Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The Enraged Imp - Altar of Abhorrence [Raid]

Raid Zone: Altar of Abhorrence
Waypoint: -376.89, 55.70, -1.18 (flying above your heads)

The Enraged Imp is laughable. Main tank can tank him wherever, everyone else stack on his ass. He doesn't do anything noteworthy.



Pharinich the Forlorn - Altar of Abhorrence [Raid]

Raid Zone: Altar of Abhorrence
Waypoint: -480.32, 56.12, 54.81

Pharinich the Forlorn requires more strategy than Sarinich.

Special Notes:

  • There is a red text the entire raid needs to joust. Not jousting = you get one shotted.
  • Pharinich will cast a non-curable curse on two members of the raid at a time. The curse turns you into a skeleton and drains your health and power. Those afflicted with the curse must joust out of the room, or else the curse will spread to other raid members.
Main tank will pull him to the wall of their choice (usually the wall he starts on). DPS/healers/utility can stack on his ass.

RED TEXT JOUST

When Pharinich says he's gonna own your face (aka red text comes up on your screen), that means take your happy ass and move away. You have several places you can move, depending on where your tank is tanking him. You can joust down the hallway (just avoid anyone who is cursed), or simply across the room. The choice is yours.







ERMAHGERD I'M CURSED!

Quite bluntly, get the fuck out. Joust out of the room and down to the end of the hallway. Joust FURTHER than you would for the red text. If you don't, your curse will spread to other raiders.

Sarinich the Wretched - Altar of Abhorrence [Raid]

Raid Zone: Altar of Abhorrence
Waypoint: -326.85, 56.11, 54.30

Sanrinich the Wretched is stupidly easy. Main tank faces him away from the raid and you DPS him down. There's a non-curable curse that does nothing horrible and you can just ignore. Just stack on his ass and burn burn burn.



The Fear Feaster - Altar of Abhorrence [Raid]

Raid Zone: Altar of Abhorrence
Waypoint: approx. -403.42, -1.29, 404.36 (travels)

The Fear Feaster pops when all the stirges in the main courtyard are killed. It is important for the raid to work from the entrance towards the back of the courtyard so The Fear Feaster isn't popped inadvertently.

Special Notes:

  • Fear Feaster will occasionally fear a raid member.
  • There is an occasional knock back.
  • Fear Feaster spawns eggs on a random raid member.
    • If these eggs are not killed quickly, they will spawn an epic x4 stirge trash add.
    • The stirge add has heavy AE damage.
Strategy:

All raid members (except the main tank) are going to wedge themselves against the pot and the wall. You are to stay stacked at all times!


Everyone except the main tank (and off tanks if applicable) is to place their ass against the wall. That includes healers, DPS, and utility. Again: You are to stay stacked at all times!

But I want to be a special little snowflake! Can I stand out here?


Hell no. Why? Eggs. That's why. Those eggs I mentioned earlier spawn on a random person. It's not called out in the game text and there isn't any fancy red text either. It just randomly spawns and you have to guess where it is. If it is out of view of your MA, then that annoying turd is gonna hatch and you're going to get an add on your raid. Most raid forces can contend with multiple adds, but why make the fight longer when you don't have to?

But I can't see! Can I stand up here instead?


Let me think about that. Hm. No, no, and hell no. Again, for the same reason I mentioned above. Standing up there means an egg can spawn up there, and even if the MA can get a target, that doesn't mean the DPS will be able to see the target to blast it down. So if you get knocked up there, get down. The fight is boring anyway, so there isn't much to see.

If you get feared, get back in position ASAP. Other than that, it's a straight burn. Easy peasy.