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Upcoming Events & Strategy / LS - Plane of Mischief - T1 - Bidils' Great Adventure

« on: February 01, 2024, 08:59:09 PM »

Plane of Mischief - T1 - Bidils' Great Adventure

Zone & Instance Info

Gather Zone:		Laurion Inn
NPC Name:		Bidils the Quickhand
NPC Location:		Find path (CTRL-F)

DZ Enter:

Click Door 14

Flag & Key Requirements

Zone Flag:		None
Event Key:		None
Group Mission:		None
Event Flags:		None

 
* Minimum to be Piggy/85'/pushed into raid: No requirement


Brief Event Overview

Bidils will teleport adventurers to the event area with use of the ready keyword.

Hand of the King is boss.  Bristlbane the King of Thieves creates havoc from the sidelines.

Throughout the event, Bidils tosses a Magnificent Planar Gem to random players.  Players must take action to avoid penalty.

Hand of the King will emote players in a game of scissors, paper, rock.

White rabbits will appear from North, South, West and East hallways and path to the Hand of the King.  They will lay a mystery egg if they reach the Hand of the King.

Bristlebane will call out players to perform emotes; bow, cheer, clap, dance, kneel, raise.

At 68% Bristlebane calls for a game of Tug-of-War. Black and White Jesters will spawn and attack.

At 40% Bristlebane will begin to emote players in a game of Freeze Tag.



Strategy

Assist MA.

Perform emotes for Bristlebane.

Pass the Magnificent Planar Gem immediately if you get it; Cold Potato achievement.

React to scissors, paper, rock emotes.

MEZ White Rabbits.  White rabbits will return to their start location if mezzed, without laying an egg.

Kill Jesters in pairs, 1 black and 1 white within 5s window.

Pick up red balls on ground and throw at frozen players to unfreeze them.



Hotkey for Magnificent Planar Gem - COLD POTATO:


Hotkey for Freeze Tag - Bouncy Ball:


Hotkeys for Bristlebane Emotes:



Tanks:
- MTO - Keep Hand of the King stacked with Bristlebane to ease movement for emotes


Enchanters & Bards:
- MEZ White Rabbits to avoid mystery eggs
- MEZ Jesters as needed for CC
- Add White Rabbits to ETW


MA Kill Order: Jesters, Hand of the King


That's it for now!

This is a preliminary write up, which will be amended accordingly based on our experiences and feedback provided by our raiders.

* Friendly reminder: Freelance Raid Suggestion Policy regarding New Content - Don't kill the messenger -- Pie Management.

Details of NPCs/Mechanics

Hand of the King

Game: Rock, Paper, Scissors

Hand of the King shoots Rock, Paper, or Scissors every 25s

Rock		Caster AE - 650k HP DD + Stun (1000' range, 100 AE range, 2s duration)
		Warning Emote: The Hand of the King shoots rock.
		Effect Message: Rocks slam into you.
		Note: -
Paper		Target AE - 650k HP DD + Mana Drain (1000' range, 100 AE range)
		3rd Person Emote: The Hand of the King shoots paper at Soandso.
		Effect Message: Paper slices into you.
		Note: -
Scissors		Single Target - 550k DD + 10k Mana Drain
		3rd Person Emote: The Hand of the King shoots scissors at Soandso, Soandso, and Soandso.
		Effect Message: Scissoring blades cut into you.
		Note: -

Jesters - Tug of War

At 68% Bristbane emotes for Jesters.

Bristlebane laughs and shouts, 'Let's have even more fun! I want to see a tug of war! I wonder who will win, black or white?'

Black and White Jesters spawn. (3 of each)

Tug of War: Black is cast when the number of black jesters is greater than the number of white jesters

Tug of War: Black		Caster AE DoT - 600k HP + 13k MANA DRAIN + End Drain (1000' range, 500' AE range, 18s duration)
		Effect Message: The Darkness seeps into your soul, draining your life and energy.
		Note: - Tug of War: Black is cast when the number of black jesters exceeds the number of white jesters
Tug of War: White		Caster AE - Spell Casting Slow (500' range, 18s duration)
		Effect Message: Your body and mind slow down, affecting your ability and spell cast times.
		Note: - Tug of War: White is cast when the number of white jesters exceeds the number of black jesters

Bristlebane the King of Thieves

Non-aggro, but players will need to react to emotes and games created by Bristlebane.

