Chapter 614: Deep Winter War: Parux (1/2)
[Colonial Forums]
Copied from Semmi's Original post.
Tomorrow morning Inferno will take down the last Regional Lord in Colonial. Thank you to all the guilds who helped clear out the Howlers. I don't expect that Parux will take longer than an hour. When that happens, we will most likely see the Realm Boss. We have no idea what its strength or abilities may be. Our best guess is this.
One Boss around level 125.
Multiple waves filled with lower-level mobs.
Regular Rage or stampede-like abilities.
[How you can help us.]
This is an open event, so no one is going to tell you what to do. That being said, the area immediately around the boss will most likely be the most dangerous. If I were running a mid-tier guild again, I would keep my members out of the main battle and carefully pick my targets. There should be many mid-range, named mobs on the outskirts considering the level of the mid-tier guilds. Inferno will try to respect any mid-range mob that has been claimed. Keep in mind, Inferno's objective is the Realm Boss.
Let's bring back the sun!
Semmi, 125 Level Gemini Thief
Frenzy reread the posting while considering the layout. The Anomaly was close to Cyphix Bay, which was a bit south of the city itself.
/Salamander: Frenzy: Let's head to the rift cave. We'll camp there for now.
/Salamander: Ruther: Understood, boss.
The Necromancer closed her hud and headed north. The original site of Nix's defeat would make the perfect fall-back position. They'd set up in front of it and take advantage of natural cover.
[Whisper: Frenzy to Nix] Good luck today! We're setting up in the rift cave. Feel free to throw us some mobs.
[Whisper: Nix to Frenzy] Heh... Since you asked so nicely, I'll make sure it happens.
Nix leaned against the warm Titan cub, not concerned that both of them were slowly being blanketed with a layer of snow. Ducky and Soup were drawing on the ice-covered ground with one of the Water Witches arrows. Occasionally one of them would look up to verify that he hadn't moved.
/Family: Nix: Tai keeps asking me to be her spirit companion. What do you guys think?
/Family: Ducky: Yes!
/Family: Morti: Yep. She's very nice to me.
”You're early, Punk Bastard!” Pon stepped off of his bone crow, his face creased in a wide grin. ”Can't wait to kill that Ice Bitch.”
Nix stood up, pausing for a moment to hug the cub's now covered neck. ”Let's not look past this realm, boss.”
Nix has activated his bloodline [Second Form: Emerald Salamander].
Soup immediately made a bee-line for him, her jade-colored finger petting the salamander's smooth skin. ”Nom, nom, nom?”
Nix laughed and nudged her with his wide snout. ”Don't even think about it.”
”Going Salamander today?” Pon knew Nix could fight effectively under almost any circumstance.
”Yes. Since we're facing the forces of Ice, I'm going to rely heavily on my strongest fire form.” Nix returned the old man's grin. ”That doesn't mean I won't break out the Phoenix or my Basilisk.”
Pon's old smile dropped immediately. ”You have too many trump cards, bastard. What about the dread form?”
The salamander's green head shook from side to side. ”You know how that goes. As a last resort, I would, but that effectively takes me out of the fight.”
Pon stared at him for a long moment. ”I'll be there to help. If push comes to shove, you can count on me to finish her off by myself!”
”I know it, old man.” Nix felt confident that if it came right down to it, either of them could get the job done.
A breach opened a few meters away; a moment later, several members of Inferno streamed through.
/Inferno: Jun Li: Give me a moment to set up the main raid. Two groups will take down Parux while the rest of us head to Cyphix Bay.
/Inferno: Semmi: Normally, we wouldn't brief the second raid, but Parux isn't going to present much of a threat. Because of that, we'll play him straight. Morti tanks while the dps burns him down. Standard fare for this guy. Since we don't know how fast things will kick-off after he's down, we have to move fast.
/Jun Li: For the Realm Boss, we'll have three Breach Commanders keeping a close eye on the battlefield from high overhead. They will assist as the raid progresses. Here's our raid sheet. Ask questions after you've read it.
[Deep Winter War: Colonial]
[Breach Commander Renz][Breach Commander Polai][Breach Commander Mtui]
Main Tank: Morti
Alt Tank: Sharl
2nd Alt Tank: Banz
[Alpha]
Nix: CC, Ranged/Melee DPS
Pon: Ranged DPS
Wind: Melee DPS
Semmi: Melee DPS
Fajii: Buffs, Melee DPS
[Bravo]
Sharl: Tank
Ronnie: Range DPS
Bali: Range DPS
Milat: Melee DPS
Nansu: Melee DPS
[Charlie]
Banz: Tank
Chiba: Melee DPS
Beta: Melee DPS
Rhylia: CC, Ranged Support
Zhava: Melee DPS
[Delta]
Jun Li: Off Tank/Melee DPS
Shae: Ranged DPS
Donri: Ranged DPS
Sila: CC/Melee DPS
Sasi: Melee DPS
[Healer Protection Group]
Vooni: Tank, Melee DPS
Aja: Ranged/Melee DPS
Nunzo, Melee DPS
Omak: Ranged DPS
[Healers]
Tess
Gypsy