Raid: mALT Gruul / Mag-lootpinata-theridon
MALT 25 MAN RAID TIME - 4:00 SERVER EVERY SUNDAY.
There are very few "rules" associated with the mALT runs, but there are a few guidelines:
1. All gear is ROLLED by classes that want it, no matter if you are an Alt or a main.
2. [Dragonspine Trophy] is the exception to this rule. This item will ALWAYS go to a MAIN RAIDER first. This means your are a dependable member of Hamfist or LF1M. Once those people have acquired their DST it will go to roll for mains vs. alts just like everything else.
3. There is no stipulation of rolling for gear that is within your spec. If you have T4 Shoulders, and want the T4 shoulder token for PvP gear, you have the right to roll against someone who may not have gotten their T4 token yet. (not everyone has alts...but everyone has respec options) And if you are a healing priest and want dps gear, roll on it. The spirit of
mALT is to get gear not just for our alts, but get off spec gear that you may not be able to acquire in your normal raid.
4. I will STOP doing these events the minute I begin to get QQs
about who gets invites and who does not get invites. I've seen an
increasing number of people unhappy cause they didn't get in, or cause
they come every week and one week they don't get a spot. I do this for FUN...I do this for YOU.
5. I'm not inviting toons in blues and greens anymore. Go to Kara...get your gear, get your badge gear, THEN sign up for mALT 25 mans. Just cause it's mAlt, doesn't mean we LIKE repair bills. Kills should be quick and easy, and quick and easy just doesn't come with ppl in greens. I'm not an asshole...if you have a blue or 3 left...I can look past that..but seriously folks...no greens.
How Invites work:
1. Invite tanks
2. Invite healers
3. Invite necessary classes to complete the instance (ie Locks, mage tank ect.)
4. Invite 1-3 guild apps/non-raiding new guildies
5. Invite 1-2 main raiders for DST shots.
6. Fill in the remaining spots.
#6 is very hard for me...I try to be fair, and not make invites a popularity contest. If there's 6 dps psting me wanting in...I try to get those folks that were rdy previous weeks, but didn't get a spot in for that week.
With that all cleared up...see you Sunday!!
DON'T BE A JACK ASS...CHANGE YOUR NAME TO THE TOON NAME THAT YOU WANT TO BRING TO MY RAID OR I WILL CUT YOU FOR MAKING MY LIFE HELL!!!!!!!!!
| 17 individuals signed up |
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| Leighann |
| Nellem1 |
| Jayel |
| Dragon |
| Ora |
| Threerick |
| pulga |
| Atar |
| GrayVon |
| starstalker |
| judgedredd |
| Pyrael |
| Triebryn |
| saedo |
| Keisjaa |
| kado |
| s0ysauce45 |
SS & hemo (now/recently) are
Agoney — Mon, 07/07/2008 - 13:31SS & hemo (now/recently) are normalized attacks, so basically the formula is fixed so if You use a Sword, the maximum swing time will be calculated as 2.4 in the formula. For daggers, the swing value is set to be 1.8. So, as Saedo says, never ever use Daggers to SS.
thanks for the advise
Jayel — Mon, 07/07/2008 - 12:41thanks for the advise Saedo. I'm used to being combat swords since thats what Cax was until just recently. I went SS for PvP and I have had alot of fun with it but I'll admit that I wasnt sure what attacks to use in PvE. The next time I go I'll try what you said or I'll respec back to combat swords.
The Magg fight I had equiped my MH sword and stuck with hemo/sinister strike and tried to keep SnD up and a rupture if I could and I noticed I moved up a bit in the overall damage meters from where I was in Gruuls and I believe that my DSP went up about 100 compared to the Gruuls kill.
Now that Jayel has most/all of the gear he needs from the Gruuls/Mag runs I hope that I can keep bringing cax along (I'll always bring Jay though if hes needed =) )
Ah so you had a sword?
saedo — Mon, 07/07/2008 - 13:06Ah so you had a sword? Well if you spec'd into Hemo, use Hemo only, take Sinister Strike off the bars. Never hemo (or sinister strike) with a dagger though. It's never good to mix several different main attacks especially when only really 1 of them scales far better with the tree you spec down with.