Emotes: Bow, Cheer, Clap, Dance, Kneel, Raise

Scrape		Single Target - 650k HP DD
		3rd Person Emote: Bow to me, Soandso.
		Note: - Failure: Bristlebane punishes you for not bowing by scraping your skin. - Success: Bristlebane the King of Thieves acknowledges your bow.
Boo		Single Target - Mana Drain + Fear (12s duration)
		3rd Person Emote: Cheer my greatness, Soandso.
		Note: - Failure: Bristlebane punishes your failure to cheer by frightening you. - Success: Bristlebane the King of Thieves acknowledges your cheer.
Clap Ears		Single Target - Silence (12s duration)
		3rd Person Emote: Clap for me, Soandso.
		Note: - Failure: Bristlebane punishes your failure by clapping your ears. - Success: Bristlebane the King of Thieves acknowledges your clap.
Mope		Single Target - Decrease Melee and Movement Speed by 75% (24s duration)
		3rd Person Emote: Dance for me, Soandso.
		Note: - Failure: Bristlebane punishes your failure to dance by making you mope. - Success: Bristlebane the King of Thieves acknowledges your dancing.
Fly		Single Target - 500k DD + Levitate + Stun
		3rd Person Emote: Kneel before me, Soandso.
		Note: - Failure: Bristlebane punishes you for failing by making you fly. - Success: Bristlebane the King of Thieves acknowledges your kneeling.
Play Dumb		Single Target - Melee & Skill Slow + Mana Drain (12s duration)
		3rd Person Emote: Raise your hands in praise of me, Soandso.
		Note: - Failure: Bristlebane punishes not raising your hand, making you dumb. - Success: Bristlebane the King of Thieves acknowledges your raised hand.

Freeze Tag

Freeze Tag comes into effect when boss reaches 40% HP and onward.

Throwing a Bouncy Ball at frozen players will remove the Freeze Tag buff.

Freeze Tag		Single Target - Decrease Movement Speed by 10000% + Invulnerability (3m duration)
		1st Person Emote: You're it.
		3rd Person Emote: Bristlebane shouts, 'Time for a little Freeze Tag!  Freeze Soandso, Soandso, Soandso, Soandso, and Soandso.
		Note: - Bouncy Balls are found on the ground of event area - Thrower Success: The ball bounces off their forehead and away into the castle someplace. They begin to move again.

Adds

Various adds spawn throughout event.

A White Rabbit		Lays: Mystery Egg
		Treat - PBAE - 150k HP Heal + Mana Gain (1000' range, 250' AE range)
		Trick - PBAE DoT - 550k HP + Mana Drain (1000' range, 200' AE range, 30s duration)
		Limit Spells: Rock, Paper, Scissors
		Note: - MEZ Rabbits to avoid mystery eggs
A Black Jester		...
		Note: - Spawns 3x at 68% - Mezzable
A White Jester		...
		Note: - Spawns 3x at 68% - Mezzable

Start Event

Event is triggered by keyword start to Bidils the Quickhand

Bidils the Quickhand, there says, 'Okay, here we go! Keep your eyes open or you'll miss it! I'm off to do my important work.'

Bidils screams, 'Wait, wait. No, you're not supposed to be here!' You hear large feet running down stairs.

Bidils shouts, 'Hang on to this for me for a minute.' He tosses a huge gem to Soandso.



Achievements:

- A Balanced War
-- It was tough competition, but Tug of War remained a balanced affair.

- Unfreeze!
-- In Freeze Tag, none of your allies remained frozen when the next group of people were frozen.

- Cold Potato
-- Never fail to pass the gem before it harms the one carrying it.



Lore:

Event Reset:

Bristlebane shouts, 'Boring!'  The memory fades and begins to reform.



