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Forum: Druids 09/19/11, 2:45 PM
Replies: 514
Views: 10,061
Posted By Buiden
Regarding opening rotation -- I was under the...

Regarding opening rotation -- I was under the impression you should avoid casting Starsurge until you've already cast 2 starfires if you have t12 4pc. My reasoning is that if you cast Starsurge +...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/01/09, 1:56 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,662
Posted By Buiden
The incentive for doing partial hardmodes in...

The incentive for doing partial hardmodes in 10-man is perfect.

The incentive for doing partial hardmodes in 25-man is terrible.
Forum: Public Discussion 04/15/09, 6:50 PM
Replies: 816
Views: 317,662
Posted By Buiden
Well there's your problem, you should be kiting...

Well there's your problem, you should be kiting all of the adds using the ramps on either end of the room as a way to escape your train.

@Ignis - The slag pot charge-gib is completely random.
Forum: Public Discussion 12/01/08, 1:44 PM
Replies: 900
Views: 394,329
Posted By Buiden
In short, because patchwerk already chose his...

In short, because patchwerk already chose his target. Top your tank off faster, .2 seconds before HS hits isn't soon enough.
Forum: Public Discussion 11/25/08, 8:05 PM
Replies: 900
Views: 394,329
Posted By Buiden
IIRC debuffs don't affect HS damage because it is...

IIRC debuffs don't affect HS damage because it is a "spell" that deals a flat amount of damage (53-56k). The only thing that affects how much damage it deals should be armor and defensive...
Forum: Public Discussion 11/17/08, 5:45 PM
Replies: 273
Views: 63,002
Posted By Buiden
Well I think they did a pretty good job of making...

Well I think they did a pretty good job of making a statement of "Hey your game is easy!" but I don't think that should be too shocking to anyone here. We knew it was going to be easy, we cleared it...
Forum: Public Discussion 10/15/08, 1:23 PM
Replies: 718
Views: 255,559
Posted By Buiden
You better believe it! We cleared sunwell in 1...

You better believe it! We cleared sunwell in 1 hour 15 minutes last night, the highlight was Kil'Jaeden dying before any darknesses were cast.
Forum: Public Discussion 10/09/08, 10:14 PM
Replies: 259
Views: 62,838
Posted By Buiden
Hey Chalon long time no see... been since AQ40...

Hey Chalon long time no see... been since AQ40 PTR!

Khassie, I have no idea what you're basing your posts on but it seems like you're very confused about how wrath is going to be. Sunwell Epics are...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/12/08, 3:00 PM
Replies: 291
Views: 95,499
Posted By Buiden
It should be fairly obvious just looking at the...

It should be fairly obvious just looking at the raid who missed it as they aren't bright blue! At least for us it is usually the same people that frequently miss it so I just get used to hitting...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/06/08, 2:12 PM
Replies: 900
Views: 394,329
Posted By Buiden
Oh... you get all 4 horsemen still.. Only got 2...

Oh... you get all 4 horsemen still.. Only got 2 runs on them last night since it was 3am but we'll kill em this afternoon no doubt.

Oh and no tokens at all from spider wing or razuvious/gothik. I...
Forum: Public Discussion 09/05/08, 6:51 PM
Replies: 291
Views: 95,499
Posted By Buiden
Any NPC cannot parry/dodge while casting a spell....

Any NPC cannot parry/dodge while casting a spell. Since KJ spends 99% of his time casting spells his parry rate is incredibly low.

Edit: Fuck beaten...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/29/08, 2:16 PM
Replies: 967
Views: 155,433
Posted By Buiden
I think people really do have a valid concerns...

I think people really do have a valid concerns that Blizzard has not addressed class rebalancing in a timely or reasonable time frames in the past. It is very difficult for people to believe that...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/08/08, 10:39 AM
Replies: 291
Views: 95,499
Posted By Buiden
It wouldn't really benefit you much to do it if...

It wouldn't really benefit you much to do it if you could. Being forced to centralize your raid so much really benefits the healing as you can place healers in range of the entire raid quite easily....
Forum: Public Discussion 08/08/08, 10:37 AM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,651
Posted By Buiden
P2 healing on the tank should be 1 holy paladin...

P2 healing on the tank should be 1 holy paladin (preferred) and 1 stack of lifebloom. Anything extra is a complete waste of raid healing.
Forum: Public Discussion 08/07/08, 11:12 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 8,203
Posted By Buiden
We've always found it easier to just bring people...

We've always found it easier to just bring people along from said guild to loot everything we don't need (which is often 95% of drops). Most people are more than happy to give an instance for free...
Forum: Public Discussion 08/01/08, 2:05 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,651
Posted By Buiden
The most important thing to note about...

The most important thing to note about singularity is that when it spawns it cannot target anyone within a certain radius of it to chase. This means that a singularity in melee will *NOT* chase...
Forum: Public Discussion 07/23/08, 2:02 PM
Replies: 362
Views: 82,504
Posted By Buiden
At the absolute very least goblin towns need...

