What went right and wrong with Majordomo?

[Alrin]

The damage shield does not have a thorns effect. Think of it as an intermittent shield wall. Rogues might want to hold off blowing 5 combo points while the shield is up (energy efficiency?), and it's probably not the best time to spend a warrior's rage bar on damage skills. It's a non-issue as far as healer mana goes. Sunder, revenge, and shield bash (skills that cause hate far beyond what their damage would explain) appear to still generate plenty of hate while the shield is in effect.

Actually yes, the purple shield does infact reflect damage back to the attacker. I don't think it negates damage done though, so if you were to hit a 3k execute attack, the mob would still suffer it, but it would also be reflected back.

Knowing the shields is key.
We have people in the raid that cannot use CTRAID for various reasons.
It is essential to be aware what color means what.
Purple means you will get hit back with skills/attacks if you are in melee combat.
Ie, a paladin that hammers a healer with a purple shield will stun HIMSELF.

Purple Shield = Physical damage/skills are reflected back.
White Shield = ANY magical spells cast have a 50%!!! percent chance of reflecting back to respective caster. However, your spells (if attack spells) will still inflict damage. But if you cast sheep and it reflects, only you will get the effects. So only damage spells will affect white-shield targets.

Also, when it comes to mages you do not have to wait for the sheep to pop before resheeping. They can be resheeped indefinately until we reach the 4 guard mark. But by then there should only be 1 healer anyway. A good way to handle sheeping (again this is for people with ctra that have the shield warning) is to resheep just before the white shield go up, or whenever there is a purple shield up. Again, know your shield colors.

And yeah, I agree we need to work out tank positioning a little more, as I was getting hit by aura from the dps crews target while I was busy tanking one of the guards. I was doing fine on the guard alone, but my healers had issues whenever there was a dps target nearby.

Don't worry though, a couple more attempts and we will get this. I am sure of it.

Without wax, Alrin.