I have been wanting to run an R10 Heroic TR for some time. With HC league taking a big chunk out of our server population, and with enough fellow masochists, we finally put together a static group for our own hardcore challenge. We chose not to start at level 1, but decided that level 3 (pre reaper points) should provide adequate challenge.

The team of six includes: A bard healer/cc, warlock blaster/cc, ranged repeater/trapper, an evasion tank/trapper, a monk and a bearbarian. Half the party hails from the European Continent while the other half is North American. We quest 3 days a week for about 6-8 hours/week.

The early levels before reaper points and before the ability to raise dead were a bit brutal. There were very few exceptions to our 'Everything must be R10' rule. For practicality we completed the Baudry Cartaman chain, completing the ones that can not be reaped to get to the ones that could. Retrieving the Stolen Goods required one of our evasion members to jibs for the completion.

Initially my screen shotting was limited, we were happy just to get the completions and actually level. We were more focused on binding in the closest tavern because the wipes were fairly regular. For those who have done this or are contemplating it, there really is no way to clear a room with 2 screaming fears and a vengence reaper at level 3-5. Your HP simply does not allow you to survive a fear dot and once the healer goes down, outside the reach of a shrine, it's release/repeat.

Reviewing my list of screen shots, I saw that my first one occurred in The Stones Run Red, this was taken because this run was our first flawless completion. After that, I got better at documenting our progress.