Alhazad

Pretty cool stuff. Looks aside, the stats are killer. Warrior's BP has 14 def (remember the days of 14 def?) and over 1k armor... amazing stuff. According to the Kaplan interview, the sets also have some flexibility... like 9 total pieces but topping out at only an 8-piece bonus, so you can switch some stuff around and still get set bonuses. Neat.

Hey, if we don't make it to Domo, we'll always get him next week. No need to rush things... we're doing really well as it is. If we down Golemagg and Sulfuron and still need something to do, we can always hit Onyxia if people are attuned and/or haven't downed her already. But here's hoping we kill Ony tonight!

Big wins last night... grats to everyone for clearing up to (and including) Shazzrah. And grats to Gromit for getting one half of the Windseeker bindings. Friday night should be interesting...

I must say... even better than playable Worgen are playable demony-types. And Draenei girls are cute. *drool* And yeah, I like how Kaplan basically admits ZG and AQ20 are broken. "I was playing this, and this stuff dropped, and I said.. this is just broken." Gee. Considering the effort 20 people have to put in to make a ZG go right.. yeah.. either increase the rewards, or decrease the difficulty.

It was an awesome night, that much is certain. Let's pull for a repeat this week!

Raeda, will you sign my calendar?

Stats on the Battlegear of Might +2000 to Pwning +1jillion Defense +5 to Cool Points 8/8 set bonus = Sunder Armor generates 225% more threat and makes your enemy fork over his lunch money. The looting of Might will have the gear go directly to Alhazad, unless Alhazad already has the piece in question. In this event, the remaining warriors will fight (naked) with mining picks. Winner takes it. Grats on the Eyes, guys. Hey, that rhymed...

Signups for this run can now be found at http://www.hordeco.org under "RaidNinja." We're making steady progress toward Hakkar. Panther is next on our list!

Zandalarian Charm Thingy. *uber jealous* The tanking one is just divine...

Rawr! We'll get him. A good strat seems to be forming a line at the back of the cave, with enough buffer room to retreat toward the wall if you're the bomb. Have healers interspersed throughout the line, and have the MT run parallel to the group when Geddon pulses. This way, nobody is running away from the group, or toward the group, and Geddon is kept the same distance away from everyone.

Baaah. If this were just 3 hours later, I'd be all over it like syrup on french toast. A 6PM pre-Onyxia ZG run isn't a bad idea... darn.

Good point, Chrysalia. If you have CTRA, you'll be able to see the Main Tank's Target's Target. Basically, if I or another tank have Onyxia targeted, it will also display who SHE is targeting. If you happen to pop up there, she's targetting you and you should move north toward the MT. Having 3 tanks up there is worth a try. The trick is breaking her initial fear and then laying on enough aggro to keep her. Last run, she had so much aggro on other people that my slathering of sunders, taunts, shield-slams did absolutely nothing until her targets started dying. Then she popped back to me, and we got her down to .. 14%? It was a good number Whichever tank gets her in Phase 3, tremor totems DO help with the fears. The cavern will start to rumble as she is warming up a fear, so you can preemptively hit Zerker Rage, but there are no set intervals to her fears. A high fire resist is also helpful as she will flame-breath you, and there is also fire that comes up from the floor. Silly as the "FIFTY DKP MINUS!" audio clip is, the crazy guy on there has a lot of the strats down. "DPS really slowly in Phase 1" ... "Phase 2, DoTs until 40%, okay stop DoTs." ... and, of course, "Positioning is important... spread out in phase 2, and stay away from the whelp caves"

Great run lsat night guys, here are my observations.. I think we have Phase 1 and 2 down pat, it's just a matter of refining tactics a bit there. By our third run last night we were able to space out appropriately and put on enough DPS to avoid Deep Breath entirely! Rawr Going into Phase 3 requires as clean a threat table on Onyxia as possible. Two things should happen before she enters Phase 3: > Damage Over Time spells need to stop and 'run out' before Phase 3 initiates. In the last few percent of Phase 2, damage should be direct and not DOT-based. The Department of Transportation does not approve of this message. > Wipe Your Aggro - Basically, if you're a class with an aggro-reducer, use it. Fade. Vanish. Feign Death. Do what you can to get off Onyxia's threat table, or at least lower your place on it, and do not attack again until DPS is called on in Phase 3. With that done, the tank, if in position, should be able to pick her up. Last night, I was allllll prepared to use my great Glimmering Mithril Insignia and be immune to fear going into Phase 3... well, I used it, but used it a SECOND too late. I believe I have the timing down now, and using the Insignia will give me 30 seconds of immunity to fear. Sadly, it does not -break- fear (or didn't seem to last night), so it must be used prior to her first Phase 3 fear. That done, I should be fear-free and have a few seconds to put myself high on her aggro table, draw her back, and return to Phase 1 positioning. DPS should be off. Good stuff...

Onyxia tonight! I'm very excited

Not that I've had any problems with pronunciations... it's Al-has-odd... If I can call you Betty... Betty, you can call me Al. Caaaall meeee Aaaal...

*scared*

Narsica gets... FIRST BLOOD Rar!

If you guys need a tank, or just a warm body, just look me up. LBRS, UBRS, or dragon-killing...

If you need another warrior, I'm game. I'm even Protection spec'd! Alhazad, Ani Ayastigi