World of Warcraft

[ImEric12]

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Actually lately the b.net downtimes have been 0, I'm fairly sure they hauled ass to work out all the kinks in it. I finally made the switch over, since I'm going to have to eventually anyway.

[tsugomaru]

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In my long history of using battle.net, only twice has it been down. Both times lasted no more than an hour.

~Tsugomaru

[Kagome]

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All Blizzard accounts are now battle.net accounts.

[Tokzic]

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So after an hour of wiping on Vezax, someone suggests we try not moving him, saying it worked for a lot of people.

One-shotted (kind of).

Got the ring, too.

=D

[ImEric12]

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http://www.wow.com/2009/06/11/yogg-saron-and-flame-leviathan-nerfed-tonight/

Yogg's going down harrrrddd on Saturday.

[Squeek]

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Well, we're getting Yogg phase 1 easily. Phase 2 is absolute bull****.

We pretty much have to hope for a nerf, because it's not possible for us. With only 2 DPS up for brain phases, we have no chance to kill a 400,000hp add while being constricted, losing damage, poisoned, diseased, cursed, and generally debuffed to hell.

[Tokzic]

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Yeah, we got through Phase 1 on first attempt.

This looks like it's going to be a fun fight. Can't wait to dig in on Monday~

[Solid Dreams]

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They are nerfing Yogg, aren't they? I haven't fought him so I dont know what phase it is theyre nerfing, though.

[Squeek]

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They nerfed Phase 1. We just found out after tonight =/

The Guardians no longer MC, which was a huge issue when you have tanks ferrying them to Sara.

They need to nerf Phase 2 though. Phase 3 is fine the way it is, but 2 is BS.

[Relambrien]

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Hey all you heroic Ulduar raiders, what's your strategy for Thorim? My guild just tried him today, and not once did the arena team live through the point where the gauntlet team killed the first miniboss. According to our raid leader, as a guild we just don't have enough dps to take down the adds quickly enough to prevent them from flooding in and overwhelming the group.

I find this strange considering we've been more than good enough on dps so far. Our second week in Ulduar as a guild and we've one-shotted or two-shotted almost every boss up to Thorim, including Hodir.

[Tokzic]

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Thorim's the first difficult boss in Uld-25, and sadly, there is no perfect strategy.

For arena, here's some tips:

- Set up ORA or whatever assist mod you use so that every DPS attacks the same elite. Pick someone who chooses targets quickly.

- Have everyone make a "/tar Dark Rune Evoker" (i think that's the name of the mob rofl) macro - they need to die first.

- Kill Champions when there are no Evokers up.

- Focus on single-target but give a healthy amount of AoE as well.

We had 9 in tunnel, 16 in Arena.

[Squeek]

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We've only done it on 10 due to a lack of people for 25 man raids but here's our strategy.

Split the raid 60/40. That means 6/4 in ten man and 15/10 in 25. You probably have more flexibility in 25 though, since 6/4 is the only combination possible in 10.

You want all your strong AOE people out in the Arena--especially a solid AOE tank like a DK. The first and most important rule is that you do not cluster up in the middle like some people suggest. Spread out around the center and leave the tank in the middle. If you get the orb on you, move. That's it.

There are four types of adds and they die in this order: Evoker, Champion, Warbringer, Commoner.

Evokers heal and bubble. You must remove the bubble (Spellsteal, Purge, etc) and cancel any and all heal casts.

Champions whirlwind. Keep melee away from them and range them down.

Warbringers have a 20% haste aura. Kill them or MC one to give your raid 20% haste (also an achievement).

Commoners do nothing.

Everyone waits until the tank has sufficient AOE aggro (DnD is enough) and during this time, the tank and everyone else single-targets down the Evokers and any Champions that might be up. Then open up AOE. If you ever have leftover adds when a new wave spawns, this problem will compound, so it's best to take care of adds as quickly as possible.

As for the tunnel group, they need to be fast but not too fast. Ideally they finish in 3:01 though that's hard to time properly. Thorim's hard mode is engaged if you do it too soon but you won't have enough time to kill him if you take too long in the hallway, especially since the arena team gets overwhelmed if you take too long.

[tsugomaru]

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At Yogg, I was constricted halfway across the map and no one came to pick me up. When I was finally iceblocked out of it and ran to the other side of the map, I found out why no one could save me. Everyone was constricted as well. It's absolutely not fair, it's so difficult to manage it.

~Tsugomaru

[Grandiagod]

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The first and most important rule is that you do not cluster up in the middle like some people suggest.

We cluster up and we 3 shot it our first downing, and 2 shot it our next on 25.

You just have to get a couple really good tanks and have me healing

[Grandiagod]

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also

* The Yogg-Saron encounter has received the following changes: Death Ray no longer hits players who are under the effect of Malady of the Mind, Guardians of Yogg-Saron no longer use Dominate Mind, the spawn rate of Guardians of Yogg-Saron is more forgiving, and these Guardians will no longer spawn if a player that is protected by Hodir’s Flash Freeze hits an Ominous Cloud.
* In the opening sequence of Ulduar you can now see Liquid Pyrite from farther away.
* The Flame Leviathan encounter has received the following changes: the bonus health Flame Leviathan receives per tower has been reduced, the ejection height from Flame Leviathan has been reduced, the snare effect of the Tower of Frost has been removed, and the cannons on Demolishers and Siege Enginers should now break Flash Frozen vehicles in 1 shot.
* The XT-002 Deconstructor encounter has received the following changes: the health of the heart has been slightly reduced in heroic difficulty and the rate at which Gravity Lapse and Searing Light are cast has been reduced.

Nerf nerf nerf nerf