Crifting Recap 8/3/2017 Another fun morning crifting. started with 12 members and finished with 17. Did 22 crifts in and hour and 45 minutes. Loot seemed a little slow to start. Not many gankers on today we had the run of the place...
Always enjoyable I really look forward to this weekly event. Very relaxing and fun, especially as a casual GW2 player. :) I also appreciate my fancy swirly (and wish it wouldn't randomly drop off, gasp!). See everyone soon!
Kindora/Kiki Floof
Open guild event The guild voted on working on the guild quest of killing creatures in night mare rifts and then, onto killing rift creatures that grant experience. Thanks to Chiheb for tanking and everyone else who showed up to to make this event possible.
Malan-non: TD recap sung to the tune of Billy Joel's "Piano Man" It's nine thirty on a Sunday
The regular raid shuffles in
There's a dragon name Malannon right in front of me
Cast'in yellow and purple circles again
He says, "Player, can you get to the circle
Before I make your bowels explode?"
But it's sad and it's sweet and I was in it complete
When I died right there on the floor...
Coffee and Crifting 8/27/17 Another good time was had by all. Some more than others.... Started with 13 guildies and finished with 17. Was a smooth run for the most part although we did lose 2 crifts to timeout :( For me it was 5 Matrix and 55 motes...
apropos of nothing in particular it was a wonderful run everyone seemed to have fun
"The great only appear great because we are on our knees. Let us rise?"
James Larkin
Source: statue on O'Connell Street. Dublin, Ireland
Another First For Me I have two levels 70's and a 63. Last night we went into places that I had never seen before. And with my favorite group of people. What I kept thinking was, look at this great loot! Imagine if I was a level 50 and getting drops like these...
Open event 8.23.17 Gaiscioch again stepped up to the challenge and answered the call to take on 3 classic full raid clears. Greenscales Blight (GSB), River of Souls (ROS) and, Infernal Dawn (ID). Thanks to Shady Shade for taking the initiative and helping in leading us to victory in ID; on the boat boss by giving direction on the mechanics of the fight.
Thank you Namrie The grandsons were thrilled to do a harder dungeon today! They loved all the goodies they received. Salvaging is one of there favorite thing to do for crafting supplies. It was a great end for their visit with Gma Fog...
Thank you Old Goat and Winterlight! This was the first experience in a dungeon for Gma Fog's 2 grandsons. Old Goat and Winterlight were very helpful in making this enjoyable for them. Old Goat explained step by step what to do and let the boys interact with the NPC chats and talk...
The Raiding power of The Chancla! We defeated not one, not two, but three raid bosses today. It was glorious! Everyone did an amazing job, our newbies did fantastic, and Jay threw all his shoes and chanclas at the bosses, saving our collective bacons!!
10/10 will raid again!
Coffee and Crifting 8/20/17 Another fun run with the guild this morning. Lots of loot dropped. we started with 11 guildies and finished with 17. We did 25 crifts in 2 hours, we really have the rotation down now. Note: please have a stack of guild banners and rally scrolls in your inventory...
TD cleared - CONGRATS!! So glad to hear you were able to clear TD twice with all guild participants!!! So sorry I couldn't join in. Health has been iffy off and on and sometimes I just can't do it.
Hope to see you all tonight at Fog's Monday night run.
TD Grind 8-13-17 Two full clears of TD with all guild participation! Thanks to DR and Jarren for tanking as well everyone else for 2 successful clears of TD.
Crifting Recap Another great run this morning. finished 30 rifts. lots of loot for everyone and a great experience run. If you have a lvl 65+ toon bring them along for the experience boost. Thinking about a mid-week crifting run since we have extra lures...
Change In Plans This is not a troll, or the ranting of one of those always complaining angry persons. Just how I feel.
It started out a little shaky. It was looking like we did not have enough guild members show up at the start time, to do a TD run as planned...
Wednesday night TD run Even though we didn't get to accomplish a TD run since only 5 of us grouped up... Eluviette and the 5 of us finished my "Bouldergut" story line and then we ran to NMR in Tarken Glacier where we completed the Guild Quest and then even into the next Guild Quest of 1250 raft creatures...
Eluveittie He's a GREAT leader as he knows TD at least inside out.... I wish I could give him a Valor point every time I join his events. He certainly deserves them.
Thanks always Eluviettie.... and I miss Mango when she's not over your shoulder! ;)
CRIFTING 8-6-2017 recap Started with 16 this morning. finished with 18. Was a good social run. finished early....we are just too organized :)
GOOD HUNTING Maith-cuardach.
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Random Dung Thanks LD for setting this up and leading. Had a great time running some old school Dungs with our guild and getting some achievements along the way.
Leadership Makes the Difference This was the my first full TD run with my Primalist, Adieangirl. She did well putting up more DPS than I would have thought possible, not having any higher level gear. The run was great fun and a total success, I believe because of Eluveittie...
BUILD MOAR So we were running around doing our thing like we do. I think I'm getting better at this game or Fog is getting slow in his old age because I actually managed to show up on time and stay on tag for the entire night...
Missed The Teleport I am not sure what happened, but I didn't get the last teleport. The game kicked me out of the party; so I missed the end. I could hear them on Discord, but they could not hear me.
Prior to that point we had a great we had a great time...
Dungeon Rumming Goat has an awesome way of explaining a fight and being patient if we all wipe. He inspires us to keep on going and persevere as well. He never loses his cool either.
TD Cleared with full guild participation. Thanks to DR and Jarren for excellent tanking. Everyone should be proud for completion of our first full guild Saturday TD Grind.
7-30-17 Recap Another great morning crifting. I like the fact that it is more of a social event than a grind. Most everyone has gotten the hand of the marking system now. We did 25 crifts even after a slow start finding tears...
