HM Raisu Palace

Easily the most frustrating HM mission that I've done yet. We must have tried this five times before we were finally able to do it. We tried the first 4 times with a full party of 8 (3 W, 2 Mo, 3Eles). After the 4th try, 2 of our eles had to leave so we replaced them with heroes (Razah as MM and ele nuker hero). We found the MM to be invaluable. The extra targets for enemies, the "wall" effect of the minions, and the damage (Death Nova) the minions added helpedtremendously. We finished masters with time to spare with the minions.

DoA News

So I took a little break after completing the Legendary Vanquisher title and haven't been hitting things as hard.

I did get to run a few test into DoA with 4 humans and 4 heroes. Good news: DoA can now be done without the default build. I'd advise against pugs if you are going to do non-build 8man. Bad news: heroes are doable now but incredibly hard. We got to Jodath in City and wiped with only him left. The monster wear you down little by little and sooner or later the DP gets hard to work with. The quest reward helped a lot though but the DP didn't stay gone for long. :(

Update 13 August 2007:
It'll take work to figure out what works for which area. Get a full human party of DoA experienced players and play around with some builds. In the least run through the areas a few times so others can become familiar with the enemies of each area and their skills.

Also, if you want to go through all the areas in sequence, the best build is still the default Balanced DoA build.

Legendary Vanquisher

Tonight I completed my last vanquish needed for the Legendary Vanquisher Title!

I know that I need to go back and retro-actively add all of the notes about the areas I've Vanquished in the past week. I've got some pretty good notes on kill counts and times but I don't remember all the party setups.

I'll post the notes and update this post later.

Thank you to everyone who helped along the way!

Evil forces in Fissure destroyed!

In an incredible expedition on the evening of July 5, 2007, eight adventurers successfully pushed the forces of evil out of the Fissure of Woe. Every foe was defeated and every quest completed. The ardent adventures did not go unrewarded for their efforts. The group was awarded with 25 obsidian shards, 6 non-chest gold drops, 4 obsidian keys, 1 Passage Scroll to the Fissure of Woe, 1 sapphire, and an undisclosed amount of gold. Rumor has it that a single member of the expedition deposited over 5 platinum into his storage account.

Vanquished! Tyrian Day 11

Areas Completed:

• Iceflow

Iceflow
Party: W, E, E, N, P, R, Mo, Dunkoro
Time: 30min
Foes: 140

This is a small area with lots of good corners. The corners are so good in some places that we were able to pull multiple groups at a time. The usual for Stone Summit works here. Dolyaks should be dealt with first while the tank holds the Carvers and Herders. Gnashers and Heretics are constant nuisances but the Carvers are capable of spiking backline characters and need to be dealt with first with Dolyaks. Just be careful with enchants as Heretics have Strip Enchantment.