Daath

I think there are some issues... but I think over time, with some tracking of what raids get done and when it will sort... 90% of the people doing these are just happy to be raiding at all, so it hard to look a gift horse in the mouth...   No matter what we do there will always be some issues with who did the raid and who was notified, I don't think it is possible to remove that factor entirely, but on the "Public" weeks we've seen some good turn out for some, and as it builds momentum it will only get stronger over time.

This is the down week for the Public rotation, so over the next week everyone should prepare for RD base, the major factor is Faction, you should get your RD faction to neutral at least...   Yes I am very glad static went through the trouble of organizing this, it was a LOT of fun.  It gave me a chance to get some much needed things for my Progens and really kept me busy all day Saturday... I would love to see these raiding days in the future... I still have some triggers left and I'd be more than willing to throw those in to facilitate this.    Thank you Static and all of the pubbies that showed up.  We had some pretty good fun and that is all that matters.

Static and the other large guilds are starting to do a lot of stuff like this... In a couple of weeks we'll be back in rotation for the big raids, RD Base, GoBB and 'Troller again... this is our off-week... So tell your guildies to prepare themselves from some raiding fun.. with luck you'll get some time on those too in the near future.

was that before or after the change over?  Public is now on a "Down" week for raids...

ROFL

I have a few fishmasters and by today I will have three toons that can activate, if that will help with the "party" I'll setup to support this as best I can... I need a few carapaces and other items from the Fishbowl so I will try to be there.. :)

I don't see a problem with the buff effects when the player activates them or during the "buffing" process for a raid and such.  But when you get the buff effects still appearing from an equipment change an hour ago and the only way to curtail this is to logout and then back in.  Also when they appear due to coming into proximity of another player it can be problematic and annoying. These also display when you pass a player in warp.

From what I understand it did not drop ...

Fornax buff is covered in my list effectively with Blood of the Dragon... Phoenix Prime has limited use.. Shield Leech, Martyr's Heart and Antlia should be able to fuel a group pretty well with Reactor Juice... When you weigh the balance between Device Slots, Cargo space and usefulness the Pheonix was removed from my load out...

If you have been heavily buffed by a JE with a full set of skins, all the turbo buffs, reactor buffs etc... flying into a crowd near a raid, for example can decimate your FPS for a few seconds and create enormous lag..   I have always wondered why these re-display every time you gate or any time you fly up to someone all of the bubble effects re-display... loud, annoying...   For Example WH to Carpenter enough times and just after the WH goes from the map screen to live action again you get spammed by that idle player that had recently changed all of his items causing them all to display all of the activation animations ... Every .. Time .. You .. Arrive at the weft...

I think if the player base were larger there would be a different dynamic.  As it stood the players in the larger guilds have had some pretty messy events between them surrounding these raids.  The contention was resolved with the rotation.  After the rotation was established the result was that "Public" or smaller guild players had few, if any, chances to participate in these raids.  One in 10 raids would have someone from the "outside" involved in the execution of the content, if that.    Non-guild/small guild players develop more slowly, have less access to resources and often don't know about these raids. That is changed now.  Many are learning that they can now get involved in them if the timing and situation comes together in such a way that they can participate.  The problem I see now is long-term knowledge of the raid cycle... IF more people knew when they were going to happen and had ample time to prepare I think we'll see more turn out.  But I am very happy that the opportunities are much greater for these folks that are reaching 150, finally, after a year of character development.    As long as this public raid cycle continues to be available I will do what I can to get people involved.  The more people see "Raid X is happening" the more they will look into the possibility of participation.  My hope is that it will encourage fewer people to leave out of boredom because they have been stuck in solo play mode for months.  Now we've all got something to work toward besides just getting an avatar to 150.    About once a day I get a question from someone about what they can do to prepare... What skills are needed, what equipment and which classes are most needed in raids.  Some players have started new characters with the sole intention of raiding with them sometime in the future, not just leveling them for solo play.  This is an essential stage for the player base, it will help us all retain more players and thereby keep the game alive.    No matter what the "drama" is that is created by these raids being performed, if we keep to the current course it can only help us keep everything going.  Encourage more diversity and help people gain access to content that was nearly impossible to get into before.    I thank any and all of the participants from the big 3 guilds that have helped the "Public" and Epic get this in motion.  With luck each month we'll see more and more participation by public players, greater access to this otherwise closed content and a renewed interest as people who have left the EMU check in and newly returned Live players find the EMU.

They attempted several times to reach out to public players from what I understand... There is no reason to delay the execution of the raid just because they can't get the population to jump on the opportunity for whatever reason. BI assisted, no different than Static assisting.  Though I didn't witness the looting process it seems that a Public, non EG/BI players were present, but not many... They also won items in the lotto for loot.  Because they executed the raid there is another due before the cycle moves to the "down" week for Public.   EG is essentially a Public entity and after several discussions with their members today they understand the necessity to bring as many public people as possible from the "Public" but they are an unpredictable sort, so I cannot fault the raid process today.   As we move forward I will also be encouraging more people to participate and find ways to enable more non-guild players to prepare.  Over the non-raid week I will try to prepare more people for the RD Base on the onset of the next cycle and see if we can get better turn out.  But I recognize there are a number of people in EG that are eager to raid as well, and I cannot fault them for organizing the raids, as long as they try in earnest to include others.

