Click Here for the Oricon Hard Mode 8-Man Progression Tracking Tool

Introduction

With the release of two new Hard Mode raids (Dread Fortress and Dread Palace), SuckaFish Guild is again offering a tool for tracking 8-Man Progression. You can view our previous tracking for 8-Man Nightmare TFB and 8-Man Nightmare S&V

How the tracking tool works

With this wave of progression we face different challenges to tracking from past content and have made several changes to adapt to these new changes.

1. You are allowed to kill bosses from either instance although However I recommend that guilds fully clear Fortress before starting on Palace (for maximum points and best competition).
    
    
   
2. Bosses are worth a maximum of 500 points (1000 points for the final boss to encourage full clearing). The world first kill will be granted this maximum.
    
    
   
3. After a boss has been killed a timer will start, this will decrease the value of the boss (halving the value every 3 days for Fortress or 7 days for Palace, this encourages guilds to clear Fortress First). While these points are rounded for viewing purposes the spreadsheet does have fractions of points that ensure no two kills score identically and these fractions can add up to an extra point or two in the totals section.
    
    
   
4. Unlike last progression you get no bonus points for getting a top 3 kill on a boss, only recognition.
   

Verifying boss kills

In order to fully verify a kill and receive a 100% of the points and proper recognition for it you will need to provide a screenshot that contains two key elements (UTC Clock and HM Achievement).

How to take the screenshot with the UTC time-stamp window:

1. Ensure the game client is in Fullscreen (Windowed) mode. This can be set in the Preferences/Graphics menu
   
2. Click the UTC Clock link here and set the browser window to a size of your preference.
   
3. Drag UTC time-stamp window over the SWTOR Client window and position it appropriately.
   
4. On your keyboard, hit CTRL+Print Screen to capture your entire Desktop to your clipboard.
   
5. In MS Paint, paste the contents of the clipboard (the captured image). Save the image.
   
6. Alternatively, you can use screen capturing software like SnagIt or Snipping Tool. Snipping Tool is included in Windows 7.
   

Ensure the following items are clearly visible:

1. The Hard Mode Achievement you receive for killing a particular boss.
   
2. A UTC time-stamp which can be acquired from the UTC clock here: UTC Clock
   
3. The difficulty of the instance which can be proved by capturing the achievement you receive for defeating a particular boss. Alternatively, difficulty can be verified by right clicking your character's portrait.
   
4. Here is an example of a screenshot from Drop it like it's Hoth's World First NiM TFB kill of Dread Guards. Please do your best to ensure all verification screenshots follow that example.
   

Penalties for not providing the required information:

1. You need a screenshot of the achievement or kill to get placed on the spreadsheet. No screenshot, no recognition.
   
2. A UTC time-stamp is required to get any points for that particular boss.
   
3. No calculating times based from delayed screenshots. If you take a late screenshot of the Achievement + UTC clock, your kill will be verified but the time recorded will be what's shown by the UTC Clock in the screenshot, not what time the Achievement says.
   
4. To claim a world first kill you must have a fully verified screenshot.
   

Posting your kills

Include the following items in your post:

1. Guild Name
   
2. Guild Website (If you have one)
   
3. Server
   
4. Region
   
5. A link to the verification screenshot for each boss you have defeated.
   

Final Words

The main purpose of tracking HM progression is to help the community grow, I don't believe guilds will be taking it as serious as NiM progression, so if you trash talk bare this in mind and don't do it in this thread.

Everything may not have been thought of in making the tracking tool so if a new issue arises we will try and resolve it as fairly as possible but we hold the rights to any final decisions.

Good luck and have fun.