At the absolute very least goblin towns need achievements.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/25/08, 12:59 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,651
Posted By Buiden
You only need to use misdirect if you are running...

You only need to use misdirect if you are running 3 tanks.

If you have 4 tanks and your sentinel tank cannot get to the next sentinel spawn in time then you simply aren't killing the sentinels quick...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 7:13 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,651
Posted By Buiden
Therein lies the problem. If they can ever...

Therein lies the problem. If they can ever figure out how to make a fight difficult without raid stacking then it will be the best fight wow has ever had. I appreciate the back and forth on this,...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 6:50 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,651
Posted By Buiden
Eh I don't mean doing the fight with 24 people. ...

Eh I don't mean doing the fight with 24 people. I'm saying that if I log on and we have our group composition off by 1 key class then we probably should just hang up our hats and try again tomorrow....
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 4:56 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,651
Posted By Buiden
PvE server. I fail to see how this is NOT...

PvE server. I fail to see how this is NOT blizzard's fault but I digress as well. I see you are on a PvE server too so I'd hope you can understand.

How did we get to M'uru without 4 shaman? ...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 2:57 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,651
Posted By Buiden
Checklist: Can you kill him without a prot...

Checklist:

Can you kill him without a prot paladin?
Can you kill him without 4 shaman easily? (less strict I know it can be done, but the Phase 2 difficulty is amplified greatly)
Can you kill him...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 2:23 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,651
Posted By Buiden
No I don't think an encounter's difficulty should...

No I don't think an encounter's difficulty should be rested upon having a perfect group. In the same note how can you justify balancing an encounter so that if you don't have the right group it is...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/24/08, 1:49 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,651
Posted By Buiden
Which isn't much fun at all. The 10+ healers on...

Which isn't much fun at all. The 10+ healers on twins is kind of meh though, we do it with 8 pretty easily. With sub 4 minute kills it is over so quickly it is difficult for anything to go wrong. ...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/19/08, 3:02 PM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,442
Posted By Buiden
What so you're proposing the expensive reagent...

What so you're proposing the expensive reagent comes off of a vendor then? I don't see the point of not just selling the bag then.
Forum: Public Discussion 06/19/08, 2:16 PM
Replies: 435
Views: 155,442
Posted By Buiden
The bags aren't nearly as stupid as the argument...

The bags aren't nearly as stupid as the argument you have presented. Making a crafted bag solves nothing in terms of the gold sink wow needs. WoW needs money taken out of the economy, IE spent to...
Forum: Public Discussion 06/16/08, 2:52 PM
Replies: 775
Views: 223,651
Posted By Buiden
RE: Spell reflect, I've never seen it show up on...

RE: Spell reflect, I've never seen it show up on Omen so it is either really new or doesn't work very well. To this day we still have a fun contest on Illidari council called "Threat Wars" where we...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/08/08, 1:40 PM
Replies: 442
Views: 143,622
Posted By Buiden
16% fire damage reduction and a higher hitpoint...

16% fire damage reduction and a higher hitpoint pool for starters. I could see it working. How often and how hard does she melee compared to her fire spells? I imagine after a bit you wouldn't...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/08/08, 10:57 AM
Replies: 70
Views: 26,789
Posted By Buiden
It just boils down to just how much money do you...

It just boils down to just how much money do you have.

What we do is the same thing we've done since Molten Core. During progression we blow through cash like it means nothing to us and when things...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/07/08, 7:21 PM
Replies: 442
Views: 143,622
Posted By Buiden
She seems to move often in conjunction with...

She seems to move often in conjunction with casting her shadow demons. Also for a marker just watch the fusion video on the previous page, should make it pretty self explanatory (post #81).
Forum: Public Discussion 05/06/08, 7:15 PM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,764
Posted By Buiden
It isn't any different than Felmyst 1.0 where if...

It isn't any different than Felmyst 1.0 where if you didn't have 5 priests you went home. Right now that is how M'uru is with shaman, IMHO.

And the DPS gains on M'uru aren't exactly linear. More...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/06/08, 6:37 PM
Replies: 269
Views: 54,764
Posted By Buiden
Except shaman right? I honestly can't see anyone...

Except shaman right? I honestly can't see anyone killing them with any less than 5 at the moment. That doesn't seem tuned to me though the problem is more with the class than the encounter design. ...
Forum: Public Discussion 05/06/08, 1:55 PM
Replies: 442
Views: 143,622
Posted By Buiden
Yeah, just don't forget to turn run back on for...

Yeah, just don't forget to turn run back on for conflag... not that anyone has ever wiped because of that...
Forum: Public Discussion 04/15/08, 4:34 PM
Replies: 429
Views: 169,759
Posted By Buiden
Huh? 1 primal = 5 pots right? 12 primals =...

