Heroic Black Morass

[swirly]

This wasn't true the last time I did heroic BM.

I'm going to go ahead and take your word on this one. I figure you are a much more trustworthly source than "some random site I read it on and can't remember anymore." : )

Going to chop up your post a bit and rearrange it some. Hope you don't mind the reordering.

On the first boss, ignore adds and bring him down. Once he's down, don't waste a beacon - Finish off the adds yourself

This seems perfectly reasonable to me and the beacon will be useful later on so going to work that plan in for sure.

It's important that nothing makes it through from 1-5 and 7-11, because you need to squeeze as much out of that shield as you can get.

Again on Temporus, the same as Deja - ignore all adds, finish the boss, and then clear out the mess manually after Temporus is dead (the shield will likely be pretty low at this point, but so long as it's 1% or better when the last add dies here, you should be fine).

I don't really have a problem with any of this, but I'm wondering if its possible to change things up a little bit to maybe mitigate the gear/dps check some. I know that by its very nature BM is a gear/dps check and so that can't be gotten rid of, but I'm just wondering about lowering it. First off here is the plan you laid out which seems fine to me with a group that has the dps to make it work.

1. AH kills adds, rest on Rift Lord<>
   
2. AH kills adds, rest on Rift Lord<>
   
3. AH kills adds, rest on Rift Lord<>
   
4. AH kills adds, rest on Rift Lord<>
   
5. AH kills adds, rest on Rift Lord<>
   
6. All on Deja, kill the adds during the break afterwards<>
   
7. AH kills adds with AA helping, rest on Rift Lord<>
   
8. AH kills adds with AA helping, rest on Rift Lord<>
   
9. AH kills adds with AA helping, rest on Rift Lord<>
   
10. AH kills adds with AA helping, rest on Rift Lord<>
    
11. AH kills adds with AA helping, rest on Rift Lord<>
    
12. All on Temporus, kill the adds during the break afterwards<>
    
13. Beacon for adds, all on Rift Lord<>
    
14. Beacon for adds, all on Rift Lord<>
    
15. Beacon for adds, all on Rift Lord<>
    
16. Beacon for adds, all on Rift Lord<>
    
17. Beacon for adds, all on Rift Lord<>
    
18. All on Aeonus<>
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    The main time I've tried Heroic BM (yes my experience in the heroic version is limited) we had pretty much the best geared dps, tank, and healer in the guild and we ended up wiping around portal 9-10. Now some of this could be because we didn't know about the Executioner life scaling and so were learning as we went. I figure that with better knowledge ahead of time the group could possible make it through, though it certainly may be that we don't have the gear yet. So I'm looking at how to adjust things so that a group that can make it to portal 10 on heroic can bridge the gap to go the rest of the way. My thinking on this is that by using a beacon to clear the adds after Temporus, enough shield might be saved to allow for Executioners to be allowed through on other portals. I'll list what I'm thinking out in more detail.
    
    1. AH kills adds, rest on Rift Lord<>
       
    2. AH kills adds, rest on Rift Lord<>
       
    3. AH kills adds, rest on Rift Lord<>
       
    4. AH kills adds, rest on Rift Lord<>
       
    5. AH kills adds, rest on Rift Lord<>
       
    6. All on Deja, kill the adds during the break afterwards<>
       
    7. AH kills adds with AA helping, rest on Rift Lord<>
       
    8. AH kills adds with AA helping, rest on Rift Lord<>
       
    9. AH kills adds with AA helping, rest on Rift Lord<>
       
    10. AH kills adds except for Executioners, rest on Rift Lord<>
        
    11. AH kills adds except for Executioners, rest on Rift Lord, drop a beacon to clear up the Executioners.<>
        
    12. All on Temporus, drop a beacon to clear the adds afterwards<>
        
    13. AH kills adds except for Executioners, rest on Rift Lord<>
        
    14. AH kills adds except for Executioners, rest on Rift Lord, drop a beacon to clear up the Executioners.<>
        
    15. AH kills adds except for Executioners, rest on Rift Lord<>
        
    16. AH kills adds except for Executioners, rest on Rift Lord, drop a beacon to clear up the Executioners.<>
        
    17. Beacon for adds, all on Rift Lord<>
        
    18. All on Aeonus<>
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        My assumption here is that dropping a beacon after Temporus will save enough shield to allow Executioners through on three portals to be cleared up by a beacon on the following one. This may simply kill the shield and not work at all. It is very dependent on how often the Executioners spawn (which I don't know) and how fast we kill the Rift Lords. Your strategy is much simpler (which I like alot), but I'm wondering if the added complexity of mine could make up for a little less gearing. In your experience does it seem completely impossible or is there a chance of it working?