World of Warcraft: Take 2

[Red Angel]

Onyxia Blood Talisman is garbage for Druids. Mark of Tyranny is so much better.

[Last Exile]

Too late, I already did that quest months ago, I didn't take that for killing Drak.

[Red Angel]

Too late, I already did that quest months ago, I didn't take that for killing Drak.

Get Smoking Heart of the Mountain then, unless you have two crafting professions. Either that, or try petitioning a GM. Whether it works or not is 50-50, but it won't hurt to try.

[Last Exile]

Petitioned a GM, now waiting.

[Razola]

I'd suggest three pieces of the Rank 13 set for the Feral speed bonus.

And yeah, Onyxia Trinket sucksssss.

EDIT: New priest talents are HOT. Feed me your paladin tears, TMM. They taste so yummy.

[Red Angel]

I'd suggest three pieces of the Rank 13 set for the Feral speed bonus.

Or you could get 4 pieces at rank 8 and keep a life.

[Craig]

My guild is in Molten Core right now. We just wiped on Shazzrah 2x because of freakin respawns in Garr's room. Its frustrating.

We got Bindings of the Windseeker tonight. I'm a hunter so obviously I didn't get it haha

[Leon-IH]

My guild is in Molten Core right now. We just wiped on Shazzrah 2x because of freakin respawns in Garr's room. Its frustrating.

How did you wipe TWICE on respawns?

Priest revision looks retarded, priests didnt need a revision except the crappy holy tree.

[Red Angel]

My server finally opened AQ. Server crashed 15 times before the gates opened (2 alliance, 1 horde guilds with Scepter) and it was laggy as heck during the end battle. On the upside, lots of Brood rep, and 2 shiny new instances! We went into AQ20 to fool around, took down the first boss, and I got the mail bracers (I was on my hunter). The darn things are almost Giantstalker quality.

[Craig]

Well you see, we were fighting Shazzrah..and stuff would respawn. We'd die, res, and kill the stuff that respawned. Then we would attempt again, and more stuff respawned.

We got to Domo that night... We have the strategy down, its just a matter of gear. We're not exactly the most equipped.

[Last Exile]

I have 4 pieces of the Rank 8 already but who the hell wants to wear blues?

Eye of Sulfuras just dropped for Redefined for the first time in MC 15 mins ago. Pally called Pixelate bid all his DKP (33.25) to get it. We just need a bit more Arcanite to get it made.

[Red Angel]

The key to Shazz is Rogues on Bandage duty. I swear.

[Last Exile]

Our guild opened AQ last night on Blackrock. Eminence hates our guts infintely now.

[Razola]

I have 4 pieces of the Rank 8 already but who the hell wants to wear blues?

Color matters not; stats are everything.

And you won't see much of feral-worthy epics outside of AQ40.

[Last Exile]

Funny you mention that.

http://www.thottbot.com/?i=52604

I am the first person on Blackrock to have received Guise of the Devourer. ^^ Dropped from Vem. Mmm, feral goodness. *drool*

Redefined have beaten The Prophet Skeram, The Bug Family (Princess Kauj/Lord Kri/Vem) and Battleguard Sartura in AQ40 so far. We've gotten Fankriss the Unyielding down to 30% at attempt 3. Eminence are up to Princess Huhuran, they wiped on her at 2%. They may have gotten her late last night, not sure.

I'll probably get a +8 strength enchant on it since there are so many +agility ones around for other armor slots. Need more strength to get some better dps.

Learned yesterday that exalted with Zandalarian Tribe gets +33 healing and +33 Atk Power enchants for shoulders. Damn, now I do need to hit exalted! >< Oh boy, with ZG runs on the backburner along with MC and BWL being cooled down, looks like it's time to start buying coins and bijous.

[Red Angel]

I am so jealous of you and that awesome hat. Put 100HP, not 8STR on it though - it's an awesome tank hat.

[Razola]

Put the Druid ZG enchant on it. 100 HP, 180 Mana (with Heart of the Wild) and +22 Healing for kicks.

That's a hell of a lot better than 16 attack power.

