Team Destiny - Glory of the Ulduar Raider (10)

[Kalros]

For anyone who has ever seen my prior posts, you know I'm a pretty big Mount Whore: http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=31597

Well, recently my wife also started 5-boxing and her first team is now 83-85. In addition to farming things like Onyxia, Vault, Kael'Thas, OS3D, etc for mounts, we've decided to start working on Glory of the Ulduar Raider 10-man for those Proto-Drakes! We realize that despite being over-geared for all these encounters, some of them are still going to be quite difficult, but we're up for the challenge.

So last night we started our attempts, and so far so good!

Orbit-uary (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=3056) - We got this, and 3 other achievements at the same time (Nuked from Orbit, Orbital Devastation, Orbital Bombardment). We used a similar strategy posted on these boards for the normal mode. We put the Siege Engines on opposite walls, motorcycles also along the walls in the corners, and we each controlled a Demolisher. We each stacked the Pyrite Debuff up to 10 and blasted the hell out of him. He was dead in a couple of minutes.

Iron Dwarf, Medium Rare (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=2923) - This one actually took quite a while because the Dwarves kept dying before she would torch them, despite me trying to do minimal damage with the tank. The great thing about this achievement is that it is cumulative and you dont have to do all 25 in a single attempt. Not too bad, just tedious and time-consuming.

After that we were pretty tired and called it a night. Gonna finish the rest of the first wing today, and I'll keep you up on our progress!

[Acidburning]

That is awesome. This is also great timing. My guild is going back and doing some of these. I have started to re-read to see how boxable they are for me.

[Kalros]

Day 2:

HUGE day today! Got 7 more achievements before we had to stop. Here's the info:

Stokin' the Furnace (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=2930#comments) - EXTREMELY Easy! Spread out DPS (though even that was probably unnecessary) and burned him down. Probably didnt even need Heroism (Bloodlust for you infidels).

Heartbreaker (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=3058) - This was a bit more difficult than I thought, only because of the AoE damage combined with the need to keep moving the DPSs out of Void zones. Just tanked XT on the stairs, spread out the DPS in a circle, and had to keep moving them away from each other when they got pulled together. Took maybe 3 attempts.

I Choose You, Steelbreaker (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=2941)- Very easy. Just burn down the dwarf, then the Kvaldir, then Steelbreaker. Some AoE damage to heal through, but overall, very easy.

Disarmed (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=2953) - Another simple one. We burned the body down to about 30%. Then hit cooldowns, burned down both arms, dead.

Crazy Cat Lady (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=3006) - Again, quite easy. Wife's tank took aggro on her two tigers and drug them to one side of the room, I tanked her on the other, burned cooldowns, very quick death.

I Could Say That This Cache Was Rare (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=3182) - This was a bit harder. Took us about 5 or 6 attempts. Neither of us had ever done this fight before, so we didnt know the normal strats. I found it was best to keep tanks and DPS together and move out of the circles on the ground at the same time. Otherwise, we followed the strat to kill him as normal, used all cooldowns in the beginning, and killed him with about 30 seconds to spare.

Lose Your Illusion (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=3176) - I found this one to be very easy, but my wife claims it was very difficult for her group. What we did was she stayed in the arena and dealt with all the adds while I ran the gauntlet with me team up to Thorim. Once you get to his hallway, STAY ON THE SIDE OF THE ROOM! You get frozen if you go through the center of the hallway. Once we got him into the arena, burned all cooldowns, he died very quickly.

So thats where we stand now. 4 Achievements to go!

We started working on Knock, Knock, Knock on Wood (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=3179) , but it was the hardest one so far. After about 10 wipes, we called it off. I think it will help once the wife is 85 and has better gear. Her girls would die pretty quick. If anyone has ever boxed this before, or has some helpful hints on this, or any of the remaining 4 Achievements, any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Littleburst]

Impressive, nice going!

Good luck further. (Freya is a bitch ;) )

[Alemi]

Impressive, nice going!

Good luck further. (Freya is a bitch ;) )

Couldn't have said it better. Good luck, regardless.

I've boxed Mimiron, Vezax, and Yogg back in the day. I've only played hard mode solo.

All 3, particularly Mimiron and Yogg, will be a challenge to box. I never say impossible - but it will def be challenging. Vezax should be trivial if you spread out to avoid healing him, even hard mode.

[Multibocks]

Im not positive but I think that your wife not being max level means she is getting hit much harder, like trying to bring a 79 to tank. I'd have to research it, but I believe thats how boss mechanics work. Not to mention her dps are hitting MUCH less often (casters need 17% at 85).

[Kalros]

Yeah, we put the last 4 on hold for now. I'm just waiting for 4.2. I've got 4000 Justice Points and 4000 Honor points banked with all my toons. As soon as I can log in (what do you think, 6pm?) I'll be buying 3-4 359 Gear upgrades per character, each one getting a 2-piece bonus! Also waiting for the wife to get to 85 and get some post-4.2 Justice gear as well.

