Mother Beams

[Mordekhuul]

I tried looking through the WWS to see exactly how the targets were chosen/hit and didn't see any exact pattern, which is reasonable given Blizz's RSTS system. When I was tanking I didn't have a *lot* to do other than keep Demo Shout up and make sure I didn't die from the lash, so I was trying to watch where the beams went. For the most part, visually speaking, I saw the beams going to those in the back of the pack or occasionally those who ran due to FA. That's hardly conclusive however, as the beams simply could have been hitting people underneath her and not displaying through her model.

I was going off of a fairly old strategy that seemed to suit our gearing, but given our experience probably had more negative impact than positive.

On a slightly unrelated sidenote, I'm not so sure we'll see her again. (However that doesn't invalidate the question or research)

Cheers,
~FragB)

I had the pleasure of doing something on Mother besides sitting there refreshing holy shield last night, for once. We divide into three groups, to be precise, with the 3 tanks together in front of her (of course), the melee DPS just behind her in one clump, and the ranged DPS and healers at some 30-35 yards range from her in one clump.

As melee DPS I was chosen 3 times in our one-shot of her, and from what I've seen I believe her targeting is random among everyone in the raid, except for the three tanks. I have heard that she can target totems and pets, but am not sure how one would verify that. Either way, quite often she will only end up hitting 1-2 players, whether because of targetting non-players or through a resist mechanic.

It is an interesting fight, though frustratingly so when a randomly placed teleport wipes out the raid on anotherwise snooze-fest of a pull, which has been known to happen to us.