CoTF - Neriak Fourth Gate - The House of Thex

[Furro]

Neriak Fourth Gate - The House of Thex

*[12/28/2013] NOTICE: This post has been modified to reflect amendments posted within this thread *

Zone & Instance Info
 
Gather Zone: Neriak Fourth Gate

NPC Name: Prince Tarant Thex
NPC Location: Marked on map

Keyword to Enter: Ready


Flag & Key Requirements
 

Zone Flag:		None
Event Key:		None
Group Mission:		The Missing Scroll
Event Flags:		Ethernere - The Doomscale Horde
		Dead Hills - Xulous Prime
		Bixie Warfront - Saving Jacyll

MANDATORY REQ: The Missing Scroll mission in order to have the special DE illusion to not be killed by the friendly NPCs in 4th gate.
 
* Minimum to be Piggy/85'/pushed into raid: Nothing required.



Brief Event Overview & Strategy

For this event, we deal with two Golems, adds, and various other mechanics.

The golems are Nightmare Devourer and Bone Crusher.  We must keep them separated or worlds collide.

Nightmare Devourer spawns FIVE voracious ghoul adds at set percent HP intervals.

Various emotes / mechanics in play:

A warning emote targets random players with a lightning emote.  KITE Lightning East area, away from others.  Please do not kite it over the raid or MTs if possible.

Bone Crusher shouts a warning emote ('Sooo cooooold!'), and a few seconds later casts Cold Shock 100k DoT + MELEE SLOW + SNARE (48 seconds duration, 110' range, Caster PB) .  This happens every 45 seconds and is avoidable (warning emote included in trigger set).

Assist MA call as we BURN Bone Crusher, while not damaging Nightmare Devourer to avoid spawning percent based adds early.  When Bone Crusher is dead, we take Nightmare down.  Melee DPS kill Ghouls when up.  Caster & Range DPS stay on Nightmare.

Any questions, please rely to this thread or ask in the FLRaids:raids channel.  Thanks.



Bone Crusher

Hits for: 30000~
Abilities: N/A
AE:
Cold Shock 100k DoT + MELEE SLOW + SNARE (48 seconds duration, 110' range, Caster PB) .  This happens every 45 seconds and is avoidable (warning emote included in trigger set).
Sonic Shock - 70k DoT + Casting level penalty (Target AE, 75' range)
Pattern ref: Your body begins to vibrate as a sonic shock overwhelms you.


Nightmare Devourer

Hits for: 30000
Abilities: None
AEs:
Grave Chill - Mana Drain + Melee SLOW
Self buffs Death's Reflection - Increase Chance to Reflect Spell by 20%


Nightmare Devourer - Percent Based Ghoul Adds

Voracious Ghoul adds spawn FIVE at a time at set % HP intervals of Nightmare Devourer.

Ghouls get strong the longer they remain alive

Hits for: 15000~
Abilities: None
AE: If player runs they are rooted (Grasp of Bones)

* Warning Note: Adds spawn EARLY if someone dies in the Nightmare Devourer AURA.


Lightning Pulse Energy Adds

In play while Bone Crusher is alive.  Multiple up at a time, target random player.  Kite EAST away from raid/others.  Avoid kiting them over MTs on bosses.

Being in lightning results in Zap 50k Damage.

Zap - 50k DD + Stun (single-target)
Pattern ref: You are zapped by electricity.

When Bone Crusher dies, the lightnings stop.

Text / Audio Triggers - Mandatory

ALL Mandatory Setup


Trigger Additions

* Replace YOURNAME where indicated for targeted DoT AE at your location.

Targeted by energy lightning
Zapped when you're standing in lightning for whatever reason.
Cold Shock 100k DoT warning emote (can move out of range to avoid this)
Sonic Shock 70k DoT AE (Targeted AE), warning emote.  Targets player 10s warning.  Player move away from others (75' range).
Grave Chill - Mana Drain + Melee SLOW (Targeted AE), warning emote.  Targets player 10s warning.  Player move away from others (75' range).