Huh? 1 primal = 5 pots right? 12 primals = 120-240 gold depending on your server? The mana thistle isn't too bad either, certainly much cheaper than you're claiming.


Edit:

150 Cauldrons, not...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/26/08, 11:49 AM
Replies: 205
Views: 111,939
Posted By Buiden
Well in all fairness you'll have a *very*...

Well in all fairness you'll have a *very* difficult time on Kalecgos with only 1 mage (unless you're sporting some serious numbers of druids) as well so I don't mind at all that the trash up to him...
Forum: Public Discussion 03/03/08, 2:45 PM
Replies: 4,393
Views: 1,575,353
Posted By Buiden
Yeah, depending on when Season 4 comes out, it...

Yeah, depending on when Season 4 comes out, it would be smart for raiding guilds to start having their members save Arena points as season 4 weapons will be best of slot while learning sunwell until...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/08/08, 6:14 PM
Replies: 928
Views: 223,577
Posted By Buiden
Too early for shield wall IMHO. Hit last stand...

Too early for shield wall IMHO. Hit last stand at 50% and shield wall when it is wearing off, that should get him down to 0% around when shield wall is fading. Having 30k hitpoints with last stand...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/08/08, 6:12 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 53,802
Posted By Buiden
They have replay option in all their RTS games...

They have replay option in all their RTS games that utilize the game engine in the exact fashion that you describe so I don't see why they couldn't implement this in WoW as well.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/08/08, 5:44 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 53,802
Posted By Buiden
Observer mode is one of the features I've wanted...

Observer mode is one of the features I've wanted in WOW for a really long time. It is certainly within the realm of possibility, hell GMs spy on end game guilds all the time!
Forum: Public Discussion 02/08/08, 3:13 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 53,802
Posted By Buiden
That is actually 3-4 people messing up. I agree...

That is actually 3-4 people messing up.

I agree with your point however, 1 person messing up should always be recoverable and they for the most part have done a pretty good job with that.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/08/08, 2:33 PM
Replies: 840
Views: 295,605
Posted By Buiden
This is almost 100% reproducible when you...

This is almost 100% reproducible when you intercept from 1 flame to the other. Just wait in the middle a couple ticks while swapping sides is all you can do to avoid it :/
Forum: Public Discussion 02/08/08, 2:24 PM
Replies: 374
Views: 53,802
Posted By Buiden
There's absolutely no reason Xi's hardcore...

There's absolutely no reason Xi's hardcore raiding world and Joe Casual's raiding worlds can't coexist. A few things that I think would help are:

1. Make raid zones overlap so that the less...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/08/08, 1:00 PM
Replies: 844
Views: 244,322
Posted By Buiden
I really hope these are real.

I really hope these are real.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/07/08, 12:41 PM
Replies: 844
Views: 244,322
Posted By Buiden
Ok, you bring your low healer raid and clear...

Ok, you bring your low healer raid and clear BT/Hyjal in 6 hours, we'll bring our inferior and excessive 9 and do the same, in 5.5 hours.

Despite what your guild might think there are more important...
Forum: Warriors 02/06/08, 7:20 PM
Replies: 2,271
Views: 1,861,599
Posted By Buiden
I wanted to take the opportunity to bring up the...

I wanted to take the opportunity to bring up the fact that devastate seems like it normalizes strangely. I used to think if I picked up a slow lug of a weapon my devastates would hit noticibly...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/06/08, 7:09 PM
Replies: 844
Views: 244,322
Posted By Buiden
With the amount of utility a shadow priest...

With the amount of utility a shadow priest brings, misery, shadow weaving, group heal/mana, they shouldn't be topping the meters, else why would you bring any other class for most DPS slots after...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/06/08, 6:30 PM
Replies: 844
Views: 244,322
Posted By Buiden
WoW Forums -> Upcoming 2.4 Changes - Concise List...

WoW Forums -> Upcoming 2.4 Changes - Concise List (http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=2968233433&pageNo=13&sid=1#249)

Relatively nice change for mod makers and etc.
Forum: Warriors 02/06/08, 12:16 PM
Replies: 2,271
Views: 1,861,599
Posted By Buiden
Several months ago, October maybe, I was messing...

Several months ago, October maybe, I was messing around in AV with a few buddies, with stormpike buff, battle standard, cooldowns, etc I hit 40k, this was before I had shadowmoon insignia and a few...
Forum: Public Discussion 02/05/08, 12:14 PM
Replies: 844
Views: 244,322
Posted By Buiden
According to the post, CombatLog.txt did in fact...

According to the post, CombatLog.txt did in fact change so I'd imagine they will have to rewrite some parsing code.
Forum: Public Discussion 02/05/08, 11:53 AM
Replies: 844
Views: 244,322
Posted By Buiden
The combat log changes are long overdue, makes me...

The combat log changes are long overdue, makes me wonder why they didn't initially go with an event driven system. It is going to be fun to change all those mods over... heh!
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