Relative to the front of the encounter (putting it at L1)?

Who walks into a movie theatre, stands in front of the screen with their back to it, looks at someone waaaaaay up in the back row and says "hey you in the front!"???

;p

That was a terrible comparison.

You walk into the theater from the back.
The screen is in the front. so to your left when you walk in, that's "Back Left" no? (L1)

Or is the left side down in front "Back Left", since it's at the back of the room from where you first walked in? (L2)

I'm saying the front of the room is always the front of the room regardless of where you walk in or which way you happen to be facing at any given point :)

The Oryx battle takes place in what is essentially the "bridge" of the ship. The giant viewport where Oryx pops up is the front. It is facing the front of the ship. Doesn't matter where the door happens to be :)

That's my assessment as well, but people don't seem to think of it that way. Let's look at the charts!

Movie Theater and Oryx Room

In that sense, L1 is "Back Left".

Many groups say that L2 is "Back Left" because relative to the room's entrance (and spawn point), it's far back and to the left.

Relative to the front of the encounter (putting it at L1)?

Who walks into a movie theatre, stands in front of the screen with their back to it, looks at someone waaaaaay up in the back row and says "hey you in the front!"???

;p

That was a terrible comparison.

You walk into the theater from the back.
The screen is in the front. so to your left when you walk in, that's "Back Left" no? (L1)

Or is the left side down in front "Back Left", since it's at the back of the room from where you first walked in? (L2)

I'm saying the front of the room is always the front of the room regardless of where you walk in or which way you happen to be facing at any given point :)

The Oryx battle takes place in what is essentially the "bridge" of the ship. The giant viewport where Oryx pops up is the front. It is facing the front of the ship. Doesn't matter where the door happens to be :)

ps, my "that's an insane question" line was supposed to come off as sarcastic, just in case that wasn't clear :)

Relative to the front of the encounter (putting it at L1)?

Who walks into a movie theatre, stands in front of the screen with their back to it, looks at someone waaaaaay up in the back row and says "hey you in the front!"???

;p

That was a terrible comparison.

You walk into the theater from the back.
The screen is in the front. so to your left when you walk in, that's "Back Left" no? (L1)

Or is the left side down in front "Back Left", since it's at the back of the room from where you first walked in? (L2)

Relative to the front of the encounter (putting it at L1)?

Who walks into a movie theatre, stands in front of the screen with their back to it, looks at someone waaaaaay up in the back row and says "hey you in the front!"???

;p

It would work, but your #1 gaze holder would have to run down to the bubble after the 5 or so seconds that golgoroth takes to open back up again for #2 to take it. Also Golgoroth would be facing away from the bubble group and have to turn around, only allowing DPS to hit golgoroth pretty well after #2 picked it up. Basically you lose DPS time, assuming I understand what you're proposing.

With the boxes method he's already pointing his belly at the group, you grab it and everyone starts shooting. No rush, a single scout rifle shot to his back will get his attention for me. Dunno what a pulse or AR would take, I expect the same from a hand cannon with the right range.

The boxes method is fine if people consistently can take his gaze from there. I find that hard to do consistently, so I'm not talking about that. The concern about having more DPS time doesn't matter if you fail to execute, and I'm pretty sure the designers intended for him to turn before taking damage regardless, so I don't really get that it's now unacceptable to have to wait for him to turn.

With the boxes method he's already pointing his belly at the group, you grab it and everyone starts shooting. No rush, a single scout rifle shot to his back will get his attention for me. Dunno what a pulse or AR would take, I expect the same from a hand cannon with the right range.

If we played more often separately (as opposed to full Raid parties) like I do with with those mentioned, it'd be easier. Normally, during raids, I treat everyone as a general announcer when it comes to speaking.

Surely I'm a unique snowflake, yes?