tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post5822320661201316080..comments2022-04-11T20:34:56.519-07:00Comments on Gamer By Design: Spoiler Alert: Spoils of Pandaria is a Complete PainTalarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684944568000522986noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-5931570187778644832013-12-07T16:34:21.475-08:002013-12-07T16:34:21.475-08:00"the healer ends up potentially spending upwa..."the healer ends up potentially spending upwards of 2 - 3 seconds every 10 to dump them."<br /><br />I believe they go out every 15 seconds. Maybe they prefer ranged over melee, literally never even been a concern of any kind on normal or heroic.<br /><br />Not to mention that he can be casting Penance, Prayer of Mending, and Power Word: Shield while moving to drop the bombs, so it's not like his healing stops.<br /><br />"though you are talking about spiking to 150k HPS for the time period that the boss is up."<br /><br />No, because most people have mitigation abilities they can be using. Not to mention that he can literally just spam Prayer of Healing and put out the HPS. My 547 alt priest heals a single target with Prayer of Healing for 51k without any buffs. That winds up being 111k HPS without counting crits or flasks/food or raid buffs just by spamming Prayer of Healing. No cooldowns either like Inner Focus/Power Infusion or abilities like Cascade/Divine Star or even something like Twist of Fate.<br /><br />"This fight is certainly one that tests your healers."<br /><br />Except it really doesn't. Yes, the healer is alone, but the actual requirement is still extremely low. Immerseus bubbles, Norushen trials, and the tower team on Galakras all require more and are also solo, at a minimum.Balkothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425374556730828853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-73679365061697921812013-12-06T18:31:08.155-08:002013-12-06T18:31:08.155-08:00The bombs occur more often than every 30 seconds, ...The bombs occur more often than every 30 seconds, when they get dropped, they last for 30 seconds, and you end up with 2 - 3 piles of bombs on the ground at any given moment. Add to that the fact that there's only 1 ranged and 1 healer on that side because of an excess of melee, and the healer ends up potentially spending upwards of 2 - 3 seconds every 10 to dump them.<br /><br />But I agree on the fact that the damage shouldn't be too bad with throughput cooldowns, though you are talking about spiking to 150k HPS for the time period that the boss is up. I'm not sure our priest has the throughput required for that currently, but that goes back to my point about just telling the healers to "heal more". Granted, he didn't get much practice dealing with the bombs (we only switched groups for the last like 3 pulls), so it also might be a matter of more practice.<br /><br />This fight is certainly one that tests your healers. Other fights you can rely on help from the other two healers. This fight? You're literally on your own, and if one of your healers is just a little weak, well, practice makes perfect, perhaps.Talarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684944568000522986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-29663730590380703162013-12-06T11:08:51.736-08:002013-12-06T11:08:51.736-08:00The bombs should be pretty much irrelevant. He tak...The bombs should be pretty much irrelevant. He takes 2-3 seconds every 30 seconds or whatever to dump them. Keep in mind you can also use cooldowns from other people during the Mantid Commanders -- Vampiric Embrace, Demoralizing Banner, Devotion Aura, etc.<br /><br />The damage on the Mantid Commander -- assuming you ONLY have the Mantid Commander up -- shouldn't be very bad at all. Hell, shouldn't even really need cooldowns on normal, it's literally DOUBLE the damage on heroic (for reference, normally normal -> heroic is 30-50% more damage).Balkothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425374556730828853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-17207120315673502392013-12-06T11:08:30.112-08:002013-12-06T11:08:30.112-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Balkothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425374556730828853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-42203008718076022442013-12-05T23:30:58.851-08:002013-12-05T23:30:58.851-08:00That's not far off from what we're doing, ...That's not far off from what we're doing, with the exception of the second big box later, which makes sense from a cooldown perspective. I'll definitely bring that back.<br /><br />One of our raiders is getting drums of rage, so we'll have that next time.<br /><br />At the moment though the biggest issue is surviving the Mantid boss, though being able to focus it will help, but one of the healers just can't get enough healing out when he also needs to deal with the bombs. He dies pretty well every time.Talarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684944568000522986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-90605871041011798432013-12-05T17:51:03.333-08:002013-12-05T17:51:03.333-08:00Note that you should have 3 minute cooldowns up fo...Note that you should have 3 minute cooldowns up for the first, second, and fourth big box, so likely use Lust on the third (first box of second half).Balkothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425374556730828853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2814591084344141656.post-40447166599501241442013-12-05T17:49:49.500-08:002013-12-05T17:49:49.500-08:001. release only the two Pandaren monks to get the ...1. release only the two Pandaren monks to get the buffs.<br /><br />2, release JUST one of the big boxes and kill it.<br /><br />3, release a combination of big and little boxes to get to 36 energy energy.<br /><br />4, once nothing is alive, release JUST the second big box and kill it.<br /><br />5. if you really find yourself struggling on the side without Lust, use Drums of Rage. Though I suspect that if you have serious berserk issues that it's due to wasting time between boxes, not because your actual DPS is too low.Balkothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12425374556730828853noreply@blogger.com