Chronicles of Noivad

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I wrote bits of this a while ago, addressing strategies & tactics for larger groups taking harder areas and vs. certain types of foes with special attacks. It addresses positioning, fighting creeping, scouting Webbing Noid & Bouncing lightning. It might go it the CLUMP at some point if feedback show it to be valid & uncontroversial.

General Info

Positioning

• yes but position matters too
  • Be in sight of Valtrim for SS relays
  • Watch Rellim for positioning (in front of him is kill zone)
  • RIF = Rel’lim in Front
    • Fighters position themselves is a semi-circle so Rel’lim is the first to intercept.
    • Lurer should lead the lured things right into Rel’lim
    • Fighters should hang back until the creature is just about to attack Rel’lim

Scouting

• Taryn lures because of her skill set:

• running & high health.

• Taryn scouts for making better judgments
• depending on the snell: don’t scout the whole snell initially
  • get what’s close first
  • things that don’t see you stay away
• Sometimes, you want to peek first
  • Valtrim sometimes “peeks” by scrying
• Know the group well for knowing when to advance

Noid Territory Strategies

PC1 & Beyond Basic Strategy

• The runner keeps runs the noids in the large area in a loop
• Everyone else gets into the open (out of the choke), then the 2nd in command (usually Rel’lim) yells when ready
• the runner then drops off a few noids at a time to the group
• after each group of noids is killed the group resets to RIF and the runner drops off more
• even if everyone else retreats, the runner continues to run
  • WHY? If the runner also exited, the runner pulled all the noids into the tunnel making retaking the snell difficult
  • when we first started to take PC1, we kept trying fighter runs with everyone exiting then waiting for a good time to chain those still in the tunnel
    • We tried running it, which worked much better even if the runner fell (Taryn or Arbitur)
    • it still was much better because the noids didn’t clog the tunnel
    • and because the Noids were drawn away from that tight space. So that even if the runner fell, we’d have killed lots of Noids first

Zuing Pits

• The SW pit does not need to be zued if the group stays north
• The noids will be out of range and stay south and not bother the group

Fighting Creep Problem

• The runner needs space to run east.
• So the fighter group needs to avoid advancing too deep into the open area
• And have more patience
  • when something is coming to you. There’s no need for you to charge it. Let it come, then hit it on all sides (Surround and Pound)
    • This also avoids the entire group creeping up
  • In most snells with a combat zone and someone running, the fighters need to reset after each skirmish to free up the combat zone and be ready for the next skirmish

Noid Fighting

• Reseting and waiting until the brick/lead fighter engages is important
  • resetting is also good to get out of where it’s webbed
• Luring to the brick makes avoids making he combat area too small to more around quickly
  • If everyone doesn’t reset, then those that don’t reset, set the [next] battle area which is often not optimal.
  • This leads to more falls and slower progress
  • which is why I say, be where Rel’lim is (RIF)
    • not necessarily behind Rel’lim, but in a semicircle with him in the middle
    • the idea is others have to be outside of the detection range

Orga Territory Strategies

• The first snell is not as dangerous as the next snells
• The layout of the snell matters
• The snell south of the well snell has a long narrow passage to where most of the orga are
  • the narrow passage makes bounces deadly
  • it also means a long run to the center of battle, and a long retreat
• in contrast to the snell north of the well snell opens up