Tales of the Horde
Background
To change up a weekly group of balanced questers on Stormrage, we migrated the group to Tichondrius and decided on a gimick: all one class (inspired by The Volvo Project). And what better class to concentrate on than the jack-of-all-trades Shaman? A few strategic discussions later, Tales of the Horde began to take shape.
After progressing through the initial growing stages, the team made a decision to focus on instances where possible. This page reflects that focus.
In its current incarnation, there are five specific roles defined on the team:
| Role | Character | Player | Notes |
| Primary Tank | Jaco | Alan | Enhancement-heavy, a bit of Elemental |
| Primary Healer | Pauco | SnowDog | All restoration, heading to NS first |
| fill in | Fako | Magimac | |
| fill in | Cracko | Sosostress | |
| fill in | Belcka | DarkMoonRising |
Scheduling
The team meets Monday nights between 5:30 and 6:00 server time (8:30 - 9:00 Eastern). They usually close down by 8 PM server time.
In 2006, we will likely need a new night. We'll discuss in-game and post result here.
Instance Planning
Scheduling and planning for the next instance in sequence is done here.
Next instance: Wailing Caverns. Started but not completed. By the time we go back, we will be all L20, giving us access to a new shock, a travel form, and a more efficient heal. Ought to have no problems!
After WC, Alan has requested Deadmines. We can finally kill Van Cleef, who evaded us on Stormrage :). Plus if we like we can dabble in some PvP action in nearby Duskwood or Redridge.
Tales of the Past
The group quickly ran through the first dozen levels before conquering Ragefire Chasm. The biggest lesson learned in RFC is that a team of four is much much weaker than a group of five. When doing normal questing or grinding, we'll sometimes play when a teammate cannot make it. Instance runs just can't handle this change, however.
In running Wailing Caverns we learned that we need Tremor Totem running when fighting Druids and that someone must always run Stoneskin. Staying together and avoiding accidental aggro is obviously key, and we continue to improve :).
Strategy and Build Discussion
Primary Healer build at L41. Goal is to reach NS as soon as possible then go back for Mana Tide totem. Comments welcome.