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Forum: Public Discussion 06/02/08, 2:39 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,601
Posted By Derketo
You're not playing dodge ball very well. There...

You're not playing dodge ball very well. There is no reason to drop to 5 healers, 6 I've found to be the minimum of what I'm comfortable with. Our first kill we went from 19% as best pass to kill...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/17/08, 6:55 PM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,218,167
Posted By Derketo
Sold a couple barrel blade longrifles for 2k...

Sold a couple barrel blade longrifles for 2k each. Haven't cared enough to go out of our way to kill them though. If doomwalker is up and we happen to have a night free for bt then we'll kill it.
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 4:49 PM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,218,167
Posted By Derketo
You can name your price on certain primals...

You can name your price on certain primals because guilds learning new encounters require loads of them for cauldrons. Most guild banks have a lot of cash, but not a lot of things like primals...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 2:47 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
Pretty sure most guilds watch a video and play...

Pretty sure most guilds watch a video and play paint by numbers, that doesn't make the strategy best, it makes it the most well known and copied.
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 2:21 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
You can't come into a thread spouting off about...

You can't come into a thread spouting off about how dumb someones way of killing a mob is when you've not been able to kill the mob in question with your own superior way. So don't run in spouting...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 1:52 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
Killing stuff, you?

Killing stuff, you?
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 1:43 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
Ya, I'm also stupid enough to use 3 tanks to...

Ya, I'm also stupid enough to use 3 tanks to negate the burst of this fight, all the smart kids are using 2 I hear.
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 12:39 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
Don't try to give the illusion of fair...

Don't try to give the illusion of fair comparisons if you're doing the opposite. Coh is instant cast, that gives him freedom to do more than just keep up groups. He doesn't have to do much to make...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 12:18 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
You don't lose the shaman in your first example,...

You don't lose the shaman in your first example, I'm not sure why people are assuming if the shaman aren't chain healing on tank they magically disappear.
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 11:40 AM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
I give up, you're having 2 of your healers using...

I give up, you're having 2 of your healers using their worst tank healing spell on tanks, and wondering why your tanks die.

Also, stop talking about heroism, ancestral fort, and totems, because you...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 10:47 AM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
Oh my fault, that 2.3 second chain heal for 4k is...

Oh my fault, that 2.3 second chain heal for 4k is whats saving your tanks. The fact is you have 2 people doing the job 1 person can easily manage. Do the math on that one. Coh priest can heal...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/16/08, 12:40 AM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
You're making the assumption that because there...

You're making the assumption that because there is a priest healing slashes that we don't bring resto shaman I guess? Yes our priest can shield and hot while healing every slash, meanwhile our...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/15/08, 4:21 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
Thats all great, except one single coh priest can...

Thats all great, except one single coh priest can heal the entire raid for slashes. Thats it, noone else, just him, one healer. Now you have extra healers on the tank full time. So again, coh...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/15/08, 2:29 AM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
coh is amazing for brutallus actually.

coh is amazing for brutallus actually.
Forum: Public Discussion 04/06/08, 6:03 AM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
Thats the whole thing. When you don't heal...

Thats the whole thing. When you don't heal through stomps, you can have healers prehealing the next tank, which is exactly what we do. Every pass we've ever done on brut on live, we've had exactly...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/05/08, 5:20 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
I don't see the difficulty I guess. I see it as...

I don't see the difficulty I guess. I see it as just better if you don't have to heal through that much incoming damage, it allows your healers a lot of flexibility.
Forum: Public Discussion 04/05/08, 5:00 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
I don't know why you would open yourself to that...

I don't know why you would open yourself to that damage when you don't have to. Generally from what I've seen you have to bring an extra healer when you use two tanks anyways. Seems very counter...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/05/08, 4:04 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
Why do people heal through stomp?

Why do people heal through stomp?
Forum: Public Discussion 04/02/08, 5:05 PM
Replies: 1,119
Views: 358,231
Posted By Derketo
We've done him last week and this week with 3...

