(mostly addressed towards Ankh's points)
Emmy can heal-spam and CM-spam all day long. END is not a problem for her. But the problem is -- and this is what kept causing issues last time we tried to
take down Laughing Boy -- the problem is his minions spot her even through her Freebird Stealth proc and each of them is capable of one-shotting her just as
much as he is. I can stack purples, and will, but even so, they are elite freakin' bosses and they are GOING to hit. To say nothing of when/if Chuckles
himself takes an interest in her (as happened once during the last run); she wasn't so much one-shotted as she was utterly annihilated.
So aggro management is an issue. When they didn't notice me, I was keeping Emet alive (and for that matter, I was keeping Wide Reciever alive, even though
he's not as tough as Emet is). But as soon as they notice me, I'm paste. And then I have to hosp, and run/fly/whatever back to the fight... and by
the time i get there we have dead tankage and a team wipe because Chuckles steamrolls the rest of the team trying to drop HIS towers.
So regardless of whether the towers can reach Laughing Boy by the boat or not, I suggest we pull him to the boat ANYWAY, if we can get him to follow. Drop the
flyer first, so we're not running through that gauntlet as well, and while it's down moon the big guy a few times and tell him his mother stank of
elderberries or something.
If I'm following correctly, this will, once he's at the boat, allow Emmy + Tank(s) to hold him (since, if she drops, she's RIGHT THERE to resume
duty), plus it might clear those goons he spawns from around the towers, letting the rest of the team unload on them and take them down fastfastfast. Then
they can join the fight by the boat and we mop up.
If it works that way, of course. Worth a shot?
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
Emmy can heal-spam and CM-spam all day long. END is not a problem for her. But the problem is -- and this is what kept causing issues last time we tried to
take down Laughing Boy -- the problem is his minions spot her even through her Freebird Stealth proc and each of them is capable of one-shotting her just as
much as he is. I can stack purples, and will, but even so, they are elite freakin' bosses and they are GOING to hit. To say nothing of when/if Chuckles
himself takes an interest in her (as happened once during the last run); she wasn't so much one-shotted as she was utterly annihilated.
So aggro management is an issue. When they didn't notice me, I was keeping Emet alive (and for that matter, I was keeping Wide Reciever alive, even though
he's not as tough as Emet is). But as soon as they notice me, I'm paste. And then I have to hosp, and run/fly/whatever back to the fight... and by
the time i get there we have dead tankage and a team wipe because Chuckles steamrolls the rest of the team trying to drop HIS towers.
So regardless of whether the towers can reach Laughing Boy by the boat or not, I suggest we pull him to the boat ANYWAY, if we can get him to follow. Drop the
flyer first, so we're not running through that gauntlet as well, and while it's down moon the big guy a few times and tell him his mother stank of
elderberries or something.
If I'm following correctly, this will, once he's at the boat, allow Emmy + Tank(s) to hold him (since, if she drops, she's RIGHT THERE to resume
duty), plus it might clear those goons he spawns from around the towers, letting the rest of the team unload on them and take them down fastfastfast. Then
they can join the fight by the boat and we mop up.
If it works that way, of course. Worth a shot?
--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs