I have three lvl 34 DE Knights Looking for a raid... never done one before.. want to give it a try.. likes long walks on the beach and slow boat rides.
hmm im surprized I can still do this. Guess still got a few more days left.
All about finding a good raid boss leader. I got real fortunate and worked with a very good one. She put together strong groups and mowed thru region after region of raid bosses. We kinda felt bad since we killed practicely all the mid to low lvl 30s raid bosses haha
-Create a Good party, don't just invite random classes into ur group. A good tank, some damage dealers(make sure u get 1-3 nukers) and preferibly 2 healers. SOs are best healers due to VR, recharge, and Empower. I worked well with Clerics too, but rarely any EOs.
-Scouting is important, search out region to region. know where they are by using the adventure's guild to help guide you. While some of ur party looking for the living raid bosses, 1-2 members can be in Dion/Giran recruiting people. To cut down on time.
-Be prepared, members in ur group should have good supply of shots, potions, antidotes, sleep scrolls. These small things help keep u alive as well save healer's mana from curing u.
-Agree on what method drops are distributed. I have seen greed destroy good groups before. Make sure the party agrees to how drops are randomly or by turn to the group. Large mat drops we normally split up between all of us or had random drops on.
-Know thy enemy, learn how to defeat the raid bosses. Sometimes need to kill the healer mob first or archers to cut down on deaths. Try to plan ur attack, instead of using the same tactic because each raid boss is different and requires different tactics.
-Learn ur role, tank spams hate. If no tank is availible it's usually best for nukers to slow down and match their damage to their melee counterparts. Mages that end up tanking, DO NOT RUN. Running = no real damage on raid boss and it regenerates fast. Use a potion and let the healer keep u alive. Mage gains aggro the best thing he can do is nothing but stand there. Let the melees take the aggro off the mage.
I helped some my old clanmates get into these types of groups. High risk factor that lot can go wrong, but u find others who share the same enjoyment from achieving successful raid groups it pays off very well. I made lvl 25-40 in very short period of time let alone had drops pay for all the supplies I used and profit. My rule of thumb is if u can kill a raid boss before the first minions spawn then u have an excellent group, 2+ minions respawn is ok group.
Have fun and good luck!