We've done him last week and this week with 3 tanks, 7 healers, 3 soak groups. The changes to slash range dont affect anything. Most of your raid goes behind him if they get burn anyways, only 5...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/23/08, 3:55 PM
Replies: 458
Views: 227,850
Posted By Derketo
So you actually did it with 2 healers and a...

So you actually did it with 2 healers and a balance druid?
Forum: Public Discussion 02/23/08, 3:52 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,116
Posted By Derketo
I don't think it was ever blizzards intent to...

I don't think it was ever blizzards intent to have a ranged dps class that puts out as much damage as warlocks can while having unlimited mana in pvp.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/21/08, 5:56 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,116
Posted By Derketo
The new t6 hunter items are incredible. Hit is...

The new t6 hunter items are incredible. Hit is an issue a full t6 hunter is constantly gemming around.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/20/08, 2:16 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,116
Posted By Derketo
My point is that guilds that are 100% serious...

My point is that guilds that are 100% serious about testing new content and keeping themselves abreast of it have found ways to get themselves copied to the test servers. Those guilds that are sort...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/20/08, 2:07 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,116
Posted By Derketo
I'll tell you what I had to tell my raiders who...

I'll tell you what I had to tell my raiders who were slacking getting copied to test. If you're not copied by now, you didn't try hard enough.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/13/08, 7:05 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,116
Posted By Derketo
I guess blizzard does read these forums after...

I guess blizzard does read these forums after all...

Glad to finally have note options for friends list.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/13/08, 11:19 AM
Replies: 374
Views: 53,787
Posted By Derketo
Am I missing something on test? This couldn't be...

Am I missing something on test? This couldn't be further from the truth in my experience.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/10/08, 7:35 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 53,787
Posted By Derketo
Recount is your instant replay. If someone dies...

Recount is your instant replay. If someone dies on any fight, I always look over how they died if I missed it during the attempt. Shows exactly how things went wrong, from death 1-25.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/08/08, 5:22 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 53,787
Posted By Derketo
From a strictly lore standpoint, you don't get to...

From a strictly lore standpoint, you don't get to kill Illidan, hell you don't even get to see illidan unless you're a competent player. Makes perfect sense from every angle.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/06/08, 11:47 AM
Replies: 844
Views: 244,258
Posted By Derketo
I cant shake the feeling that 2.4 is just being...

I cant shake the feeling that 2.4 is just being thrown together from whatever they had lying around that sounded good enough. We're just being jerked around for a competitive wotlk release date for...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/05/08, 3:59 PM
Replies: 1,117
Views: 572,061
Posted By Derketo
I've noticed the opposite to be true as well...

I've noticed the opposite to be true as well though. Say I'm running SM with multiple 60's pre bc and getting less xp than if I was with one so it was a natural assumption.

Regardless, the point...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/05/08, 3:46 PM
Replies: 1,117
Views: 572,061
Posted By Derketo
I believe a couple things factor in, one being...

I believe a couple things factor in, one being the way xp is divided amongst a group. There is undoubtedly some average calculation of the level of all players in the group, the closer that number...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/05/08, 3:23 PM
Replies: 1,117
Views: 572,061
Posted By Derketo
The more people closer in level to the alt being...

The more people closer in level to the alt being power leveled the more xp for the alt.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/05/08, 2:19 PM
Replies: 844
Views: 244,258
Posted By Derketo
Ya I cant help but think this is something that...

Ya I cant help but think this is something that would be easy to implement that has been overlooked for far too long.
Forum: Public Discussion 01/06/08, 5:20 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 14,579
Posted By Derketo
Again, the problem is there is no desire/need to...

Again, the problem is there is no desire/need to go back to these zones. We ran mc every week when we were farming kel'thuzad because we needed bindings and it was fast/painless. We killed nef...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/05/08, 5:50 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 14,579
Posted By Derketo
If the zones weren't wretched in the first...

If the zones weren't wretched in the first place, people might run them. As it stand tk and ssc are both huge piles of crap that no one wants to zone into ever again. There are upgrades for people...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/04/08, 8:50 PM
Replies: 115
Views: 14,579
Posted By Derketo
The problem is noone wants to key trials. Guilds...

