tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post2515535211565883804..comments2022-04-11T20:34:56.519-07:00Comments on Gamer By Design: [WoW] The Talented Mr. Holy Paladin. Did They Live up To Blizzard's Ideals?Talarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684944568000522986noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-76622365287305186362014-03-07T08:29:26.380-08:002014-03-07T08:29:26.380-08:00Yup, we were hitting 35% - 40% by the second inter...Yup, we were hitting 35% - 40% by the second intermission, so just slightly behind. I think we're going to bring my Enhancement Shaman though. Very strong off heals and twice as much DPS as my Retadin spec. We just want to whomp him already (we're basically locking until he's dead because it's purely execution that's keeping us from our kill).Talarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684944568000522986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-60510864887928054192014-03-06T18:14:45.508-08:002014-03-06T18:14:45.508-08:00Oh, sorry, I was referring to Empowered Whirlings ...Oh, sorry, I was referring to Empowered Whirlings only -- so if you're hitting p3 before the third Empowered Whirling you're probably okay. Obviously better to get 1 or 0 but it's doable.Balkothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425374556730828853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-30571073149826031102014-03-06T17:07:51.198-08:002014-03-06T17:07:51.198-08:00We're about there. We definitely hit Phase 3 b...We're about there. We definitely hit Phase 3 before a 3rd intermission, but we are getting 3 normal Whirling Corruptions, and we did get 2 Empowered Whirling Corruption before hitting P3.<br /><br />I'll bring back the feedback, though. Super good feedback!Talarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684944568000522986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-67038308027733505242014-03-06T13:46:39.046-08:002014-03-06T13:46:39.046-08:00What percent is Garrosh before the second intermis...What percent is Garrosh before the second intermission? He needs to be at 30-35% tops, ideally much lower at this point with all the gear you have.<br /><br />"Mind you, my DPS as Ret is abysmal anyway (granted, higher than the other healers' DPS off-specs by a factor of 2), so not sure it's even that helpful."<br /><br />It should be, because your healing shouldn't be needed at all.<br /><br />"Whirling Corruption has been a sticking point for us, however, once it gets empowered anyhow."<br /><br />Make sure your priest has Cascade and is using it on each Empowered Whirling.<br /><br />1st Whirling: have a warrior drop Demoralizing Banner and Rallying Cry -- that's 10% less damage taken and 20% more HP.<br /><br />2nd Whirling: have the other warrior repeat it.<br /><br />3rd Whirling (in p3): Devotion Aura for 20% less damage.<br /><br />If you're getting more than 3 Whirlings total (2 in p2.5 and 1 in p3) you're doing it very, very wrong and it'll be nigh impossible to kill it.Balkothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425374556730828853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-19668839643674069332014-03-06T13:24:45.217-08:002014-03-06T13:24:45.217-08:00Agreed that we should be, but we haven't reall...Agreed that we should be, but we haven't really been able to 2-Heal many encounters. Mind you, my DPS as Ret is abysmal anyway (granted, higher than the other healers' DPS off-specs by a factor of 2), so not sure it's even that helpful. I could bring my Enhancement Shaman, seeing as I'm not raiding on Sundays anymore, but I'd like to actually get the kill on my Paladin as that's the character that's been in the Wednesday raid the entire time.<br /><br />We also have nearly 0 off-healing, Mage, Hunter, Warlock, Warrior, Monk are our DPS, Warrior tank, which doesn't help. Druid tank does bring a lot of self-healing, and I can tell the difference between healing the two as I pretty much don't need to heal the bear tank.<br /><br />Whirling Corruption has been a sticking point for us, however, once it gets empowered anyhow. Tranquility is a pain to use as you have to eat the missile damage (I've been mitigating it by HoSing the druid healer when he has to sit still and Tranq), and PW:Barrier's radius is tiny. Devo Aura is great, but 3 minute cooldown. We have a couple of the Warrior health banners, but that's not a huge help.<br /><br />It is funny, though, as I do play Holy Paladin DPS for phase 1. I'm the one who kills the engineers. Heroism on the first engineer, Wings on the second, Divine Favor on the 3rd, and I can kill them all. But once we're into Phase 2+, I'm flat out just heals. Though, digging into World of Logs, my healing throughput is just a little under their combined overheals, so perhaps it is doable.Talarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684944568000522986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-28753271869268434992014-03-06T12:29:49.162-08:002014-03-06T12:29:49.162-08:00"with no computer and being one of the three ..."with no computer and being one of the three healers, what the heck was the raid supposed to do?"<br /><br />Two heal it? You SHOULD be two-healing Garrosh on Normal OR Heroic anyway, it's primarily a DPS/coordination check that gets much easier with more DPS and the healing is bursting rather than constant. Which means using a cooldown or two for something like Whirling pays off far more than having an extra healer.Balkothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425374556730828853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-72576723719335482022014-03-06T09:11:00.249-08:002014-03-06T09:11:00.249-08:00Good to know :) I don't PvP at all so I have n...Good to know :) I don't PvP at all so I have no real insight there.Talarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684944568000522986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-69824084521110182472014-03-06T06:08:15.231-08:002014-03-06T06:08:15.231-08:00I agree with your conclusion. I don't raid any...I agree with your conclusion. I don't raid anymore, so I look at talents from the point of view of someone who only plays Arenas and Rated BGs. I find that I am constantly swapping talents depending on what format of PvP I will be playing, what team mates I will be playing with (diminishing returns with other CCs is a big consideration) and even what Battleground I will be playing in (i.e. Light's Hammer in Silvershard for the extra snare, Holy Prism in big CTF group fights, and Execution Sentence in node maps/smaller fights). So if you think Blizzard did well with giving choices from a PvE perspective, then I would say they did doubly well, because they also did it from a PvP one.Duke of Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716600365355282982noreply@blogger.com