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Neverwinter: Greed of the Dragonflight Sept 9, 2022 7:05:45 GMT -6

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Post by Xxsuperheroxx on Sept 9, 2022 7:05:45 GMT -6

Neverwinter: Greed of the Dragonflight

Hi everyone, Sean “Commander Ander” McCann here to talk to you about the Greed of the Dragonflight guild event! Yes, that’s right, you’ve heard us tease the event for several blogs, and now we’re finally going to reveal everything! Well, almost everything.

A Travelling Wizard has made his home in the Stronghold and is offering the guild a challenge: defeat four powerful dragons that are terrorizing the surrounding region. This wizard has the ability to lure the dragons to the Stronghold map, but only at specific times or with a special item. Every two hours, starting from 10:30 AM PT (Pacific), the event, “The Travelling Wizard”, will be active.

While the event is active, members of the guild can talk to the Travelling Wizard in their Stronghold to start the Dragonflight challenge. If the guild can’t wait for the Wizard, players will be able to purchase Golden Bells from the Zen Store to trigger the dragons at any time.

The Travelling Wizard’s method of summoning the dragons isn’t exactly foolproof. His magic has made it so if more than twenty players are assaulting one dragon, that dragon becomes completely immune to damage. The Steward has exchanged harsh words with the Wizard, but the Wizard swears there is nothing he can do about this.

When one of the four dragons is defeated, the others retreat shortly thereafter. Guild members have one minute to defeat any remaining dragons once one dragon is defeated.

Each dragon will present different degrees of challenge for the guild. Every dragon occasionally spawns a Dragon Empowerer that greatly increases that dragon’s damage as long as it is alive. The Red and Green Dragons are the easiest of the four dragons to defeat, while the Black and Blue Dragons are the most difficult. The Blue Dragon has an attack that, if it kills its target, inflicts major damage to everyone in the area, and the Black Dragon’s acidic bite eats away at adventurer’s damage resistance.

In return for testing their mettle against these fearsome creatures, players receive Fangs of the Dragonflight if they defeat two or more dragons. These Fangs of the Dragonflight can be used to purchase Dragonflight Armor, the most powerful armor set for Neverwinter: Strongholds. Players can earn more fangs depending on the number of dragons that are defeated.

We’re all really excited to hear everyone’s strategies for the Dragonflight event and see players handle the different mechanics of each fight. Strongholds is out on the Preview server now, including the Dragonflight event.

Sean “Commander Ander” McCann

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Neverwinter: Greed of the Dragonflight Sept 9, 2022 7:16:47 GMT -6

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Post by Xxsuperheroxx on Sept 9, 2022 7:16:47 GMT -6

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Location Type: Stronghold

The Greed of the Dragonflight is a Guild event located in your Stronghold base.

Greed of the DragonFlight

There are dragons that lurk in the surrounding regions that have been terrorizing the locals and hording loads of treasure.

I'm just an old wizard, but I would think any guild on the side of righteousness would want to put a stop to these dragons.

I've got a spell or two that can lure the dragons over to the guild, but then it'll be up to you to fight them and put an end to the dragons rein of terror.

I should warn you... these dragons are intelligent. They'll flee shorty after any of them are defeated.

Also, my magic may make this abit... difficult. If more then 20 of you are fighting a dragon, it will become immune to all damage.

Tell me about the greed of the dragonflight.

The greed of the dragonflight is a large scale guild event for 5 - 40 players.

So long as your stronghold doesn't have an active raid your guild may participate in this event as often as you like by speaking to the Traveling Wizard and giving him the correct amount of guild marks.

Completing the daily quest will earn you the following rewards

Guild's interested in practicing battling the various dragons and completing the repeatable quest "Dragon of Concern" will earn the folling rewards.

A chance of one of these

What else can you tell me about those dragons

When in prssession of the correct amount of 2500 [Guild Marks] and with five or more players, speaking to the Traveling Wizard will allow any guild member to begin the event.