Seven Stuck - Homepage

EU - T3-M4

Timezone: UTC +2 (summer time)

Dread Fortress

Nefra, Who Bars the Way - 01.10.2013 - 13:38:59 UTC

Gate Commander Draxus - 01.10.2013 - 14:17:20 UTC

Grob'thok, Who Feeds the Forge - 01.10.2013 - 14:27:30 UTC

Corruptor Zero - 01.10.2013 - 14:35:36 UTC

Dread Palace

Dread Master Bestia - 01.10.2013 - 15:24:03 UTC

Dread Master Tyrans - 01.10.2013 - 15:41:25 UTC

Dread Master Calphayus - 01.10.2013 - 16:14:44 UTC

Dread Master Raptus - 01.10.2013 - 16:55:45 UTC

hmd MAGENTA

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The Shadowlands

US East Coast

Nefra - 01OCT13, 14:39:12PM UTC, 09:39:12AM EST

http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/RicardoQueso/media/Nefra.png.html

Draxus - 01OCT13, 15:19:32PM UTC, 10:19:32AM EST

http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/RicardoQueso/media/Draxus.png.html

Grob'thok - 01OCT13, 15:33:03PM UTC, 10:33:03AM EST

http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/RicardoQueso/media/Grob.png.html

Zero - 01OCT13, 16:10:17PM UTC, 11:10:17AM EST

http://s1268.photobucket.com/user/RicardoQueso/media/Zero.png.html

All times in screenshots are in US EST, sorry about the lack of UTC. I have converted the times into UTC but other than a UTC after the fact screenshot of the achievements, I cannot supply that because I did not do it at the time of the kills/screenshots. I will apply the UTC stamps to our Palace kills today. Thank you for your work tracking!

All times in screenshots are in US EST, sorry about the lack of UTC. I have converted the times into UTC but other than a UTC after the fact screenshot of the achievements, I cannot supply that because I did not do it at the time of the kills/screenshots. I will apply the UTC stamps to our Palace kills today. Thank you for your work tracking!

Don't convert the time, retake the screenshots of your achievements with a utc clock to recieve the time showed then as your time.

Good luck in Palace.

Fortress Kills with UTC - 7:15:18PM UTC for all, since we cannot go back and rekill the bosses

http://i44.tinypic.com/20pac68.png

Bestia - 6:44:22PM UTC

http://i40.tinypic.com/ekm9gg.png

Tyrans - 7:12:12PM UTC

http://i43.tinypic.com/ng8u1w.png

Calphayus - 7:53:29PM UTC

http://i43.tinypic.com/21abzw3.png

Raptus - 8:16:45PM UTC

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=e8acyq&s=5#.UktW2-gpAZ4

Seven Stuck - Homepage

EU - T3-M4

Timezone: UTC +2 (summer time)

Dread Master Brontes - 01.10.2013 - 19:53:02 UTC

Seven Stuck - Homepage

EU - T3-M4

Timezone: UTC +2 (summer time)

 

Dread Master Brontes - 01.10.2013 - 19:53:02 UTC

So you skipped a boss, then came back after doing the easy ones in the other op?

ok

Its not 10 linear bosses. Its 2 different ops of 5 bosses. Dont understand your point

Just curious why not finish an op?

Boss 5 is buggy in Palace at the moment.

So we got back to Brontes, I can see no problem here.

Boss 5 is buggy in Palace at the moment.

 

So we got back to Brontes, I can see no problem here.

By all mean, take the path of least resistance. LOL

I'm going to give Death and Taxes props here. They've spent all day wiping on the last boss instead of skipping to the other op. Tip of the cap, D&T.

So you skipped a boss, then came back after doing the easy ones in the other op?

 

ok

skipped a boss? dude its HM, people are doing this whole thread just to keep it active and people interested, not because there is any kind of challenge, things that were cleared in pts multiple weeks without any kind of difficulty + Ulti comms to Gear up, there is no such thing as competition or difficulty in HM, its just the start of a new gearing process to get ready for nightmare that's it, so please dont start THAT topic until nightmare .

everyone who was in the top 5-10 from last content nightmare, if they did PTS will just go in one shot 9/10 probably, the ones who didnt will prob. 1-2 shot it anyways until they fix last fight at the end of the weekend, and by the end of the week you will see 15 guilds 10/10 and 20 9/10, so... don't start the classic discussion for a HM lolzor Content .

They've spent all day wiping on the last boss instead of skipping to the other op. Tip of the cap, D&T.

