1) What tier or tiers did you play?
We're currently doing T6, but not too long ago we were doing T5
2) What GP is your guilg that is attempting the raid?
We're a 110M GP guild, personally I'm 1,8Mil GP
3) What teams you did the attempt the raid with?
P1: zzzCLS(L), zzR2, GK, Rex, zHan
zVeers, zThrawn, DT, Snow, Magma
Constantly trying out other teams but can't find anything useful as most rely on assists, counters or debuffs.
P2: zzzCLS, zzR2, GK, Rex, zHan
zVeers, zThrawn, DT, Snow, zStarck
Sabine Phoenix (no zetas)
Princess Zody
P3: ChexMix
zVeers, zThrawn, zStarck, Snow, Magma/Shore
GK, Zarriss + 3 Attackers
Princess Zody
Sabine Phoenix
P4: Usually skip DN when possible, then throw similar teams as P2 or P3
4) What part of the raid motivated or demotivated you to continue trying?
Motivations: eventually getting to heroic. Helping my guild out. Trying to remain at top 10 scores.
Demotivators: terrible rewards. The raid is too long and it's exhausting. On busy days I just thrown my CLS team on auto to make sure I post some damage. Also, constantly having to reset attempts because of RNG, such as not timing UW correctly in P1, wrong character getting isolated in P3. Also, not understanding some mechanics such as why some characters get Remove Isolation and others Remove Bonds of Weakness in P3, making it impossible to plan strategies.
5) What about the raid did you enjoy? What did you dislike about the raid?
Enjoy: mostly P2. It's the only part of the raid that makes some sense and where mechanics are easy to grasp, on which I can do some nice damage without constantly resetting. Too bad it's done in less than a day. Now that I have a halfway decent ChexMix team I kinda enjoy P3, but it's still too RNG dependant to actually get a good score without resetting a lot.
Dislike: Nihilus. It's just evil. Regenerating protection on top of a enormous health pool means some people barely make a scratch on him. Also, the completely unpredictable mechanics of him using Annihilate, the incredibly random cooldowns depending on buffs, which I can't be bothered to learn because either way I'm not getting good enough damage without a JTR team. The fact that I can't use basics but Force Drain increases cooldowns on specials. It's just completely unbalanced. On top of it all, it's everyone's least favorite part, so usually people try to avoid hitting him resulting in at least 2 days chipping away at his health. I also dislike seeing my guildmates who have JTR getting 30-40k total throughout the raid while I'm struggling to get a 13k score. It's completely demoralizing, and I actually end up around top 10-15 (best ranking was 8).
On a lesser note, it's just too complicated. Maybe it's me being demotivated but I can't be bothered to actually try to get more than a rudimentary understanding of the mechanics for a raid that doesn't give out good rewards, takes too long to finish, it's far too dependant on RNG even if I bothered doesn't let me use most of my roster, and overall isn't fun at all.
Capital Games Team