Shortly after beginning the event the four dragons will descend in the battlefields on each od the maps four corners.

Oxuno the Treacherous - The green dragon who appears at the Ancient's Lake in the south East.

Chryso's the Proud - The red dragon who appears inn the Graveyard in the south west.

Ekdos the Cruel - The black dragon who appears in the Devil's Hideaway in the south west.

Katatheo the Vain - The blue dragon who appears in Dragon Hills in the north east.

Your guild will have 10 minutes to defeat all four dragons but be warned, after the first dragon is defeated the remaining dragons will flee after one minute. To ensure success, you need to act quickly if you wish to defeat all four of them for better rewards.

A Travelling Wizard has made his home in the Stronghold and is offering the guild a challenge: defeat four powerful dragons that are terrorizing the surrounding region. He will offer the challenge every two hours starting from 10:30 AM PT (Pacific).

When "The Travelling Wizard" is active, there must be at least five players in the Stronghold map in order to trigger the event. This event may be triggered at any time using [Golden Bell] purchased from the Zen Market 5 [Golden Bells] for 500 zen.

Objective
When triggered, four dragons will land in 1 minutes. Players will have 10 minutes to defeat them, but be warned, when one dragon is slain the others will retreat after 1 minute.

Rewards
All participants will receive rewards when at least one dragon is slain. Additional rewards are added on for every dragon killed.

You must have a [Strongbox Key] to open [Strongbox of the Dragonflight] boxes Available for purchase in the Zen Market for 5 for 300 zen or 20 for 1000 zen.

1 [Strongbox of the Dragonflight], Random Voucher (Minor or Basic), 80 Seal of the Elements
2 [Strongbox of the Dragonflight], 2 Random Vouchers (Minor or Basic), 80 Seal of the Elements, 1Fang of the Dragonflight
3 [Strongbox of the Dragonflight], 3 Random Vouchers (Minor or Basic), 80 Seal of the Elements, 2Fang of the Dragonflight
4 [Strongbox of the Dragonflight], 4 Random Vouchers (Minor or Basic), 80 Seal of the Elements, 3Fang of the Dragonflight

Rarely you will receive a [Strongbox of Astral Diamonds], [Strongbox of Gems], [Strongbox of Influence], or [Strongbox of Surplus Equipment] in place of a voucher.

Strongbox of the Dragonflight
Binds To Account on Pickup

You must purchase a Strongbox Key to open this box. Available for purchase in the Zen Market.

This box contains:
2 Fangs of the Dragonflight
1 Voucher for coffer donation

An elaborate chest containing two perfectly preserved fangs carved from dragons defeated by your guild. The chest has been magically sealed, only a strongbox key will open it.

No Level Requirement

Fang of the Dragonflight Seals are currency that can be obtained from the Greed of the Dragonflight event, and by opening a [Strongbox of the Dragonflight]. Fangs of the Dragonflight can be spent on Dragonflight armor in the Stronghold Marketplace.

Fang of the Dragonflight Seals Binds on Pickup

A perfectly preserved dragon fang that may be exchanged at the Armory in your guild's stronghold for powerful Dragonflight Armor or other high quality goods.

Found in:
Greed of the Dragonflight
Strongbox of the Dragonflight
Maximum Fangs of the Dragonflight: 50 Seals

DragonFlight Armor
DragonFlight armor can be bought at the Outfitter. Note the armor is item level 588 cost a lot and is obsolete before you grind out a full set.

The Outfitter sells Guild Armor (PvE and PvP), Dragonflight Armor, and Lionsmane Armor, as well as other items to buy with Currency [Fang of the Dragonflight] and Currency [Banner of the Fallen]. At Rank 1 Marketplace Guild Armor accessories are available, Guild Armor pieces become available at Rank 2, Dragonflight and Lionsmane Accessories are available at Rank 3, Dragonflight and Lionsmane Armor pieces are available at Rank 4, and Stronghold Artifacts are available at Rank 6. All accessories and armor pieces are Account Bound and you can buy pieces for any class.