So, we only spent 2 or 3 hours on brontes. lulz

cheers

edit: and NO we didnt kill him on PTS

anyway Carlelux is right... Hard-lol-Content

<Deep Space Nine> @Darth Nihilus (EU) is 3/5 on dread fortress HM since 11:57 PM UTC+1

http://deepspacenine.guild-swtor.com/forum/index.php

1st : 7:47 PM UTC

http://www.noelshack.com/2013-40-1380669035-screenshot-2013-10-02-01-10-22-063741.jpg

2nd : 9:26 PM UTC

http://www.noelshack.com/2013-40-1380669005-screenshot-2013-10-02-01-07-14-168317.jpg

3rd : 9:57 PM UTC

http://www.noelshack.com/2013-40-1380669009-screenshot-2013-10-02-01-03-49-833878.jpg

Catalyst Guild - Homepage

EU - Tomb of Freedon Nadd

Timezone: UTC +2 (summer time)

Dread Fortress

Nefra, Who Bars the Way - 01.10.2013 - 19:07:56 UTC

Gate Commander Draxus - 01.10.2013 - 20:37:08 UTC

Grob'thok, Who Feeds the Forge - 01.10.2013 - 20:58:34 UTC

Corruptor Zero - 01.10.2013 - 23:04:55 UTC

So, we only spent 2 or 3 hours on brontes. lulz

 

cheers

 

edit: and NO we didnt kill him on PTS

anyway Carlelux is right... Hard-lol-Content

yeah we didnt either, we just did first 4 of the first one, just making clear the point that guilds normally just use HM as gearing process to get ready for NiM because of huge difference in difficulty .

So you skipped a boss, then came back after doing the easy ones in the other op?

 

ok

Brontes seems to be bugged. Upon reaching Phase 4, we all instantly died for no clear cut reason. The damage does not scale to the rest of the instance or fight, so we are guessing it is bugged. Repetitive pulls revealed several bugs with the bosses, including one with Brontes's Overcharged Beam bug from the PTS. After 2hours of bugged pulls we made the same call. Don't know how they downed it but either it was a no-phase tanknspank like one of our Calph pulls or they figured out the fight no one else has. Grats to them either way, don't know why you're trying to downplay the kill. None of this is difficult, we did not touch the raids while they were on the PTS and had 8/10 down in 5hours of pulls. Have to agree with Carl, this is a formality while we wait for NiM variants.

hmd MAGENTA downed Raptus and is now 4/5 in both instances. SS to follow when I get done with work tonight.

Brontes seems to be bugged. Upon reaching Phase 4, we all instantly died for no clear cut reason. The damage does not scale to the rest of the instance or fight, so we are guessing it is bugged.

We finally kill brontes without any bugs, maybe u just have some bad luck in there

i think we will post some vids "later" on ...

hmd MAGENTA downed Raptus and is now 4/5 in both instances. SS to follow when I get done with work tonight.

Gratz, well done

Yeah it's not bugged Gratz to EU guys for the first day and GL to the US guilds just starting!

Dread Fortress

Nefra http://i.imgur.com/M7YwuYN.jpg

Drakkus http://i.imgur.com/Z5xwfcj.jpg

Grob'thok http://i.imgur.com/vYpHAgn.jpg

Corrupter Zero http://i.imgur.com/TEyM5cA.jpg

Dread Palace

Bestia http://i.imgur.com/YOl5qC9.jpg

Tyrans http://i.imgur.com/ftNJT7T.jpg

Calphayus http://i.imgur.com/246ye1P.jpg

Raptus http://i.imgur.com/iVKE4so.jpg

Republic of TAW

http://www.taw.net

Prophecy of the Five

North America

Nefra: http://s786.photobucket.com/user/Ollkek/media/dreadfortressboss1_zpsc6ed47d2.png.html

For those stuck on Brontes you can watch our kill at http://www.twitch.tv/fridge_sa.

Fight isn't bugged (although the circular-add burn phase sometimes spawns no adds) but it seems over tuned compared to the rest of the HMs. Fun fight, we 1 shot it once we got past the 6 Finger 2 Hand phase.