Catriona R
7/22/2013 8:56:00 PM
On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 09:57:51 -0400, IYM <noreply@whitehouse.gov>
wrote:
>On 7/22/2013 9:05 AM, Catriona R wrote:
>>
>>> As far as the fight, it's actually quite boring as dps. One tank takes
>>> the blue, one on the green...Stand in one spot (usually marked)
>>> pew-pew...when it dies, slide over to the other, pew-pew....back and
>>> forth. Healing it is also usually not to bad *if* dps stand grouped up
>>> like they are supposed to for aoe heals during the big hit parts *AND*
>>> if the person marked for cinders runs out when they get it *AND* if some
>>> moron doesn't have an itchy trigger finger on the despell and end up
>>> dispelling the cinders right in group. Those are the only challenges on
>>> that fight. Everyone stay in group, get cinders run out, and only
>>> dispell after the person is clear. Those have been the only times I
>>> have lost people as a healer...cinders or some idiot messing things up
>>> with the cinders...
>>
>> Oh, cinders is fun... also people standing in front of the poison boss
>> to dps :-P I've taken to targetting the person with cinders so I can
>> see on my minimap where they are before dispelling, sadly other
>> healers have not all figured that one out yet and sometimes it doesn't
>> go well!
>
>I just watch the group...You can see the cinders on the player as well
>as the little quote talking bubble above his head that say "cinders on
>so-and-so"...I just watch him run out and when he's clear, dispell.
I don't have speech bubble on, so find it easiest to target them,
since it shows as debuff on the screen - never thought of using speech
bubbles to locate them! But tbh I find the spell effects and stuff on
screen way overwhelming, sometimes I can't even find my own mouse
pointer in the chaos, so if I can use an easy way on my UI instead of
looking at the mess in the fight itself, I do :-)
> 95%
>of the time, they will run behind the group, but have had others run
>towards the bosses...not sure why, but as long as they leave the group
>its all good. The interesting thing is seeing the delay from when they
>get it, to when they move. Sometimes it's a second, which could be
>either their lag or before they realize they have it. The others your
>waiting and waiting... Funny thing is you just *know* at a particular
>time before it goes off that the person is clueless, and you say it in
>your head that he's not going to move and you are already backing out of
>the group... :)
Haha yeah, when I see the one who's had rot armor a few times already
get cinders, I expect a nice big puddle of fire in the middle of the
melee. It's a rather funny way of spotting the AFKers too, those who
stay in the group, till the group moves, drop the puddle (sometimes
I've had groups where every healer pays attention and doesn't dispel
the idiot that didn't move, so it lasts the ful duration), and then
still don't move lol. I always find myself hoping nobody heals them,
but I guess aoe heals keep them up...
>> Heh, I've never had trouble with him except the one time where someone
>> was constantly aggoring him. Biggest challenge is healing when you
>> spend 90% of your time flying thanks to turtles everywhere, I've come
>> to the conclusion that while I use Inner Fire for nearly every fight,
>> the mana reduction on instants from Inner Will is worth it for this
>> one, since all I can do is spam instants (and occasionally attempt to
>> get a PoH or Divine Hymn off, but usually a turtle messes that up for
>> me).
>
>heh - One fight I don't mind being a resto druid. Doesn't bother me
>when the turtles hit me and I fly. 95% of my spells are instant dots,
>which I can still cast while popping up and down after getting hit. I
>don't even bother moving for them unless I'm planning on using my
>tranquility. Once I set up shop where I can reach both tanks, I only
>move for the ceiling collapses (blue circles). lol
You're lucky, I am very envious of druids on that fight! Although I
guess pally and shaman healers are jealous of me too, since I do have
a few decent instants! Most my spells are instants tbh, but I do like
to be able to PoH, drop a greater heal on the tank, etc etc, and the
turtles always mess that up for me lol.
>I should have clarified that my problems with the turtle were when it
>first came out on my mage. Doing that fight on arcane is a PITA (Pain
>in the arse). However, with my gear being reforged for arcane, I've
>found it makes little difference switching to frost without reforging
>for that spec...I get close to the same numbers as frost with gear
>reforged for arcane than I do just staying arcane....
Ahh, I see - must be horrible for any ranged who rely on cast time
spells, I bet!
>> I've only done him a few times and urgh, yeah, I'm sometimes one of
>> those who goes splat still, the maze is way hard to actually find for
>> me, and I tend to follow other people and only realise when it's too
>> late that they have no more clue than I do... I'm hoping practice will
>> help me but most the time I just can't see a clear spot, and spots
>> that look almost clear (only a tiny bit of purple) still hurt.
>
>It seems not many people realize that the 3 trash mobs at the beginning
>of the dungeon are what I call little training grounds to help you see
>what your supposed to be looking for. Each one casts a little purple
>circle that drags about 5 players into. It is a mini version of the big
>one that comes during the boss fight, and there is a path that develops
>for the players in there to follow while they dps the center eye thing.
> Players on the outside of this cannot dps the target or heal the
>players inside unless they touch the wall, which will drag them in too.
> I sometimes jump in when I see the players taking a ton of damage and
>they look like they are going to die, so I can heal them
>
>I suggest that the next time you run that instance, you voluntarily jump
>into all three. You'll be able to practice three times before the main
>event.... :)
Ahh, I never realised that, and wasn't sure if you *could* jump in or
not, so always just stood around feeling left out on those :-P I'll
give it a try next time then, can only help me, since I suck with the
maze!