Yup. That's actually
saedo — Mon, 07/07/2008 - 10:44Yup. That's actually termed "cutting" or those "SnD cut cycles".
Have you tried some energy pooling/queuing? Like with those last 6 secs. Do nothing, let energy fill up a bit like up to 80 (65 for combat). Then SnD at the last second before it falls off then spam hemo again.
This in a sense lets you "bank" up some energy to better control your cycles. For combat at least, gives you bank in case that combat potency doesn't proc for a while. Not entirely sure if it'd help ShS all that much, but it's probably still better since you're saving energy to stretch out that SnD as much as possible.
It's also a bit more risky I suppose. You have to pay attention to your energy bar and the tick timer if you got that. Can't let energy cap or this will start to hurt dps rather than increase it.
Thanks for letting me Aidin
Disrupter — Mon, 07/07/2008 - 11:48Thanks for letting me Aidin :P. My gear level was pretty much deep ssc/tk level when I stopped raiding on 'rupta... (2 dead guilds, and no one wanted to take an old kitty in...)
Didn't actually really NEED any feral crap from Tk/SSC unless I'd manage to get ALL the t5 pieces.. thats why I only had one, I passed it to help raid progression, since I'd need mine last!
Getting a chance to step away from feral raiding and testing out restoration/moonkin... (after testing out rupter) I find moonkin is just fucking the most fun thing in the world for me atm lol.
Hey look it's a hordie (Starfire Starfire R.I.P). Running around meleeing things and getting like 600+ mp5 for shitz and gigglez... People may think "omg moonkin with feral staff lolololol he sucks"... but they haven't faced me in arena's :P.
That pesky hunter pet? Free mana. Full on mana? Zerg it down & win :P.
Anyways, hope to get to go next week :P.
ya in order to keep up SnD
Dragon — Mon, 07/07/2008 - 10:29ya in order to keep up SnD on my rogue i find myself overlapping like the last 6 seconds of SnD rather than let it fall off because of tryin to put up a rupture =/
There is no Emotion; There is Peace.
There is no Ignorance; There is Knowledge.
There is no Passion; There is Serenity.
There is no Death; There is The Force.
~Jedi Code
I thought it does affect
saedo — Mon, 07/07/2008 - 10:04I thought it does affect ruptures. As a whole, so per tick you wouldn't notice it as much. But either way, if it doesn't, then your next hemo eats up the bonus anyways. Still time it for the Ruptures, cause that's most likely only used if you got you got your excess energy (ShS costs energy too) and won't be needing SnD.
Remember SnD is the priority. You don't have to keep rupture up. It's just a bonus when you got nothing else to do. Even for combat with nice flowing cycles it's only like 2% of your total damage. SnD is almost a flat out 30% increase to your total damage (not quite but let's go with it).
And as a pally healer, yea on trash I was thinking that I don't need to be here and can just afk! lol But I started to cheat and spam FoL on whatever to snipe those hots and chain heals! ;p
I am pretty sure Shadowstep
Dragon — Mon, 07/07/2008 - 09:17I am pretty sure Shadowstep does NOT effect rupture and garrote ticks (as anytime I do ShS on my rogue the ShS buff is still on me). Still its nice for those hemos.
And ya.....about SnD+Rupture while ShS. Still ain't figured out the gear/trick to doing it but my rogue just doesn't have enough time in order to keep both up >.>
Oh and pally healers live to see /y <TY (insert name here) For saving my ass from the big nasty scary thing that was gonna eatz me>
There is no Emotion; There is Peace.
There is no Ignorance; There is Knowledge.
There is no Passion; There is Serenity.
There is no Death; There is The Force.
~Jedi Code
my kitty dps gear blows (in
Deleyna — Sun, 07/06/2008 - 20:57my kitty dps gear blows (in case you were wondering on my low stats) i havent really gotten many pieces of it i concentrated on healing, then tanking and whatever leftovers i can get after that
maybe one day it will be better
at least you were wearing
Keisjaa — Sun, 07/06/2008 - 20:46at least you were wearing your raid gear this time aidin
Party: ++TOTEMS BITCH!!!++
Parses:
saedo — Sun, 07/06/2008 - 18:15Parses: http://wowwebstats.com/5sn4nscpp2j2c
I'd like to give some kudos
Aidin — Sun, 07/06/2008 - 20:41I'd like to give some kudos to the run this week.
