Change in Attendance Person

As you can tell the site doesn't get that frequently updated. Partly because it didn't seem like people used it anyways (except for a select few). However, I have decided to relinquish the attendance back to Arizod from whom I inherited the job. It has been fun and hopefully I haven't made too many mistakes. Reasons for this are personal, part of it being on call randomly which means sometimes I can't make it, and other reasons.

Trimming of Attendance Roster

These people will be removed from active members at the next posting. If you are on here and don't below, please leave me a comment. Parenthesis is current attendance points.

Brandell (2), Brookelynanne (1), Carolann (15), Chefdom (4), Dorion (1), Finuve (21), GreenSuperMaster (4), Lagslider (1), Lionheartzero (8), Ryuguar (2), Tashlyn (3), Thetyphon (7), Zazane (4).

These people have not shown up in over a month.

Shortie will not be available for a few. Vashstarwin will not be available for a few.

Proto-Omega

Attendance: Alinaaset, Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Clasp, Godswrath, Kael, Kenne, Shikaru, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis

Coins: 0
Attendance: 15
Avg. Coins: 0
AF Drops: 0

Currently our record since 8/11/07 on Omega is 7 wins 2 losses. Our percentage is 77.78%. We unfortunately had our second loss to Omega, third overall since the inception of the shell. There were a couple of things we could do better next time.

1) The 4 legged form is kited. Please let our tanks gain hate (i.e. spam nin tools, provoke) while kiting BEFORE the BLMs gently nuke with Tier III. Remember we don't want the BLMs to gain hate. Mages stay as far out of AoE as possible. 4 legged form is pretty resistant to physical attacks.

2) The 2 legged form is straight tanked. Tanks line up so THF and /THF can plant hate. Tanks try not to move as much as possible as you know how tricky SATA can be. BLMs and RDMs keep up DoT. The 2 legged form is pretty resistant to magical damage.

3) WHMs and /WHM be prepared to remove status effects. They will not always show up on your screen so you need to memorize and be prepared to quickly remove as gravity, silence, paralyze can spell death for a tank. While kiting, unfortunately, you have to do your best to keep up with the kiters. BLMs and /DRK and DRK be prepared to stun Colossal Blow.

• Hyper Pulse: AoE ~300 damage, Gravity and short Bind
• Rear Lasers: Damage and Petrification, used when someone behind Omega gets hate
• Ion Efflux: Cone Attack Paralysis
• Stun Cannon: Cone Attack ~300 damage and Paralysis
• Target Analysis: AoE Absorb-ALL, absorbed by Utsusemi
• Floodlight: AoE ~300 damage, Blind and Silence, ignores Utsusemi
• Colossal Blow: Massive damage that ignores Utsusemi can be STUNNED

4) Mages do your best to stay out of AoE range and also keep SS up as much as possible. If healers are going to rest, let fellow mages know so they can help cover healing.

5) If we have a massive wipe early on, one WHM and RDM devote yourself to keeping the tanks alive. Tanks please Kite if asked to much like the 4 legged form. Others focus on raising as quickly as possible.

6) Third form is resistant somewhat to both Physical and Magical Damage.

7) When you see a Gunpod say it in chat please as sometimes it is difficult to miss. We usually have a PLD on gun pod duty and BLMs take it down quickly.

8) Generally I've done Proto-Omega with a PLD/NIN on gunpod duty and two NIN/WAR trading hate to kite. Now that I think about it, I've also done it with PLD/NIN and NIN/WAR co-tanks (remember Kwontess). If you have suggestions about party formation please speak up prior to leaving. I won't be offended and take suggestions really well. After all I'm a hopeless party formation person.

9) Our win record is pretty good. We generally pull even ugly things off. Tonight we were a little off our kilter. We were missing a WHM and that makes it hard on the lone WHM (trust me I know. I was the sole WHM on our first Omega wipe). An early AoE flattened a lot of people. We didn't end up kiting after that AoE for a while and more people died. All in all, we managed to get him down to 20% even with everyone generally weakened.

Chalk this up to learning experience. A full briefing will be done prior to next Omega run to remind people about the different forms. I know some shells just straight tank Omega throughout. We could try this if people wanted. Otherwise we can just go with our generally winning formula and kick his ass the next time. Please leave any suggestions in the comment box.

Massive Update

3/19/08: Central Temenos 2nd Floor

Attendance: Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Denaly, Godswrath, Hovaz, Iresh, Kenne, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Verrick, Xarxsis.
Coins: 29 Total:13 Coin avg: 2.23

3/22/08: SW Apollyon
Attendance: Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Clasp, Denaly, Godswrath, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis
Coins: 44 Total: 18 Coin Avg: 2.44

3/26/08: Not Sure Which Zone
Attendance: Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Clasp, Godswrath, Hovaz, Iresh, Kael, Kenne, Larios, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Warford, Xarxsis

3/30/08: Proto-Ultima
Attendance: Alinaaset, Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Denaly, Godswrath, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis
Coins: 4 Total: 17 Coin Avg: 0.24
Pieces: Cerebrum (Danaly); Claw (Godswrath)

We continued our perfect Proto-Ultima record. Highlight, Kenne survived CB with a mix of magic damage reduction and Shellra5! Go go Kenne!

