# New WoW General Discussion Thread 6/8/10 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 9, 2010, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480 "2010-06-09T00:30:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 17
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480/17 "2010-06-09T15:16:35Z")
Woo! Great run last night. After several weeks of wiping on Heroic LDW-25 (the guild had killed her back on Trollbane, but not again since transferring), we got her down easily after only a few attempts (and a couple of the wipes involved important people DCing). We knocked out eight bosses on Heroic before calling it for the night because of the time. I have a good feeling that H-PP is going down this week. 😃 It was also a great run for me personally. I was sitting on a nice stack of DKP since I hadn’t actually won anything yet that would have cost any, so I was able to pick up both the pieces that dropped that I wanted. So now I have my Heroic (277) T10 helm \*and \*a 277 chest. 😃 Finally pushed my GS (serious business) over 6k, and (more importantly) my unbuffed HP is getting awfully close to 48k. (If you count my Mixology flask bonus, it’s probably there already.) > [@World of Warcraft General Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/11999): > > Also, I can’t recommend TidyPlates/ThreatPlates more highly. Holy shit yes. I can’t believe how long it took me to start using it. Note, too, that it’s highly tweakable (which I suggest doing). It’s even useful for DPS–you can see where your threat is at on all targets, which is insanely useful for AOE packs. It’s also a godsend in a fight like Rotface–last night, I missed the alert that told me I had the disease, but I could see the big red health bar above the little ooze that told me it was aggro’d on to _me_. > [@World of Warcraft General Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/12001): > > Every so often it will randomly scale up the nameplates to 200% or something Check settings? Sounds like there’s some weird option set. Otherwise, reinstall. I never have that happen. > [@World of Warcraft General Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/12002): > > I take it I should be gemming straight STA on my tanking pieces? \*Defense to cap (535 for Heroics, 540 for raids) \*Meta gem (Use the Austere Earthsiege: Stamina + Armor) \*Nightmare Tear in the non-blue slot with the best Stamina bonus (probably your other helm socket) to activate that meta \*Everything else Stamina > [@World of Warcraft General Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/12006): > > thanks, Doll! Anytime, **Quas**. 😃 > [@World of Warcraft General Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/12008): > > Dreamwalker is cake, so it won’t be long. Oh, the guild has killed her plenty of times. I just haven’t been in the raid for any of them. Unless we start on PP tonight, that’s where we’ll be headed, too. > [@](#): > > guess you’ll just have to kill him on Heroic to separate yourself from the masses. Oh, sure, nothing to it! Just complete an achievement that the best guilds in the world are still hammering their heads against, that I can’t even begin to attempt until we down two more bosses on Heroic. 😃 > [@](#): > > Progression will come in time, especially with the attitude that Blizzard has taken towards progression, so I’m more concerned with genuinely enjoying the company of my guildmates more than progression. Oh, I’m not as mercenary as all that. I just want a certain minimal level of progression. Because I’ve been in guilds with \*very nice \*people who just aren’t that dedicated to raiding, and it’s driven me _completely fucking insane_. > [@World of Warcraft General Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/12009): > > I came up the stairs and around the corner and saw one of these groups going at it, and mistakenly thought they were fighting the tank. So I dropped a Flamestrike right in the middle of them … except the tank actually wasn’t in there yet I’ve done something similar in ICC. After Deathwhisper, before Lootship, there’s some trash to clear where you have friendly NPCs helping. Like in Gundrak, these mobs are in combat before you reach them. One time, I wasn’t paying attention and thought everyone else was up there already. So I charged in, pulled a bunch of things, and promptly died. 😃 > [@World of Warcraft General Discussion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-general-discussion/488294/12010): > > Sorry. I appreciate all the help, but this thread hangs up on me continously Dunno if the new thread will solve any of the problems, **Quasi** , but I hope you give it a shot! > [@Bosstone](#): > > the guy cracks some juvenile jokes while filling out the app Part of it is now the \ MOTD. 😃 > [@](#): > > I don’t know what was happening, but folks just kept taking ridiculous amounts of damage. The Deathbound Wards (the giant skellies) and Servants of the Throne (the ice mages) were hurting us way too badly. The giant skeletons are the ones that spawn when someone breaks a trap. They shoudln’t \*ever \*be up at the same time as the other trash. The Servants should always be kept pointed away from the raid and interrupted as much as possible–the only people taking damage from them should be the tanks. > [@](#): > > I’m pushing for everything I’ve got healing-wise, and we finally finish the fight with 5 people still standing, and me the only healer. That’s awesome! I mean, \*your \*part of the mess. 😛 > [@](#): > > TT was kicked from the guild by GL. I take that as a \*very \*good sign about the new guild. > [@](#): > > one-shot every damn boss all the way up until Festergut, who took a whole two tries because I didn’t realize just how hard I needed to pour on the tank heals after a certain time had passed He hits harder with every stack of inhale. At three stacks, the tank should pop a CD, then another one when that wears off and/or an external CD. Heals need to be really heavy on top of the CDs. > [@](#): > > All told, my takings from the run were [snip] More importantly, though, I had _fun_. Grats on both counts! > [@Skammer](#): > > Not tonight though: tonight is the Burning Dog Legion weekly alt dungeon, and we’re tackling **The Botanica**. Special note to any Alchemists: This is the dungeon you need to run for Potion specialization. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-wow-general-discussion-thread-6-8-10/542480)._