Help with Raiding in ToV

[Deadspirit]

Derail ahead.

I moved into ST and am enjoying it alot sofar.... Only my strongest 3 of my team are keyed but I was still able to solo box the first two bosses, after getting one of them to 3% and wiping.

My shaman has become less effective for healing and can't compensate for lack of cleric as much anymore. It still works... but if I get bad rolls on crit heals then i'm doomed. Hello, chain heal.

I never really used the Warrior 1.5 or 2.0 clicky but have found it to be extremely useful for longer fights where defensive wore off. I've started to begin fights with my 1hers to build aggro with the hate procs and end up switching to my 2her to gain some DPS with Savage Onslaught. 8k crits rox the bosses sox off. I have the Defensive Ring and have found that it's not really all that important - Getting used to managing things post-defensive is rough at first but is manageable... Just don't take it away when i'm trying to kill Froggernaught.

Fights are moving from "Good luck trying to tank this" to "Yea, you can tank this, congratulations, now get some DPS". Time to share loots with guildies and key my other noobs.



DS.

[lazylob]

Derail ahead.

I moved into ST and am enjoying it alot sofar.... Only my strongest 3 of my team are keyed but I was still able to solo box the first two bosses, after getting one of them to 3% and wiping.

My shaman has become less effective for healing and can't compensate for lack of cleric as much anymore. It still works... but if I get bad rolls on crit heals then i'm doomed. Hello, chain heal.

I never really used the Warrior 1.5 or 2.0 clicky but have found it to be extremely useful for longer fights where defensive wore off. I've started to begin fights with my 1hers to build aggro with the hate procs and end up switching to my 2her to gain some DPS with Savage Onslaught. 8k crits rox the bosses sox off. I have the Defensive Ring and have found that it's not really all that important - Getting used to managing things post-defensive is rough at first but is manageable... Just don't take it away when i'm trying to kill Froggernaught.

Fights are moving from "Good luck trying to tank this" to "Yea, you can tank this, congratulations, now get some DPS". Time to share loots with guildies and key my other noobs.



DS.

You have beat me into ST!! Now I'm really jealous. Did you buy tokens or have you been the one killing all of the ST key dragons...fess up !!

[Deadspirit]

Newp, didn't buy tokens, made it a priority to kill all the dragons. I'm saving my cash for GH teleporter from Chardok and Epic2.0s

Zland and Yeli weren't special - Kland and Sont are freakin' wicked. I'm working on my second round of keys now and am sure that it will be easier than last time. I had some help on Sont and Kland but only after getting them both down to like 3%... It seems to be my magic number for wiping.

I never thought I could tank as high of a DPS mob as Sontalak - ~7k quad and ramp? High DPS is a must.

Kland is hard because you need to killem unbuffed (Forget about HoT spells.) I found a place to pull him so he doesn't AE my team. Fun.

If you need to borrow a Tomb key give me a tell... or we can meet up and knock em down if we are on at the same time.

[Brontu]

Derail ahead.

I moved into ST and am enjoying it alot sofar.... Only my strongest 3 of my team are keyed but I was still able to solo box the first two bosses, after getting one of them to 3% and wiping.

My shaman has become less effective for healing and can't compensate for lack of cleric as much anymore. It still works... but if I get bad rolls on crit heals then i'm doomed. Hello, chain heal.

I never really used the Warrior 1.5 or 2.0 clicky but have found it to be extremely useful for longer fights where defensive wore off. I've started to begin fights with my 1hers to build aggro with the hate procs and end up switching to my 2her to gain some DPS with Savage Onslaught. 8k crits rox the bosses sox off. I have the Defensive Ring and have found that it's not really all that important - Getting used to managing things post-defensive is rough at first but is manageable... Just don't take it away when i'm trying to kill Froggernaught.

Fights are moving from "Good luck trying to tank this" to "Yea, you can tank this, congratulations, now get some DPS". Time to share loots with guildies and key my other noobs.



DS.

the war epic clickies are amazing - after you get extension foci - its literally like having a perma 4k hp buff (or w/e the 1.5's is). i basically keep it up constantly.

and for shamans - they do lose their effectiveness healing as you progress, its been a wierd ride with my shaman, was great in t1/t2, lost effectiveness in t3-6 and started to come back to being worth my time in t7/8. Their Godly Conversion buffs also only get better as you progress. Whcih makes them great buffers - i would hate to not have my shm in my crew now as i run a heavy melee crew.

[Deadspirit]

I thought there was a nerf with Extension so I never bought it.... Was that for Defensive Only?

[Brontu]

nope - if anything got nerfed i only lost about 30 seconds on that disc - extension still = #1 foci for tanks bar none

[Deadspirit]

Damn, thanks for the info. I'll be putting that to good use.

[Grey]

Yea might want to just work on a cleric now but dont neglect the shm. Good class

[Deadspirit]

I dont think I will trash the sham because it seems like I can chain heal forever... My cleric likes to run oom and I havent found a way to increase the mana flow. Once I get Chaotic Elixer for my Sham i'll be sitting pretty.

[Reid]

The t4 HoT is a HUGE boon to druid / shammy healing when you still have under 20k mana from what I can tell. If we do a Fennin run and I see one drop i'll shoot you a tell.