Raid - Spirit Vale

GW2s first raid was released last night and it's not a walk in the park. I attempted the raid with 2 other guildies and pugged the rest. We made a commendable effort at taking down the vale guardian, but never quite managed to DPS enough during his last phase. We spent about 3-4 hours at it trying to tweak our strategy and always ran into the enrage mechanic in the end.

So... It's time to get things organized and see who all is interested in helping us tackle the new raid content. Those interested should be ready/willing to use TeamSpeak and open to modifying their builds to fit the needs of the team.

Please take a look at this general guide to get an idea of what to expect when attempting the Vale Guardian encounter: http://gamerize.net/how-to-beat-vale-guardian-guide-spirit-vale-raid-guild-wars-2/

If anyone needs help gearing, I'm planning to run semi-daily fractals to help build teamwork and work on ascended gear for anyone needing it.

I am happy to fill the Reaper role. :D

I also have a Chronomancer, Druid and Guardian on the sidelines, but none are as geared as the Reaper.

Hey James. Yeah... I think we need to focus first on who is interested and then decide roles. I wouldn't want to force anyone to play a role they're not used to, but we may have to balance the team (will have to). I have 1 of every class but would have to acquire some gear if new roles are needed. COMPLETELY happy to try new things. I think you would be good to keep with your reaper. I'll keep track of who's interested and we'll meet after the group is full to discuss our strats.

On a side note... Did your hubby get into the guild? I sent him an invite but noticed he hadn't accepted it yet.

I'm completely flexible and willing to fill whatever role is needed, just will need help gearing up my other characters.

Also, yeah. Hubby got the invite, but he hasn't logged in yet. I'll make sure he accepts tonight.

Very interested. Given the difficulty of these raids, getting an experienced guild group together would be awesome. My main is full ascended zerk Mesmer, but I'm currently working on gearing my Guardian to tank. I don't have a geared healer or condi, but I can off-heal a bit as Guardian.

I'm up for it! I still need HP's for my druid but my gear is all set :)

Following this topic over on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3tch2m/theorycraft_raid_necromancerreaper_tank/

Might be possible to use a Reaper to fill the tank slot as well.

Nice find, James! Might be time to bring my necro out of retirement! ;D I'm interested to see further research into meta builds for this raid. See what we have to play with. :)

Vale Guardian guide -

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