Reading up on strats and watching some videos. I think Freya and Mimiron will be easier than the last two. We may have to get some guild help on those.

[Alemi]

Im not positive but I think that your wife not being max level means she is getting hit much harder, like trying to bring a 79 to tank. I'd have to research it, but I believe thats how boss mechanics work. Not to mention her dps are hitting MUCH less often (casters need 17% at 85).

You need 17% hit to hit a boss 3 levels above you (i.e. an 88 boss at 85 or an 83 boss at 80). The hit rating required is dependent on level difference between the mobs, not level difference from max level.

Your relative damage mitigation works the same way - based on level difference. So, his wife's characters are getting hit relatively harder, but it's no where near bringing a lvl 79 to tank.

[Multibocks]

I meant a 79 vs an 80 when Ulduar was top level.

[Alemi]

I meant a 79 vs an 80 when Ulduar was top level.

I'm so confused by this statement. Bringing a 79 to tank Ulduar would the the same now as it was when Ulduar was top level (relatively, not including the nerfs/class changes etc). It's not like when Cata was released the mob levels inside Ulduar changed.

Lvl 83 mob is a lvl 83 mob and still has the same level difference to a lvl 79.

[Multibocks]

nm.

[Bollwerk]

Fwiw, ?? Level bosses are 3 levels above you, regardless of your current level. In other words, dps should try to be hit capped (+17% for casters), even if you are 85 doing old content.

[Kalros]

Been a while since I posted any updates on this, but the wife took her time getting to 85. She finally hit it this weekend, and first stop (after gearing her up with alot of BOEs) was Ulduar! In addition to getting alot of non-Meta achievements in the zone, we finished .....................

Firefighter (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=3180) - Not too terribly difficult. Stay out of the fire and explosive stuff. During phase 3 the wife picked up adds with her group as I burned down the head. Phase 4 burned all cooldowns, clones, etc. Collected loot!

Knock, Knock, Knock on Wood (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=3179) - STUPID EASY now. Killed her on the first attempt. The biggest thing is killing the 3 adds at the same time, and get under the mushrooms during the guardian add. Otherwise not too bad at all!

We gave I Love the Smell of Saronite ..... (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=3181) a few tries with not much luck. This one is gonna be tricky, but I think we can do it once we get some good strats down. I'm thinking maybe we keep everyone together, keep everyone in a shadow pool until after the Saronite Animus spawns, kill it, then spread out and kill General like normal.

Having fun though. Just 2 achievements away!

[Pallarfo]

Gratz on it!
Question, I'm still being troubled with the first boss, Levitan or whatever.
Any useable tactics on him? Since you can't dps him down without using the vehicles afaik.

[Kalros]

There is a great strategy for Flame Leviathan on these boards. Just do a title-only search and it should be one of the only posts. Basically what you do is get 1 toon in each of the big vehicles and put them on opposite sides of the room, then control a Demolisher with your main window and a passenger and just DPS him down. The wife and I used that same strategy for heroic mode also.

[Pallarfo]

Thanks, that's how I've tried it in the past. Maybe worth another try then.

[Emo?]

Nice .D

[Kalros]

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[Kalros]

So for the last two, the wife dropped out her Tank, Healer and 1 Mage. 3 friends from our guild filled the last two spots with a Rogue, Enh Shaman and Healing Druid. We walked them through all of the prior achievements (VERY EASILY) and they helped us get the last two!

So next week we're gonna go get the wife's other 3 toons the achievement, then its off to:

Glory of the Icecrown Raider! (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4602)

[Alemi]

So for the last two, the wife dropped out her Tank, Healer and 1 Mage. 3 friends from our guild filled the last two spots with a Rogue, Enh Shaman and Healing Druid. We walked them through all of the prior achievements (VERY EASILY) and they helped us get the last two!

So next week we're gonna go get the wife's other 3 toons the achievement, then its off to:

Glory of the Icecrown Raider! (http://www.wowhead.com/achievement=4602)

Did this last week with Yahtzee. Vezax wasn't bad but we did Alone in the Darkness (0 keepers) double boxed and it was... rough... So I can understand your pain :)

We've got another boxer coming up and we're going to do the 25 man achieves with 3 boxers and Icecrown is on our list - but so many of those "achievements" are just plain stupid.

[valkry]

Fwiw, ?? Level bosses are 3 levels above you, regardless of your current level. In other words, dps should try to be hit capped (+17% for casters), even if you are 85 doing old content.
Quoted for truth, my shammies still miss frequently in MC cos they aren't capped.

[Niley]

I remember doing this with my team at 80 right when toc was released. It was a big pain the butt haha.

http://www.dual-boxing.com/showthread.php?t=25616

Grats on the mounts!