Hey everyone. I want to shout it from the top of a mountain.Eight months of dedication. A really long road. But we're finally there. This was definitely the most rewarding video game experience I've had. The top ten of my guild really forged a bond as we strived toward this goal. The top three are not mercs. We've been together since the beginning. http://i.imgur.com/5paV6rw.png

Kudos to the 2 whales that stuck it out with your guild. Congrats. I was in same situation and stuck with my old guild until we reached haat, then had to leave anyway coz the guild then decided to raid haat at 4am my local time. So for me it was a loss of opportunity staying.

Thanks! I'm actually not a whale, but I thank you for the compliment (?). I find it hard to stay top 50 in arena because I've been dumping all my resources into Resistance, Scavenger Zody, and FO, none of which is arena viable on my shard. Do that for eight months and even a lowly dolphin can manage a huge score in the HAAT.Too bad about your guild. I was worried Syzygy would bail, but he was cool sticking it out with the guild.

Congrats!!! The next will be easier and easier

congrats!Also a great example of hAAT being cleared at the top of the guild, not at the bottom. I've seen alot of guilds blame the lower/newer members for not clearing the raid, but the top guys can make a way larger difference! nicely done.

Congrats! My guild also just completed our first HAAT. Though we lost a few good players along the way that moved on, the rest of our core players doubled down on farming for AAT and it finally paid off (13 over 1M). Feels great, I know exactly how you feel :)

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ngohuabao
8 years ago
Kudos to the 2 whales that stuck it out with your guild. Congrats. I was in same situation and stuck with my old guild until we reached haat, then had to leave anyway coz the guild then decided to raid haat at 4am my local time. So for me it was a loss of opportunity staying.
ChewieGranola
8 years ago
Thanks!
I'm actually not a whale, but I thank you for the compliment (?). I find it hard to stay top 50 in arena because I've been dumping all my resources into Resistance, Scavenger Zody, and FO, none of which is arena viable on my shard. Do that for eight months and even a lowly dolphin can manage a huge score in the HAAT.

Too bad about your guild. I was worried Syzygy would bail, but he was cool sticking it out with the guild.
HSKULL2
8 years ago
Congrats!!! The next will be easier and easier
emvedebe
8 years ago
congrats!
Also a great example of hAAT being cleared at the top of the guild, not at the bottom. I've seen alot of guilds blame the lower/newer members for not clearing the raid, but the top guys can make a way larger difference! nicely done.
braskme
New Spectator
8 years ago
Congrats! My guild also just completed our first HAAT. Though we lost a few good players along the way that moved on, the rest of our core players doubled down on farming for AAT and it finally paid off (13 over 1M). Feels great, I know exactly how you feel :)
ChewieGranola
8 years ago
"kalidor;c-1171914" wrote:
Congrats! My guild also just completed our first HAAT. Though we lost a few good players along the way that moved on, the rest of our core players doubled down on farming for AAT and it finally paid off (13 over 1M). Feels great, I know exactly how you feel :)

"Khayman;c-1171815" wrote:
Congrats! My guild just finished our third HAAT. It truly gets easier after the first, enjoy the GK shards and better rewards!

Congrats to you guys too. I sure hope it gets easier. As is, we'll only be able to do it on weekends because it takes so many hours.
braskme
New Spectator
8 years ago
"Yesac;c-1171945" wrote:
Congrats to you guys too. I sure hope it gets easier. As is, we'll only be able to do it on weekends because it takes so many hours.

We're still debating on how to proceed as well. The mod change cost, time, and sheer effort involved (and game fatigue) pretty much means weekends only for now. It's still a close enough thing that any of our top 12 being on vacation would make things dicey. Might alternate normal and heroic for a little while until it's more routine.
drval85
8 years ago
Stick with heroic. As long as everyone is dedicated, the improvement is rapid. We went from needing almost the full 48 hours to Less than 6 hours in 3 weeks. And that was without everyone using every team.
ChewieGranola
8 years ago
"DRV;c-1172332" wrote:
Stick with heroic. As long as everyone is dedicated, the improvement is rapid. We went from needing almost the full 48 hours to Less than 6 hours in 3 weeks. And that was without everyone using every team.

Good to know. I actually was able to connect with some mod-level players and I think I can shore up some of my loose ends. Thanks.
darth-milky
8 years ago
Congrats! it truly is awesome when a guild stay together and grow as one.
It will get easier. After a few more HAATs others in the guild will have viable teams and then you don't have worry about the mod swapping. Just takes time :wink: