Our last teaching raid heroic and legendary Tempest's Spine saw a great turnout with 7 people who were new to or still learning the raid! You can read about it and watch the replay of the live stream here.
We are now entering the second half of the 2019 teaching raid series! During the first half we worked through every raid in the game (except for Titan Awakes, which will be next Saturday, May 4). So now we will start over and revisit selected newer raids. We will not be revisiting the classic raids like Demon Queen and Tower of Despair, but most raids from about 2012 and after will be included in the second half of the series. If you're interested in participating in our teaching raids but have procrastinated because you were unsure or shy, now is a great time to get involved! Or if you've been joining us but missed some of the raids the first time around, you will get a chance to join them during the second half of our 2019 series.
Next in our teaching raid series will be a double feature in Thunderholme with Fire on Thunder Peak and Temple of the Deathwyrm on Saturday, April 27 at 9pm EST!
These are great raids to learn because there has been a recent increase in the popularity of Fire on Thunder Peak because it's one of the most efficient raids to get the new end game raid currency Threads of Fate, which are used to purchase some really nice new items!
All events in this series are for players new(er) raiding or players who are looking to learn raids better. First timers welcome! Please have sound and be willing and able to follow instructions.
The goal is to welcome newer players into the raiding scene, to teach people how raids work, to get players more comfortable with raids, and to enhance the Sarlona community. There is no level cap for any of our teaching raids but you must be at least level 20 to enter epic content. There are not heroic versions of these raids.
If you are new to FTP and TOTD, you will need to flag by slaying two red named bosses in The Ruins of Thunderholme wilderness area. You will need to have access to the Shadow Under Thunderholme adventure pack. Slaying Dagan The Death Knight will flag you for FTP and slaying Sarva Ballistrae The Cult of the Dragon Emissary will flag you for TOTD.
Dagan and Sarva are a little tougher than ordinary slayer zone bosses but are both soloable. They are considered rare encounters but are always there. You can find a map with pathways to these bosses at the above Ruins of Thunderholme link, or you can check out my video How to Get to and Flag for Fire on Thunder Peak and Temple of the Deathwyrm Raids.
You will find the entrance to the ruins through The Thunder Peaks public zone, which is accessible across the bridge in northeast Eveningstar. Before heading into the slayer zone, talk to the 2 NPC quest givers in Thunder Peaks, then talk to them again after defeating the bosses and they will grant you the raids.
Space is limited so reserve your spot ahead of time! If you would like to reserve a space in this Saturday's event, please contact me in game on Gingerspyce or Voodu.
This event will be live streamed on my twitch channel twitch.tv/vooduspyce so even if you're not on Sarlona, you can watch, learn and ask questions live.
Thank you to the community for all the support and special thanks to DDOCast for mentioning our events. We hope to see you in raids soon!
Much love,
Gingerspyce and The High Lords of Malkier
PS. Check out the entire collection of our teaching raid videos in the Guides & Strategies forum HERE!