[Last Exile]

I already burnt my cash for my current ZG enchants. Librams of Protection don't exist on my serveranymore, unless you're willing to pay 400g a pop. I don't have the time to run DM north anymore either. I'm gonna have enough stamina regardless. I need to get my strength and agility up for damage and for armor and critical strike.

I'm being kind of cost effective with some enchants, Red Angel. You have to understand I know plan to enchant every piece of Stormrage I will get along with every piece of feral gear, along with weapons and cloaks. And considering +30 to healing and +15 agi on gloves both require Nexus Crystals, I need to save cash and favour in the guild to get hold of them.

Downed Fankriss the Unyielding today (plate chest, SR cloak and Qiraji Regalia) and got Princess Huhuran to 27% on attempt 4. Very nasty fight that requires high NR no matter what class you are in hindsight. Plus she goes completely berserk at 30%. Had to spend about 100g on NR gear today, becuase Eminence told me the NR factor becomes even more important past Huhuran. So everyone is buying and farming NR gear tonight. If all goes well, we will down the Princess tomorrow. Eminece are on the Twin Emperors and are having a fair bit of trouble. However some of the loot I've seen that drops form them is well worth the pain. Pity epic NR in AQ mostly drops AFTER/FROM the NR bosses. Kinda cruel.

Brood of Nozdormu rep is close to halfway through hated at the moment. It's a really long grind. Having to clear 36000 just to get to Hostile is really harsh. But if I can get the rep up to Honored and go for the Blessed Qiraji War Hammer, it'll be well worth it.

[Red Angel]

My guild's cleared the first 5 bosses in AQ20. What an awesomely fun instance. Molten Bore? Snoozewing Lair? Pshaw. Now to mention the loot's awesome. Staff of Dominance equivalent off the last boss? Better belt than Giantstalker's? More goodies? Yes please! Haven't tried AQ40 yes, though we might have a shot at Skeram this weekend.

Does the +8 enchant come in a +stam flavor? If so, might want to try that, especially if you have HotW (comes out to almost 100HP then).

News flash: bosses do not, I repeat do not, like chain crits. Good thing my hunter's gear is still half from Maraudon, so the repair bill (feigning death vs Ayamiss' 5376238658 adds is impossible) is rather light.

[Razola]

There's a libram that gives +8 to any stat of your choosing. Of course, Libram of Consituion gives 100 HP, which is equal to 10 stamina. It does not work with Heart of the Wild (since it's +hp, not +stam), but the +8 Libram is still .4 stam shy of equaling constitution.

Though, if you are considering +hp enchants, ZG is the way to go. It's insanely good.

[Last Exile]

As I said, when Librams of Protection cost 400g+ each, ZG enchants are kinda limited to no more than 2. I got my Stomrage Cover enchanted and saving the mats for the second for upgrade legs.

Well, got +8 Strength for the helm. Definitely helped boost damage even more. The gear I'm getting is loaded with stamina so I'm going to get mainly strength and agility enchants.

[Craig]

I wouldn't really consider AQ20 that fun. The encounter with General Rajaxx is pretty disjointed and mostly retarded. Ossirian is perhaps the worst fight in ..well. Anything. Its just so annoyingly ...bad. Lawl kite! I got the choker of shifting sands off that guy (the head quest) ... lets just say that my paladin friends were not pleased.

[Razola]

You don't consider AQ20 fun? Remember when I said I'd kill you last?

I lied.

[Razola]

In the next patch, druids can /dance in cat, travel, and bear forms.

It's great.

[Red Angel]

In the next patch, druids can /dance in cat, travel, and bear forms.

It's great.

Time to camp the mailbox and /dance for gold. Buahaha.

[Last Exile]

Scored Staff of Dominance this afternoon for minimum dkp. Not the best around but beats blues. Gave me a real int boost too.

[Razola]

Gauntlets of New Life on Ossirian. Better than Cenarion; especially for PvP.

[Last Exile]

Today was nuts. I ended up accidentally seeding Onyxia and triggered a 5 drop! For once, Shard of the Scale finnaly dropped. I ended up getting Ancient Cornerstone Grimoire for a low bid to use as an offhand with my feral mace from 4 Dragons. And after several people left their brains at lunch during Sartura, once she was finally down Thick Qirajihide Belt (168a, 10str, 17agi, 20sta) dropped and I got that for minimum dkp. I'm down to almost no dkp but got 2 good items for feral form.

