First Raid Experiences

On saturday 28th of June 2008 On the EU PvP Server Soulstorm we managed to succcesfully put together a 24 man raidgroup consisting of totally random people. Our goal was to defeat Vistrix the dragon. We set out from Kheshatta in high spirits and headed towards Atzel’s Approach and the Dragon’s lair.

I remember a funny conversation on ventrilo right before we started clearing the trash. It went something like this (can’t remember names sorry):

Person 1: Should we start clearing trash?

Person 2: Sure, why not. It’s only trash.

Person 3: Famous last words.

Remembering this conversation and the fact that we wiped a couple of times on the trash still makes me chuckle. ^^ Some people were first timers in the whole raiding thing in MMOs which added some extra challenge. The old raid veterans were going over the basics over and over again until everyone knew what they were supposed to do though and in the end I think everyone did a good job at following orders.

During the trash clearing we managed to get one epic belt which was apparently assassin gear. Can’t remember who got it, but grats to whoever got it anyway.

So finally after a few wipes and a quick “MMO raiding for dummies” crash course we arrived at Vistrix. After going over some some basic tactics and speculating how it fights and what to do when adds appear we were ready to charge in. Let the battle begin with swords in the wind!

Vistrix 1 – Raid 0. Not quite like how we planned. ^^ This pretty much set the template for how all of our tries in the following three hours would turn out. We eventually figured out how the AoE fireball thingy works, but just as we started to get the hang of it people started to leave in large numbers as it was getting really late.

You win this time Vistrix! I personally had a blast wiping over and over again and would like to thank everyone who participated. We never got to loot him, but I would say if another raid gets put together we now have a substantially higher chance in succeeding. I hope we will manage to put together another one of these random raids soon enough.

- Odefi