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Forum: Public Discussion 05/26/08, 7:43 PM

Replies: 967 Consolidating Raid Utility (Raid-wide totems? Curse of Vulnerability?) Views: 155,574 Posted By civatateo The major contraints to raid composition now are... The major contraints to raid composition now are (in my mind) as follows: - Paladins: You want 3 pallys for 3 blessings. I know it's possible to do most things with 2, but when it comes to...

Forum: Public Discussion 05/12/08, 7:49 PM

Replies: 442 Eredar Twins Views: 143,782 Posted By civatateo Has anyone else found that the hunter ability... Has anyone else found that the hunter ability Feign Death simple does not work on this encounter (ie: it doesn't dump any aggro)? We do Sacrolash first, and when we first starting doing it that way,...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/24/08, 2:32 PM

Replies: 429 Felmyst Views: 170,088 Posted By civatateo Were you standing near the north end of the... Were you standing near the north end of the room? The group I dispel usually stands near the north end of the room (near the tree), and I've noticed some odd terrain issues there. There's a slight...

Forum: Public Discussion 08/31/07, 2:39 PM

Replies: 48 How to dicipline your raid, the good, the bad and the ugly. Views: 9,822 Posted By civatateo I've led raids for rather successful guilds for... I've led raids for rather successful guilds for almost 2 years now, and I do not think punishment (as in, docking DKP or fining gold) for making raid mistakes is at all effective. Everyone makes...

Forum: Public Discussion 08/31/07, 12:44 PM

Replies: 191 Sustaining my guild through BT/Hyjal in a Recruitment Shortage Views: 46,045 Posted By civatateo We've used other guilds instances before with... We've used other guilds instances before with their permission. Typically we use the 2 nethers we get from Vashj or Kael to make a belt for that guild, and sometimes one of their raid leaders asks to...

Forum: Public Discussion 08/31/07, 12:35 PM

Replies: 724 Mother Shahraz Question Views: 174,279 Posted By civatateo So what is the primary purpose of the MT and OTs... So what is the primary purpose of the MT and OTs wearing SR, to mitigate FA damage or prevent beam damage/knockups? It seems to me that the beams are not a problem with the saber lash immunity,...

Forum: Public Discussion 08/31/07, 1:49 AM

Replies: 724 Mother Shahraz Question Views: 174,279 Posted By civatateo Has anyone had success using a feral druid to MT... Has anyone had success using a feral druid to MT her? We used one this evening in our first round of attempts since our warrior MT wasn't online and I'm not sure if it's a good idea. Our best try was...

Forum: Public Discussion 08/29/07, 5:20 PM

Replies: 1,353 BT/Hyjal Progression Views: 260,094 Posted By civatateo How many tanks do you have for the trash? We... How many tanks do you have for the trash? We usually have three primary tanks (prot warriors and ferals) pick up everything except the caster mobs (banshees and necros), which are CC'd first and then...

Forum: Public Discussion 08/29/07, 3:10 PM

Replies: 1,353 BT/Hyjal Progression Views: 260,094 Posted By civatateo We have a feral druid swap from DPS to tank gear... We have a feral druid swap from DPS to tank gear to lower his HP, HoT himself, and then faerie-fire pull, and run back. Thus he gets a bit of aggro on everything in the pack. A grounding totem in his...

Forum: Public Discussion 08/22/07, 7:48 PM

Replies: 196 Has your raiding guild embraced the Lifebloom? Views: 59,662 Posted By civatateo While I agree that this makeup is generally the... While I agree that this makeup is generally the most desired, I think the assumption that three blessings are necessary and optimal for every fight is an incorrect one. For instance, I don't think...

Forum: Public Discussion 08/22/07, 5:06 PM

Replies: 196 Has your raiding guild embraced the Lifebloom? Views: 59,662 Posted By civatateo Well we typically keep 2 pallys on the MT since... Well we typically keep 2 pallys on the MT since they'll go OOM relatively fast raidhealing (assuming no BoL on the raid), although I suppose with good DPS this might not be an issue. Furthermore, I'm...

Forum: Public Discussion 08/22/07, 4:03 PM

Replies: 196 Has your raiding guild embraced the Lifebloom? Views: 59,662 Posted By civatateo My guild has always had an abnormally high number... My guild has always had an abnormally high number of druids in it (right now we have 6 raiding druids, 3 feral and 3 resto). I never really bought into the anti-druid sentiment that was floating...