ArenaNet made us stand in a corner. Great time tonight - getting ready to follow Terafer out into battle and jump into Blue Borderlands. Not 2 minute in running and the yellow letters pop up "New Build in 10 Minutes" So we rush around and hit things...
A hard fought battle. We had to take them on even though we were one short. We started off by taking on Torn Fur, we knew from the beginning that he would be the easy one. We then made our way across the decks of the ships to the Legendary Balgren Creedbreaker, he took a bit more effort to kill...
New Crifting Record (for me) GREAT RUN this morning. Started with 14 guild members and finished with 19. We closed 28 crifts, that's a new record for me. previous was 26. Everyone has settled in with the mark yourself system which really speeds things up...
The Pack of Guardians on the prowl It was a night of torment for foes in the Mists as the intrepid band of Guardians from GSCH prowled the Borderlands. The nearly permanently swift group of stalwarts shouted their way across the lands taking towers and repelling enemy invaders...
First For Me Another first for me, thanks to a guild member who had signed up for the event, and dropped out so I could join. It was intense for me, but thanks to Fog and the rest of the group giving advice and suggestions it was more than fun...
Claiming Participation Token of Valor
A token of approval given to a leader who acts and displays Honor and Integrity. They lead family events with compassion and a calm stature and provide a clear communication channel to all participants...
Sunday Morning Coffe and crifting Another fun morning running with the guild. We started with 14 people and finished with 19. Tears seem to explode in our face this morning as several time a rift popped just as someone was about to use their lure? Creepy crudes got Louhi again this morning :(...
TD Run I did not really think I was ready to tank TD tonight...but did it! Woot!
-The Dragon, Spider and Council went very smooth. Last boss, realized a bit late that when I engaged the boss not only did I have the big red circular AOE...
Moar tank training! Thanks Sylese, LD, Tessa and Muppet!
Good run, found a better pace.
Darkening Deeps: Draw the mobs together in the big area running down the ramp and kill easily. I need to jump down from the bridge to grab the mobs under the bridge they keep cleaving everyone in the face down there...
Monday 7.10-2017 RIFT Adventures: Zone Invasions Monday 7.10-2017 RIFT Adventures: Zone Invasions
Monday saw Fog lead the Rift family on a wild gallivant across Telara on our traditional Monday Rift Adventures.
We track events using rift.events or similar and run, port, summon, rally and fall our way from zone to zone closing rifts, killing invasions and other objectives until the Zone Event boss spawns and mow them down...
Crifting Event 7/9/17 Thanks all for joining me for another great run. A thank you goes out to INTP for a great recap of the mornings events. Looking forward to next weeks run already. Tokens are always appreciated.
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Mage Tank Training Big appreciation to Syl, Muppet, Mal, Zoe and moral/tactical support from LD :) for their epic patience and helping me learn Tanking through the Temple of Ankhet experts.
-We ran Temple, Fortress, Darkening Deeps...
Varder's Crifting and Coffee = Crofting runs! Q: What could be better than Coffee, Crafting and Rift?
A: A Crifting Fellowship with the Gaischioch family in Ashenfell for fun and loot!
The Stats:
Crifts Run: 25
Motes with no IRC's: 5
Motes with IRC's: 64
Celestial Matrix with no IRC's: 0
Celestial Matrix with IRC's: 4
Marking Tip: As part of the raid management we mark ourselves if we have a lure to let the leadership know we have one...
El's TD Grinds: Getting the gear! LD was our apprentice "Tank In Training" for this run and did a great job and is sharpening his skills on the 3rd Encounter! We are getting very close to completing this with this group!
Sustains:
-Steadily increasing single target DPS on the dragon when it is on the ground...
Full Guild run of TD on the spur of the moment! Exciting times! DC and LD tanked us through TD. DC provided guidance and tips for LD as he progressed through the encounters and he did great. We had some issue on the 3rd encounter that resulted in some instakills. LD and DC are working on figuring out what's going on with that...
LD Dungeon Tank Runs LD tanked for us, I struggled with heals and cleanses with coaching from Syl.
We were able to farm Fortress twice which many needed for their upgrade. We burned down Scarn. Muppets new spec was cranking his DPS! Jarren was cranking out consistent dps as usual...
Thursday Night TD Runs with DC: Slow but Steady - Keep On Progressing. Slow but Steady: Wow, what a difference some practice can make. For the most part, other than some off tank coaching on the 2nd encounter, DC was largely able to just tank while the raid followed through on the mechanics and dps with little need for an explanation of the fights...
Have Event Bosses: Will Travel Fog and Varder led two nearly full raids across Telara for Open World events and bosses!
Before the fight we assembled and discussed some mechanics and the website (market section).
-Someone suggested that we organize a pachyderm parade to cruise our Elephant mounts...
Crifting Recap 7-2-17 Holiday weekend crifting saw 19 guildies ban together, coffee-in-hand to complete 26 crifting rifts. Rift tears seemed a little light at the beginning but increased with time. The new mark-yourself system for lures is working great...
Tantric Depths Short Hand Recap with DC Tantric Depths
Dragon avoid front and back
Newbies stack on healer cause need cleanse and where to stand
Tank will pull boss, dps a bit, he takes off, kill adds, he comes down, dps, fly, adds, dps, dps and kill
Spider boss one hander glove maybe engine, when spawn will be mummies, dps mummies fast, two person on boss, off tank needs rebuke or similar aoe pull, two closest persons take damage, off tank stay on tank, 3 spires, one with cobwebs adds will spawn there, one pull then the other pulls, hit rebuke and they will glitch under the rock and boss won't kill everybody, one person fire through another such so they can focus target down mummies, don't worry about cleansing dps, cleanse tanks...