Well played everyone...way to one shot everything even with a last minute dead tank at Gruul and a wacky start to Mag. (sorry for floor's eye view Chris)
Saedo as a healer...dude you so do NOT suck! Great job!
Nellem (loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong time guild app) Nice numbers dude!!! SSC/TK ready, sign up for em if you're able to make them!
Rupter way to MT dude!! You did awesome!
Triebryn another guild app friend of capt's pops...His numbers are steadily increasing as he learns the encounters. He really wants to see some Smash N' Grab action, I've asked Dufe to lend some advice when he has some time to help get him there. Dude has an awesome attitude!
Atar as a blue box is well...wow...u rock that shit dude.
...and someone teach that damn Friks how to be a rogue...she sucks.
Fun Times in IRC:
[15:27] Dragonfork: aidin hates me this I know, for my repair
bills tell me so. many times my health is low, aidin laughs when i
explode. yes aidin kills me, yes aidin kills me.
Man I was lost though.
saedo — Sun, 07/06/2008 - 23:05Man I was lost though. lol Maybe just on trash. Maybe it was cause of all the AoE healing in raid. Cause I'd be thinking heals in 2.0 sec, then damn, 0 healed, 7.5K overheal! lol
On bosses I'd have someone to focus on. But lots of ppl healed him enough too, so I'd wind up occasionally popping heals around the rest of the raid to increase that overheal. lol
Anyways, want tips for Friks?
1. Spec combat!
2. If not, stop using Ghostly Strike
3. Stop using Eviserate
4. Use rupture
5. Slice and Dice more often and not let it fall off.
6. Use your Shadowstep more often. It's a CD that increases your damage. I believe it's most energy efficient if you time it to use it on the Ruptures. Not sure though, not much of an expert on shadowstep pve dps. lol
And while I'm here, to Ruesch, again can really use your CDs more. 2 BF and 1 AR in a 12 min Mag fight. That's low, really low. lol
To Tripps, spec into Relentless Strikes. It is huge, it is mandatory, for that dps! Especially since you're already combat spec.
To Cax, I dunno where to start. lol Um I see a hemo sinister strike backstabbing rogue with ShS and wielding a dagger in mh and a sword in the oh. I guess do what I told Aiden. Except, if those really are the only weapons you have... Stick to Backstab. Don't hemo, don't sinister strike. Backstab backstab, keep up Slice and Dice, use Rupture when you got leftover time and energy.
Man I was lost though. lol
Aidin — Mon, 07/07/2008 - 09:01Man I was lost though. lol Maybe just on trash. Maybe it was cause of all the AoE healing in raid. Cause I'd be thinking heals in 2.0 sec, then damn, 0 healed, 7.5K overheal! lol
On bosses I'd have someone to focus on. But lots of ppl healed him enough too, so I'd wind up occasionally popping heals around the rest of the raid to increase that overheal. lol
Welcome to the life of a Paladin. You should listen in on a LF1M night when your off. You'll hear me holler in vent.. "fuckin resto druids" or "fuckin chain hax". And we had sooooo many Resto Shammies throwing out their Chain Hax so I'm sure your 0's were flying just like mine! lol
The cool thing about being a paladin though..is there's those times where you KNOW you just totally saved the fucking day. When you land an 8K crit on your tank you are spamming HLR11 on just as he takes a nasty hit. Or when you save a Retardin's ass cause he's not getting Circle of Hax on the Necromancers...or you BoP the aggro whore, and save his/her squishy life. Or you cleanse the warlock evil curse (always forget it's name) just cause you cleansed everything else and the hax healers got em all to full health...its fun to watch ur frenz go boom..lol. Or when you get that stun off on a mob that's gonna eat w
Watchdaddy's face off just in time for Zoo to come taunt him back into the AoE.