Forum: Public Discussion 07/26/07, 2:46 PM

Replies: 92 FPS - how to maximise it in raids? Views: 22,655 Posted By civatateo To the people who have noticed FPS drops after... To the people who have noticed FPS drops after installing Vista, this is a known issue. Vista has extremely poor OpenGL support that has not been addressed yet in driver updates. If you look at some...

Forum: Public Discussion 07/02/07, 4:38 PM

Replies: 1,690 Kael'thas Views: 385,466 Posted By civatateo Just like to add a little something to the P2... Just like to add a little something to the P2 discussion. Similar to EJ, we burn the bow as soon as it spawns while the tanks group up the other weapons and build aggro. One warlock puts up CoS...

Forum: Public Discussion 06/18/07, 6:52 PM

Replies: 119 SSC/TK: How many Hunters? Views: 17,479 Posted By civatateo We bring 2 hunters to most raids, though there... We bring 2 hunters to most raids, though there are some exceptions (Vashj we always bring 3). They all respec'd from MM to BM about a month ago, and their DPS output has improved remarkably.

Forum: Public Discussion 06/07/07, 2:53 AM

Replies: 247 Holy Priest usage in raids Views: 42,860 Posted By civatateo This is very correct. A holy priest can do... This is very correct. A holy priest can do everything well, while another class can do specific tasks better (there are some situations where Prayer of Mending seems unique and awesome, but chain...

Forum: Public Discussion 06/03/07, 7:57 PM

Replies: 1,274 Lady Vashj Views: 383,818 Posted By civatateo I think you misunderstood me, I'm speaking in... I think you misunderstood me, I'm speaking in terms of numbers of melee as opposed to individual output. Obviously putting melee on the naga enhances their DPS by a lot. However, if you're using...

Forum: Public Discussion 06/03/07, 6:13 PM

Replies: 1,274 Lady Vashj Views: 383,818 Posted By civatateo I just have to reinforce what was said previously... I just have to reinforce what was said previously about ranged DPS being optimal on elemental killing. We spent the first two days of Vashj attempts with melee on the elementals, being helped by...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/30/07, 8:13 PM

Replies: 427 Tailoring sets supposedly nerfed on PTR Views: 56,150 Posted By civatateo this is fine.. if they change shadow weaving back... this is fine.. if they change shadow weaving back to what it was. everyone's always known that the tailored sets were too good considering how early you could get them. for priests though, it hurts...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/30/07, 6:46 PM

Replies: 405 Kill order in SSC Views: 85,859 Posted By civatateo as a shadow priest, i found that if me and... as a shadow priest, i found that if me and another priest stacked weavings on every add with rank 1 SWP (and obviously misery as well), they would go down much faster since the vast majority of...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/30/07, 2:51 PM

Replies: 33 Raid Expectations vs. Time Investment Views: 7,660 Posted By civatateo we're experiencing the same sort of thing. we... we're experiencing the same sort of thing. we used to do karazhan on tuesdays (2 raids, both usually stopped after aran), world bosses + gruuls' lair on wednesdays, mag's lair and karazhan finish on...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/23/07, 2:18 AM

Replies: 559 Morogrim and Murlocs Views: 129,953 Posted By civatateo what about stoneskin totem? if that was... what about stoneskin totem? if that was post-mitigation, it seems like it would be useful too.

Forum: Public Discussion 04/23/07, 1:28 AM

Replies: 559 Morogrim and Murlocs Views: 129,953 Posted By civatateo this is similar to what we're doing; i suggested... this is similar to what we're doing; i suggested blessing of sacrifice, but i was told that the damage reduction applies before armor damage mitigation, so it winds up not reducing much total damage...

Forum: Public Discussion 04/23/07, 1:03 AM

Replies: 1,036 Hunting Hunters... Views: 139,089 Posted By civatateo from my experience as a raid leader, shadow... from my experience as a raid leader, shadow priests/shaman grouped with mages tend to produce more dps than shadow priests/shaman grouped with hunters. i consider our hunters to be good players, and...

Forum: Class Mechanics 04/15/07, 7:19 PM

Replies: 31 [Warriors] When does spell reflection shine? Views: 3,796 Posted By civatateo that's exactly what I was going to bring up. the... that's exactly what I was going to bring up. the double pulls of those guys plus the engineers in void reaver's room were insane from a healing perspective until our tanks figured out that they could...

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