Olorinus the Ludicrous wrote:
I keep seeing people say how easy it is but logged in two days straight didn't see a single shout for a KI run
Make one yourself. I put my money where my mouth is because that is what I had to do for Morimar T4. I already knew a few people from a run that had failed early Monday. Since everyone was taking a break I asked who'd be interested in going again Monday night. 1 person responded that he, a Bard, and his wife, a White Mage, would come later that night and might have a friend or two. I had 3 friends who would help out and one of them also needed the win. When I logged in later Monday I shouted about 3 times and filled up, with a few people not invited because it filled up so quick.
I'll even share my strategy with you, so you can copy it if you like:
Party 1: Whm Brd, Cor DDx3
Party 2: Whm Brd Cor DDx3
Party 3: Whm Whm Rdm Sch DDx2
The Rdm or Sch needs near or capped enfeebling because their responsibility is landing Blind. Without Blind this fight is impossible. Blind locks out the Peiste's 2 worst moves and you need them locked out or your DD are basically sitting ducks paralyzed and stoned from gaze the entire time. Now that I have won, I know the reason for my previous 12 failures was because our Rdm was either ignorant or incompetent.
I also went WHM heavy because DDs are still basically useless if you're paralyzed full time and magic had always seemed to be an issue.
I know for a fact that one of the BRD was not that great, not just gear wise but he kept forgetting which of the 2 rolls was his responsibility and we had to restart Bard order the first time we tried. But I was patient and barked out orders and had a few tells thanking me for "herding the cats". (I apologize if that is a little too elitist for some of you (you =/= Olorinus here, just generally)).
We lost the first time. At 4%. It was really frustrating because I felt everyone did a good job.
Well we lost a couple of DD and regrouped to try again. We had to go back and kill 2 reives because they had poppped.
So this time Bard and Corsair rotations work beautifully, my RDM does his job again great, and we ended up winning with 2:30 left to spare.
I suggest you do pick up some pretty strong DD for these T4, such as this one in Morimar or the one in Foret. If you can get some Delve DD that have a weapon from another zone like Monk that would be good. Our top DD was my close friend, a Monk, but he and I were trading hate - just not when he 1 houred. Alternatively they will want R/M/E at a minimum or a very close alternative (magian GS?). But these DD will be powerless without the rest of the crew supporting them, which should be your first priority to get. The good news is you can already come Brd and have the capability to perform that role wonderfully. Make sure the Brd and Cor keep their buffs up (It's quite noticeable when they drop mid fight) and sub WHM to help with the paralynas and stonas. I also advise you to have everyone 1 hour right away. When we did that on the 2nd try, we dropped 17% off of it in the first 90 seconds.
Edited, May 29th 2013 9:39am by TheBarrister