Hardest raid encounter on this server?
 

What is the hardest raid encounter on this server ?
I heard AoW, any other thoughts ?
Thanks for answer !

AoW is just a numbers game. Throw enough warriors, clerics and rogues at it and it'll die. It's a 0 second CH chain, so if someone messes up you'll have a dead warrior and stabilizing is where the wheels come off. Tunare is another 0 second chain, and her mechanics are a little tougher than AoW.

Lord Vyemm is traditionally very difficult with his knock back, but on this server he's pulled to a safe spot.

Sontalak is definitely the toughest mob right now though. He's way over tuned and if he flips he'll wipe your raid force.

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You should not have dared!

The actual correct answer.

Hoshkar still imo.

AoW should be but it could be argued that sontalak is tougher on this server. Aow is a simple tank and spank as long as your clerics are on point, agro clickies make tank switches pretty easy which is not really classic...ae taunt in luclin made things much easier.

Sontalak does so much ae damage that you need to have packs of wort pots on everyone. And his fear hits too reliably. Despite having probably less than 100k hp he can destroy a whole raid in 10 seconds.

My (serious) opinion would be Tunare. Yes, sont is a rape truck asshole prick but having to clear growth (is it still being cleared these days?) for 6-8 hours on top of having to ogre wall your tanks is just a massive pain in the dick. By the time it's actually time to kill Tunare half your raid is in a Mountain Dew and hot pocket half-coma and now they need to do non-trivial shit which makes said non-trivial shit much more difficult.

Sontalak and its not even close

If Klandicar didn't drop the Matchless BP, it'd far and away be the rarest and most valuable piece of BIS raid loot. Killing Sont is truly purposeless at this point.

Tunare and AoW are reliant on classic EQ raiding principles. Strong warriors, strong DPS and a lot of clerics.

Sontalak relies on RNG, clickies, micromanagement of DPS health, VERY strong dps...

AoW usually wipes raids more than other raid targets. I think Tunare requires more skill though on everyone.
It's a toss up

I mean I guess it's what you perceive as "harder:"
Dropping a few hundred K on wort pots for sont, or 80 people clearing trash for 6 hours