Raid Group #2 Scheduling

[Ominari]

Gratz yall

[Tbone]

We need a DPS replacement for tonight and tomorrow, so Tecknik you are in. Please confirm!

[Tecknik]

I'll be there.

[Tbone]

The raid tomorrow will be starting an hour earlier, at 9 p.m. FA. If you helped out Raid group #1 tonight, please let them know so they can find replacements! If they can't find replacements, we may have to adjust, but this is the plan for now!

[Tbone]

We're making a few attempts at the final bosses MONDAY after the interviews!

[Tbone]

Sign ups are up for next week. Sign up for the 7th if you are available for all three nights. We'll be doing +10 datacron before/after the interviews, but once that's done we'll take a few shots at the bosses.

We still need more permanent members of the raid. Some of you I'm not sure about (Tecknik? Vanhouten?). Please let me know which group you'll be going with.

[Milhouse]

Unless you can't find an off-tank, I'm going to try and move back into Group #1.  Finishing up raiding at 12-12:30am and then getting up at 4:30am for work gets pretty rough.   I'll be there tonight to clean up what we've cleared already, though.

[Tbone]

So far we are short one DPS and one off-tank for tomorrow. Pendas is on our roster, but I haven't heard from him yet.

[Lithium]

This schedule is probably better for me since I don't get home until 10 EST on Thursdays (and Mondays) so if you need the tank I'll consistently be available.

[Tbone]

Ok, I'll put you on our permanent roster Lith

[Arawn]

I am available to fill any DPS and/or off-tank spot. Im not signed into any Raid Group... even though I ran EV with Raid Group #3 on Saturday, I think I managed to get into the group because someone else was missing.

That said... Raid Group #2 Schedule works best for me and I can assure my presence since im home at that time every week day but Friday.

[Tbone]

Tonight we took down Karagga Hard Mode! Congrats everyone!!!

We could still use another healer and DPS for our permanent roster!

[Anamodiel]

The week of the 20th-24th, I will only be available Thursday the 23rd. I need a healer to take my spot for those two days.

As well, I will be on Spring Break from March 3-10. I will need a healer to take over for me that entire week as well.

[Tbone]

Ok, we should have the group for this week. Even though Pendas signed up first, he's only available for one of the three nights. Lithium is available for all three nights, so we're going with him.

Longboard and Baobinga, can I add you two to the permanent roster?

It was also brought up to me that the loot rules may not be fair - particularly concerning the final bosses. We discussed them on Thursday and last night, but I figured I would further go into it and we can discuss the pros and cons until we come to a consensus.

For the regular bosses, it's need before greed (in other words, those that don't have the item get priority naturally). Those that need the item both get a roll out of 100. Winner takes that item and then is locked out of getting gear until the others in his class get gear. In other words, a rotation is naturally formed after the roll.

What we talked about on Thursday was having FINAL bosses (Soa and Karagga) out of that rotation so that each person has an equal chance of getting the final boss loot. This is done since it is less likely that the final bosses will be downed. It also prevents someone from "passing" on the loot right before the boss in order to lock someone else out and guarantee them the final boss gear if it drops.

What we talked about on Monday was whether or not Soa and Karagga should be on a separate rotation (so that if you get a drop from Karagga, you are locked out of Soa). It was decided that since they have similar loot tables, no one would be locked out assuming they don't already have the item (this keeps the motivation for everyone to grind out the boss while still keeping the likelihood that someone new will get loot since chances are repeat loot will be dropped).

All rotations/lockouts reset at the end of the week, so Tuesday starts fresh rolls again.

If someone has a different/better option, please feel free to share it. It might be simpler to keep final bosses in the rotation of the other bosses, for instance, or have Karagga and Soa lock someone out of loot if they get one or the other. We'll also discuss it tonight before we get started.

[Tbone]

Good job tonight guys! I think we only wiped one time on a boss! Tomorrow we can devote the whole time to Soa! Hopefully it won't take three hours, but at least we have that luxury!