Here is what >I< recommend for JD/JS/JE   Highest capacity reactor you can get your hands on, good recharge too...   SSR9, Heart of the Dark One and Cygnus 9 will all suffice for this in most cases.  Some would say Heart of the Master is an option for this.  My experience is anything with damage reflection HOLDS AGRO.. My JD used to die A LOT with this reactor in.  I swapped it for the slightly lower Heart of the Dark one on raids and died a LOT less.   JE: Battery/Jumpstart   Tactical Advantage 9 (Assists with jump start success/fail) Drone Energy Amplifier (Drops from Controller raid, good reactor and turbo for buffing groups) Blood of the Dragon (Reactor Buff) Scutums (Shield to Reactor Shunt) Mark of the Dragon (Good for buffing but be careful of the damage reflection it can hold agro on you and get you killed) Chimaera 9 (To debuff plasma) Antlia (Can use more than one for heavier needs on reactors, TTs are power hungry in heavy fighting) Martyr's Heart (For when you flat run out of power, this will do the same as Antlia but costs 1 energy to activate)   JD: Summon/Battery   Deadly Focus (Increases damage output, activated reactor buff) Pegleg 8 or 9 (Helps with summon, drops from GoBB raid) Tractor Repulsor beam (Drops from RD base, increases groups Hull Damage once shield on the target is depleted) Scutums (Shunt shield to reactor) Martyr's Heart (To keep the JD's power up) Chimaera 9 (Plasma Debuff) Seal of the Dragon (Good damage buff, but hard to get the whole group due to it's long timer) All the turbo you can get your hands on... JD should strive for 100% turbo for raids. Energy Setup (Ghost Edge, Destroyer's Gleam, etc) for RD base specifically   JS: (Battery/Debuff/Heal)   Manticore 9 (Energy Debuff) Chimaera 9 (Plasma Debuff) Scutums (Shunt shield to reactor) Blood of the Dragon (Reactor buff) Quasar III (Additional Reactor buff) L9 Guardian or Tang's Alacrity for faster Heals Tactical Advantage 8(Increased shield cap and reduced XP debt cause healers die A LOT on raids) Heart of the Dark One (Avoid Heart of the Master it holds agro on you) or similar reactor capacity SSR9 is OK too... Mark of the Dragon (Shield buff) Ivory Ward (reduce damage) Good Fortune (Increased crits, reduced incoming damage) Martyr's Heart (Cause you can get low on power quickly)   That is a partial list, I'll edit/add more as I think of them. 

Static had nothing to do with the issue that is being thrown about here...   As for organizing these raids being a thankless job, I don't think that is the issue I have with them... My issue is dealing with the apparent need of some people to find fault in anything that is done, be it for their benefit or not.

This is probably accurate.  Some seem to think it is all in public affair, others it seems to be an afterthought to bring in the general public.  I've decided I won't be organizing them so I hope someone is willing to take up the task.  The drama of it all is more than I can take so I don't see myself "organizing" any more of these. Always willing to help out if I am on, but you can't pay me to deal with it, so on my free (read fun) time this isn't going to be on my list of things to do.

you are awesome Zack...

You can't be serious...   There may be a few people that may do such things but the people organizing these raids are not going to be able to know who such people are or what their intentions are.  Though we've already seen a little of this we've raised our concerns to the guild leaders involved and resolved the issue.  But to be honest there is very little we can do to control other players' actions.   But to ask that someone be punished as if it were a capital crime or something is ludicrous.

The number one major reference for assistance is the in-game channel "New Player".  Many people, myself included, are often willing to come and assist with education of new-new players to the game... many of us are returning players after having played this years ago and most of the information that you need is missing now...

That is my reason for asking in the first place.. raids are laggy without all that added on..

The first post in this thread has been heavily modified, please review it again if you have already read it.  Again I thank everyone for their input, please keep it coming as we refine this process.

Actually a good list of what raid items drop at which raids for each of them would be awesome... It would help people be able to research things before hand and know what they wanted to bid on before the raid happened.

Oh, thats the litter I've been hearing about... Momma has her paws full with that lot.. LOL

So far I have found no one that knows where this mob spawns that will admit to knowing it's location.  Nor have I seen this item floating around on market or anywhere else.  I think we are just seeking to confirm the mob is spawning and the item is dropping... If any non-dev wants to drop us a hint that would be great though we've searched several sectors trying to narrow it down but if it has a spawn timer like the other "prides" then it will be hard if someone is clearing it regularly.

I assume you are talking about VGE there.. and that is the same sentiment that BI and Static leadership has expressed... We appreciate that gesture very much... Many of these people have been waiting several months to raid..

Thanks to both of you... As Gizardpuke indicates there is the problem of who brings toons that are needed v.s. the roll....   I think a declaration of intention is a great idea... i.e. "I am bringing my TT but I want to roll for X item for my PW if it drops" is probably the best way to deal with this... The thing about it was most of the people who rolled on the contested PL had said that pretty much but not in open channel or in game, except to me when I was getting them to show up.  The chaos of the assembling of groups and then my sudden role as "Organizer" was probably the major issue there.  I am not familiar with all of these guild-related nuances as I have only participated in these raids and had never organized one before.  So I thank you both for your input.  Let me ponder the balance of these two great posts and see what I can formulate in order to make it simple to understand and I'll append it to my first post on the thread for simplicity....   The methods you describe are very fair and people will just have to realize they need to conform to this framework or they will need to be ready for issues to arise in the rolls...   Two rolls, for each item, as you describe may be the best solution.. A "closed" roll for participants and those who formally declared their intention to bid for an alt BEFORE the raid, then an "Open" bid if no one in that group wants the item.  The problem there is how to explain that and keep it simple so I will have to formulate that carefully.