Auras

The following are the absolute minimum graphic settings to see auras.  Zoning is required for the changes to take effect.

To make the changes, in game go to Options (ALT-O), Display tab.  On that page there's a Particles area with three little tabs: Spells, Env and Player.





Map Locations

Map file: N/A (right-click, "Save As", and place in EQ maps folder).

Corner Locations:

Code: [Select]

Labels submitted by: Soandso


Other labels for group zone:

Code: [Select]

Text & Audio Triggers - Mandatory

Everyone

Main Package

2024-03-26 (05:45pm)

- Active - White Rabbit - Mez Bidils the Quickhand - Bidils - Magnificent Planar Gem - Cold Potato -- Bidils - Cold Potato - Pass the Gem (Ground) -- Bidils - Cold Potato - Pass the Gem (Player) -- Bidils - Cold Potato - Pass the Gem (Start) Bristlebane the King of Thieves - Bristlebane the King of Thieves - Emote - Success - Bristlebane the King of Thieves - Targeted Player - Emotes -- Bristlebane the King of Thieves - Targeted Player - Bow -- Bristlebane the King of Thieves - Targeted Player - Cheer -- Bristlebane the King of Thieves - Targeted Player - Clap -- Bristlebane the King of Thieves - Targeted Player - Dance -- Bristlebane the King of Thieves - Targeted Player - Kneel -- Bristlebane the King of Thieves - Targeted Player - Raise The Hand of the King - The Hand of the King - Rock - Back Away - The Hand of the King - Paper - Run Away - The Hand of the King - Scissors - Run and Hide - The Hand of the King - Tug of War: Black - Splash - Event Reset - Event Start

Triggers below are toggled OFF by default - Situational usage.



GINA Issues?  Help Below:

If you're new to GINA and/or having issues with importing/enabling our trigger files, please read Ssark's GINA Manual.  If you're still having issues after following Ssark's guide, reply to the Audio and Text Triggers Alternative - GINA thread located in the Raiders Essentials section of our forums, and we'll work to resolve the issue(s).

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Upcoming Events & Strategy / LS - Elddar Forest - T1 - The Return of Kanghammer

« on: February 01, 2024, 08:57:40 PM »

Elddar Forest - T1 - The Return of Kanghammer

Zone & Instance Info

Gather Zone:		Laurion Inn
NPC Name:		Dextris Kanghammer
NPC Location:		Find path (CTRL-F)

DZ Enter:

Click Door 12

Flag & Key Requirements

Zone Flag:		None
Event Key:		None
Group Mission:		None
Event Flags:		None

 
* Minimum to be Piggy/85'/pushed into raid: No requirement


Brief Event Overview

Event starts upon hailing Dextris Kanghammer.  Dextris buffable only when event active.  If Dextris dies, event resets.

Rufus Invictus stands in center of arena surrounded by Takish belligerents.

At 90%, a Takish belligerent transforms to a Takish engineer and attacks.

At 66%, a Takish add spawns in each of the towers to the West, North and East.

Rufus is immune to melee and spell damage while Takish tower adds alive.  Adds respawn if not killed at same time.

At 47%, damaging ground auras appear in arena.

Throughout the event, Dextris Kanghammer takes damage from Rufus and Takish belligerents.


Strategy

Keep Dextris alive.

Kill Rufus down to 90%.  He will HP lock and a Takish engineer will spawn.

Kill a Takish engineer.  Splash through Magnet Mine damage.

Towers spawn at 66%.  Groups move to assigned locations and kill tower adds within 5s window.

At 47% stack and move with tank to avoid the damaging ground auras.





Tanks:
- Tanks make sure your healer is in range before engaging your tower Takish.


Healers:
- Add Dextris Kanghammer to ETW
- Keep Dextris Kanghammer alive
- Splash when Magnet Mine is cast by a Takish engineer


MA Kill Order: engineer, towers, Rufus


That's it for now!

This is a preliminary write up, which will be amended accordingly based on our experiences and feedback provided by our raiders.

