New Player Raid Training – Tower of Despair

[Uma-Quixote]

I have 1 toon flagged and booted (Kensai 20) ....I have run ToD 3 times with her so far but would like to run it again in a more.."relaxed" (?) environment. However, I am UK based so the time difference might be an issue. What times do you plan to run raids?
cheers

[Tobril]

I have 1 toon flagged and booted (Kensai 20) ....I have run ToD 3 times with her so far but would like to run it again in a more.."relaxed" (?) environment. However, I am UK based so the time difference might be an issue. What times do you plan to run raids?
cheers

Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 19:00 MST (That means 7:00 P.M. Mountain Time, 8 Central, 9 Eastern, etc)


We’ve had Euro-peeps before, but they had to stay up really late.

Aside from weekends, I don’t have a really good solution for way
different time zones. If anyone has a good suggestion that would
be most welcome.

[Tobril]

Today is the day!

A little bird told me Grieve may be slightly delayed by
evil overlords, so people may need to be adaptable.

[Darkrok]

Gonna try to be available w/ Rokkum but work and wife may have something to say about that tonight.

Maybe if Grieve's delayed I'll be able to hit it...in any case good luck tonight!

[Grieve]

Today is the day!

A little bird told me Grieve may be slightly delayed by
evil overlords, so people may need to be adaptable.

No need to worry. The evil overlords let us go early. Though, I suspect certain other minions are being punished at this very moment.

[slothinator]

Real life is calling, so Stethos may not make it. I'm gonna try really hard, but please give my spot to someone else if I'm not there on time. Hopefully I'll be able to make the next one. Once again Tobril, thank you for putting this together, and some day real life stuff won't stop me from getting in one of these runs.

[Gizeh]

Things I Don’t Want You To Use:
Mnemonic Potions – It’s important to learn how to raid without relying on these

+1 for that. I like that approach a lot more than the "bring pots for the healers" approach that seems to be common for some of the high level raids, at least on argo.

[Tobril]

Both groups won flawlessly!


Pics and videos to follow....

[djl]

Both groups won flawlessly!


Pics and videos to follow....

Woohoo! I'm sorry I couldn't make it I wanted to come, but I have a big test tomorrow that I've been cramming for all day. :\

[TheDearLeader]

Both groups won flawlessly!


Pics and videos to follow....

Two flawless runs. Was awesome. More than happy to help those who come well-prepared and listen to instructions.

[Grieve]

Both groups won flawlessly!


Pics and videos to follow....

Ya no pics or videos from my group. I totally forgot to take any... I could offer hugs from Guen & Kargon our Surprise helpers. Kargon may steal your Tasty Hams though.

[TheDearLeader]

Ya no pics or videos from my group. I totally forgot to take any... I could offer hugs from Guen & Kargon our Surprise helpers. Kargon may steal your Tasty Hams though.

I, um, took one.

[Tobril]

I, um, took one.

+4 tome pic...

Heh, helpers seem to have all the luck. Grieve pulled the levvik on a NORMAL hound and now this...awesome!

[TheDearLeader]

Heh, helpers seem to have all the luck. Grieve pulled the levvik on a NORMAL hound and now this...awesome!

Yeah. >.> I see some Wizard lives in my U13'ish future...

[Tobril]

Added some pics to the OP.


Video will take a bit. I'm unfortunately a FRAPS
failure...last time my voice was totally cut out, this
time it is overpowering beyond belief.

One of these days I'll get that stuff figured out.



You'll also notice in the video I'm forgetting to
activate boosts, sunders, etc…I tend to get really
distracted when explaining things, plus I'm watching
what other people are doing and not paying attention
to my own job like a responsible person would do.

[Seventoe]

Thanks to Tobril and the other veterans who made this happen. It was a blast, and much less scary than it seemed from the outside. Great tanking and healing made it easy. I really appreciated being shown around the rooms after each stage was finished. I feel ready for hard now

Although I mainly just sprayed bolts in random directions, it was nice to be able to use my Remove Curse Admixture.

Looking forward to more runs in the future!

[LordPiglet]

Ya no pics or videos from my group. I totally forgot to take any... I could offer hugs from Guen & Kargon our Surprise helpers. Kargon may steal your Tasty Hams though.

I gave him 35 last night, that should hold him for over for a few seconds.

[Tobril]

I gave him 35 last night, that should hold him for over for a few seconds.

Who is his alt in group 2? I didn’t see him on his barb…

[Dark_kronos]

Any people out there that still want to practice or didn't make it into the first run? I just flagged my sorc and would like to do some practice runs as a kiter.

[TheDearLeader]

Who is his alt in group 2? I didn’t see him on his barb…

The FvS named "Tranq"