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How Flagging Works: Veil of Alaris

The first time you complete any VoA raid, a book will appear in your inventory: It is called the Record of Tales, and it is where you will record your raid accomplishments. You must keep this book with you throughout progression. If you don't use your book after every raid, you will not get progression credit for it.

When you use this book in other locations or situations, it will inform you about what raids you have defeated, what tiers you have access to, and what, if any, tiers you have completed all events in.

Flagging

When you complete a raid, equip and use the Record of Tales. It will tell you of your accomplishments, and if you have just defeated a raid, it will gain experience and record your deeds for later. You have 30 minutes following a raid victory to use your book, and the zone will send you a reminder every minute if you are eligible to gain experience but have not done so yet. Only 54 people can gain experience for a raid, and you must have participated in the raid to get experience.

When you have defeated a certain number of raids, your book will evolve. When it does so, you have access to enter the next tier of raid zones. You do not have to defeat all the raids in a tier for access, just enough raids to make your book evolve. Once your book has evolved to the final form, the Record of Legends, you have access to all raid zones and you no longer need to carry your book with you. You can still use it to check to see what individual raids you've completed and to grant your 'completion' flags when you have defeated all the raids in a tier.

Here are the number of raids you will need to defeat in order to make your book evolve to the next tier:

• Access to tier 2: 3 raids in Argath
• Access to tier 3: 9 raids in Lunanyn or Sarith
• Access to tier 4: 13 raids in Rubak Oseka, Beasts' Domain, or Resplendent Temple
• Access to Sepulcher of Order: 3 raids in Pillars of Alra, City of Bronze, or Windsong Sanctuary

Here is a partial list of things you do NOT need to enter a raid:

• Faction
• Language
• Missions
• Quests
• That cool rock you found by the river, just look at it
• Education
• Thought Control
• a broken arrow

If you're not requesting the raid, you just need your book to have evolved to the right level to get in.

Backflagging

The 85/15 rule applies to all VoA raid zones. If you are part of a raid force that defeats a raid in a tier that you don't have access to, your book will gain more experience than normal. One tier ahead will double the experience. Two or more tiers ahead will triple it. This system is designed to speed up the process of backflagging without allowing someone guesting with a T4-capable guild to get one backflag item and cut out the entire flagging process.

Your book will not gain experience for defeating raids that are below the tier you are flagged for.

Example 1:

• You have completed no raids at all (Tier 1 access). Your guild uses the 85/15 rule to get you in to the Beasts' Domain raid (a Tier 3 raid).
  
  • When you win, you get triple the experience, and your book will immediately level when you use it, giving you access to Tier 2.
  • If your guild then takes you to the Resplendent Temple and you beat that raid, you will get double the experience, meaning you only have 7 raids left to finish tier 2.

Example 2:

• You are flagged for tier 2 and have completed 7 raids (77% evolved). Your guild uses the 85/15 rule to get you in to the first Sepulcher raid.
  • When you win, you get triple the experience, and your book will level immediately, giving you access to tier 3 and counting as one raid in that tier. Your book will now be at 7% into level 3.
  • If your guild then defeats a second Sepulcher raid, you will get triple the experience and your book will go to 30% into level 3 (4/13).
  • If your guild goes on to defeat the other three Sepulcher raids, you will get triple experience three times and your book will have reached level 4 at the end of the night.

Example 3:

• You are a new recruit with no raid completions and you are joining a guild with full raid access. They decide to take you through all eight Tier 4 raids (5 in sepulcher plus the 3 outside).
  • The first win in Pillars of Alra gives you triple the experience, leveling your book to 2 immediately.
  • Wins in Windsong Sanctuary and City of Bronze give you triple experience, and you enter Sepulcher at 66% to level 3.
  • The first Sepulcher raid gives you triple experience, leveling your book to 3.
  • The next four Sepulcher raids also give you triple experience, and you end the night 92% into level 3.
• Next raid night it's the same program:
  • The first win in Pillars (or Windsong or City of Bronze) gives you double experience, leveling your book to 33% in level 4.
    
  • The next 2 T4 wins will get standard experience and evolve your book, flagging you for Sepulcher.