Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Fist Full of Feathers
Last week we made a great attempt at Einherjar. We didn't win, but everyone figured out what to do and what is expected of them. We did pretty well for our first try too. We brought the boss down to 25% or so. A good first try. Last night we earned our first win. It looked like we had a few more miscellaneous jobs than last time. A few blue mages, another melee or two, a white mage. I don't know if they made a difference, but we won and had the extra space, so I'll assume they did.
The only wave was a plethora of chigoes. They all died before the majority of the summoners even had a chance to astral flow even though they should have had astral flow up already as soon as the paladin pulled. A quick rest and everyone was on Hraesvelg. The manticore seemed to be much easier than the oboron from last week. Enfeebles landed with no problems. I could even stick frost on it although I doubt the minor negative agility it gave helped at all.
Hraesvelg was pretty harmless. Sure, his deadly grasp would one shot almost anyone and its fire breath or great whirlwinds hurt without stoneskin. Other than draw-in it had no special abilities that would have made it very dangerous. Gravity landed with no problem. Keeping myself hasted allowed me to put gravity on it consistently. Gravity didn't last long, but because of the shifting hate and general confusion it would often give a summoner a chance to run away.
With somewhere between five and ten minutes to spare the manticore finally died. On our first win we got a W. head abjuration! I forget who won the lot on it, but it was open lot and I lost. Our victory will probably draw more interest from people and increase our numbers to Rakshaka's goal of thirty six every Tuesday. I wish we were doing this twice a week. Twice a week makes Einherjar progression slow enough as it is, but once a week is almost painful. Sadly, odds are if we did it another day a week I wouldn't be able to make it. Heres hoping for more cool items!
Because of the POL forced update I forgot to log back in with the Windower to take screenshots, so you'll just have to take my word that I have Rossweisse's Feather. It will only be the first of many with any luck.
The only wave was a plethora of chigoes. They all died before the majority of the summoners even had a chance to astral flow even though they should have had astral flow up already as soon as the paladin pulled. A quick rest and everyone was on Hraesvelg. The manticore seemed to be much easier than the oboron from last week. Enfeebles landed with no problems. I could even stick frost on it although I doubt the minor negative agility it gave helped at all.
Hraesvelg was pretty harmless. Sure, his deadly grasp would one shot almost anyone and its fire breath or great whirlwinds hurt without stoneskin. Other than draw-in it had no special abilities that would have made it very dangerous. Gravity landed with no problem. Keeping myself hasted allowed me to put gravity on it consistently. Gravity didn't last long, but because of the shifting hate and general confusion it would often give a summoner a chance to run away.
With somewhere between five and ten minutes to spare the manticore finally died. On our first win we got a W. head abjuration! I forget who won the lot on it, but it was open lot and I lost. Our victory will probably draw more interest from people and increase our numbers to Rakshaka's goal of thirty six every Tuesday. I wish we were doing this twice a week. Twice a week makes Einherjar progression slow enough as it is, but once a week is almost painful. Sadly, odds are if we did it another day a week I wouldn't be able to make it. Heres hoping for more cool items!
Because of the POL forced update I forgot to log back in with the Windower to take screenshots, so you'll just have to take my word that I have Rossweisse's Feather. It will only be the first of many with any luck.
Labels: Einherjar
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