* Friendly reminder: Freelance Raid Suggestion Policy regarding New Content - Don't kill the messenger -- Pie Management.

Details of NPCs/Mechanics

Rufus Invictus

Heel Turn		Caster AE - 750k DD (range 50)
		1st Person: You are slashed by a magical sword.
		Note: -

Adds

a Takish engineer		Magnet Mine - Caster AE - 550k DOT + 50% Melee Slow + Snare (range 200, duration 30s)
		Warning: A Takish engineer begins casting Magnet Mine.
		1st Person: An unknown force pulls you to the ground.
		Note: - a Takish engineer spawns at 90% - Dextris Kanghammer strains as an unknown force pulls him to the ground. - The device that was disabling Kanghammer has been destroyed with the death of the Takish engineer.
a Takish swindler		--
		Note: - Spawns in the West tower at 66% - The shield that was protecting Rufus Invictus from spells has been removed with the death of the Takish swindler!
a Takish scoundrel		--
		Note: - Spawns in the East tower at 66% - The shield that was protecting Rufus Invictus from melee attacks has been removed with the death of the Takish scoundrel!
a Takish reprobate		--
		Note: - Spawns in the North tower at 66% - Whatever was causing Kanghammer's wounds to bleed openly has been removed with the death of the Takish reprobate!
a Takish belligerent		Pelted with Carrots - Caster AE - Spell Silence + Melee & Skill Silence (range 50, duration 30s)
(angry spectator)		Warning: The angry crowd is throwing rotten vegetables at Soandso, Soandso, Soandso, Soandso, and Soandso.
		1st Person: You are being pelted by carrots.
		Pelted with Lettuce - Caster AE - 50k Mana Drain + 10k Endurance Drain + Decrease Melee Haste by 79% (range 50, duration 30s)
		Warning: The angry crowd is throwing rotten vegetables at Soandso, Soandso, Soandso, Soandso, and Soandso.
		1st Person: You are being pelted by lettuce.
		Pelted with Tomatoes - Caster AE - 550k DoT + Decrease Melee Haste by 79% + Increase Spell Damage Taken by 100% (range 50, duration 30s)
		Limit Spell: Heel Turn
		Warning: The angry crowd is throwing rotten vegetables at Soandso, Soandso, Soandso, Soandso, and Soandso.
		1st Person: You are being pelted by tomatoes.
		Note: - Angry spectators activate at 47% - Rock Emote Warning: Some in the crowd pull rocks from bags at their sides and aim them at Dextris Kanghammer. - Rock Emote Success: Dextris is pelted with rocks. - Healers have 30s between emote warning and damage - Dextris Kanghammer takes 60% damage when pelted with rocks

Start Event

Event is triggered by hailing Dextris Kanghammer

Dextris Kanghammer grunts, 'I've seen enough, this injustice will not stand. Even thieves understand that there's a code to live by. I'm putting an end to this.'

Dextris Kanghammer barks while approaching Rufus Invictus. 'You there, I see beyond your veil. End this farce now and return your ill-gotten gains to those you have swindled. This doesn't have to come to blows.'

Rufus Invictus shouts, 'Hmph, another goody-goody in our midst fellas. Thinks he's got some idea about saving the day. Let's show him that he messed with the wrong fighter today!'

Dextris Kanghammer shouts, 'Lay down your arms and turn yourselves in now. This is your last warning.'

Rufus Invictus spits on the ground next to him and squares up, ready for a fight. 'Oh we are way past that stage in the negotiations.'



Achievements:

- Slow Burn
-- Finish Stage 1 with Dextris' health over 90%

- Do Something Heroic!
-- Finish Stage 2 with Dextris' health over 50%

- Let Him Cook
-- Allow Dextris to fall below 5% health at any point in the event.



Lore:

Event Reset:

When Dextris Kanghammer dies, the memory fades and begins to reform.



Auras

The following are the absolute minimum graphic settings to see auras.  Zoning is required for the changes to take effect.

To make the changes, in game go to Options (ALT-O), Display tab.  On that page there's a Particles area with three little tabs: Spells, Env and Player.





