#eidolon raid

Mantle of the Vampire Squid Occult Talisman (QL 10.1 Epic) -NOT UPGRADEABLE-

1274 hp [Empty GLYPH and SIGNET slot]

1. BOOWARNING I cannot stress how this is very helpful. Boowarning tells you when to run, stack, or hide. (IN BIG YELLOW\RED LETTERS!)

2. HP AT 4k DoTs call "Insanity" are placed on everyone periodically.

3. At least 2 CUs in you group. Hard to live through this fight with 6 stacks of Insanity. (Unless you tanking, in which case... I pity the healers). [I usually ar\pist so I have ww instead for emergency.. but I switch to ar\shotty if CU is needed.]

4. Tanks FIRST Do NOT attack ANYTHING until a tank has had a go at it.

5. 700k Mark My fave part...  but will make most any people who are new to this raid panic. At around 700k hp, SHADES WILL APPEAR. They will attack ANYONE WHO IS WALKING\RUNNING (RJ seems to be ok).

6. 2nd chance At 50%, people who died can get back into the fight. Avoid the adds and run back to the rest of the raid!

A bit of a explanation of the fight: You start attacking the big guy. He has a aoe skill that does more dmg if you guys are spread out. So when he does this attack, stack on the person the big boss is targeting then run out of the circled (stand IN the aoe with the person.. ONLY if there is more than 4 people).

When he casts "..In the Depths" STOP shooting and HIDE YO ASS! BLUE PHASE comes and attacking him is a NO NO.

This Blue Phase (BP) is a tad bit different. In this BP, you should NOT attack the big boss. Adds and mini-bosses will come out here. The big boss appears on your mini map as a white circle with a blue dot. The smaller red dots are the mini-boss adds (looks like Feigr Lord). IMPORTANT: ♤ These mini-bosses are super powered when they appear. They will have this glowing aura on them and attacking them to soon WILL make things hard. The raid NEEDS to WAIT for them to STOP at certain corners of the area. When they stop, they float up a bit and the aura disappears, SPANK HIM!! (but don't forget.. tanks first!)

[EDIT: I learned that these guys also reset position. I've only seen it done when there are more than one of them, but my raid attacked one too early so tank took aggro and just ran to the 2nd squid. The first squid reset back and the buff was removed.]

When all the red dot mini-bosses are down, BP ends and you focus fire on the big boss. Just repeat.. BUT each round will have more of those mini-bosses (up to 4, I think). So you need to kill them all (focus fire!), to end BP. 

Rewards: There will be a BLUE BAG and LOCKED PURPLE BAG. Blue bag usually drops blue signets. (Most group FFA this one) Locked purple bag can have any combinations of the ff: epic aux upgrade\s, purple signet\s, 10.1 non-customizeable talis and weapons. (Usually 4 pcs of loot.) [5bbs to all players who loots the purple bag after]

IMPORTANT: ♤ The purple bag is LOCKED. The key you need is called "Delivering Ritual: A Shade of Dream". This key is made up of 3 delivering ritual fragments which are: Head, Hand, Heart. (Sometimes in AH.)  ♤ Some raids will let people with keys /roll for the bag. The winner will need to turn on Master Looter. (TIP: you can view what is inside the bag by RIGHT CLICKING after unlocking.) Some /roll winners won't want what they get so they can distribute what is left this way. (You can do this by right clicking the item and choosing the name of the person on the drop down list.) ♤ IF you won the /roll and opened the bag. DO NOT FORGET TO SET LOOT TO FFA ONCE YOU ARE DONE WITH THE BAG! So that the rest of the people can get their 5bbs.