The Poison Yard Experience

While grinding some of my characters to level 72, I was invited by DeSanggria for a raid at the Poison Yard. Since I had a Veteran Family at that time, I was more than happy to join the impromptu raid and geared up. We met up at the Coimbra Nimrod Bridge and we were all waiting for the gates to open. The squad also consisted of members coming from the Covenant Faction and it was nice of Blacksword and his buddies to be in the squad.

Waiting for the gate to open...


Hey! M'Boma's got the Afro!

Once the gate opens, you have only at 5 minutes to get in before the gate closes. If you die, you won't be able to go back into the Poison Yard. Make sure you've got medics in the squad and/or stock up some Soul Crystals! :D

Of course, yes! What do you think I'm here for?

I remembered that going inside this place, you will placed in a random spot. That means you'll have to communicate with each other where to meet up. Also, if you chat normally (i.e. chatting not using the faction or squad channels), your name (and everyone else's) won't appear in the chat box. However, Faction and Squad Chat Channels are spared from this predicament. Lastly, if a family is not in your squad, he is considered your enemy. Going here in a squad is useful so you can help each other, not hitting each other!

Anyhoo, back to the topic... We roamed around and all we fought were level 90 giants that kept us occupied. There were some families also getting in and the squad decided to show them who's boss. I felt kinda bad for them, because looks like these were curious onlookers.

A volcano's about to blow up!


A bunch of giants.


A narrow corridor.

We went around the map, on and on and on and on... We were waiting for the bosses to show up but it took us a really long time before anyone showed up. I was beginning to feel sleepy from waiting. When we got the map broadcast that the Chimera will appear, we were all psyched up. However, someone else made an appearance before the Chimera...

Bored and waiting...


It's Gerogero!

It's Gerogero! We ganged up on it and things went smoothly (and long). My Fighter and Scout would experience death here and there because they were in the range of the monster's skill. Thankfully, other available medics are there on scene to help out! The beast dropped items to those who deserved it and we went to the center to encounter none other than the...

The Chimera!

Woah! This thing was really hard to wear down! We had problems keeping up because this beast regenerates faster than we can hit it with! Its nasty AOE attacks sometimes wipe me out and it can happen in succession! Although we were able to keep up and drain its health, we were all ejected from the map at a certain time (I forgot when it was). Rats. Looks like we didn't have enough manpower to kill the boss. Well, it's an time well spent for an experience like this. Looks like 10 families were not enough for the job. Maybe we need more, like 20! Alright folks, catch you later for more experiences from Granado Espada!

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