Map Locations

Map file: N/A (right-click, "Save As", and place in EQ maps folder).

Corner Locations:

Code: [Select]

Labels submitted by: Soandso


Other labels for group zone:

Code: [Select]

Text & Audio Triggers - Mandatory

Everyone

Main Package

2024-03-26 (05:34pm)

- a Takish engineer - Magnet Mine - Splash - Add Spawn - a Takish engineer - Add Spawn - Towers - Dextris Kanghammer - Pelted with Rocks - Heal - Rufus Invictus -- Shield - Melee Damage - Removed -- Shield - Spell Damage - Removed - Event Reset - Event Start

Triggers below are toggled OFF by default - Situational usage.



GINA Issues?  Help Below:

If you're new to GINA and/or having issues with importing/enabling our trigger files, please read Ssark's GINA Manual.  If you're still having issues after following Ssark's guide, reply to the Audio and Text Triggers Alternative - GINA thread located in the Raiders Essentials section of our forums, and we'll work to resolve the issue(s).

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Freelance Ramblings / Raiena - Twitch Channel

« on: November 26, 2023, 06:35:12 AM »

Streaming FL raids...

Raiena's Twitch

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Freelance Ramblings / Furro Bingo Card - Updated!

« on: October 28, 2023, 05:45:33 PM »

Sometimes I don't know how he puts up with us 

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Raider Essentials / Deepshade - Myconid Mutiny - Event Map and Map Locations

« on: February 10, 2023, 02:06:27 AM »

Image by Raiena

Map file: deepshade_1.txt (right-click, "Save As", and place in EQ maps folder).

Corner Locations:

Code: [Select]

P 398.9741, -271.0151, 14.0085,  240, 240, 0,  3,  Yellow_Aura
P 538.6686, 530.7409, -2.7973,  0, 240, 0,  3,  Green_Aura
P 180.1737, 546.4838, -46.2622,  0, 240, 240,  3,  Blue_Aura
P 31.2038, -40.0987, -37.8194,  240, 0, 0,  3,  Red_Aura
Labels submitted by: Raiena

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Raider Essentials / Potions / Poisons for Raids

« on: November 07, 2022, 08:43:09 PM »

I will begin providing potions/poisons for our raids. I will need help with TS dropped materials. You can parcel items to Raiena (see list below).

Crusader's Tonic - HP, Mana, End; Useful right after a rez.

Velium Fortified Drink - +61 to all base stats at level 120.

Luclinite Fortified Drink - Coming Soon (NoS)

Crystal Mana Tonic - Decrease Spell Mana Cost by 6% for most spells.

Refined Mana Tonic - Coming Soon (NoS)

Restless Focus - Increase Spell Damage

Sanguineous Focus - Coming Soon (NoS)

Mana Infusion - Magic damage proc for melee classes.

Spider's Bite XXI - Poison damage proc for melee classes; will help with rogue alliance fulmination (Spider's Bite XX may need to be used as well if materials are low)

Scorpion's Agony XXI - Extra hate procs for Tanks to hold aggro. ( Scorpion's Agony XX may need to be used as well if materials are low)




Items Needed:
Raw Velium Ore or Velium Powder
Bloodied Luclinite Ore or Bloodied Luclinite Powder
Luclinite Laced Nigriventer Venom
Velium Laced Nigriventer Venom
Luclinite Laced Gormar Venom
Velium Laced Gormar Venom
Relic Fragments

I will incur all other costs in making these items and hand them out upon request before target engage.

If there are any other potions/poisons that would benefit the raid that I did not cover, please post below.

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Freelance Ramblings / Are you still missing ToL raid achievements?

« on: October 22, 2022, 04:51:43 AM »

Make sure you send a request once the event is called if you need any of the following achievements:

Free the Goranga - Price of No Freedom

Doomshade - All Togather Now

Netherbian Swarm Commander - Save the Innocent

Shei Vinitras - Mending Ways

All other events the achievements are part of our normal strategy. You do not need to request those. It is implied that we are always going for them.

Send me a tell in game once the event is announced by Furro, so that adjustments can be made ahead of time.

