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Comment on So Recount, we meet again…. by R

Mon, 13 May 2013 15:28:28 +0000

Speaking of hybrid switching, had an LFR run yesterday where we had a new tank on Magaera (?) who had no idea what he was doing… green head was blowing pretty much non-stop across the entire raid, a feral druid went over to the tank spot, flipped to bear, (might have used the hybrid-boosting talent, not clear on that), taunted and actually tanked the head for a while until the tank figured out what was going on and took over… after the heads dropped, feral went back to bear at the new spot and started tanking the blue head, tank took over… then went bear to go back to the green one, tank adjusted quickly and was fine from there. It was awesome, the druid completely saved that attempt and the tank was good enough to figure it out on the fly. Meant to thank the druid afterward but forgot, hopefully he sees this.

Most classes have some ability to prevent a wipe in specific situations.

(I do still wish tanks wouldn’t queue in LFR until they’ve seen the fights first, though… I’d rather have them dps in tank gear first time through, been ages since I’ve seen a dps bumped for crappy dps, bumps for crappy tanks are a regular occurence… is there a worse thing to hear when you first zone in than a pair of “I haven’t tanked this before, what do I do?” on fights as complex as in this expansion? Standard response: “Survive”)

Comment on So Recount, we meet again…. by lonomonkey

lonomonkey — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:24:01 +0000

Easiest example would be a hybrid switching role mid-fight, like a Shadow priest dropping shadowform and healing for a few or a dps with some tanking cooldown tank a mob for a few instant while healers get a battlerez off for example.

More subtle would be the various abilities to control mob movement (snares, trap, cc) or various interrupts/damage reduction/etc… that are not normaly used in a fight but can be very useful when things go south because of an unplanned event.

Comment on So Recount, we meet again…. by Nils

Nils — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:47:49 +0000

Actually, as a disc priest you can sometimes beat the tank – while healing the entire group. You always beat the DDs, except for the heirloomed+enchanted+skilled ones.

Comment on So Recount, we meet again…. by Chris

Chris — Sat, 11 May 2013 04:01:33 +0000

No snark intended, it’s just been a long time since I’ve raided in WoW. Can you give an example of how a DPS could think on his feet to save a raid?

Comment on Horde acceptance in the workplace by disgracefuljedi

disgracefuljedi — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:28:27 +0000

Stay strong, stay Horde my friend. Lok’tar ogar!
If I ever come back to wow I’m not touching Alliance again unless I just want that double agent achievement. The Alliance have gnomes, therefore the Horde will always be superior!