Hardest raid encounter on this server?

[nyclin]

Sontalak or Tunare by far. Sontalak is just a beast, and one instance of low HP aggro can wipe your entire raid.

Tunare herself isn't *incredibly* hard though there is somewhat of an element of RNG to her fight. The real difficulty is what Cucumbers said - keeping people engaged after 6+hrs of clearing PoG.

[azeth]

Originally Posted by Lojik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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

It's more than just using worts. You'll have DPS in there with like 3900 HP buffed that'll go 100% to < 25% almost instantaneously.

Beyond that, you can't click worts when you're feared. So regardless of who has 4500+ hp, and who has 255 MR... if the RNG gods get you with fear consecutively 2-3 times you're toast.

So there you are feared & running, going lower and lower hp, unable to click worts, out of range of heals and right as you hit like 25% HP... guess what? Low hp aggro. Raid's over.

That's just the perspective from 1 of the 50+ DPS on your raid.

[Atmas]

From the perspective of being at the majority of AoW, Tunare, and Sont kills, Sontalak is definitely the hardest. Tunare obviously takes more time to get to but can be done very consistently with the right setup.

Sont is such a crapshoot. He has abilities that fire way way to frequently and are way way to effective. You can't zerg him and the carnage he can unleash in a few seconds is so massive. If you have a f-up with other targets you can recover, with him it's pretty much game over. Beating him usually requires measures that were never necessary on live.

[Spyder73]

There are no winners in Elf Sim ~Maelilith

[xKoopa]

Sont isnt hard theoretically if you can keep him turned away from ur dps but that proc.. if he turns for a second and ur dps doesnt take off attack immediately then ur dead

I remember one sont fight where i was alive and healthy for like 2 mins til everyone wiped so its definitely sustainable if ur ppl are on point and careful

[Freakish]

Bristlebane hasn't been killed yet on this server. All i'm sayin.

[kotton05]

Originally Posted by Freakish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Bristlebane hasn't been killed yet on this server. All i'm sayin.

I think you win.

[Raev]

It really all depends on numbers. You can zerg 99% of Classic EQ very effectively, with AOW being a classic example.

Sontalak is so much harder than the other ones because zerg doesn't work (due to not-classic mechanics).

When done with appropriate numbers, the Chardok Royals, Trakanon under pressure, and Ring War are probably the most demanding (1 group, 3 groups, 6 groups respectively)

[Lojik]

Originally Posted by azeth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's more than just using worts. You'll have DPS in there with like 3900 HP buffed that'll go 100% to < 25% almost instantaneously.

Beyond that, you can't click worts when you're feared. So regardless of who has 4500+ hp, and who has 255 MR... if the RNG gods get you with fear consecutively 2-3 times you're toast.

So there you are feared & running, going lower and lower hp, unable to click worts, out of range of heals and right as you hit like 25% HP... guess what? Low hp aggro. Raid's over.

That's just the perspective from 1 of the 50+ DPS on your raid.

Yah but if you wipe to sont you can just try again, wipe 3 times that's a couple hours max, still much smaller time investment than tunare.

[xKoopa]

Originally Posted by Lojik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yah but if you wipe to sont you can just try again, wipe 3 times that's a couple hours max, still much smaller time investment than tunare.

But the recharge cost..