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Shadowwjack · 03/11/08, 12:06 PM

We are an alliance T4/Badge/Arena guild. I just recently made a push in the guild to try to get a member of our guild into the Bear Calvary. Our first run was last Saturday night and our hope was to rescue 3 prisoners. We had been in ZA before but had never beaten a timer.

We were happy to rescue 2 prisoners and with a bit more experience would have rescued 3. Our path was Eagle, Bear, Dragonhawk, and Lynx. We ended up making a mistake on the last pull before the Dragonhawk boss which cost us a wipe and our third prisoner. The timer was at 9 minutes on the last pull before the wipe.

We ended up spending the rest of the raid trying to get the Dragonhawk boss down, but found we were a bit short on healing and experience. We learned a lot and this Thursday I feel we would be able to get the Dragonhawk boss down in the time limit.

Our groups were Group 1 - Prot Pally, Bear/cat Druid, DPS Warrior, Ret Pally, and Rogue.
Group 2 was - Resto Druid, Holy Pally, Shadow Priest, Frost mage, and Affliction lock.
We were running with full buffs, food buffs, flasks/dual elixirs, scroll buffs, Oils, and 2 sets of Drums of Battle (bear druid and rogue were leather workers)

Some of the issues are.
A) The suggestion has been made that doing Bear, Eagle, and Lynx would be a safer bet to rescue 3 prisoners. Since it has been suggested that the Lynx boss and trash are easier than the Dragonhawk boss and trash.
B) At our gear level is it necessary to bring a third healer. I have available an elemental shaman or a shadow priest for the 3rd position in group 2, but if we need a third healer I will replace that 3rd spot with a holy priest. Also I am concerned that bringing in a 3 healer will slow us down to much, and we will not have enough DPS to beat the timers?
C) We are a Serious/Casual raiding guilds. Many of our members have families and can not raid every week. Unfortunately these members tend to be our best geared, best played, and have the best focus when they play. Go figure. On this Thursday's raid the DPS warrior, Affliction Lock, and shadow priest will probably not be able to make it. I am hoping to replace them with an Enhancement Shaman, Destro Lock, and holy priest. Any suggestions to a better configuration or stacking would be appreciated.

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Shadowwjack Glass Joe Wowstolmylif Human Mage <Royal Knights> Bonechewer	We are an alliance T4/Badge/Arena guild. I just recently made a push in the guild to try to get a member of our guild into the Bear Calvary. Our first run was last Saturday night and our hope was to rescue 3 prisoners. We had been in ZA before but had never beaten a timer. We were happy to rescue 2 prisoners and with a bit more experience would have rescued 3. Our path was Eagle, Bear, Dragonhawk, and Lynx. We ended up making a mistake on the last pull before the Dragonhawk boss which cost us a wipe and our third prisoner. The timer was at 9 minutes on the last pull before the wipe. We ended up spending the rest of the raid trying to get the Dragonhawk boss down, but found we were a bit short on healing and experience. We learned a lot and this Thursday I feel we would be able to get the Dragonhawk boss down in the time limit. Our groups were Group 1 - Prot Pally, Bear/cat Druid, DPS Warrior, Ret Pally, and Rogue. Group 2 was - Resto Druid, Holy Pally, Shadow Priest, Frost mage, and Affliction lock. We were running with full buffs, food buffs, flasks/dual elixirs, scroll buffs, Oils, and 2 sets of Drums of Battle (bear druid and rogue were leather workers) Some of the issues are. A) The suggestion has been made that doing Bear, Eagle, and Lynx would be a safer bet to rescue 3 prisoners. Since it has been suggested that the Lynx boss and trash are easier than the Dragonhawk boss and trash. B) At our gear level is it necessary to bring a third healer. I have available an elemental shaman or a shadow priest for the 3rd position in group 2, but if we need a third healer I will replace that 3rd spot with a holy priest. Also I am concerned that bringing in a 3 healer will slow us down to much, and we will not have enough DPS to beat the timers? C) We are a Serious/Casual raiding guilds. Many of our members have families and can not raid every week. Unfortunately these members tend to be our best geared, best played, and have the best focus when they play. Go figure. On this Thursday's raid the DPS warrior, Affliction Lock, and shadow priest will probably not be able to make it. I am hoping to replace them with an Enhancement Shaman, Destro Lock, and holy priest. Any suggestions to a better configuration or stacking would be appreciated.