🚀 go-pugleaf

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.  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...  :)

>
>> Bad luck I guess for you....My bad luck on that instance always came
>> with the turtle.  Took forever to get though that when if first came
>> out, and even now - the only reason I've had groups NOT wipe was because
>> many people are overgeared now.  Many succesful attempts now would have
>> been wipes a few months ago.
>
> 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

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....

>
>> Of all the 4 ToT bosses there is still one that I hold me breath for
>> that seems like a 50-50 shot on whether there is a wipe, and that is the
>> eyeball (first boss on ToT, part 3).  There are always a bunch of people
>> that just can't get though that maze.   This is one case where chances
>> of a fights success , IMO, seems to be increased based on a players PC.
>>   If you have a bit of lag or low graphics, the path on the maze could
>> be very difficult to navigate and there is very little room for error.....
>
> 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....  :)