4/2/08: NW Apollyon
Attendance: Alinaaset, Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Clasp, Godswrath, Guivond, Hovaz, Iresh, Kael, Kenne, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Zorian
Coins: 59 Total: 16 Coin avg: 3.69

4/6/08: Central Temenos 1st
Attendance: Alinaaset, Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Godswrath, Iresh, Kael, Kenne, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontnowme, Vashstarwin, Verrick, Xarxsis
Coins: 45 Total: 15 Coin Avg: 3.0

4/9/08: Central Temenos 3rd
Attendance: Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Clasp, Denaly, Godswrath, Iresh, Kael, Kenne, Shikaru, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Xarxsis
Coins: 45 Total: 15 Coin Avg: 3.0

Central Temenos 3rd Floor

Attendance: Alinaaset, Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Clasp, Godswrath, Hovaz, Iresh, Kenne, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis

Coins: 45
Attendance: 18 (17 went on run, Verrick couldn't get in)
Avg. Coins: 2.65
AF Drops: MNK

Temenos - West

Attendance: Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Godswrath, Hovaz, Iresh, Kenne, Shikaru, Smoke, Verrick, Warford

Coins: 56
Attendance: 12
Avg. Coins: 4.67
AF Drops: BRD, DRK, SAM, WAR x 2

Congratulations to Smoke on his SAM Temenos piece. Congratulations to Kenne who hit his 100th Run on our Proto-Omega fight on 3/5/08. Aznmahavailo will hit 100 runs in 11 runs. Cerene will hit 100 runs in 28 more runs. Verrick will hit 100 runs in 35 more runs.

Proto-Ultima

Attendance: Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Clasp, Gheldhart, Godswrath, Iresh, Kenne, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis

Coins: 4
Attendance: 17
Avg. Coins: 0.24
AF Drops: Verrick (Ultima Tail), Cerene (Ultima Tail)

Proto-Omega

Attendance: Alinaaset, Arizod, Aznmhavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Clasp, Danaly, Godswrath, Hovaz, Iresh, Kenne, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Warford, Zorian

Coins: 6
Attendance: 18
Avg. Coins: 0.33
AF Drops: Smoke (Omega Eye), Warford (Omega Heart), Aznmhavailo (Omega Hindleg)

Congratulations to all you hardworking people. Omega went down easily as usual. Welcome to new members.

Apollyon NE

Attendance: Alinaaset, Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Cerene, Danaly, Godswrath, Iresh, Kenne, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Warford, Xarxsis, Zorian

Coins: 70
Attendance: 15
Avg. Coins: 4.67

NW Apollyon

Attendance: Arizod, Aznmahavailo, belgarath, Cerene, Clasp, Godswrath, Guivond, Hovaz, Iresh, Kenne, Lionheartzero, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Warford

Coins: 56
Attendance: 17
Avg. Coins: 3.29

Proto-Ultima

Attendance: Arizod, Belgarath, Cerene, Gheldhart, Godswrath, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Tonudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis, Zorian

Coins: 4
Attendance: 17
Avg. Coins: 0.24
AF Drops: Smoke: Legs Shortie: Tail

Proto-Ultima #4 went much smoother than #3. Warford died off the bat in a bit of hilarity! Kenne did a great job as a PLD. Stunners did quite well. And our army of Red Mages and our sole WHM kept everyone going. Melees did great damage as normal. Citadel Buster still was aggravating, but we managed the win! And we finally saw a leg drop. Congratulations to hardworking Smoke and Shortie on their Nashira gear.

Chip update: We are 2 chips short of an Omega Set and 1 chip short of the tier 1 Ultima set. Next week Wednesday I propose we do either NW or NE Apollyon. The following Saturday do Temenos W (we tend to have more people on Sat and Temenos' can be evil). The following Wednesday complete the Omega set. And the following saturday do a Proto-Omega. After that we can start complete the Ultima set. Eventually if we get a large enough group of people coming consistently we can split groups up.

Note: I will be out of town this next week from Wednesday through Sunday since my sister is getting married. Kenne has volunteered to get Screen Shots of the attendance for me. Who knows when Aznmahavailo's computer will be fixed. Good luck all. Points are completely updated to the Proto-Ultima run. I should be back in time for Proto-Omega.

Central Temenos 3rd

Attendance: Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Danalay, Godswrath, GreenSuperMaste, Hovaz, Iresh, Kenne, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Warford, Zorian

Coins: 46
Attendance: 17
Avg. Coins: 2.71
AF Drops: WHM

Completed Ultima Set #4. Proto-Ultima on Sat, if we have the people.

