It's Time to Start Allowing for Open Naggy/Vox Raids (open letter to Raiders)

[Naethyn]

I'd go to this.

[Rygar]

I remember on Live my 52 warrior was randomly recruited with a tell saying, "Come join my open Nagafen raid!". I do remember that exhilarating rush you were talking about when we finally charged in and I laid eyes for the first time on Naggy.

In my ignorance after coming to P99, I thought to myself, "Once I reach level 50, I'll hold off on leveling for a while so I can attend some Naggy / Vox raids (meaning open raids) and maybe get lucky on some loot. I can work on my epic in the meantime". Then I learned about having a level 52 alt to just log in for these raids with guilds that track the spawn (NOTE: I fully realize AG is a major contributor to this).

I think persuading folks to leave a Vox is going to be very difficult as there are many bards waiting on that white scale for their epic. Nagafen would be an easier first step in my opinion.

Matter of fact, when I did that open Naggy raid on live, the raid hosts advertised that Cloak of Flames was reserved, rest was open roll. So maybe to dip the toes in the water can reserve a particular coveted item to the host and see how it goes (in exchange they can give instructions to raiders to be successful, higher level buffs, trash clear / ports, help recruit and organize, etc).

I tip my hat to you Filbus, I like that you want to make Norrath a better place (also helps that you have the credentials of being on both sides of the raid scene).

[branamil]

You can basically 5 or 10 man naggy now. Not sure how it would be fun for the casual raiders to watch five core raiders actually kill it, while they watch on the sidelines useless for 30 seconds until it dies. Or they die because they don't have any resist gear.

[Rygar]

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

You can basically 5 or 10 man naggy now. Not sure how it would be fun for the casual raiders to watch five core raiders actually kill it, while they watch on the sidelines useless for 30 seconds until it dies. Or they die because they don't have any resist gear.

I'm not so knowledgeable on the low man strategies, but I'm guessing those 5-10 man squads have epics, Velious armors, 255 MR, etc.

I think Skarlorn is targetting the true noobs of the server that are just building toons from rags, or unguilded min-max casuals.

[Dreenk317]

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

I'm not so knowledgeable on the low man strategies, but I'm guessing those 5-10 man squads have epics, Velious armors, 255 MR, etc.

I think Skarlorn is targetting the true noobs of the server that are just building toons from rags, or unguilded min-max casuals.

He was referencing my comment about letting the superbgeared A/A kill squads try to small man it, and turning it into an event. But I didn't mean let A/A start the show. First you let the two groups of lvl 40's give it a shot, then the crazy monk that brought a lot of wort pots and thinks he's hokushin, then the bard that swears he has enough room to kite it, etc. Let people have some dang fun.

[skarlorn]

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

You can basically 5 or 10 man naggy now. Not sure how it would be fun for the casual raiders to watch five core raiders actually kill it, while they watch on the sidelines useless for 30 seconds until it dies. Or they die because they don't have any resist gear.

This is not to set up a chance for elite 5 to 10 man forces. There would be an organization set up around some guild willing to run it and everyone who wants to show up could show up. I remember seeing a Vox raid back in '00 with several guilds, like a whole army of elves in the staging area... was truly beautiful!

[Evia]

I've Been playing p99 off and on since 2012. Never have I ever killed a dragon. This would be really cool, and I'd happily dust off the ol' shaman to raid a dragon with some other first timers!

[shuklak]

Got a hand full of kills on agnarr. Very fun when you first do it!

[Invalid_Bard]

Oh for the live of pixels!

[Daldaen]

I have a 52 Warrior, 52 Paladin and 50 Bard friend. Let me know when you get A/A on board with this and I will lead some excellent Nagafen/Vox raids for you.