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Closing...saw him in green
Grasen — Sun, 10/12/2008 - 15:05Closing...saw him in green chat, so he got inv.
Mad love for Prime. He's
Torvo — Sun, 10/12/2008 - 11:53Mad love for Prime. He's been a key player in !!1 raids over the last month. Not only showing up and bringing his experience/gear, but cheerfully offering flexibility to swap between his alts and bring whichever toon the raid needs most. Yesterday's under-4-hour-clear was a big success thanks in no small part to him... He'd wanted to bring his feral druid but when we already had 2 tanks sign up and couldn't find a Warlock he volunteered to switch toons. His lock put up high dps, plus he showed good competency with the "support" part of his game -- keeping up SS, offering a new HS after each boss, throwing up debuffs, etc. Lastly, and this one's near and dear to my heart, we spent some time chatting Resto Shammy in 3.0/Wrath and he's well versed in that world as well :)
At around 150 mp5 unbuffed
Desteran — Fri, 10/10/2008 - 12:29At around 150 mp5 unbuffed (water shield is a buff :D) you can switch to using LHW primarily. However, if you ever have to tank heal HW and imp HW provides you with alot form flexability. Not to mention you could put a blindfold on and put all 60 pts in resto and get an effective healing build (not recommended). With the new talents coming out we are going to have to be a little more selective but none-the-less, speccing heavily in resto will be preferred.
There are a couple of spots in BT where I find myself using healing wave. Healing Fel-Rage on Bloodboil (This was honestly really hard at first but Lorb is amazing at healing Bloodboils and a great healer all around). Chain heal typically will only bounce to the melee who typically don't take damage. Secondly, healing flame tanks on Illidan it is a must. Melee is all over the place on this phase so chains can be thrown in here and there but HW is going to be your most effective heal here. I couldn't imagine using LHW to heal flame tanks as I strugle with mana on this phase using HW/Chain Potting/Refreshing water shield/Mana Tide/Manastream. It is intense.
With the raiding I have done on my shaman the most important lesson I have learned is to do your fucking job. Whether it is your usual job or plays to your characters strongest healing suit or weakest. If you fail to do this and try to pull out some other role, people die, raids wipe and people get pissed. How many other classes have that much control over the sucess of a raid. Muhahahaha.
The reason I do not like the pts in elemental is that you have to take 5 usesless talents when to get 3 usefull talents when youre taking frost, fire or nature dmg.
Imp Ghostwolf while only useful on a couple of fights in BT/Hyjal (a couple more in SW) is so damn useful on those fights that is it worth taking. I can't count how many times I would have crattered to a volcanoe on supremus w/o it. Yes I am a bad player. And you get a little (very little) extra int (which translates into a little +heal with resto talents).
Rant Over.
That said. Primeight has done well in every fight he's done with us in BT.
Edit: In response to your earlier comment Prime...as far as single target heals are concerned LHW does provide more heals/sec but HW provides more heal/mana. I hang out around 160/mp5 unbuffed and if everthing goes well I am damn near close to oom at the end of healing intensive fights (if I miss a pot I may go oom). At this point, as a shaman, if you have lots of mana at the end of fights like Naj, BB, Counil, Illidan P2 you're not healing hard enough and need to be a little more intense about it.
Er, I edited my post if it
Prime8 — Wed, 10/08/2008 - 13:34Er, I edited my post if it seems like there's a continuity problem between my posts and others.
I took a look at Zildo's spec, it looks like I could grab those talents pretty easily if I sacrifice the points in reduced totem cost and reduced silence time.
edit: respeced.
HW is always more
Shihli — Wed, 10/08/2008 - 13:00HW is always more mana-efficient than LHW, which should only every be used ... well ... sparingly.
Personally, I don't spec into the imp. HW talents on my shaman out of personal preference. I prefer a spec like 8/6/47 - gives me a smidge more survivability, mana, and mobility without giving up a whole lot of healing talents.
Might want to take a peek at Zildo, Atakheal, Jorence, or Coreankhed's specs though.