I feel good. I love smashing the Qiraji.

Raz, those gloves are okay but AQ40 loot owns them. Gloves of the Hidden Temple or Gloves or Enforcement are far better.

[Razola]

We're focusing on BWL at the moment. I want to try at least some of the easier bosses in AQ40, but leadership disagrees. And considering we don't use DKP for 20man raids, the price is right.

[Leon-IH]

Well, my group killed ony 8 days ago and again last night.

Thus far, we have only one druid keyed (others are lazy!) and guess what's dropped twice now... yay for nexus crystal (yes, it de'd into ONE fricking crystal). I got her head though - shaman ring ftw.

[Last Exile]

We're focusing on BWL at the moment. I want to try at least some of the easier bosses in AQ40, but leadership disagrees. And considering we don't use DKP for 20man raids, the price is right.

Well, Prophet Skeram and the Bug Family are easier than BWL. It gets BWL standard at Sartura and Fankriss. And at Princess Huhuran it's harder.

[Red Angel]

I got my Ancient Petrified Leaf for my Hunter. Time to camp the demons and hope some idiot doesn't despawn them on me.

[Last Exile]

I got my Ancient Petrified Leaf for my Hunter. Time to camp the demons and hope some idiot doesn't despawn them on me.

Dream on. My advice - get 5 guildies to go with you. You need them for buffs and to clear trash. Of course, you won't be grouped with them. Get every potion and buff you can and FD/set slowing traps a lot and use Wing Clip a lot. I escorted 2 hunters in my old guild that did their epic quest. It requires assistance. Soloing it is suicide. And I hear the Winterspring demon can be done by more than 1 hunter at once (ie. party with another hunter)

[Leon-IH]

The hunters I know with the rhok bow solo'd thier epic quests (they did use lots of potions though), it's about knowing the strategies and having actual skill more than anything else.

On a pvp server you might want friends to keep gankmeisters off you though.

[Last Exile]

Yeah, that's what I was also saying, Leon. People try to stop hunters getting the demons down all the time.

Just got Dragon's Blood Cape from Ragnaros for minimum dkp. Getting so much feral loot lately, because resto loot just won't drop at all. Ah well, all good.

[Razola]

Dual Bloodfang pants dropped last night off Rag. We've had him on farm for months and the damn Stormrage won't drop.

[Last Exile]

Yeah, Redefined suffer the same problem. We only ever had 3 drop. 2 of the holders left a month ago and the last one almost left last week. They were stacked with full Stormrage too, which really ticks me off.

[Craig]

Speaking of Rag.. we just started him tonight, 2 dry runs.. first attempt to 55%, not that it matters because we got raped by the sons of flame. Second attempt was just silly, tank died real early and we were standing too close.

[Razola]

Rag is about a few key things:

1. Fire Resistance
GOOD Fire Resistance, not crappy greens with +FR and nothing else.

2. Damage
It's a DPS race. The constant damage will eventually wear you done. Simply put, by the time Rag is ready for a second Son spawn you will be not be able to handle much more than kiting in the hopes you can quickly kill him when he pops up.

3. Transition
Everything about Rag is before the fight, except for the Son transition. This is the key part of the fight, and honestly the only hard part. Knowing when to get ready for the sons, group the sons away from casters, and killing the sons in 90 seconds can be very difficult to get down. Just remember that all forms of CC are available, so stun-locking and freezing traps work.

[Red Angel]

Got Vael to 21% with 31 people, and then he turned and toasted half the raid. 1% more and we would have had him

Razor was hillarious. The lag was so bad the mobs I was kiting were telepotring all over the place, and then the despawn happened when it looked like we still had 2-3 eggs left. Was weird.

Took a shot at the Burning Steppes Hunter demon, with no luck, only a 4G repair bill (gear 90% to 100% broken, yay for no epics as of yet). I got a real kick out of watching people try to attack the demon between attempts... walk up... BOOM!