Saturday, June 27, 2009

Moar Phase 2 Refinements:

1. Assign Raeveny and Ragnarok on Constrictor and Corruptor duty. The cause of us wiping 3 times that we made it to phase 3 last week seemed to be the obnoxious number of Corruptors still left standing while we were transitioning into phase 3. I believe I saw around 5 or 6. (The underlying reason for this change in assignments is becuase, having too many Corruptors up in phase 3 kept the healers far too busy decursing, which meant that they were falling behind on tank heals. If we can transition into phase 3 with less Corrptors up, it would mean that healers can focus more on the tanks.)

This next attempt, we'll put both hunters on small tentacle duty. #1 priority, break people out of constrictors, then #2 kill as many Corruptors as possible. When the tentacles become stunned however, switch DPS onto the Crusher.

Don't stray too far from the raid, you'll still need to get decursed. If there are no nearby Corruptors to kill, get on the Crushers.

1.5 Raeveny and Ragnarok will also be assigned to be the backups for portals in case one of the melee is either dead, mindcontrolled, or constricted. If you cannot make your portal, call it out over vent and the number of your portal. Raeveny will be the first backup, Ragnarok will be the second.

2. Let's try getting that first tentacle stun faster this time. Pop BL immediately when the melee group enters the first brain portal and blow through the tentacles faster - the idea is that, if we can get the first tentacle stun faster, it lowers dps requirements up top since they can avoid a wave of tentacles.

Save the potions of speed for when you get to Yogg however, if this idea works, the melee group will kill all the tentacles around 15-18 seconds into the portal, running over to yogg will consume another 5 seconds, which means 20-25 seconds of the lust still left to dps on yogg's brain. Pop the potion of speed then, this way, we're still getting the benefit of BL + potion of speed stacking.

A cleaner top means less RNG for the melee groups going into the portals - fewer constrictors to "grip" a melee before they need to get into a portal.

It also increases dps for the top since they'll have bloodlust for most of the stun phase, instead of now, where 15 seconds of the lust remains after the Crusher tentacle is downed.

3. Healers, DPS the crusher when the tentacles are stunned. There should be little to no damage to raid during this time, unless there is something urgent to be cleansed (apathy), dps the crusher too.

4. Ranged DPS, after the Crusher tentacle goes down, put as much dps on the Corruptors as you can while you are moving to the second Crusher position. Infact, if a Crusher goes down during a stun, kill nearby Corruptors before moving onto the second Crusher. The tanks will keep the 2nd Crusher in check.

5. For those getting mind controlled in Yogg's room because they are having problems clicking on the portals. The reason this is happening is because Yogg's model is enormous, if you are facing the portal with Yogg behind you - depending on how far your camera is zoomed out, the UI thinks you are trying to click on Yogg's brain instead of the portal.

This picture below shows you how to do it correctly, pan your camera to the side, so that yogg is to one side of your model and the portal is on the other. This way, there is no ambiguity to the UI what you are clicking.