Raid Progression - The Abyss of Mordath

[Siddharta]

So the entire raid took 3 hours for someone to finish.....after 6 months of work. lol

~5.5 hours
and after more than 1 month of beta testing this was about to happen
Because in reality progression starts on Bullroarer for those kins who want to compete unfortunately

Thanks for congratulations everyone!

Btw, First challenger title not applied to those who were dead on Challenge completion on last boss, bad thing.

[Joedangod]

~5.5 hours
and after more than 1 month of beta testing this was about to happen
Because in reality progression starts on Bullroarer for those kins who want to compete unfortunately

Congrats anyway.

Not sure if the progression thread actually needs to be a thing here; if most of the progression was done in the past month what is this really tracking?

[asdasdasssss]

Boss 1 T2C
Server - Arkenstone
Kinship - Faded

Nice exploited yellow stance in blue line, your kin should be removed from the progression thread entirely.

[canyouaddcolour]

~5.5 hours
and after more than 1 month of beta testing this was about to happen
Because in reality progression starts on Bullroarer for those kins who want to compete unfortunately

Thanks for congratulations everyone!

Congrats on your commitment to LOTRO Raiding over the years!

Since you're quitting, hope to see you competing in WoW/FFXIV where there's a larger committed raiding community for you to compete against.

[siipperi]

Big congrats to Portal. Nicely done.

Edit. Read about OC. I hope GMs award those for your people...

[Petrocelli]

GZ Portal

@Faded - hope you got a screenshot with timestamp or /servertime for verification. Keep on raiding guys

[asdasdasssss]

GZ Portal

@Faded - hope you got a screenshot with timestamp or /servertime for verification. Keep on raiding guys

Since faded's kill was exploited it doesn't matter anyway. Disqualified.

[canyouaddcolour]

Nice exploited yellow stance in blue line, your kin should be removed from the progression thread entirely.

I respect that Faded doesn't have a great rep with some people due to how they go about things (egos, demeaning, etc). Doesn't mean their progression, commitment, and efforts in the raid should be discredited because they utilize a super minor trait-tree bug. Some Kins (mine included) prefer not to allow the utilization of such bugs/exploits, but it's a really minor thing in the grand scheme of things. Be nice if LOTRO fixed long standing bugs like that one day, but doesn't look likely.

[Starkorm]

I respect that Faded doesn't have a great rep with some people due to how they go about things (egos, demeaning, etc). Doesn't mean their progression, commitment, and efforts in the raid should be discredited because they utilize a super minor trait-tree bug. Some Kins (mine included) prefer not to allow the utilization of such bugs/exploits, but it's a really minor thing in the grand scheme of things. Be nice if LOTRO fixed long standing bugs like that one day, but doesn't look likely.

Nice try, Elze.

[canyouaddcolour]

Nice try, Elze.

I expect to see a Boss 2 Kill from you guys soon. Haven't even set foot in there yet, myself, but I'm itching to get in there... 5 hours 'til raid time. :'(

Sure glad the raid released with like 15 hours notice right next to Christmas and basically same day as Star Wars. =D

[Eruadarion]

Boss 2 T2
Kinship: Avorthalier
Server: Gwaihir

[canyouaddcolour]

Boss 2 T2
Kinship: Avorthalier
Server: Gwaihir

Grats! Awesome to see!

[Trogdor_the_Burninator]

Gratz portal. Still, doubt this thread has much relevance anymore now that first original Challenger title is out and multiple kins are boycotting the progression

[Willj119]

Odyssey - Evernight

Boss 1 T2C



Boss 2 T2 (First image with servertime, Second image with all members from group)

[Willj119]

Odyssey - Evernight
Boss 3 T2


Big Congrats to Portal, a well deserved win.

[hanxcve]

This progression is really depressing. Please SSG, unrelease the raid, revoke all titles, and go back to Beta # 7 where the raid was actually hard.

[Joedangod]

This progression is really depressing. Please SSG, unrelease the raid, revoke all titles, and go back to Beta # 7 where the raid was actually hard.

That won't solve anything. SSG drove the raiders away with their decisions and people aren't suddenly going to come back because the raid got even more beta time and a difficulty bump. If SSG want this area of the game to thrive then it's down to them to address the concerns of the players in regards to bug fixing instances, class balance, loot progression and general content difficulty. They can't do that with Mordor at this point and they've shown no sign of getting set to tackle it properly in the future so it's time we let it go.

[1Asy1]

Congrats Odyssey!

Lob

[Beastnas]

Frankly I would rather have had overtuned bosses i.e. Fire/Frost or Saruman from Orthanc launch, or even the previous beta build, versus this current situation. Yikes.

[asdasdasssss]

That won't solve anything. SSG drove the raiders away with their decisions and people aren't suddenly going to come back because the raid got even more beta time and a difficulty bump. If SSG want this area of the game to thrive then it's down to them to address the concerns of the players in regards to bug fixing instances, class balance, loot progression and general content difficulty. They can't do that with Mordor at this point and they've shown no sign of getting set to tackle it properly in the future so it's time we let it go.

That moment when the most active people on the forums leave the game... RIP LotRO.

[Rialtan]

That won't solve anything. SSG drove the raiders away with their decisions and people aren't suddenly going to come back because the raid got even more beta time and a difficulty bump. If SSG want this area of the game to thrive then it's down to them to address the concerns of the players in regards to bug fixing instances, class balance, loot progression and general content difficulty. They can't do that with Mordor at this point and they've shown no sign of getting set to tackle it properly in the future so it's time we let it go.

With their decisions. Raider decided to try new raid for one month on beta. That's the only reason why we already got Original Challengers (and also cause Portal guys are on another level).

Only thing that makes me sad is there is not a real end game. Is already dead after 2 months with pointless 3 and 6 man and a raid with only 3 boss.

Btw congrats also to odyssey for their clear on t2. Gz guys.

[Harigrim]

Gz Portal and the rest who got T2c kills tonight!

Good luck with rest of the bosses

[Eruadarion]

Boss 3 T2
Kinship: Avorthalier
Server: Gwaihir



(sorry for posting late)

[Knight.]

Congrats Portal!
Also well played to other kins above for making solid progress on the first day.

(Yes, the raid was on BR for several weeks. However it was open to all and fair play to those kins that took the time and effort to get organised and test/practice in advance)

[Beastnas]

(Yes, the raid was on BR for several weeks. However it was open to all and fair play to those kins that took the time and effort to get organised and test/practice in advance)

A fair point, though between dubious testing SSG employs (rather, free 'testing' from players), nerfs from beta, and no locks, led us to this situation. Not to diminish from the accomplishments as the raid certainly has challenging aspects, but those are a few reasons why many are disappointed in the short-lived progression.