One thing we found really helpful for our first Rag kill was saving Onyxia's head to hand in before the fight.
After Domo submitted, everyone bar three people (2 tanks and a shammie) got a portal to Org and we handed in the Onyxia head for the buff. We were also lucky enough to get a Rend buff at the same time from someone's guildie.
We then hearthed to Kargath, went in and got Rag to 28% before the first sons. It really did make a huge difference to our dps although we were also buffed to the eyeballs, with potions and everything else we had, as the previous week we had come very close.
You do need to leave at least one person behind to prevent MC from resetting. We did three out of pure fear of it going wrong! :)
Only flaw with this strategy is when you win the head and have to hold it for a few days knowing there's a great reward to be had. Maybe some people see getting the Onyxia buff as cheesy but, to others, it's little different to using potions, food, juju's etc.
edit - you do still need to get the sons right though as there's still a wave to deal with. It doesn't gimp ragnaros to prevent that.
After Domo submitted, everyone bar three people (2 tanks and a shammie) got a portal to Org and we handed in the Onyxia head for the buff. We were also lucky enough to get a Rend buff at the same time from someone's guildie.
We then hearthed to Kargath, went in and got Rag to 28% before the first sons. It really did make a huge difference to our dps although we were also buffed to the eyeballs, with potions and everything else we had, as the previous week we had come very close.
You do need to leave at least one person behind to prevent MC from resetting. We did three out of pure fear of it going wrong! :)
Only flaw with this strategy is when you win the head and have to hold it for a few days knowing there's a great reward to be had. Maybe some people see getting the Onyxia buff as cheesy but, to others, it's little different to using potions, food, juju's etc.
edit - you do still need to get the sons right though as there's still a wave to deal with. It doesn't gimp ragnaros to prevent that.