Dragons
Each dragon presents with a different challenge. Dragon Empowerer's will spawn occasionally to greatly increase the dragon's damage as long as it is alive; so be sure to eliminate them swiftly. The Red and Green Dragons are the easiest of the four, while the Black and Blue Dragons are the most difficult.

Katatheo The Proud
The Red Dragon, Katatheo The Proud, fires out multiple fireballs in the surrounding area. Katatheo can be found on the top left of the Stronghold map.

Oxuno The Treacherous
The Green Dragon, Oxuno The Treacherous, spews out a poisonous smog that covers the entire area inflicting constant poison damage. Oxuno can be found on the bottom right of the Stronghold map.

Chrysos The Vain
The Blue Dragon, Chrysos The Vain, will inflict major damage to everyone in the area if it kills its target. Chrysos can be found on the top right of the Stronghold map.

Ekdos The Cruel
The Black Dragon, Ekdos The Cruel, has an acidic bite eats away at adventurer's damage resistance. Also, when a player dies Ekdos summons his ghostly minions from your dead body to haunt your guild members. Ekdos can be found on the bottom left of the Stronghold map.

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Neverwinter: Greed of the Dragonflight Sept 24, 2022 10:52:20 GMT -6

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Post by Xxsuperheroxx on Sept 24, 2022 10:52:20 GMT -6

Dragonflight
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Mark of Devotion
Earn 60,000 Guild Marks

Dragonflight (Commonly referred to as DF) is one of the main events an alliance can run. Finding an guild that's in an alliance that runs them frequently is important towards obtaining several achievements you'll be looking for, including the larger one of killing one thousand dragons. Typically an alliance will have set days and times for when a Dragonflight happens, such as Monday, Wednesday, Friday or something similar. When choosing a guild to join, make sure you find one that regularly does this event, or getting a few achievements will become significantly more difficult. While you will need to fully complete at least one Dragonflight for an achievement,

Dragonflight involves summoning Four Dragons onto the Stronghold map, one in roughly each corner of the map. Usually in an alliance that's large enough to regularly do a Dragonflight, there will be a significant amount of people taking part. Different guilds have different methods, but the most common way a Dragonflight is done is by splitting everyone on the map into two teams. One team will start at Green Dragon, located in the Southeast, and another will start at Red Dragon, located in the Northwest. Whichever guild in your alliance that is hosting will likely be speaking in alliance chat directing who should go where and which side needs more people. When the Dragonflight starts there will be a notification and a timer under your mission objectives that will count down a single minute, at which point all four dragons on the map will begin.

The Standard Dragonflight Method

Two teams will form of however many people are participating, with one team being at Red Dragon, and the other being at Green Dragon. It is very important towards a successful Dragonflight that you do not kill a dragon until all FOUR dragons have had their healths lowered significantly. While you have ten minutes to complete the event, when any dragon dies, a one minute timer immediately starts. After this one minute, whatever dragons still alive will flee. This is why it's important to watch the health bars. Because of how the game is, it's much more common in a Dragonflight for a Dragon to be accidentally killed too quickly due to high DPS then it is for there to not be enough damage. Always watch the health bar and be prepared to run away from the Dragon. Don't wait for a callout. The process of a Dragonflight goes roughly like this:

