Ok Folks. I've thought long and hard about this, and its taken a while to formulate some kind of plan, and i know a few of you were wondering if this was actually going to happen because i seemed "disinterested" after the initial hype. Well you were wrong! i've just been busy preparing what to do since the i7 changes.
Now we _all_ know the playing field has changed somewhat, and one can only hope that the GM/AV regen rate gets changed in time, however on the basis that it doesnt, the following guide is for current spec'd AV/GM system.
So, "What's your foolish idea?" i hear you ask, well, here goes!
Overview
The following is the basic plan for the raid. Specific team "Make-ups" will be detailed afterwards.
Given the success of Jiaozy's raid, it would be illogical for me to remove the PA Drop that handled things so well at the early stages (Go Stage!) This will be a strategically co-ordinated drop, at specific locations above the jelly, to maximize aggro management (your PA's dont die, but you can, so fly is a must for this. Remember the movement of the rest of the aggro team relies on your drops!)
After we are in place (signaled by the PA Drop team leader) and we are confident the PA drops are spread evenly enough, a call will be made for the Taunt, Kinetics & Radiation teams to be on standby to move in. This does not mean you PA droppers should stop, quite the opposite in fact. Keep dropping for the time being until told otherwise from the team leader.
First into the jelly will be the Tanker Taunt Team. I've decided to drop scrappers from the taunt team, due to tankers simply having more HP, and being marginally better at taunting and holding aggro than scrappers. The Kinetics & Rad teams will follow suit, in with the Tankers, to create a mechanism that should (at least in theory) minimize deaths at this initial (but highly crucial) stage. My idea is to have the Tankers grouped closely together in an "arc" fashion at Hamidon himself, with the rads & kins spread around them, to allow for a transfusion, AM and Radiant Aura blanket to be established.
Once they are in place, and taunting has begun, and appears to be successful, the holding teams will be called in to move into position. The holding teams will ideally be placed in a circular position around Hamidon himself, "outside" the tanker/kin/rad teams (that is, behind them, not in front please) and will only require powers that HOLD. no SLEEP, IMMOB, DISORIENT, CONFUSE or other controllery powers. Holds and holds alone. The stronger the Mag, the better. but any holds will suffice. Its worth noting that if a power takes "Hold Duration" SO's, then its a hold, anything else, dont bother. DO NOT purposefully attack Hami during this holding phase, or run any powers which reduce regen or res, that comes later.
Finally, once a holding duration of at least 3 minutes (server time) has been established, the attack teams will move in, and basically knock seven shades out of Hami until the eventual fall and HO issue.
Team Makeup
This will be the static team makeup for the above plan.
Aggro Management Teams (aka Kin Cell)
PA Droppers: Will be a team of 8 Illusion/* Controllers, with Fly. You ideally will have PA slotted for 3x recharge, but 2x recharge will be minimum. Damage slotting isnt a huge issue here, we just want the PA to take aggro
Taunting Team: Must have some kind of self heal, slotted with 3x recharge and 3x heal for maximum effect. Taunt should be kept on auto-fire, so as to "fire off" whenever its available to do so automatically. The lag at this point will have some delay in powers being ready, so be prepared for some frustration. The team will be made up of 7 Tankers, and one Empathy Defender set to auto-spam Healing Aura.
Kinetics & Rad: Two teams of 4 Kinetics, 2 Empaths, and one Forcefield defneder (with dispertion bubble please) seems fairly logical at this point, to have a slight spread within the taunt team. Two teams of 6 Radiation Defenders OR controllers (must have Radiation Emission) Spamming AM as much as humanly possible, and Radiant Aura now and again where possible. It's also important that these Rads have Lingering Radiation. You will be signaled when to use this, but i believe it may be crucial to have in place at a certain point.
Holding Teams
These teams will be made up ot 8 of each AT (Controller, Defender, Tanker, Blaster, Scrapper, Warshade, Peacebringer) You're all useful at this point PROVIDED you have at LEAST 1 Hold (that is a hold that takes Hold Duration, not ANY other type of "hold" as outlined above) Slotted for maximum efficiency as 3x hold and 3x recharge. One person in each team will be designated as a targetter. Everyone else in each team should target "through" this person. Im aware on Jaiozy's raid anything went, though with research i feel that only actual holds will be needed and actually have effect. Hami doesnt "move" so immob is useless, and confuses simply dont work.
You're all level 45-50, so you should (in theory :P) know what powers are holds and what are other types
Attackers
Once a holding time of 3 minutes has been established, the call will be made for literally everyone else in attendance to enter the hive, and thus the jelly. Teams can and most likely will be mixed, but your job is simply to kick some to Hami. This is also where the rads start to fire off Lingering Radiation, we want that -regen goodness, and we want him down as quick as possible!
Other Notes for this raid
There will be a number of "Sub Leaders" for the sections required for this raid.
Babel Horror Aka me, as Raid Leader
Stagefright Co-Raid Leader & PA Drop Leader
Jiaozy Kinetics Leader
Double Control Radiation Leader
MD Empathy Co-ordinator (along with Paragon Starlet, as a "student" for future raids)
D-Zol Tanker Taunt Leader
Raziel Holding Team Leader
The attack team would have a specific leader. Just form teams, and wait until you're shouted for.
PLEASE join the Global channel which will be setup and announced nearer the time. You are free to join, but you WILL be silenced. Only a handful of people can talk in this channel, so instructions are clear. Would be beneficial if you put this chan into its own tab.
Costumes Jiaozy's costume guide is all you need to look at here.
Jiaozy's Costume Guide
Also, please be aware that instructions will come from the aforementioned leaders ONLY, from either Request, or within the specific global channel. DO NOT LISTEN TO ANYONE ELSES INSTRUCTIONS UNLESS TOLD TO DO SO BY A RAID LEADER).
Finally, we will meet and co-ordinate teams at 7:15pm Monday 24th July, right outside the hive entrance in "Eden".
I thank you all for your support and dedication to this raid, and look forward to working with you all. Any questions, ideas, or suggestions, get me in game (@Babel Babs) or via PM on the forums.
Thanks again guys.
Babel.
P.S.
Im am aware from the last raid that lag is a HUGE issue, so those "new" to hamidon, and in any team at all, must be aware of the delay in being able to fire off your powers. This is a server fault not your computer
