08-23-2005, 06:47 PM
kandrathe,Aug 23 2005, 11:41 AM Wrote:On our Stormrage Onyxia battles we actually pause damage sometimes at 80% when the MT is having trouble holding aggro to allow the MT to re-establish hate. I don't see why the horde couldn't do something similiar. The top two single point of damage classes (Hunter, Rogue) both have aggro zeroing skills. The classes most affected in a long battle would be druid (and shaman I guess) healers, mages, and warlocks. The issue the Alliance has in doing this tactic is mana loss in healing, but Shaman's with a well timed and placed mana tide totem should rock. One problem with high end raid bosses is that more time means more opportunity for mistakes and the wear of attrition.
We just tell everyone to use auto-attack and auto-wand in the first phase. With all the healers healing one main tank target, everyone regens mana nearly as fast as they cast their spells, so they don't lose mana. The first phase is never a problem. The third phase would be where having that seal would be nice, but there are other bosses where having that seal would be even better. For example, against Ragnaros, the rogues could go all out and not have to spam feint. It'd probably be easy to get Ragnaros in one set of sons that way. We're working on getting to that point anyway, but having that seal sure would make the job a lot easier.