3.1 Soon - Anyone else been scrambling for drakes?

[Concillian]

That question is thrown out there a lot on the EJ forums when discussing tier 7 raiding, but I've never seen anyone chime in with a "Yes, my guild did 10 man content only and cleared Sarth+3 multiple times" or whatnot....not like we used to see when folks asked the same question about ZA speed runs, which were definitely doable by Karazhan + badge geared guilds.

I kept a pretty close eye on the R&D forum and there were a few guilds who were "true 10 man guilds" who were farming +2 regularly, but all that I saw failed to make the leap to +3.

It's probably a combination of factors that makes that fight especially difficult:
gearing on tanks (for spikes)
gearing on DPS (for the two points at which DPS is completely critical)
and of course the restrictive group makeup where the entire tier of content can easily be completed with 2healer / 2 tank / 6 DPS and this at best is 2 / 3 / 5 where the 2 and 3 are interchangeable, and many have said the easiest is 3 / 3 / 4... though I'm not entirely certain 3 / 3 / 4 is doable for 10 man in 10 man gear. You probably have to stretch to 2 / 3 / 5 or 3 / 2 / 5.