When the dragons land, teams at green and red will begin attacking their dragon until the dragon reaches roughly 20%. Sometimes this will go very fast or slow depending on who has shown up where.
At 20%, everyone at Green will pull away and start heading towards Black dragon. When Red reaches 20%, everyone at Red will pull away and start heading towards Blue dragon. Typically the guild that's hosting the Dragonflight will leave one or two people behind at Green and Red as a 'Kill Team', who are responsible for closing out the dragon. These are usually high DPS characters who will whittle down the remaining health to around 5%
Everyone at Black and Blue will start killing their dragons as fast as possible. At this point, watching the health on the right side of the screen under mission objectives is important. Typically whoever is running the Dragonflight will announce that one of the dragons, either Blue or Black, 'has kill', which means they get to be the first to kill their dragon. Once one dragon is down, everyone finishes off the dragon they're at. If it looks like either Green or Red is struggling, there's enough time to head back over there and help them finish.
Most guilds in a Dragonflight do them in sets of 5, because of how the summoning bells are purchased off the zen market. After a Dragonflight is complete typically another stronghold in the alliance will be called out, and everyone will travel to that one for the next summon. This way you'll usually swap between strongholds during a Dragonflight so that you avoid having to wait for the cooldown on the ability to call them in. Next we'll go over a real basic 'all you need to know' explanation of the mechanics to each dragon, from easiest to hardest:

Green Dragon - Southeast - Easy

This dragon is probably the easiest to do as there's not a large amount of mechanics to him. The area surrounding where the dragon lands will be filled with a green poison mist that will constantly be doing damage to your character. If you have healers around this won't be much of a problem at all. Like all dragons, try to avoid standing directly behind it or in front of it. Occasionally he will put a red AOE on the ground with more poison, so make sure you avoid that too.

Red Dragon - Northwest - Easy

This dragon is only considered harder because many of the red AOE's it lays down have a good chance of instantly killing any non-tank character. If you can dodge them, you'll be fine. The dragon will shoot a series of three fireballs around the area he's in that will be lit aflame, as well as occasionally call down a series of fire rain from the sky. He also has a conal attack directly in front of them that can be challenging. Again, if you dodge all the red circles, you'll be fine.

Black Dragon - Southeast - Medium

This dragon is more annoying than anything else for one primary reason: Soul Puppets. Whenever anyone fighting him dies, a ghost will spawn with a red circle around it. The ghost will latch on to the nearest player and start moving towards them. You want to pull these soul puppets away from the dragon and stay out of their red circle. If you die on this dragon, you want to immediately run back into the fight again, as once you do your soul puppet will disappear. This dragon only really becomes a problem if too many people start dying and too many soul puppets are created, as well as if people keep the soul puppets directly next to the dragon so that melee people can't really attack. Pull the puppets away and get back in quickly if you die, and you're fine.

Blue Dragon - Northeast - Annoying & Hard

This dragon is mostly hard just because it's so annoying. It doesn't have many attacks, but one that it does instantly kills everyone around it, wiping the group who then have to respawn and charge back in to continue fighting. This is why you will largely see Blue Dragon's health go down in chunks before stopping when everyone gets killed, and then resuming. There's not much else to this dragon other than getting past being instantly murdered.

Completing a Dragonflight gives you a significant amount of vouchers and a chance at strongboxes that you can donate into your guilds coffer, accruing a significant amount of guild marks that will go towards your achievement for collecting 60 thousand of them. The first Dragonflight where all four dragons are killed, you'll get an achievement.

Four Dead Dragons!

The main reason to run Dragonflight at whatever opportunity you get, however, has to do with one of the grindier achievements. There are two main ways to farm Dragon kills, and Dragonflight is the second best way. The reason for this is simple. When you participate in a Dragonflight to get a reward, you will get credit for however many dragons are killed, regardless of what dragons you were at and fought during the event. This means that if you are at Green Dragon, and only fight Green Dragon, and the event ends with all four dragons being killed, you will get credit for Four dragons killed. So a fully successful 5 bell Dragonflight that you participate in will get you 20 dragons killed towards your achievement, along with the guild marks for the other achievement. On top of all that, the vouchers and boxes help your guild. Dragonflight is a good, quick way to supplement your dragon killing total, but the best way can be found in the Tyranny of Dragons Campaign page.

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