Gruul's Tuesday 1-22-08

jerome736 · Post by **jerome736** » January 22nd, 2008, 7:01 pm

Hi, Athha here, I might be a tad late to Gruul's. I have a work-related appointment I have to make at 6:30, hopefully I'll be back on time for the first pulls.

thandrenn · Post by **thandrenn** » January 23rd, 2008, 12:53 am

Combat Log:
http://wowwebstats.com/ytzm55ficfxue

I'm not sure if I had the range extender thing on. Once again, kickass job everyone.

Drumble · Post by **Drumble** » January 23rd, 2008, 5:54 am

That. Was. Awesome!I love killing new bosses.

Our DPS is rocking too! A number of you all getting 800+ !!

Benvolo · Post by **Benvolo** » January 23rd, 2008, 10:04 am

Just a few thoughts on Lurker from a dps perspective...When you jump in the water for spout, ranged should be able to keep dps'ing. There might be a few spots where you get LoS, but there are enough spots that aren't like that, for positioning to be easy.Now we have all seen how long it will take to kill him, think ahead and plan your cooldowns to get the maximum benifit. (no popping 20sec on use dps trinkets 5 secs before submerge...)Frost mages- If you pop your ele in the water, he won't bug like he does on the platforms. He is immune to the damage from the water, and the spout shouldn't hit him. ( he is immune to the damage, but maybe not the knockback, idk) It is pretty easy to just pop it during the first spout, when you are in the water, and you should get full duration. Otherwise, just hop in and out real quick.Mages- mana gems- with the changes to our highest rank gem, and the three charges, it is usefull to reconjure the gem mid fight, since you get back more then you spend. I found a good time to do this is when the adds are first spawning. By the time they get to the platform, and stop evading, you should have plenty of time.Also, please do not pop the sheeps unless that mage on your platform died. If you pop it and we are standing next to it, you could easily get us killed. I will be mad if you do that.

Benvolo · Post by **Benvolo** » January 23rd, 2008, 10:14 am

No water elemental in the wws makes me a sad panda

Drumble · Post by **Drumble** » January 23rd, 2008, 11:24 am

Couple learning experiences from the tanking perspective: * Killing MT target second on the main island I thought was fine - but it needs to be either first or second. * The melee adds cleave ... (sorry Dudepal!) * Walking into the water is easier than jumping * I think the whirl knockback would keep me on the platform, but it's easiest to be in the water. * FLOATING DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK -- on the last spout, he sheared off my scalp -- I got the damage, but no knockback since I was pushed against the island. I might have been too close to the island and not fully in ... feet touching or something. But that's me second guessing myself in hindsight -- I'm fairly sure I was floating. Trash: I thought it worked really well in the 2 Shatterer pulls to taunt off the second shatterer after he does his armor debuff. Gruul's lair melee trash -- have a decently geared hunter in the furthest back of the raid or an extra tank to keep control of the threat drop/charge they do.

jerome736 · Post by **jerome736** » January 23rd, 2008, 2:21 pm

Possibly seperate form the cleave, I know during the melee adds I was standing relatively close to Thandrenn I was periodically taking about 4k of fire damage. This was in addition to the white damage cleave I was taking (which I moved to avoid)

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Jon · Post by **Jon** » January 23rd, 2008, 5:12 pm

Posted a screenshot of the kill...most had ported, but wanted to post regardless. Fun night! +1 dkp for a screenshot ; ) http://www.forgedalliance.org/Portals/2 ... r-Dead.jpg

Gooni · Post by **Gooni** » January 24th, 2008, 7:13 am

My butt looks big in that pic!Grats to Forged Alliance on on first SSC kill, and hopefully many more to come. It's always a pleasure running with you guys.

Baraccus · Post by **Baraccus** » January 24th, 2008, 8:22 am

Benvolo wroteNo water elemental in the wws makes me a sad panda

When you decide to go fire you'll not have those pesky problems

Krikor · Post by **Krikor** » January 24th, 2008, 3:37 pm

Hey guys good to hear you downed Lurker great job. If you noticed I haven't been around due to being quite ill. But i am up and at up today so if you need me to help out I am there I will be back on track to help FA in any way I can

once again great work.