I like Prime, he's good
Josalin — Wed, 10/08/2008 - 12:58I like Prime, he's good people =D
-Jos
Wow weird, I've been
Prime8 — Wed, 10/08/2008 - 13:03Wow weird, I've been checking this but I never saw "new" next to the app title, so I didn't notice these comments.
Garreth: Most of the time, probably not. My work schedule varies a bit depending on what customer I'm at, so there would frequently be times I wouldn't be able to raid during the week. I'm occasionally required to work early in the morning, this is compounded by the fact that I'm located in eastern standard time
That said, whenever my schedule allows, I'm around. Atar can probably tell you I've been around whenever he's needed me.
Atar: Seriously? The only thing I use Healing Wave for is my "Oh shit" macro for a fast big heal. I've always considered HW inferior to LHW in terms of mana efficiency and heals per second. Is it dependent on haste gear or something I'm not seeing? I'll armory Zildo or someone to see how they spec. Maybe I can get some advice for situational use as well.
Also, TY for the vote of confidence!
Prime did a solid job last
Atar — Thu, 10/02/2008 - 07:02Prime did a solid job last night in BT for his first time ever seeing the place. I'd invite him back again.
One thing I would like for you to look into is to get five points into Improved Healing Wave. Next to chain heal that should your heal of choice. Let's get those five points in there.
Can you handle raiding 4
garreth — Tue, 09/30/2008 - 16:03Can you handle raiding 4 nights a week, 3 hours a night, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday when raiding starts up in Wrath?
Is this the kind of progression you are looking for?
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Prime rocked the 20man
Atar — Mon, 09/29/2008 - 06:20Prime rocked the 20man Gruuls with us Sunday. Seems to be a nice guy and played his role really well. I think he'd be a cool addition to DF. You've got my check of approval!
Hey I didn't see a malt run
Prime8 — Sun, 09/28/2008 - 14:42Hey I didn't see a malt run this Saturday on the calendar, if there was one sorry I missed it. I did do a kz with the Kara!1 group which went pretty well.
I picked up a couple new pieces of gear, the 75 badge resto shammy belt, and the Enamelled disk of Mojo from ZA. Prime's up to about 2.1k +healing now. :D
Good times in SSC tonight. I
Prime8 — Sat, 09/20/2008 - 19:07Good times in SSC tonight. I know we would have gotten it if we could have just gotten those fucks up.
I did some grinding for
Prime8 — Thu, 09/18/2008 - 07:22I did some grinding for mats, I picked up the healing enchants for my druid's weapon, pants, gloves, and bracers. I was able to get him up to about 1700 +healing, pre-respec to resto.
I prefer to tank with that toon, but I really prefer not to get left out of stuff because you're full on tanks and really could use an offheal or whatever. :P
Every week is
Aidin — Thu, 09/18/2008 - 08:16Every week is different...some weeks i'm short on tanks, sometimes heals..sometimes DPS (wtf? who'd have thunk it) Luckily I have all 3!!! I also have a core grp that roll with me week in and week out who also have tank/heal/dps options and will bring what's needed.
Flexibility is key in these fun runs..and you've proven to be more then flexible!
I'm so there.
Prime8 — Mon, 09/15/2008 - 13:41I'm so there.
Yep that was good stuff. I
Prime8 — Mon, 09/15/2008 - 13:18Yep that was good stuff. I was getting worried when my power was flashing on and off as you were putting the group together. I know some people who were out for about a half hour from storms. We actually had a huge tree-limb in our backyard today.
I'm anxious to show off my healing abilities now that you've seen my offspec. I'll say Aiden, I was impressed with the way you guys interact on vent. Very easy going atmosphere, but still focused. Most of the experiences I've come across are either easy going, or focused, but rarely both.
I was a little confused with Mags, the only way I've ever seen it done is to have the tanks be the clickers (which I've done frequently on my druid), but I can see why you'd want to have guild apps take that on. It was a shame we weren't able to get him down, but with how easily we did Gruul I can tell you have it together.
I had fun, will definitely be signing up for some more runs with you guys this coming weekend as well. I don't know if DF brings guild apps into their tk/ssc raids, but I'm very interested in running those.