Proto-Ultima

Attendance: Alinaaset, Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Dorion, Godswrath, Guivond, Hovaz, Iresh, Kenne, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis

Coins: 4
Attendance: 18
Avg. Coins: 0.22
AF Drops: Hovaz: Cerebrum Belgarath: Tail

Proto-Ultima #3. It was rough going but we managed to finally get him down. Basically we can't run from Citadel Buster at 30 secs. We gotta continue to deal damage for 10-15 secs and then run out or we take forever to kill it ^^ Good job everyone and congratulations on the Nashira pieces. Unfortunately Ultima has not been generous, out of 3 Ultimas we have 4 Turbans, 1 Gages, and one Crackows.

Central Temenos 2nd Floor

Attendance: Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Finuve, Godswrath, Hovaz, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Shikaru, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis

Coins: 40
Attendance: 16
Avg. Coins: 2.5
AF Drops: BLM

We have one complete Ultima Set. Next week Proto-Ultima

Central Temenos 1st Floor

Attendance: Alinaaset, Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Godswrath, Hovaz, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Verrick, Warford, Zorian

Coins: 47
Attendance: 18
Avg. Coins: 2.61
AF Drops: PLD, RDM, WAR, WHM

SE Apollyon

Attendance: Arizod, Belgarath, Cerene, Godswrath, Hovaz, Kenne, Lagslider, Larios, Shikaru, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis, Zorian

Coins: 49
Attendance: 15
Avg. Coins: 3.27
AF Drops: PLD, RDM, WAR

Leaderless again! But we managed to scrape through with a good amount of time!

SW Apollyon

Attendance: Alinaaset, Belgarath, Cerene, Godswrath, Guivond, Kenne, Larios, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Verrick, Warford, Zorian

Coins: 30
Attendance: 15
Avg. Coins: 2
AF Drops: BST, DRK, MNK, NIN

Smoke tried to pull on this one and did a pretty good job. However, he missed a tree on the 2nd floor so Kenne, Warford and Verrick were trying to find the chests. So Kenne and Verrick killed the tree and it's helper (go go Manafront) while Warford Invicible'd. Unfortunately the taru ate it. But we got the time and the win!

Temenos - East

Attendance: Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Godswrath, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Shikaru, Smoke, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis, Zorian

Coins: 48
Attendance: 13
Avg. Coins: 3.69
AF Drops: BLM x2, PLD x1, RNG x2
Chip: Kenne

Diamond Dust is Evil. 'nuff said.

Housekeeping Details

Please check attendance for the following dates to see if Azn missed you:

12/19/07: Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Loren, Shortie, Taslyn, Verrick, Xarxsis (total 12)

12/23/07: Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Dubajaba, Guivond, Iresh, Shortie, Smoke, Thetyphon, Vashstarwin, Warford, Xarxsis (12)

12/26/07: Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Dubajaba, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Lionheartzero, Smoke, Warford, Xarxsis (11)

12/29/07: Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Carolann, Cerene, Dubajaba, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Lionheartzero, Smoke Thetyphon, Vashstarwin, Warford, Xarxsis (14)

1/2/08: Alinaaset, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Dubajaba, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Lionheartzero, Shikaru, Smoke, Warford, Xarxsis (14)

1/5/08: Alinaaset, Aznmahavailo, Cerene, Dubajaba, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Lionheartzero, Loren, Shikaru, Smoke, Vashstarwin, Warford, Xarxsis, Zazane, Zorian (16)

1/9/08: Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Dubajaba, Godswrath, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Shikaru, Smoke, Warford, Xarxsis, Zazane, Zorian (15)

1/12/08: Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Brandell, Cerene, Dubajaba, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Shikaru, Shortie, Toniudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Warford, Xarxsis, Zazane, Zorian (17)

1/16/08: Aznmhavailo, Belgarath, Brandell, Cerene, Dubajaba, Godswrath, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Ryugar, Shikaru, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis, Zorian (18)

1/19/08: Alinaaset, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Brookelynanne, Cerene, Godswrath, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Warford, Zazane, Zorian (17)

1/23/08: Arizod, Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Godswrath, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis (14)

1/26/08: Aznmhavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Godswrath, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis (16)

The Following people have been removed from the active roster either because they have not attended a single run in over 2 months or they have decided to leave the shell:

Eldercid, Finuve, Fuha, Lucas, Pandoras, Pelennor, Puretaru, Rodz, Toxicity
Soon to be removed: Loren and Dubajaba as I believe they have decided to leave the shell, but I will get confirmation

If you believe you were there at a certain limbus and you don't show up on the list, please let me know so I can try and verify with Aznmahavailo.

Point totals are all current.

Proto-Omega

Attendance: Aznmahavailo, Belgarath, Cerene, Godswrath, Guivond, Iresh, Kenne, Larios, Shikaru, Shortie, Smoke, Toniudontknowme, Vashstarwin, Verrick, Warford, Xarxsis

Coins: 5
Attendance: 16
Avg. Coins: 0.31
AF Drops: None

Homam Manopolas: Aznmahavailo
Homam Gambieras: Guivond

Congratulations to Aznmahavailo and Guivond on their Homam pieces. Proto-Omega went smoothly this time, with the only death an unfortunate BLM named Belgarath who had an encounter with a gunpod. Thanks for everyone's hard work.