GTT File: cotf-neriak-thex.gtt * Updated: 12/28/2013


References:
[Fri Dec 28 21:00:09 2013] The one called Nuttann! Take that one's essence, my pet!
[Fri Dec 06 23:24:09 2013] Get the one called Nuttann, my creation!

Lightning targeting player (public/private)
[Fri Nov 08 22:59:51 2013] The one called Furro! Take that one's essence, my pet!
[Fri Nov 08 22:57:01 2013] an energy pulse moves toward you.

Lightning (you are in it)
[Fri Nov 08 23:00:16 2013] You are zapped by electricity.  You have taken 50000 points of damage.

Bone Crusher - Cold Shock warning emote (5 seconds approx):
[Fri Nov 08 22:58:16 2013] Bone Crusher shouts 'Sooo cooooold!'
[Fri Nov 08 22:58:21 2013] Bone Crusher begins to cast a spell.

[Fri Nov 08 23:01:24 2013] a voracious ghoul shouts 'If you insist on running from me, Furro, I shall simply have to be more coercive!'
[Fri Nov 08 23:01:24 2013] a voracious ghoul begins to cast a spell. <Grasp of Bones>
[Fri Nov 08 23:01:24 2013] Bony hands rise from the ground and grab your legs

Ghoul stronger:
[Fri Nov 08 23:33:02 2013] Queen Cristanos Thex shouts 'Yes! The longer you wait, the stronger my pet's ghouls will become!'

Ghoul leashed:
a voracious ghoul begins to cast a spell. <Balance of the Nameless>

[Furro]

Trigger Added
 

Energy Pulse Targets Players

Energy Pulses randomly target multiple players.  When targeted, kite the pulse east area until it despawns (they look like Lightning, and move REALLY SLOW). 

Healers, when targeted, you can easily still heal, move and heal and kite.

DPS, same, can heal and kite easily.


GTT File: cotf-neriak-thex-energy-pulse.gtt

Reference:
[Fri Nov 08 22:55:01 2013] An energy pulse moves toward Jilkk.

[Maglor]

Found out something about Bonecrusher that may or may not be important.  It summons and all but kills people.  I know cause it summoned me and nearly killed me (I barely survived).  Also, it summoned Steel and killed him.  I caught onto the verbage that goes with it:

"The one called <Name>! Take that one's essence, my pet."

I think that this one brings a PC to the attention of Nightmare Devourer, though I am not certain:

"Get the one called <Name>, my creation!"

I know the lettering is accurate.

Don't know how important this knowledge is, but think I should at least inform you.

[Darkenvoid]

Bone Cruncher spawned little crystals under him every so often.  After about 2-3 ticks they would explode for roughly 50k DD.  The range seemed very short, maybe 50-75'.  The tank might want to walk him a short distance away every time one of these spawns.  Random 50k spikes on the MT on top of other things going on may be responsible for a shorter life expectancy.

[Furro]

We took our first look at this event Friday, to explore mechanics and size it up.  Some adjusts are outlined below.

Bone Crusher

• Spawns little crystals under him every so often.  They explode a few moments later for 80k DD + Knockup/back (Explosive Reaction, 45' range).  Note, they're easily visible to avoid.  Missing warning emote if any.
• Casts Cold Shock 100k DoT + MELEE SLOW + SNARE (48 seconds duration, 110' range, Caster PB) .  This happens every 45 seconds and is avoidable (warning emote included in trigger set).
• Main Tank - Position Bone Crusher South-West (will show during prep before engage)
• Healers - Stay out of Cold Shock AE range (beyond 110' distance)

Nightmare Devourer

Self buffs Death's Reflection - Increase Chance to Reflect Spell by 20%


Voracious Ghoul Adds

Assigned direct melee please react to MA call to dispatch these.

• Spawn every 40 seconds at a player (emote warns)
• If player runs they are rooted (Grasp of Bones)
• Ghouls get strong the longer they remain alive

Lightning Energy Pulses

• Spawn South-East
• When you are emoted, kite EAST until it despawns.
• They move VERY slowly.  Please avoid running one over top of the raid.

