Status of HappyHumans
Posted: Tue 2007 Mar 13 12:12 EDT
As of late, our performance has been somewhat of a rollercoaster. We haven't had much problems with city raids. More often than not, lately, there have been mishaps in some city zones.
Sleeping mobs seems to be an issue, although it has been improving the past few raids. We cannot solely blame sleepers. We also need to look at the performance of melees. The longer it takes for melees to remove a mob from the field, the harder it gets for the mages to keep the area controlled. At a glance it seems as though only few people are fully prepared for each raid. Food, poisonpots, IW, whatever is necessary for each raid.
As for sleeping, the best way to handle this is to have rdm/blm sleepga first, and right after a BLM tag Sleepga II over it making the sleep last an extra 1-2 minutes. BRD's should never be main sleeper due to the short duration of lullaby. Avatars, should only be slept by RDMs with Sleep II. In cases of multiple avatars, Sleepga should never be used. This causes avatars to awaken at the same time, and not knowing which avatar belongs to which mob can cause unecessary wipes.
Food. All melees are required to be prepared to deal as much damage as possible to any mob. Some complain about how expensive food is. There are alternatives: Meat Kabob -- Squid Sushi -- Sole Sushi. Get some. If we want to progress in future raids, we need to improve on how quick we kill a mob in all zones.
PLDs, I assume you know how to play your role in Dynamis and trying to keep the highest hate rating. Give your members the confidence that you will be able to hold hate, and be the main person taking damage.
BLMs is not a huge issue if we only have 3-4. Not many cities are clutterred with statues except for Windy. Ice-zones have even fewer.
Don't look for an excuse of failed raids, but instead, improve your own game.
Sleeping mobs seems to be an issue, although it has been improving the past few raids. We cannot solely blame sleepers. We also need to look at the performance of melees. The longer it takes for melees to remove a mob from the field, the harder it gets for the mages to keep the area controlled. At a glance it seems as though only few people are fully prepared for each raid. Food, poisonpots, IW, whatever is necessary for each raid.
As for sleeping, the best way to handle this is to have rdm/blm sleepga first, and right after a BLM tag Sleepga II over it making the sleep last an extra 1-2 minutes. BRD's should never be main sleeper due to the short duration of lullaby. Avatars, should only be slept by RDMs with Sleep II. In cases of multiple avatars, Sleepga should never be used. This causes avatars to awaken at the same time, and not knowing which avatar belongs to which mob can cause unecessary wipes.
Food. All melees are required to be prepared to deal as much damage as possible to any mob. Some complain about how expensive food is. There are alternatives: Meat Kabob -- Squid Sushi -- Sole Sushi. Get some. If we want to progress in future raids, we need to improve on how quick we kill a mob in all zones.
PLDs, I assume you know how to play your role in Dynamis and trying to keep the highest hate rating. Give your members the confidence that you will be able to hold hate, and be the main person taking damage.
BLMs is not a huge issue if we only have 3-4. Not many cities are clutterred with statues except for Windy. Ice-zones have even fewer.
Don't look for an excuse of failed raids, but instead, improve your own game.