25-Man Thursday (1-31-08)

jerome736 · Post by **jerome736** » January 30th, 2008, 10:39 pm

Hey guys,I won't be able to make it Thursday night for the 25-man

. I have to attend a Newport Beach City Planning Commission Meeting that begins at 6:30, and judging by the agenda, it won't be a short meeting. I plan to try to get back as quickly as I can, but I definitely will not make the first pulls or possibly any Hydross attempts.-Jerome/Athha

drp · Post by **drp** » January 30th, 2008, 11:15 pm

I will be out of town this coming weekend also

jerome736 · Post by **jerome736** » January 31st, 2008, 5:43 pm

Athha is back on the table! I'm being sent to a different planning council meeting next week instead of this week...a temporary reprieve

. Lets get Hydross down!

Fargol · Post by **Fargol** » February 1st, 2008, 9:00 am

Where's my WWS? I need my fix, I'm getting the shakes here.

Drumble · Post by **Drumble** » February 1st, 2008, 9:55 am

Fargol wroteWhere's my WWS? I need my fix, I'm getting the shakes here.

Just ignore the tanking on the first boss -- I had my inventory and character open trying to modify crap when I realized I had my SB gear on rather than my avoidance.

I should probably define that as a separate "boss" outfit instead of swapping out specific gear from a bag.

Fargol · Post by **Fargol** » February 1st, 2008, 11:38 am

Did you forget to actually post the link?

thandrenn · Post by **thandrenn** » February 1st, 2008, 12:25 pm

Chuunks wrote Fargol wroteWhere's my WWS? I need my fix, I'm getting the shakes here.Just ignore the tanking on the first boss -- I had my inventory and character open trying to modify crap when I realized I had my SB gear on rather than my avoidance. I should probably define that as a separate "boss" outfit instead of swapping out specific gear from a bag.

No worries. My first night Main Tanking Kara I was so nervous I accidentally had left two leather DPS pieces on. I'd logged out the previous day with them on in case WoWjutsu scanned, then when I came on for Kara saw my shield + sword and figured I was already in tanking geear. Whoops. Fortunately it was only the crappy first bosses and no one noticed. I still always check now

Combat Log:
http://wowwebstats.com/yjw2hcutk5bdy

jerome736 · Post by **jerome736** » February 1st, 2008, 3:53 pm

Congrats Quani for winning the death derby for the night!

Drumble · Post by **Drumble** » February 1st, 2008, 3:55 pm

I think this was the one that killed me on Gruul ..00:39'02.049 Gruul the Dragonkiller's Melee hits Chuunks for 12881 (crushing)I've noticed a problem I run into while using shield wall --- first, I stop getting the constant healer love so when it ends, it appears to burst damage. But mainly I need to anticipate coming out of it and have my block up and thunderclap on. I know I really shouldn't have, we had plenty of DPS left - but I shield walled and then started executing Gruul at 10% - I was back in defensive stance by the time it wore off, but I definately wasn't ready for an unblocked 11th grow crush on my skull.

jerome736 · Post by **jerome736** » February 1st, 2008, 11:18 pm

Is there something we can do as healers to help prevent this? Maybe overheal while you are shield walled?

Drumble · Post by **Drumble** » February 2nd, 2008, 4:47 am

jerome736 wroteIs there something we can do as healers to help prevent this? Maybe overheal while you are shield walled?

After a recent update I had a massive slowdown when trying to walk through Shattrath, unmeasurable fps - it was like fp every other s. I disabled almost all my mods and only reinstalled those specifc for raiding or that I've become completely reliant on (grid/unitframes/bongos/clique). Anyways, I disabled "TankBuddy" and I think I need it back on.TankBuddy announces important tanking things -- like when a taunt fails, or when I use AOE taunt - but specifically there's one for Shield Wall where I can proactively raid-alert the wall. Additionally, it's that added layer of defense against any mischevious or misclicking Pallies who like to salv tanks.

For the most part, Shield Wall should not be something relied on in an encounter, it's an "oh crap". This one fight is perhaps the exception -- I popped it a little early and he had a couple percent left when I came out. I think the only adjustments need to be made on my part actually ... I'll announce the wall and I'll be ready for it to fall. In a perfect world (no lag,endless rage,no worries about a threat race) I shouldn't receive anything but the occasional parry-crush, 12k is a pretty hefty spike to plan for, THAT was probably the best time to use shield wall.

mahonri · Post by **mahonri** » February 2nd, 2008, 9:58 am

Chuunks wroteAfter a recent update I had a massive slowdown when trying to walk through Shattrath, unmeasurable fps - it was like fp every other s.

I have never had any problems in any cities with lag, but Shatt is horrible lately.