I probably should have mentioned before, I try to put offspec sets together for all my toons. So if you need say, a druid healer as opposed to a shammy, I can run with that too. I think my druid has around 1400 +healing just from gear, I'd guess around 1600 if I actually speced resto. I could probably bump that up to around 1800 with enchants/gems as well.
Gotta love a healer that
Aidin — Mon, 09/15/2008 - 13:26Gotta love a healer that loves to heal! (my druid and my shammy will both be resto..lol)
And yes the SSC/TK runs absolutely have room for guild apps, so sign up, and sling some chain hax! ...i mean chain heals. ;)
Rocked some malt today!
Aidin — Sun, 09/14/2008 - 19:51Rocked some malt today! Very nice guy, flexible and smart.
Great guy, great player,
pumas — Sun, 09/14/2008 - 19:19Great guy, great player, dedicated. been gaming with him for about 7 years now. great just to have him around
Thank you for your
Aidin — Sun, 09/14/2008 - 06:52Thank you for your application to Downfall. We are not currently recruiting for our 25 man MH/BT/SW raids. This does not mean that your application is or will be rejected. What it does mean, is that you will now be faced with a few tasks.
Downfall is a community first and foremost and a successful raiding guild second. First you need to ask yourself what it is you want from Downfall. If it's a spot in end game raid, and nothing more...then you may want to seek entry into another one of the many guilds on Gorgonnash.
If you desire a strong sense of community then get ready to work for it! When we talk about community, we aren't talking about the type of community that jumps when you say OMGRUNMYALTTHRUVC!!!! We're talking about a group for people who love this game we pour our lives into, people who will run things with you when they have time, people who may have their own special way of contributing to the community.
Now that you have applied (and if my wall of text didn't lose u 2 paragraphs ago), don't just sit there and hope someone will come hunt you down and say "HERE'S YOUR INVITE!!" because that simply will not happen. Those who gain entry into Downfall work for it. Members have waited upwards of 3 months or more to be part of our community. How do you ensure that you have every option to be the next addition?
Here's an idea:
If and when you are accepted into Downfall, you are strictly on a trial basis. If we invite you because you convinced us you were the worlds greatest healer/tank/random dps class, and you looooooooooove to run 5 mans...but you never run a thing, you never sign up for fun runs, and you burn out and don't sign on for 1+ months, don't be surprised if you find yourself guildless on log in one day.
It's very simple, don't say what we want to hear just to get in,
because it will haunt you in the end. Be honest, and we will be fair.
With that said....GOOD LUCK ON YOUR APPLICATION!
You truly put me to shame
Prime8 — Sun, 09/14/2008 - 00:36You truly put me to shame Diky. I had another er, trainwreck night last night, and had to settle for my toilet this morning, as there were no large plants readily available. I made the cardinal mistake though, drinking on an empty stomach
Edit: Sorry Felsteel, I must have been posting at nearly the same time as you. Because of work, I can't reliably raid during the week. I'll certainly be down for something this coming Saturday though.
Well if your up for being a
Felsteel — Sat, 09/13/2008 - 23:43Well if your up for being a raider, hit me up im getting a new 10-man kara/ZA up still need a 3rd healer. i know its old content for some but we are in it for the experiance and to have another raid group ready for wrath raiding. Tonight was our first night, and i think we done an awesome job! we raid monday nights from 6-9 and sat nights from 6-9.
drop a line and let me know whats up
Felsteel
Yep he did throw up in my
Dikymo — Sat, 09/13/2008 - 20:28Yep he did throw up in my wonderful landscaping. Thats what he gets for trying to drink with the dikymo... and thats what I get for thinking he could :P
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I respeced enhance last
Prime8 — Sat, 09/13/2008 - 10:15I respeced enhance last night for kicks. I logged out today in my resto gear though, so the armory should show it.
I also just realized that my UI screenshot doesn't show grid. That's the mod I use for healing.
Prime is a good guy he is
Sorreah — Sat, 09/13/2008 - 08:44Prime is a good guy
he is really just looking for an active guild.
i have been talking with him and his current guild doesnt really suit him where as the larger number of active people in downfall looking to do things is much more his style
his current gear set makes him perfect for our malt and smash&grab progression which fits really well for his sched
i would expect to see him active in those as well as 10 man instances in the weeks to come.