DDOCast 413 - Legendary Raids

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Patrick and Gingerspyce share our tips and tactics for the new Legendary Raids that came out with update 29!

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Legendary Tempest Spine - 2:21
Legendary Hound of Xoriat - 13:19
Legendary Shroud - 40:26
Game & Community News - 1:04:39
Lightning Post - 1:17:18
Closing - 1:24:23

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10th year Celebration “Thing”
MD Inteactive’s DDO Videos
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DDO Players News: Dungeon Crate Interview
Axel: DDO Retrospective Pt 1
DDOGamer: Producer’s Letter Lookback
Character Planner (4.29.001)
DDO Gamer: Managing UI Layouts
Shroud Puzzle Guide


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[Faltout]

The best strategy for trash mitigation is one that takes parts of the O and H method.
O method pros:
- You have a group to fight trash so it's gonna be easier
- You find mind flayers faster.

O method cons:
- You leave wide openings in the outer circle. Especially if the group is fighting a mind flayer, then the area behind them is gonna be player-free for a long time.

H method pros:
- You have no openings. Nothing can come through the hallways.

H method cons:
- You don't find mind flayers fast
- Only 2 players are available to greet a beholder or a render so they need to be able to kill it alone.
- If you go to fight a mind flayer, you're leaving your post and thus create an opening.

The last 2 H method cons also go for the football method. If everyone from the whole map rushes to a monster that appeared, they're leaving their posts.

So, the best strategy is a modification of the O method. You have 1 group running the outer circle and to make sure there are no gaps, you post 4 people on the hallways.
The job of those 4 people is:
- Wait inside the hallway close to the center so you don't aggro outside mobs.
- If a mob comes towards you, grab aggro and run outside.
- When outside, stay alive and keep holding aggro waiting for the circling group to come.
That way, you have a party fighting the mobs so deaths are non-issue, DPS is non-issue, generally a lot of errors allowed when a party is present. Also, the 4 people that are close to the center can manage situations that arise in the center. Healer died unexpectedly, someone can raise. Tank died, dogs/xy'zzy on the loose, they won't leave the center.
So, 1 tank, 1 healer, 4 watchers in hallways and 6 people running outside.

The con of this method is that it's VERY difficult to explain, so you won't see it in any PUGs.