While as a paladin healer, you won't often see the top of the healing meters (unless ur healing a lock and only a lock..god I love healing watches in the Kael fight...lol) what you do have to do is play smart, be aware of you're surroundings and find ways to save the day. I get really giddy when I have those moments...
Fun Times in IRC:
[15:27] Dragonfork: aidin hates me this I know, for my repair
bills tell me so. many times my health is low, aidin laughs when i
explode. yes aidin kills me, yes aidin kills me.
1. Spec combat! ~ I do
Aidin — Mon, 07/07/2008 - 08:481. Spec combat! ~ I do this every few weeks (I usually fall 5th or so in damage done when combat, I'm gonna respec next week and take your advice, so check me out again next week!). Since I run these on my rogue to get gear for PvP...ShS is my main spec, and going combat every week kills the bank account. (lucky for me I'm the raid leader and can do crappy DPS and get away with it..lol)
2. If not, stop using Ghostly Strike ~ Got it...no touchy GS in Raid.
3. Stop using Eviserate ~ This one is much like my dumb ass forgetting to wear PvE gear. I change out a few buttons for PvP/PvE. Normally I move Evis out of 8 and put Rupture in 8...I forgot...I fail.
4. Use rupture ~ See 3. Duly noted
5. Slice and Dice more often and not let it fall off. ~ FUCKING SND! lol I am getting MUCH better at keeping SOB ..i mean SND up...but as the raid leader, I try to focus on soooo much, that I fail ... a lot...lol.
I seriously have NO CLUE how Garreth does this shit and heals. I guess after a while it just comes like second nature...but fuck me running it's hard to keep SnD up, check to see if I need to Brez someone, check to see if I have enough combo pts for a Rupture or if SOB ..i mean SND needs refreshing, check to see if the mob the dead tank was tanking is gonna pwn the raid, check to make sure dps are on the right target, kick the heals, make sure that brezed mage/lock gets a salv b4 he dies again..OMG!
6. Use your Shadowstep more often. It's a CD that increases your damage. I believe it's most energy efficient if you time it to use it on the Ruptures. Not sure though, not much of an expert on shadowstep pve dps. lol ~ Ya know I'm always thinking...gahhh you need to SS more often in PvE u dork...wtf are u doing....I guess I need to macro that bitch to something. I guess if I'm just chunking out hemos, SoB..i mean SnD, and Ruptures...Rupture would be ideal.
I love you're Rogue evals Saedo. Not only do I learn tons from advice you give me, but I learn so much from advice from your critiques of Pulga, Roguered, Shin, Earwigs, Barqs, Gray...and all the other rogues out there! You are to my rogue what Garreth was to my Pally! ...my rogue God.
Fun Times in IRC:
[15:27] Dragonfork: aidin hates me this I know, for my repair
bills tell me so. many times my health is low, aidin laughs when i
explode. yes aidin kills me, yes aidin kills me.
I want to try on the pally
saedo — Sun, 07/06/2008 - 01:16I want to try on the pally this week if ya need! I prob suck less now. ;p
fyi Star wanted me to let
Jayel — Sat, 07/05/2008 - 19:17fyi Star wanted me to let you know he will not be making it.
I SHOULD be there. I have
Pettingzoo — Sat, 07/05/2008 - 08:31I SHOULD be there. I have finals on tuesday, so there is still a possibility I will miss this one.
Either on my mage tanking or
Twizle (not verified) — Mon, 07/14/2008 - 16:45Either on my mage tanking or Pally healing... would prefer to go on Holy Pally if possible. Even if its switching half way to heal mags to give other dps a chance. ty
aidin I'll tank for ya dear
Deleyna — Sat, 07/05/2008 - 06:40aidin I'll tank for ya dear as long as i'm on.. dont wanna commit myself since its a holiday weekend & brother-in-law is in from NC for the weekend. God only know what i'll be doin today & tomarrow. But if i'm on & would love to tank
I'll fill in to tank for
starstalker — Fri, 07/04/2008 - 09:42I'll fill in to tank for Atar if you're short, otherwise count my priest in for heals.
I would like to come! I've
Atar — Fri, 07/04/2008 - 00:05I would like to come! I've been working on my shaman's gear as of late. It would be fun to just dps rather than tank/heal. lol