Trigger Additions

Added zapped when you're standing in lightning for whatever reason.
Added Cold Shock 100k DoT warning emote (can move out of range to avoid this)
Added Ghoul add spawn emote

GTT File: cotf-neriak-thex-addon.gtt

Note: Base set for original strat post to include this file in addition to the previous adjust post trigger for energy pulses.  In total, you should have THREE triggers for this event so far (11/09/2013).

References:
Lightning targeting player (public/private)
[Fri Nov 08 22:59:51 2013] The one called Furro! Take that one's essence, my pet!
[Fri Nov 08 22:57:01 2013] an energy pulse moves toward you.

Lightning (you are in it)
[Fri Nov 08 23:00:16 2013] You are zapped by electricity.  You have taken 50000 points of damage.

Bone Crusher - Cold Shock warning emote (5 seconds approx):
[Fri Nov 08 22:58:16 2013] Bone Crusher shouts 'Sooo cooooold!'
[Fri Nov 08 22:58:21 2013] Bone Crusher begins to cast a spell.

A voracious ghoul add spawns every 40 seconds at a player:
23:55:52 2013] Get the one called Kyosukesama, my creation!

[Fri Nov 08 23:01:24 2013] a voracious ghoul shouts 'If you insist on running from me, Furro, I shall simply have to be more coercive!'
[Fri Nov 08 23:01:24 2013] a voracious ghoul begins to cast a spell. <Grasp of Bones>
[Fri Nov 08 23:01:24 2013] Bony hands rise from the ground and grab your legs

Ghoul stronger:
[Fri Nov 08 23:33:02 2013] Queen Cristanos Thex shouts 'Yes! The longer you wait, the stronger my pet's ghouls will become!'

Ghoul leashed:
a voracious ghoul begins to cast a spell. <Balance of the Nameless>

* Edit: Crossed off incorrect triggers and edited the related files to prevent propagation.

[Furro]

Defeated Saturday, November 9, 2013!

Nice work everyone!


Event Adjusts

• Removed Trigger: Get the one called  -- This isn't related to spawning adds.
• DPS & MA1, 2 Changes - Melee on ADDS full time when up.  Caster/Range DPS on boss full time.
• MA Kill Order: Bone Crusher first.  Then Nightmare Devourer (do not DPS Nightmare early or we'll get % based adds).
  
• Nightmare Devourer Main Tanks - Do not DPS until Bone Crusher dead (otherwise we'll get % based ghoul adds spawning).
• Nightmare Devourer Main Tanks - Backup tanks remain just outside the aura to not take constant DoT damage.
• Ghouls spawn FIVE at a time, at set % HP intervals of Nightmare Devourer.
• Add tanks: Ghoul assigns via /tar a_voracious_ghoul0#

Trigger Removed

Remove this trigger from your set if you have still: Get the one called

Note: Base trigger set updated to reflect removal (11/09/2013).

[Nuttann]

After taking damage last night as I was moving away to be ready after the kite emote, I looked at the logs.  I appear to have been hit by Sonic Shock.  Looking at Allakhazam's entry it states that there is a 10-second warning for that targeted AE 70K dot -- "Get the one called NAME, my creation".  We removed that from triggers as we had it related to the adds.  Checking back in the logs, I didn't get the emote, but I may have run close enough to someone that was getting hit with the spell.

The range is listed as 1000 with the AE range just 75.  I don't recall any time we tried running as far away from Bone Crusher as we could when we got this emote.  I think I got that a could times last night.  Previously I had been on the Nightmare Devourer tank, so while I did get kite messages for the clouds, I wasn't near the mass of other people where a targeted AE would affect me if not directed at me.

Nuttann

[Furro]

After taking damage last night as I was moving away to be ready after the kite emote, I looked at the logs.  I appear to have been hit by Sonic Shock.  Looking at Allakhazam's entry it states that there is a 10-second warning for that targeted AE 70K dot -- "Get the one called NAME, my creation".  We removed that from triggers as we had it related to the adds.  Checking back in the logs, I didn't get the emote, but I may have run close enough to someone that was getting hit with the spell.

