I am very fortunate to be acquainted with some skilled players that also happen to be lolCats.

I really enjoy the Promyvion boss fights, and I’ve volunteered to help with them a lot when I played Gentoo.  However they’ve always been skin-of-the teeth, adrenaline rush inducing victories.

Last night some lolCats made a run at another Promyvion; Holla to be exact.  Our Promyvion-Dem run seemed almost too smooth.  None-the-less, Promyvion-Holla was just as smooth and ended, in victory, even faster than Promyvion-Dem — and we even had 2 pick-up members

So what’s the difference?

Primarily coordination.

First and foremost, everyone knows Hripthe and Briseia are the leads on these events, and act accordingly.  Without them I’m sure these fights would be far more chaotic.  Hripthe has an understanding of Promyvion boss fights that really should be labeled as uncanny, and organizes our fights with swiss clock accuracy.  Briseia, a seasoned player and is able to fill us in on any gaps of knowledge.

Second, we take the time to prepare.  My previous linkshell, TheBanished, elevated the art of winning Promyvion fights without the use of medicines (poison, holywaters, animas, etc) into an art form — however, the balance of the fight was ever so precarious.   So while it is completely doable, we take a different path.  We make sure every member gathers up medicines (Hi Potions/Ethers, etc), Food (Au’Laits, Yagudo Drink, MP/Accuracy food), and chemicals (Animas).  The preparation allows us to enter the fights so that it’s harder for it to get out of hand.

Third, and finally communication.  On each level enroute to the Spire, we talk about what’s going to happen, and what to do if something unexpected happen (e.g. Aggro).  Before entering the Spire, we talk about the role that everyone will peform, what order we will use our animas (and when) and what.   Finally, inside the spire, Hripthe times our use of animas, and we report back that we what we are using, and when used it.

In short, leadership, preparation, and communication allow us to function like a well oiled machine.