Five Player Running Lower Blackrock Spire

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O.o I am constantly amazed by the number of folks who come completely unprepared for a long instance. The other night our run on Black Rock Depths was paused because the hunter in the group was down to 185 rounds of ammo. On another occassion in a random grouping I had to give the stack of 20 drinks I had to the warlock because she had left town without any and there was no mage in teh party. She was not happy that I only had Moonberry juice and asked our priest for a stack of Morning Glory Dew - he flat out refused. ;)
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We've gone quite a bit off topic here, but this is important enough and already been brought up that I feel the need to address it.

I find it really odd that the warlock was so desperate for drinks. With a bit of coodernation/communication, a warlock's mana can be restored by a heal from the healer. A warlock just needs to use life tap several times to convert life to mana, and then receive a heal. It's very mana effecient as a few hundred mana from healer translates into 1500-2000+ life for warlock, and for a warlock, life=mana, so it really equals 1500-2000 mana for the warlock. With talent points (improved life tap), it's better than a 1 for 1 trade (20% if all of 2 talent points are spent, it's a tier 2 affliction talent).

A secondary healer (in our party it's vor_lord's pally) is perfect for this between fights. It takes less time, and the mana expended by the healer is likely recovered entirely by spirit while walking to next fight. I've heard rumors of warlocks that don't use life tap, and it could be compared to warlocks not using pets, or mages not using conjured water. A warlocks demon armor increases life regen, so a full life bar and low mana is a waste. Perhaps this warlock is one of those that doesn't use life tap much, which is baffling...