Ouro = teh Smashie

[Bolty]

I assume thats what most of the guilds on our server at this point are doing: "We'll kill C'thun first, then get Ouro". Ouro at least has the incentive of the AQ set legs, plus a few other nice items (Burrower Bracers, Jom Grabbar trinket etc). There seems to be almost no reason to kill Viscidus these days beyond the challenge of the fight itself. The Silithid Femur was a very nice caster weapon, but it doesn't hold a candle to the Wraith Blade.

Viscidus is "broken" in the sense of risk vs reward, at least for Alliance. It's one of the few bosses in the game that the Horde can agree "well, we got you there." It's just plain easier for them.

Ouro's far easier than the Twin Emps. I'd say it took us 3 weeks to get him down, but one week was only 2 attempts. Two "serious" nights of going at him and he was downed, which says a lot for our more casual raiding force. We just had to drill the concept of running from Sand Blasts and positioning correctly for emerges until it was executed correctly.

Most guilds will skip him and go to C'Thun first. I dunno, I prefer having an extra loot pinata before the long grind of learning such a difficult encounter like C'Thun. Since we currently have AQ40 split into two nights, where night one = smash Twin Emps and either clear some post-Emps trash or take out the Bug Family and night two = Ouro/C'Thun, it gives night two some loot grab before wiping over and over to the end boss.

-Bolty