The problem is noone wants to key trials. Guilds like ours xi get around this by just not doing it. We recruit people who are attuned, further compounding the problem for the guilds who actually...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/02/08, 7:29 PM
Replies: 616
Views: 321,764
Posted By Derketo
Keep it on group loot, dont bother with your...

Keep it on group loot, dont bother with your badges and move right away after every boss death.

I think we have 12+ minutes after dragonhawk usually, I'll check for sure next time we do it.
Forum: Public Discussion 01/02/08, 12:44 PM
Replies: 616
Views: 321,764
Posted By Derketo
The difference between 2 healers and 3 healers...

The difference between 2 healers and 3 healers from start of event to beating it is generally about 4-7 minutes for us.

If you're geared to beat the timed event, then 2 healers is plenty, if you're...
Forum: Public Discussion 01/02/08, 1:37 AM
Replies: 616
Views: 321,764
Posted By Derketo
The biggest single thing I could tell you is to...

The biggest single thing I could tell you is to try your best to run with two healers. If that means you have to bring two shadow priests instead, do that.
Forum: Public Discussion 12/31/07, 2:37 AM
Replies: 1,172
Views: 259,291
Posted By Derketo
Raiding more leads to faster and more loot. ...

Raiding more leads to faster and more loot. Thats the way it should be.

The thing that generally allows the non bleeding edge crowd access to further tiers is the systematic nerfing of content...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/28/07, 10:28 AM
Replies: 1,172
Views: 259,291
Posted By Derketo
They spawned within a window of a few hours on...

They spawned within a window of a few hours on the same days/time every week.
Forum: Public Discussion 12/28/07, 5:16 AM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,218,167
Posted By Derketo
I use bottomscanner as a guide. Dont blindly...

I use bottomscanner as a guide. Dont blindly trust it, but if it catches something you otherwise wouldnt have been searching for that you know is a good deal go for it.

As far as appraiser goes,...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/27/07, 8:46 AM
Replies: 1,172
Views: 259,291
Posted By Derketo
If I had to guess I would say that we'll see some...

If I had to guess I would say that we'll see some new orbs to tide us over.
Forum: Public Discussion 12/27/07, 8:42 AM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,218,167
Posted By Derketo
Auctioneer has a % of the standard price button...

Auctioneer has a % of the standard price button you can hit
Forum: Public Discussion 12/26/07, 4:32 PM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,218,167
Posted By Derketo
Most people are actually honest, and prefer to...

Most people are actually honest, and prefer to make money, even virtual money honestly.

Heres a tip, generally these skeezeballs that put stuff like this up put their bid prices woefully low. I...
Forum: Public Discussion 12/25/07, 6:42 PM
Replies: 1,172
Views: 259,291
Posted By Derketo
More than anything I think wow has alot of people...

More than anything I think wow has alot of people who have jumped on the bandwagon. The people I run into generally dont seem like they've played any warcraft games before wow. I think you're...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/28/07, 3:37 PM
Replies: 2,980
Views: 1,218,167
Posted By Derketo
15 blue gems out of 100 prospects on...

15 blue gems out of 100 prospects on average.

Each gem has 2.5% chance to drop out of a prospect, there are 6 blue gems that can drop. Then you have green gems, and dust to sell.
Forum: Public Discussion 11/20/07, 5:50 PM
Replies: 179
Views: 45,925
Posted By Derketo
Something that was done right in zg was the fact...

Something that was done right in zg was the fact that the trinkets everyone wante4d were a 100% quest drop from hakkar. I'm not entirely sure why this wasnt extended to za. I can already see this...
Forum: Player vs. Player 07/10/07, 9:20 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 17,652
Posted By Derketo
Most teams that ran hunter heavily last season...

Most teams that ran hunter heavily last season are running shaman more often now, including pandemic.

It's not impossible, I just think the lack of shaman is worse than the lack of priest...
Forum: Player vs. Player 07/10/07, 6:37 PM
Replies: 62
Views: 17,652
Posted By Derketo
I tend to disagree elendril, did many hunters...

I tend to disagree elendril, did many hunters find success in such a team, replacing the ele shaman with hunter in the typical setup? I have seen more hunter success in teams like the one you played...
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