Since there's talk of different strategies on Hami raids, I thought it might be a good idea to share how everyone does it. This is Virtue Style:

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I love how this "Hamidon Raid FAQ" nails the common sink-or-swim Hami introduction experience. :) There is also a tinyurl pointing at it, if you prefer (http://tinyurl.com/epkcy)

Question for people in servers other than Freedom:

Have you tried Hami raids since I6? What was the result? Freedom used to have daily raids in I5 (with only 2 failed raids after two months), but since I6 hit, we only managed to bring him down once. Mito phase isn't the problem; we can strip Hamidon of mitos just fine ( Read more... )

I participated in my first Hami raid last night with my Level 45 scrapper. I died several times during the mito phase from Hami's AoE, but I didn't really mind because a lot of other people died too. Unfortunately, the hold phase began just as CoV opened up for preorder play. So many people bailed from the Hive that there just weren't enough ( Read more... )

This evening, with the aid of Phase Shift... and a lot of nervous energy, I made my way into The Hive in search of the one they called Hamidon. After walking around several level 50 Monsters (I swear, they didn't scare me... I was going to solo one of them. Uh huh...) I found him ( Read more... )

Well, first off, props to the devs for fixing the sewer glitching in a haste. Was able to get out of the sewers safely *whew* Hopefully, I'll get pics of me doing the Sewer Trial real soon ( Read more... )