The range is listed as 1000 with the AE range just 75.  I don't recall any time we tried running as far away from Bone Crusher as we could when we got this emote.  I think I got that a could times last night.  Previously I had been on the Nightmare Devourer tank, so while I did get kite messages for the clouds, I wasn't near the mass of other people where a targeted AE would affect me if not directed at me.

Nuttann

Aye, it appears to target someone every 40 seconds.  I've made a run away from others trigger and included it in the base set.  As long as the person doesn't run too far away (ie, out of heal range), they should be fine.  Thanks Nuttann.

Fixed the spell listing for Sonic Shock, I had it under Nightmare when it should be Bone Crusher (thanks Renthor for mentioning).
Added to Strategy post: Adds spawn EARLY if someone dies in the Nightmare Devourer AURA. (thanks Brenlaven for observation).


Trigger Addition

* Replace YOURNAME where indicated for Sonic Shock targeted DoT AE at your location.

GTT File: cotf-neriak-thex-sonic-shock.gtt

Reference:
[Fri Dec 06 23:24:09 2013] Get the one called Nuttann, my creation!

12/28/3024 Edit: See posts further down.  This trigger has been removed and replaced.  The main GTT set has been updated to reflect current working set.

[Nuttann]

Two similar but separate emotes:

Bone Crusher :

Get the one called _____, my creation!
--- 10-second warning for the targeted AE "Sonic Shock":

Sonic Shock: Targeted AE 75', Chromatic (-900)
1: Decrease Hitpoints by 70000 per tick
2: Increase Effective Casting Level by 80


======

Nightmare Devourer:

The one called _____! Take that one's essence, my pet!
--- 10-second warning for the targeted AE "Grave Chill":

Grave Chill: Targeted AE 75', Chromatic (-900)
1: Decrease Mana by 2000 per tick
2: Inhibit Melee Attacks by 70%
3: Decrease Attack Speed by 170%


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I see the first in our set, but not the second.  Was watching the emotes last time and ran anyways.  But, looking at the combined set, I didn't see it.

Nuttann

[Furro]

Two similar but separate emotes:

Bone Crusher :

Get the one called _____, my creation!
--- 10-second warning for the targeted AE "Sonic Shock":

Sonic Shock: Targeted AE 75', Chromatic (-900)
1: Decrease Hitpoints by 70000 per tick
2: Increase Effective Casting Level by 80


======

Nightmare Devourer:

The one called _____! Take that one's essence, my pet!
--- 10-second warning for the targeted AE "Grave Chill":

Grave Chill: Targeted AE 75', Chromatic (-900)
1: Decrease Mana by 2000 per tick
2: Inhibit Melee Attacks by 70%
3: Decrease Attack Speed by 170%


-------
I see the first in our set, but not the second.  Was watching the emotes last time and ran anyways.  But, looking at the combined set, I didn't see it.

Nuttann

Ok.  Looks like the first trigger is fine.  But it's clearly not addressing the mana drain which is the second trigger you have listed. 

Since the patterns overlap, we're going to have to remove the previous add-on, and use a generalized pattern for both (as the actions are the same anyway, which is run away from the raid).

Get the one called _____, my creation!
The one called _____! Take that one's essence, my pet!

Pattern: The one called YOURNAME


Trigger Deletion and Adjust

REMOVE the old Trigger pattern: Get the one called YOURNAME

This new trigger covers BOTH the DoT AEs (DMG and MANA DRAIN + MELEE SLOW).  You have 10 seocnds to RUN AWAY from others.  Then you're hit by a big DoT for 70k DMG or a MANA DRAIN (depending which boss targets you).  If you're too close to others, they are also hit by the AE and as a result are now enjoying a nice 70k DoT or a Mana Drain + Melee Slow for the next 24 seconds.

Also included an overlay and related message when timer elapses to help further.

* Replace YOURNAME where indicated for DoT AE at your location.

GTT File: cotf-neriak-thex-targeted-dots.gtt

Note: Base trigger set updated to reflect these changes (12/28/2013).