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Freelance Ramblings / Furro's true form...

« on: September 30, 2022, 12:41:30 AM »

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Freelance Ramblings / Fix Your Specialization Skills

« on: April 21, 2022, 01:46:13 PM »

Taken from Discord; posted by Raccoo

Raccoo — Yesterday at 2:22 PM
Casters and Priests

- Made the following changes to specialization skills:
- - Corrected an issue where the difference in specialization skills slowly disappeared starting with level 91, having been completely eliminated by level 120.
- - Once a player is above level 40, their secondary specialization skill cap (from Secondary Forte) will be set to 50 skill points below the primary cap, while tertiary specializations are 100 points below the primary skill cap. This should smooth the difference in skill values from level 40 to 120.
- - Characters over level 90 who had high third, fourth, and fifth specialization skills have had those skills updated to be below the tertiary cap. You will have to intentionally improve your specialization skill again. See Ostorm in the Temple of Solusek Ro to reorder your skills.

This means you will have to relevel your specialization skills. If you level your primary to 246, and your secondary to 196, the rest of the leveling up will fall in accordingly.

Please make sure you have checked your specializations before raids tonight.

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Raider Essentials / FREELANCE DISCORD!

« on: April 22, 2021, 11:14:51 PM »

JOIN TODAY!!!

FREELANCE DISCORD

*FL Discord is encouraged, but not required*

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Warrior / Warrior Trigger Package

« on: March 30, 2021, 01:45:49 AM »

Greetings!

Warrior Trigger Package is now available. This package is not mandatory, but covers timers and reminders for important abilities that Warriors should be using.

It would be beneficial to set up your own overlay and filter the warrior triggers into their own window. In addition, I break down all my timers by type and color code them so that I can see at a glance if I'm missing a type.

Warriors-

Warrior

2021-12-20 (05:24 AM)

Warrior Buffs -Champion’s Aura --Champion’s Aura -Commanding Voice --Commanding Voice -Imperator’s Command --Imperator’s Command -Full Moon's Champion --Full Moon's Champion Warrior Defensive Timers -Brace for Impact --Brace for Impact -Composite Shielding --Composite Shielding -Primal Defense --Primal Defense -Dragon Glyph --Dragon Glyph -Finish the Fight --Finish the Fight -Main BP --Main BP -Resolute Stand --Resolute Stand -Warlord’s Bravery AA / Anguish BP -- Warlord’s Bravery AA / Anguish BP Warrior DPS Timers -Brightfeld's Onslaught Discipline --Brightfeld's Onslaught Discipline -Glyph of Destruction --Glyph of Destruction -Mighty Strike Discipline --Mighty Strike Discipline -Offensive Discipline --Offensive Discipline -Spire of the Warlord --Spire of the Warlord -Vehement Rage --Vehement Rage -Wars Sheol’s Heroic Blade --Wars Sheol’s Heroic Blade Warrior Increased Healing -Resplendent Glory --Resplendent Glory -Warlord Tenacity --Warlord Tenacity

If you are uncertain how to create overlays or categories in Gina, follow these instructions:

Creating Overlays:

• Open Gina
• Click on Overlays tab at the top
• Choose Add New Overlay Timer (Looks like a stopwatch)
• Drag the new window that appears to the location you want it to appear on your screen. You may also adjust your font size at this time.
• Click SAVE on that overlay window

Now that you have your Overlay you need to create a Category. I use several categories to break down by type but they are all set to display in my created Overlay.

Creating Categories:

• Open Gina
• Click on Categories tab at the top
• Click Add (looks like a file folder) This will bring up a "New Category" that you can rename to your choosing.
• Under the Category Settings > Under Timers - Change from Default to your created Overlay.
• Open each trigger in Gina and change from default to your created Category - SAVE

*Note: If you plan on making multiple categories based on warrior trigger types, you can also choose different colors for your timer bars.

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Freelance Ramblings / Im here...

« on: August 21, 2020, 11:37:19 PM »

Waiting for the servers to come up. I better get my on-time bonus!